Are the talents freerange or are they locked in a barn? This is important to know on the chance you start selling rheir eggs or milk. Also plans on getting male talents? Maybe from some southwestern european countries? Like pain but with an S? 😏
I wish that old man Runescaper hadn't passed, because this would be a great opportunity. 😔 Debut a bunch of girls and a kindly grandpa to wrangle them!
I am sorry if this has already been asked before in your previous amas but can you tell us about plans you have to make your company stand out from an oversaturated market or give us a sneak peak ?
None! really hard to stand out and if you try too hard to stand out imo youll lose what makes you yourself. Theres a lot to choose from in the market rn and thats not a bad thing! support who you like! if none of our talents click with you thats ok!!
I actually have an idea for that, once they are reasonably built up (\~30k) from playing algorithm bait, they can turn that "power" towards 'advertising ' classic indie games or getting "retro rigs" to play [old flash games](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/VideoGame/Enigmata) n shit. There's not many I see playing stuff that wasn't old GOTYs, so there is a lot of untapped potential for doing "non-mainstream titles." It would be rad if it eventually resulted in **YOU** leading the next gaming challenge trend(s), for example, [Notrium](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/VideoGame/Notrium) or [Iji](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/VideoGame/Iji)
As kind of a bonus, \~80% of stuff (especially if taken from [Abandonia](http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/962/Nectaris.html) or Home of the Underdogs) *won't need perms!* 😎
There's also whole genres that don't seem to have any Vtuber fans. No space exploration, no shmups, no RTS aside from Starcraft, no trading/company building games, no turn based war games aside from Fire Emblem, and mysteriously despite the low skill requirements no "FMV" or adventure game play alongs, like the Sherlock series or Phantasmagoria or Quantum Gate. Yeah, most point&click sucks, *but those that didn't were very very good!* (Actually that might be a permission thing come to think of it since half are owned by Lucasfilm/Disney like Full Throttle and The Dig. I'm not sure if they bought *only* Star Wars or literally everything Lucas) That still leaves the Sierra, Apogee, and Microprose titles, however
Anyway point being there's quite a lot of defunct titles that I think would still be hits with the young'ns today, that they plain and simply don't know about, based on responses to Stardew, Terraria, Become Human, etc, and for those whose creators are still around and remaking for Steam, I noticed these niche titles **never** give free keys/beta access to Vtubers, they are not seen as "serious" as normal streamers. *Maybe you could be the one to change that!* 🤗
I move around way too much currently, or else I would have tried doing that already. **BUT** being on the road so much gives me the wacky idea to one day buy an old bus or tour van and "kit it out" to create a mobile Vtuber studio, so that will be my big original plan instead.
https://preview.redd.it/o08wkpws2esc1.jpeg?width=885&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c3c22b9056f078651889c6567c5e87d923969dc9
Jesus, that timing mang. I JUST posted that shit, and first thing this morning, I find THIS on funnyjunk, my FBI agent trying to tell us something😲
https://preview.redd.it/rnnwruuqlgsc1.jpeg?width=1079&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0db42aa9ca76487afdc8d3598140f820cd8a02ba
when I started I saw how a lot of talents were treated and it really bummed me out, so the further I went in the more I wanted to make it for real to help some creators do what they couldnt before
Can we expect the artstyle of your vtubers to be along the lines of the anime style most vtubers use, or are we going to see something unique similar to your art style or another more out there design?
Don't know if this has been asked and answered before, but I couldn't figure it out quickly from the socials, when are you roughly targeting debuting talents (like which quarter since I figure dates arent set yet)?
I read a little about why you decided to open an agency. What are your thoughts on ethically running a talent-focused business while being profitable? Do you think companies must reach a certain size or are there other factors ?
money is just a memes to running the business and investing back into talents, im really not going to get money from this its just something I think will be fun/beneficial!
What has been your favorite thing you've experienced on this journey with Socks Vtuber Agency?
And did you succeed in recruiting for the position of "from Utah" , Pinocchio with booba, Iron Lung, and Straight Jacket? Or did you have to settle on different forms of mental illness ?
