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I'm sorry to say that grimy era of had alot of unexpected consequences mainly for me is the wiz stuff. So many people apparently knew something was gong on and didn't say anything. Because no one spoke up about fuck shit. If the Sony pg era can make that kinda shit harder to happen I welcome it. 
 
Also the other thing is we have lowest payouts. I know it's always been about the love and being a warrior like the characters we play. But our mentality also hindered us from growing and going big. These dudes deserve to get paid for the sacrifice they made for their skills imo 

I've seen more youtubers talking srk in the past few months than almost the past 3-4 years. It maybe pandemic nostalgia but either way it has a strong placement in fgc. It can still be of value, discord is dope but it's so scattered. 
 
I had so much trouble finding combo lists for injustice online. This is literally what srk was meant for.. A hub of info. So many of the old forums and sites have shut down. 
 
If anything this is a great time for srk to centralize the info and wikis 

As a brand, SRK has a lot of recognition and sony would be foolish not leverage that in some way. But I agree with you, it will probably end up being more like Capcommunity.

On the front page:
 
Hey FGC.
We’re excited to announce the Shoryuken.com and Evo have become part of a new joint partnership of Sony Interactive Entertainment and RTS. You can find out more about this announcement at evo.gg. For now, we’re suspending the site while we work through what this new partnership means for the future of SRK.
Thanks for your understanding and patience.
 
That's probably why they've been down for a few weeks now.  I bet it's not coming back. At least not in any recognizable way.

Evo's been corporate a long time. The Cannons are just trying to keep the money rolling in any way they can, and I wonder if SRK being on lockdown for the past few weeks has something to do with this.
 
EDIT: Oh shit, they actually SOLD to Sony! Guess after what happened last year they saw the writing on the wall and I wonder if this will be the end of SRK then.
 
 

Some slight discomfort is normal. Don't worry...
 

I saw that last night and explains his non chalant way of describing the killer. 

Lmfao 
 
 

Because sex probably had very little to do with why he shot 8 people. 
 
I say cut his dick off anyway doe

I don't believe him because he claims it was a sexual issue but he passed all the strip clubs for the Asian Message Parlors. 
 
People kill other people for lots of reasons, I just don't believe his stated reasons are true. *shrug*
 
And massage parlors are run by lots of different races. Asians don't own exclusivity on massage parlors. We have a bunch of them here in Tucson and they are primarily run by Mexicans. 

I think SRK pretty much dead and were not being told. They "shut down" for repairs and are never re-opening 😂

Fuck.  Wishing your family the very best of luck.

@MaxxYang from Street Fighter just found a new job. 

Run the set hoe 

I'm a producer, have been since 2013. I was a touring artist before that but I got tired of being on the road and started doing the production thing and have been doing that ever since. I have a lot of friends who are touring musicians that are hurting although one of them is taking this opportunity to start doing different things too. Depending on where you are there's live music around. I think they've opened up the bars downtown, and I'm actually playing at a hotel tonight, first time in awhile, so I'm gonna be rusty af lol
 
Me personally, I think 2020 might have been the best year I've had business wise though. 
 

Well well... speak of the devil...
if it's true they are willing to outsource, there may be hope for the future after all.
 
Now if only a certain blue hedgehog company could outsource for Phantasy Star one day... I can finally have hope for that franchise again...

So, nothing is concrete yet but I might be getting my own place in March. 
 
My friends who are married are renting their house from the male friends parents. They have a chance to buy it in March. The appraiser is going to come by this Thursday. 
 
If it’s appraised at a value they can afford (which they’re certain it will be) they’re going to buy it. 
 
the reason why this is relevant to me is because in their back yard there is a 1 bedroom house that a friend of the family lives in. Well she’s also moving out of the 1 bed room house in March. 
 
After my friends got home from talking about all this they immediately offered me to move into the house after it’s all said and done. We’d sit down and talk about rent and shit. 
 
im really hoping they do. The house they live in is really nice, really spacious and a great “married couples first house”. I also really appreciate that they immediately thought about me and came to me when it came to the spare house. 
 
Fingers Crossed for them and me. 

As someone who has been involved with making youtube content in the past here are a couple pointers I can give you (without seeing your content):
 
It's about what you have to say and how you present it. Most people will click off videos relatively fast, so you want to engage your audience within that first minute of your video. You will typically have a solid 30 seconds of someone's  completely undivided attention before the dropoff. Your editing doesn't have to be spectacular, but be weary of long (10+ min) videos. People when browsing content will typically give a shorter length video a shot before a longer length video if they're unfamiliar with the creator. Unless you're going for video essay style which leads me to the next two points: Do research/have a vison about the "style" of videos you want to do. Some people make video essays, How-to's, interviews, educational etc. Figure out the style you like Don't be afraid to experiment with your videos. As a young channel, it takes time (usually about 6 months to a year) before you start committing to some formatting Streaming is about viewer engagement. YouTube is about content creation.  Post-production and video preparation is your friend on Youtube. Your fiancé content is growing faster probably because she's female. YouTube and Twitch userbase is primarily 18-35 yo male with a ratio around 60/40 male to female. It's fucking hard at first unless you get lucky.  The first few months can feel like you're talking to the wind with little views until you get viewer engagement and higher views. Stick it out and don't be afraid of reaching out to collaborate with others in the space! It's a great way to get more eyes on you and to learn.  
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@Infernoman

