Revenant Public Relations

Update and Hiding Since It’s Been So Long~

Hey everyone, sorry I’ve been gone so long. Had some personal issues come up, job hunting and a passing in my family, are the main reasons had to step away for a bit. However, that doesn’t mean that I had stopped working for my content creator or media site! On top of writing articles for them, I’ve also been working to bring more attention to the site and optimizing the site.

We do still have some work to do, but the site is growing and has faster loading time, I’m currently working on optimizing it for mobile. However, with the working we’ve been doing we’ve seen a 50% increase in traffic and hope to keep that flow going.

The content creator I’m working with, had to take a break due to starting a new job and trying to get adjusted to the new schedule and what not. He’ll be coming back soon and then we’ll be getting back to work and I’ll be able to share more updates.

However, as a teaser, we’ve been working on editing more videos that will be going up on YouTube soon, working on his community engagement.

Sorry the update is so short, but with things calming down and people getting back into it, there should be more updates incoming soon!

An Update On My Streamer? Yes, but Actually No. Exciting New, News! Lv1Gaming LLC Hype

Okay guys, this is just a quick little post to fill you in on what I’ve been doing. First things first…my streamer! Hype all around, parades in the street, and…okay so not really, more like just me out in the street waving a little flag around going woo~

But, we do have good news! We’ve seen in uptick in engagement for him, more responses on his social media, more shares and likes and follows. We’ve planned out what games he’s going to play strictly for YouTube, and I have started messing around with the editing program of his choice to get a better feel for it. We also have plans for when he starts playing a new game on stream to edit it and put that on YouTube as well. I say new games, because right now, he’s focused on finishing up games he’s already started via live streams (like Yakuza) and I feel it’s better to have a game on YouTube that others can watch from the beginning. Maybe I’m wrong, but he’s happy with that choice and agrees as well.

Last bit of news for him, I’ve been working starting up his website and am hoping that will go live in 2 weeks. I’m just waiting on a view more details so I can put those in and we’ll be good to go!

Now, in other news, I have agreed to volunteer with Lv1Gaming LLC as their consultant in all things P.R. and Marketing. I’m super excited and humbled and shocked. Originally, I was in talks with them to just to do some horror writing for the site as they wanted to branch out into all things horror, but didn’t really have anyone on their team that was willing to do it. Thanks to BloodieKnux, the streamer I’m working with, who also writes articles for them; I was brought to their attention, as we were talking and they discovered my skills and what I went to school for, they eventually decided to open a consultant position for me. They did sweeten the deal by telling me I could put it on my resume and use them as references and for my portfolio, lol. Truthfully, I was already ready to say yes, but that definitely closed the deal!

As the name suggests, they focus a lot on gaming, but are branching out into lifestyle (including Kpop as it’s taking over the world, dun dun duun) and TV & Movies (like horror). Considering my passions and the kind of work I want to do, I am so incredibly humbled by the chance they are taking on me and I can’t wait to share with you the things that will come of it!

ScareAThon

Quick side note, as stated in my “Update” post, this is a throwback interview conducted in October of 2019.

It’s that time of year again, where the creepy crawlies come out, skeletons dance down the streets at night, and kids (and some adults) over indulge themselves and eat their weight in candy. Yep, it’s Halloween time, one of my favorite times of the years, especially because of horror movies~

However, there is one event that I never miss in October and that is the ScareAThon! For those you may not know, the ScareAThon is an event where streamers get together to stream horror games for a charity, this years charity is the Trevor Project.

This year I was lucky enough to be able to speak with one of the co-founders Brandon Stennis about this event and get a little more insight into it. Listed below, for your reading pleasure is the Q&A. Enjoy~

F: What was your motivation for starting the ScareAThon?
B: After playing so many horror games on Twitch and had watched iKasperr’s Quest for the Cause charity event, I wanted to do something similar but in the vain of what I had great experience in which was horror games.

F: How do you choose which charity to support? And do the charities ever reach out to you first?
B: It depends on what cause we are thinking about going with then we do some research on variety of charities that support the cause that we are trying to support. We have had some charities reach out before prior to the event, but it always depends on what is going on during the time of the year.

F: How much time time and work go into preparing for the event?
B: We usually take a month to two months to prepare for the event. Within that month, we usually work everyday to getting things together for the event.

F: How do you decide what companies to reach out to, to help support the event?
B: I usually try to work with companies that I work with in my personal streaming or companies I have worked with for my day job. We also look into companies that work with Twitch streamers which helps a lot.

F: How are the incentive chosen? And are they donated by various companies or the streamers themselves?
B: Incentives are chosen by the streamers who are participating. The prizing comes from all the companies who sponsor the event.

