Skyrim Grandma, aka Shirley Curry, is one of the most pure, honest and wholesome video game streamers around. It is absolutely heart-breaking to learn, then, that sheâs had to make a new video specifically for the people who cannot stop upsetting her.
âI know I shouldnât let these things stress me out, but they doâ she says. âFrom now on I will respond to very, very few comments. I will be deleting a lot of comments.â
An important thing to note here is that sheâs not going to be talking about openly abusive comments. Instead, itâs largely comments where some asshole thinks theyâre being helpful, but is instead, perhaps under the impression the world needs to hear what they have to say, contributing to a swarm of noise that can be everything from tiring to, in this case, genuinely upsetting.
A particular point of frustration for Curry is the type of comment where somebody is telling her she should be playing differently, or more optimally, while comments telling her she should be playing a different game are also getting on her nerves.
âI donât have to be reminded and told all the timeâ which games to play, she says. âI look at all the games, Iâm a gamer, if I wanted to play them I would be playing themâ.
âI donât have to explain myselfâ.
Curry is also sick of having to explain that sheâs playing Skyrim to roleplay, not to speedrun or max levels, and that she just has âmuch more fun when im just playing by myself.â
Aside from the comments, though, another issue sheâs confronting is that the nature of streaming has her stressed out. She has a ton of YouTube subscribersâ829,000 at time of postingâyet most of her videos only get 5-8k views. Then among those who do watch, most are only sitting around for an average of five minutes, when the clips go for 30-50 minutes.
âIâm wasting my time, and itâs stressing me outâ she says, upset that sheâs telling stories through her roleplay that she feels nobody is watching or appreciating.
As a result of this, and in addition to a much stricter comment policy, sheâs going to be stepping back from trying to post once a day (after she takes a two week break), and will doing things at a rate where sheâll be uploading âa lot less videosâ.
âIâm trying to get my health under controlâ, she says. âIâm not trying to be cranky.â
