The Story Thus Far
I love the streaming medium. I've been watching streamers since Twitch launched from its predecessor, JustinTV, in June of 2011. With Justin it was anything goes (and it's slowly ramping back up to that, we'll cover that later), but Twitch started out as a pure video game liveplay service.
I started out watching Towelliee, a World of Warcraft streamer, because I'm a huge dork. I liked seeing how other people played a game that I enjoyed. From there, I branched out to Siglemic, a former speedrunner for Super Mario 64. That whole community still captivates me, in a strange mixture of intentional autism and determination kind of way.
But what I found soon enough is that I stopped coming to the channels for the games, and I started tuning in to my favorite streamers. Just browsing WoW or a specific speedrun wasn't enough. I actually wanted to watch the broadcaster because they were engaging personalities. Fast forward to now and I know streamers' schedules as if they were regular programming (which, they kind of are.)
And now I want to try and do it myself. In July 2015, some buddies and I broadcast Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition. We now do this every other Thursday (some Tuesdays instead). I found I liked it, I think I even managed 10 whole viewers once! I've studied what to do, and am wanting to expand to content that allows me to interact with chat, the number one key to building an audience for casual streamers.
Being a content producer is a long-dreamed desire, and it's time to dive in!
