StaysafeTV
Other Interests
Family
He has a female German Shepherd called Laika.
Gaming Origins
StaysafeTV’s parents bought him WoW soon after it released in 2004. He has always considered Vanilla WoW to be his favorite expansion of the franchise, although he has played every expansion for at least two months when it was released. Between expansions, he would play other games.
Prior to streaming fulltime, he worked as a toxicologist for a drug and alcohol recovery clinic for around a year and a half.
Professional Gaming
He uploaded his first Vanilla WoW Youtube video to YouTube in 2016, because there were various events happening in the game at the time that he was excited about. He created a few guide videos, but not seriously.
StaysafeTV began to seriously attempt streaming his WoW gameplays on Twitch in early 2018. He discovered that he enjoyed it and spent almost all of his free time streaming. His channel grew very quickly so that within ~5 months he was able to quit his job to pursue fulltime streaming in April 2018. He made this decision after he realized that his numbers were growing at an increasing rate each month and that he had been earning enough money to justify it for a few months. He had achieved this by streaming 55 -60 hours per week in addition to working his fulltime job, over a few months.
Income
StaysafeTV is estimated to have ~3,000 subscribers, which would minimally generate him ~$7,5000 USD per month, before receiving additional revenue from sources such as tiered subscriptions, Twitch cheer bit contributions, tips, sponsorships and advertising revenue.
Streaming Hours
- Monday: 12:00 UTC onwards for ~5.5 hours
- Tuesday – Sunday: 12:00 UTC and 00:00 onwards for ~5.5 hours
Quotes
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One thing to look at when making this decision [to quit your job to pursue fulltime streaming],.. is are you growing and your rate of growth.
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Build a following before you start streaming. Being a zero-viewer streamer is an incredibly challenging spot to be in. You want always at least 20, 25, 30 people, I would say, watching your stream or ready and willing to watch your stream before you ever go live. This is for two reasons: 1. It will bump you up, it will bump you out of that zero-viewer section buried way down at the very bottom of your game category. It will also give you some initial chat interaction which is very, very important. And you can build this initial following through a couple of different methods: YouTube, Discord, a guild, a clan, a group of friends, Twitter forums, somehow.
Gaming Setup