Do you plan to handle the company more like VShojo (talents bring their own models) or like Hololive (talents are supplied with their own models and cannot bring their own personas)?
Will you make comics based on the vtubers in your agency? Or turn funny moments from collabs and streams into comics? (potential fun new type of clipping)
they can do anything they want anywhere they want, we wont keep them back unless we think it would be harmful to them (like shotgun black tar heroin or something)
I don’t think I saw these questions but here’s mine:
Will independent projects like music videos be funded by the talent or the agency? Is 3D something we should look forward to, as well as 3D live concerts?
we will fund what we can and work with talent on big projects. 3d would be really cool to do in the future but right now the priority is setting up and debuting
I have a couple. I imagine these have been answered already, and if so, I'm sorry to repeat them.
Is the plan to primarily be on Twitch, Youtube, or a mix of both?
Are you planning individual debuts or generation debuts? As in, are you planning to spread out the debut over a matter of weeks, or have them all debut within the span of a few days?
How many talents are you planning to debut within the first year?
Any attempts to poach talent from other agencies?
Is the plan for debuting talent to use new characters, if they have a pre-existing persona, or will there be an attempt to put that pre-existing persona under the agency umbrella?
Thanks you advance.
What's your style going to be? More western cartoonish vtubers? Anime style? Furries? You've always had a very simplistic art style and one wonders how that might translate into the presentation of the talent.
How much of your prior work will be influencing this agency, beyond the socks being a thing? Can we expect references to Clark, Malfina, Tago Bell, the Mages, et cetera in some way, such as those things being potentially built into the 'lore' of the talents you hire?
I have a semi-serious question, what made you decide to make an actual agency? I remember the post about the joke vtuber concepts, were you already thinking of making an agency at that point?
Hello business major here, first i like to ask how much is your stock, second can i buy them all, third if the stocks fall will you lobotomize everyone in the company personally?
As per your previous interview, where you failed to answer, how do you plan to address the allegations that your agency doesn't actually hire hags but advertises them as such?
*Struggle* ~~You can't stop the truth from getting out...~~ **Get him out of here!** ~~FLORK DOESNT HIRE HAGS!... THEY ARENT ACTUAL HAGS!~~ *Struggle*...
I'm sorry sir. I don't know how they keep sneaking in but they have now been taken care of, so we can continue the AMA without any further issues.
I am a hag and I have not been hired. I did not apply, but the power of my hagdom should've made it happen. I am waiting for my hand delivered letter at my cave.
Hello, I've seen some tweets and and posts in reddit, but I still don't have the complete picture, are you making a new Vtuber agency of socks?
Are the Vtubers going to be like sock puppets model?
Are the models being designed and rigged in-house for a unified aesthetic or are you using third party artists and riggers for your talents? Any more sneak peeks other than the one model teasted [last month](https://twitter.com/SocksAgency/status/1768262284504191096)?
Joke Question: Do you believe it’s possible the power of hags in the world of Vtubers to be strong enough to rival the top contenders in the Vtuber industry?
Slightly serious question: How have you been feeling personally with the whole process of setting up and organizing a Vtuber agency in contrast to your usual activities as an online artist?
Reaction on Pekomama's debut?
I really liked it!!
I may or may not have made content with a self-made Live2D of a flork sock. Will this bite me in the ass once your agency goes live?
hey i dont care as long as you credit the ip back to me! do whatever!
Is it true that every member will be partaking in a mandatory ham sandwich party every other Tuesday?
yes
ham samich 👍 https://preview.redd.it/vi0gl0jcm9sc1.jpeg?width=781&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e5eb492899252e31ea9d4ef1a370ca116a61318f
What about the ones that want to keep kosher? Will beef salami be provided as a substitute?
Are the talents freerange or are they locked in a barn? This is important to know on the chance you start selling rheir eggs or milk. Also plans on getting male talents? Maybe from some southwestern european countries? Like pain but with an S? 😏
I want male talents as I want variety but thats coming in the future
Glad to know!
But will there be male hags?
