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Streamers

Valkyrae

Rachell “Valkyrae” Hofstetter is known as the “Queen of YouTube” and recently became co-owner of the esports organization she streams for, 100 Thieves. With 3.57 million YouTube subscribers, Valkyrae is considered one of the most popular female streamers in the world. Valkyrae started streaming around the time that Fortnite was taking off. This gained the attention of gaming and esports organization 100 Thieves, and she became the first female content creator to be signed by the team.

“It was very humbling. It made me feel like I was doing something right,” Valkyrae said. “I realized it was actually happening. It changed the game.”

Pokimane

Pokimane started streaming in 2013 quickly became one of the top 100 most followed on the platform, earning her the Best Streamer of the Year award at The Shorty Awards in 2018. Although she’s not picked up any other accolades, Pokimane has directly partnered with Twitch on a number of occasions and is now in the top 10 most followed channels on the platform.

Despite her success as a streamer, she often breaks the mould compared to others who have made it big on Twitch. Pokimane recently revealed that she feels like she “doesn’t fit in” living in Los Angeles surrounded by other streamers and content creators and also admitted that she turned down a huge sponsorship deal worth $3 million.

XQC

xQc has rapidly risen the ranks of Twitch to become one of the platform’s household names. The variety streamer has forged a successful career through his entertaining content, and he continues to expand his following every day on Twitch.

Finding quick success on Twitch isn’t an easy feat. Most streamers grind their way through the ladder for years, but that’s wasn’t the case for xQc. The 26-year-old Canadian quickly became popular for his wide variety of gaming and non-gaming content. In 2021, he was the most-watched Twitch streamer with over 274 million hours watched. 

Ludwig

Ludwig Ahgren is a massively popular streamer with 3.1 million followers on Twitch, where he has been creating content under the handle "Ludwig" since joining the platform in 2018.

Ahgren is known for playing video games with friends, chatting casually with viewers, and doing miscellaneous activities on stream.

Gamer salary

How much does a Professional Gamer make?
Salary Ranges for Professional Gamers

The average Professional Gamer in the US makes $64,168. Professional Gamers make the most in Denver at $64,168, averaging total compensation 0% greater than the US average.

The salaries of Professional Gamers in the US range from $19,910 to $187,200 , with a median salary of $44,680 . The middle 50% of Professional Gamers makes $28,400, with the top 75% making $187,200.

Before we do our last activity i invite you to watch this next video!

Avtivity:

What do you think about the gaming community? Has your perspective of it changed at all? 

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 Streaming

Live streaming is a social media feature on platforms provides to users so they can share unedited, raw footage in real time. 

As audiences began to crave greater authenticity , raw and genuine video grew in popularity. 80% of customers now say that they’d rather watch a live video than read a company’s blog.

Benefits of live streaming

Live streaming is an effective, impactful way to accomplish any goals and objectives you want to accomplish. Live streaming gives the opportunity to reach and interact with millions of people across the world. 

Platforms

Twitch

Twitch is essentially a streaming platform, where people can broadcast themselves live playing video games, cooking, or do pretty much anything that can be filmed via a camera. allowing people to stream themselves and chat with a live audience. Thanks to a large gaming based crowd, it was then renamed Twitch

FACEBOOK GAMING

If you’re a gamer who’s looking to build a solid social media following online, Facebook Gaming is the place to be. It’s one of the most popular streaming platforms online after YouTube and Twitch for gamers. 

If you’re looking to grow your reach and showcase your gaming skills, this platform is a great place to start.

YOUTUBE

YouTube is a free video sharing website that makes it easy to watch online videos. You can even create and upload your own videos to share with others. Originally created in 2005, YouTube is now one of the most popular sites on the Web, with visitors watching around 6 billion hours of video every month.

I invite you to watch this video that talks about 5 trips for streaming

ACTIVITY: 

Visit one of the streaming platforms and watch something for at least 20 minutes. Tell me about your experience.

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Welcome back to my blog, i hope you can enjoy learning about the different types of videogames!

Types of video games

Sandbox

In these games, players often have less concrete goals and narrative pathways to pursue. Instead of beating the boss and saving the princess, you may face a variety of tasks you can accomplish in a number of different ways. This draws players into more immersive experiences, encouraging experimentation with what may be unfamiliar mechanics.

Real-time strategy (RTS)

In the archetypal RTS title, Dune II human and AI players control different factions and compete against each other simultaneously in “real time” hence the term “real-time strategy,” as opposed to turn-based strategy. These games typically include resource and map management, and they often feature a top-down view.

• Warcraft
• Age of Empires
• Command & Conquer

Shooters (FPS and TPS)

developed several early offshoots and branched out into two primary sub-genres: the first-person shooter (FPS) and third-person shooter (TPS).

There’s plenty of potential for overlap here, too, since many contemporary titles allow you to toggle between first and third-person viewpoints.

The key difference is perspective. An FPS simulates a typical human viewpoint, showing essentially what your in-game character sees in franchises

Simulation and sports:

These genres have evolved a lot over the years and you may actually see them in the same light. But it’s only with advances in graphics technology that they’ve begun to offer unique immersive experiences. The latest iterations provide impressive levels of detail and showcase just how much is possible with games. The typical focus is on creating an immersive and realistic game world with epic scenarios, while smaller experiences may center on a particular area or experience.

Role-playing (RPG, ARPG, and More)

The basic premise of the role-playing game is simple and ubiquitous in numerous games: you create or take control of a character that you can then level up through experience points

Before we do our next activity i invite you to watch the next video

ACTIVITY: 

For todays activity we will anwser the next questions.

Which of all the genres did you like the most?

Have you played any of these genre games?

What is your favorite video game?

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WHAT ARE VIDEO GAMES?

Video games are sports that take place in a computer. They’re rough simulations of everyday life including, probably, whatever you do for a living. any of various interactive games played using a specialized electronic gaming device or a computer or mobile device and a television or other display screen, along with a means to control graphic images.

All games involve systems in one format or another.  Simple games only involve one core system.  More complex games involve multiple systems that intertwine and impact one another. It is the interplay between these systems that form the core construction of the game.  But that interplay does not come easily.

THEY'RE STRUCTURE

There are three main features of construction in the design process. The first involves the setup: what the player must do at the start of the game; the progress of play; what the player does during the game; and the resolution (or end game).  Lastly, the designer must determine what must happen in the game state for the game to end

EVOLUTION

Lets learn some hisotry!

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Since its commercial birth in the 1950s as a technological oddity at a science fair, gaming has blossomed into one of the most profitable entertainment industries in the world.

The first recognized example of a game machine was unveiled by Dr. Edward Uhler Condon at the New York World’s Fair in 1940. The game, based on the ancient mathematical game of Nim, was played by about 50,000

Sega and Taito were the first companies to pique the public’s  interest in arcade gaming when they released the electro-mechanical games

During the late 1970s, a number of chain restaurants around the U.S. started to install video games to capitalize on the hot new craze. The nature of the games sparked competition among players,

In addition to gaming consoles becoming popular in commercial centers and chain restaurants in the U.S., the early 1970s also saw the advent of personal computers and mass-produced gaming consoles become a reality

Summarizing everything we saw today, i recommend you watching this short video to help you know a little more about the gaming evolution:

ACTIVITY

After this first post i hope you where able to learn atleast one new thing, as an activity i would love for you to share at least one gaming device you have at home? And if you currently dont have one, share one you would like to have.