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Geoff, we need to have a serious talk about the "Content Creator" award.
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Guys, can we please just go back to idolizing the real content creators?
When 3 Matrix movies aren't enough lol.
Guys, can we please just go back to idolizing the real content creators?
The late 90s and early 2000s were a fun time for the entertainment industry
Analysis, production planning, detailed commentary etc is all transformative, it's creation.
Streaming the same game every day for 8 hours and yelling at kids while doing it is not creation.
I suggested actual creators who fit the description in this thread several pages ago. Feel free to actually read through the thread.
Out of the 3000 hours he has streamed this year I'm sure not even 3 hours (0.1%) of it would be him yelling.
Oh I know my point was if it isn't a skin for that other player it's even more funny and pathetic.
If you think that poster was sarcastically quipping that he was a monster because he didnt contribute to society and not for the other reasons idk what to tell you.
huh? not everyone wants to sit at home all day playing video games while screaming at their headsets or talking about their weekends with a chat window.
then again, not everyone can fake their enthusiasm and be forced to play a game they don't enjoy playing any longer just 'cause it rakes in the views. not to mention be a PR machine for these publishers. i never said anyone can do it.
Hi, I'm Greg. I talk about video games online. Used to do it at IGN. I won Trending Gamer in 2015 and gave a speech. Now, I talk about games with my friends at Kinda Funny. I'd love for you to give us a shot, but I understand if you're busy.
Ninja was/is a toxic fucktard but this is a dumb as fuck reply.
Edit FWIW since they are looking at popular gamers Toxic shitbags are probably as safe as you can get. Cause it mostly gets worse from there.
In what way is it dumb? He said he helped twitch grow as a platform, and I'm sure Amazon don't need any help with growth.
Because just putting money behind something or being owned by a giant corporation doesnt make the product popular or help it grow. If it did MS's streaming platform would be as big as Twitch's.
I don't understand why people think the game awards need to do this, most people watch the show because of the fucking trailers, not to see a manchild receiving an award for shouting like a 12 years old in front of an audience.
Guys, can we please just go back to idolizing the real content creators?
All those Jeff K memories suddenly pouring in
We would end up with the same problem with Dunkey that many people have with the previous winners (and current nominee). Racial and homophobic slurs isn't the kind of content people here want highlighted and awarded.
Angry Joe has been nominated in earlier year. But yeah I'd assume popularity has a lot (everything) to do with who gets nominated.
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Few of them are primarily Youtubers. I think it's pretty cool though that one of them isn't English language Youtuber/streamer who got nominated. WillyRex does his content in Spanish and his videos seem to break 1 million views easily.
That said, the show could go on without having an award like this. Same with the Esport awards. Kyle Bosman should be sweeping the table anyway with Box Peek, but alas he works on the show so that can't happen.
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Guys, can we please just go back to idolizing the real content creators?
The Matrix was a hell of a drug
You need to sell it better, you got a Forbes Top 30 under 30 alumni as a cast member.
Hi Greg, as both a Trending Gamer award holder and commissioner of the League of Heels, do you feel like there's anyone more deserving of this prestigious award than one "Dirty" Dan Ryckert? Inquiring minds would love to know.
Gaming representation? You do realize that gaming is just a piece of media that people consume in their leisure, right?
Video games still have a bad rap among many, unfortunately.
Crazy thought, but maybe part of the reason that is still the case is because Geoff runs an award ceremony that annually elevates people like Boogie and Ninja.
Gamers do nothing to alleviate that. They are insular, attack criticism of their favorite products, and throw hissy fits over nonsense like an insider being wrong once or a lack of puddles.
We are in a thread where people are literally making up excuses for a guy who doesn't want to stream with women. I can guarantee you are going to definitely have a "bad rap" among people you are purposefully excluding because it's easier than dealing with gossip.
He can smile and educate people about video games on talk shows all he likes, but, at the end of the day, he contributes to the anti-mainstream boy's club mentality that drives women and minorities away.
Lol that doesn't make any sense. The vast majority of people don't know about his controversy they just see a dude on Ellen with bright hair. Only a very small portion of people who are exposed to someone like Ninja through mainstream mediums will dig deeper to find anything like what you're talking about.
A little girl who sees him on television and wants to play video games is going to run smack dab into sexism the second she starts watching streams. Any woman will.
Everything's hunky-dory as long as the "mainstream" is over there. They can learn about gaming but heaven forbid they want to be a part of it.