/vt/ - Virtual Youtubers

>>738914
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyaNhr61QQY

>>738914
You have no right to judge us
You'd fuck your camera if you could

>>738964
It is not. I am genuinely curious. I have no idea how people would want to waste the precious free time you have in the world on watching men streaming with a anime filter on, let alone pay money for it. I sincerely want to understand what compels so many of you to do it.

>>739058
My camera is just a tool to take photos with. While I do like my camera a lot after years of trying different ones to get the tool that best suited my photography, I am not attracted to it. Are you attracted to these anime filtered streamers? If so do you pay money because you feel like you might get attention or friendship from them in the long run?

>>739085
Personally, vtubers are not the only streamers I watch in the first place. Being honest I'm really not into anime, especially the cutesy kawaii animu gurl, but these people are for the most part genuinely entertaining and a good part are actually very talented, be it in singing or in drawing or anything else.

I used to avoid them until I randomly stumped upon a video of one of them doing a cover of a song I really really liked (which she nailed), and then found out she (and the rest) were legitimately funny and entertaining, so I stuck around.

>>738914
>/p/ here

Had to check what board this is. Never hear from you guys, but from the looks of it you can fuck off back to /p/ and jerk to your creep pics

>>738914
yes thats exactly it now fuck off

>>739261
I see. So the streamer provides entertainment somehow, with a long term "act" that is separate from the anime filter. Is the entertainment you are getting derived from humour? A need for friendship/socialisation? Thanks for the response.

>>738914
>/pee/

>>739333
>>739359
No need to be angry. Why not tell me your real motivations so that I can understand you better?

>men pretending to be anime girls
this is a such a low tier bait that even reddit have better shit

You assume they're men with voice changers for some reason but you do realize that's not at all the case

>>739407
dont try to act like somehow you're interested in this shit and wants to know more, you started this shitty thread trying to stir shit up. There's no reason to give you attention beyond telling you to fuck off and leave

We love men. How hard is that for you to understand?

>>739428 is bait. It really is all men.

>>739085

i jerk off to anime girls is what it is

>>739085
Do you know those fangirls in the 90s who's very supportive of their favorite boyband since day 1? This is like that, but for weebs, gamers, and those who like to chill.

>>739368
None? They're just streamers like any other. There are undoubtedly people who do develop a certain degree of dependency to a streamer (especially if it's a guy watching a girl), but that happens in everything that involves parasocial relationships. I just watch them like another person would watch a movie or tv series in their free time, and if they're playing a game I really like I might stick around for the entire time.

Most girls (yes, they're actually women, at least in Hololive which is what the vast majority of this board's people actually watch) do have some sort of act or persona but for the most part they play themselves, and there are so many there's almost certainly something for everyone.

Oh and there's a fairly prominent indie Vtuber scene that doesn't even necessarily stick to anime for an avatar, so there's that too.

>>739085
You need to remove that 2008 internet stereotype and then you can have your proper answer.

>Tourist (probably not really, just some in-house retard trying to stir shit by LARPing)
>Loaded language ("men with anime filters" as a returning, foregone conclusion)
>Professions that they're genuinely asking, while continuing to return to the loaded language in order to invoke a response
1/32 low quality b8

>>738914
sage

>>739462
I am genuinely interested in understand what compels adult men to spend their hard earned money and sparse free time to watch and donate to this. It makes me feel old and I'd like to understand if it's a sexual thing, a loneliness thing, etc. You're right in that I would never watch or enjoy the content itself.

>>739368
It's all of the above. The best of them are funny, talented at singing or drawing, interact enough with chat to give you that parasocial hit (yeah it's a crude imitation of having a real (girl)friend to hang out with, but whatcha gonna do?), and just...bring a little brightness to your day.

>>739411
Sorry I was led to believe that most of these were male and the females who were "doxxed" were just sisters or girlfriends covering for the male streamer. I mean, how would you know anyway I guess. And it's not like you would ever meet much less be friends or have a relationship with the "character".

>>739549
>There are undoubtedly people who do develop a certain degree of dependency to a streamer

>>739631
Which stereotype is that?
>>739549
What makes an anime streamer playing a PC game more entertaining than a netflix TV show or movie, for example? For you I mean, not in general. Thanks for your replies I feel like I am learning a little bit more now. I have the tendency to be closed minded when I find something I can't understand.

