I think this year’s TwitchCon was unfortunately plagued with harassment of streamers. There were incidents of VTubers getting roofied, Kick streamers being terrible, sexual harassment that was recorded by others on stream, etc. I don’t exactly know how those things get fixed (aside from the roofies at parties because drink covers would help a lot) but I hope it’s an issue that is taken more seriously going forward.
@@williamjenkins4304 The roofie incidents at the afterparties were confirmed by the company that hosted them (Blerp). It's not hard to find because the way they addressed the roofies were PR disaster 101 lol.
Have you ever thought of going to review an academic conference? It would be kind of interesting to see someone who isn't in academia review conferences. TMS, which is a big engineer conference, will be in Las Vegas in March
Acacdemic conferences can be really pricey for ppl who are not members of the hosting society/association/etc no? And often exclusive to faculty and students?
Would be so funny to see her at an Entomological Society of America conference listening to all of our talks about bugs - really cool conference though that bridges across agriculture and plant sciences, medicine, taxonomy, technology, and so much more
Agreed. I know the "economy" numbers look okay, but in the last few years I've just seen more and more ordinary people feel a crunch on their finances.
The economy is recovering fine... for the already rich. We ARE in a recession as far as common peopke go. Too bad the news is all owned by megacorps who profit when we suffer...
@@Rhaifhaespecially younger people, who are the biggest group of attendees of conventions most of the time. The economy numbers being fine is pretty surprising as the only people I’ve seen NOT struggling are the rich 🤮
I'm also a twitch partner who doesn't watch a lot of twitch so since it's rare that I recognize any streamers at TwitchCon, it was fun to look up at my booth in Artist Alley and recognize you from your RUclips Videos. Hi! I'm the artist behind the PokePantry PokemonXFood paintings! As someone who's exhibited in the TC AA for the last 3 years, it made me happy to see them market AA more this year. On the exhibitor end of it, there truly isn't another show that even comes close to TC when it comes to how well it treats all of us in Artist Alley. We're SPOILED up there.
The PokePantry... at TC LV did you sell a bunch of fruit style Bulbasaur's climbing on top of each other? If so I believe my wife and I bought that and it hangs in our kitchen.
I haven't heard of other instances at Twitch Con specifically, but I remember awhile back Maya Higa said she got roofied in Vegas during a trip and she basically passed out in the bathroom in a stall with the door locked until she was able to function again which was a pretty terrifying story.
I attend several conferences each year for an organization in involved in and they all do their store that same way. It's not even an issue of theft. It's just more efficient. They take up less space, can keep better track of what stock is low and they usually give you a personal shopper to help you. That last one helps makes a connection so they can recommend products to the individual that they may not have thought of. Sneaky, but effective.
Whenever you mention food I always wonder how they do with things like allergies. Like, if I went would there be anything for me to eat as someone who can't have gluten?
I've had horrible experiences with food trucks at conventions. I usually eat beforehand or bring my own snacks. Last week I attended one and had a tofu sandwich at Starbucks before entering the venue.
Having worked on the hosting side of events, I know that I would be very cautious even if they have the option, that’s a lot of different people handling & packaging & distributing food. Also, each event has a different set of accommodations they will make, if any, and it isn’t covered by the ADA, so it’s hit or miss even at huge events. I will say, it drives catering prices insanely high & is not manageable for most events to do more than 3 options. I am low-residue, it’s not even included at restaurants, and I’m lactose very intolerant, but I have no appetite so it doesn’t matter so much. I think I’d be a lot more upset if I had a regular appetite, esp since there are buffet options that can happily feed almost everyone. But I’m grateful I don’t need to tube feed, like many people with my disorder. At least I can still eat via my mouth!
It’s interesting seeing twitchcon from your pov because everything else I’ve seen about it has been from the Minecraft community’s pov (as that’s usually the content I watch)
I have been noticing the convention downturn as well. It's not that they aren't still fun, and I can't still enjoy myself. But when you've been attending them for years, even decades, you really start to notice that they just don't have the same punch that they used to. There's noticeably less there and what's there definitely seems scaled down from how it used to be. Companies that used to have major presence at these events have either decided they don't need to do them anymore, have drastically scaled down their presence, or would rather only focus on one or two major shows or their own event. PAX West used to basically be "public E3" and now it seems like you're lucky if you can get Nintendo and a handful of other major devs to show up. You used to constantly see Funimation/Crunchyroll, Viz, Aniplex, etc at most larger anime conventions and now it seems like they only really show up for AX and maybe like 1-2 other shows. It doesn't really ruin the experience per se, but you definitely start feeling like there used to be more here.
I think because last years Twitch con there was a bunch of Minecraft creator drama creators are likely more wary of clout chasing at the con cause it went sideways for a lot of ppl
Yea, a few streams I follow talked about how Twitch wsa horrible for clout chasing the past few years. Where people with like 3k subs was in the same party as one of the biggest streamers and just wouldn't behave normally. People just wanna hang out while others are still on that grind to "network" even during a casual thing. It's unfortunate but totally understandable.
@@Fribee83 yep at that bleeds over into party atmosphere, nobody was checking IDs for hotel room parties, booze was flowing things went sideways. Minecraft sphere had ton of drama which I only found out about because RUclips drama is an escape from reality for me.
Computer anti-recommendation: not a lenovo legion (laptop). The keyboards crap out after ~13months with regularity and costs about 1/3 of the actual PC to replace/repair.
@@lVlegabyte no, ThinkPads are business oriented, while Legions are gaming oriented. They had beef with Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, because their logo (Legion's) was very, very similar.
