Spending more time editing, trying out new RU-vid techniques, and thumbnails! Let me know in the comments what you think! And If you want to join our growing community check out our other content: bit.ly/JoinTheStreamScheme 🕘Timestamps: 0:00 Video Start! 0:24 The Major Mindset That Hurts Your Growth! 1:20 Why Your Stream Schedule Might Be Hurting Your Content! 2:25 Why You Spend Way Too Much Time On Streaming! 2:55 How To Be Relatable To Improve Your Content! 4:03 How To Make Entertaining Content By Being Relatable! 5:50 Why You Need To Subvert Expectations! 6:45 How Ludwig Creates Amazing Content! 8:45 Where To Get Inspiration For Content Ideas! 10:50 How To Become An Entertaining Content Creator! 12:47 Why You NEED A Stream and Life Balance!
Those last 5 minutes had to be some of the most hard hitting 5 minutes of my life. The "if you cant go 10 minutes without a chat, u cant go 10 minutes with" made me realise so much. I think I'm entertaining to an extent, but when my viewership drops down or chat dies down I die down as well. I get all my energy and all my stories from chat. I'm primarily a gaming streamer, so what I'm doing for my next stream is just talking about my thought process in game
I think it is INCREDIBLY common, people always say "If I had an active chat, I'd be fine!" but I think that doesn't work personally. They're just saying that, they can only be entertaining if their chat helps, which means the moment chat gets slow they are in trouble. Glad to hear it hit home, and hope it helps you look upwards and grow as a creator! :)
I love streaming games I really know about (or keep me occupied with making a lot of decisions on the fly I am able to spell out) , so I am constantly able to explain what I am doing (like: what an encounter does in a MMO or lots of facts and tactics about the enemy I am fighting, nerding about different gear because I just changed a piece of armor, or even spouting 2 hours worth of lore about a location I am mindlessly grinding at etc.) , but braindead games like Pokémon where you walk around a lot and doing lots of meaningsless fights are my biggest nemesis. Working on a Pokémon fact + discussion prompt book to use while doing that, though.
I've just started trying to stream it's very difficult but tbf you're there to entertain the chat so don't wait for chat to entertain you. I'm a noob still trying to learn even how to use my obs but I'm getting better at that. I think anything in life is a skill which can be perfected over repeated trial and error and learning from your mistakes
I'm far from boring, I'm just an introvert. I feel like my content is much more entertaining when I'm playing with a friend than when I'm solo. Just having someone else to keep the conversation going is a big relief for me.
Absolutely, I think it is a similar concept to having an active chat making it easier, I'd say it is important to try the techniques and practice that I mention near the end with the 10 minutes a day :) It will really help
I think that's the hardest part of streaming. Having someone to bounce your conversation off of and when you just start off you don't have anyone in the chat to do that with.
You've mentioned "over streaming" much in ALL of your videos and love the way you drive it consistently. At first I disagreed but I've noticed my numbers grow so much since cutting down to 4-5 hours a stream to 4 days a week. Sometime I'll only stream 2 hours for a night, but I always maintain the schedule. Keep up the amazing work Eljay, you're doing GREAT!
I am so glad the concept has helped mate! It is insane how much we push ourselves and it just hurts our content, you can do more offline to grow than you can while online sometimes! Good luck! :)
Even at 70ish concurrents i realize now that i have grown to rely on my chat for most of my humor, the "live your life and do your hobbies" makes so much sense now. My chat LOVES my goofy stories out in the airsoft field and around the gym. I gotta put that into the content. I also am gonna try to keep a notepad with me to write funny situations and then present those stories when i run out of juice on the current topic. Thanks so much man.
Dang, that last bit about "if you can't be entertaining for 10 minutes, you can't be entertaining for 3 hours" is brutal, and honestly that's what folk need. Even with a good life balance, streaming takes a lot of time; getting a handle on that sorta thing before you burn out from "not being successful" is key. That said, I'll have to give that recording bit a try (when I'm not out touching grass, of course).
My favorite part was the when you said, "Spending to much time thinking about streaming" and just stared into my soul lmao. Also DISHES OVER SWEEPING???? I get vacuuming, vacuuming is trash but like sweeping is fun.
My biggest tip: PLAY WITH FRIENDS! I know that might not be best for everyone but it is so good to do. When I started I was squeaky, shy and not entertaining. I didn’t get large viewer retention BUT when I began to play with my friends, I let my guard down. I let myself be me and do what I normally do and talk how I talk. Bad jokes, arkward silence and stuff is fine because it can be entertaining sometimes. If you haven’t already, try streaming with a few friends.
