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Gauging Interest - Idols vs. Streamers?

Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2021 6:10 pm
by FreestylePoet
Kinda-kayfabe-ish explanation? Dunno. It's longer than the rest of the post, but I kinda had fun writing it.
For decades, idols have been a mainstay in Japanese culture. While their popularity has waxed and waned over the years with cultural and economic shifts, they've always been the very definition of star power. While today, idols are experiencing a resurgence thanks in part to the global popularity of K-pop and J-pop, they no longer have a monopoly on the whole "entertainment through personality" thing. No, they've got competition:

Streamers. While arcades aren't the community hubs that they used to be, sites like Twitch and YouTube replicate the feeling of peeking over somebody's shoulder to see the local champion kick someone's ass at Mortal Kombat. Only this time, with cool special effects, and entire communities in chatrooms, comment sections, and social media to hang out with. Whether it's eSports, speedruns, IRL streams, or just plain old gaming, online streaming has opened up a whole new world in online entertainment.

Over the years, people from both worlds have made their way to LAW for a piece of its pro wrestling glory. Idols and streamers have become wrestlers and announcers. For the most part, they're friendly enough -- if a little attention whore-y at times. They usually attract huge crowds, blending their old fanbases with the new ones they've earned in their time at LAW. Online, those fanbases have clashed a little, passionately making their cases. Which was better: the stagecraft and golden pipes of idols or the digital dominance of streamers?

Why not answer that question in the ring -- once and for all?
So I know there was a lot of interest/traction in this idea a week or two ago on the Discord. I just wanted to start to gauge interest in a more formal and permanent way, see if we can get something going. I dunno yet whether it would be an actual in-universe event or just a storyline involving a lot of characters. Matches could either be a 1v1 series or a teamfight (see what I did there, Streamer fans?). I'm just trying to see who might be down; we can iron out the details later.

If you're interested, shoot me a PM on here or a DM on Discord. Or leave a comment here, if that's your thing. Let me know what characters you have that might wanna get involved. If we get enough traction, I can make a group chat or Discord channel to shoot around some ideas.

(and honestly even if this doesn't work out, I would love to do something with all the Streamers on the site, so lmk if you wanna do that lmao)

Re: Gauging Interest - Idols vs. Streamers?

Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2021 6:19 pm
by The Riders
That be a fun idea.
Ana is my Idol character so I be down

Re: Gauging Interest - Idols vs. Streamers?

Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2021 6:23 pm
by Bare
I’d definitely be down to volunteer my idol sakura for this! If males were to be accepted as well/if the streamer roster needs to be filled I can also offer Zane.

Re: Gauging Interest - Idols vs. Streamers?

Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2021 7:31 pm
by Void-Effect
Interested, Ecchan is a streamer soooooooo

Re: Gauging Interest - Idols vs. Streamers?

Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2021 7:32 pm
by deezcastforms
You already know I'm down with Chiaki.

Re: Gauging Interest - Idols vs. Streamers?

Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2021 2:44 am
by CaptainL
If this goes anywhere I've got a few characters I could contribute. Sanae's an aspiring idol, Hana's an idol reality show competition dropout, and I have Misa and Allie for staff representation; I don't know how exactly they'd be involved, but they could definitely do some PR!

Re: Gauging Interest - Idols vs. Streamers?

Posted: Sun Nov 14, 2021 10:22 pm
by Lunaspark
Monitoring this. :eyes: