/vt/ - Virtual Youtubers

Gonna post some advice /asp/ came up with in their last thread
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>Stop being variety streamers and narrow down your content to appeal and attract a specific audience
>Figure out what your audience wants and provide content that fulfills their needs and brings value to their lives, whether that's: education (Woyde, Elliot, Arthur), entertainment* (Bat, Koopa, Vel) [*caveat that people doing this need to have extremely high charisma and personality to compete due to oversaturation], motivation (Kongou), relationships* (Nina) [*inherently all chuubas do this, but this is for the ones who excel in fostering a community and forming connections), or relatability* (Terumi) [*tenuous due to it being a subset between entertainment and relationships with the audience wanting to find someone to relate to and vicariously live through].
>Make sure to know when the content that you're able to do should be delivered in multiple formats, like audio, video, writing, or livestreaming.
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I don't know what that video says or what the hell /asp/ suggests, but the general rule of thumb to making the REAL kind of quality content is to make it evergreen.

>Good "evergreen" content
- skilled karaoke
- highlights and clips of exciting moments in games
- guides and how-tos
- relatable zatsudans
- educational and informational content
- reaction videos of dumb shit that's funny

>Bad "evergreen" content
- transient memes
- amongus game play (fun in the moment, but no one will go through and watch the vod aside from clips)
- multiple hours of apex gameplay (any game really, only fun in the moment, not so much as a vod)
- "reviews" (video game and anime reviews only relevant for a year before the next one comes out)

Hasically, ask yourself, if you make this video, will someone want to watch it 1 month from now? 6 months? 1 year? for example, kurzgesagt and vinesauce are pretty much peak 'evergreen' informational content, tens of thousands of views across a multitude of videos even 4-5 years after they were originally uploaded. each day, someone falls down the bite-sized education rabbit hole and watches their videos.
on the other hand, how many people are going back and watching LinusTechTip reviews of the GPUs that were released in 2017?
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Making original music
Making original art
Singing
Modeling
Teaching
Sharing life experience
<instert showcase of any other skill here>

Making anything original while streaming it could be considered type of evergreen content. Doubly so if you're doing something that people are largely unaware of. Like showing a pipeline of Blender shader creation. However this is only 50% of its power. The real thing comes into play when you make something both evergreen, entertaining AND unique. Think mario retardy/vidya wrestle/saltybet
Think "Twitch plays <x>".
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Extremely high quality post. For non-Vtuber charisma example timthetatman is someone to check out. He’s okay at fortnite but a fun character.

To clarify on the charisma part (personal opinion): you need to confidently and consistently embody your character. Saturation may see daunting, but if you prepare a character that has a lot of varied prompts to react to what is going on on stream, you’ll have a high chance of making it. This pastebin said it well about consistency: https://pastebin.com/eGzG2CFA

Or, another good way to do personality is to have fun and not be afraid to show it. Be excited about what you do, people like that.

>Stop being variety streamers and narrow down your content to appeal and attract a specific audience
>Figure out what your audience wants and provide content that fulfills their needs and brings value to their lives, whether that's: education (Woyde, Elliot, Arthur), entertainment* (Bat, Koopa, Vel) [*caveat that people doing this need to have extremely high charisma and personality to compete due to oversaturation], motivation (Kongou), relationships* (Nina) [*inherently all chuubas do this, but this is for the ones who excel in fostering a community and forming connections), or relatability* (Terumi) [*tenuous due to it being a subset between entertainment and relationships with the audience wanting to find someone to relate and vicariously live through].
>Make sure to know when the content that you're able to do should be delivered in multiple formats, like audio, video, writing, or livestreaming.
______
I don't know what that video says or what the hell /asp/ suggests, but the general rule of thumb to making the REAL kind of quality content is to make it evergreen. Good "evergreen" content
- skilled karaoke
- highlights and clips of exciting moments in games
- guides and how-tos
- relatable zatsudans
- educational and informational content
- reaction videos of dumb shit that's funny
Bad "evergreen" content
- transient memes
- amongus game play (fun in the moment, but no one will go through and watch the vod aside from clips)
- multiple hours of apex gameplay (any game really, only fun in the moment, not so much as a vod)
- "reviews" (video game and anime reviews only relevant for a year before the next one comes out)
basically, ask yourself, if you make this video, will someone want to watch it 1 month from now? 6 months? 1 year? for example, kurzgesagt and vinesauce are pretty much peak 'evergreen' informational content, tens of thousands of views across a multitude of videos even 4-5 years after they were originally uploaded. each day, someone falls down the bite-sized education rabbit hole and watches their videos.
on the other hand, how many people are going back and watching LinusTechTip reviews of the GPUs that were released in 2017?
_____
Making original music
Making original art
Singing
Modeling
Teaching
Sharing life experience
<instert showcase of any other skill here> Making anything original while streaming it could be considered type of evergreen content. Doubly so if you're doing something that people are largely unaware of. Like showing a pipeline of Blender shader creation. However this is only 50% of its power. The real thing comes into play when you make something both evergreen, entertaining AND unique. Think mario retardy/vidya wrestle/saltybet Think "Twitch plays <x>". _______
Extremely high quality post. For non-Vtuber charisma example timthetatman is someone to check out. He’s okay at fortnite but a fun character.
To clarify on the charisma part (personal opinion): you need to confidently and consistently embody your character. Saturation may see daunting, but if you prepare a character that has a lot of varied prompts to react to what is going on on stream, you’ll have a high chance of making it. This pastebin said it well about consistency: https://pastebin.com/eGzG2CFA
Or, another good way to do personality is to have fun and not be afraid to show it. Be excited about what you do, people like that.