“My streaming for the past two years gets me enough income for it to be kind a good part-time job,“ Paige says.
She hadn’t put much thought into her application, and her acceptance into Streamer University took her by surprise.
“It was the most surreal feeling ever,” she says. “I don’t know how I got here.“
Here’s what happened when PrimatePaige was there.
What PrimatePaige expected from Streamer University
“I was really hoping, like, OK, this is gonna be fun. This is gonna be like crazy. Like, I’m gonna go freaking go with the to a thing, with a bunch of streamers, meet Kai Cenat, do all of these things. And then I was also hoping to see some growth. I was estimating, you know, I'm probably gonna get, like, 2,000 to 5,000 new followers. I need to go in and just try to have fun and and make the best out of it.”
The classroom experience
“There was the class with Agent. He had different classes each day. I did the [one]—it was kind of like a how to be a streamer. And it wasn’t basic information, like, ‘Oh, turn your webcam on.’ He was really going in with, you know, you need to surround yourself with people who are hard workers and motivated. And then he was just telling us really how to make the most out of your content. He was being like, ‘Write down your ideas,’ and really showing his work ethic. And I was like, ‘Wow, I need to up my work ethic.’ I was genuinely taking notes. The other classes were kind of silly.“
Making more money
“I need to elevate things. If I want to keep the growth that I got and also grow more, I need to switch up my thing. I need to focus on YouTube more. I need to spend more time planning streams and everything like that. And with that, monetization will follow. I know YouTube's really good with money.
“Part of the experience was you connect with other streamers, and they give you tips. Somebody came in my room [and] was like, “Why do you have your ads on only one minute? Put it up to three minutes. And I was like, “I‘ve been missing out on some additional ad revenue. So just little things like that, here and there. Now I‘ll make more money from ads because of it.”
Keeping the new audience
“I think there‘s a little bit of a pressure and a little bit of a fear that, you know, in two weeks, if the numbers drop, they’re gonna, ‘Aw, you fell off.’ So there is this motivation to be like, OK, I have to keep the new people who are saying, ‘I really enjoy your streams’—I want to keep them engaged.
“The past few streams I‘ve done have been great, but it‘s hard to tell if it‘s just momentum from Streamer University or if it‘s going to be lasting towards these next few weeks. But so far, I think I just need to make sure to not be lazy. I need to make sure to have every stream be entertaining, and that's the best I can do. And continue to grow by posting a bunch of clips.”
The Kai factor
“He‘s just so cool. But he definitely was the main character. Anytime Kai was around, you‘re like, ‘Oh my gosh, Kai‘s right there.’
“There was a party, and I pretended like I didn‘t go to the party, and went in my room. And he‘s like, ‘OK, chat, if Paige didn't go to the party, tell me. And then I had a clip on the screen, and he‘s like, ‘Put that clip on the screen. Come on, show us.’ And I just felt like that moment was him trying to make the best interaction possible.
“I had an issue where they forgot to give me bedding, and I told him that. And he was like, ‘I got you.’ Later that night, he hand-delivered me blankets and pillows and everything.”
