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Hi, I'm Valkyrie and this is the Wired autocomplete interview.
0:05
I do have all my swords up on a wall, it looks awesome.
0:07
You know, if anyone breaks in, I could just grab one and just do a quick little shank.
0:15
Thank you.
0:15
Where does Valkyrie stream?
0:24
So nine years ago, when I first started streaming, I streamed on Twitch.
0:24
Four years later, I actually got signed to stream on YouTube.
0:26
This is actually my third year resigning on YouTube, so I've been streaming on YouTube for the past five years and it has been quite the journey, let me tell you.
0:33
When did Valkyrie blow up?
0:33
I'm so good.
0:33
I did not blow up.
0:33
I was streaming on Twitch for about three years when I started playing this game called Fortnite and that was on I my first rise like I guess blow up in viewership.
0:33
That was like the first part and that's when I got found by my agency, that's when I started, like I moved to LA, that's when uh 100 Thieves picked me up, uh the Esports company that I co-own now.
0:33
Gosh, and then the pandemic happened and then there's this game called Among Us where you play with like 10 other people.
0:33
It's like a Mafia type game where you try to find the imposters.
0:33
That is the game where I absolutely blew up like crazy and I think it's 'cause everyone was at home, you know, like a lot of people that normally be like work or school or uh wouldn't really be on the internet knew like of this game.
1:21
It was really cool that I was able to entertain a lot of people during that time, but I'm glad that life is getting a little bit back to normal.
1:26
Where does Valkyrie get her swords?
1:30
I'm not expecting these every time I pull them off like, 'Whoa, that's interesting.'
1:36
I do have swords.
1:36
I actually have a sword collection.
1:36
Admittedly, I don't actively go out and find swords as much as I used to.
1:36
I've gotten a lot of my swords from online, from custom makers.
1:36
I've made one myself out of blacksmith, which was really cool.
1:36
A lot of them have been gifts because people know I like swords and stuff, so I've had been gifted over time, you know.
1:55
Now that we're talking about it, I kind of want to go look for swords again and just add more to the collection.
1:59
Why did Valkyrie stop playing GTA?
2:03
For context, I think people are asking about Grand Theft Auto 5 roleplay, which I started a few years ago and then I my character, I have a character on there named Raymond and it's where you roleplay this whole life in GTA.
2:18
It's all modded, it's all cool, it's a bunch of improv.
2:20
I quit playing back then because a lot of viewers got insanely parasocial and there's a lot of criticism when it is like your character, how you interact with other people.
2:32
There's a lot of chat hoppers and I couldn't handle it back then.
2:34
And a couple years later, to probably about this last December, I decided to give it a shot again and now I have a different mentality with it.
2:42
I pretty much tell my viewers, treat it as a reality TV show, okay?
2:46
The streamer does not equal the character, all right?
2:48
So when you play a villain or your character makes mistakes, just view it as entertainment, okay?
2:52
Not that the streamer is a horrible person or whatever.
2:57
All right?
2:57
Woo, yay!
3:04
What's Valkyrie's real name?
3:04
My real name is Rachel Hofstetter and it's a kind of a funny story.
3:01
My name's already doxed anyways, but my real name, Rachel, actually has two L's, so it's R-A-H-E-L-L, and I didn't find out until I was in sixth grade.
3:16
I saw my birth certificate that I was uh spelling my name wrong all these years, so I asked my mom, was like, 'What's this extra L doing there?'
3:16
She was like, 'Oh, the nurse misspelled me.'
3:16
That's crazy.
3:16
What car does Valkyrie have?
3:16
It's like a scratch and sniff.
3:16
I have a Lamborghini Urus.
3:16
I spoiled myself.
3:16
I love it so much, though.
3:16
Very fancy, but love it.
3:16
What rank is Valkyrie in Valorant?
3:16
I peaked at plat, but uh I'm hard stuck gold right now.
3:16
I'm working on it.
3:16
It's about right in the middle, there's a bunch of ranks.
3:16
Um, I'm so perfectly average at this game, but I think that's why people like to watch me is 'cause there's really good moments and then there's really good fails.
3:16
What is Valkyrie's settings in Fortnite?
4:07
Since I do prioritize content over being the best, most, I know that a lot of pro players in Fortnite have like really low settings so they can see everything, it doesn't lag at all.
4:23
But my settings in Fortnite are maxed out 'cause I want it to be beautiful.
4:29
Um, I just prioritize the viewing experience better than the gameplay.
4:29
What is Valkyrie's gaming setup?
4:29
I have two monitors, I have a custom built PC.
