Why CdawgVA stopped doing IRL streams in Japan

[@iciclearms]

A few bad apples and every streamer gets antagonized. It's sad to see.

[@kelex1298]

Pretty tame to call them bad apples, considering they're criminals committing crime in a foreign country.

[@ZeroXSEED]

Mind as Chris Broad said Japan also HAVE bad domestic streamers and they also partly the cause.

[@Kelvin_c]

@@ZeroXSEED for any homogenous society, foreigners will be judged more critically than the locals. Despite the local creating nuisance as well, foreigners who does the same only exacerbate the problem.

[@nekokuza]

A few bad apples spoil the bunch. Duh. It is as it should be. IMO.

[@GHZARK]

Yep but fear is evidentially a great deterrent. Unfortunate for sure.

[@noble_wine]

That's how things usually work. People who over generalize tend to believe the stereotype that foreigners visiting Japan are like jackass Johnny Tsunami. Connor is a nice person. This will blow over.

[@xaf15001]

To be fair, I'd do the same if my country been flooded by the same amount of jackasses that random yell at people on the street

[@noble_wine]

@@xaf15001 fair point.

[@MOONWOLF7395]

While I agree. Why you gotta do my boy Johnny tsunami like that? 😂

[@drp7751]

Doesn't help that japanese are super racist, as also said by connor on TT podcast that most of the comments on japanese twitter were racist. Connor can atleast get a decent pass with being white, for others it's pretty bad situation

[@noble_wine]

@@MOONWOLF7395 He makes us foreigners look bad.

[@KaitouKiara422]

hate to see this since connor seems genuinely enjoys irl streams. All those scumbags that are being a nuisance wouldn't have the balls to do that to other countries

[@hungerxhunger2548]

They would since it's how those people are and in general they are going to be that way most of the time.

[@SonicRyan1992]

There was one of a similar edgelord prankster saying racist crap to an Asian man in New York. the convo lead to the dickhead challenging him to a fight "tomorrow", and the victim was like "why wait, bitch?" and takes his jacket off The nuisance streamer ran away like a coward

[@noxnox7445]

I am Japanese and I agree that we should not do IRL now. However, this situation is not only for foreigners, but also for Japanese people. If a "no photography" sign appears in a restaurant, this applies to Japanese as well. Those who think it is anti-foreigner should change their mind. However, most foreigners ignore the signage, use GAIJIN cards, and pretend they don't know about it, making it even easier for foreigners to be blamed. If you really want to do it right IRL, you have to ask permission every time you enter a store. But remember, in the case of Connor's IRL, snipers cause problems, and no matter how careful Connor is, problems can still be created!

[@alexander1989x]

"most foreigners ignore the signage" -I'm pretty sure the foreigners living in Japan have no problems abiding by the rules. It's the dumb tourists and streamers that just land in Japan with preconceived idea of "Japan is non-confrontational" who are the problem.

[@noxnox7445]

@@alexander1989x Maybe I was a little out of my depth in my wording. This was mainly directed at content creators.

[@SonicRyan1992]

Honestly you did an excellent job communicating the meaning behind the "No photography/streaming" rules and why it only seems like gaijin are under more scrutiny. What i do hate is that nuisance tourists also make it so emotionally stressful to visit. We can follow social etiquette but it's so scary to try and not make mistakes for fear of being disrespectful

[@garrcarro2063]

@@SonicRyan1992 I think the best thing you can do is just be respectful. Most Japanese people will be able to tell you are making an effort to respect their customs. The ones that don’t are probably operating on their own bias anyway wether that be bad experiences in the past or something else.

[@rpglover101]

Do you think IRL streaming will be accepted in Japan in the future?

[@afteritsallsaidanddoneisti9285]

this is reminiscent of the whole Logan Paul shit . a friend of mine that lived there during that whole debacle told me they shut it down quick. All the places that allowed filming banned it for like a month

[@jinbronkun]

😅 Yeah and logan get away with it anyway

[@hermdude]

I was thinking about it whether those nuisance YTers would really affect IRL streaming, considering I've seen Robcdee doing fine for the most part, but Connor's IRL streams are different such that a lot of his activities are surrounded with activities that require permission before hand, so that might be a substantial issue to bother himself with.

[@multinightblue]

there are sooo many great irl streamers but good news dont bring the viewers. next one is that every youtuber has now covered these two criminals, even the japanese content creators

[@hornitako7006]

I think Rob has been doing it for so long that the establishments he visits know and trust him

[@multinightblue]

@@hornitako7006 1. THIS 2. he always ask first if camera is ok, even if it points only him

[@TECH097]

In a country already as xenophobic as Japan you really don't wanna paint a target on your back as a foreigner streaming in public, for the time being at least.

[@mgntstr]

Do you have an example of this xenophobia. Their irrational fear of outsiders and their ideas.

[@samsai1761]

@@mgntstr cdawg in the video literally says some Japanese people are currently nitpicking every small mistake foreign youtubers are making. Even if they aren't as bad as the ones that broke the law and are on the news, they'll still be targeted just because they are a foreigner and streaming.

