“It Felt Very Safe” – Millionaire Streamer Valkyrae on the Biggest Thing She Misses During Her Rise to the Top

Published 08/31/2022, 7:35 AM EDT

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Many people enjoy the journey rather than being successful. Valkyrae is among the most viewed female streamers, and it is normal for her to have a huge influence on the streaming community. However, the streaming queen misses her early days as a streamer more than her present success. She even shed light on what she misses from her rising days.

Rachell Hofstetter has established herself as one of the best streamers in the world under her online alias Valkyrae. She easily gets hundreds of thousands of views on her videos. Further, Rae has over 3.72 million subscribers on her YouTube channel. Moreover, she won the Streamer of the Year 2020 because of her fun streams.

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What does Valkyrae miss the most from her past days?

The 30-year-old streamer recently uploaded a Q&A video on her YouTube channel. In the video, Rachell was answering various questions from her fans. Among those many questions, a fan asked what Valkyrae misses the most from her grinding days of streaming.

The 30-year-old is close to her fans and even named them Raebies. However, as a small-time streamer, she claimed to enjoy streaming with fewer viewers.

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Valkyrae said, “I miss just having that sense of community. Like it felt very safe, and it felt like everyone that was there was genuinely like getting the attention and that they, you know, probably want from me as a creator, like being able to converse a lot easier with everyone. Like nowadays, it’s very difficult to acknowledge every single person that is hanging out with.”

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The YouTuber streamer continued, “Also, it felt, I don’t know, it was kind of nice, like being a full-time streamer with like 500 viewers and not having to have articles written about you every other week or, you know, being getting in trouble for wording things something worrying something in a way that could be taken in a different way that’s not the way I meant it which happens a lot because I’m very poorly spoken.”

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Will Rachell stop creating content in the future?

A fan question that haunts every content creator is about their retirement. Fans are always eager to know when their favorite creators will call quits. Recently in the Q&A session, Rae was also asked when she would quit creating content. However, Rae claimed she would be streaming even at 80.

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It would be interesting to see how an old and energetic Valkyrae would stream.

Have you been following Valkyrae’s streams and videos since the beginning? Share your answers in the comments.

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Ripan Majumdar

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Ripan Majumdar is an esports and F1 writer at Essentially Sports. He is currently pursuing his Bachelor's in Science from West Bengal State University, Kolkata. Ripan is a massive Red Bull Racing and Sergio Perez fan.
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