Hey everyone!! I saw online that this V-Tuber concert was $300 but it was actually 300 Thai baht which is like $9 USD!! Sorry about that! should’ve researched a little better before speaking on it!

if this topic was for his main channel he probably wouldve gotten his own vtuber model. we were robbed

Never thought I'd see Kurtis and IronMouse in the same frame.

kurtis saying “damn that sounds like shit” to sarah’s remix killed me

Idk why but hearing Kurtis say "my wife" is so comforting. It's so wholesome how you can tell just how much he loves her :) Edit: how are there so many people pressed about the fact that I think it's nice that he loves his wife???

Be careful Kurtis - Colleen’s lawyers are now sending cease and desists! Apparently she didn’t upload her song to iTunes etc. lawyers are quick to speak on that allegation but not the grooming 😂x

Some context for people wondering if people actually spent $300 to see this concert: The concert wasn't $300. It's 300 in the Thai Bhat which is about $10 USD. The 300 Thai Bhat/$10 USD was the entry price to enter the event or convention and the mini concert was free. EDIT: Kurtis explained that he looked into it and saw the correct info. All's good!

It's not a video. The person is actually backstage wearing mocap gear so their movements are captured on the screen. That's how they can interact with the audience, and why it's not "animated well". Swell Entertainment made a video about her experience going to a Vtuber concert, and she even met one of them backstage after the show because they were a fan of hers.

As a part of the czech department of Kurtis town I would like to apologize for all the articles in czech news that won’t even give you credit for the renaissance of Goat story 🙁 you’re the real 🐐 Kurtis !!!!

I will say in the case of Ironmouse specifically, her immune deficiency disorder prevents her from attending these kinds of things in person

Vtuber?! I hardly know ‘er! But in all seriousness the actual concert was free, however the con they went to was 300…in Thai currency. Which in usd is $9. And yeah it was a lil silly but the people there went to enjoy it and they did! Loved the pod so far kurt! Keep it up 🤞 Edit: so many ppl have commented ab this by now lmao 💀 but if u can’t beat ‘em join em 😛

They didn’t pay 300$ they paid 300 Thai baht which is 9$ for the whole convention 😭😭 plz don’t spread misinformation

i don’t know that much about vtubers, but as a huge vocaloid fan, i totally get it! though the two aren’t similar (at all) in most aspects, i think they both provide a platform for people to share their stories and pursue their passions virtually, which can be especially helpful in a situation like ironmouse’s where it’s difficult to perform otherwise

I think Kurtis should invite ironmouse on the podcast!! I bet she would be glad to educate people on vtubers and talk about her situation if he’s willing to have her on. That would be a really interesting episode

i can only imagine the director saying “these are all natural breasts! i drew them myself!”

I haven't been to any vtuber live events, but I went to the Bungou Stray Dogs panel thing with Asagiri at anime expo, and we got to see the first episode of season 5. It's basically the same thing, we were watching it on a screen and everyone would scream when certain characters showed up or well, literally anything happened. But it was really really fun so I can understand why people would like vtubers doing it (even though it's different) since you get to be with a bunch of other fans and the experience is cool.

kurtis should totally do a video about / with vtubers because a lot of them seem like very cool and nice people who just want to use a virtual avatar online! and the cons with vtuber events especially help disabled people like ironmouse or people with bad anxiety to be able to “meet” their fans without physically being there. also seems very much safer for vtubers as well to not be there in person. the concert video is pretty odd and seems low budget but there have been other vtuber concerts / shows that have really high production value and look way nicer lol.

Something to note about ironmouse [ the first vtuber shown ] is that she has medical issues that limit her from leaving the house or doing a lot of activities which is why she got into vtubing !! This is why she can never physically be present at these events !!

Hmm, glad the pricing info was corrected at least. Still, the person behind the vtuber avatar wasn't sitting on his ass; he was behind the stage, actually singing with his model onscreen. I think it's okay to think the model movements are funny and awkward, just seems kinda mean spirited to imply that this guy didn't put in work for his performance. As for the comment about vtubing as potentially the future of live performance, I think that's not gonna happen anytime soon. Too much work for the rigging, tech set up, etc for broader venues. Is it really so hard to believe that live person performances and vtuber performances can coexist without nerfing each other?

