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A person who loves to talk about video games and the game industry, discussing some of the details of them, such as how the industry works or what is enjoying a game.

When did you start streaming?

My first video dates back to 2013 and first stream to 2015. But I’ve been creating videos and live streaming in a more professional way in the last 4 or 5 years.

What made you decide to start your own channel?

I noticed that I was playing and enjoying games, yet there was no one to talk about those games that
I played and loved. So I wanted to try talking about games on the internet with a camera and microphone. That was my first purpose to start content creating and live streaming.

Do you work outside your streaming channel?

Yes I do. There’s no way I can live with the money coming from only streaming. At least in Turkey.

Who are your biggest inspirations in the streamer community?

I actually don’t have a favorite one as I always try to make my work differ with the others and make them unique but if I’d say a couple of names those would be videogamedunkey and Scott The Wozz because of their gaming culture and ability of controlling entertainment. In addition to it, as a Turkish live streamer Videoyun would be my favorites.

How is the streaming/content creation community in Turkey? Is it competitive? Do you have many big names in this industry?

Yes, Turkey is very competitive in terms of live streaming as we have lots of live streamers who have tons of subscribers/viewers. While that makes hard to rise for a indie streamer, it’s also good to have Turkish live streamer names on popular platforms such as Twitch or Kick.

We all know that English speaking streamers/content creators are the biggest in the world, did you feel any difficulties growing your channel because of the language barrier?

Of course. Creating content for a global audience makes a huge difference. Automatically, you’re reaching a much smaller audience when you stream only in your main language. I need to say that if streaming/content creating were my primary job, I would definitely have a global channel too. Having an audience in your own culture is good, but if you want to reach more people, it’ll be a challenge.

What type of games do you like to stream?

I don’t have a specific genre. But games that I play in my streams would mostly be single-player games. Those games and their genre may change from time to time. I play platformers, RPG’s, JRPG’s, metroidvania and such. That depends on what I want to play and talk about.

Did your audience change in any way what type of games you usually stream?

Yes they change often. Audience is mostly cruel. They seek for entertainment and want to see what they want. While I do have a audience who would watch and listen whatever I play or talk about, there are also a big audience that runs away whenever they see what they don’t like.

Did any game surprise you during a livestream? For better or for worse?

It’s impossible to live the opposite for a streamer. There are lots of moments where I got shocked in a moment of the game or raged and created fun scenes. It’s hard to remember and pick something among them but recently, in my streams of gaming events such as the last State Of Play, when the Sonic X Shadow Generations was announced, we had screams with my audience. That was fun.

What would you think is your greatest achievement as a streamer? Both personally and/or professionally?

I get massages like ‘’thanks for showing me that game, I love it’’, ‘’with your guidance, I was able to buy right console’’or ‘’so that was the reason why this game designed like that’’ every day. Those massages are my true achievement. I love talking about games, giving ideas and touching my audience just by words.

What were your biggest mistakes when you started streaming?

My biggest mistake was that I couldn’t define my channel properly. I love video games but I also talk about animes, movies or making different videos time to time and for newcomers, those are just distractions. I needed to clearly tell my audience what my channel is for. It’s not only causing losing your audience, but also you can’t get the return or the reaction that you want.

What is your biggest goal as a streamer?

I’ve never had goals such as having millions of subscribers or making millions of dollars on streaming. But I’d definitely like to reach more people out like there like me and talking about games, sharing our ideas. I feel that most of my videos/streams are wasting as I can not reach the number of viewers that I want. It would be amazing to see more people joining me.

What tips can you give to starting streamers that you wish you had when you were starting out?

As I said earlier, you need to clearly show who you are and what you’re made of. If you’re an MMO player then let them know. If you both enjoy MMO’s and JRPG’s, then let them know again. Your audience should know why they’re following you because when they come back, they’d like to se what they saw earlier. Of course, this advice comes after technic details. Having a good live stream setup is important.

What can someone expect from your live stream when they find your channel for the first time?

They should expect a person who loves to talk about video games and the game industry, discussing some of the details of them such as how the industry works or what is enjoying a game. If they get bored the mainstream gaming talk, then why don’t they join my videos about anime, cinema or videos that I’m just reviewing gaming accesories? I’m sure they won’t hate me, c’mon I love Sonic.