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ZUUUURC! THAT'S NOT WHAT THAT MEANS ZUUUURC

To finish this rant, this goes to all people making content who feel the weight of the numbers creeping in:

Don't try and find what's appealing to the ever changing algorithm, find what you're passionate about and shine through it. Everyone is unique and that's what should be celebrated. Always.

THAT to me is the greatest form of joy. Spreading the love for videogames is ultimately what I want to do. It's such a powerful media and there's so many good ideas out there that need more recognition, and if I can play even the smallest role in it, then I did my job. 7/?

Like gee, thank you Twitch, I didn't know that *insert roguelike only me and the dev played* is a niche topic and I'm "losing metric" to it.

Who gives a shit.

The real thing I'm proud of is the moment even just ONE person goes "I bought this because it looked fun".
6/?

This also meant that most of the public I gathered from Splatoon, isn't interested in me changing content, and that is absolutely fine, there's absolutely nothing wrong with that.

The problem however, shows up when the platform wants to constantly remind you of this "loss". 5/?

Now, I've changed the direction of my content a lot. I started as an almost purely Splatoon 3 creator, still adore the game but over time the wish to showcase weird and niche games took over way more, and I love doing it, I truly do. 4/?

Twitch does the same, but since I try to stream as much as possible, because I truly enjoy it, I'm reminded of this every single time I end stream.
I did "good'? Green up arrow!!! I did "bad" minus x from last time!!!

It's just... exhausting to see. 3/?

There's a segment where they show Youtube hitting them with these arrows pointing down, when the metrics were worse than other videos/days, because ultimately the platform wants to push the dopamine of eventually hitting those arrows going up to push you to make even more content pf the sort. 2/?

YouTube video by Olexa I'm Not Proud of My Videos

This is going to be a long one but I think it needs to be talked about.

@olexayt.bsky.social made a very nice video talking about not being proud of the videos they make ( m.youtube.com/watch?v=pVG_...) and there's a part that absolutely speaks to me, as a small content creator. 1/?

If there are no triple splashdown haters I'm dead

Booted a game of Splatoon 2 SR, got in game by myself.

I got 730% quota, am I overfishing?

The brothers were a bit lost in the sauce but I appreciate the spirit. They gave it a try, you know?

Based Mikki watching Rachel so she doesn't throw in FL

And mind you, I was one of the doubters of this game, not because of graphics but because the battle style looked like something I wouldn't enjoy. I gave it some time, bought it anyway and was proved wrong.

Yes, the graphics could be better, but if that's all people see you deserve the CoD slop.

I just finished Pokémon Z-A's story.

To anyone badmouthing this game based off of graphics alone, I say this with the utmost disrespect, you shouldn't have an opinion on games.

The story is great, the gameplay is fresh and the final section is probably the best in Pokémon history.

Play this game

How do I ask my barber to give me this without showing him the picture?

This is art of the year, they should replace the Mona Lisa woth this

I'm not involved in this but Nintendo call me I can make good pizza

I think sheem is the cool sea!

Me and who

Good snidding!!

I also just noticed... they're produced by Panini...an Italian company😂

Who needs Pokémon, we got MOOMIN!

The 60 year old execs are in touch with the community!!1!1!11!!!111!!1!

I would rather take the toilet water

I hope your cake tastes like toilet water

This is my son and you better be nice to him.

Employed Fry

Skilled in being ass

It's like they watch the stream at twitch.tv/capulink , allegedly.