Final Fantasy VII Rebirth의 Briana White는 소매에 마음을 입고 커뮤니티를 위조 [인터뷰]

I'm glad you touched on feeling things really big, because something I did want to talk to you about is your gaming channel. You cry a lot over there. I think it's hard to be vulnerable like that. And especially hearing that you felt kinda insecure about that as a teenager. How did you reclaim being vulnerable and crying in public as an adult?

It's crazy that you bring that up because it's true. I sorta made a career out of being the crying girl on the internet, which I did not set out to do. To me, it was never an option to be any other way. It's just who I am.

When I first started my YouTube channel, I played lots of different games trying to figure out what kind of gamer I would be on the internet. There's gamers who play Minecraft and there's gamers who play Uncharted . 나는 게이머의 유형이었고, 나는 많은 다른 것들을 시도했고, 궁극적으로 나는 미지의 사람들을 연기했을 때 캐릭터와 그 사이의 관계에 대해 이야기 할 수 있다는 사실과 그 장면과 그 장면과 그 장면에 대해 이야기 할 수 있다는 사실에 실제로 공명했습니다. People really liked that aspect of my gameplays.

So, that is what led me to The Last of Us , which is an incredibly dark and emotional game. At the same time I was playing Life is Strange which, like I said, just cracks me open in the best sort of way. 동시에이 두 게임을하는 것은 강렬한 감정적 경험이었고 사람들이 저에게서보고 싶어하는 콘텐츠의 종류를 강화했다고 생각합니다. Which was fine, because that's who I am.

I sort of fell into being a story-based gamer from there. Because that's who I am, that's what people wanted to see. They want to see authentic reactions, they want to see people feeling things.

Oftentimes, I'll get comments like: “I'm a 52-year-old man, I haven't cried in 20 years, but I cried watching your content.” 그리고 나는 우리가 앞서 이야기했던 것처럼 사람들이 사람들을 안전하게 느끼게하는 거리에서 느끼는 느낌을 가지고 사람들을 도울 수 있다는 것을 자부심의 거대한 원천으로 받아들입니다. 나는 그것에 대해 정말로 아름다운 것이 있다고 생각합니다. 내 콘텐츠가 누군가의 마음을 조금 열고 그들의 감정을 갖기 위해 안전하다고 느끼게 할 수 있다는 것입니다.

I love your philosophy about what a Strange Rebel means to you. Could you talk about that a little bit?

I had always grown up feeling a little out of mainstream. I was never very popular, I was never very normal. And I always very much wanted to be normal, but, somewhere along the line in high school, I grew out of that.

I had a friend, actually, who was completely, loudly, and unapologetically weird. In the best sort of way. 우리는 고등학교에서 극장의 어린이이기 때문에 우리 모두는 다음과 같이 받아 들였습니다.“우리는 정상이 아니며 우리는 주류에 속하지 않습니다. That's so much more fun than being normal.” And I think that's where I picked up this like: “Being average, being normal… that's not something you should want.”

I took this idea of being a rebel to mean going against the mainstream, but not in a bad way. Not in a way that's “wears all black and is angsty and mean”. I don't want to be a rebel in that I want to hurt other people. I want to be a strange rebel. I want to be a rebel in a way that makes the world a little bit better. I want to be a rebel in the fact that I do cry on the internet and I don't feel bad about that.

It's easy to be mean to others. It's easy to close your heart off when you've experienced bad things. But it's strange and beautiful to do the opposite of that. I want people to embrace being rebelliously compassionate and rebelliously kind. That's sort of where Strange Rebel comes from and that's really a huge part of my mission.

I wanted to ask about the channel and how you've seen that community grow since Final Fantasy ?

놀랍습니다. I mean, when I started out on the internet all I ever heard was that it's a terrible place. That's all I ever heard. I heard about harassment, and women being chased off platforms, and I heard about toxicity in gaming. But, what I found on the internet is that most people are really good and kind, and they just want to share their passions.

I started my channel reading every single comment that was left on YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, whatever platform. I'd read every single comment, every single message that someone sends me. And I pretty much still do to this day, which is a lot harder now, but I really make an effort to do that. 누군가가 내 콘텐츠를보고“나는 이것을 좋아했습니다”라는 메시지를 남기기 때문에, 나는 그들이 나에게 그들의 시간을주고, 최소한 그것을 읽고 가능한 경우 그들과 같은 시간을 주어야한다는 존경을 상환하고 싶습니다. I've found that when I engage with them, that only comes back to me tenfold. Because they're good people, and I like them. I like them as people.

