Mummelmann said:
Absolutely so, I can't stand that style of "influencer" or streamer at all. The main difference in this instance though is that female streamers play a lot more on sexuality, and the protests against virtual girls seem to revolve mainly around legitimizing "real" female streamers. In other words; people are upset or feel threatened that made up, rendered people might make it more difficult to make money off of your face and body online. To me, that just tastes kind of foul, being childish and loud is hard to compare to playing almost solely on your looks and sexuality. What the two groups have in common though is that they help perpetuate stereotypes about a hobby already fraught with stigma; that girls don't really care about gaming and just want attention and that boys who play games are immature and perhaps a bit of a dick. |
Personally I find the acting like a 12 year old more annoying, but I don't watch either type of streamer as I can look at sexy women elsewhere and I don't find any appeal to watching other people playing a video game online, to be frank it baffles me why so many people would even want to watch a stranger playing a video game on camera at all.
I completely agree that both perpetuate pretty crappy stereotypes about gamers.