Hey, I was just stuck in that mindset "I'm not entertaining" and just constantly telling myself "You'll certainly learn and do better!", though it wasn't enough to stop focusing on it. But it hits completely different when someone else says it, even if not exactly for me but in general. Thanks
I think this is one of those things that I am thankfully blessed with. It's SO easy for me to just start talking about *anything* and make it relatable to what I am doing. Bringing others into the conversation or me just rambling to myself as though someone is listening are both incredibly easy for me. It's not perfect and there are other things I have to work on in this regard but it realllyyy helps a lot. If you're a natural talker, just remember that people want to hear you talk and do it. It works.
this is EXACTLY what I needed right now, just yesterday I was crying to my friends about not being able to entertain like I should be. I'm going to try these tips and reply to this comment in a week, and see how much changes :)
This is the greatest streaming video I've seen yet in my 2 years of streaming. I have had a lot of ups and downs in my experience, but nothing made me feel more like I can do this than this video. I'm sharing it on Twitter, that's how good it is!
It’s like Elijay is reading my mind! Every time I’m looking on specific things to on improve, a video on it magically appears 😂. Thank you so much for all the tips, they really do help out a lot ❤️
Bro. Thank you for your content. This is helping me out a lot. I recently decided to take the plunge and go full time after losing my job. I feel like every stream I do, I am getting better. I even have 2 subs now! I know it's small, but I've only been streaming for 2 weeks. Your dishes gag SCREAMED Bill Burrs style! Your channel is such a blessing for us new guys. BTW. Laundry is torture;)
Really glad to hear the channel has been helpful mate! Good luck with the transition, it is a tough one! Glad you liked the jokes as well, very proud of the whole video hahaha
Finished up my fourth day doing the 10 minute tip. I'm having the struggle to keep it within ten minutes. It's making me think about ways I could change the way I say things to say more in less time. I found the thing I struggle with the most is just letting loose. Turning off my filter that doesn't wanna say anything for fear of embarrassment. I'm peeling off that filter a little at a time with this advice.
The moment i knew i was going to pursue streaming and content creation was when i had started yet another stream grinding for cod clips, 15 minutes in, and the team i want to grind for (Obey Alliance) their leader ended up raiding with a party of like 49 or something. They all said they loved my energy and how i was to them, how engaging i was, even got some compliments on my game skill haha ;). But anyway, it got me to affiliate and a few of them still come to my streams and chat with me, being entertaining and chatting all the time is a process, people don’t realize it doesn’t happen overnight.
Okay, I honestly think this has been the most helpful video so far. On some level I knew this but I didn’t know how to practice it. I stream for 4-5 hours and that is a big commitment for my viewers as well. Now I can ensure that all that time is being used properly. And seeing examples from both you and Ludwig helped a lot. It’s like when you think you know how to do something but then someone else does it first and confirms or reinforces your knowledge. Thank you so much. Also, I feel like there was a lot of call outs in this one 😂 but I touched grass, and watered my pumpkin plant!
Twitch is literally a uphill game. We all need to start somewhere, I know you guys are going to make it. I just started twitch and it's all about MINDSET!
What I’ve found to be useful, is just to feel like your talking to your friends when streaming, or talking to chat, and it makes the entire stream feel more natural and enjoyable to watch.
So i've recently returned to streaming (2 streams in and didn't even know I wasn't capturing gameplay on my second stream until half way in lol) and had the "I'm boring" mind set. My issue is that i suffer from cerebral palsy (weakness in my right side and no use of right hand) so I haven't got the best confidence when I am live. So I'm hoping in time it will give me the confidence boost I'm looking for :) If anyone reading this is suffering from confidence issues just know that I believe in you! I know everyone is different but if I can do it, I'm sure you'll absolutely smash it! :)
Touching grass is gross. It makes you itchy. Jokes aside, great advice. Years ago I wanted to do RU-vid and just started making videos. Over a couple of months, it started to feel so much more natural. Never took off, but that experience helped with public speaking in school and I definitely felt more equipped. Trying to get back into content creation this year felt much more natural (still improving though). Another great tip like this is to do improv games, especially with friends if they are willing.
Practice makes perfect, the confidence and value you get from following the steps of recording yourself to improve is immense! Hope the video helped! :)
I have been streaming for 4-5 years and have had mild success, though I feel I have forgotten several things you mentioned here thank you for the thoughts, it's helpful inspiration!
Touch Ass. wait, no! Touch Grass! I meant Touch Grass! You literally the main/only person I go to for advice on RU-vid. I find your content easy to follow and packed with information that quite useful. Thank you.
Had my first official stream yesterday. Made some mistakes, but will get past them. I have been watching your videos, very helpful. I appreciate you doing them.
