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FrostySomething4/17/2024

Fame and fortune…

Just kiddin’! ;)

I just enjoying making media and playing games so it seems like a natural fit. I mostly make things that I myself would want to watch. I also like trying different things and learning new skills. The bounties on JustAbout have acted as good prompts to do more experimental content, such as the nature documentary for Dragon’s Dogma 2. It’s fun! Hard work, but fun! :D

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Letitia Lemon4/17/2024

This may sound pretty cheesy but my community inspires me to keep making content. I stream as a casual hobby, not for a full-time job and I never expect anyone to watch my content. My career takes me to all sorts of places, doing all sorts of shows for inconsistent periods of time so it makes having a reliable stream schedule somewhat tricky... but knowing that I have NEVER had a stream to 0 viewers is incredibly humbling and it shows that no matter what else I have going on, I have people who will be there to watch me stream and hang out. Even while I am away from streaming, I still do my best to update my other socials with my acting and modelling content to let the community know what I'm up to when not live.

Also, some of my streamer friends motivate me to keep going too. I don't have the time to put in as much effort as they do on their content but they inspire me to find ways to grow with what time I can actually spare on content creation. Surrounding myself with such friendly, supportive, creative people has helped form a positive atmosphere in my online spaces.

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Asim4/15/2024

$4

DisturbReality aka Jarek120

He had a really big magic channel in the early 2010's, he was a shy kid who enjoyed magic and wrestling. He taught me so many magic tricks on Youtube and even showed video's of approaching people at parties and breaking down the psychology of nerves and working magic on a group!

I learned some very cool trick, such as refilling an empty can of coke on the fly and make a deck flip in half and reveal a chosen card without touching it. His magic tutorials and videos helped me develop my magic skills and social skills at university. A shy quiet kid became the life of the party and I also had a bit of a reputation for my magic!

His channel barely gets any views now despite having hundreds of thousands of followers. The subscribers who are still left are die hard fans

The dude really changed my life. I was so proud seeing he got a tryout in WWE

Who knows, maybe I will go to wrestle school one day and wrestle him and he might know the positive impact he had on me

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Makster4/14/2024

$4

One man and one book: John Romero and Doom Guy: Life in First Person (his autobiography).

It’s easy to see on the surface that Romero has an ego complex, parading around as an ace programmer and still celebrating his wins from yesteryear compared to any ground gained in more recent times.

However, listening to the audiobook - I can see that Romero is an incredibly humble individual with a keen passion to code and make games. His autobiography takes you through in stunning detail of his abusive upbringing with his father+ step-father, his passion for coding and clarifications on what happened at Id during the divorce, the failures of Ion Storm, and his recent projects that failed to see the light of day such as BLACKROOM (a crowdfunded game that still lives in vaporware purgatory) and Sigil (Romero’s return to Doom).

But why does he inspire me? - it’s his closing remarks in the epilogue and also words peppered throughout the book. Nowadays technology and knowledge are at our fingertips and anyone with the right drive can find success. It's also his public failures are all too known and yet takes them on the chin and implores people to grow from their failures. It's something so incredible to see a hero show their warts and scars, and yet still be seen as a paragon among the greats.

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MargotCandy4/14/2024

$4

I always find it hard to call myself anything when I haven’t done it successfully for 10 years or so. But my content creation is a bit of a hobby/mess. Haha.

But in terms of content creation, I like to mostly create fun videos of my pets with some educational purposes. I have ferrets and they can be quite misunderstood.

If my partner laughs, then I know I will be on to a winner. So I guess the desire to make him laugh keeps me creating ferret videos.

For my hobby account I really like the vibe and aesthetic of gaminginyellow on instagram. The flatlays especially are inspiring and I’m trying to learn to do something similar with my own spin.

In terms of my other hobbies, I really like the aesthetic and vibe behind https://www.instagram.com/gaminginyellow?igsh=YTZybHR6aDgyZWtx

If I ever were to stream or record videos of me gaming then I’d have to credit FightinCowboy whose gameplay videos have helped me through Elden Ring.

But in the end I like being a bit creative and have an online collection of things I have done or enjoy at a given moment in time, so I guess you could say the desire to record and look back on memories is what keeps me going.

And the reason I’m here is that I like building and being part of a community. I helped build a local community in my city in person pre Covid and I miss it hence I’m looking for community online more now. :)