>>36794039Had I done a better job tracking posts and documenting things I could outright do a documentary and make data about the life cycle of indie western vtubers. It's between laughable and sad to see how many of them can't maintain a character or just outright missed the point of playing a character. I've personally met / worked with a few and I wont be naming names.
>New indie group starts up>Four performers>Three weeks in modest start with 300 followers on brand account>All the girls have ~200 followers>One of the girls goes on about favoritism and the mental abuse she faced>Turns out the producer of the group was erping with all the performers>Every girl has a hidden breeding brand on their rigs>Turns out one was 15>Autistic Pilipino girl starts a vtuber brand as being a girlfriend type for the viewers>She ERPs with her audience>Posts a lot of irl on an IG with the same name>Someone stalks her irl, meets their parents, and then the mom thinks its a cute internet thing>In Picarto chat just watching art get done>Meet a Vtuber there>Less than 24 hours into meeting them they tell me that they ERP Gura on a certain site>In casual conversation exposes what state they live in>Later started to beg for money with a fake story >Their paypal email had their real name If I wanted to cancel a vtuber this one was handed to me on a silver platter.
I think it all comes down to a bunch of 18-19 year olds who aren't internet literate buying rigs with their stimmy checks.