After reading your other posts, you definitely can't chase viewers. If you don't bring anything new to the table, or anything compelling even if it's a different angle or presentation style compared to other channels then you're dead in the water. I know absolutely nothing about Magic the gathering  but based off of what you said and off the top of my head you should pay a lot of attention to the title of you videos. Something like "The BEST  budget MTG  deck for  beginners" and similar titles. Also I'd suggest creating a video series and nest it in a video playlist. "Beginner budget decks" , "is [insert affinity here] the BEST budget deck build?" and other things like that. Have a video playlist or video series about how to buy a budget deck and what are the tradeoffs. What about the website/vendors you can buy budget items from?  What about the best VALUE booster cards/decks? But definitely key in on those titles.

Also if you're going to build a community, why not run budget deck tournaments via discord/reddit or whatever other social media style site where MtG has a presence? Give something back to the community. 

So yesterday I learned when you ask for recommendations on your status it shows up on a feed for anyone lookin at recommendations can see. I was lookin for people who make a twitch layout since j have some friends who do graphic design and like all these random mutherfuckers started friend requesting me. 
 

The purest form of Streets of Rage 2's "Go Straight" released by Yuzo Koshiro himself on his Twitter.  Grab it now.
 
 

As someone who has been involved with making youtube content in the past here are a couple pointers I can give you (without seeing your content):
 
It's about what you have to say and how you present it. Most people will click off videos relatively fast, so you want to engage your audience within that first minute of your video. You will typically have a solid 30 seconds of someone's  completely undivided attention before the dropoff. Your editing doesn't have to be spectacular, but be weary of long (10+ min) videos. People when browsing content will typically give a shorter length video a shot before a longer length video if they're unfamiliar with the creator. Unless you're going for video essay style which leads me to the next two points: Do research/have a vison about the "style" of videos you want to do. Some people make video essays, How-to's, interviews, educational etc. Figure out the style you like Don't be afraid to experiment with your videos. As a young channel, it takes time (usually about 6 months to a year) before you start committing to some formatting Streaming is about viewer engagement. YouTube is about content creation.  Post-production and video preparation is your friend on Youtube. Your fiancé content is growing faster probably because she's female. YouTube and Twitch userbase is primarily 18-35 yo male with a ratio around 60/40 male to female. It's fucking hard at first unless you get lucky.  The first few months can feel like you're talking to the wind with little views until you get viewer engagement and higher views. Stick it out and don't be afraid of reaching out to collaborate with others in the space! It's a great way to get more eyes on you and to learn.  
Edit:
@Infernoman

After reading your other posts, you definitely can't chase viewers. If you don't bring anything new to the table, or anything compelling even if it's a different angle or presentation style compared to other channels then you're dead in the water. I know absolutely nothing about Magic the gathering  but based off of what you said and off the top of my head you should pay a lot of attention to the title of you videos. Something like "The BEST  budget MTG  deck for  beginners" and similar titles. Also I'd suggest creating a video series and nest it in a video playlist. "Beginner budget decks" , "is [insert affinity here] the BEST budget deck build?" and other things like that. Have a video playlist or video series about how to buy a budget deck and what are the tradeoffs. What about the website/vendors you can buy budget items from?  What about the best VALUE booster cards/decks? But definitely key in on those titles.

Also if you're going to build a community, why not run budget deck tournaments via discord/reddit or whatever other social media style site where MtG has a presence? Give something back to the community. 

This guy does a great explanation of everything, I have been absorbing his stuff and he's got many of the facts down I wish I researched months earlier:
 
 
I wanted to set up a channel that focuses on Budget Janky fun decks to make in Magic The Gathering Arena (the new digital way to play the game that's been open to play since 2018) that won't cost too much money. 
 
Things I also learned:
 
- People streaming are performers, as in like a comedian/actor, people need a reason to watch you if you are streaming thus I had to look at my stream and ask myself "Why should peeps watch Infernoman vs the most popular guy in a specific game?" 
- I HATE using Social media so I already was forcing myself to use twitter/Instagram for the wrong reasons
- Youtube content makes more sense for me because I am GOOD at teaching/explanation and I can easily control my content because I edit everything myself and can post the video when I feel I am ready
- I LOVE to edit content. One of the things I aced in my animation degree courses was video editing
- My Fiancee I love to death but she isn't using her streams to branch out that content to other platforms to grow and pull more people YET from just streaming random games she had double the followers I had in 2 months vs me who began streaming 3.5 months ago. She also had good knowledge of using Instagram/yelp as her form of social media influence...then Covid hit and she lost a lot as her platform was based on food/travel. I believe she can get it back as she naturally is able to grow. 
- Making content first THEN stream when you have grown followers/subscribers/fanbase/community makes more sense overall
- It's all about creating a niche "you" can be good at! That's what I failed to stick to since I was just chasing viewers
- Its about creating "value" I need to create content people find "Valuable" and worth watching. my streams provide no value currently and this is why I am not going to grow
 
I just had a talk with my girl and she agrees, I started this off poorly but it's not too late to fix things. It's not me giving up on streaming, it's me putting it on the shelf for now until I am more successful on YouTube.