4:29
I still have tech issues all the time, but luckily I I have uh people around me that can help with that.
4:29
I mean, I've got like the headset, microphone, I've got like my gaming chair, a gaming space, camera, lighting, really good lighting, really want to get like good quality for a streaming setup.
4:55
Woo, thank you so much.
4:58
Can Valkyrie...
4:58
Oh my gosh, what can I do?
4:58
I don't know, dance?
5:01
I feel like a lot of people actually don't know this about me, but I took dancing lessons for nine years as a kid.
5:11
I quit to play tennis that I ended up being a varsity captain for for two years in my high school and which I ultimately quit to do streaming.
5:11
So I cannot dance now.
5:11
Um, during the pandemic, I tried doing like the TikTok dances.
5:11
I deleted all of them 'cause I was super cringe.
5:11
I mean, I could dance, just not very well.
5:11
Is Valkyrie merch sold out?
5:11
Yeah, I am working on a new drop right now, so there will be more merch in the future, but normally when I have like a merch drop, it's like a it's a one-off kind of thing.
5:11
I don't have like a permanent store.
5:11
I would say the only permanent merch store I have right now is the 100 Thieves merch store, um but other than that, soon.
5:49
Does Valkyrie have a tattoo?
5:49
I do, I have two tattoos.
5:53
I regret them both.
5:53
I mean, I don't regret them, I I don't mind them, like I don't care enough to get them covered, but I definitely, you know, would prefer if it's not there, but I don't care that, you know, it's like there, it's whatever.
6:05
Anyways, anyways, um I have this one on my wrist, it's a Delta triangle that I wish was a bit smaller.
6:13
Got it a long time ago after I got cheated on in a relationship 'cause triangle is the strongest geometrical shape and also Delta stands for change, so I wanted to like remind myself like, you know, and see it and be like, 'Don't go back to your ex.'
6:24
Spoiler alert, I did go back to my ex, which was just insane, but I grew a lot from it.
6:28
I learned a lot from my past relationships and then I also have another tattoo on my side right here that says 'and Beyond'.
6:33
Um, my childhood best friend has two Infinity, we're both huge Disney fans when we were growing up and for our senior trip, we went to Disneyland just her and I.
6:41
I haven't seen her in like 10 years, but I'm sure if we ever saw each other again, it would just be like a lot of catching up and stuff.
6:48
It's distance, you know.
6:48
I don't really regret that, it's cute, you know, it's cute.
6:51
This one, it's like, whoa, but okay, anyways.
6:55
Valkyrie, what Among Us?
6:55
Among Us was a huge point in my streaming career, absolutely insane.
7:07
It was eight months playing that game every single day through the pandemic with a bunch of other streamer friends and it was mental warfare 'cause you know, like that game requires you to lie and deceive to your friends and stuff and when you're playing it every single day for like eight hours a day for eight months, it got a little mentally taxing.
7:07
I did cry after a few streams.
7:23
There was one stream where I peaked at 150,000 viewers playing this game, this silly game, so it felt like a fever dream.
7:32
Two years of my life gone, but I I'm happy we had Among Us to play during that time.
7:32
Valkyrie, carrots?
7:32
This is so insane.
7:32
Okay, why?
7:32
That's so crazy that people are Googling this, okay?
7:32
So um Valkyrie Carrots is because there is a clip of me a long time ago when I was a much newer and smaller streamer, I um I don't know, it it's just a clip of me getting some carrots and I I came back to the stream and I go, 'V here with some carrots, what up with them vegetables?'
7:52
And I don't know why my community loves it so much, okay?
8:10
Yeah, carrots.
8:10
I love carrots, glazed carrots, actually, mhm, really good.
8:18
Whoa, this one doesn't have really any spoilers, it's just Valkyrie Valkyrie.
8:18
What's the meaning of Valkyrie?
8:22
That's a good Google.
8:25
Okay, when I first started uh making like this gaming account a long time ago on Instagram, I had a username called Legend of Ray, super cringe to think about, uh because of Legend of Zelda, I realized I was like, I don't want people to call me Legend of Ray.
8:43
It's 'cause I wanted my nickname to be Ray, but my real name is Rachel, no one ever called me Ray growing up, but that's the nickname I wanted, so I was like, 'I can make this so people call me Ray.'
8:48
So I was like, 'I'll make a username that has Ray in it.'
8:55
And I started Googling a bunch of words that have like Ray in it and I saw the word Valkyrie, which is like the Nord mythology, angels and war and stuff.
8:52
I was like, 'Oh, that's really cool.'