Question, how does that whole meet and greet setup work. Are you only allowed to do that if you have a certain amount of followers or what? I’ve seen some and barely anyone showed up to meet their favorite streamer.
twitch asks ppl thats it unless you big big and ask them. don't need twitch help a lot of ppl just had a meet and greet at random spots XD. to sign up for greets it was wild bc you had to find the link etc and scan a qr code etc etc. only a certain amount of ppl were allowed in line and most ppl had to choose which streamer to see bc only can pick one. so random meets were best. Also if you meet a certain criteria you get partner badge free. lounge was awful like every yr. purple lounge was ok i went in for a few min. gift was awful to.
I know that for hermitcraft (a minecraft youtube/streamer group), they talked about being asked to do a panel by Twitch, and then once Twitch realized how much traffic was going to the panel page, they were also asked to do a meet and greet.
@@RhaifhaI still need to watch all the hermitcraft twitchcon stuff. But I want to give it my full attention rather than having it on while I do other stuff, which is the way I normally watch videos.
I’m only about 1/2 way through the video but it is so interesting!! I’ve been thinking about the changes in events and what goes into them as I’ve been attending events. I’m currently in an event marketing class at my college and I have used your videos as examples for topics (thank you) and watching your videos have genuinely helped me think about events in different ways! (Working events/cons as staff helps too) Thank you for sharing this! ❤
In 2 or 3 years it's the only part of an Amanda video that I hastily skipped right through. I am no fan of Frogan. I'll be a leftist until I'm laying in a box, but I'm not her kind of leftist. I really don't care who Amanda is friends with, that's her business, but it's hard for me to see that interaction as a blessing.
Honestly, from my personal experience, it kinda isn't. The first time I went was pretty much purely as a viewer who followed some of the streamers that were there and that was it, and it was a very "meh" experience I felt. Everything seemed to be geared towards becoming a streamer, improving your stream, getting partnered, etc. It wasn't really until I became I bit more involved in a few channels' communities that I really started fully enjoying it. It's definitely more of a creator/community con than a viewer con unless you're dying to meet some of your favorite streamers.
I'm an absolute idiot about computers, so when I bought my PC I just looked for a pre built one. My friend who is into computers has informed me that I picked a nice one.
Prebuilts are a minefield of getting ripped off. Gamers Nexus goes over sooo many prebuilts that are expensive and garbage, even when they ship with decent components. Not poopooing on the idea; just double-check purchases before throwing down thousands! There are good ones out there, but NOT from many of the big name brands.
A big takeaway from this video for me is to not judge a book before you even see the cover, let alone read it. But being rude and disrespectful is generally just gross anyway in my opinion. If you don't know what someone's boundaries are, don't go up to them and push them over the edge. Some people are "WEIRD".
i caught one of your youtube streams, it was fun. i don't really watch twitch much, my familiarity with streamers is catching clips or uploads to youtube
Las Vegas Convention Center giving a discount makes a bunch of sense, considering Las Vegas is a Hell Hole for most of the year. Home sweet home, I hope it dries up and shrivels.
I've heard from people into sim racing that you could get a crazy curved screen setup that's super expensive, or you could get a VR headset and have a ton of fun at a fraction of the cost. Neither are CHEAP, but with the new Quest 3S (cheapest VR headset on the market but also best, but ew meta) it's actually doable. Trying to STREAM VR sim racing is a mixed bag, but some people have found ways, plus VR headsets are the major way people have been doing 3D vtubing with VRChat, which you could have some fun with for sure. I would LOVE to see you review some VR conventions like Vket or Furality--that would be HILARIOUS content from you.
long time twitch person, but vegas was my first twitchcon (though I was familiar with the city), and san diego was leagues better. I was definitely bummed about the cosplay showcase being on Sunday. there was no way I was getting dressed up that day. and happy to be validated that I struggled to go out and party, but looking forward to next year!! hopefully i manage to catch you next year. the artist alley was poppin this year and I loved the space they had.
Okay, gaming computer advice! 1. If you recognise the brand name, they're probably bad. The big system integrators (Dell and their subsidiary Alienware, HP, Lenovo, etc.) are notorious for not only giving you terrible bang for your buck but also building very unbalanced computers - so one component will be very good and another will be quite bad, which creates a bottleneck that makes the whole system perform worse than it should. 2. It's way, way cheaper to buy the parts and put it together yourself, but this is harder than tech people say it is. People who have been building computers for ages forget that if you're not neck-deep in the space you are in danger of doing something like accidentally building a system that shuts down every half-hour because that well-reviewed power supply that the layperson thought would be fine has insufficient wattage for their GPU. If you're on a budget but have a lot of time, though, this is a good cost-saving choice. 3. If you're gonna go with a boutique system integrator make sure they have a decent rep among tech enthusiasts. There has been a lot of trouble with poorly-managed boutique system integrators in the past. A good one would probably suit your circumstances, though, since they can deliver you a custom build that suits your business needs.
@@Rhaifha Oh my god, right?? I feel like the CPU is the most common place for them to skimp, since like six people on planet earth completely understand CPU naming schemes, but I've seen some really stupid GPU choices too.
