(09-07-2012, 01:10 PM)edh Wrote: Some media coverage or other reason for many players being on?
Gronkh and Sarazar, Germany's most famous "Let's play" youtubers (more than 600.000 subscribers) decided to play some Xonotic with their fans. Their impression of the game seems really great, looks like they had their fun (especially on Nexball). Here you can watch the trailer for the show and the VoDs:
I didn't understand much and third part is missing but seems nice, it was unexpected to see all servers populated, even though people went away after a while, but that could have been because it was 2 in the morning.
I've never been convinced of these Youtube channels myself, I'm really surprised so many people 'tune in' to watch someone else play a game. If for some reason that I can't quite fathom lots of people actually watch these things and want to play Xonotic then good.
Things still are above average activity right now and there's quite a few good people too.
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09-07-2012, 06:10 PM (This post was last modified: 09-07-2012, 06:13 PM by Mr. Bougo.)
(09-07-2012, 04:22 PM)edh Wrote: I've never been convinced of these Youtube channels myself, I'm really surprised so many people 'tune in' to watch someone else play a game. If for some reason that I can't quite fathom lots of people actually watch these things and want to play Xonotic then good.
Things still are above average activity right now and there's quite a few good people too.
It's the same thing as reading someone who talks about playing a game, except in video form. Can't you fathom that either? And before you say people are too lazy to read, live unscripted speech is quite different from written prose.
Also, it lets you discover some games, see what somebody else thinks about it, watch how they play it, and in some cases have a good laugh since some "let's play"ers can be funny.
Livestreams are nice in general because you get to interact with the audience and sometimes with the streamers themselves. It's like watching TV with someone else (assuming there is interesting stuff on TV, that is), it can be more social than watching it on your own.
(09-07-2012, 04:25 PM)Maddin Wrote: Gronkh is the famoust person on youtube in Germany so it isn´t a surprise that so many people follow this.