>>739843
Life or death dependency

>>739681
Ah I see. Do you feel a little bit less lonely with these "parasocial hits" when you are streaming and seeing other people in the audience making comments, or you make a comment yourself, compared to for example just watching a TV show alone? The stream with commentary feels like a more social event, like a group of guys at a bar watching a sports game on a TV?

>>739843
Couldn't be me

nice thread journalist

Have you ever been to a convenience store, or a bank, or any place where you see employees? It's not particularly expensive for a company to hire females.

AO isn't an anime girl, don't put us in the same boat

>>739878
Why are you comparing them to movies and tv shows? They are entirely different. goddammit you're a real piece of headache

>>740016
I don't work for Vice, I assure you. I felt that being direct and asking would get more genuine responses than making a meme thread or a false flag in an existing one. I don't really have tie to browse the board and consume the content to understand at that level. So i figured I'd have some of you explain it to me.

>>739878
What makes any streamer more entertaining than Netflix? Why does anyone even watch streams?

Because the girls are funnier than I am on my own, also they're all very distinct from each other and games can be played in a variety of ways

>>740073
Isn't a streamer with a filter, especially a popular one, a kind of entertainment that you mainly watch? I think I am seeing a trend here that you guys might enjoy the little communities that develop in the audience itself, right?

>>739762

Trap vtubers exist but they're usually pretty obvious and (with some exceptions) not particularly popular compared to the actual girls. Frequently vtubers started out as regular livestreamers so it'd be pretty difficult for them to "cover" multiple actual multi-hour streams.

>>739878
It's somewhere in between watching a show and hanging out with a friend. Heck, some of my favorite streams have just been movie watchalongs. Whatever it is, it's new, and I'm not sure there's a pre-internet form of entertainment you can really compare it to.

>>739878
I am way more into videogames than movies or tv shows, and it's been that way since forever. It's entertaining to see someone with an interesting personality play and react to a game you have played, or to a game you might not have checked out or known if they hadn't played it.
Like I said, vtubers are not the only streamers I watch, I also watch "real" people because of the exact same reason. That's also the reason why I wouldn't watch a vtuber I don't find interesting even if their avatar is super cute.

>>740098
>Because the girls are funnier than I am on my own

So you usually watch these when alone, and feel some kind of social benefit from it over gaming or watching a TV show alone?

>also they're all very distinct from each other and games can be played in a variety of ways

Yes, so you can pick the streamer that gives you the content you like, I am pretty clear on that aspect at least.

>>738914
Lmao this dude comin from /p/

>>739986

>sports game
This person is probably over 50 years old

Bait but I'll bite, they're just like any streamer or content creator. I watch them because I find them entertaining and there are genuinely talented people who are good at keeping a crowd whether through humor or charisma or people that can actually sing/dance/draw/etc. I never donate but I buy merch like I do for everyone else.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7ACeepv_zg

>>740125
>>740141
I see. So for you this is like PewdiePie tier "let's play" streaming but they happen to use anime avatars (sometimes). And you'd rather watch these streams with other people and have a chat log, than watch TV or a movie with friends and family, or playing a game on your own. Is that because you don't have access to friends or family to watch media with? Or do you feel somewhat anxious to play games on your own and would rather see someone else playing them?

this thread glows

>>740268
You're trying too hard.

>>740230
Not bait. Do you, or anyone else, have an example of a really good, in your opinion, anime streamer clip that someone un-initiated might enjoy?

>>740123
Actually yeah, thats right each girl has her own fanbase and its own inside jokes but a some people (including me) don't even pay attention to chat and never bother participating. Its just about the appeal of the girl.

Its not even a surrogate for a GF, because when she does girlfriend content I feel a bit off put, but a good mate that enjoys the same games you like is always cool

>>740295
Fill me in. I am post-irony and direct. You are replying, so perhaps you enjoy the attention somewhat?

>>738914
>/p/ here
Don't you have some creepshots to take down at the elementary school, camerafucker? This is the shittiest bait I've ever seen. But honestly, even a retard like yourself should know that the people behind the avatars are actually female 99% of the time. Even the tourists and kiddies from reddit have already seen all the doxxposts.

I watch them because they're nigger free entertainment.

what a shitty bait
this is not even reddit, this is like tiktok or facebook

>>740378
You seem really upset. Do you feel threatened by someone outside your community asking questions to better understand you?

>>740314
Yeah, this one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPjUzNcxFHk

bad faith get lost

>>740357
You're at a point where any explanation will never satisfy you. I'm only here to pity you. I'll say it again: You're trying too hard.

