The streamer GPHustla has broken the record for the longest uninterrupted stream on Twitch. He has been live for more than 1000 hours. In a clip, he says he is afraid of being alone again. That sounds like a pretty depressing version of The Truman Show.
How the record was set: The streamer started a 24-hour marathon stream on August 24. It escalated and continued indefinitely. He just didn’t stop streaming and even slept on camera.
Currently, GPHustla has been live on Twitch for 1068 hours. At the moment, he is sleeping, and there are still 230 viewers watching him.
The last 30 days haven’t been particularly successful: he has an average of 8 viewers. In the last hours, there have been a few more as word spread about the strange experiment happening on Twitch.
The streamer broadcasts his entire life on Twitch. When he goes shopping, he films himself in an IRL stream with his phone.
His ultimate goal is to break the official record of the Guinness World Records: he plans to start on January 1, 2021, and then be on air for longer than 161 hours. Right now, he is training for that and has shattered all unofficial records.
“I want to live on Twitch”
Why is he doing this? In a clip, GPHustla explains why he is pursuing this record. The streamer says:
I look forward to it every day so much that I don’t want to stop. I want to live on Twitch. I want to be the streamer who is always live.
You can check out GPHustla’s channel at any time and he is live.
GP Hustla
I am alone – I have nothing
That sounds positive and like a joyful PR message that a marketing agency came up with.
The most popular clip on GPHustla’s channel with over 70,000 views sends a different message. In it, he says:
I think that’s one of the reasons why I don’t stop the stream: I am afraid of being alone again. It’s like they are back in my mind: As soon as I’m offline, I’m alone again.
I am alone. I have nothing. And that’s why I feel so connected to streaming. I haven’t felt this way in a long time.
GP Hustla
The streamer then explains that in his youth he was sociable and enjoyed being the center of attention.
In recent years, he has wondered: “Do I really have to go outside?”
In the film “The Truman Show” from 1998, the life of an apparently normal person is filmed without their knowledge: Every second is broadcast for the entertainment of the viewers. The man’s life seems stylized and scripted. He is the realization of the American suburban dream.
This was considered a bold vision for the future 22 years ago. Today, it is reality that someone broadcasts their entire life, and it is not as glamorous as in the “Jim Carrey” movie.
We reported in December 2019 about the German streamer Seansstream, who tried to be live on Twitch for the maximum number of hours in a month. However, he did not broadcast his sleep breaks live.
Twitch is unregulated. Ultimately, each streamer decides for themselves how long they want to be live, what is healthy for them, and how many breaks they take. As early as 2017, Destiny streamer ProfessorBroman raised awareness of the issues associated with this.
The Twitch system encourages self-exploitation:
Destiny: Popular streamer fears Twitch is eating up his life