Vtubers are just like regular streamers, the only difference being that they stream using animation, so they pretty much do everything that regular streamers do. I met Luxiem from Nijisanji EN at a comic con and they were very cool and sweet. Vtubing can be a little cringey to anyone who isn’t used to it, I think. And just like anyone else, sometimes Vtubers can be cringey individually. Similarly to Kpop, I think people make fun of it simply because they make their assumptions about it. It’s really not as different or weird as people think it is. As for why people like it so much, I think that just has to do with the mystery of it. We don’t know who these people really are, so there’s a level of curiosity about them. They’re animated, fantastical characters that, unlike fictional animated characters, can communicate with their fans and display individual creativity and talent all while remaining anonymous. Like, you’re not just looking at an animated image, you’re looking at something that someone put lots of time, energy, heart, and creativity into. Personally, as an individual with autism, I find content made from Vtubers more easy to digest than regular streamers. Tbh, if any of the Vtubers I’ve seen were to see this video, they would probably laugh along with Kurtis and probably agree with him lol

Dacapo's model is actually very high end and I would consider the animation as being very well done. The issue here is that vtuber models are simply not intended for performances like this, they focus on the facial expressions and head movements which is good for stuff like streaming. This is why corporate vtubers will have a 3d model for concerts where you can actually see arms and legs moving freely. But as you can imagine custom 3d models will cost a lot and it's a really big investment

no cuz i’m so glad u talked about goat story suddenly becoming popular cuz for some reason it kinda pissed me off lmaooo especially when people only know the memes and don’t even know what movie it’s from😭 like this was supposed to be an inside joke between the czech republic and kurtistown not the whole internet😒

something about seeing kurtis next to very anime vtubers is kinda giving me whiplash

Whenever Kurtis comes on my screen I start screaming and hold my pre-made sign.

Dacapo (the vtuber) actually sang the actual song at the con!! he covered it. that's probably why the fans we're hyped about him singing :) he has a very wonderful voice. and does amazing covers here on yt

Tománek says Goat Story “has no violence”!? There was a literal fake death/ hanging in the end 😩

Kurt about to get a cease and desist from Colleen’s pedo lawyer 🙊

Been to a vtuber concert like this one before, it’s actually insanely fun! Being in a room filled with ppl who enjoy the same thing is super fun and the amount of hype is rlly nice! Just think of vtubers as normal streamers who chose to keep there face anonymous, they’re not rlly that different (also think of algorythm project as an agency for vtubers pretty much) the way the vtuber model moves is actually rlly high quality for a 2D model, he must have payed a lot for it

Kurtis' impression of British people always gets me

For sensible vtuber fans it doesnt really matter what the vtuber looks like irl, we like their personality, their talent, and the way their model looks. Its a design that we enjoy looking at and thats it. Dacapo, the vtuber who did that concert has a model that has his eyes covered most of the time, but he still looks pretty and handsome when his eyes are showing, but from what I know thats rare, so fans get excited when he shows his eyes. I also think because his eyes are covered a lot its even harder to read his expressions through the model, so when he shows his eyes hes more expressive, which is also something fans would be excited about. The way the model moves isnt Dacapo's fault either. Vtubing is a lot more limiting than real life, theres a lot less things you can do, and if you Do want to do more, its extremely costly. Getting a 3D model thats able to track someone's entire body movements cost So Much Money, money that Dacapo doesnt have since he isnt *that* big. I understand how the concert looks silly and stuff but i dont know if its fair to poke fun at it when someone doesnt understand the way it fundementally works. (Also idk in Dacapo's case during the concert but a lot of the time when vtubers do panels they *can* actually see the audience thru a camera or by being there in person but in secret). Also everyone's already said it about the price so i wont touch on that, it was free to see thats it. I think even though i agree its okay to poke fun at things, the thing with Dacapo got way out of hand. People should just let others enjoy the things they enjoy (as long as it doesnt harm anyone) even if they dont get it, cos at the end of the day, the concert wasnt for you! It was for his fans, and they clearly enjoyed it so why make fun of that?

with vtuber concerts, Hololive does fully 3d, body tracked, holograph concerts. Like the hatsune miku ones, but real people

colleen making her “apology” 10 bucks on itunes is crazyy

I KNEW WE SHOULD HAVE GATE KEPT THIS OBSCURE CZECH GOAT MOVIE

While most people don’t think of watching a vtuber in a concert venue is any different from watching them on your phone at home, it makes a big difference to fans. Compare it to watching a movie in your living room as compared to a theater, or watching your favorite KZfaqr at home versus at a live show. Personally I’m not a fan of sports, so when my family gets tickets to sports games I have no interest in going because I just don’t share the interest, I think it’s like that.

42:09 as a vtuber, Kurtis joking about the movements of face tracking is HILARIOUS 🤣

Downloading this for a flight tomorrow! Thanks Kurt 😁

Love watching Kurt gatekeeping goat story

I love it when creators say link in the description so you go to the description and there's just an ASCII art of a minion showing his taint

As someone who has paid for an embarassing number of Thai live shows (for BL . . .), I am not even remotely shocked about VTubers being huge over there, or having cons/liveshows lmao. Do I think this is cringy? A bit. But no more so than the ones I pay for. It's just something people like to do with friends that share their same interests.