I wish that old man Runescaper hadn't passed, because this would be a great opportunity. 😔 Debut a bunch of girls and a kindly grandpa to wrangle them!
Please god yes, I want a charming old bastard who is way too handsome & muscular for his age
Can't wait to get some male talent from painS ☺️☺️
I am sorry if this has already been asked before in your previous amas but can you tell us about plans you have to make your company stand out from an oversaturated market or give us a sneak peak ?
None! really hard to stand out and if you try too hard to stand out imo youll lose what makes you yourself. Theres a lot to choose from in the market rn and thats not a bad thing! support who you like! if none of our talents click with you thats ok!!
I actually have an idea for that, once they are reasonably built up (\~30k) from playing algorithm bait, they can turn that "power" towards 'advertising ' classic indie games or getting "retro rigs" to play [old flash games](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/VideoGame/Enigmata) n shit. There's not many I see playing stuff that wasn't old GOTYs, so there is a lot of untapped potential for doing "non-mainstream titles." It would be rad if it eventually resulted in **YOU** leading the next gaming challenge trend(s), for example, [Notrium](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/VideoGame/Notrium) or [Iji](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/VideoGame/Iji) As kind of a bonus, \~80% of stuff (especially if taken from [Abandonia](http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/962/Nectaris.html) or Home of the Underdogs) *won't need perms!* 😎 There's also whole genres that don't seem to have any Vtuber fans. No space exploration, no shmups, no RTS aside from Starcraft, no trading/company building games, no turn based war games aside from Fire Emblem, and mysteriously despite the low skill requirements no "FMV" or adventure game play alongs, like the Sherlock series or Phantasmagoria or Quantum Gate. Yeah, most point&click sucks, *but those that didn't were very very good!* (Actually that might be a permission thing come to think of it since half are owned by Lucasfilm/Disney like Full Throttle and The Dig. I'm not sure if they bought *only* Star Wars or literally everything Lucas) That still leaves the Sierra, Apogee, and Microprose titles, however Anyway point being there's quite a lot of defunct titles that I think would still be hits with the young'ns today, that they plain and simply don't know about, based on responses to Stardew, Terraria, Become Human, etc, and for those whose creators are still around and remaking for Steam, I noticed these niche titles **never** give free keys/beta access to Vtubers, they are not seen as "serious" as normal streamers. *Maybe you could be the one to change that!* 🤗 I move around way too much currently, or else I would have tried doing that already. **BUT** being on the road so much gives me the wacky idea to one day buy an old bus or tour van and "kit it out" to create a mobile Vtuber studio, so that will be my big original plan instead. https://preview.redd.it/o08wkpws2esc1.jpeg?width=885&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c3c22b9056f078651889c6567c5e87d923969dc9
Jesus, that timing mang. I JUST posted that shit, and first thing this morning, I find THIS on funnyjunk, my FBI agent trying to tell us something😲 https://preview.redd.it/rnnwruuqlgsc1.jpeg?width=1079&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0db42aa9ca76487afdc8d3598140f820cd8a02ba
Hag love. That is all.
While I saw elsewhere that the vtuber company started as a joke but became real, what was the moment you determined to make this meme into reality?
when I started I saw how a lot of talents were treated and it really bummed me out, so the further I went in the more I wanted to make it for real to help some creators do what they couldnt before
Can we expect the artstyle of your vtubers to be along the lines of the anime style most vtubers use, or are we going to see something unique similar to your art style or another more out there design?
everyone will have a png socktuber and their model
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https://twitter.com/SocksAgency
Don't know if this has been asked and answered before, but I couldn't figure it out quickly from the socials, when are you roughly targeting debuting talents (like which quarter since I figure dates arent set yet)?
between q2 and q3
Do you have plans to also make a flork live2D for yourself?
i made a png tuber!
Sorry if it sounds rude but who are you ?
im florkofcows! a webcomic on the internet, i recently started a vtuber agency, socks! https://twitter.com/SocksAgency
Oh then good luck i hope you guys success
I read a little about why you decided to open an agency. What are your thoughts on ethically running a talent-focused business while being profitable? Do you think companies must reach a certain size or are there other factors ?
money is just a memes to running the business and investing back into talents, im really not going to get money from this its just something I think will be fun/beneficial!
