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Alpin here yo. Just woke up a bit ago and saw a lot of the discussion in last thread about networking and CCV and stuff while I was eepin' and figured that since it didn't really seem in bad faith, that I'd write up something about it. I think networking is hyper important and I think this may help out anyone lurking who may be debuting soon as well, and help to explain what I did when I started if anyone wanted to use it as a guide. First off though;
> Alpin would be 8-10 CCV without other aspies
Yeah I agree haha. I'd probably be even LESS without the exposure of /asp/ to have allowed my other viewers who aren't /asp/ related to find the stream in the first place. I owe how I'm doing to starting in /asp/. Thread crabs aside, the vast majority of people I've met here are genuinely nice people. I just passed the 3 month mark, and I'm really proud of how I'm doing considering how tough it is out here for new vtubers currently. I started content creation in PLs back in 2017, and while most of them weren't primarily Twitch stuff, I did stream with 2-3CCV on Twitch for roughly 3 years, so I'm never going to be disappointed in my numbers with that in consideration. A lot of us have something to be proud of. Our general quality level as a community is really good compared to a lot of other starting streamers, and it's important to remember that a 6 CCV makes you top 3% on Twitch.
> Networking and Getting Started
I wanna explain exactly what I did when I got started, as I've seen some people say I didn't do much, and I don't even think it's crabbing or anything, it's just there's like 100 of us and not everyone really knows what I was up to entirely.
> I lurked /here/ from about the end of February to April when I actually started
> I voice posted, model posted, and created social media 2-3 weeks prior to debut.
> I spent the next 2 weeks watching and chatting in /asp/ streams roughly 8 hours per day, and made dumb photoshop image edits of events from those streams to post to Twitter and stuff.
> I studied the tierlist and watched a bit of everyone who was active at the time at least once (of those I could find) to know who they were and what their content was like. Sometimes it was VOD watching if they weren't live often.
> I announced debut time + date on thread a couple days beforehand
> When it came time for debut, I came prepared with a silly full edited lore video, an audio/asset setup that had been well tested, debut slides, and a plan for the stream.
> I ended my debut week with an 8 hour stream where I made art or a funny edit for every Vtuber who showed up at my debut. This was 45 or so vtubers in all, about 90% of them being /asp/. I then hand delivered these edits in DMs with everyone afterwards, which allowed me to intro myself to a lot of people 1 on 1.
> I tried, and still try, to schedule a collab once per week.
Up to you to determine if I didn't do a lot of networking compared to others, I wasn't around for earlier gens so don't really know what they did, just what I think worked for me. Tl;dr here's what I think is important for anyone who has a goal to grow and plans to start on /asp/:
> Integrate and make yourself known beforehand to everyone, let them know when you plan to start, but obviously don't self shill on their stream. Ideally you actually want to make friends and connections here for real, and aren't just here for numbers.
> Test before you stream, don't make the first time you go live the first time you ever use or listen to your mic or use your Vroid, Live2D, PNG, etc. OBS has a record feature so you can test your exact output in terms of audio balance, scuff, etc. First impressions matter yo!
> Stream at a consistent time, on a consistent schedule, with consistent content. People gotta know what to expect from you. Not everyone who succeeds does this, but doing this gives you the highest chance of success in my opinion.
That's all pre-stream and getting started stuff exclusively, I could write up a whole other couple paragraphs on the post-debut stuff I think is good to do/keep in mind. Hope this all explains my origins a bit and can help some lurkers looking to debut soon.
