This attitude has led to a lot of success for Samira. Because when you have fun, people feel it and have fun with you,” she says. “The first thing I say is: ‘Don’t compare your beginning with someone’s middle.’ And the second thing is to have fun. And when it comes to giving out tips for those thinking of streaming themselves, she has only two rules. For her, humor is key because it makes things lighter and easier to digest. Samira felt responsible for leading the way for gaymers. They cursed me, they mocked me, I felt a lot of hate,” she recalls. “When I started, other gamers didn’t take me seriously. The only thing they had in common was their love for games.īut sometimes a shared interest is not enough for a community to come together. Thinking back, Samira says that she could not recognize herself in the gaming streamers that she saw before starting her channels-not only in terms of appearance but also in their gestures, their humor, in the subjects they chose to discuss. It was simply how I wanted to appear and it was aligned with my message of ‘you can be whoever and do whatever, you don’t need to fit any expectations, even the drag ones,” she says.
“When I decided not to shave, I wanted people to understand that I wasn’t there to be a woman, that wasn’t the point. Her mouth has a permanent, almost sarcastic, smile, and she uses her beard as a statement. She talks enthusiastically-as if she is always on the verge of a joke.
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She plays a variety of games: from Free Fire to Resident Evil, depending on what mood she is in. Samira’s livestreams range from five to 10 hours a day and, at their peak, gather over 15,000 concurrent viewers.