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Gonna be real here I don't really get vtubers. Like what benefit do I as a viewer get from seeing a generic anime woman on screen instead of like, a real human being with pores and tendons and shit.
I get that for the streamer it must feel nice not to have to put on makeup or be afraid of people deepfaking your real face or whatever but like why would I wanna seek out Vtubers to watch just because they're Vtubers?
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@AppleAmps there’s something about the normalised synthetic reality portrayed but also maybe it’s just about seeing some character rather than no camera

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@AppleAmps i think pngtubers are unironically better, as you can draw actual poses and expressions

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@AppleAmps well, some vtubers let you throw rocks at them and you get to actually see the rock hit the model in the face and that’s pretty funny. crusty tracking and being able to ragdoll a 3d model can also be a lot funnier than the average flesh reactions to things sometimes

other than that I’m right there with you

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