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I don't personally get the appeal of many gaming YouTubers. I'm not personally very into watching other people play videos (not review, but just play). I can kinda understand some people wanting to watch that, but it always surprises me just how many people watch it and for how long.
It also seems all too common that they have very questionable views and their fans will defend them to the death. I don't get that either. There's some YouTuber creators I really enjoy, but if they said horrible things, I sure as hell aren't going to defend them at all, let alone to the degree that some gaming YouTubers get ardently defended.
I watch some game playthrough streamers. I don't have time or the hardware to play, so I "watch" them in the background while I work. There's a lot of shitty content out there, but the ones I watch are really decent people, some of them with only <100k subs. Really knowledgeable about the games they play too. I am talking about people like Rhadamant, Quill18, Blindirl, ChristopherOdd...
If it's a skill/competitive game I totally get watching. Like if I like basketball I'm gonna watch Steph Curry or an NBA game cause I'll learn how awesome people play the game. If I liked valorant or something i could totally see watching the top pros (or a really high level YouTuber) or comp matches from tourneys and stuff.
I’ve really got into watching Willjum play Rust in particular, not stream, but his VODs. My wife doesn’t even play rust, but says he’s got a soothing voice and also enjoys his videos. They’re well edited pieces of Rust television.
I watch a lot of gaming YouTubers and very rarely play games, I find the content really enjoyable as background while I'm coding or doing something on the computer. They're great because it's interesting enough to keep my brain active but also it doesn't matter if I miss a bit because I'm focusing.
I don't watch the kind that say questionable things tho
It's actually amazing how creative and funny a lot of them are.