For people wondering why the movement looks goofy, its because its a flat image that someone has to warp to make it able to move. Some are way better at turning to show a 3/4ths or side profile but thats rare and costs a fortune. The best models like that cost 7,000 USD and up. Standard rig like what Dacapo has is still 1,000 USD (plus more for all the toggles like the hair adjustment and sad mouth). For a small time agency in Thailand, it's a good quality model and rig. But those are the limitations of trying to animate a flat image, it'll never look as good as real motion or a 3D model. It's a great medium for self expression and anonymity, don't write it off just because you don't understand it.

Hey, I don't know much about these Vtuber concerts, but anyone who doesn't know much about Vtubers just know that not all of them use avatars for the same reason. I started doing Vtubing because of a facial deformity that I have. It not only helps my confidence on screen but stops others from asking about it or just being rude. It's also just a fun way to be interactive with your audience as a persona without really having to worry about what people will think of you on camera. Plenty of Vtubers also use motion capture suits to move their avatars, so it was likely what these vtubers were doing at the concert. It probably wasn't them just sitting at home with a live feed or anything. Like I said, don't know anything about the concerts, but that's just a guess.

Vtuber concerts can vary in quality and scale, especially depending on the company, for example indie or s all company vtubers often put on smaller scale performances using just a 2d model, but bigger companies like hololive can put on large scale conventions with concerts. For really good vtuber concerts, I'd recommend watching either one of Hoshimachi Suisei's concerts Shout in Crisis or STELLAR into the Galaxy, or the performances at holofes, particularly Hakoz Baelz and Gawr Gura's performance of Sweet Appetite, or Takanashi Kiara's performance of Hinotori, her entire birthday concert too, that girl is one hell of a performer and amazing to watch.

Kurtis just casually writing the plot to the 3rd installment of Goat Story

The concert was $9 and it was free if you cosplay. Aside from that, I agree that getting excited over seeing a Vtuber's eyes is weird. Not bashing people that like vtubers but they can't expect people to not laugh or poke fun at it. Also be careful what vtuber you poke fun at. The same dude u mocked their movement; another vtuber did the same thing and the vtuber fans were calling him racial slurs for making fun of their oshi.

i literally just saw a tiktok about this, needed to watch a video talking abt it 🙏🏼

The Vtuber stuff... For me, the live stream Q&A is fine... What gets me is the concert. Like, you can just watch one of their karaoke live streams bc all the singers do that. ALSO PLEASE REMEMBER! The people behind the anime avatars are real people and it is live, not a recording. That's kind of why the screaming happens, right? A prefomer they like is preforming live, in person or not. People don't fuckin' scream when you see a Markiplier phone case or whatever, right...? Because the phone case isn't that persona and that persona isn't right in front of them. It's also the reason the "animation" is bad. Because it's not pre-animated. It's a face tacker. Some people value privacy and that's okay. Sitting behind a character is not cringe and sometimes it's even easier to entertain with a mask. Ngl, I'm disappointed in how closed minded people are when it comes to Vtubers. It's all the same... they just aren't showing their face. I'm not even a huge Vtuber fan and I totally fuckin' understand this. I have severe anxiety and pretending as a character sounds way more appealing than pretending with my own face.

I know Kurtis acknowledged he was incorrect about some of the vtuber stuff, but to answer some Qs he posed 1) Most likely the screaming and excitement had more to do with being there in a group, like when people cheer and clap in Marvel movies etc 2) The excitement about the 'reveal' stems frim the hype that vtubers put into debuts for models, or assets, or new outfits bc the art and rigging for them to be animated from motion capture is a very tedious process and costs lots of money and takes months 3) For one of the particular vtubers he showed IronMouse (the girl with pink hair) she has severe health issues so her being able to attend an 'in person' gathering with fans of hers like that is actually a huge deal bc she can't travel or anything. And she also happens to be a highly trained singer, so when she performs it is actually cool bc she is good for real--but for sure some people just like certain vtubers because it's a hot anime person you can kind of 'talk' to, but I like to think most 'big names' people just like because they're a cool person. I don't actually watch a lot of vtuber content, I'm a digital artist so I follow vtuber artists online mostly so feel free to add in comments if I got anything wrong or missed something

Vtubing is something thats more accessible for disabled people like ironmouse who gets to perform concerts and have her avatar dance on stage while she's bed bound. She gets to have income to be able to afford her treatment. Not everyone has the same abilities. And I think thats one of the things that makes vtubing so amazing.

