I stayed up until after 3AM watching the HololiveEN girls' debuts last night, and I don't regret a thing. It was really interesting to immerse myself in a side of online culture that I haven't explored before, and I have to say, I rather liked it.
I mentioned yesterday how the whole experience was just pleasantly positive, with no-one complaining or whining or trying to one-up one another; it was just a bunch of people who had turned out to watch animated 2D women do things. And everyone was having a thoroughly lovely time, even during Amelia Watson's acid trip of a debut stream, which was one of the most bizarre things I think I've ever sat through in my life.
Today, the girls were getting started on some of their "real" streams, and I caught a couple. Calli and Kiara had a joint stream (hosted by Calli) where they were talking about her music, her inspirations and suchlike, and Kiara was driving the shippers wild. Those two have an excellent dynamic together that I hope we see more of; Kiara in particular is a natural entertainer, and Calli, while clearly still suffering some nerves — at least partly as a result of her potato PC meaning the visual side of her performance could have been a little smoother — most certainly has considerable talents to share with us. Not least of which are her rapping skills, which I encourage you to check out in this shockingly catchy number here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5y3xh8gs24c
Ina then did an art stream which was wonderfully chilled out and relaxing. She has an incredibly soothing voice and manner about her, and she's become a real favourite of a lot of people thanks to this thoroughly lovely personality. She's also a hell of an artist too, cranking out some decent quality sketches of four of the HololiveEN girls in less than an hour.
I don't know how much time I'll find myself spending watching these girls in the long term, but I feel like if they ever end up streaming in the daytime while I'm working the day job, they'll prove a rather pleasant distraction from the ever-present tedium. The thing I find with streamers in general is that I usually don't want to spend time just watching them — ideally, they'd be on while I'm doing something else that doesn't require much brainpower.
Unfortunately, with the way my Aspie brain works, this means that gaming is usually out, because dividing my attention between two things that I enjoy engaging with actually makes me extremely anxious. So it's probably going to be restricted to times when I actually have the freedom to sit down and watch without "guilt", or those times when I'm doing something utterly mindless. Or perhaps trying to sleep.
We'll see. For now, I'm very much impressed with the girls' first steps, and I wish them every success.
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