DBurch (Comms Work open on Ko-Fi & VGen)

Autistic Brit VTuber on Twitch, Hodgkins Lymphoma and Covid survivor.
VTuber Model by @Gracellot
Throne Profile:

[DBurch (Comms Work open on Ko-Fi & VGen) @Dburch01]

It's a new year, time for a new commission list.
As well as the usual payment methods, I'm also adding my Throne list as an alternative payment means.

https://t.co/BDB6f9qprT https://t.co/9714DMR8sg
https://t.co/A8cte1vns6

#CommissionSheet #commissionsoopen

[DBurch (Comms Work open on Ko-Fi & VGen) @Dburch01]

@yukaaVT So something like the above....I can prolly give you a rough concept once I get back from the Job Centre later if that's ok?

[DBurch (Comms Work open on Ko-Fi & VGen) @Dburch01]

@Flutterio1 hewwo, how's you?

[DBurch (Comms Work open on Ko-Fi & VGen) @Dburch01]

@Flutterio1 But BEFORE that.....I have THIS on the pre-order docket

[DBurch (Comms Work open on Ko-Fi & VGen) @Dburch01]

Right, let's go

[DBurch (Comms Work open on Ko-Fi & VGen) @Dburch01]

Back to work on the Kanto Artdex in about a half hour https://t.co/2Qbv2NMhPP

[DBurch (Comms Work open on Ko-Fi & VGen) @Dburch01]

Back to work on the Kanto Artdex in about a half hour https://t.co/2Qbv2NMhPP

[DBurch (Comms Work open on Ko-Fi & VGen) @Dburch01]

@MikazuchiReborn @meleepikanair That and Hydro Pump has a high chance of missing

[DBurch (Comms Work open on Ko-Fi & VGen) @Dburch01]

@moogdayo Kinda wonder that myself at times

[DBurch (Comms Work open on Ko-Fi & VGen) @Dburch01]

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 63% of goal on Ko-fi! https://t.co/hWJX49A9QX Right, £80 or so away from reaching the new target

[DBurch (Comms Work open on Ko-Fi & VGen) @Dburch01]

@moogdayo hi

[Kuromiya Lucien @kuromiyalucien]

4 years ago I achieved Twitch Partner, every anniversary gives me an uneasy feeling.

First off, I love and appreciate my community for their kind messages and good spirit today, I really appreciate everyone celebrating with me! Reaching Twitch partner is a MASSIVE achievement, for everyone, and this is not to disrespect Twitch or anyone that is working towards or has the funky badge, just my personal experience.

I am not great at putting into words when I experience burnout, frustration or alike. But every time I think back on the journey that was my Partner Push, I remember getting my acceptance e-mail, after 4 attempts, 4 rejections and countless helpdesk tickets, until someone finally told me that the VODs I had set to private/sub only weren't visible to review and that's why I had been denied so many times. This wasn't on the application, nobody had warned me. A technicality that had cost me my mental health.

I had broken my own will to eat, rest, sleep, be calm, be a person, and ground out countless hours back then, for over half a year I streamed 6 days or more, 7h and up, to hit the average required every single stream.
I had internet issues that would reset me in applying, I had equipment break and walk 12 miles with my cane to the nearest store to get a keyboard on time before stream start. I put out 3 videos per day, on all platforms, almost all edited by me.
Back then I would not eat or drink on stream, I would not interrupt for longer than 90 seconds to step out, and I sat through the summer in my 30C room, 2mx2m, no window, constantly sick.

I had never burnt out like this before in my life, a lot going on with my health and the people around me at the time. I was already full-time content creating and back then, Partner was a REQUIREMENT to get paid a higher % of my revenue, which I really needed.

When I got my acceptance e-mail, it meant nothing. I felt nothing. No relief, no joy, no excitement. Just empty. "Oh I did that.", I thought and I sat down next to my PC on the floor, knowing that I couldn't rest after this either. I thought about quitting, but kept going, a few weeks later sub price adjustment was announced, plummeting my income anyway, a year later plus program was introduced and my good % split got taken away also.

