>>21302092I hope I've been helpful. Sometimes it seems like this industry is just full of numberfags and backstabbing cunts, so I'm trying to be the change I want to see.
From what I've seen, most managers don't deserve what they make, but I don't think I've ever seen one that I would call completely useless.
>>21302213This is just my opinion, but I would define "falling behind" for an indie as total stagnation. Meaning if you're still gaining follows/subs on a weekly basis, you're doing better than most. I'd start worrying when that number completely levels off or goes down. That's when you'll want to start thinking about ways to branch out and mix things up, start appealing to a different audience.
>>21302548Without giving too much away, the big 2 are a complete gamble. In every instance I'm aware of, they are looking for a specific kind of content creator with a specific character and lore in mind. You're auditioning for a role without knowing what it is, which is fucked and I personally hate it, but that's just how it goes. Best you can do is show off your range early in the video and hope that somewhere in there is the character they're looking for.
The smaller corpos are much more likely to watch a full audition video. Most of them also don't have specific characters in mind beforehand. At most they'll have a full generation theme.
>>21302596Highly variable. Most chuubas either have day jobs or college classes (or both), so they spend 20-40 hours a week on that. The few that stream full-time tend to enjoy brainstorming new content ideas and experimenting in Premiere, Photoshop, VTube Studio, Audition, etc. If you're full-time, you probably enjoy working on projects like that and making new kind of content anyway so it's less of a grind.
For corpo chuubas, it's mostly the same. The only difference is some have projects with deadlines that they absolutely need to hit, but otherwise it's the same grind as anyone else, just with bigger numbers involved. I would say that the larger, innovative indies like Leaflit and Snuffy are just as busy as the bigger corpos on a daily basis. It's just self-imposed instead of corpo mandated.
>>21304485>>21304779Here's the thing about corpos, especially the big two: they are fucking pussies when it comes to doing something new. Everyone saw how big Luxiem got from fujobaiting, so of course that's all the male EN chuuba market is going to be looking for. They're so big that they have nothing to gain from trying to be innovative or forge a new path. They see easy money, they take easy money. Simple as. Until a new meta comes out of the EN sphere, or until a fujobait chuuba decides to break character with some success, I don't expect things to change.
>>21305109VTubing will definitely still be alive. It is already entering general public consciousness, and it will only spread more as time goes on.
The first thing you want to do as an indie is build a core audience. Stream your best genre and win over the people that come with your personality. Most indie viewers check out a stream based on game choice, so if you try to go too wide with that, viewers will leave before they have a chance to fall in love with you. Better to have 50 dedicated followers than 100 that watch one stream and never come back
