Where is Charan?

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BaumisMagicalWorld#0673 wrote:

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Deviant#8289 wrote:

ofc it is true he was the only HUGE streamer playing that game

He wasn't, but I'm also well aware of Kripp's influence on the game. That said, his first video is from July 31, 2012, whereas this is Alpha gameplay from 2011. And this is a trailer from 2010.

Like I said, Kripp wouldn't have had a game to cover if not for people like Charan. Don't forget about the early Diamond Supporters with their $1000 packs. To dismiss that because of later media coverage is just silly.

yes he was he was the biggest poe streamer by far he had several thousand viewers all the time while second biggest streamer had few hundred what are you even talking about you dont even realize how big is advertising and marketing for a game that kripp did "just media coverage" yeah you dont realize that games without good advertising and marketing wont even sell their game even if the whales gave that company milions without advertising and marketing that game would died anyway

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Hoolilol#1396 wrote:

I also wouldn't undermine Totalbiscuits "WTF is Path of Exile" video from around 2010, it got around a mil views and countless of closed beta signups too. It's the reason i started playing late 2010 too!

Same, it was 100% Totalbiscuits that put POE on the map for me. I was going to play anyway, but his predictions about the game I fully believed in and convinced me to support this game on a level I would never do for other games.

EDIT: Charan changed his name a long time ago. I have no idea how active he is, but I'm sure he's around.

He's still around :)

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Deviant#8289 wrote:

yes he was he was the biggest poe streamer by far he had several thousand viewers all the time while second biggest streamer had few hundred what are you even talking about you dont even realize how big is advertising and marketing for a game that kripp did

1. Twitch was in its early days. 2. YouTube was a much larger platform, and the game was being covered there by quite many, even a German Let's Play channel that actually got me into the game, and they had 150k subs back then, which was not small for that time.

While Kripp worked closely with GGG and was obviously a very good player, "exposure" doesn't pay the bills and never has.

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BaumisMagicalWorld#0673 wrote:

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Deviant#8289 wrote:

yes he was he was the biggest poe streamer by far he had several thousand viewers all the time while second biggest streamer had few hundred what are you even talking about you dont even realize how big is advertising and marketing for a game that kripp did

1. Twitch was in its early days. 2. YouTube was a much larger platform, and the game was being covered there by quite many, even a German Let's Play channel that actually got me into the game, and they had 150k subs back then, which was not small for that time.

While Kripp worked closely with GGG and was obviously a very good player, "exposure" doesn't pay the bills and never has.

your account is created 2024 january you didnt watch streams on twitch about path of exile from 2011 so why are you talking about topic you dont know anything at all? i been here since 2012 and i watched poe streams from 2011 year so yes he was the biggest BY FAR and no there werent any big youtube streamerse either they all were tiny and exposure is literally what pays the bills you really have no idea how any of this works

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Deviant#8289 wrote:

your account is created 2024 january you didnt watch streams on twitch about path of exile from 2011 so why are you talking about topic you dont know anything at all?

Mate... this is literally my third account. I've been following this game since 2011 and first started seriously playing it in April 2013. Pick a better strawman.

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BaumisMagicalWorld#0673 wrote:

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Deviant#8289 wrote:

your account is created 2024 january you didnt watch streams on twitch about path of exile from 2011 so why are you talking about topic you dont know anything at all?

Mate... this is literally my third account. I've been following this game since 2011 and first started seriously playing it in April 2013. Pick a better strawman.

and yet you didnt know kripp was the biggest streamer of everyone who streamed this game and by FAR so yeah i dont believe you

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Deviant#8289 wrote:

and yet you didnt know kripp was the biggest streamer of everyone who streamed this game and by FAR so yeah i dont believe you

Oh, I know who Kripp is, I even said so. But, believe it or not, streamers are not as important as you seem to think they are. Like I said, at the time Twitch was in its early days and YouTube was the big thing. And the game was being covered a lot more on YouTube and other media, far more than Kripp's videos combined. We get it, you are a Kripp fanboy and that's ok, but please stop.

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BaumisMagicalWorld#0673 wrote:

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Deviant#8289 wrote:

and yet you didnt know kripp was the biggest streamer of everyone who streamed this game and by FAR so yeah i dont believe you

Oh, I know who Kripp is, I even said so. But, believe it or not, streamers are not as important as you seem to think they are. Like I said, at the time Twitch was in its early days and YouTube was the big thing. And the game was being covered a lot more on YouTube and other media, far more than Kripp's videos combined. We get it, you are a Kripp fanboy and that's ok, but please stop.

streamers are important becuz they give exposure to a game if a games isnt well advertised and marketed you wont attract any people if you dont attract any people you wont get the whales for your game you clearly dont know how any of this work and thats ok but please stop

Not everybody watches streamers......