When we get involved in a streaming community (whether through mixer, youtube gaming or twitch) we often don't think about the small cracks in the future. This is especially in the case of those who wish to become streamers and build a community. You start with one idea of what you want your community to look like and that's the idea you hold onto for as long as you are able.
For me I started as EmpressHarmony and have been such for a long while now. However, as time marches on and I look back on my work thus far I realize that EmpressHarmony was but a phase in my streaming career. She was the caterpillar-to-pupa stage that I did not recognize at the time I was going through. Long nights I would sit and think about what I never felt fulfilled, not only had I not settled on what kind of content I wanted to concretely create and promote but I was not fulfilled in myself as far as image and brand went.
Who was EmpressHarmony? What did she represent? What did she have to say? and most importantly what did she have in mind for her future?
A very close friend of mine used to go by PlayWithMacDaddy when he initially started streaming, however a trip to BlizzCon and a few meet ups quickly made him realize how cringe and unprofessional it sounded. He wanted to be known more publicly and professionally as something more pallet pleasing and now goes by Macdoodle. (You can find him on twitch.tv/macdoodle if you're interested). He experienced his metamorphosis early into his streaming career and now streams to a very saucy community and is happy with his decision.
Not all streamers might have to go through one of these but when you do it's almost like being reborn and rediscovering who you are again.
So for me this metamorphosis comes about three years into my streaming career. Leading up to this I had lost myself in the numbers and the tactics of streaming. I was caught up like so many others might be with whether or not I should stream certain games and constantly worrying about why I wasn't growing or ever happy about what I streamed and promoted. I had lost my way and my message that I set out originally to put forward.
This weekend I opened my eyes and it hit that I am in a different phase of my life and I'm truly ready to step up into the butterfly I am meant to be. I won't spoil it here but being EmpressHarmony has awarded me so many friendships and connections I don't think I'd ever have otherwise and she will always be part of why I became involved in streaming in the first place.
So to my fellow content creators I say to you that where you are is not where you will always be and sometimes who you start out as is not who you will end as. Maybe it won't happen today and maybe you won't completely change but everyone will experience a metamorphosis at some point.
For me I started as EmpressHarmony and have been such for a long while now. However, as time marches on and I look back on my work thus far I realize that EmpressHarmony was but a phase in my streaming career. She was the caterpillar-to-pupa stage that I did not recognize at the time I was going through. Long nights I would sit and think about what I never felt fulfilled, not only had I not settled on what kind of content I wanted to concretely create and promote but I was not fulfilled in myself as far as image and brand went.
Who was EmpressHarmony? What did she represent? What did she have to say? and most importantly what did she have in mind for her future?
A very close friend of mine used to go by PlayWithMacDaddy when he initially started streaming, however a trip to BlizzCon and a few meet ups quickly made him realize how cringe and unprofessional it sounded. He wanted to be known more publicly and professionally as something more pallet pleasing and now goes by Macdoodle. (You can find him on twitch.tv/macdoodle if you're interested). He experienced his metamorphosis early into his streaming career and now streams to a very saucy community and is happy with his decision.
Not all streamers might have to go through one of these but when you do it's almost like being reborn and rediscovering who you are again.
So for me this metamorphosis comes about three years into my streaming career. Leading up to this I had lost myself in the numbers and the tactics of streaming. I was caught up like so many others might be with whether or not I should stream certain games and constantly worrying about why I wasn't growing or ever happy about what I streamed and promoted. I had lost my way and my message that I set out originally to put forward.
This weekend I opened my eyes and it hit that I am in a different phase of my life and I'm truly ready to step up into the butterfly I am meant to be. I won't spoil it here but being EmpressHarmony has awarded me so many friendships and connections I don't think I'd ever have otherwise and she will always be part of why I became involved in streaming in the first place.
So to my fellow content creators I say to you that where you are is not where you will always be and sometimes who you start out as is not who you will end as. Maybe it won't happen today and maybe you won't completely change but everyone will experience a metamorphosis at some point.
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