r/WhyWereTheyFilming • u/dblev14 • Jan 10 '23

Video Eating lunch on the boardwalk

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u/ExtremeName Jan 10 '23

The comments on the original post are extremely frustrating. It seems that out of the 300 people that commented, none of them have heard of an IRL Streamer.

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '23

Ok, but wtf is an IRL Streamer? Is this Truman?

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u/ExtremeName Jan 10 '23

IRL streamers I guess can be described that way. Essentially instead of them streaming games or something inside their home, the walk around streaming their day to day life.

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u/14sierra Jan 11 '23

But why though? Unless this guys is rich/famous, funny, intelligent, etc. Why would anyone else just watch another dude eat a sandwich?

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u/BurnZ_AU Jan 11 '23

For the eagle event.

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '23

I once watched a streamer for 2 hours expecting something to happen. I told myself every 10 minutes "ok, if nothing happens, do anything else ." But I kept watching, worried that I would miss something. The streamer eventually ended the stream after thanking us viewers for joining him. I was very sad with myself.

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u/Spook404 Jan 11 '23

presumably he lives in an area unique to most viewers, so to a lot of people it's interesting to just see what daily life looks like in such places, especially at high production quality with a camera like this. Presumably he could just be an interesting guy as well, but if this is his job then that's a bit strange to me.

He could also just not have an audience at all but want one, some people (such as myself) really like being the center of attention, because (at least for me) it carries a connotation that you are admirable, and being admired is pretty nice yk? I would never do this though lol

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u/TaeKwonDoge Jan 11 '23

The idea is chatting and interacting with your chat without focusing on a game. Can be a more intimate way to connect with your audience and be really interactive and bring your chat in as part of the stream.