YoshiKyon

@YoshiKyon

she/her
www.twitch.tv/yoshikyon

bi, trans, poly 🏳️‍🌈
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will either use way too many words or say absolutely nothing
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host of quiz nights & games tournaments
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have agoraphobia & anxiety (as well as sleep problems, caffeine addiction, depression, some undiagnosed stuff...)
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UK-based (unfortunately)

Twitch

www.twitch.tv/yoshikyon/

Anime Reviews

yoshianimereviews.wordpress.com/

Anime Reviews, but Youtube

www.youtube.com/@YoshiAnimeReviews

AniList

anilist.co/user/YoshiKyon/

YoshiKyon @YoshiKyon5/15/2023, 10:19 PM

Appealing to Others

I thrive on introducing people to things. Most of my streams, I spend half the time encouraging people to join in on the things I'm doing. I've dragged countless people into randomizers for games they've never even played vanilla. I host tournaments and events to get people invested in new games, or in old games in new ways. I write anime reviews in part because I watch a wide range of stuff and I know someone who knows me will be interested in a show, even if it's basically never the same person twice.

But I am also terrible at actually getting people to try things. I spent years and years in my server trying to get a couple of friends into Pokemon RandoBingo unsuccessfully - and then someone else suggested it and a week later they were playing. I have an active Discord community of people who watch and support each other but almost never interact with anything I'm doing (other than expecting me to keep the Discord running smoothly!)

And like... give me your wisdom, people of the internet. How do y'all get people to care about the things you care about?

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vaporware @vaporware5/16/2023, 4:22 AM

i've given up lol. when i get into stuff a lot of time it's because i hear it from multiple sources. so maybe that's why ur friends tried randobingo?

YoshiKyon @YoshiKyon5/16/2023, 4:45 AM

hm, maaaybe. It just always seems to be other people making that final push, and usually ends up happening at a point where I've just about given up. ^^;
There are definitely people I know who are really good at convincing people to try stuff, and I'm almost certain they're wizards at this point. Or at least using some kind of mind control.

vaporware @vaporware5/16/2023, 5:33 AM

oh really? people like that exist? LOL fudge. if you figure it out let me know

Aerginous @Aerginous5/16/2023, 12:32 PM

Sorry, bit of a incoherent ramble, hope there's something useful in here for you.

If you're really into a certain kind of games you easily get seen as the kind of gal that would just play anything of a certain genre. Suggestions by people finding something cool outside of their comfort zone have a bit more convincing power, since people can imagine it having a more broad appeal.

Going by your bio, you probably noticed living in a non US TZ is a bitch for online interaction. Interacting at what is a regular time for you, you mostly catch either night owls or people having breakfast or some shit. It's rarely the right time for them to be in a social or curious mindset, they should be at work or asleep etc. Europeans often have a language barrier or grew up playing without mics because of it even if they do speak english.

It's good that you want build a community that centers around sharing discoveries, sharing discoveries and innovations is a big part of what makes modding and randomization fun.

I'm also reminded of the immense popularity of Vinesauce playing internet oddware and corruptions. He likes playing games blind and does not worry about doing poorly (doing poorly is part of an tacit crowd engagement strategy, but not in a malicious way I think).

Worrying about your appeal or engagement has a bit of a risk in it if you end up changing your behavior for more appeal to the detriment of your enjoyment. Trying stuff out is fine and well of course. You could take advantage of people's curiousity by hosting blind run events, take submissions of mods etc.

YoshiKyon @YoshiKyon5/17/2023, 10:02 AM

I think that first point might be part of the problem - there isn't really a lot that's off-limits for me. For games, I don't tend to play shooters but almost anything else goes, and for anime it's just anything, so I imagine I give the impression of being happy with almost anything (when I think, in practice, it's a select choice of media but one that isn't determined by gameplay or narrative genres)

Timezones haven't been an issue for me, at least; my sleep is chaotic enough that I hit a range of people from across the world. :') And I've definitely pulled a few people here and there into things - mostly randomizers, but also the occasional speedrun back when I did those still - but it feels more like there are certain people open to trying things than I am able to convince people to try new things.

Definitely appreciate the rambling, though <3 Honestly I shouldn't even be that frustrated by this, but there's so much stuff I'm sure people will love and it's so tough to get people to even give those things a chance ;-;

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