The editing for during the bit with the dishwashing was top notch. Felt it made the video more engaging and hammered home the point dishwashing is the best chore. (Even tho it's not). That 10 minutes exercise is great instead of watching through your whole VOD to improve with time constraint, will start doing it from now on. Also I didn't know you watched Malone stream for RDR2
Glad you enjoyed it! I really appreciate the kind words! I am trying my best to upgrade the production value! And gosh, bloody Malone and his obsession with hating RDR is insane!
I lack self confidence and am the quiet kid usually. I’ve been doing alot better now that I’ve started to stream, just actually talking to people that like what im doing is nice. The next step will be streaming with facecam.
After a few months I'm definitely seeing progress. I've met some great people and great streamers! Thank you so much for all the tips and tricks of how to improve
My ADD makes finding topics to talk about so easy and acting out a story finding those little details that paint the image of a moment your viewers can relate to is key
Watching this video really helped me see myself from a different aspect and I am honestly glad that I found you and this awesome channel of yours! I am a gaming streamer and a big anime fan myself, but I am also a rather boring person to talk with and keep up since I really don’t have many things or experiences to really talk about and think stories of for most of my life. When you mentioned the “record yourself for 10 minutes, wait the next day to watch yourself and then record again”, I never heard anything related to that anywhere and although I’m on break from streaming, I am definitely gonna try and do that to hopefully see some progress in myself and in my streams. Also, touching grass is itchy as all heck! It’s worse than having your own long a•• hair tickle you everywhere like you have bugs on you because of how funny it feels! (Which is me cuz my hair is long af hahahaha) XD
I don't even stream. But I am trying to be more entertaining in my youtube videos, and i can easily say this one of the best videos i have watched as its so easy to understand.
loved coming to the stream a couple days ago! really made me laugh, great vid, im getting a new mic soon for my b-day... a razer siren mini, to replace my headset mic, gonna make just chatting and yt vids way easier!
Great tips! The idea of recording yourself to practice feels soo obvious when you listen lol, is something not time-consuming and really simple to start doing. As for talking about experiences you had, I know that in lockdown is a bit hard, but remember that it can be something that happened a couple years ago and even the lockdown itself can generate interesting stories: how did your school reacted? how did your job reacted? a lot of the changes that happen can become entertaining stories if you practice. And btw I touch grass... as long is not slimy tho
I hope it helps mate! Honestly the 10 minute technique is super helpful for everyone I've heard start it! I hope you enjoyed the video! 100% Crew! Heck Yeah!
Ah yes, I love touching grass! I also love the exercise of recording yourself for 10 minutes, definitely doing that! I've actually recently hopped into your stream because I was trying to get inspiration on being more entertaining, and I've picked up a quite a few things! Actually got my first stream with 10 average viewers and hit 200 followers not long after :D
10:51 little late to early gang but this advice helped so much with confidence just starting out. I didn't have time to film separate videos bc of class, but watching my VODS during online class (very epic education) helped me analyze what would I normally do to be entertaining as well as stopping dead space from happening and always keep a conversation going. Which in turn, boosted my confidence and made streaming easier to do. Becoming your own fan is very important.
@@StreamScheme dude your videos and comment dedication are so amazing. I wish our timezones weren't so different so I could catch a stream live. I'm writing a video essay right now and am only motivated more by your effort and my growing enjoyment to storytell in different mediums. Rock on dude
it's true! I'm a rock climber and I never shut up. Sometimes I get distracted and start rambling, but there's pretty much zero dead air in my stream and chat is always active!
Hey eljay, you might remember me as TttyWasTaken. This helped me so much as a new steamer trying m best to build a community and entertain people, I will also take in to account the best advice you’ve ever given. “Sky…Writing…” Respect you so much and you seem like an awesome person, when I watch your streams you make me feel wanted while entertaining me. Keep it up! :)
Eljay I finally made the switch to OBS and I'm not gonna lie it's been really good. I know that's not what this video is about at all but whatever lol. I love the customization I finally have access to. So many plugins and add-ons that SLOBS just doesn't have. Thanks for making that vid a while back about it :)
I just rewatched this to touch grass again. It's a good reminder that quality>quantity. I was doing 5 hour streams, but cutting back to 4 and getting more sleep. Also, I am taking streams off to travel or just see friends. Still solid advice Eljayem.
I proudly touch grass. I've been binging your content nonstop and this is for sure the best video. Tonight's stream will hopefully be great, and even if it isn't its a good way to practice. I will still be waiting for your alt as i said before XD.