[@ZeroXSEED]

@@mgntstr When they say phobia it's not even hatred of foreigners but actual fear. 80% People got heavily intimidated by the presence of foreigners, hence their quiet discomfort in the face of foreign harassment.

[@mgntstr]

Xenophobic to nitpick mistakes gaijins make? Please explain further.@@samsai1761

[@mgntstr]

Phobia is the irrational fear of objects or situations. Please do not conflate phobia with hatred, or genuine exposed social situations with a irrational fear, a phobia.@@ZeroXSEED

[@nina150]

I really enjoy that Connor is so respectful towards the people around him rather than possibly making the Japan streaming situation worse. (Even though he normally does stuff as respectful as possible anyway.) It's just really nice to see a KZbinr NOT ruining everything for everyone by milking it for as long as they can for once. 😭

[@samwilkinson9309]

It is a shame but there's not much you can do about it beside wait it out. You could try set a good example of it but people will be scrutinising everything and I don't think it's worth the hassle. That and I know he said it's hard enough to get permissions to film in places before this and sometimes they wouldn't ask and would just leave if asked to, but I imagine this'll make it even harder to film in places as some places even have signs refusing it now which is a shame.

[@ASquared544]

I think Japan has deportation laws for filming or photographing people without consent or something. So if that’s true the IRL streams are risky even without the shitshow.

[@YokosoOtaku]

I recently went to Japan for a month to film and do IRL streaming and the amount of signage against it was really high. I ended up, out of respect to rules, not getting nearly as much footage as i thought I'd get and bately went live. Kind of a bummer but its a hot topic atm. It was still a great trip though. Beautiful country.

[@MysteryAGMLegend]

It’s always these shock streamers of them being a straight A Hole by disrespecting people with live there and their culture, or be a criminal all in the name of those clicks. Now one guy is in a Japanese prison for 3 years, and other likely got arrested & was forced to leave the country. Now we got people like Conner who suffer who do respect the culture, their values, laws, and everything else just to entertain people on Twitch and on KZbin. Also now you got people like Giri and Rainhoe which they did a irl stream together that they recently posted on KZbin, and besides acting like giggly school girls abit they weren’t causing no problems. This sucks, because you various content creators like Emirchu who sometimes do IRL videos like her anime cafe videos.

[@Kesin86]

Did anyone notice that this pie graph equals over 100%

[@djtheturtle1399]

If its not a joke it could be because more people voted than what the sample size was supposed to be

[@KhronicD]

@@djtheturtle1399 I mean, a 1% point difference is well within the acceptable deviation of a poll like that. Just looks weird when it's over 100%.

[@abbyo.1352]

It’s most likely a rounding error

[@crimsonjade6777]

@@djtheturtle1399 It looks like a simple rounding error. It's only 1% over 100.

[@FractalPrism.]

bc connor always gives 110%

[@ithildiess8305]

IRL youtubers getting butchered :(. Man its so sad we all love watching Japanese culture the people are so nice they give me hope in humanity. I always feel so humbled when people come on youtube just to video themselves and say how shocked they are about how inviting and generous Japanese people are and that they changed their mindset on how to interact with people and became nicer themselves... From having a lot of really bad relationships with people all my life it makes me so happy when people want to HELP, and not be general assholes all day long. Hope Japan can see past the bad youtubers and recognise the good ones.. GL to everyone who keeps up the good positive influence of youtubing in Japan!

[@skuld8985]

The IRL KZbin video's do worse because the KZbin audience wants the high production value videos and the IRL streams have none of that lol

[@WhaleCostume]

Also IRL vods are extremely long which is not what people are after when visiting KZbin.

[@skuld8985]

@WhaleCostume true, but he posted edited down videos that are like 20-30 mins too

[@rangerreview1780]

Hopefully this time around. When they can edit the RV Trip 2 footage. It will be high quality. Since the live stream was locally recorded. So the raw footage is in 4k and no text overlay. Allowing for a proper video.

[@Teuwufel]

Bad take

[@siaowun9418]

I think if the streaming platform cracked down on this then it wouldn't happen. But social media and streaming platforms aren't gonna do anything. This kind of reminds me of the vapid prank videos on youtube a long time ago. It was shock content made to illicit a response. The " interview " videos are starting to fall under this too but thats another story.

[@SonicRyan1992]

That's the root of the problem. Kick is a trash streaming site that encourages this bullshit

[@janchristianursuaaguilar7434]

​@@SonicRyan1992the world should have blocked that idc if that is censorship that site deserve nowhere!

[@Hexra_]

Not just for Connor, its ruining it for Mousey too since its less likely we'll get his annual Christmas IRL walks with her. Jackass Somali ruined it for a lot of people, I hope it blows over soon

[@Rikoyasha15]

Yeah, those asses r ruining stuff, kinda best to keep in on the low for now until it calms down

[@preng2355]

this is what we called 1 bad apple destroy whole box of contents

[@DavidLee-frost]

These wouldn't happen if somali got deplatform as soon as he becomes a nuisance. Ironically that decision will save him from prison as well

[@MadaxeMunkeee]

Twitch IRL does well because it’s live, KZbin IRL doesn’t do well bc IRL is quite messy, there can be a lot of downtime and it’s not easy to know which part of the stream is the “good part”. In Twitch these things are expected so viewer retention is still high, I suspect.

