Comment on What is with these videos where it's just someone reaction to shit someone else is doing?

fizzle@quokk.au ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• xistera@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  For the same reason people watch professional sports.

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  • fizzle@quokk.au ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Fair enough. I don’t watch gambling ads professional sports either.

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• Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  When i was a kid me and my 4 siblings would often have to take it in turns to play single or 2 player games. In the mean time if you weren’t playing you would watch the others play. It was exciting rooting for one player or another, it was great when something funny happened, or when someone did something amazing, whether on purpose or by accident whilst button mashing. Even single player adventure or rpg games were fun to watch. It was kind of like watching a movie. You were there for the fun bits, the exciting bits, the sad bits, the shocking bits. Even watching, you are part of it.

  Admittedly, despite this, i initially didn’t find this sort of content appealing as i thought there would be something different with me not being in the room and it not being my siblings. But after watching a streamer who makes other, non-game content do a few multiplayer games with other people that appear on his stream i found that they can be just as fun to watch. You still get a bit of that feeling and its still enjoyable. Especially if you are watching live and can take part in the chat. The rest of chat are substitutes for my siblings and the streamer and his buddies are all funny and the camaraderie is very familiar.

  All in all i would say, you might be suprised if you gave it a go.

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• Fleppensteijn@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I’m not into sports neither and when my father explained why he watches sports, I suggested you might just as well watch people playing video games.

  I thought that was ridiculous at the time but it actually became a thing

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• reksas@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  i watch it for the commentary. Its also kind of like pseudoshared experience. There are also bunch of games that are not necessarily bad but which i dont want to buy, so watching someone else play it is nice way to experience the game and also see if it would be worth getting afterall.

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• pishadoot@sh.itjust.works ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I’ve watched let’s plays of strategy games that I want to be better at, in order to see people who don’t fucking suck like I do. But after I get a better idea on how to suck less, I stop.

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• tatann@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  The streamer might do some funny (or insightful) comments about the game while playing, or do a playthrough with some weird conditions (e.g. he can’t do certain actions like healing, …) that you wouldn’t in your right mind apply to yourself

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  • Lemminary@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    The streamers I watch are usually incredibly talented and can pull off things I wouldn’t even imagine. They also explain the game at a very high level and can show me the boundaries that I didn’t even know existed. They also experiment with different setups and beat the game in hard mode without breaking a sweat.

    Not everyone can pull it off while being entertaining and pleasant, but I think those are the ones worth watching the most.

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  • fizzle@quokk.au ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Amazing.

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• Retro_unlimited@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Sometimes I find it fun to watch a game I will never play, but I also get to chat with the streamer so theres that too.

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  • fizzle@quokk.au ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    More power to you brother, but yeah this holds no meaning for me.

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• Spacehooks@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Some streamers play indie games and some are terribly boring to me. It helps me sleep.

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