Let's Plays, Twitch Streams, Gaming Channels, Esports etc.

It's hard to find any good Let's Play channels out there because of the reaction facecam + screaming mold that most people are trying to fit since that's the current fad. Most of the game channels that I watch have people that at least understand the industry and/or game design in one way or another. TheSw1tcher, for example, has all of the people on that channel talking about bugs and different development phases of a game (some were testers for these games at one point). Matthewmatosis is a reviewer (who also posts long commentaries) who understands games well and is willing to provide the in-depth analysis that I usually don't see from other people.

I don't care very much for Twitch unless it's for an event (e.g. speedrunning, Twitch Plays, etc.) because I've only encountered some people that gave off an air that implied they were less than authentic.

I ignore Esports completely.

Streams, youtube creators, vloggers, etc are essentially just people who are trying to get a group of people together on the internet.

If you know what you're doing, it's generally not that hard at all. You just have to consume your time into it and do it a shitload.

Youtube: Cryaotic <3
Twitch: Cryaotic, Bikeman, CohhCarnage, Kiwion (Kiwo), MadMorph, and the list continues.
Esports: I follow the League of Legends scene. Mostly NA.

There were a couple of 'Lets-Play' channels I used to adore that really put time into making the most of YouTube as their platform. Specifically picking certain games and putting in effort off camera to make each episode especially funny or entertaining and really showing the most from a game that you wouldn't be able to do on Twitch.

As for Twitch streams I watch a lot of them but since I stopped playing CS:GO a lot of the channels I watched have been unfollowed. Speedrunners etc. are still some of the best Twitch streamers for sure, such a great combination.

I used to adore eSports and know a ton about it but honestly it's really boring, it's incredibly corporate and the fanbase/community is very much a negative thing to contend against as opposed with speedruns where it's a community experience to watch the stream. eSports has a solid seperation between players and audience and it's pretty shitty.

I only watch CS:GO tournaments and the annual DotA2 tournament on twitch practically. As for "let's plays" I watch Funhaus, Sark, SeaNanners and Jim & Nathan.

I hardly ever watch Youtube videos about Let's Plays or people playing games except for dunkey review about once a month. Every now and then I'll watch a pro dota player stream and watch their twitch channel for a while, but I kind of stopped doing that completely. Now and days I only watch major Dota 2 tournaments, such as the Frankfurt one that recently ended, but that's if I have time to watch them on twitch, or I'll just watch the VOD of it on Youtube, and I've been watching every International Tournament since the second event so I always watch that every year.

Youtuber: VaatiVidya check out his lets cry videos they are really good
Twitch Tv: Cirno_Tv and I watch sdgq/adgq when it's that time of year
Esports: I don't play league of legends anymore but my friends and I still get together to watch tournaments

I never watch lets plays, I'd rather experience the game firsthand