>>740268
Man you're not even trying to hide that it's bait (the fact you imply watching a streamer means you have no friends and mentioning PDP makes it too obvious) but fine I'll keep biting.

It's literally just a matter of managing your time for the hobbies you wanna do lol. I can hang out with a friend and then catch a stream late at night, they're not mutually exclusive. And you can also simply have friends with similar interests as you, who would also enjoy watching vtubers like you. Wild huh. And much like TV shows you can simply leave them as background noise while you do other stuff. And if there's a game I want to play but haven't yet, and a streamer is gonna play it too, I'll simply not watch their stream until I do it myself first.

>>740268
I don't have friends or a family that would watch movies with me nigger

>>740416
You're not here to understand with your loaded questions. Fuck off.

>>740436
I actually am learning a lot. I don't know what "satisfaction" has to do with it.

>>740556
Not trying to be insulting. We are anonymous here remember. I guess from my limited perspective, I would prefer to watch TV with my girlfriend or family, so I am trying to understand why someone would watch a anime filtered streamer play a game rather than play a game themselves. Like, there are multiplayer online games so you wouldn't be alone at all.

>>738914
>/p/
You actually thought people would believe you? Go back to /tv/.

>>740578
I felt that might be the case for some of you. I am guessing many of you don't have girlfriends/wives right? Do you think if you had a partner to put effort into you'd still watch the same amount of this content?

>>740415
he from /p/ so most likely.

>>740683
People have their preferences.

>>740733
this is like a shittier version of AO bait desu

>>740733
I used to post on /tv/ years ago but it's just /pol/ lite now and I find that boring. /p/ is slow but has some decent content sometimes. I saw ads for this new board and I literally could not parse the 3 threads I opened so I thought I'd ask people already deep in the community their thoughts.

>>740683
I watch vtubers with my girlfriend. You do realize there are ALOT of people who watch vtubers and not just the fuckers who post here right. They are becoming more and more normal by the day. They are literally just streamers or lets players who have an anime avatar. Nothing more nothing less

>>740394
based. in addition, jew and now chink (for hololive at least) free.

>>740774
Preferences evolve from conditioning. Conditioning evolves from access to resources and abilities. If someone feels lonely and turns to watching anime streamers rather than spending time with friends, or putting effort into getting a girlfriend (for those that feel attracted to these streamers), then it speaks of past habits and perhaps a lack of motivation/knowledge/confidence/etc to be able to get what one wants in the real world.

>>740394
But Pikamee is black.

>>740683
I watch vtubers with my friends/family, it's just another form of entertainment.

>>738914
I don't want /p/ is, brother. I only enjoy AO videos

>>740831
I definitely am seeing that. I also see though a lot of obsessive and definitely sexual behaviors voiced regularly in the threads on this board.

is it really hard to take some time to google something now
or just fucking search some clips on yt
i did this with KPop, didnt like it and moved on
is this really hard to do nowadays?

>>740813
Did you also go to /pw/ and ask them why they watch play fighting?
Its entertainment thats why people watch it.

>>740912
Why are you on 4chan talking about the anime streamers instead of talking to your friends and family. The awnser you give to this is the same answer we give to you. Are you lonely and not putting any effort into getting a girlfriend? Is self projecting a fun hobby?

>>740683
I already explained why I would watch a streamer play a game. >>740141
Watching streamers is something you either are into or not, much like any other pastime. Insinuating that you /must/ be spending your time watching a streamer because you have no people in real life with whom to spend it with, instead of simply... both watching them /and/ have a normal social life, is actually quite insulting.

Besides, a lot of people who enjoy videogames (and the streamers who play them) are introverts. It's nothing uncommon to see people who'd rather spend their free time by themselves, and a vtuber is literally just another form of entertainment you can enjoy on your own or with others.

>>740683
They don't just play games. A lot of them are singers, or artists.

>>741056
Schools are closed due to wu flu so he can't take creep shots of high school girls, that is why he is here.

>>740993
I understand what VT is as content discussed in this board. I am asking what different people's motivations and perhaps their backgrounds are for being so dedicated to it. I enjoy watching movies myself, but I would not sit on a message board arguing about them all day, and I certainly wouldn't pay money to someone who watching a movie I liked or buy merch from them. I don't want to antagonise anybody. We are all anonymous here. There is no judgement. I think it might even be good for the people who post here a lot to better understand why they do that and how they are engaging with their hobbies. I know meta threads on /p/ about camera gear and different styles of photography has helped me get a better grasp of what I need to work on and perhaps to be purchasing things with my money more intelligently.

