NZXT PODCAST - #219 - How to Quit Your 9-5 With UGC (Ft. KasuallyKat)

Episode Date: March 6, 2026

On this week's episode of the NZXT Podcast... We are joined by KasuallyKat, otherwise known as Kat! We go over how she was able to become a full-time streamer due to her work in UGC and creating her Kasual Kingdom! If there are any aspiring content creators or streamers, listen to the podcast NOW! Follow Kat here: beacons.ai/kasuallykat

Hello, everyone, and welcome to episode 219 of the NZC podcast, the official podcast to the NXC community. This podcast is recorded live on Fridays at 10 a.m. Pacific Standard Time on the official NZC Twitch. It is available to stream on demand on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and SoundCloud. My name is Mike Kim. And before I introduce our very special guest, I do want to talk about the giveaway that we're doing right now. We are giving away an Intel hoodie, mousepad. and shirts going away for you guys for this podcast right now. It is US only.

We're working on the global. Don't worry. We're working on the global thing. There's a lot of tariffs and taxes going on right now. So we're getting that done. Also, we are also doing an Intel giveaway for our NZXT Intel Club. You see this beautiful shirt right here. It is our lovely, lovely community thing that we do.

Oh, there's Pucci right there. You can win him. A chippy plushy, a shirt, stickers. Oh, and, of course, and there's chippy right there. And the beautiful, beautiful ward of an NZXT Intel PC every month. So what you do is go to nc60.com slash club or estimation point club in the Twitch chat if you're live here. You guys click on that link. Earn poochie points.

You can actually earn poochie points by watching this podcast right now. and you guys can enter into the giveaway from that so start ASAP start now and special thank you to Intel so I think that is all the announcements I have before we do it so I'm going to go ahead and introduce our very very special guest introducing the queen of the casual kingdom and that's casual with a K by the way she's built a premier sanctuary centered on coziness inclusiveness and gamingness. A previous corporate drone like myself currently, current now turned full-time streamer,

please give a warm welcome to Casually Cat. Kat, can you introduce yourself to our audience and tell us what you're all about? Hello, everyone. Hopefully everyone's doing good. Good morning. Good afternoon, good evening, wherever you guys are tuning in in the world.

My name is Kat, also known as Casually Cat on all socials. I've a full-time variety streamer and content creator for almost five years now. Huge miles still. Woo-flop. Bringing you guys all of the casual playthrus and narrative storytelling to all of my content, gaming, tech, anything streamer-related, I am the casual queen. I love that.

Honestly, like, you know, we have like the big streamers that, you know, are all doing like crazy shooters and doing all these like crazy effects. It is nice to have a streamer that's just like, hey, just come here to relax and everything like that. I love that aesthetic so much. So we're going to go a little bit into your, you know, past of like what got you into gaming in general. So was, what was like the first game that you like played as as a kid if you remember?

Oh, I mean, the first time that I got to. a PC was I was like really really little so I had to be like five six seven years old and the reason why we got a computer was to keep in touch with my dad my dad was deployed overseas so the best way to kind of you know communicate with him while he was on the ship going through so many different deployments was just through like emails and everything so I would say like the first game that I ever ever got introduced to. I don't know if anybody remembers this. Like, I grew up in the 90s.

So, like, 90s, early 2000s was like everything, like my childhood, my nostalgia. Jumpstar first grade. Jumpstar first grade, jump start third grade was like the two that I really grew up playing. It was the one with the dog and the one with the robot, depending on which one that you were going to play. But I played like a ton of games, I would say. Yeah, it was like the one with like the pizza and the kids. I think I remember Yeah, I'm like, I'm like, oh, right, I do remember playing this as a kid.

But I played like a I played like a ton of games like on PC and then I grew up with the Game Boy Color, Game Boy Color, Game Boy pocket. I have a funny story with the Game Boy Pocket. So it was my brother's 10th birthday. And after we sang happy birthday and, you know, we were just opening up his presence, he got the Game Boy Pocket. You could kind of see me kind of just in the corner, got a really, really sad face. My brother and sister were cheering because he like, he got like his own console. You can see me in the corner, kind of just get really, really upset. And all I just said was, what about me? Because, like, I grew up playing Barbies. Like, don't get me wrong. I grew up playing Barbies. But then I always played with video games with my brother because we're so close in age, like two years apart from

each other. So we always grew up, you know, like playing together, even though he would always win. But that was always something that we grew up just like watching together. So, It was literally that moment that I got really, really sad. And then eventually he let me, you know, play with his Game Boy a little bit. And I got really happy at the end. It's like very like, like tears of joy. But that was probably one of the most like funniest like home movie videos that I still have to this day. But yeah, like playing video games for me was just something that I grew up like very long time.

Game Boy. PlayStation 1, PlayStation 2. Like, it grew on me for like the longest time. Wow. So, so, I mean, you've, you started off with like, you know, you had the PC, at the Game Boy and everything like that. Do you have like a favorite game during your childhood that you're like, this was like my childhood? Oh. That's a tough one.

Because again, I grew up playing like a lot of games. There was one that I would always play on PC. see like every time. It was the original Lego Island. It was with the one with all the, you had to deliver the pizzas to all the people. And then towards the end, you deliver the pizza to the guy in jail. And then he goes on this like goes on this little like jail break. He breaks out of jail and you have to like capture him by throwing like the pizzas at him at the helicopter or something. But I will say, I mean, I would say my favorite video game. game of all time easy, the legend of dragoon.

I think that's a game that really needs to deserve its flowers. Any sort of like remake, remaster, even like a prequel, please give us something because I still have that physical copy of the game. And I know that there's, there's like a man-made kind of like emulator called sever chains that I see people stream it on Twitch. but I don't have the processes to or like the equipment to actually like convert my physical copy over there so I can't really play it. That would be like the one game. That would be the one game that I would stream my entire like rest of my life if I had to.

Like everything from the combat system to the characters to the stories. Like probably like one of the few games that I will play over and over again doing like a 100. percent completion on like hands down are you big like RPG fan then like are you big like uh final fantasy uh balder's gate kind of fan because it looks like it's uh around that area yeah it grew up it like it came out at like 1999 so it came around the time of final fantasy seven so it was kind of like a little bit of a competition over there um but i honestly didn't really get into the final fantasy series it wasn't until I played like the kingdom heart series um but I did try to play a final fantasy game

I couldn't get into it as much I'm sorry I'm probably gonna get canceled when I say that I don't really like the final fantasy series but I don't I don't like the game either like I never got into it like I like I said like I just was never a final fantasy person but you know then you meet like the people who are like this is my entire life and you know I'm just like uh I just never got into it. I'm sorry. I'm with you. I'm with you on that.

So, you know, we have all this gaming, everything like that. I'm sorry. I'm sorry, guys. Please.

So we were talking about, so we talked about your childhood gaming and, you know, your brother and everything like that. I feel you. I have an older sister that was also into gaming. And she always got the fun stuff and I got to hand me down. So I feel you on that.

So. Yeah. I get you. Um, I do want to go, before we get into your full-time streaming, you are the first ever person that we've interviewed that is into modeling and pageantry, which is really cool. So I do want to show off. I feel honored. Like, it was so cool because, like, we'll talk a little bit more about how we got to meet you and everything like that.

But, like, when we like, we, like, we're like. Like, we're like, hey, would you want to do an NCC podcast? We, like, took a look into your Instagram. We were like, whoa, this is insane of what she's doing. So let me show off, like, all the cool stuff that you've been doing. Like, this is awesome. Like, you got, you have the pattern tree here, like, miss. What is this the?

Oh, the, how do you pronounce it? Allegheny County. Allegheny Allegheny County and everything like that I saw you're also Miss Pennsylvania too Miss Ohio

There's like a ton of stuff So let's first go into it So What was like The specific moment that made you want To step outside your comfort zone To get into Patentry and modeling

So I well I always wanted to be in the spotlight I was like The entertainer of the family Like, my first real passion was to be a singer. So I was, like, vocally trained ever since I was eight years old, got into, you know, the chorus, the choir was in the musical, your good man, Charlie Brown. I played Sally Brown, my senior year of high school. And then when I was 19, I auditioned for American Idol.

So they did, like, this whole little, like, tour and everything. And my city was one of the tours that they picked. So obviously I didn't get in after waiting like eight hours. But I mean, it led on to other things. Monoli was just kind of something that just came out on a whim. My gym teacher back in high school would always write in my yearbook about, hey, if you can't decide of what you want to do for college, consider modeling. And, you know, I did think about it.

But it was just like, no, I don't think this is for me. And then I ended up getting two associate's degrees. My first degree is in computer science. And the other one was in business administration. I studied both general and medical. And when I got into my first big girl job for a really large health care company, I thought that was going to be it. Like, oh, my God, like, I could finally take a vacation.

I could finally, like, save enough money to do everything. Modeling kind of just, like, came out on a whim. I literally looked at one of my old yearbooks and was like, hey, like, I was thinking of doing modeling. What do you guys think? And then, like, probably just the amount of people were like, yeah, go do it. And I did it for about eight years. I officially retired last year.

year from modeling. That's a pretty long time. But I have had so many experiences with being on publications on both, you know, on a national and international level and everything. And that also led into pageantry, which was just something that, you know, I kind of just wanted to do because my modeling career was a bit stagnant. Let me just try something new. The very first pageant that I competed in was in 2023. I ended up getting first runner up with only like six months of training. And then, you know, we're about to compete in our fourth pageant. And hopefully this will be the year that we, you know, finally take home the crown. But it's definitely cool when I tell people like, hey, so what do you do for a living? I'm like, I play video games for a living.

And a lot of people are just like, that's amazing. Do you still get, I know back then, like, you know, if you talk to people back then, like, oh, yeah, I play video games for a living, they'd be like, what? Is it, has that changed to, like, this generation and these, like, past couple years? Like, people are starting to understand, like, oh, yeah, you can make a career out of, like, play video games. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Because honestly, like, when I got into, like, streaming, I didn't even think that I was going to even do this as a full-time career. It was just something that I saw my best friend, who was also my coworker at the time, just playing a game.

And I just thought it was really, really cool to do. So I pretty much had, like, okay, I have a degree in computer science. Maybe I could use that as a skill to kind of. just like built something out of this and I had a working laptop and I just needed to get a webcam and a microphone and just see what happens and now here we are almost five years later just doing the damn thing I guess we'll go a little bit into I guess we'll go a little bit into like how this all started right like uh so So first of all, I saw that, you know, you talked about, you started streaming in like 2020, 2021 on a little Macbook.

So like, what made you decide? Yeah. Let's let's just start streaming like just in general. Yeah. So I like, again, like I betcha like I just saw my best friend, you know, just streaming a game. I didn't know what it was. and just thought it was really cool. I did end up, you know, I only had a MacBook,

so I didn't have enough money to get myself my own, you know, PC, like, laptop that I could do this on a long term. So I saw this girl. She doesn't stream anymore, but she went by Cry Bunny Girl. She did a YouTube video about how she, streamed on a MacBook and I saw it and I was thinking myself, okay, this doesn't seem too complicated. So I ended up, you know, buying a couple of peripherals and then we hit Go Live on April 30th of 2021. And, you know, like, I think like someone has told me like pray and play. That's, that's

exactly how I feel about it. Like, every time I hit Go Live, you kind of just have to, like, fake it until you make it pray and play that, you know, streams go very well. Like, honestly, I didn't even think that I was going to reach affiliate or anything. Um, but, you know, I kind of had like a, like, a huge, like fan base, but I did have like, you know, my following was pretty, you know, average or at least enough to wear. it would get like people's attention. Um, but I ended up getting affiliate on Twitch roughly two years or two months after I started going live and we're still here. That's actually very impressive like to get affiliate that quickly. Usually it takes people a long time to get affiliate. What like did you how did you like do you have any tips for people that want to get to that affiliate spot?

because that's a big milestone for a lot of Twitch streamers. So do you have any? Yeah. Like, I know some people can get affiliate much quicker than two months. And probably something that I wish I could have done that I would advise newer streamers and upcoming streamers to do is utilize your socials. Because the discoverability of Twitch or even just live streaming altogether is like slim to none. You're in the present moment.

And so like whoever shows up just shows up. And if you're not utilizing all of your other platforms or not at least posting something to really connect with, not only to really connect with your audience, but also convert your audience into viewers, chances are you're not going to reach the goals that you want to have. So definitely if you guys have like Instagram, TikTok's a big one right now with all the short firm content, you know, Twitter, if you're not putting yourself out there, then you're not working hard enough to put yourself out there. Yeah, I know there, a lot of people tend to get kind of embarrassed. They're like, oh, you know, I don't want to like put myself out. But like, if you want to start streaming, you know, like you said, Twitch, that Twitch

live page, it's very tough to like have people find you, right? Yeah. So you have to do something else. else. And I guess we'll go a little bit into that. It was, so you, you talked about, when we sent you to a little questionnaire, you talked about how you had, you're working a corporate healthcare job. And then you're also, you know, modeling, you're also very singing and everything like that.

And then you decided to, you know what, maybe I should just go full time to stream me. So can you tell me the journey of that from working? as a corporate drone like me right now to oh yeah let's just go full-time stream can you give us that like that journey yeah so i was like before i decided hey this was gonna be my full-time job now um i worked in corporate for eight years um i thought that was like gonna be like my forever job like at first i was you know just very content with everything like having that stability and everything else, you know, you know, health insurance, you know, all that stuff. But then once when the pandemic hit, that's when everything changed.

And everyone started to work from home full time or at least hybrid. Like we were hybrid for, I think, like a year after the pandemic. And then once we realized like, hey, we can do our systems and everything is working so smoothly they transitioned our team to be a fully remote team. And like again, it wasn't until like the pandemic hit that everything changed in the way that processes worked. And it was to the point to where now AI has kind of hit and has made our process as so much easier like to where we don't, we didn't have enough work throughout the day. So I was kind of just like passed around to different departments and it just wasn't really fair to me because I probably could have utilized maybe more than half of my day into putting it into something else like streaming and content creation or just things outside of it all.

And again, it wasn't like an easy decision for me when I decided like five months ago, okay, this is. it. I really had to think about, you know, all of my options and really consider, you know, giving up and sacrificing a lot of things. But like at the end of the day, I kind of had to realize like I'm doing this for me and nobody else. And then October of last year, I decided to resign officially after eight years, left on good terms with the company. And decided, you know, to kind of just do it for myself because I realized that, you know, I was growing as a creator, like not just in streaming, but like all of my other platforms, I was growing and I was learning how to monetize myself more than just, you know, just streaming. Because streaming is only like that little bonus. It's going to be what you post and the content that you're going to make, like, outside of it.

I do what is also called UGC or user-generated content. And what that is for everybody is that you make videos, I make videos for brands to post on their channels. And some of them I have had the opportunity to be, you know, my own clients, my own retainers. So in a sense, that gave me a little bit of stability. like I know that I'm going to have some income coming in each month with these brands. And it's really cool.

And it's something that I didn't think that I was could even like be, you know, successful. And because it is a really hard kind of like job to do. Because it's not like just, you know, you post something that you're passionate about. Like, oh, like, I'm passionate about this. Like, I'm just going to post something about this. and call it a day and expect, you know, your audience to be your consumers. But no, it's usually, usually there is a problem and a solution to what they're going for. And there's always, you know, brands have their own deliverables and brands kind of have their own strategy.

It's like, oh, I see, I do also as well, like creative strategy to where I'll go through all of these I'll look into, you know, their content and be like, okay, I see like, you gave some really good points, but it's not, you know, converting your audience. Like, how can we, like, we get more viewers? Like, how can I help you to, you know, build this into kind of just like on a higher level? And that's what I bring to the brands, not just like, you know, just content that connects. with your audience, but also it converts into something much higher. Agreed. And I think that's something that not many like creators really understand. Like you can't just like post something and expect it to go viral. Like it. It definitely takes a lot of work.

And it's not just like, okay, I'm just going to shoot point A, B, C. And then, you know, edit and then see what happens. Like it requires a lot of work behind the scenes. Yeah, I mean, I'm showing off the one that we had that we worked with you on for the Intel Club. Like, there's a lot of, like, work behind the scenes that people don't realize. Like, it's not just, hey, can you do this? Like, we do a lot of things.

You're in contact with us. We have certain things that we want, like, talking points. And, you know, we have to send you something and you show it off in a certain way. And, you know, with other brands, if it's like a product thing, too, like you have to show and utilize a product. in certain ways. But this is, for those that are here, like, UGC is huge. And I see a lot of DMs of people in the comments asking for free PCs or free things.

Well, if you're just a profile with no videos, no content, the business, like the business behind that is not going to work out. But if you have a very successful profile that showcases, like, here's my video editing. This is how I sell your product to these people. Fantastic. Like, yeah, we're definitely interested in working with you. People that, like, go, hey, can I get a free PC? But I look at the profile and it's private with like 50 followers.

I'm like, well, if we give you a thousand to $2,000 PC, how are we going to expect to get that? It's a money transaction thing. And I think people don't realize. stats and i think it never fails that like sometimes when people see my content whether it's like pay partnership or this creator gets commissions there's probably maybe that one person that is like oh there's no way that you partnered with this brand with exma the number doesn't matter it's the value that you bring like what value are you going to bring to that brand that's is really going to be the determining factor everyone everyone that keeps asking for free stuff in my

dms and comments this is the type of conversation you need to be listening to so please like that is bringing in some really really good information um you talked a little bit about it i was going to ask like a lot of people when they make uc they tend to just here's a product does it but you have a lot of like thought and ideas going into it and you kind of have like a streamlined process has your years in, you know, with your degree in business administration and then, you know, your years in the corporate world, has, has that like help provide you an advantage in creating UGC and streaming? Oh yeah, for sure. I mean, like, once again, I had a degree in computer science. So obviously the skills and the, you know, the classes that I took to help, you know, elevate with streaming and content creation definitely helps.

but now we have like you know just resources now to where you know people rely on like short form long form content to be like oh how to become a streamer and everything so it's definitely nice but i would say like over the years since i have been in the game for quite a bit now um i'm always learning something new every time because brands demand different things every time So you kind of just have to follow, you know, what their expectations are. And you kind of just have to, you know, never be, never be afraid to stop learning and never be afraid to stop growing. Because that's the only way. That's probably the only way for you to even grow yourselves as a person. You know, I, you know, I do have this section for later. But, you know, if we're talking about it now, we might as well do it. It's about branding and talking with other.

other things. So like when a brand approaches you, you know, like, hey, we want you to showcase our product in a UTC video. Like, what's the most important factor to consider before you agree to it? Like, is it like the creative freedom, the product access to timing? First, I want to make sure it's legit. Yeah. At first. Because you're going to come across, you know, like just those spam emails or you're going to come

across those emails that seem like, hey, we're from this brand. But if you look at their email address and everything, like, there's ways to find out now if this is like the right person or a legit email that is talking to that you're talking to about these opportunities. So that's the first thing. Because if it's not, then it's just like, uh, red flag. But I mean, once I get to know, you know, the brand, you know, I do my research. So there's kind of like a little like research pillar that I kind of, you know, consider.

And then usually, you know, kind of depending on the brand, they usually have like briefs. So I definitely read through the briefs to see, you know, what kind of deliverables that they expect in everything. Sometimes they'll be very specific as to like, oh, we only want raw footage only, don't do any edits. or maybe this specific amount of CTAs or call to action. So definitely very important to, you know, kind of just consider what they're specifically looking for because they may not always want the typical, oh, I'm just going to unbox a product and explain to you guys why I like it so much. there's definitely kind of like again that creative strategy and kind of like like that creative freedom that you kind of have like the opportunity to kind of you know just go through um but yeah with brands i will say like putting yourself out there definitely give a variety um i also have like a u gc portfolio that kind of showcases um a lot of my best work out there um just to kind of give them like hand

this is the type of content that I do like problem solution on blockings you know like again the brands are going to ask for different things exactly uh I guess uh you know we can use us as an example right so you know we we did a virtual feedback event which I'll talk about later for everyone here but we got to know each other because of this virtual feedback event and then we learned that you know you're a streamer and everything like that and then Ivan goes oh we should contact her. You know, we, we just talked to her for like two hours and she gave great stuff. We should like talk to her. So if you want to give like a little bit of context about like what we did with you for this video here, like, do you want to give like a quick little process of like how

it is? Because some people just think like, oh, we give you stuff, talk about done. But there's a lot more that goes behind the scene. So if you want to give it so that people know like what we do. Yeah. So I mean, the virtual feedback was definitely like, step one and how, you know, they reached out to me and everything. But like the whole process with the video and stuff, like, you literally gave us like kind of just like the assets and the tools and be like kind of use however you want with it. But I like to, I do scripting.

I like to do scripting to kind of just lay out everything in terms of what I want to say to shots, like be. roll shots that I'm going to do. So it's very strategic in the way that I want to like kind of utilize everything. And then honestly, I mean, it's just like you guys gave us the creative freedom to kind of just like, okay, here's the stuff. Utilize however you guys want to, you know, do it. Like again, brands are going to ask for different things if they're going to be very strict about it. Definitely abide by the rules because they'll definitely come at you if you don't. But yeah, I mean, for my video, I was kind of just like, okay, make sure to showcase the

products in the way with different B rules, but also explaining, you know, you know, tell my audience, you know, sign up for the NXT Intel Club because they offer this and this and this and this. Definitely give those key points out. And then obviously, you know, like the, you know, the captions and stuff, that's a little bonus. It's not necessarily for everything, but sometimes, you know, I like to do it because, you know, there's people that, you know, may not have, like, good, like, audio and stuff and whatnot. It could be hard to hear sometimes. So sometimes I like doing, like, the text to speak to kind of, like, just bring attention and kind of just bring more to life because, a lot of people, you know, our attention spans are like very, very small now.

So if you're not capturing your audience within like the first like three to five seconds into your video, then they're going to immediately scroll. Exactly. Especially with how like you said, our attention spans are fried now. Like if you don't get something, it's called a hook. Like if you don't have a good hook, people are just going to because I mean how easy it is to scroll like this. It takes no time at all. So if you don't give anything of value, they're swiping that real quick. I do want to ask you. And it varies between a lot of creators.

How do you value success? As success as in like success in the video or success in, you know, getting a brand deal done. How do you measure it specifically? Honestly, for me, I define success is whether or not it brings value to the audience, whether or not it is really. Like, I create content to be relatable because at the end of the day, I'm just the average person. Just, you know, that's just very passionate in the things that I love to showcase to the world. But yeah, I feel like, you know, you know, getting the brand deals and, you know, getting, you know, recognition from brands themselves, whether it's just like a simple like or repost or everything. That's just that's just the bonus of everything.

But as long, you know, as it connects with my audience and it's relatable and I'm able to kind of like just give back, that's all that really matters to me. Exactly. I mean, it's just how it's supposed to be. Like, I understand, you know, you have to, you have to make a paycheck at the end of day. So that's a totally thing. But if there's a way to do it so that it aligns with, if your audience will be interested, like if you're a gaming, you know, like a gaming page. And then, uh, you bring in, I don't know, this protein powder or something like that.

Like, you, you may not like, like, it may interest. but like the tense of it will probably not connect very well but if you do if you're a gaming profile and you work with a gaming company like us well there there you go it's really easy to make that decision it is hard to like understand that there's like different ways and you know obviously you have to make a paycheck and everything like that but if there's a chance to guys really try to align with it because then your audience will then trust you more as you go on and making more uGC and everything like that to understand like yeah your audience will definitely know if you're having a good time.

Exactly. Like they just like they just know. And okay. And then, you know, we talked a little about this. And now because of UGC and everything like that, you are able to, you know, become a full-time streamer and everything like that. So I do want to dive into it because that is everyone's dream, right? Like, oh, I want to be a streamer.

But, you know, some streaming is just like the tip of the iceberg. You have to do a bunch of other stuff to make sure that you can, you know, maintain yourself and pay the bills. Uh, so you do all this work behind the scenes and now you could be a full time streamer. So let's take a deep dive into that. So first of all, how scary was it in, was it October last year? Like for you to go, I think I'm going to give this a full try. It was like, I had to think about a lot of things.

Like, it was definitely not an easy decision for me, but I really had to think to myself, like, what was going to be best for me? Because I noticed that, you know, time went on. You know, I was feeling depressed. There was a time to where I had mental breakdowns at work because I was so overworked. And, you know, by the time I was able to be. able to get, you know, to have time for myself, it would probably maybe be like one, two hours at the most. And I couldn't, you know, I worked like a full eight-hour job at home. Like, don't get me

wrong. I loved working from home. And I also incorporate the gym because fitness means a lot to me, too. So I wanted to make sure that I, you know, fit that into my schedule. And since I, have to commute to do everything. It definitely eats up a lot of my time. And by the time I would get home, it would be like maybe seven, eight o'clock. It would be dinner time. And I would probably maybe only have like an hour or two to like game. And then I would pass out and do it all over again like five days a week. And like, even though like the stability was there to be able to do what I could do now, like I was starting, you know, to feel more burnt out, more exhausted of just the same room team over and over again. And that was definitely something that I had to think about. But now I have more

time wealth. I always like to think of time wealth is more important than money wealth because money can be replaced, but the time that you have to do everything, you can't replace that. And it's been like five months now since I've took this leap of faith because this was always something that I wanted to do. I always wanted to become, you know, my own boss. I always wanted to do, you know, be an entrepreneur and everything else and just, you know, do something. for myself and not have to put my dreams on a back burner for so long. Like, I felt like, I kind of felt like that for like the longest time when I had to, you know, give up my singing career and my modeling career and everything.

I've always, it's like, it's like pay before play. So I had to think about, you know, college and I had to think about work and everything else. But now that I'm old enough to kind of just, you know, make my mind. own decisions and to, you know, I've been seeing a lot of success in UGC and, you know, content creation and actually making, you know, some sort of income, whether it's consistent or not, because, you know, it's scary sometimes when you're not hitting your numbers, you know, on certain months. And that's scary. But I have a community that fully supports me like 100% in what I do. And that's the most important thing.

but yeah it was definitely a very scary moment like the first like probably the first like two months because I've had other things happen outside of streaming that I don't really want to discuss but it kind of just hit me pretty hard on a lot of things that I had to like you know just take a step back but it also made me realize that I now have this time now to kind of focus on other things. especially that I couldn't do for like a long time. That was awesome. I mean, I think you hit the nail on the head.

I think people, this generation is all about, oh, 100% grind set, right? Like wake up eggs are grinding, but like not having the ability to like play a game and relax and not have to be going to be.

going 24-7. I don't think people realize that now. Like, I know a lot of people that, you know, I graduated from college that are, you know, they're working in finance and all they're doing is working like 100-hour work weeks. And, you know, they love, they're like, oh, my God, I'm making so much money. But, like, you guys are also, like, I can see in your eyes, like, you're tired. You're exhausted. And I really do think that people here, as much as it's, you know, you have that like, oh, I can do this.

I can handle it. Take some time for yourself and be able to do that. And I guess we could kind of talk a little about that. So, you know, you had your, you know, challenges, like physical mental challenges when working into corporate world and not having time to yourself. What physical mental challenges do you get now as a full-time streamer? Um, I did mention a little bit about this on a TikTok video, um, imposter syndrome. Um, that is definitely something that I feel like every creator goes through.

Um, and it's like kind of feeling that never really goes away. Like there could be a time to where you feel like you're on top of the world. Like your content is like doing everything. Like your streams are going great. and you know, you feel like, you know, like everything is just falling into place. But then the next month, it could be like the worst month ever. Like you kind of question yourself like everything and everything is going wrong. And that's something that I'm going through currently because like my streams have been crashing like every single week.

And it's just like, okay, I'm trying out everything. But what's going wrong? And, you know, it's, you know, I'm not reaching the audience that I used to. I'm like, is it my content? Like, again, you think about so many other things. And then I kind of have to realize and I think we kind of have to realize that we are in our own journey. And we're always going to have to go through, you know, just little bumps on the road. But just know that the feelings that, you know, we are going through are temporary, we just kind of have to like talk ourselves out of it. Yeah.

I think people realize that they think like it's a straight line up, right? Like if I'm going to do it, it's just going to keep going up. But really it's like this. It's ups and downs, but slowly but surely going up in the end. But like you said, you'll get that. And also a big thing about doing this, like, you know, you're like, we'll get through it is like burnout. I feel like is a huge thing

with like not seeing the progress that you want, everything like that. So how do you deal with that imposter syndrome and that burnout? Like how, what is that mental thing of like, I need to get through this? Again, it's just more about how we see success and just know that we are in our own journey.

Like everyone is going to start somewhere. Like if I were to have started like streaming today. Like, I probably would have more knowledge now than what I did, like, five years ago. You know, it's, I think it's just all about, you know, kind of just like, just know that we're kind in our own path. Like, don't be afraid to ask for help to either, because, you know, there's probably someone else out there that's probably listening right now. It's like, okay, I'm resonating with Kat. Like, I'm feeling like, like, like, these similar. things now.

So in a way that like it's relatable in a sense but probably the way that I get out of it is just like it, this is only temporary. We're all going to go through kind of just like these feelings and just know that these feelings are valid but like never put in your mindset

that it's never going to get better because it will get better. You just kind of have to work on yourself. There's a lot. You have to have a thick, skin, especially in this industry, but you also have to have like the mental, like the positivity outlook, you know, the half full versus the half empty, you know, type of style. So do you have advice for anyone like you talked about is like, you know, if they want to start streaming today,

they have a little computer, you know, they got a little laptop like you had back then and they want to start streaming. What is your like couple pieces? of vice to like hey this is how you start should get started is what you should get how you should do things um i would i always say quality over quantity because it's just you know there's so many different brands and there's so many different equipment out there everything from budget friendly to high end and sometimes it can be a little bit like intimidating because you know it could be like hey like this is a really good brand but will it perform the way that it does. So definitely invest what you can afford because you can grow over time

and you should be growing over time. So definitely like invest in what you can for now because you don't have to start with everything. Like if you don't have a webcam, you don't like you don't have to start with a webcam. Like if you have a microphone and you have like your gameplay set ready to go. Like you can just be a faceless streamer from time to time. And if you feel comfortable about putting your face out there, grab yourself a webcam, like most cameras now are just plug and play and you're just ready to go. So accessibility to equipment that you can have that fits into your budget is always a plus. And then again, you know, diversify your platforms. That is important, actually like give your audience ahead of time and be like, hey, so I'm thinking about getting into

streaming and be like, these are the types of games that I'm going to play, what time, like, definitely give your audience a heads up because if you're just going to spew out days, like, oh, I'm just going to stream on this day, this day, this day, but next week I'm going to stream on this day and this day at this time. Like, people are not going to follow like or how are people going to expect to keep returning to you if you just kind of just go in random war. So having consistency is so important, whether it's through streaming, whether it's through your socials, like having consistency. I always say, I always say the saying, like say what you mean and mean what you say.

That's definitely something. Like, if you're not going to like mean what you're going to like do, then how are are people going to relate to you and how are people going to follow you? Like, if you're a DJ, but you don't post content about you being a DJ, how are people supposed to resonate with that? So especially in those, like in your bios, be like, I'm a full-time, like, I'm a full-time streamer or something like that, or just mention you're a streamer. It's kind of just give your audience a heads up, like, I'm live on these days.

Like, you don't have to have everything figure out, but as time goes on and as you grow, you're just going to know. It's all about trial and error. Do you have? Don't be afraid to kind of like, you know, seek opportunities there. Yeah. I was curious. I know you said, like, depending on what your budget is and everything like that, do you

have like a piece of like gear or software that if like the first thing you should improve on? Like, you know, like the first thing that if you. want to like improve your setup and everything what is would be like the first thing that you would recommend um well i mean obviously a mic for sure um obviously like again if you don't have a webcam like how are people going to you know know know who you are if you don't like necessarily talk like i know that there's you know people on youtube that do just like full playthroughs of a game and just only show the gameplay. Like, you can see that all throughout,

but you're in a streaming space. You're supposed to connect with your audience. You can't just, like, stop what you're doing and just type in the chat and then just continue on. That's way too much work for you. So I would say definitely invest in a mic first. So that way you're able to connect with your audience, like, you know, in real time

without having to physically stop what you're doing. and then the rest can kind of follow through. So if you feel comfortable with putting yourself out there with a webcam, invest in a webcam, again, like take it from someone that, you know, streamed on a MacBook for like the first nine, 10 months before I finally had enough money to get my own PC and ZXT. I got like a whole like pre-built and everything. But again, it's what you can invest in what you can afford. So you don't have to have the most high tech quality to get started.

Like, you don't even have to wait. So if you have what you need, like, just go ahead and start. And like, the only way to really do, like, whether or not if something goes wrong, like, say, like, if your audio goes wrong or, like, your mic cuts off or something like that, It gives you kind of like that wiggle room opportunity to be like, hey, I can fix these things for like the next stream to come on. So again, like this is a space where you can learn and grow and don't be afraid to ask people and be like, hey, I love your headset. What do you like, what do you use? I do want to talk a little bit about your groups that you're a part of.

I think a lot of people don't like think when they're streaming like you're all alone. This is all you, right? Like, you're in this, you will get yourself out of this and everything like that. But you are a part of a lot of groups. You're a part of Blue Mix, a glow, which is the Gaming League of Women, Thousand Dreams Fun, Not Management, Meld Studio. First of all, I want to give you a chance to shout them out if you want to shout out anyone in particular. But what is, like, so important about joining these, like, groups and creative groups and stuff? Well, I have the casual kingdom, of course.

So it gives my audience a safe space to connect with me, you know, in and out of streams. Because not everybody, you know, may not have like all the socials that I'm a part of. So I know Discord is such a, you know, just a big, like universal server where everyone can have, you know, access to. So community means everything. And it definitely, it definitely like helps uplift you and definitely in times where you feel like not yourself. And, you know, like special shout out to, you know, Blumick Studio. I do, you know, social media managing. So I help out with all the scheduling to shout out all the creators that, you know, are streaming that day and everything.

And there's like so many like different groups like you mentioned before like Blue Makes, glow gaming league of women, you know, the 1000 Dreams Fund, which is I'm also a dream team ambassador for which gives, you know, women a safe space for them to have all the necessary tools to become successful in, you know, in e-sports and gaming and content creation. And we do like so many different things like marketing outreach. You know, we do, you know, charity streams all throughout on Twitch and everything. We've raised over, you know, over $60,000 last year to the Twitch Women's Guild. So we do a lot of charity streams.

We definitely do a lot of events. And there's a lot of opportunities for networking. Networking is a very important thing. when it comes to these spaces like this. And again, there's like, you know, Meld Studio. Meld Studio is another, you know, amazing, you know, kind of brand streaming software that I use to be able to connect with you guys like almost every single day.

And, you know, their community and their management team has been such an, like, an amazing. honor and has helped me out through so much. And like honestly like getting into communities not only gives you like connections and networking and stuff and everything else, but it's also led me to you guys with NZXT. Again, if you're not putting yourself out there and you're not shooting your, you know, your shot.

Like I didn't like when I saw about the virtual feedback, was literally through Twitter. That's how I found. That's how I found you guys. And as someone who has been a long time user with NCXT for four years with their pre-pc's, I thought, you know, that was the perfect opportunity to collaborate with a brand that I have resonated with for a long time. And it's brought me here.

So I mean, I will say, like, definitely community is everything and definitely putting yourself out there. is like the best thing possible. I mean, because you never know. You hit the nail on the head, everyone. Like, listen to this. It's Zilla in the chat said like,

this is a MFing masterclass. And it really is. It really is. Like, Kat, you've gone down into like, you know, the hardships of becoming a full-time streamer content creator. But like, there are so much that people aren't utilizing to make it in this industry and you can make it you just got to put the work in and you you guys can

so please like listen to this you're not going to get hand me outs you're going to work for it and cat has shown like you put yourself out there things can happen we we i i literally had her on the virtual feedback no intention of anything and then we're like oh let's work together and now look at her she's on the podcast like that is awesome like the things that lead into just one little thing it snowball into another it's amazing guys yeah and i feel like my whole like almost my whole entire setup has been paid off from like free stuff because you work your butt off like you can literally make your own dream pc setup just by you know with me being as a creator like You know, if there's an opportunity that is aligning with you, like, if it's knocking on your door, open it.

Just open it because you never know what's going to appear on the other side. I love that. Seriously, masterclass in getting into content, everyone. Seriously, this is like a TED talk, basically. So do, if you guys do a fracture to what Kat did, you guys will see some improvements. So now it's time for my favorite segment is the rapid fire because I love asking the weird, weird questions. It's just a fun way of showing your little personality to the audience. So first, we'll ease into it.

Then I got the weird ones at the end. Luckily, you've done a lot of pageantry stuff. So you're kind of used to the weird question. So first of all, what games are you playing as of right now? that people can see on your Twitch. Pokemon. I mean, obviously they celebrate, you know, 30 years. So I'm planning on streaming Pokemon Pocopia.

I'm doing a leaf green playthrough. I showcase a lot of indie games. So like games that, you know, are coming out in, you know, this year. I play a lot of like cozy games. I am one of those like cozy streamers. But I do a lot of casual playthrough. So that's what kind of. kind of you know makes it different but right now

Pokemon's number one have you seen the ratings on Pocetopia Pocatepok I can't even say the name but have you seen the ratings on it they're saying it's like one of the best Pokemon games they've released almost close to ever it literally was the highest rated Pokemon game of all time so I'm excited sadly I don't have a switch to so I'll have to buy a switch to yeah but I will do it some someday yeah but thank you Thanks to the 1000 Dreams Fund, I got a grant last year for the broadcast her. There was like an extensive kind of application to apply.

Literally, again, shoot your shot. It was my first time applying for that grant. And I was one of the three winners to get it last year. So I was able to use like what's really great is that you're able to use the funds for different things like upgrading your hardware or software, even going to conventions like TwitchCon or Dreamhack, like the possibilities are definitely, you know, endless over there. And again, the 1000 Dreams Fund has a lot of different opportunities. Like there are some creators that now work with Riot Games, like literally just doing like, you know, going into, you know, a convention and now they're working with Riot Games for a full time.

So, and definitely there's a lot of, you know, we do a lot of charity streams, you know, throughout to help support the 1000 Dreams Funk because it's a nonprofit organization. So definitely check it out. Definitely shoot them out. We definitely have a lot of stuff coming up for especially this year. We have like the Fellowship Academy to where they could win an all paid expenses trip. And it's it's it's really awesome because they've done a law for me last year going into this year and actually, you know, working with them, you know, as an ambassador. But yeah, definitely, you know, check out their site, see what they have to offer. And it's not just for, you know, like women like myself, like they have programs for, you know, women in college and women in school. So to help with like schooling and funds for schooling. So there's a lot that goes behind the scenes. That is awesome. See, I posted a link in the chat if anyone was interested.

Seriously, I saw on the top of the thing, it was like one hour of your time, one out of your time can change your entire life. And I'm like, it's true. It really is like you just put in a little bit of work and your whole life can change. So that's awesome. I gave a link into chat. Or if you're listening on a podcast, it is 1,000, like, 1,000,000 dreamsfun.org. If you guys want to take a look at that, if you are listening on SoundCloud. What is one game you wish you could replay for the first time ever?

But you wipe your memory and play it again. Oh. God, that's so hard. Because I mentioned it earlier, but I don't want to say the same thing. I would say I mean the Kingdom Heart series. Obviously one of my all-time favorite video game series of all time. I feel like I stream it like every year. So like it feels kind of new to be, especially if I'm doing like a different like mode,

especially like on Proud mode or something like that. So I would say the Kingdom Heart series or the Legend of Dragon. Like, that would be another one. Sparta 71 in the chat asked, my biggest question is, what is the balance of streaming and gaming off stream for fun? Ooh, that is a good question. Definitely, there's a lot of, you know, work-life balance between everything.

But I think it's very important to, again, take care of yourself and everything. But like now that I work, you know, do this on a, you know, on a daily, I have more time for myself. But for anybody, you know, before that, you know, works full time and has other priorities and stuff like that, I would say that like streaming is only like a small fraction of what I do. Um, but content creation is like probably the, the biggest thing because I'm only streaming for like a couple hours a day, you know, each week. So like, um, so I would, but obviously, you know,

definitely give yourself like, if you're starting, like, don't do all those crazy like eight hour streams and everything, because that's not going to help you grow. Um, definitely give yourself, like, Like, ask yourself, is there like a window? Is there like maybe one to two hours out of your day that you could really, you know, focus on streaming or just give yourself. Sometimes I like to, I sometimes have to manually give myself like an hour or two just for myself just to give myself a break because it's a lot. It's a lot.

Not many people like fully understand like, oh, it can be fun. But it's a lot of work, especially. if you're doing this consistently and you're doing this on a full-time thing. So kind of just like know what you're getting into. You kind of have to figure it out yourself because it's going to be different for everybody. I think it's a standard idea of like if you have a hobby and you do the hobby, you're doing it temporarily. But when your hobby becomes like a job is a very different breed. So understanding the difference between like, hey, I need to do this for work versus like, hey, I'm just going to.

to enjoy some gaming on my off time. I think it depends on the person and like, you are catering your audience to. Like if you're a League of Legend streamer, your audience probably just wants to see League of Legends. So it's tough to play like Pokemon and then to go, oh yeah, I don't, I want to see this. Right. So it's, I think it's it's tough. Because at the end of the day, we're all human.

You know, life happens. So you kind of have to prioritize you and what's going to work best for you. So that's the balance between everything between like streaming and then just. you know, just having fun and everything else in between. I got some Pokemon questions here, which is very fun. Since I see some Pokemon plushies behind you, you talked a little bit about Pokemon. So what is your favorite Pokemon of all time? Dragon Air. Ooh, Dragon Air, not Dragon Night? No. Oh, okay. What's your favorite Pokemon game of all time?

All time would be Pokemon Yellow, because that was the very first game, a Pokemon game that I got into. Who is? And I still have it. I still have the cartridge with the gay boy color. That thing's probably really that. You can sell that for a lot of money.

Are you to keep it? It's still a good condition. It's still a good condition. So I tried to take care of my stuff. Who do you think is the best Pokemon starter trio? God. Oh, that is rough. Yeah, because there's so good trios out there,

but like you got to say the best one. I was, oh. I would say Gen 2. Oh, you're a Gen 2. Yeah, Totadile, Chikorita,

and, um, wow. Gen 2. Wow. I, because most people, uh,

for dare say, Gen 3, you know, they got a mud kip and stuff like that. I'm a Gen 4, so I, I was a Pokemon Diamond Pearl guy. So like,

yeah, everything I did was Gen 4, but I, I love the, I love that. I, I actually don't hear a lot of people saying too, so I love that. If you could own one Pokemon in real life, who would it be?

Oh, one of Pokemon, I would love him full. Ooh, Clipperie. Oh, that's a good one. I love Clipberry. That's a good one. Oh, that's a good one. I like that, too. What is, oh, you talked about working out, what is your favorite exercise to do?

Oh, I love me a good leg day. So like anything from Bulgarian split squats, like I know that is a pain, but it definitely, you feel the burn. So anything with like Bulgarian split squats, hip thrust. I also like pendulum squats. Oh, that's fun. And I also like just kind of like just like extension. like curls um but yeah i would say uh any any like lower day is like exercise is perfect for me what is the most common question in your dms that you just want to answer now oh god so you

never have to if you never have to like hear it again like you're just like i'm done this is it oh god it doesn't be dms too it could be comments or anything like that too Oh, God. Oh, yeah. I always get comments on my glasses a lot. Because they're always like, oh, I was like, where'd you get your glasses? Like, your glasses like, like, every time it's like a video about something, it's like, they're like, okay, but where'd you get your glasses? I'm like, you don't care about anything else.

No, I'm just kidding. But I get comments about my glasses a lot because, like, they're rainbow. and they're usually on like my little like P&G tubers and stuff and whatnot. So these particular glasses I got from Fermu. It's F-R-M-O-O. They have a lot of different frames and a lot of different shades. I'm actually a partner now with another optical group called Zeni, Z-E-N-N-I. They have so many different afford.

portable shades, lenses, if you do prescription, which I literally use too. They got you, sunglasses, if you did like the blue light, like, you know, lenses, they got you too. So it's usually about my glasses, mostly. What's one dream collab you hope happens? One dream Nintendo. I mean, I mean, I grew up with it as a. child. So like everything from like the Game Boy like um and I got to collab with a

Pokemon literally uh during Pokemon day. So I already like achieved that. They gave me like Pokego to kind of, uh, to use for the TCG. So I was like, oh, okay. Um, and obviously you guys, like you guys, you know, have, you know, been like my long time dream. Like, what are the odds of like actually, you know, getting to talk with a brand that you use, like, every single day. And it's been, like, years. But I feel like Nintendo would be, like, number one for me. Ooh. What is your favorite karaoke songs?

I know you're a streamer. Or, sorry, singer. Oh, karaoke. Well, I love K-pop. So I listen to a lot of K-pop. Who's your, who's your Stan? Oh god, right now it is XG So

But I also love Black Pink Like Black Pink is just a classic So I mean if I had to choose a song Like or at least like a group Like anything with like Black Pink Ooh What is something you're proud of but you never really have an excuse to talk about Um

Can you repeat that? What's something that you're proud of, but you don't have an excuse to talk about? Oh, that I'm proud of? That I don't have an excuse to talk about. Oh, God. I don't know, to be honest with you. That's totally fine. If you already have, you know, talked about most of the stuff, that's pretty dope.

That's awesome. I know there's like some things that people like to nerd out on. They're like, oh, I have this hobby that does this. But, I mean, that's great. That's honestly better that you're like, yeah, no, I've talked about everything I talk about. That's good. Right. Ooh, do you have a conspiracy theory that you believe in, that you truly believe in?

Not really, to be honest with you. Trying to think of what actually, I don't even know what conspiracy. I believe in aliens, I guess. I think aliens have landed on Earth or weird aliens. I believe that. I'm not sure what else, fun stuff. I know ghosts are real. I definitely know that ghosts are real.

Ooh, yeah, that's a good one. Ooh, that's a good one. Every time there's like a certain lamp that will flicker in my living room. And sometimes when I'm like, I think it, I honestly feel like it's my grandmother on my mom's side. Because every time I would like ask like a specific question, it would like flicker like once for yes, too, for now. That way I kind of know like she's there. That's crazy. Sparta 71, Pigeons are government drums.

That's not conspiracy theory. That's just true. We all know that's just, that's just true. There, a quick little story when I was in college and we had a government shutdown during when I was in college. We used to have pigeon noises, like pigeons and birds all the time. During the government shutdown, there were zero birds on campus. Zero.

Nothing. So I went, I know it's a joke, but is it a joke that like the two days that we had discovered shutdown, there are zero birds across this big. campus, I was like, this is weird. This is a very weird day. And then government came, Gereen was like, oh, yeah, we're refunded it. We're back in.

Birds are back. I'm, that was like the time where I'm like, dude, I don't know how to feel about this. Yeah. Actually, I have a phobia of birds. I do not like birds, period. That is understandable. They could be a little weird. I can understand that.

Especially pigeons. Especially pigeons. If you had to eat and drink everything, either hot or cold, which one are you choosing? So it's either got to eat cold food and drink cold beverages or eat hot food and drink hot beverages only. I would choose hot any day. I think I would too.

Hot any day. I think I could deal with drinking hot stuff, but I can't deal with eating cold stuff. Yeah. I think that'll get to me after a while. Yeah. That would be like you asking me to like give. up rice and stuff like i cannot give up my rice or my filipino food oh what is your favorite filipino food oh ponza bihong oh oh okay all right uh my fiancee is part filipino and one of my best

friends from back home god i knew him before i could even remember it was filippino and oh my gosh i would have everything uh chicken feet mbia oh my gosh it was so cool I thought I ate more Filipino food than Korean food at a certain point. And I'm Korean. So I'm just like, ooh. Would you rather have to high-five everyone you see or hug everyone you see? I'm a hugger. So, I mean, I would have to choose hug.

There you go. There you go. I think I would high-five because I, they're just like, I feel like very weird for me, just hug-red people. I think I would just high-fif. But, yeah, yeah, yeah, I find her like, this guy's weird. I mean, unless if you ask first, I mean. That's true That is true

How much sawdust Can you put in a rice Krispy treat Before people start to notice What Well how much Let's still live it Random questions

Of like like sawdice I'm like Yeah no I have some weird ones What saw dust on a rice crispy treat Oh because they Oh Okay Mm-hmm

Mm-hmm I don't know Maybe like a thin layer Like, I don't know how, like, thin. Like, I can kind of... Like a little sugar frosting, basically. Yeah, like a sugar frosting. I like that.

I think... Or may, like, a powder sugar dusting. I was thinking the same thing. I saw that question. I was laughing so hard, because I'm just like, what if we did that to someone here at the office? That would be funny. Voluntarily, not like...

Like, we have to sit down and be like, hey, would you be interested to doing this as a... For a bit? they'd be like, sure, and they would just see how long until they notice it, I think that'd be fun. Yeah. And then I think we could do the standard one. If all animals were the same size, what animal would you want to keep in your house? All animals were the same size.

Yeah, so if you had like, if let's say all animals were like cat size, would you want like a rhino to size of a cat or would you want a cat? or would you want a cat size of rhino? Like, how would you want to do it? Ooh, I would want all of them to be, like, chinchilla size. NZCicilla, are you here? I like things a little bit compact, so. What would you want as the chinchilla size? I would want, like, a chinchilla size, like, elephant.

Ooh. Yeah, I love elephants. Ooh, I like that. I like that answer a lot. You know what? I'm changing mine to that. I like that a lot. Then it could be like a little like plush. Like it could be like a round body with like big ears and in a big toast. It could be like it's a little plush. I love that a lot. Oh, okay. Well, that's it on the rapid fire questions. I'm going to do a quick couple announcements and I'm going to hand it back over to you, Kat, for anything that you have to say.

So first of all, uh, seriously, guys. Thank you. for joining us today. The NCXT Intel Club that, you know, we have right here. It is popping right now. So special thanks to Intel for helping us, for helping us sponsor to Club and basically giving you guys a ton of free stuff, giving Kat tons of free stuff. We're giving you guys shirts, plushies,

and the biggest prize at all of real life. NCXT, like PC, like a free real PC that we don't like troll you guys. like free player one prime pc go to nzicc.com slash club sign up and participate in our community to earn poochie points uh and the more points you earn by doing quests the more entries you have into the giveaway so if you guys want to enter the giveaway and get as many entries as possible start asap and the more points you get now that better you'll be after you do exclamation point club if you're into chat or n6ccccco slash club. We have launched our brand new H2Flow case, which is a mini ITX case, really sick, along with a small form

factor PSU, the CA50 SFX. You guys should check it out at exclamation point H2 flow or exclamation point new stuff. If you guys are interested in getting a PC with the new H2 flow mini ITX case, we have two PCs available it is a Intel Core Ultra 9-285k H2Flow or an AMD RISN7 9800 X3D but both PCs come with 32

gigabytes at DDR5 RAM which you know how expensive and everything you like that is it's very rare to see that 2 terabytes of storage and 85080 you guys can look at that at Eskamation point H2 PC or just go to our website We kind of talked a little bit about it

But we met Kat through a virtual feedback event that I was hosting. It's basically at the end of March, you guys can meet with our CEO, Johnny, and like tons of under NCXT staff. And you guys can like give you like, give like honest feedback and opinions. Like Kat like basically told us everything about how her experience was when she first bought a PC and, you know, what she uses it now. you guys can literally roast us if you want during these sessions like we take all feedback very very very um what's it called we take it all very seriously uh we actually had a meeting like two or three days ago uh addressing a lot of the things oh yeah see i see tech you're in this chat right now um he was at the in person

one uh we literally take all the feedback and we are actively doing we literally had a meeting just like two or three days ago to go over all the feedback all of our people we're talking about. So it's like really dope. We are utilizing it. So if you guys wanted to do Eskommation Point feedback, you guys can fill out that Google form.

It's open to all regions because it's virtual so we can reach out to everyone. In person, you're only limited to those that can come to our California headquarters, but virtual, anyone in the world. And that is it for my announcement. of I'm going to hand it back to Kat. So first of all, what's next for you, Kat?

Like, do you have any fun projects or content you're working on? Um, so I mean, Casually Cat is just all over the place. So I mean, if you guys follow me on my socials that will give you like the best updates possible. Um, I do have a couple things coming up with the 1000 Dreams Fund. Um, going to be doing kind of like a little rage. trained to help, you know, raise funds for, you know, the 1000 Dreams Fund. So that will be details will be coming up very soon for that. Also with Glow, the Gaming League of Women,

I have an announcement of that really, really soon. I can't say just yet. But we are doing a lot of really cool events with that organization too. But other than that, you know, just stay up to date with just all things streaming. You know, again, my socials is usually the best way possible to kind of just, you know, see what I have coming up next. I just put in your Beacons link. So if anyone is interested, you guys probably I did it with the Glean giveaway, but please take a look at Katz socials.

By the way, good luck in August for your event. So is there anything that, you know, we could do to keep up with you for your preparation? for the event or anything like that. Any way what we can say, you know, good luck or anything? Yeah, I mean, we're going to have stuff like towards like the upcoming weeks prior to, you know, the pageant and stuff and everything. So, I mean, support is just, you know, just more than what I could ever ask for. So just that too.

Yeah, good luck. You got this. It's today's the year. Today's the year? This is the year. This is the year. Today's the year? I don't know.

Maybe today's the year. Maybe today is the year. Oh, gosh, I'm going crazy. For those that are here, we are giving away an intel hoodie shirt and mouse pad. That's the third thing. And we are basically, we're doing this glean giveaway as a way of saying thank you for those that are joining live. We have a secret code word that gives you a thousand bonus. entries into the giveaway.

That's our way of saying thank you for those that are joining us. Kat, what would you like the secret code word to beat? It can be anything you want. The secret word, the secret code is going to be, drum roll, please. Do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do dragon air. Ah, that's good. In honor of my favorite Pokemon. Heck yeah.

Let me make sure that it is updated. Okay, don't type it just yet. Don't type it just yet. Ooh, also, I need to, hold on, wait, I need to change up the time frame on this. Because, whoops, I accidentally let it. Okay, I'll do, there you go. Update competition. Hold on.

Hold on, let me update it now. Of course, now Gleem is taking forever to do it. Okay, the secret code word is Dragonair. No, no, today's the year will not beat a code word. No, stop. Sparta no no no hashtag today's the year I'm gonna make a post and be like thank you for the opportunity hashtag today's the year god am I gonna have to live with that quote okay it is dragonair not today's the year please don't don't don't don't make this a thing please I beg of you

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