/vt/ - Virtual Youtubers

Memberships. But I do otherwise agree with you.

Do you really need to to get something back for a $20? That amount of money is hardly even worth mentioning.

I want to support the people that entertain me

In theory for memberships you get extra exclusive streams on Youtube, otherwise yeah I wouldn't give a fucking cent just to hear someone go "(name) thanks" and the only conceivable use I see for it is to force a chuuba to answer a question about something. Functionally that's what a lot of SCs actually are, getting her to directly answer something if possible because usually during a game stream or collab for even a medium-sized chuuba there is 0 chance she is going to stop what she's doing to read a detailed question and think about it in the middle of doing something else. She can do that in SCs. Even so a ton of SCs are just generic "you're so great" messages and yeah everyone doing those probably should not be allowed to access money as far as I'm concerned. Not like paying to have an anime girl streamer answer a probably-unimportant question is much better, but at least that's something.

>>61786770
The only sane response in this thread.

>>61786207
You could just as easily say that about OF. You're not even fucking

>>61786207
A religious loophole makes jacking off to vtubers ok otherwise I would sub to OF whores

>>61786207
There's no justification for giving money to millionaires.

>>61787240
How are you posting this message

>>61786770
Same. I have a couple memberships I pay for. In my mind it's no different than like paying for a Netflix subscription.

>>61786207
Only for the memberships because I actually get something back.
Aside from that, I agree with you.

And also the fact that in hololive, from their stats, the talents get more from the merch sales and events compared to superchats btw.

What do you get from giving money to gaming companies

>>61787240
Based Amish Anon

>>61786207
My oshi is blowing my ears out right now.

>>61786207
>If you give that money to a chuba instead, what do you get? a 5 second "thank you for the superchat" message and that's it? how does that make sense
You get that if you spend on big chubas. Get yourself a 2view you can badger with delving questions and inane comments. It's the digital equivalent of paying the homeless to dance for your amusement.

>>61786207
To me, memberships and SCs are just "Hey I like this content, please keep making stuff."

most of the donations are just the staff giving them their salary and for baiting retards into donating.

>>61786207
That's why I only buy merch and CDs

>>61786770
Same for me.

I just want to water her like a flower, watch her grow, have fun, and slack off on company time. Because that shit is wholesome and relatable !

>>61786770
Holy fuck, an actually sane person. Feels good to see one.

My oshi does a fuck ton of projects so every time I see her on concerts, make new covers or does radio or television appearances, I felt like it's a good 'investment'. It's like paying for your daughter's education or something like that

>>61786207
I never give money to any streamers or any kind of entertainment. If everyone was like me then streamers/entertainment either wouldn't exist or would be one big ad integration. So as cringe as the people posting about raping a png are, in a way they fund this fandom. I still think they're weird tho

>>61786207
yeah, i don't SC and i only member a couple. i've cancelled memberships if i didn't feel like the content was worth it. but whatever. thanks to all the chumps who send the vtubers i watch money. i appreciate my free ride.

>>61786770
When was the last time you donated to a male streamer?

>>61786770
This so much, I just want to show my appreciation for them providing a bit of joy in an otherwise mundane day. No strings attached or expectations.

>>61786207
When Kiara reads my superchat I feel like she really appreciates the money and she deserves it for being the only hardworking member left in Myth.

The way I see it, I spend around 8 hours in a week watching her streams which is about 5% of the hours in a week. I don't think it's unreasonable to give her 5% of my income in superchats for the entertainment she provides me. A Netflix and cable subscription is probably more than that anyways and there nothing worth watching anyways.

>>61786770
>paying for entertainment

Why would anyone do this?

>>61786207
You feed her the idea to keep going as a Vtuber, not because she's good but because she's a product. Most vtubers are working class so they start to believe that by getting money if they keep doing it and improve they will get more Money.
It's like feeding a dog for a day and the dog will follow you and do what you want.