F: Is there anything in particular you look for when accepting streamers to join the event? Do you allow streamers, from outside the country, to participate?
B: We do allow streamers outside of the country to participate. When we look into streamers, we look for consistent schedule, professionalism as a streamers, and availability to stream for the event.

F: I know you’ve gotten in contact with more Mixer streamers, do you hope to bring this event over to Mixer too or just stay exclusively with Twitch? And why?
B: We did a ScareAThon event with Mixer which was great but we lack the support right now to do another event there.

F: What previous experiences, of yours, have helped in the organization?
B: Community Management, Social Media Management, Event planning.

F: How have you seen the event change through the years?
B: It is something that people look forward to each year, the visibility of the event has been a lot more noticeable and has been supported by Twitch itself.

F: What do you hope to see for the future of this event?
B: To raise even more money for charity and hopefully have more high-level streamers involved with the event.

F: Are you hoping that others will see this event and be motivated to start their own streaming events to raise money for charities?
B: That has always been my hope, I was inspired by another streamer to create this event so I hope it will encourage others to do the same.

F: What is your favorite part of this event?
B: Being able to see all the streamers come together and really feel like they are on a team. They support each other during the event by cheering each other on. It makes me really happy to see that

Streaming Toxicity

This is just a piece that I wrote for my class (Writing for Interactive Media). Throughout this class, we’ve had to come up with multiple story ideas and write about them. For this assignment, we were told to distribute it on some form of media (Facebook, Twitter, Blogs, etc.) With that said, all opinions are mine, anything gathered from another site is linked, and the interviews conducted word for word. Also I have removed last names of my interviewees for privacy.

Despite the popularity of streaming, or perhaps because of it, there are many issues in the streaming communities. Just like a regular day to day job, streamers get tired, they burn-out, and they have bad days. Viewers have seen this, yet, there are still viewers out there that believe that the streamer should be “on” at all times. If they’re running errands or eating out with friends/family the viewers want to see it. Thanks to the demand, Twitch started an IRL, now known as Just Chatting, category so that streamers could show their daily lives. It started a huge debate as streamers felt themselves run ragged with no privacy as viewers now demanded more of their time.

Eventually it was understood, that they needed breaks, needed to be away from the camera, and needed time to just relax. “…a streamer needs to take a break. Since time off isn’t mandated…it’s the streamers responsibility…to set aside regular time off. Successful streaming revolves around maintaining a following, so I think a streamer should ideally take 2 days off every week, with longer vacations every 2 or 3 months,” stated Kathryn, a viewer and moderator on Twitch.

There are a lot of opinions floating around why there are certain issues forming in streaming communities, from streamers, moderators, and viewers. Each streamer chooses their own schedule and each still receives some type of toxicity, so this is an ongoing issue and not only happening at certain times of the day/year. Many have turned to social media to get the issues cross to others, but it also opens them up to debates from others. This is a question many are trying to answer. There are female streamers, they enjoy playing video games, simple right? Then why are people still debating this? Many female streamers are having to defend themselves constantly.

“Shut the fuck up and make us sandwiches.” This was said to Chassidy, a female streamer on Twitch, also known as Cupcake_ow or just Cupcake. This is a prime example of what many female streamers go through. “I think it’s mostly unjustified, however, those female streamers that use their bodies in an explicit way, often called “titty/boobie” streamers, make legitimate female streamers/gamers look bad all around”, said Matthew, a streamer and moderator on Twitch, when asked about his opinion of the hate culture towards female streamers.

“I think the hate culture towards female streamers generally stems from…female streamers that showcase their bodies to try to gain more viewers, tips…general Twitch fame…these streamers are pretty rare on Twitch, all female streamers tend to get lumped into this category…” stated Kathryn, a viewer and moderator on Twitch.

Besides the harassment received, other toxic issues include swatting, this is where a viewer or another streamer calls the cops on a streamer and most often than not, innocent lives are lost, like in the case of 28 year old Andrew Finch. Stalking is another huge issue, “…I commonly see viewers develop a crush…though it’s usually innocent, it’s gone too far before and crossed the line into unhealthy. He has been in situations where he has started to feel paranoid…which is an understandable reaction to a stranger telling him they are using conversation context clues and Google Maps to try to figure out where he lives…” said Kathryn, viewer and moderator on Twitch, when talking about the streamer she moderates for.

In the case of Tanya DePass, streamer, consultant, and director of a non-profit, she banned the stalker from her stream, however, the user can still watch her streams, follow her to other people streams, and have had people send messages on their behalf to her. Of course, this can lead up to worse behavior as well, in the case of  Dr Disrespect’s, he had someone drive to his house and shoot out a window. Streamer Ellohime, had a viewer show up at his house unannounced wanting to stay with him.