For the PC stuff, i suggest to have you or a friend pick out the parts yourself and set it up yourself! Sometimes prebuilts are really good but you should have someone who knows PC's to look over it as the parts is sometimes out of date or even by Intel (who's newest parts have bricked company PCs) :)
Hell yeah, that's the bracelet I made :) This was my 2nd TwitchCon, 1st as an affiliate. Your point about knowing your limits and not feeling bad about it is so real. It's always easier to manage my energy (and expectations) the 2nd+ time at a convention/conference. The newer challenge for me is also managing my husband's energy because he's just tagging along and gets dragged into whatever I'm doing lol
one my favorite streamers socpens went this year and i felt so bad for him getting excited for the partner swag bags and then showing up and the only thing left was shoelaces bc everybody else grabbed everything already 😭😭
yup across 3 countries including korea and trust and safety but donated 100k to a huge streamer where her team stated money just makes things happen faster instead over a few yrs bc they get tons of thousands of donos plus huge sponsors. also twitch be gifting thousands of subs to huge steamers atm costing tons. also korea twitch is dead trust and safety now ai chat etc. look up devin nash if you wanna understand.
i was able to meet you!! I saw you on the first day and was lowkey stressing since my brain wasnt ready to talk HAHA my b. Then on the last day me and my friend met you and just talked about the con. At that time we also saw the carpets being put away by the artist alley which was funny. But, i honestly had a great time at twitchcon this year and definitely plan on going again.
you were asking what merch people got from the loot cave - it was my first time attending a twitch event so i wanted to get a fair amount of merch. i got the sweatpants, one of the hoodies, 2 shirts and a couple pins to give to my son. the clothes are all very soft and comfortable.
I’m interested if Twitch is going to sustain, Amazon bought it and was kinda competing with RUclips, but seems to have lost interest and it isn’t a money maker for them (the bandwidth would make them more money if they leased it to someone else)
5:21 So the "surprise guest" is an individual who calls herself "Frogan". She just publicly declared her wish that American veterans she doesn't like "should get PTSD". Just the latest awful statement she's made, though arguably the worst. Amanda's cool. I've been a supporter of her for several years. I don't blame people for the sins of their friends. But I'm the grandson of a WW2 veteran who came back from Europe- where he helped rid the world of fascism- with profound amounts of PTSD, the effects of which echo throughout my family to this day. And so I think people like Frogan, who poison our culture with ignorant, indefensible toxicity, deserve to be called out. She's all smiles in this footage. I don't remember my grandfather smiling all that much.
i don't know about her friends. QT is alright, but her social life is very *industry* and I heard one of her friends, not the girls persay, say something mean about swell on stream like "they can't look at her face" because she's too ugly. I'm still malding, aight?
its really cool that you recorded this video at the con! I'm also wondering if the state of the econmy is heavily effected the down turn of Twitch Con. Especially if we think that Twitch got a discount to come back to San Diago. Anyway thanks for the content, I love hearing your opinion lmao.
It would be really cool if Swell came to Nekocon on the East coast next year. We always get a lot of special guests and we have a lot of fun things and there are only 2 badge types etc etc etc
This was my first TwitchCon. I think the best part for me was meeting people I'm always hanging out with virtually. We hung out a lot outside of the con. I did like hitting up the panels. they were insightful. I do agree. the floor felt small. I was hoping to see more booths/vendors but I did geek out a lot on the gear though. I now know to plan ahead when it comes to sitting in panels or going to meet ups. I live in San Diego, so it was convenient. I'm not too sure if I'd go if it wasn't here. It's fun tho. Way smaller than Comic-Con which was a plus.
If you want a gaming pc I’d really recommend maingear for a prebuilt, I have one myself and it’s a very solid build, great cable management, no bloatware, and they’ll just do nice little things you you like add profiles for rendering and gaming to the fan curves if you mention that’s what you’ll be using the rig for. They also included a usb to reinstall windows and are made using over the counter parts so they’re easy to upgrade if needed. Their support team is also amazing.
I build my PC but buying a prebuilt PC is just as good. Just look up what you want it to do. An ASUS monitor should work for anything you could ever do. I have a RedDragon mouse too, it can be wireless or plugged in which is nice. In my opinion, you dont need to go all out for a keyboard, stick with what you're comfortable with using for long periods of time. Overall, everyone is going to need a different setup, and finding one that works for you requires research or talking to someone experienced enough to understand what you need. Good luck and thanks for the video
They put the ONLY cosplay showcase on SUNDAY? IN THE LATE AFTERNOON? I've been attending and working cosplay conventions for over ten years. While there are end of weekend cosplay events but it is runway where the judges pick solely on stage presence and it isn't about craftsmanship. They wanted to keep people late on sunday but most people are exhausted as you said.
Hey I don't watch every video but I have noticed a dip in views per video, I remember you saying in a previous vid a while back now that you're not going to do this forever and that's entirely understandable and you do you queen! But if you do decide to step away from RUclips as a career I beg you to still give random updates on the various cons you end up in. You have such great insights into the most random shit, like F1! Either way be good be well love your videos swell
Oh apparently there are quite a few gaming PC giveaways, one I think did say TwitchCon. I've entered four of them in the last 24 hours. My laptop just doesn't like some of the games I want to play.
Do you want to Sim race in VR, with 3 screens or just 1 screen? the PC parts you will need will depend on how you want experience sim racing. I personally love VR because of my real-life driving habits
I go to conventions all the time now like Amanda, I just don't record myself (idk how) and she's 100% correct do not feel bad about sitting in your room decompressing I didn't do that one year and ended up crying in front of a bunch of people bc I was so stressed out. Yes you paid alot of money to be there, but please take a break
Man those swag bags sucked. Wish you luck finding a good computer! For keyboards (of which I have binged many videos about) it’s all about preference. Do you want clacky? Ergonomic? Pretty? Linear switches? None of it rreeaally matters if you don’t care that much. These days keyboards are very customizable-make sure it’s hot-swappable and you’re golden.
Good video, as far as gaming PCs I would recommend a gaming laptop of eithyer Alienware, Rebublic Of Gamers or Acer but with 1TB of internal storage for content creation. Also make sure it has at least intel core i7 and nvidia geforceRTX graphics 😄💻
Hey if you ever want to watch “human male chicken fighting” the Australian footys gonna be in Las Vegas next year. I’d love to see what your thoughts on it are cause it’s such a staple here in Australia
I have a lenovo thinkpad and I really like it. I recommend searching up specific questions about pc's Like "what graphics card is the best for xyz games/uses of computer" and pulling up reddit threads. That helped me a lot. I have a thinkpad p15s 40GB of RAM, icore7, NVIDIA graphics, touchscreen (highly recommend), and it's 15.6" display.
