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SPACEMANTIS

@spacemantis.bsky.social

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Twitch Partner | World Record Speedrunner | Friend I'm a bug in a space suit, but please don't hold that against me. http://spacemantis.live | [email protected]

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SPACEMANTIS @spacemantis.bsky.social · Jul 9

... so the thumbnail joke is over.

Important video.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Pa3...

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SPACEMANTIS @spacemantis.bsky.social · 22h

🔴 LIVE!

Are we going to find some good games in our grab bag tonight? Well, you know what they say...

It's really just a coin flip.

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The mantis peers over the table in a darkly lit, pixelated bar, where a coin flipped to show a frowning face is present in front of them.

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SPACEMANTIS @spacemantis.bsky.social · 1d

Strongly contemplating posting new design reference and pinning it long before the new model is ready.

SPACEMANTIS @spacemantis.bsky.social · 2d

If you think this two minutes is good you should see the rest of this guy's streams.

RAW @rawgenesis.bsky.social · 2d

The Baby Steps experience so far

Reposted by SPACEMANTIS

royalmylk🍁 @royalmylk.bsky.social · 2d

this bug will get you pizza in under 30 mins on a unicycle or its free >:3

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SPACEMANTIS @spacemantis.bsky.social · 2d

🔴 LIVE!

UNICYCLE BY DAYLIGHT

I'm making this awful painful game the thumbnail because we never play the thumbnail game all night... right?

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Four unicycle pizza deliverymen are positioned as if they are survivors in the Dead by Daylight lobby. A plushmantis peers at them from the corner of the campfire scene.

SPACEMANTIS @spacemantis.bsky.social · 3d

I'm open to being completely wrong about this, but I'm not open to the way people are discussing it.

Please stop telling people their support isn't important.

I legitimately would not be here if not for y'all clicking that silly little link I post every night.

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SPACEMANTIS @spacemantis.bsky.social · 3d

The greatest enemy of your viewership, right now, is probably caring too much about numbers.

I'm saying this as a full-time streamer, as someone who is doing this as my job.

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SPACEMANTIS @spacemantis.bsky.social · 3d

And the more people say "lurkers don't matter" or "Twitch doesn't count lurkers," the more your average person is gonna be like, oh fuck, I guess lurking doesn't matter anymore. I guess I don't need to do this. I guess I'm not helping. I guess it doesn't matter.

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SPACEMANTIS @spacemantis.bsky.social · 3d

Basically, I understand the sentiment, but you have to be -really careful- when you talk about how your viewership isn't "authentic" or "doesn't count" anymore that you're not throwing people under the bus.

I have seen the words "lurkers don't matter" way too fucking much this past week.

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SPACEMANTIS @spacemantis.bsky.social · 3d

The danger is that as people continue to debate ways to "engage" with a stream more and more, you're going to inadvertently push away the people who you should be grateful for the most; people popping your stream up on their TV, on their phone in bed, even just in another tab for the company's sake.

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SPACEMANTIS @spacemantis.bsky.social · 3d

There's a lot of Feelings right now surrounding a perceived CCV change that I've tried to help logic out for people a few times, but I genuinely think the core issue is that people are just... tired, scared, and insecure. Shit's scary and the idea that it could all be lost in an instant is worse.

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SPACEMANTIS @spacemantis.bsky.social · 3d

In light of Everything That's Happening recently, I just want to make sure the narrative doesn't twist in a way to make any of you feel unappreciated;

Legitimately, to anyone who's ever shown up to a stream to offer support, silent or otherwise, thank you. You're genuinely far too kind.

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SPACEMANTIS @spacemantis.bsky.social · 3d

🔴 LIVE!

Woah, this hall is DANGEROUS!

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House of Necrosis capsule art featuring a Jill Valentine-esque woman with a pistol looking about warily. There's a big red evil face behind her. The woman has been edited to be spacemantis and the red evil face has been turned into Gary Johnson.

SPACEMANTIS @spacemantis.bsky.social · 4d

My favourite genre of music is "24/7 weather channel filler coming through the broken TV speakers in the reception/lobby of the hotel you stopped in which doesn't remember you making a reservation and is quietly discussing it in the backroom with the manager while you sit there disassociating alone"

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SPACEMANTIS @spacemantis.bsky.social · 4d

🔴 LIVE!

Heartbreaking: Streamer's Planned Game for the Night Releases Tomorrow due to Awful Thing Known as "Time Zone"

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Sobbing mantis emoji over a blue background with a translucent globe effect over it. In the background is a Steam store page with a release date for October 6th, or "in 9 hours", and a portion of the Wikipedia entry for "Time zone."

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SPACEMANTIS @spacemantis.bsky.social · 5d

PHOTOSENSITIVITY WARNING

MOON STREAM in 20 seconds (down from 5-6 hours (thanks @VincentPaquin)

SPACEMANTIS @spacemantis.bsky.social · 6d

I love the inner workings of games, and the weird, surreal realities they often make through their boundaries or lack thereof.

Unironically I think this is one of the most interesting and enjoyable streams I've ever done, and it's a great litmus test for if you'll like my channel or not.

SPACEMANTIS @spacemantis.bsky.social · 6d

For context, we found a bug in a game that we explored for the entire duration of a stream rather than doing... you know, literally anything else - including actually playing the game.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=jozs...

SPACEMANTIS @spacemantis.bsky.social · 7d

We shrank the moon for six hours.

A boat on misty, perhaps non-existent waters, where Elly's head is peaking over the horizon like a moon or lighthouse.

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SPACEMANTIS @spacemantis.bsky.social · 7d

We shrank the moon for six hours.

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SPACEMANTIS @spacemantis.bsky.social · 7d

🔴 LIVE!

IT IS THE MONTH WHERE YOU ARE LEGALLY ALLOWED TO BE A SKELETON

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The spacemantis in cartoon form parodying the "1984" calendar meme is removing a page in their calendar to reveal it saying "OCTOBER." This is an anti-joke, I think? Probably. It's very "cow tools."

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SPACEMANTIS @spacemantis.bsky.social · 9d

It's a beautiful and meaningful feeling that I treasure.

So thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for helping make this imposter feel legit.

SPACEMANTIS @spacemantis.bsky.social · 9d

Twitch hasn't felt "real" to me in a measurable way until projects like this, where I'm forced to sit here and chart a literal map of all these names, all these memories, all these laughs that I've shared with every single one of you who said "yeah I'm down for more of this bug."

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SPACEMANTIS @spacemantis.bsky.social · 9d

There's a power to that; it means the channel's never felt heartless. Cheesy as it might sound, I really do feel like no matter how big or small the crowd is, I've always just wanted to be there, mucking about, seeing if I can get even a single one of my buddies to smile.

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SPACEMANTIS @spacemantis.bsky.social · 9d

I don't feel any different from when I was reviewing people's desktops and riffing on their disorganization to a handful of viewers.

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SPACEMANTIS @spacemantis.bsky.social · 9d

I've dealt with imposter syndrome all my life and, frankly, I thought after achieving the various goals on Twitch that we have I'd be able to finally consider myself a legitimate streamer and entertainer on the platform.

Unfortunately, still waiting for that to click.

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