I have a weird opposite: I can chat forever about what happening in the game, give facts, make silly jokes etc. BUT as soon as I get a chatter, I kinda freeze up and become awkward. I worry about whether my responses to them are good enough, witty enough and interesting enough. I get more awkward with the chatters. When it's just me, I can talk an imaginary ear off. But a stranger joining me, then all of a sudden I can't talk 🙈🙈
Man you have taught me sooo much about streaming. I try to implement what you teach. Even as far as to bring it to my RU-vid. I see a difference when I look at my analytics. Even though it’s only been like 2 weeks lol. Thank you good sir I appreciate it
I love the tip of talking to yourself for 10 minutes and watching it back the next day, think I might've heard that years ago in some ted talk or something but never did something with it. Might actually start picking that up. Also have been thinking of picking up an improv class to be more quick and on the spot, feel like that's useful for more places than just streaming! No idea how to incorporate "I touch grass" in this comment though
It is such a powerful habit that will really help if you jump into it! I think Improv is also great! And comedy/stand up break downs can be so valuable! Heck, even touching grass is huge! hahaha Hope the video helped mate!
having at least 1 active chatter can carry a stream. i usually stream for like 1 or 2 people but nobody talks in the chat. today i had 1 guy chatting and i tried to make the most of it. i talked about the game i was playing and which heroes are fun or which ones are easy/hard. talking to someone makes it a lot easier to fill dead air.
I recently started streaming, and thanks to your vids, I’m making better content. Not seeing much growth, but I’m enjoying myself a lot more. Keep up the great tips :)
Dude I loved this video. Talking while gaming is literally one of the hardest things I’ve had to do. How do you deal with running out of topics to talk about?
if your just starting off just remember it takes time and practice. Anyone can do it when they set their minds to it, I believe in each and every individual.
I touched grass. Then I had to wash my hands because I forgot the pesticide service had been there a few hours ago. Should I have this rash on my fingers now, Eljay? LOL Just recently subscribed and I really enjoy your videos. I need to start your 10 minutes a day thing for improving my ability to be entertaining on a stream. Most of my streams are TTRPG streams as the DM, so my focus is always on telling the story with my players and not so much on the viewers. But there are those inevitable times when the VTT responds slowly or when we have to double-check a rule on some game mechanic, and I haven't been able to train my players to automatically fill dead air when I'm having to concentrate on doing something else for a couple of minutes. I need to find ways of throwing some kind of chum out to them like an improv prompt or something that will cause them to pick up the conversation while I am focused on whatever other task I need to do at the moment.
Thank you! I really needed to hear this. It really helped me think through my stream and engagement at a time where I am not feeling like my stream is fun for others.
I don't touch enough grass for this sht. Damn I wasn't expecting a reminder about how my life is so boring here of all places Jokes aside (was that even a joke tho? You'll never know) this video has been very useful and actually gave me the idea to just note down ANY topic for a very heated/fun conversation that I have while not streaming, so that I can expand on it on stream and have topics to actually talk about. I'll try it out and see how it goes, thank you very much again
I don't understand how these videos can keep getting better and better when they are all so awesome! This really hit home Eljay. Keep up the great work as usual. You really are helping so many of us big time 👍
Thank you! I didn't understand the instructions quite right but now I love eating grass, especially that weird grass my neighbor grows in his tiny patch made house tastes delicious, tho it makes me feel dizzy afterward
I TOUCH GRASS great vid as always Eljay! I am still growing a consistent community (just passed 50 followers tho!), and I’ve noticed while I’m trying to play the actual game, I catch myself stopping playing to talk and engage the chat/viewers way more and laughing than actually playing LOL. Usually when I watch my vods to self critique I find myself saying to talk less and play more LOL! Guess that’s a good problem 😅
It took a while for me to realize that being entertaining is a skill that you can learn. I always thought, people are born like this. Since I at least know how to entertain, it's a bit easier for me. And sometimes, in my free time I touch grass. But don't let the gardener know.
I touch grass! Now I really feel that I desperately need to, because this is the third video of yours I have watched this evening! Thanks for keeping it real man!
I'm allergic to grass, but for Eljay I'll touch some lol. I've been doing the recording yourself thing for a couple weeks now, I've noticed it helped, and I'm glad you repeated it from a previous video here because I don't think a lot of people took that as seriously as people should have.
Heck I am glad mate! And yeah, the Q&A didn't get a huge number of views so I felt it was pretty important! :) Lucky for you the grass is actually GOLD pure gold for the #100% Crew Badge!
@@StreamScheme it’s been really hard lately but watching and taking notes and listening to the feedback from my studies of practicing and improving my twitch channel blog show it’s becoming more enjoyable nowadays
I have a problem with when I can't think of something to talk about I just start rambling about nothing and I've got a few people who like to listen to it in the background of whatever their doing should I kill this habit or double down?
Your awesome! speaking french but learning from you. did not start streaming but im pretty ready for Diablo 2 soon to start my " carreer"stream i been working since early august to get everytime right for this moment and you are the reason why :)