Valkyrae warns aspiring gamers against streaming careers: \u201cDon\u2019t quit your jobs\u201d YouTube: ValkyraeRachell \u201cValkyrae\u201d Hofstetter has dropped a bombshell on aspiring gamers wanting to make it big in the livestreaming industry: according to the reigning Queen of YouTube, there\u2019s only one surefire way to break-in, and it\u2019s a long, long process. \u201cMaking it on Twitch\u201d has become the goal for many gamers, especially after watching stars like xQc, Pokimane, Nickmercs, and Asmongold hit the big time. It\u2019s not a realistic dream to have though, warns Valkyrae. The 30-year-old YouTuber, who recently re-upped her exclusive broadcasting deal with Google\u2019s titanic video site, claims the road to streaming stardom is \u201clong, hard\u201d and, for many, is a pipedream that actually fizzles out before long. \u201cI\u2019m telling you right now, don\u2019t quit your job,\u201d Hofstetter said. That\u2019s not to say Valkyrae doesn\u2019t think anyone can break into the industry. Hofstetter stands as a perfect example that determination can always pay off \u2014 she now boasts over 3.7m followers. But, there are realistic ways to approach it, she says. Valkyrae explained: \u201cGet a real job first, okay? If you have the intentions of streaming because you want it to be your job, and you wanna make money from it\u2026. Sorry, you cannot go into it with that expectation. It\u2019s not gonna work, and you have to do this for years and years and years and years.\u201d \u201cUse streaming as a hobby. And, you also need to create content that is going to be interesting. Probably something that you\u2019re really passionate about too.\u201d Even that isn\u2019t the \u201csimple key\u201d either, Valkyrae admits. As important as what you\u2019re broadcasting is knowing people, building networks via other streamers, and growing your fanbase from there. \u201cCollaborate with people,\u201d she suggested. Don\u2019t get stuck with playing one game forever either, she added. Fortnite was her true launching point, but she played League of Legends for years before that, and pivoted into the Among Us craze early on too. \u201cTry different types of content,\u201d the YouTuber said. \u201cIf something isn\u2019t working, or if something gets more views than other things, maybe it\u2019s time to capitalize.\u201d And if fans do decide to stream, despite all the warnings, there\u2019s only one place that they should start, Valkyrae claims; her red-branded kingdom, YouTube. The Google-owned platform still runs second to Twitch\u2019s livestreaming, but the 100 Thieves co-owner believes that\u2019s already starting to change. \u201cI feel valued on YouTube. They make me feel important. On Twitch, that\u2019s not really there. They have so many people on deals that you don\u2019t get that feeling.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Valkyrae warns aspiring gamers against streaming careers: \u201cDon\u2019t quit your jobs\u201d YouTube: ValkyraeRachell \u201cValkyrae\u201d Hofstetter has dropped a bombshell on aspiring gamers wanting to make it big in the livestreaming industry: according to the reigning Queen of YouTube, there\u2019s only one surefire way to break-in, and it\u2019s a long, long process. \u201cMaking it on Twitch\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63381\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}