“I believe there are a variety of reasons for the toxicity on Twitch…one reason is that a lot of people are envious of what the broadcasters are able to do, but another is that it’s easy to be toxic…it’s a simple account ban, that’s it…to make a new account…a few minutes…when IP bans do happen, people can normally get around them with things like VPNs,” stated Matthew, streamer and moderator on Twitch.

While Twitch does what it can to curb these behaviors and allow everyone to be safe, there are still many improvements to be made. And while they work on those issues from there side, there are things that the public, the non-Twitch personnel can do. People can spread the word of these behaviors, let others know that it will not be tolerated, push for swifter action, and help each other when needed.

Update!

Hey guys,

Sorry this hasn’t been updated in a bit. Life, you know? This site was started for my Public Relations program, a place to post what I needed to; then when I no longer need to post…I let the website slip; only posting a few clips from my stream. That wasn’t my intention at all.

I wanted to continue to build the site up. Post articles and interviews, reviews and start really get going with everything. Unfortunately, life happened…family members got sick with the you-know-what, people I knew passed away….just a sucky year as I’m sure everyone can relate.

It is my plan to slowly start revamping this site, I am currently job hunting so depending on what my jobs rules are, for example, can’t post articles here if the job I get is writing and posting articles for them. And I ask for your patience during this time.

Meanwhile, I’ll post a throwback article and an interview. I hope you enjoy them!!

Millennials and Churches

I put together a new, news story about millennials and why they are leaving the church. This ties in with my capstone project (client). It briefly explains why South Memorial is doing what it is and how they are trying to draw millennials back to the church.

The story is called: Millennials and the Church please feel free to give it a look.

Streaming and Podcasts and Platforms, oh Millenials!

Hosted by Revenant Public Relations the webinar is led by Felicia Taylor who is bringing years of tech and streaming experience to the stand. She has done the trial and error so that you don’t have to! This webinar came to be when work, such as, setting up live streams and podcasts, was being done for the South Memorial Christian Church. This webinar focuses on how podcasts, and live streaming in particular can help other churches in the San Antonio area or beyond as well.

The webinar will focus on the difference between live streaming and podcasts, what equipment and software are needed to get started, what platforms there are to choose from, and even a few tips and tricks to getting started! This will be great for those looking to draw in millennials in particular as it offers one thing that most millennials look for…convenience!

This is a completely free online event that is taking place on June 18^th at 6 p.m. So, feel free to join us and if you happened to miss it, no worries, the webinar has been recorded and will be posted below for you to watch!

Attention, Attention!

This is just a short announcement that I will be hosting a webinar on April 18th at 6 p.m. You can find more information here and by checking out the Press Release I posted. Hope to see you there!

Webinar Press Release

For Immediate Release

Felicia Taylor
(210) 927-2258
Taylor.L.Felicia@gmail.com

Technology and the Church: A Webinar Story
The Digital Age awaits no one!

Online: This webinar is a free online event being hosted by Felicia Taylor of Revenant Public Relations and will take place on April 18^th at 6 p.m. through WebEx. It will last approximately 15 minutes.

Have you ever wondered if your church could be more? Really build that sense of community? Step out from the dark ages and bring those millennials back to the into the church? If so, do I have an event for you! You are formally invited to: Churches and Tech = Success.

This webinar will focus on various technologies, such as, social media apps, live streaming, and software, and the benefit it can bring to churches to help keep and/or boost millennial membership. The demographics that the churches will be bringing in are millennials age ranged from twenty-five to thirty-five, from the cities or surrounding area, college graduates, with an income of about forty to seventy thousand yearly salary. All genders, marital status, and orientations are welcomed. Churches preach love and acceptance and it’s time to show the millennials that, that is true.

Revenant Public Relations is hosting this event and the speaker, Felicia Taylor is a millennial herself, as well as, an avid user of social media, podcasts, and live streaming. She has learned through advice and plenty of trial and error and can give you a head start on how to go about learning and implementing digital changes in your own church.

Things that you will have a chance to learn about in the webinar include:   

• Getting started for cheap
• Software
• Equipment
• Tips and tricks of live streaming/podcasts
• Social Media use
• And how it all can help churches

So, join us for this technological and the church webinar event and get all your questions answered and let’s see if we can get you started on your journey out of the dark ages! Please contact Felicia Taylor for further information or questions.

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Revenant Public Relations is a PR company founded by Felicia Taylor, that primarily works within the video game and tech industry. They are dedicated professionals and fellow tech geeks, streamers, and YouTubers.

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