9:02
Yeah, really cool, badass women, I don't know if I could say badass on this, but you know, I was like, 'Okay, instead of Valkyrie, I'll just add Ray to it, Valkyrae.'
9:12
And the rest is history, I'm really glad I changed my username back then.
9:12
Valkyrie, Elden Ring?
9:12
Before Fortnite, I played a ser the Dark Souls series, which I really loved and then I tried Elden when it came out 'cause it's kind of the same type of gameplay and I beat the first boss and then I quit.
9:12
That was two years ago.
9:12
I do have a death counter and so far I've got like four bosses down, only 70 deaths, so I'm doing a pretty good job.
9:12
Apparently I have to beat two bosses to play the DLC, so I I really have to catch up, so right when I get home from this, I'm probably going to go play Elden Ring.
9:12
Valkyrie, Fortnite?
9:12
I feel bad 'cause I feel like I have a community that just like loved watching my Fortnite gameplay.
9:12
It was also the first YouTube content I uploaded.
9:12
Also, I had like clips of me doing sniper trick shots on Instagram in Fortnite, so I think a lot of I built a lot of my community from Fortnite.
10:02
Fortnite isn't what it is was back then, like it's a bit different now, so I haven't played it in a really long time, but I'm open to trying it when new seasons come out.
10:22
Valkyrie, Le Sserafim?
10:14
Wow, yeah, I had a pretty crazy opportunity to meet up with Le Sserafim.
10:27
Um, and for those of you that don't know, it's a a very popular uh female K-pop group.
10:27
They're all so lovely, but they wanted to meet up and like film TikToks together and I don't really do TikToks, but I was like, 'I'll do it for you.'
10:27
And so we did like a whole dance together and I vlogged it and so the vlog's on my channel if you want to go see it, but yeah, it was very, very cool.
10:44
Last one on this board, Valkyrie, lipstick?
10:46
Oh my gosh, do you have my bag?
10:50
Thank you so much.
10:57
The brand is Ilia, I-L-I-A, and the shade is Wild Rose.
10:57
Look, it's that's the the left what's left of it.
11:00
That's what's left of it, you know, all since is here, all right?
11:06
My favorite, please don't buy it all.
11:10
Woo, all right.
11:10
When did Valkyrie, when did I what, join 100 Thieves?
11:24
Wow, I think it's been six years now.
11:24
I've been streaming for nine years.
11:24
I would say probably maybe five years ago and then a couple years later I became a co-owner and yeah, I'm still with them.
11:24
Time is flying.
11:24
Oh my gosh, Valkyrie, personality?
11:24
Ooh, what does that mean?
11:38
If we're talking about the personality test, um I can't I can't remember what the tests are called, but I used to be an ENFP, but then I retook it and now I'm an INF NFP.
11:48
I don't know what it means, I just remember that those are the letters.
11:53
I think ENFP is like more extroverted, but I have to like take a few days to like recover it and stuff, like I can definitely socialize if I need to, like I could do this, this is fun, like I like this, but I'm probably going to take like three days to recover.
12:11
Valkyrie, voice acting?
12:11
I have had a few voice acting opportunities.
12:11
I actually am doing some auditions for some more now for not just some shows, but for maybe some um video games as well, spoilers, we'll see, we'll see.
12:11
All right, Valkyrie, Streamer Awards 2024?
12:11
Oh gosh, I won uh a couple awards in my streaming career.
12:11
I I've won Gamer of the Year, I I've won Streamer of the Year.
12:11
It's always mindboggling when I win these kind of things because in my head, I view a lot of my peers as so much cooler and more entertaining.
12:11
It's very eye-opening to see like, 'Oh wow, I'm being honored in this way, this is freaking cool.'
12:11
People enjoy my content, it feels really good, especially now that it's coming up to 10 years in January, so it's been a long ride and now I'm feeling like an elder in the space.
12:11
I'm just, you know, how long have I been playing games for?
12:11
Valkyrie, my schedule?
12:11
Yeah, that's a good question.
12:11
As I mentioned earlier, I am signed to stream on YouTube, so I do stream regularly 'cause I have an hour requirement, but I'm always over those hours anyways because I enjoy what I do.
12:11
I love like playing games, I love entertaining people, I love streaming.
12:11
My schedule is always changing, but just know I will always be streaming whenever I play a game.
12:11
I mean, I've been playing games my entire life.
12:11
Uh, I foresee myself being an 80-year-old grandma, you know, checking out the Grand Theft Auto 15 and you know, streaming it for fun, so I'll be there.
13:47
Well, that's all of the boards, thank you so much for watching.
13:50
Until next time, bye.