EXCEL\u2019s Leahviathan explains the challenges of \u2018making it\u2019 on Twitch EXCELWhile breaking out on Twitch is never easy, EXCEL\u2019s newest content creator Leah \u2018Leahviathan\u2019 Alexandra discusses the pros and cons of trying to make it as a variety streamer in a highly competitive world. With the growth Twitch and of competitive gaming, players across the globe can now hone their skills and transform their hobbies into full-time jobs. Leahviathan, British variety streamer and now EXCEL member, is one such content creator. Starting her journey in 2015 focused on Destiny, Leah has done everything from cosplay streams to watching reality TV on YouTube. The curse of variety streaming, though, is that constantly chopping and changing games means you won\u2019t become a go-to for one specific community. As she joins EXCEL, we spoke to Leah on the challenges of ever-changing streams, and she sheds some light on her personal journey to being a full-time content creator. You’re hired \ud83d\ude0f Welcome @leahviathan! \ud83c\udf89 pic.twitter.com\/pDt9hNM73y \u2014 GIANTX (@GIANTXENG) April 29, 2022 There is luck involved While Leah\u2019s vibrant personality and feisty quips make her streams a must-see, she confesses that \u201cshe got lucky\u201d when it comes to building an audience on Twitch. \u201cI actually started off not as a variety streamer,\u201d she tells Dexerto. \u201cI intended to start doing variety streams, but then the Destiny community was incredible on Twitch back then; Twitch was very different back then.\u201d As Destiny declined, Overwatch took pole position, but she recalls \u201cyou see quite a substantial drop in viewership and interest when you switch to variety streaming because people are there to watch one game, and it\u2019s hard to capture the interest of people who might be interested in you as opposed to the game. \u201cBut I stuck at it because I thought to myself \u2018to be honest, if I can\u2019t sustain a channel doing what I want to do then I don\u2019t want to do it.\u2019 To me there\u2019s no point in forcing that \u2013 I don\u2019t want to just be playing a game to keep the channel alive, because it would be quite obvious I wasn\u2019t enjoying myself and I knew I would end up hating my life! Which is so silly \u2013 you\u2019re playing video games \u2013 but it is interesting how that does things to your mental. \u201cSo then I started variety streaming, and I\u2019ve just been super, super lucky. I play whatever catches my fancy: sometimes it\u2019s the latest game that\u2019s come out, sometimes it\u2019s something that\u2019s been out for a very long time. I just ride the wave of whatever\u2019s happening with my channel. It can be really hard to grow on Twitch, and to be honest, these days if you were starting as a variety streamer I think it would be incredibly difficult.\u201d While Leahviathan also notes that \u201cfrom my limited perspective it seems like the only way you can grow these days is to have a TikTok or post your other content constantly on other platforms,\u201d she thinks that the grind is very much worth it. \u201cThere\u2019s a sense of freedom where if I\u2019m like \u2018oh, I want to sit on YouTube for four hours and watch house tours\u2019 then I can do that. I don\u2019t look at my sub count, I don\u2019t look at my viewer count \u2013 I don\u2019t look at any of the metrics. \u201cIn a way, it\u2019s hard because you pigeonhole yourself sometimes in your content because you think \u2018oh I probably do things this way\u2019 \u2013 but it\u2019s good to get out of that mindset and realize you can kind of do whatever you want, and if you have an audience who are interested in watching you then it\u2019s up to you to keep their interest.\u201d So sure, variety streaming may not be easy, and sure, maybe Leah was \u201cin the right time at the right place,\u201d to borrow her words. However, her magnetic personality and sense of joy are traits that even some of the world\u2019s biggest streamers would envy. As she continues to grow as a creator under the EXCEL banner, we can\u2019t wait to see what she does next.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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