[@Che1seabluesdrogba11]

He could do some livestream/IRL if he asks for permission ahead of time.

[@Tippy555]

its not about permission, its about how he'd be viewed by locals

[@MrMega200]

It ain't that easy. If he just asks, it's most likely he will be shot down. He described before that he would plan several activities as a backup in the same area. He would arrive and ask if he can stream, if not, then okay, leave and try another place. He would not force the issue because he has to respect the business and people. His long term planned video content takes months because of building trust and scheduling everyone in.

[@jojjannes]

I watch the entire IRL streams while only highlights of other streams on youtube.

[@TheBlackcaterpillar]

I live in japan for 7 years and work at restaurant, mainland china, and US tourists always making trouble. I hate both. Vietnam and philippine the worst on working class. They part of the reason why renting apartments is hard for foreigners.

[@Jepze158]

-They part of the reason why renting apartments is hard for foreigners. What kinda problems they cause then?

[@TheBlackcaterpillar]

@@Jepze158 run from apartment without notice, karaoke at night until morning, party until morning, they leave apartment with very bad condition, etc. And most of them can’t speak japanese, they disobey the rules of apartment, ignore the warnings from kanrinin and sometimes police.

[@pokebros6416]

Meiwakukei 迷惑系. To those Nuisance people in Japan. Thanks for ruining a lot of people's IRL Content.

[@re.liable]

I've always felt IRL streams are kinda iffy

[@emoaf8555]

Didn't this guy say on TT that sometimes he plays the gaijin card and doesn't even take permission to film?

[@blackblade8845]

Good guy Connor

[@atleticoz0]

I miss Connor's irl streams man, as much as I despise Hasan I really enjoyed his stream with Connor

[@CloudBomb3r]

I blame Logan Paul mf should've stayed in cali for new years

[@slamkam07]

Jesus... thanks logan...

[@danielmokobia106]

No way you wartch CdawgVA and not weeb not possible

[@KonvoyChief]

I watch in on KZbin

[@hectorzambrano4092]

That type of stuff literally happens here in America every single day

[@nujevad28]

Japan has a better social reputation than most countries, so anyone misbehaving stands out.

[@OrbObserver]

Collectivist vs individualist cultures. America encourages people to be different and get noticed, Japan does not.

[@samsai1761]

yeah, that's cause America is a shit hole right now. Japan does not tolerate people that disturb the public and breaking laws.

[@Erzhler]

Idk the word right now, but there aren't many foreigners in Japan. The population consist of over 90% or 95% japanese people so if foreigners so smth bad it's frowned upon even more

[@zinalexzender6933]

i mean can you blame japanese people for being skeptical

[@Rari2232.]

man

[@VCofdaG]

Imagine going to the nation with xenophobic values in their culture and actually giving them a reason to be xenophobic lmfao.

[@LaughingOrange]

Japan needs respectful foreign streamers to contrast the nuisance streamers. If the Japanese people don't see people like Connor, they'll start go think all foreigners with a camera are bad.

[@VanceBlack.]

thats easy to say when you dont become the target. waiting until it calms down is the better option

[@veffiesdda965]

Nuisance streamers get a lot more attention from the media than respectful streamers tho.

[@Man0War_Loki]

Eh... just because other people are jack asses.. doesn't mean you have to restrict yourself.

[@hurricaneb6243]

It's all fun and games until you watch a Japanese dude on Fox news shouting "Pearl Harbor Pearl Harbor", and you can't find a seat on your favorite coffee place because it's filled with tourist who mostly aren't interested to learn your language. Gotta be real nice when your advised not to drive in your (already) busy business district, because it will become a trash dump on July, as people celebrate Boryeong Mud Festival, and see pictures of tourist covered in mud, looking on an overturned UPS truck. Very unfortunate for select people, like responsible streamers, I'm sure. Are the Japanese people Xenophobic? Maybe. But nobody seem to care why.

[@SynthRockViking]

Just foreigners irl streamer they don't like, because there are thousands that aren't Cdawg could join the kick movement, stand for something

[@d.h.foster8937]

kick is a wasteland and only exists so trainwrecks can gamble more

[@LobsterHorde]

Could you perhaps offer some clarification on this comment? I cannot fathom what any part of it is trying to say.

[@wolfeloma]

kick viewer

[@Kelvin_c]

@@LobsterHordeI think he implies that Connor should join kick to help put the platform in better light…assuming that was what he meant?

[@Iceblade_84]

I appreciate the translation of this comment, just had to be sure it was as silly as it sounded, turns out it was even more silly then i had anticipated

[@cancan-wc9kx]

link to stream vods d be extremely helpful, missed this one