5/1/2017 12:00 p.m.
Slickster Magazine is all about fighting for the little guy. Not so long ago, we were the little guy with a handful of writers and an incomplete website. And while we aren’t exactly the Wall Street Journal (who even wants to?) we’ve grown tremendously. A large part of our success has come from the relationships we’ve been able to create with the many creative individuals in our short history. Some of the best examples of that are the people on Twitch in our series Small Streams Big Dreams. And three of those streamers have grown tremendously just as Slickster Magazine has. Today we’ll be looking at how MattyP89, ParallaxStella, and Lieutenant Eddy are doing.
MattyP89
MattyP89 was actually the first person who we ever had featured on Small Streams Big Dreams. Matty’s always prided himself on creating a warm environment where anybody can just hang out for a while. While a lot of things have changed for Matty, the feeling of plopping down on the couch and chilling hasn’t changed. Any time Matty is playing a round of Rocket League, it’s nothing but constant shit talking between himself and viewers. Matty also has given his channel a major facelift as well. With beard battles now hosting arena matches where everyone can get in on the action. Matty has managed to maintain a great attitude about everything as well. You can also catch giveaways almost every stream! Despite the passing of his mother Matty is always ready to entertain everyone and spread some laughter to his viewers. (Although his new cat seems to get in the way of things occasionally.)
Matty’s also expanded his repertoire on Twitch as well for his streams. For a while he’d play Rocket League, and that’s about it. However he’s peppered in a few more games into his rotation. You can still catch him midair doing a few aerials, he enjoys smashing zombie brains out in the rouge-like adventure Death Road to Canada and occasionally a little bit of Overwatch as well. While he might not always dominate the matches, he’s sure to bring a great time for everyone. When we first interviewed him he had just about gotten to 1,000 followers on Twitch. Now he’s more than tripled his following and he’s joined the Twitch group Feed Me Pixels. And to top things off, he’s joined the Twitch Affiliate program, and is continuing to grow as the days go by.
ParallaxStella
The former Girl of the Week cosplayer has certainly been busy since we last checked in with her. Before, she was a cosplay fanatic with dozens of different designs in her head. She still spends plenty of time perfecting her characters, but she’s also started to go into traditional modelling as well. (She insisted we use a shot from a recent shoot for her part in the article, but I don’t think anyone minds.) She’s still an adorkable little salt machine with a clever barrage of insults and sass ready for anybody who gets smart with her. And while it may occasionally backfire on her, her charmingly frank and sometimes odd attitude is proof positive that she’s no “girrrrrrl gamer”.
Since we last saw Stella she’s moved to some new digs and her channel has more than tripled in size to just under 8,000 followers. While she’s still more than happy to blast anybody in a round of Destiny, Stella’s added a mix of horror games Resident Evil, other action games like Overwatch, Bloodborne, and Nier, and especially Just Dance to her streams. Stella actually competed in the Just Dance World Cup, and while she didn’t place first place in America to reach the finals, she did come in 29th out of 800, putting her in the 96th percentile in the country. Not bad! Stella was also admitted to the Twitch Affiliate party and the bits have been flying since she’s started.
Lieutenant Eddy 
Boi, pass the butter chicken with a side of lamb sauce. If that doesn’t make sense, then you haven’t been watching the meme king himself Lieutenant Eddy. Mixing his dry and nerdy sense of humor with some legit skills we got to see Eddy dominate the rankings all the way to Master in Overwatch. And along with friends like Greenthyme, Geek, and Tizen, plenty of hilarious and clip worthy moments as well. While people may have mistaken his gamer tag for “Little Eddy”, there were no mistakes about having a great time in the chat. Eddy embraces the good times with the bad during his streams, and while he isn’t exactly a Grand Master yet, he’s having a hell of a time with everyone.
When we last talked to Eddy in January he’d been starting to test the waters with streaming. Taking a strong and loyal following from YouTube to Twitch, he’d already garnered 5,000 followers and was thinking about transitioning to streaming full time. Today he isn’t thinking about streaming full time, he IS streaming full time. Today, Eddy has amassed over 25,000 followers and is currently ranking as the 32nd fastest growing Overwatch. As a Twitch partner, Eddy has also recently passed the 500 subscriber mark as well, garnering attention from sponsors, streamers, and fans alike. (Even Kephrii, the best Widowmaker player in the world seems to have taken notice.) There’s no telling just how much he’s going to grow as time goes on. But something tells me he isn’t to concerned about how much he grows. He just cares about all the dank memes that people send him about the stream.