I also have a Lenovo thinkpad and I love it for school and work, but I’d highly recommend against getting this model if you are interested in playing any sort of game that requires a solid amount of processing power. (maybe I’m getting my terms mixed up but for example I can’t play outer wilds, astroneer, or many other games without turning graphics, details, shadows, etc aaaaall the way down).
Could you make a video about American fire sales RUclips? Sellers like Hooked on Pickin' sell on live streams all kinds of crap and people pay ridiculous sums for glass paper weights, candy and costume jewelry. It's super addictive to watch. The weird thing is that it's this small group that does the bying, almost exclusively. But maybe it's better that people with shopping addiction buy from small sellers instead of Tiktok stores or QVC.
She just publicly stated that she hopes US veterans "get PTSD". Tried to qualify it by saying that the ones who "disavow imperialism" are apparently okay. According to her. But everyone else? The people she disagrees with? Apparently they deserve PTSD . I have no love for imperialism, but I can't wrap my head around that. Frogan is beyond despicable.
@@mcnultyssobercompanion6372 BOT ALERT I'm no frogan fan but this has gotta be a bot why did you just say this out of nowhere when I didn't even say anything about who she is I just said I was surprised she's here.... Suspicious af
@@sparkleparty5947 You can, lol....tell the first responders to stand down. There is no "alert". Or "bots". I am indeed a living, breathing human being. A few weeks ago I watched this video of Amanda's, with the unfortunate "Frogan" cameo. Today, I see that "Frogan" has made astonishingly ignorant public comments that insulted and angered me. Along with many other people. I came back to this video to amend some comments I remember making when it was first uploaded. Then I scrolled through, curious if anyone else had said anything about "Frogan". That's when I saw your comment. It appears I mistakenly took you for a "Frogan" supporter. If you are not a "Frogan" supporter,and/or do not endorse her antics, then I have no problem with you, sir or ma'am. This is just an unfortunate case of friendly fire.
Suggestions for a gaming pc: none. After asking for suggestions some company is probably sending you a streaming specific gaming pc now and i can't go up against that. 😂
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I think this year’s TwitchCon was unfortunately plagued with harassment of streamers. There were incidents of VTubers getting roofied, Kick streamers being terrible, sexual harassment that was recorded by others on stream, etc. I don’t exactly know how those things get fixed (aside from the roofies at parties because drink covers would help a lot) but I hope it’s an issue that is taken more seriously going forward.
Jesus christ!! I can't believe it was that bad
Sources?
@@williamjenkins4304 The roofie incidents at the afterparties were confirmed by the company that hosted them (Blerp). It's not hard to find because the way they addressed the roofies were PR disaster 101 lol.
@@kayde5396 No way!? That's crazy I'll look into it, thanks for the info
Wow, has anyone made a video covering what happened?
Have you ever thought of going to review an academic conference? It would be kind of interesting to see someone who isn't in academia review conferences. TMS, which is a big engineer conference, will be in Las Vegas in March
Acacdemic conferences can be really pricey for ppl who are not members of the hosting society/association/etc no? And often exclusive to faculty and students?
Would love her to infiltrate one of the big food science conferences. 😅
There are also academic-ish conferences. I knew someone who talked at a pop culture oriented sociology conference in full Star Wars cosplay.
She could go to MDM West. The expo is free I believe and some parts of the conference is also free.
Would be so funny to see her at an Entomological Society of America conference listening to all of our talks about bugs - really cool conference though that bridges across agriculture and plant sciences, medicine, taxonomy, technology, and so much more
"Never feel bad for needing to go home, or step away to decompress" This is very true and very good advice
I feel like I keep hearing so many recession indicators in these convention reviews 😅
Agreed. I know the "economy" numbers look okay, but in the last few years I've just seen more and more ordinary people feel a crunch on their finances.
The economy is recovering fine... for the already rich. We ARE in a recession as far as common peopke go. Too bad the news is all owned by megacorps who profit when we suffer...
@@Rhaifhaespecially younger people, who are the biggest group of attendees of conventions most of the time.
The economy numbers being fine is pretty surprising as the only people I’ve seen NOT struggling are the rich 🤮
I'm also a twitch partner who doesn't watch a lot of twitch so since it's rare that I recognize any streamers at TwitchCon, it was fun to look up at my booth in Artist Alley and recognize you from your RUclips Videos. Hi! I'm the artist behind the PokePantry PokemonXFood paintings!
As someone who's exhibited in the TC AA for the last 3 years, it made me happy to see them market AA more this year. On the exhibitor end of it, there truly isn't another show that even comes close to TC when it comes to how well it treats all of us in Artist Alley. We're SPOILED up there.
The PokePantry... at TC LV did you sell a bunch of fruit style Bulbasaur's climbing on top of each other? If so I believe my wife and I bought that and it hangs in our kitchen.
an artist alley being treated well sounds so rare
20:47 I hope you didn't go to the blerp party, two vtubers reported being roofied, one with something so strong they couldn't move.
There's probably a lot of that at those kinda parties
that's not really a twitchcon issue. sadly that happens at a bunch of at the afterparties of conventions
I've heard of this happening at twitch before
I haven't heard of other instances at Twitch Con specifically, but I remember awhile back Maya Higa said she got roofied in Vegas during a trip and she basically passed out in the bathroom in a stall with the door locked until she was able to function again which was a pretty terrifying story.
