Why is the Britney stream so popular?

On May 23 2016 23:52 Sweetness.751 wrote:
You may be onto something. The Asians may find him very attractive.

On May 24 2016 02:14 shakigami wrote:
Britney stream should be removed form the side bar

On May 23 2016 23:29 Lucchese wrote:
Hi,

Just a quick, silly question. Everytime when that Britney dude streams, the stream always has the most viewers. But everytime I tune in, he is always doing the most random things (eating food, browsing sites.. I don't know.. anything BUT playing Brood War ). So he seems to be doing nothing really special.. Why is it so popular?

On May 15 2019 09:14 Kalent wrote:
He's not really a Starcraft streamer anymore, but one of the biggest 'variety' streamers on Afreeca. He averages 15k+ viewers doing daily life IRL streams, and does random variety content where he's hit 60k+ viewers before. Part of the reason MPL was even possible in the first place is due to Britney's immense popularity in Afreeca. However, it's really hard to enjoy his stream if you're not completely fluent in Korean and understand Afreeca's streaming culture. I really enjoy his streams though - Koreans really take IRL variety streams to the next level, with examples such as 240 hour streams (they stream themselves sleeping as well) and 'missions' where people donate mind-boggling amounts of money to Britney to make him do stupid shit and basically control every aspect of his life. He's making insane money at this point though.

Terror (Chul-gu, former STX) is basically an even more popular version of Britney, although he's doing his mandatory military service so he's no longer streaming, same with Sea (although Sea's not as big, he has a massive cult following). They're basically celebrities to young Koreans at this point, with frequent comedic and some sexually provocative content.