>>741056
these people have unironically given up. this is their girlfriend/social life simulator. saddest part is the vtubers are playing a character.

>>740965
Budddy you're on 4chan. Half these people are just playing along or trolling and the other half are mentally ill. This is literally no different than other boards.

>>740394
pretty much this, vtubers are cute and funny, and jewish media is ugly and depressing

>>741116
kek
/p/edophile

>>741056
A friend linked me to this board actually and him and a few others are reading your replies. He thought this place was quite pathetic so I figured I would ask to try and see if there was something more to it than just lonely incels who needed friends and maybe a vent for their sexual frustration. I already have a girlfriend and am happy in that regard. I guess if I didn't have one though, I would be working on getting one rather than jerking off or paypigging for a streamer.

>>741125
>i dont want to antagonize anybody
>Is it like a cuck thing where you get off on the humiliation or is it like an incel thing where you just want attention badly even if it's from a guy. Or is it a coomer thing and you wank to this somehow?
go fuck yourself op

>>740378
>the people behind the avatars are actually female 99% of the time
>posts a tranny
kek

>>741125
>I don't want to antagonise anybody
>starts the thread with a very bad assumption of vtubers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkrWniAr8Zk

>>740813
>I don't get the appeal
That is one of the best established ways to bait for (you)s, yes. You're pretty good at it, too. Great mix of obtuseness, passive-aggression, and buzzwords. Just look at all the replies. But if you really wanna step up your game next time, you have to take shots at people's oshis and not the hobby as a whole. Try Kiara, that's a staple. And to all the retards bumping this thread, I understand that it's a slow day, but try to have some dignity.

>>741167
I don't know, I don't see this amount of sexualisation of child-like effigies on /p/. I only post on blue boards though. There seems to be a lot of pent of sexual frustration being vented on these streamers.

>>741215
that was the joke, yes

>>741207
fake and gay

>>741212
Sorry if I am direct. But we don't know each other and this is anonymous so you don't need to be threatened. Do you feel like this could be a cuck type thing for you? Do you get off on paying money for no return to "women" who beg for attention on streams? Is that actually why you replied to me just now or...

These people are as bad as kpop stans. They are literally stanning middle aged women pretending to be anime girls because they couldn't make it in the irl idol industry or have failed at their chosen career paths.
You should see the containment threads when specific girls are streaming, they appear the exact same as twitter k-pop stan accounts.

>>738914
Hello /p/, /biz/ here and if you haven't invested in vtubers you are never going to make it, no need to thank me

>>741207
Taking creepshots of a high schooler doesn't make her your girlfriend.

>>741251
Have you never been to /a/, /jp/ or /c/? This board is tame, even for a blue board.

You're all fucking losers for watching this weird shit btw

>>741221
That's why I wanted to get some perspective. I know you guys are just normal people for the most part. My friends all feel you are complete losers but I wanted to see what really motivated you. There are many people who would look at this stuff very negatively so I think it's important to improve understanding.

>>741251
This man has never been on /a/ obviously

You're just too normie and old, as your underage daughter why shes sleeping around instead

>>741324
ogey

>>741245
Gotta admit it got me good. Then again, I have no problems explaining to retards why I like what I like, and it's pretty late at night and I'm not sleepy yet so not like I could be spending my time doing something else.

>>741207
You should tell your friend to look into people/group of people more before making an assumption about them. I personally have quite a few friends who enjoy watching vtubers and so does my girlfriend. Sure some people on this board are pathetic but so are most people on 4chan. This is a very small sample size of the fans and you honestly wouldve had a better answer from people on reddit. Most of us enjoy vtubers because they have interesting personalities (some more than most streamers) and netflix or tv just isnt as fun or engaging. When it comes to paying pigging we are literally just paying them for their service. They are working women who do alot and in the grand scheme get payed very little.

>>741207
Honest question, are you young? Your talk of finding a girlfriend if you didn't have one made me think so. I pursued many different relationships when I was younger but as I grew up I realized that meaningful relationships with my friends and family were more than enough for me. I don't have a girlfriend right now and feel no need to find one.

>>741316
No, and you're right that I'd probably unfairly write off a good deal of them as just lonely, sexually frustrated males who get sexual gratification off simplified and non-threatening anime versions of women in their media consumption.

>>741346
Rrat

>>741306
fuck of /vt/ loves pedophiles