I attend several conferences each year for an organization in involved in and they all do their store that same way. It's not even an issue of theft. It's just more efficient. They take up less space, can keep better track of what stock is low and they usually give you a personal shopper to help you. That last one helps makes a connection so they can recommend products to the individual that they may not have thought of. Sneaky, but effective.
Love the strategy of accruing so many wristbands that security at any venue will just let you in rather than try to sort through them all
Thanks for breaking into the partner lounge so we don't have to Swell!
Whenever you mention food I always wonder how they do with things like allergies. Like, if I went would there be anything for me to eat as someone who can't have gluten?
I just always assume us celiacs are left out.
I've had horrible experiences with food trucks at conventions. I usually eat beforehand or bring my own snacks. Last week I attended one and had a tofu sandwich at Starbucks before entering the venue.
I imagine they have a premade prepackaged hypoallergenic option... Of course that's is in a hopefully scenario.
They probably have a lot of options. But there is also a high likelihood of contamination.
Having worked on the hosting side of events, I know that I would be very cautious even if they have the option, that’s a lot of different people handling & packaging & distributing food. Also, each event has a different set of accommodations they will make, if any, and it isn’t covered by the ADA, so it’s hit or miss even at huge events. I will say, it drives catering prices insanely high & is not manageable for most events to do more than 3 options. I am low-residue, it’s not even included at restaurants, and I’m lactose very intolerant, but I have no appetite so it doesn’t matter so much. I think I’d be a lot more upset if I had a regular appetite, esp since there are buffet options that can happily feed almost everyone. But I’m grateful I don’t need to tube feed, like many people with my disorder. At least I can still eat via my mouth!
It’s interesting seeing twitchcon from your pov because everything else I’ve seen about it has been from the Minecraft community’s pov (as that’s usually the content I watch)
same! and mcc was so good
For me it was the Vtubers' POV, and that sounded like a nightmare...
MCC was so much fun to watch!
I have been noticing the convention downturn as well. It's not that they aren't still fun, and I can't still enjoy myself. But when you've been attending them for years, even decades, you really start to notice that they just don't have the same punch that they used to. There's noticeably less there and what's there definitely seems scaled down from how it used to be. Companies that used to have major presence at these events have either decided they don't need to do them anymore, have drastically scaled down their presence, or would rather only focus on one or two major shows or their own event. PAX West used to basically be "public E3" and now it seems like you're lucky if you can get Nintendo and a handful of other major devs to show up. You used to constantly see Funimation/Crunchyroll, Viz, Aniplex, etc at most larger anime conventions and now it seems like they only really show up for AX and maybe like 1-2 other shows. It doesn't really ruin the experience per se, but you definitely start feeling like there used to be more here.
I think because last years Twitch con there was a bunch of Minecraft creator drama creators are likely more wary of clout chasing at the con cause it went sideways for a lot of ppl
Yea, a few streams I follow talked about how Twitch wsa horrible for clout chasing the past few years. Where people with like 3k subs was in the same party as one of the biggest streamers and just wouldn't behave normally. People just wanna hang out while others are still on that grind to "network" even during a casual thing. It's unfortunate but totally understandable.
@@Fribee83 yep at that bleeds over into party atmosphere, nobody was checking IDs for hotel room parties, booze was flowing things went sideways. Minecraft sphere had ton of drama which I only found out about because RUclips drama is an escape from reality for me.
.. What minecraft creator drama? 👀
@@Rhaifha😂
the mere fact that there was minecraft creator drama is insane
"with a bunch of cr- with a bunch of people" i love how 'creators' was about to come out like a slur there LMAO
Essentially it is
So happy to meet you this year! We met at the artist alley and talked about how honest your reviews about cons are and took a selfie!
Computer anti-recommendation: not a lenovo legion (laptop). The keyboards crap out after ~13months with regularity and costs about 1/3 of the actual PC to replace/repair.
You’re not talking about the Thinkpads though, right?
@@lVlegabyte no, ThinkPads are business oriented, while Legions are gaming oriented. They had beef with Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, because their logo (Legion's) was very, very similar.
Question, how does that whole meet and greet setup work. Are you only allowed to do that if you have a certain amount of followers or what? I’ve seen some and barely anyone showed up to meet their favorite streamer.
twitch asks ppl thats it unless you big big and ask them. don't need twitch help a lot of ppl just had a meet and greet at random spots XD. to sign up for greets it was wild bc you had to find the link etc and scan a qr code etc etc. only a certain amount of ppl were allowed in line and most ppl had to choose which streamer to see bc only can pick one. so random meets were best. Also if you meet a certain criteria you get partner badge free. lounge was awful like every yr. purple lounge was ok i went in for a few min. gift was awful to.
I know that for hermitcraft (a minecraft youtube/streamer group), they talked about being asked to do a panel by Twitch, and then once Twitch realized how much traffic was going to the panel page, they were also asked to do a meet and greet.
@@RhaifhaI still need to watch all the hermitcraft twitchcon stuff. But I want to give it my full attention rather than having it on while I do other stuff, which is the way I normally watch videos.
Hey, I was the audio stagehand running the Kappa Cabana all 3 days. AMA!
I’m only about 1/2 way through the video but it is so interesting!! I’ve been thinking about the changes in events and what goes into them as I’ve been attending events.
I’m currently in an event marketing class at my college and I have used your videos as examples for topics (thank you) and watching your videos have genuinely helped me think about events in different ways! (Working events/cons as staff helps too)
Thank you for sharing this! ❤
5:25 was such a blessing! Your friends are such absolute joys Swell!!
In 2 or 3 years it's the only part of an Amanda video that I hastily skipped right through.
I am no fan of Frogan. I'll be a leftist until I'm laying in a box, but I'm not her kind of leftist. I really don't care who Amanda is friends with, that's her business, but it's hard for me to see that interaction as a blessing.
@@mcnultyssobercompanion6372
Respectfully, what the heck
@@ItsGuffle What the heck indeed.
_What the heck_ indeed...
Twitch con has never seemed like it would be that fun to go to as a someone who is just a watcher to me.
Honestly, from my personal experience, it kinda isn't. The first time I went was pretty much purely as a viewer who followed some of the streamers that were there and that was it, and it was a very "meh" experience I felt. Everything seemed to be geared towards becoming a streamer, improving your stream, getting partnered, etc. It wasn't really until I became I bit more involved in a few channels' communities that I really started fully enjoying it. It's definitely more of a creator/community con than a viewer con unless you're dying to meet some of your favorite streamers.
it was sick meeting you!!! omg is that the real swellentertainment ~~~~
I'm an absolute idiot about computers, so when I bought my PC I just looked for a pre built one.
My friend who is into computers has informed me that I picked a nice one.
Prebuilts are a minefield of getting ripped off. Gamers Nexus goes over sooo many prebuilts that are expensive and garbage, even when they ship with decent components.
Not poopooing on the idea; just double-check purchases before throwing down thousands! There are good ones out there, but NOT from many of the big name brands.
care to share from what company?
All I heard about twitchcon was that two Vtubers got Roofied at an exclusive party hosted by blerg i think.
sounds like a vtuber thing
Honestly building a pc would be a whole other video and dive you could do because there is a whole culture and community around gaming computers
I'd watch it!
Men not understanding boundaries toward a woman? Boy golly that sure is surprising.
A big takeaway from this video for me is to not judge a book before you even see the cover, let alone read it. But being rude and disrespectful is generally just gross anyway in my opinion. If you don't know what someone's boundaries are, don't go up to them and push them over the edge. Some people are "WEIRD".
i caught one of your youtube streams, it was fun. i don't really watch twitch much, my familiarity with streamers is catching clips or uploads to youtube
Las Vegas Convention Center giving a discount makes a bunch of sense, considering Las Vegas is a Hell Hole for most of the year. Home sweet home, I hope it dries up and shrivels.
I've heard from people into sim racing that you could get a crazy curved screen setup that's super expensive, or you could get a VR headset and have a ton of fun at a fraction of the cost. Neither are CHEAP, but with the new Quest 3S (cheapest VR headset on the market but also best, but ew meta) it's actually doable. Trying to STREAM VR sim racing is a mixed bag, but some people have found ways, plus VR headsets are the major way people have been doing 3D vtubing with VRChat, which you could have some fun with for sure.
I would LOVE to see you review some VR conventions like Vket or Furality--that would be HILARIOUS content from you.
i love hearing people say "okay" in the way you or someordinarygamers will like its always so assuring. thanks u two
I went once as a viewer in 2018 but never again, mostly due to the ticket price. Like, Holly shit I'll go to a different con for that price, lol.
long time twitch person, but vegas was my first twitchcon (though I was familiar with the city), and san diego was leagues better. I was definitely bummed about the cosplay showcase being on Sunday. there was no way I was getting dressed up that day. and happy to be validated that I struggled to go out and party, but looking forward to next year!! hopefully i manage to catch you next year. the artist alley was poppin this year and I loved the space they had.
Okay, gaming computer advice!
1. If you recognise the brand name, they're probably bad. The big system integrators (Dell and their subsidiary Alienware, HP, Lenovo, etc.) are notorious for not only giving you terrible bang for your buck but also building very unbalanced computers - so one component will be very good and another will be quite bad, which creates a bottleneck that makes the whole system perform worse than it should.
2. It's way, way cheaper to buy the parts and put it together yourself, but this is harder than tech people say it is. People who have been building computers for ages forget that if you're not neck-deep in the space you are in danger of doing something like accidentally building a system that shuts down every half-hour because that well-reviewed power supply that the layperson thought would be fine has insufficient wattage for their GPU. If you're on a budget but have a lot of time, though, this is a good cost-saving choice.
3. If you're gonna go with a boutique system integrator make sure they have a decent rep among tech enthusiasts. There has been a lot of trouble with poorly-managed boutique system integrators in the past. A good one would probably suit your circumstances, though, since they can deliver you a custom build that suits your business needs.
I recently saw a computer advertised with 32 GB RAM, a brand new GPU (4070 iirc?), and like.. a 6 year old i5 CPU? Some pre-built stuff is wiiild.
@@Rhaifha Oh my god, right?? I feel like the CPU is the most common place for them to skimp, since like six people on planet earth completely understand CPU naming schemes, but I've seen some really stupid GPU choices too.
For the PC stuff, i suggest to have you or a friend pick out the parts yourself and set it up yourself! Sometimes prebuilts are really good but you should have someone who knows PC's to look over it as the parts is sometimes out of date or even by Intel (who's newest parts have bricked company PCs) :)
🎶Swell’s in the coorner🎶
I know its not but the background noise of people walking around sounds like stock audio lol. My brain is probably just broken.