hey Kurtis I wanna say thank you for making these podcasts. I've been suffering from insomnia and listening to your audio (Spotify) helps me get some much needed sleep. Thanks a lot! ❤ You've helped me so much

I'm so mad at how angelic his voice sounded when singing 🥺💖

So the vTuber concert seems like it was a live concert with the VA behind the screen. And it's not well animated bc the anime character is live tracking the performers movements. So it's not a video as much as a stream of their movements with them behind the screen.

the first 5 seconds after the intro are very UNHhhh-coded and I appreciate that

When Kurtis did that impression of the animation was terrifying accurate to a mannequin being thrown around

it’s so uncanny how the vtubers “dance” by just moving up and down and side to side like a computer mouse

I honestly don't understand the concerts either. I understand the Q&As and Meet & Greets, but the concerts i don't get. I'll be blatantly honest. I got into vtubing in summer of 2022. But they stream karaoke streams. So i don't know why you'd pay to see it IRL when you can just watch a stream or if someone posts a clip of it! 🤷🏾‍♀️

The aaaah sound effect is needed for the v tuber concert

A banger as always

for context iron mouse is chronically ill and is unabke to leave the house due to being imunno comprimised so being a Vtuber means she is able to see people withou the risk of getting ill. I know its weird but she is able to have some experiences she would otherwise not be able to have.

I Love these podcasts!

I think the vtuber concerts are a great way to build community. Like meeting other fans in person and make friends if you are a terminally online person . Also feeling part of the group if you have trouble socialising.

Kurtis being a vanderpump rules fan is so funny I love it

I don't know how to feel about this, but it made me proud that I, as a non-native speaker, knew the word 'buxom' while Kurtis didn't

i used to listen to this podcast when i was in highschool🥺 i’m in uni now and i rediscovered it and i still love it. such a full circle moment

H3 also got a cease and desist letter for saying that she uploaded the song and claimed it, so watch out Kurtis lmao

“there is not a speck of violence in goat story” hey, jan, doesn’t the movie end with what they think is the woman getting hanged?? 😭

hearing that kurtis is watching vanderpump rules is actually amazing

I was part of the kurtis overthrowing! very fun times with table gang❤️

i love being czech and a citizen of kurtistown

kc world is genuinely such a fun community. they are so hilarious ong.

As someone who WAS a VTuber, the vtuber idol culture is very strange to me lmao

As a 25 year old Vtuber, I can say things a pretty chill and it's not as weird and complicated as people make it out to be. As long as you stay in the right circles things can be pretty fun and cool! But some people take shit way too seriously and need to chill out, especially the "idol" side of things.

Kurtis has one of those voices where he'll sing for two seconds as a joke but it actually sounds legit good

not kurtis dissing sarah baskas toxic gossip train remix 🤣

i love kurtis sm

i understand the concert being funny lmao but v-tubers are cool and it's so cool that people who are immune compromised or just protective of their safety and identity can do things like singing for a crowd.

as a czech i am honored of this kurtistown-czech republic alliance.

Kurtis, Ironmouse is a big fan of yours. You should go on her talk show!

the fact that a vtuber did a live concert with his character on a projector, swinging left and right like a dead fish, did a reveal, and people are screaming? thats camp.

Kurtis, i just wanted to geniunely thank you for calling me a centipede like the true insect i am at heart.

kurtis watching vanderpump rules made my year

LOL “that sounds like shit” to the dubstep remix of toxic gossip train that Sarah Baska made

wearing my VRG shirt on VRG day…feels cosmic 💫🪐☄️

Things have been feeling especially dystopian recently...

V-tuber? I hardly know her

Pretty genius of you promoting your concert this way

Cant wait to see you in Person!!

i was in fact a new patreon member, kurtis knew what he was doing making that episode a bonus one

Not kurtis describing Pom pokko unintentionally during the balls segment

finding out Kurtis watches VPR made my year

how dare you talk about the Goat Story Renaissance and NOT USE THE GOAT STORY TRANSITION SOUND!?!?!?

Ooo i liked the remixed toxic gossip train 😭

the kurtis world is so cool!

my mitts are on this podcast

Me, watching the podcast and singing/saying every part of the intro song every time

I love ya Kurt dawg ✨

Highly recommend watching kurtis on 1.5x I love it

i’ve been into vanderpump rules since like 2017/2018 and DUDE IT IS SO GOD DAMN ADDICTINGGG

The song at the end is SUCH a banger hot damn

cheese man. vrg uploads so frequently . it feels like only a nanosecond ago , that the drew and kurtis collab was uploaded.

Kurtis posts always make my day