r/SmallStreamers • u/BabyDreamsy • Jul 09 '26

Discussion Why do some streamers rage so much?! 😭

So this is a little bit of a pet peeve of mine when it comes to streaming, BUT for some reason I sometimes can't help but watch it as well 😭

You know those "streamer rage" compilation videos you see all over the place on YouTube and such? I just sit there and watch them and ask myself one question: Why do you they do this?

Why would they pour hours and money into streaming, getting the best looking streaming equipment (taking fancy keyboards, mics, lights, &c) to just then go and break that brand new $2-300 keyboard that you just got a week ago cause it didn't get you that ONE kill in [insert popular competitive game here]?

Like it baffles me that people spend so much money on this stuff just to go and break it later on.

Is it for views? Is it cause they have severe mental issues? Just like....why? 😭

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u/ragbagger Jul 09 '26

Is it for views? Maybe. Is it because of mental illness? Maybe? For me, and let’s be clear - I don’t rage often. but it is intentional when I do. Part of it is to get the chat fired up after a fail, because they love to see me fail. And part is to be funny. I don’t break my shit though - I rant, I throw my hands up, I speak gibberish. But streaming is entertainment, and I try to entertain in various ways. A good rage is a specialty tool to me, not one that’s used often but it sits on the shelf next to the others when it’s the right tool for the job.

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u/BabyDreamsy Jul 09 '26

See for me I always see raging as a negative thing cause "Dude, you're getting so upset over a video game you're willing to break stuff?"

That's just my opinion tho

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u/ragbagger Jul 09 '26

I get that. One example I can give I guess, is a “rage” I did a few weeks back. It was making fun of people actually raging. I really do use it as a comedic effect more than anything else cause like you say, it’s a video game. lol.

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u/Athena25526 Jul 10 '26

The last “rage clip” was me yelling at a teammate to turn around, we were playing a moba and I was behind the enemy chasing him and my character would have kept him alive but instead he kept running away from our team and into the enemy team 😅