>>61786207
I support a content creator I enjoy and ensure that they continue producing the streams/videos I like to watch.

>>61786207
In essence nothing since you are essentially paying for nothing but a thank you. On the other hand many just want to support their favorite content creator and if I remember correctly Marine uses the superchat money to make songs and animations for her videos. So yeah it’s support at the end of the day.

>>61786207
>Gets your name on the credits of weekly show
>Get extra clussy ASMR stream every month to fap over
I'm pretty sure it's cheaper and i get more pleasure and recognition for doing so than the cost of two hashbrowns at mcdonalds these days.

>>61786207

>>61787240
There is, I want Marine to be the richest woman in Japan.

>>61800042
the barista at the coffee shop gives me more attention for a tip than most vtubers when you SC. and I can get a free refill.

I get an amazing ship badge next to my name and some cute emotes

>>61798412
I don't watch males.

NEVER DONATED
NEVER SUBBED
ADBLOCK ON
STOLEN LAPTOP
NEIGHBORS WIFI
FREE ENTERTAINMENT

You see, I subscribe to the idea of paying people for their services.

>>61786207
because we are parasocial fucks, kiddo

>>61787424
>>61791248
yeah ok good point lol

giving money to millionares more than you have to, then

>>61786207
concert funds

To date I've given my oshi $22,950. It's not about the chat message, and it's not about her attention. I'm not "buying" something, and I don't expect anything in return. What I get is the ability to reduce one source of her stress (financial), and make a positive impact on her life beyond just posting heart emojis in chat. It allows her to keep streaming even though she's a NEET, and it makes her parents and family respect her choice to stream because it's benefitting her.

I have a deep primal need to provide for my family, but before I found my oshi I didn't have a family and had given up all hope of having one. You don't understand what it's like to wage every day and accumulate money for NOTHING. No dreams, no desires, no future, just soulless waging for soulless evil money. Giving money to my oshi gives me a little bit of purpose in my life that wasn't there before. It makes waging easier, it's literally "Do it for her" now.

>>61808402
you should adopt kids or get a girlfriend or something

>>61808402
Hello you need help so I made you a thread. Good luck King, I wish you the best.

>>>/adv/30085433

>>61786207
With my oshi, I know exactly where the money goes to

every day I pray that every little donation helps her escape her country and get her the medical treatment she needs, or at the very least bring her some comfort.

>>61810338
Kek you forgot to ask for advice

>>61786207

>>61812449
yeah but the situation kinda screams for advice

also that first reply
>i've spent $1500 on a tiktok streamer and she's become a close friend of mine who I dm every day, who sends me private pictures and talks to me about all kinds of things.
He doesn't know does he

>>61808402
I'm the same, except instead of some millionaire who won't notice it I give it to Ukrainian soldiers to defend their homeland. Find a Ukrainian soldier you like and wouldn't mind keeping alive.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCbD4WBqPg4

>>61786207
>Pay subs to anime sites, Netflix, Disney+ and other shit like NFL and soccer channels
>Spend more time watching chuubas

I’m literally richer than when I was when I was die hard nfl/Soccer fan. Spending $100 on merch 2-3 times a year pales in comparison with how much I wasted on shit jerseys, tickets and food+beers

>>61821974
I can't fathom what an insufferable normie you have to be to actually pay for disney or netflix

>>61798412
Does a patreon membership to an ojiisan's react channel count?

>>61819011
are there any women ukrainian soldiers to donate to?

>>61786207
Your oshi is buying her girlfriend clothes with YOUR money. Feel bad yet?

i don't like sex okay
>>61830387
based

>>61786770
While this is good and valiant, there is literally no reason to send even more money to big corpo vtubers that are already swimming in money from sponsorships and other activities.

>>61830210
I don't know of any soldiers, but there's a Ukrainian qt who lost her father to a Russian Shell hitting her home. She since dedicated herself to accepting donations and delivering supplies to Ukrainian soldiers ever since.

https://twitter.com/UkrainianAna

>>61786770
stupid fuck

>>61786207
Serotonin

>>61786207
3dpd

>>61786207
Parasocial

>>61786770
>vtubers
>entertaining
lol
lmao

>>61806153
You forgot pirating member's content just to rub salt into the wound. Why pay for what you can get for free?
Member is fair game and at least top paypig in a donothon/buying merch gets you something in exchange, but regular SC/donations do nothing.

>>61810338
BASED anon. This warrants serious mental health professional help.

>>61808402
At least bang some 3d hookers or adopt a 3rd world SEA kid or something. Maybe take a vacation/travel the world and find some reason that gives purpose besides being a paypig provider. It's never too late to marry some 3dpd gold digger if you just want to be the same simp but be more approved in the eyes of society. Alternatively there are theoretically good wholesome traditional women outside of the West (hell, there are literally 60+ year old pensioners getting married out in Flipland/Indo/Thailand to some poor village girl who you can fulfill your saviorfag fantasies with.
Otherwise, maybe take some time off and save up so you DON'T need to do a soulless job anymore. I honestly relate to a lot of what you say, and the only respite from that was being a megajew with every penny I had due to a poorfag childhood (never paid a netflix/membership subscription, always f2p in every game, coupons for everything IRL, minimized rent with roommates/moving back home with parents during COVID, eat one meal a day/never restaurant, etc). Combined with high income, I'm now retired early as a NEET living off passive 4-5% interest.
There is light at the end of the tunnel, and every cent you pay to an online whore is one step away from actually living the hookers and life (or wholesome married traditional life if you so choose).

>>61825346
>>61821974
I can't fathom how an insufferable SPORTS normie ended up here. NFL/FIFA game cucks are the worst kind of whale gacha losers in the world, and the IRL version is even worse. At least we spin gacha for cute 2d anime waifus....these guys out there whaling 10k+ for their collection of Basketball-Americans. It's a whole new level of pay2win faggotry whether you're buying front row tickets/jerseys/shitty stadium food marked up 10x.
Have you ever considered....just not wasting money on shit? Hell, I used to be a LoLfag who watched every LCS game ever, but even then I don't have the tiniest desire to pay for shitty skins/jerseys. Just play the game as a f2p, git gud, and enjoy the (free) hobby without needing to waste hours of your sad wageslave life earning back what you wasted. Unless you somehow enjoy your job, wouldn't you be happier NOT working those hours instead? I'm sure the momentary happiness obtained through what you bought is NOT worth the suffering incurred to earn that equal amount.

>>61847169
>He thinks I played Ultimate team
Lmao, yeah I did play FIFA but it was when Be a Pro was actually good. Now it’s pure shit and it’s probably why I don’t even touch that crap anymore.
>but muh look at all the money and time wasted
Who gives a fuck, I had fun back then. It’s like with Gura and faggots hating on her. Why? I had fun back then and just because I don’t now doesn’t change I didn’t before.

Also suck my cock faggot, I was always a tsun loving waifu fag, vidya fag, a sports fag but NEVER was I a pathetic LOL faggot like you

>>61786207
Simps think that if they give their favorite e-whore money she‘ll love them

>>61845696
go back

>>61847573
Really wish these guys would just man up and take the hookerpill. She still won't love you, but she'll offer a whole lot more than your 2d oshi who won't even notice you (unless you watch a poor 2view). Main appeal of vtuber GFE is that it's mass produced and free. If you're going to whale, pay some cute cosplayer to go on a date with you or go all-in on the escort experience. Unless we have an oil baron in here, you guys aren't rich enough to be a patron of the arts to some multimillionaire.

>>61786683
Median income in America is 33k per year. Assuming a 40 hour work week, 20$ constitutes 1.26 hours of work. It may not be a devastating loss, but it is absolutely a notable amount of money for the average person.

>>61786207
It feels like you are supporting someone for a good street show or when you gift a good artist