This has always been an interesting topic for me personally because as I have grown as a content creator and my audience has somehow gotten younger, I've hit this situation more than any other time in my career. That situation being when a viewer posts some heavy life shit in the chat. Such as depression, breakups, death in the family, etc. It is a crazy honor for someone to feel like they can unload these feeling onto you and for some illogical reason look to you for advice while they traverse this dark time in their life. At the same time, it's a tough dance to play when it comes to reacting to tragic news from a fan and in front of other viewers who are there to watch and have a good time. We also live in a time where people (especially kids) will pull at whatever heart strings you have as a streamer to have your attention and hear their name come out of your mouth. This is obviously a rare occurrence, but it does and can happen. Personally, the way I handle it is, if my stream is kind of slow and someone drops terrible news in the chat, I will 99% of the time talk about their scenario and give them the time to vent. Talk it out. If the stream is doing well, lots of viewers, chat is moving, and someone post tragic news in the chat I will verbally acknowledge the message and tell them to DM me so we can chat after the stream. I think I have a good way of doing things, but I found a streamer who... has a bit of a different approach.
Before I give my perfect opinion on this situation let me just give a TLDR verdict. MissNerdyCurvy (the "victim") and WeFoundTheBody (dickhead streamer) are both wrong and both right. It's like premarital sex...no one wins. If you haven't done the research on this scenario let me unwrap this...quickly. MissNerdyCurvy recently lost her mother (God rest her soul) and was chatting/watching a stream. When the streamer (WeFoundTheBody) asked her how she was doing she told him her mom passed. WeFoundTheBody, who will now be call Douche Pilot going forward responded like a normal human with a soul. (Paraphrasing) "It's Friday, and We aren't going to fucking talk about that in my chat". And like a page taken from a book written by a certain North Korean dictator then went on to tell her how your "supposed" to answer the question "How are you doing?". This guy just sucks. With that said, EVERY STREAMER has their own set of rules and standards for how they run their chat. From my research Douche Pilot has made it clear that dropping this kind of trauma in his chat is looked down upon. Fine, but reacting the way he did is bananas. What was more bananas is when it came out Douche Pilot has had previous conversations with MissNerdyCurvy on this same issue. SO SHE KNEW before this incident that he was a dickhead...and was aware of this "keep it to yourself" rule I guess you could call it, and she was still shocked at the way he treated her? All signs point to this guy is a shithead and we are upset that he's a shithead? This is where I feel less bad for MissNerdyCurvy I will be honest. Like I said in my opening statement both sides here are wrong, but Douche Pilot is most definitely holding the biggest "L" in this story.
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Warzone 2 is: trash, amazing, infuriating, fun, boring, heart-pumping and the embodiment of chaos. MW2 overall is addicting but terrible at the same time, much like the Burger King of video games. The experience varies wildly and ranges from "fuck yea" to "that was fucking bullshit". With a group of friends the game simultaneously becomes very fun and also a test of friendship. You will laugh. You will yell. You will question why you're playing the game. I have not purchased a Call of Duty Game since the first Black Ops released over a decade ago. This game is still CoD, albeit with some more modern features. What is not modern is the fact that the HUD in Warzone displays less useful information than the previous one from the original Warzone. As someone who never played Warzone 1 I was shocked to see the difference between the two. Aside from that there is the fact that it is much more difficult to obtain your loadout and depends more heavily on RNG. Oh, and you spawn with a 2 plate vest. Kill times feel wildly inconsistent. Weapon tuning is like an annoying minigame tacked on the game to appeal to the gun guys and prompt people to pump out user generated content about "the most OP build" on social media. By the way, weapon tuning doesn't unlock until the gun is fully leveled up and will have you questioning your sanity whether the settings make much of a difference. There are too many attachments. Too many camos. There are operators, microtransactions, a battle pass and playable skins of famous soccer players galore. The game is awful, but I cannot put it down. It feels as if it was designed by AI. Or rather data analysis that studied what players like and what is best for player retention. For example one of the maps, Crown Raceway, takes place on the inner track of a Formula 1 racetrack for no apparent reason. Players can even get killed by cars on the track if they stand close enough. The only reason I can see for this map design is "well our demographic of players (men) like fast cars so let's add them to the map". The maps have no flow, no balance and no soul. Some are even worse, but I digress. The SBMM is egregiously strict and tries to keep people as even as possible. This ruins the experience of CoD as a casual shooter to play with friends after a long day. Everyone suffers when friends of different skill levels play together, and that used to be one of my favorite parts of the franchise. Granted I'm obviously not a HUGE fan of Call of Duty, but I have fond memories of playing CoD 4, WaW, MW2 and Black Ops with friends from high school. Hell, I even played with people from school I otherwise wouldn't talk to. CoD was more than a game then. It was about the hangout. It was about seeing one guy pop off and take over the lobby. It was about getting bullshitted and complaining with your friends in a cathartic group therapy session over the game you love to hate. While SBMM may make normal matchmaking more like an oddly competitive pick up game at the park; Warzone 2 still provides that chaotic shit show I know and love and hate to admit that I enjoy named Call of Duty. The game may be terribly flawed but it is free to play and guarantees a laugh with a group. If nothing else, at least it's a change of pace. We shall see how long this rollercoaster of a honeymoon phase lasts. PS: Aim assist is OP and 2v2 Gulag blows. Carbon Monoxide |
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