Between managing a full-time job as a content creator, hosting esports events like the Dota 2 KL major in 2018 and spending time with her loved ones, Shu Faye Wong found a way to sneak her passion of streaming into her life.
With over 19,100 loyal followers on Twitch and an average of 300 viewers per stream, she has managed to make a name for herself despite simultaneously balancing a career. Her secret? A bubbly personality, a hilarious sense of humour and just a simple love for gaming.
An avid gamer since young, the Malaysian content creator was already knee-deep in Dota 2 throughout college. Yet despite her love for the game and the support of her friends, she initially abstained from streaming, due to a lack of time and an incompetent computer.
“I felt like I didn’t have a good enough PC to stream, I only had a laptop,” shared the 25-year-old. “With university and its assignments, I also didn’t really have the time.”
It was only after university and while working a full-time job as a content creator for the media production company Jinnyboytv, did she finally have her first taste of streaming, and it was love at first sight.
Since then, the part-time streamer has continued to pursue her passion relentlessly by capitalising on her flexible work hours and sponsored setups from Razer, Logitech, Prodigy and more. Infatuated by the interactions with her community and the opportunity to brighten someone’s day with her fun and easy-going personality, she often streams into the wee hours of the morning.
“I don’t enjoy streaming for just 1-2 hours, if I stream it is usually for 4-8 hours at the very least.”
Not all fun and games
Yet despite her fondness for webcasting, the game fanatic still faces her fair share of difficulties. Brickbats from misogynistic trollers and her own lack of consistency often trouble Wong.
“There is this misconception that girl streamers just stream for the money or attention, I think there are people like that but not everyone is,” she shared.
The biggest obstacle for her, however, is in learning to keep her streams light-hearted and fun despite the inherently competitive nature of Dota 2 and Valorant, 2 games that she regularly streams.
“My content is very funny-based, so when it gets too serious, I feel that it isn’t as nice to watch,” shared Wong.
Hoping to overcome this struggle, she occasionally switches it up by continuously experimenting with her Twitch content – a recent idea was to stream herself learning Japanese.
Despite the challenges, she continues to stream by focusing not on the bad but on the people who support her. This love and dedication has even led her to flirt with the idea of pursuing streaming full-time on multiple occasions. However, afraid that she would lose the joy of streaming if she pursues it as a career, Wong continues to juggle her passion and career.
“When it becomes a career it becomes very taxing, just like any other job, when you do anything repetitively it can become very redundant, it becomes a routine. If I take it as a job I won’t have the joy of streaming anymore,” She added.
Hoping that more would join the industry be it as a passion or a career, the key opinion leader shared a hilarious and uplifting quote that she enjoys.
“Don’t let anyone tell you you’re a noob. You are one, but don’t let anyone tell you that.”