내 말은, 이제 우리는 영화의 밤을 보내고, 요리 클럽을 가지고, 우리는 방금 북 클럽을 시작했고, 매달 두 번의 비디오 행 아웃을하고, 일주일에 두 번 함께 게임을합니다. We are there for each other. We meet up at conventions with each other. People in my Discord have found love. I mean, a couple people in my Discord have gotten married after finding each other in my Discord!

I cannot state enough just how proud I am of being able to bring people together in that way because they no longer feel alone. What better thing could I do in this life than bring people together? To celebrate each other, be there for each other, support each other in hard times, and share each other's passions. And all in an amazingly respectful way.

They're so generous. We've raised over $50K for charity, just in my Discord in the past four years.

The fact that Final Fantasy is a huge part of my channel, I do think that that really brings in a good audience. A good group of people that care about the world through the amazing stories that Final Fantasy tells.

But really, I don't care much for numbers, how many subscribers I have, or how many views I get on a video. What I care about is the fact that people have found others like them, that give them faith in humanity, that give back to others. They're not alone in this universe anymore. That's everything to me. That's so much more important than everything else.

Community building is huge, and it sounds like you've curated a wonderful community.

I try, but I don't do it alone. 저는 커뮤니티 매니저 인 Jeff가 있는데,이 모든 행사와 계획을 운영하는 놀라운 일을하고 있습니다. 우리는 매년 게임 트라이 애슬론이 게임을하고 더 많은 돈을 모으기 위해 경쟁합니다. We've even had a custom Dungeons & Dragons Strange Rebel Gaming themed one-shot! We've done so many amazing, incredible things because of Jeff.

I mean it when I say I haven't done it alone. Every person who joins the community is as much a part of the community building as me. And I try to throw that back to them as much as I can. And people say: “Thank you for making the Discord.” No, thank you for being a part of it! It's not me in there chatting all day, it's you all.

나는 우리가 떠나기 전에 지금 당신의 인생에 무엇이든 당신이 기쁨, 당신이하는 게임, 당신이보고있는 것들, 당신의 삶의 사람들이 당신에게 기쁨을 가져다주고 있는지 물어보고 싶었습니다. What's fueling you right now?

Well, the holidays are coming up, and I'm a big family person. So, being able to see my family is everything to me. I'm excited to see everyone.

Actually, after this, I'm making a sweet potato casserole that can feed 30 people.

Do you do the marshmallows on top?

No. So, I used to work at a restaurant called Ruth's Chris [Steak House] that has the hands-down best sweet potato casserole ever! Because it's, if you look at the ingredients, it's basically cake, but with a sweet potato base. The top is brown sugar and pecans and butter and then it crisps up in the oven, so it's like a crust. It's almost like an upside down sweet potato cake.

It's mind-blowing. If you've never had it, you must!

너무 좋아요. I am not welcome at Thanksgiving without it. I am not allowed to show up without this sweet potato casserole, every single year for like seven years now. People demand this sweet potato casserole. I just get better at it every year.

I love family. Family's really important to me, that keeps me going. Like I said, my dad was calling me the other day. My parents are very proud of me right now, which is really nice to hear!

And your mom's a gamer, too! How does it feel to have that family legacy now being in video games yourself?

It's crazy because my mom's a gamer and I keep asking her to play my game, and she won't do it!

The games for her are like Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask , so with the Z-targeting, the camera's really manageable. Final Fantasy , 그녀는 다른 스틱으로 카메라를 제어하는 ​​법을 배우는 몇 세대의 게임을 놓쳤으므로 카메라 제어는 정말 어렵습니다. But maybe one day.

But still, they're very proud and very supportive, even if they can't play my game.

Briana White의 자세한 내용은 Final Fantasy VII Rebirth 의 Aerith Gainsborough, 그녀의 이상한 Rebel Gaming Social Media 커뮤니티 및 Ruth의 Chris의 공식 웹 사이트에서의 시그니처 추수 감사절에 대한 게임 상 후보 공연을 확인하십시오.