I am not bitter about the changes, as they help others, but I wish everyone got to experience what payout was like before this cutoff date.

Of course I enjoyed myself again after. I took a few days away, eagerly worked towards my debut and then promptly got scammed out of $5k for a model and my own IP, before I got to celebrate partnership.

Despite everything, I kept on pushing, I hired managers, I overhauled the entire design and the community gifted me a model overnight to keep streaming and creating, and it took me a very long time to get back to enjoying content creation.

Not every day is sunshine, not every experience can be good. When people think of VTubers and streamers, they think of goofballs and smiles and happy distractions, not a lot of people share the hard parts of their journey.

I am still happy about my silly badge, it does not hold the same monetary value it once did, and every anniversary I think back on how empty it felt to receive a sticker next to my name, and a post sometime somewhere that said 'The partner program is designed to burn you out', and how long I had fought the thought that they had been right.

Now I take breaks, I step away when sick, I put my health over content when I need to. I got to earn sponsorships, and trust, and front page slots, that have made up for the time I felt like I was crawling through a woodchipper every day.

I proudly showed the symbol on my icons, in posts, in sponsor applications, and I would lie to say that I am not proud to have it. That I achieved it when it was so difficult to get it nearly took ME down. Ms. Workaholic 12h grind per day!

If you are a VTuber or streamer that is working towards partner now, know it is no longer as crazy complicated, make sure to unprivate your VODs, and take a day to breathe every now and then. You are more than a checkmark and more than an achievement stat.

It is designed to burn you out.

[DBurch (Comms Work open on Ko-Fi & VGen) @Dburch01]

@FXMC1957 Isn't there one still IN the Blue Peter garden?

[DBurch (Comms Work open on Ko-Fi & VGen) @Dburch01]

@Saru_Monsuki Hmm...Hi-Fi Rush huh?.....s'one of those games I DO wanna try at some point.

[DBurch (Comms Work open on Ko-Fi & VGen) @Dburch01]

@Percyfan1998Mv @clickclacktrack It also didn't help when Shining Time was pretty much UNKNOWN to the UK audience at the time, save for a select few.

[DBurch (Comms Work open on Ko-Fi & VGen) @Dburch01]

A rather interesting character, and of a class of loco I really consider a personal fave....but she felt rather unultalised and never giving a proper story arc.

[SUPER E.D @TurboThomasFan]

Unpopular opinions on Rebecca?

[DBurch (Comms Work open on Ko-Fi & VGen) @Dburch01]

The fact that for the most part, he gets a bit "Overused" which on the one hand, isn't too bad, the other hand, some roles could be suited to someone else.

Example, my rewrite of Thomas, Percy & Old Slowcoach, I swap out Thomas and Percy and have it centered around Bill and Ben

[SUPER E.D @TurboThomasFan]

Unpopular opinions on Thomas?

[DBurch (Comms Work open on Ko-Fi & VGen) @Dburch01]

The EXCEPTION to that, is ironically, the Magic Railroad

[DBurch (Comms Work open on Ko-Fi & VGen) @Dburch01]

This is why I mostly limit myself to Series 1-4 with the occasional dab into 5.

While there are some aspects of the other series I like...the more simplistic writing and the '3 Strike' formula kinda put me off.

[MaxMonty1516 - Luke  @MaxMonty1516]

So, how many people in the fandom have ACTUALLY watched every single episode of Thomas The Tank Engine (S1-24)?

As someone who (unfortunately) has, major respect to whoever else did, it's not easy

[DBurch (Comms Work open on Ko-Fi & VGen) @Dburch01]

As well as that...in terms of 5-6, I mostly go with the UK dub....coz Alec Baldwin's US dub..just makes him sound so flat and rather bored.