[1] Going to go on kind of a longish Twitter rant now. Well, I guess it isn't really a rant as much as it is me discussing my stream and my thoughts on my history and future with it. It's nothing really important, but I have some stuff I want to think about & ask my viewers.
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[12] Fast forward to 2012 when I was 15 years old. In December, I tried my first livestream. I had watched AGDQ VoDs and was inspired. I wanted to do my own charity stream. So I named myself GamesForCharity and streamed a normal playthrough of Windwaker for charity.
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[13] I told a lot of my IRL friends about it beforehand. I had it planned out a few weeks in advance. Keep in mind this was my first livestream EVER. I played the game for about 12 hours until I beat it. A few IRL friends stopped by during the stream and it was the best feeling.
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[14] I raised a total of somewhere around $20, but from people who weren't my IRL friends. Looking back, the fact I raised that amount on my first livestream EVER, and from people who I didn't personally invite to the stream; that's pretty incredible imo.
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[15] I absolutely loved the experience. So, I decided to do some more gaming livestreams on the account. I wanted to learn to speedrun, as Cosmo was my inspiration at the time. He was doing OoT then, so I learned that (Any%). Over time, I started getting a few viewers.
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[16] It was at this time I realized my username probably wasn't what I wanted forever. But it was too late in my eyes as I didn't want to lose the viewers I already had. This ended up being a good decision, because I eventually switched over to just GFC. Rolls off the tongue.
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[17] Sometime in early 2013, I saw someone named SSBMstuff had like 1K viewers playing a Yu-Gi-Oh game. I didn't understand what I was watching but for some reason I was mesmerized by the gameplay and commentary. I was bothered that I didn't understand it, so I set out to learn.
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[18] And we all know how that ended up. I messaged saboom and he let me into the FM Skype group. I played the game casually and then started joining races. I started growing exponentially. This was happening in mid 2013. By mid 2014, I was accepted as a Twitch Partner.
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[19] Time went on, and I began burning out with FM, taking a break from streaming for weeks or even months, then coming back and so on. Because of this (or because FM wasn't as popular), I lost a lot of my popularity. I didn't mind because the core community around me was so cool
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[20] I have always said that I never, ever did anything I've done for the money. And talking to you all now, I can firmly stand behind this statement yet again. I did it for three reasons. 1.) My passion for entertaining 2.) My passion for video games 3.) I love talking to chat
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[21] I was never a popular kid. I wasn't unpopular though. I was in a decent middle ground most of my life. I had friends, but not many. However, by the time I was popular on Twitch, I didn't have really any friends that I actually did anything with outside of school or work.
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[22] And guess what? I still don't. Because of that, I don't get that much friendly interaction. This is why I love my chat. I don't consider you viewers, or fans. I consider you friends. FM was perfect for me because I could play the game AND hang out with chat, easily.
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[23] The bottom line is that I craved and still crave friendly human interaction, and through streaming I was able to get a steady stream of it. Take that reason and combine it with the other reasons I enjoyed streaming and you have yourself the perfect hobby for me.
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[24] However, FM left a lot to be desired after a while. I noticed that if I streamed ANYTHING else, even if it was a speedrun, I had no viewers. Like, none. I always envied those who got popular through a speedgame like Zelda.
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[25] If you gain your following through a game like that, you can speedrun many other things (and even casual play) and still retain a good portion of your audience. Because FM is a niche game. Leave the niche, lose the viewers. Zelda isn't niche. Many games resemble it.
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[26] I feel stuck with FM. Part of me resents it. But the larger part of me is grateful that I can have even a sliver of popularity while streaming ANY game, even if it is just a single game. I thank everyone for that popularity. However, it isn't enough any longer.
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[27] I'm going to be perfectly honest with everyone: I am bored of Forbidden Memories. I'm not burned out. I don't need break. I am wholeheartedly bored with the game through and through. I love races, and I will always do them, but I can't touch it otherwise.
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[28] Here is the choice I have to face every time I want to stream. I can either stream a game I'm not interested in, but get viewers and thus human interaction, which I love. Or, I can stream a game I am interested in, and lose out on any human interaction.
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[29] Some days, I just really crave my chat and human interaction. So I'll do FM. Other days, I just really want to play a different game, even if it means doing it alone. But the problem is that a lot of times, I won't even stream games that aren't FM.
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[30] To me, if streaming a game gets me 0 viewers (aka any game that isn't FM), a lot of times it isn't worth streaming. I can play it solo in my living room and get the same effect, except I can't talk to myself about what's happening without looking like a crazy person.
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[31] So, the past few months, I tried something new. I streamed basically every single time I played a video game. I streamed a TON of casual gaming stuff in 2018. The plan was to try and build up and audience around my casual stuff so that I could do that AND FM.
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[32] Enough time has gone by that I can firmly say it didn't work. I feel as though having a channel that got popular because of one thing and then trying to gain viewership with another thing, puts you at a handicap. I simply cannot build any viewers with my casual stuff.
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[33] So, here's where I finally get to the point of this HUGE fuckin' Twitter thread. I'm finished trying to make this channel something it isn't. From this moment forward, GFC_ (the Twitch channel) is going to be 99.9999% dedicated to Forbidden Memories ONLY.
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[34] There may be the occasional stream of something else. But when I say occasional, I mean some super rare occasion. I can't think of a single occasion that would ever exist that would make me streaming something not-FM there, but it's a possibility.
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[35] As far as my YouTube channel goes, I am undecided as to what will go on there. I may upload non-FM content there occasionally or frequently. I'm not sure yet. But that's not my main point here.
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[36] I will be starting up a brand new Twitch AND YouTube channel dedicated ENTIRELY to things that are not Forbidden Memories. The goal here is to build up an audience without FM being near the account.
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[37] I also plan to create YouTube videos for the new YouTube channel (not just steam there). I plan on recording full playthroughs of games and editing them into entertaining, funny videos. I also plan on creating other gaming-related videos, along with some comedic stuff.
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[38] The main point here is that, for all intents and purposes, GFC is finished playing anything other than Forbidden Memories on the account. However, Marcus will do lots of different things.
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[39] This ties back to what I said at the beginning of this thread about always wanting to be a full-time streamer or YouTuber. I still want to. I want to take my best shot at getting popular and doing this full time. But that won't happen with FM. So I have to start fresh.
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[40] My overall goals are this: 1.) Become an affiliate before the end of 2018 2.) Become a partner by the end of 2019 3.) In my lifetime, reach 100,000 subscribers on YouTube 4.) Eventually, earn enough money to create content full-time (not for the money, for the passion)
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[41] Keep in mind, I don't care about the money here, either. I didn't with GFC and I won't with whatever this new account will be named. But I want to reach my goal of creating content for a living even if just for a few years of my life. And I will take my best shot at that.
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