One day I’d like to see swell organized a huge event/convention video 😭 that would be insane
I saw those swag bags on Tiktok and they looked so sad and crappy lol, still, I wish I could've gone omg
As someone who works at a computer all day, 100% recommend a larger curved monitor if you’re gaming. It does make a comfortable difference
OMG the whistling in the video at about 6:30 made me think I was not alone in my house 💀
Hell yeah, that's the bracelet I made :) This was my 2nd TwitchCon, 1st as an affiliate. Your point about knowing your limits and not feeling bad about it is so real. It's always easier to manage my energy (and expectations) the 2nd+ time at a convention/conference. The newer challenge for me is also managing my husband's energy because he's just tagging along and gets dragged into whatever I'm doing lol
i have definitely heard some of the larger streamers talk about the purple lounge
I understand what you mean, it's like you're needing to be apart of twitch con while also trying to get the experience of a person going normally
Speaking of merch, if you see me wearing a t-shirt that says "I want to make that abundantly clear" will you know I am a Swell fan? 😆
“Wanna see a video of me being hatecrimed?” is CRAZY I love her
one my favorite streamers socpens went this year and i felt so bad for him getting excited for the partner swag bags and then showing up and the only thing left was shoelaces bc everybody else grabbed everything already 😭😭
aw i love scorpy what a shame he had that experience :(
Twitch had a layoff wave I think? Could possibly explain the lack of twitch merch.
yup across 3 countries including korea and trust and safety but donated 100k to a huge streamer where her team stated money just makes things happen faster instead over a few yrs bc they get tons of thousands of donos plus huge sponsors. also twitch be gifting thousands of subs to huge steamers atm costing tons. also korea twitch is dead trust and safety now ai chat etc. look up devin nash if you wanna understand.
i was able to meet you!! I saw you on the first day and was lowkey stressing since my brain wasnt ready to talk HAHA my b. Then on the last day me and my friend met you and just talked about the con. At that time we also saw the carpets being put away by the artist alley which was funny. But, i honestly had a great time at twitchcon this year and definitely plan on going again.
you were asking what merch people got from the loot cave - it was my first time attending a twitch event so i wanted to get a fair amount of merch. i got the sweatpants, one of the hoodies, 2 shirts and a couple pins to give to my son. the clothes are all very soft and comfortable.
I’m interested if Twitch is going to sustain, Amazon bought it and was kinda competing with RUclips, but seems to have lost interest and it isn’t a money maker for them (the bandwidth would make them more money if they leased it to someone else)
the san diego convention center has good rail transit connections 💪
5:21
So the "surprise guest" is an individual who calls herself "Frogan". She just publicly declared her wish that American veterans she doesn't like "should get PTSD". Just the latest awful statement she's made, though arguably the worst.
Amanda's cool. I've been a supporter of her for several years. I don't blame people for the sins of their friends.
But I'm the grandson of a WW2 veteran who came back from Europe- where he helped rid the world of fascism- with profound amounts of PTSD, the effects of which echo throughout my family to this day. And so I think people like Frogan, who poison our culture with ignorant, indefensible toxicity, deserve to be called out.
She's all smiles in this footage. I don't remember my grandfather smiling all that much.
I can't believe it's been a year already since the last video. Amanda, you should get in on the Sonic Symphony World Tour!
everyone who's gone to twitchcon this year said it was awful so I, of course, have been looking forward to your video
Today in why I hate my brain: 🎵"that's Swell in the corner!" 🎵 to the tune of REM's losing my religion
I wanna see swell and qtcinderella collab
i don't know about her friends. QT is alright, but her social life is very *industry* and I heard one of her friends, not the girls persay, say something mean about swell on stream like "they can't look at her face" because she's too ugly. I'm still malding, aight?
gonna be going to TwitchCon Rotterdam next year, curious to see how different it is from how you've described San Diego to be
its really cool that you recorded this video at the con!
I'm also wondering if the state of the econmy is heavily effected the down turn of Twitch Con. Especially if we think that Twitch got a discount to come back to San Diago.
Anyway thanks for the content, I love hearing your opinion lmao.
omg thank god u did this twitchcon lol I haven’t watched yet but I hope you cover the weirdness ab kick streamers and harassment
STARFORGE PC! you get a really well built pc and you get a review out of it!
Im an affliate and a pngtuber. The interest i had in going to twitchcon disappeared with the drugging at the supposed security protected vtuber party.
It would be really cool if Swell came to Nekocon on the East coast next year. We always get a lot of special guests and we have a lot of fun things and there are only 2 badge types etc etc etc
Swell reviews Linus Tech Tips and gets a computer so you dont have to moment??
Just in time for dinner✨✨✨🥰🥰
so cool bumping into you!
This was my first TwitchCon. I think the best part for me was meeting people I'm always hanging out with virtually. We hung out a lot outside of the con. I did like hitting up the panels. they were insightful. I do agree. the floor felt small. I was hoping to see more booths/vendors but I did geek out a lot on the gear though. I now know to plan ahead when it comes to sitting in panels or going to meet ups. I live in San Diego, so it was convenient. I'm not too sure if I'd go if it wasn't here. It's fun tho. Way smaller than Comic-Con which was a plus.
Omg that's so sad and weird that people were flip-flopping so much with you last year, I'm glad it's a lot better this year 🙌
If you want a gaming pc I’d really recommend maingear for a prebuilt, I have one myself and it’s a very solid build, great cable management, no bloatware, and they’ll just do nice little things you you like add profiles for rendering and gaming to the fan curves if you mention that’s what you’ll be using the rig for. They also included a usb to reinstall windows and are made using over the counter parts so they’re easy to upgrade if needed. Their support team is also amazing.
I build my PC but buying a prebuilt PC is just as good. Just look up what you want it to do. An ASUS monitor should work for anything you could ever do. I have a RedDragon mouse too, it can be wireless or plugged in which is nice. In my opinion, you dont need to go all out for a keyboard, stick with what you're comfortable with using for long periods of time. Overall, everyone is going to need a different setup, and finding one that works for you requires research or talking to someone experienced enough to understand what you need. Good luck and thanks for the video
I think renewed "respect" for music licensing is breathing new life into an old song -- _'The Rhythm is Gonna Get You'_
honestly the only thing i've heard so far is the twitch con minecraft championship
They put the ONLY cosplay showcase on SUNDAY? IN THE LATE AFTERNOON? I've been attending and working cosplay conventions for over ten years. While there are end of weekend cosplay events but it is runway where the judges pick solely on stage presence and it isn't about craftsmanship. They wanted to keep people late on sunday but most people are exhausted as you said.
