Only really ever checked out vtubing a few months ago since I was repulsed by them initially. As someone who's into the whole otaku culture, I don't get a single reason someone would enjoy any of it besides them being a bunch of parasocial fucks aching for social connection and "community". It's just a bunch of normie brand safe fucks, with the most normiefag fanbases that are like a hivemind of one singular retard all saying the same things.Like take any of the largescale vtubers, and imagine them in their own show (or any medium at that), and you'd get the most generic bland fucking characters.I'm starting to genuinely think I was just retarded for thinking it had any similarity or common interest with the anime, vn, game otaku fanbase.Am I missing anything and was it always like this?
>>51364628I never understood any sort appeal about it either.The only ones I remotely ever cared for were experimental projects like early kizuna AI or Hatoba Tsugu.Be happy and open to receive other interesting or experimental projects as suggestions tho.
>>51364628>them being a bunch of parasocial fucks aching for social connection and "community".Kinda like what you are doing right now.
>>51364650I think you need to google what parasocial means retard
>>51364656Cry more. Newfag.
>>51364628I don't get the whole vtuber and gacha shitter thing. All the boorus are full of that crap nowadays, too. At what point did this fucking cancer supersede anime and take over otakudom?
>>51364660Even if I'm a newfag at least I'm not retarded
>>51364664Yeah and it's not like I dislike vtubing conceptually, it's just the execution of it and the personalities seem bland as fuck. Sadly I think it's only going to grow more due to the bland personalities being super accessible to a larger audience.
>>51364671The worst is seeing unique art styles/anesthetics being foundational but then the chick is just like every other girl with an internet connection.I get there's an appeal for just that but I genuinely think there's a lot that can be done with this medium and how emerging technologies and lower bar of cost/entry can bring about some really interesting interactive existential philosophies/concepts.Symbxl_xx is a vtuber I'm really trying to like just for the aesthetic but I find her dreadfully boring. An example of utterly wasted artistic potential in the current landscape of hot interest of backrooms content. There's a timeline where Kane Pixels made a subversive experience of the liminal space waifu.Pumpkin potion is the cuphead equivalent.
>>51364628>Was vtubing always this retardedYes.
>>51364797>a vtuber I'm really trying to likeWhy are you forcing retard juice down your own throat?
>>51364826Cause I appreciate her eye, take, and artistic talent for this aesthetic but I gess I'm looking for substance wrapped in this package that isn't there or will ever be.I'm really just projecting my desires, I mean her bio is literally "A girl failure who fell into the backrooms..."It's not or ever been that serious but I'd like it to be, and there are hints she can implement abstract or darker themes.This approach also makes this financially sustainable without it being such a creative risk and burden, i get it, her niche is already polarizing enough.I just want an immersive autismo passion project that recontextualizes this medium. I have fun myself just throwing around ideas and skeletal concepts, and yes, still keeping in mind in the context/limits of a vtuber.Comparing energy drinks and complaining about food delivery apps renders her surreal setting moot, no?
i used to like them when i was more immature but have since grown very bored of them. The only one i still check out sometimes is ljot swanhild, but she doesnt stream so she's arguably not even a vtuber, but still
>>51364880>>51364964>Being this obviousYou faggots need to buy an ad.
>I'm starting to genuinely think I was just retarded for thinking it had any similarity or common interest with the anime, vn, game otaku fanbase.So true!
>>51364628Hololive is pretty cute and most of those women have different fun personalities, they're also seem to be doing more than playing slop games online. I am still not going to watch them tho, becauseWhat is a vtuber really?Just a miserable pile of streamers.We're discussing streamers here. All your vague post complaints can be used as a template to complain about other kinds of streamers.Streaming itself is retarded and based around parasocial interaction. Female streamers are predators praying on loneliness of inadequate males. Japanese just streamlined the process as always because sasuga Japan, ramping up cuteness and readability factors, but it's just streamers.
>>51364628Game reviews and lets plays and streaming games were popular, then someone blended it with camwhoring and vtubers were born. There was a brief moment before it took off where anime like GDGD fairies and Tesagure existed and showed a potential that was never reached. You should try watching those.
For me it's pekotyan
>>51364628TL dr . But yeah vtubing is stupid
