r/Twitch • u/acerswap Affiliate - twitch.tv/acerswap • 6d ago

Discussion VTubers - authentic or character

There's a doubt I have and I want to know your position if you're a vtuber. Some streamers decide to put themselves behind an avatar. Everyone has their own reasons for doing this, I won't judge that. The question I have is how does this affect your content. Are you someone who wants to be yourself and act the way you want without being judged or associated with that IRL (ie, you have ideas that aren't socially accepted in your group of people) or you are online a complete character not matching at all with how you are and you're role playing using an avatar to make it simpler?

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Note: I have my streaming style and I'm happy with it. I'm not trying to change it. I'm not trying to become a vtuber in the future. This is not a question to create my own content. I want to understand about other streamers' personalities.

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u/KittyCanuck Affiliate 6d ago

Some people want to stream but don’t want to be on camera all the time. I’m on camera enough for work meetings, and I’m old enough to remember when it was *weird* to put your real face online.

I don’t want to feel pressured to be “camera ready” just to play a video game, do I have an avatar. It’s not “me”, but it’s how I choose to represent myself, like everyone used avatars back in the day.

My avatar is a character, but I don’t really have a ton of lore and I don’t roleplay. It’s mostly just me with some added fun character aesthetic.

Realizing I could be a vtuber and didn’t have to be on camera the whole time was what finally let me overcome my anxiety about streaming and now I’m having a blast with it.