Empty or not you were brave for filming there. I don't know how people are confident enough for irl streams.
i don't like how purple twitch is sorry i gotta stay on youtube
I've never gone. I was curious to know if you have ever been to Pax?
I always wanted to go to twitch con.
Oo a pax video would be so interesting. I just learned it started from a webcomic.
Yeah, Pax would be interesting
Seeing all the drama out of TwitchCon USA is wild to me because Europe was so wildly chill I was completely taken aback XD
Hey I don't watch every video but I have noticed a dip in views per video, I remember you saying in a previous vid a while back now that you're not going to do this forever and that's entirely understandable and you do you queen! But if you do decide to step away from RUclips as a career I beg you to still give random updates on the various cons you end up in. You have such great insights into the most random shit, like F1! Either way be good be well love your videos swell
I definitely didn't hear "Inflatable Corn Maze" the first time you said it ahah
Nice you actually are a partner this year, instead of swapping badges with Skootish to get in like you did last year
22:42 You should get LinusTechTips to build you a pc👀
Genuinely good idea
Ive heard a lot of twitch streamers say every year has gotten worse which is wild for a relatively new convention.
Swell's gamer arc coming soon???
Oh apparently there are quite a few gaming PC giveaways, one I think did say TwitchCon. I've entered four of them in the last 24 hours. My laptop just doesn't like some of the games I want to play.
Do you want to Sim race in VR, with 3 screens or just 1 screen? the PC parts you will need will depend on how you want experience sim racing. I personally love VR because of my real-life driving habits
I go to conventions all the time now like Amanda, I just don't record myself (idk how) and she's 100% correct do not feel bad about sitting in your room decompressing I didn't do that one year and ended up crying in front of a bunch of people bc I was so stressed out. Yes you paid alot of money to be there, but please take a break
i like your video! i watched the last two too
Man those swag bags sucked. Wish you luck finding a good computer! For keyboards (of which I have binged many videos about) it’s all about preference. Do you want clacky? Ergonomic? Pretty? Linear switches? None of it rreeaally matters if you don’t care that much. These days keyboards are very customizable-make sure it’s hot-swappable and you’re golden.
wish you would wear a mask to these things cause covid and whooping cough is surging in breakout infections
This!
@@justjoannak i just genuinely worry
the MSI battalion laptop is pretty great at a good price, great for mild gaming!
not so good for high memory usage ie recording video
Good video, as far as gaming PCs I would recommend a gaming laptop of eithyer Alienware, Rebublic Of Gamers or Acer but with 1TB of internal storage for content creation. Also make sure it has at least intel core i7 and nvidia geforceRTX graphics 😄💻
Hey if you ever want to watch “human male chicken fighting” the Australian footys gonna be in Las Vegas next year. I’d love to see what your thoughts on it are cause it’s such a staple here in Australia
Neat review :)
I have a lenovo thinkpad and I really like it.
I recommend searching up specific questions about pc's
Like "what graphics card is the best for xyz games/uses of computer" and pulling up reddit threads. That helped me a lot.
I have a thinkpad p15s 40GB of RAM, icore7, NVIDIA graphics, touchscreen (highly recommend), and it's 15.6" display.
I also have a Lenovo thinkpad and I love it for school and work, but I’d highly recommend against getting this model if you are interested in playing any sort of game that requires a solid amount of processing power. (maybe I’m getting my terms mixed up but for example I can’t play outer wilds, astroneer, or many other games without turning graphics, details, shadows, etc aaaaall the way down).
that dino cube is cuuute but it does seem like a rll big eyestrain hazard :?
you could for fun review anime symphonies if they exist in U.S,they do exist in Serbia and they fun and good experience😊
Could you make a video about American fire sales RUclips? Sellers like Hooked on Pickin' sell on live streams all kinds of crap and people pay ridiculous sums for glass paper weights, candy and costume jewelry. It's super addictive to watch. The weird thing is that it's this small group that does the bying, almost exclusively. But maybe it's better that people with shopping addiction buy from small sellers instead of Tiktok stores or QVC.
woah was not expecting frogan here...... really? Frogan????????
She just publicly stated that she hopes US veterans "get PTSD". Tried to qualify it by saying that the ones who "disavow imperialism" are apparently okay. According to her. But everyone else? The people she disagrees with? Apparently they deserve PTSD .
I have no love for imperialism, but I can't wrap my head around that. Frogan is beyond despicable.
@@mcnultyssobercompanion6372 BOT ALERT I'm no frogan fan but this has gotta be a bot why did you just say this out of nowhere when I didn't even say anything about who she is I just said I was surprised she's here.... Suspicious af
@@sparkleparty5947 You can, lol....tell the first responders to stand down. There is no "alert". Or "bots".
I am indeed a living, breathing human being.
A few weeks ago I watched this video of Amanda's, with the unfortunate "Frogan" cameo. Today, I see that "Frogan" has made astonishingly ignorant public comments that insulted and angered me. Along with many other people.
I came back to this video to amend some comments I remember making when it was first uploaded. Then I scrolled through, curious if anyone else had said anything about "Frogan". That's when I saw your comment.
It appears I mistakenly took you for a "Frogan" supporter.
If you are not a "Frogan" supporter,and/or do not endorse her antics, then I have no problem with you, sir or ma'am. This is just an unfortunate case of friendly fire.
I don’t really watch streams however a swell gamer girl era would bring me over to twitch in a heartbeat
Suggestions for a gaming pc: none. After asking for suggestions some company is probably sending you a streaming specific gaming pc now and i can't go up against that. 😂
I love your con-going energy. If the opportunity presents itself, I would love to shake your hand or hug you, whichever you feel comfortable with.