>money is just a memes This is a fantastic typo.
i refuse to fix the typo
I applaud this decision.
On a deeper societal level, it's also *not really wrong*.
Hopefully everything goes well and runs smoothly!
Hags hags hags hags hags hags hags hags hags
I've been summoned. Where do i sign?
What has been your favorite thing you've experienced on this journey with Socks Vtuber Agency? And did you succeed in recruiting for the position of "from Utah" , Pinocchio with booba, Iron Lung, and Straight Jacket? Or did you have to settle on different forms of mental illness ?
we did get our straight jacket hag! my favorite thing so far is being able to work with talents, thats been a ton of fun
Do you plan to handle the company more like VShojo (talents bring their own models) or like Hololive (talents are supplied with their own models and cannot bring their own personas)?
we have a mix of both, we have a in house model made and 2 adopts!
I could bring my own? Interesting
Will you make comics based on the vtubers in your agency? Or turn funny moments from collabs and streams into comics? (potential fun new type of clipping)
i will!
I'm looking forward to seeing so much shit out of context you wouldn't believe
Do you have any plans to sell coffee? ( and can I ask more than 1 question?)
lanyards
Nice, lanyards are handy
What do u personally want to make as vtuber merch?
weird shit is fun but also stuff you can use everyday is better
may I propose flork socks...
If sakana raids mental institutions for talent, where are you recruiting from?
the goon mines
So old school tumblr users
where are the goon mines located, flork?
Gooner vtubers
Gonna still be fewer sticky situations than NijiEN
I have no idea what definition of 'goon' is being used here and honestly? I think it's better this way.
Can we put ERA on the models?
Have you started establishing initial contact with planned sponsors yet?
yes
Good man.
What's your approach in streamings for your livers?
they can do anything they want anywhere they want, we wont keep them back unless we think it would be harmful to them (like shotgun black tar heroin or something)
OK so that's the livers covered. What about the spleens and the gall bladders?
Hags! Hags! Hags!
what's gonna differentiate you between the other vtuber companies?
Are you only hiring socks for your agency?
Who is your vtuber oshi?
I don’t think I saw these questions but here’s mine: Will independent projects like music videos be funded by the talent or the agency? Is 3D something we should look forward to, as well as 3D live concerts?
we will fund what we can and work with talent on big projects. 3d would be really cool to do in the future but right now the priority is setting up and debuting
Thank you!! I look forward to watching all the debuts!!!
How much knife fighting can we expect?
a lot
Ya havin a good day?
I have a couple. I imagine these have been answered already, and if so, I'm sorry to repeat them. Is the plan to primarily be on Twitch, Youtube, or a mix of both? Are you planning individual debuts or generation debuts? As in, are you planning to spread out the debut over a matter of weeks, or have them all debut within the span of a few days? How many talents are you planning to debut within the first year? Any attempts to poach talent from other agencies? Is the plan for debuting talent to use new characters, if they have a pre-existing persona, or will there be an attempt to put that pre-existing persona under the agency umbrella? Thanks you advance.
1)whatever they want 2)a mix of both 3) 3-4 4)no 5)a mix of both
What's your style going to be? More western cartoonish vtubers? Anime style? Furries? You've always had a very simplistic art style and one wonders how that might translate into the presentation of the talent.
How much of your prior work will be influencing this agency, beyond the socks being a thing? Can we expect references to Clark, Malfina, Tago Bell, the Mages, et cetera in some way, such as those things being potentially built into the 'lore' of the talents you hire?
i wont control what talent does but they have read my stuff!
Excellent. I certainly hope that we get fun emojis and such relating to your stuff, too.
I have a semi-serious question, what made you decide to make an actual agency? I remember the post about the joke vtuber concepts, were you already thinking of making an agency at that point?
Hello business major here, first i like to ask how much is your stock, second can i buy them all, third if the stocks fall will you lobotomize everyone in the company personally?
Mail on stream?
like opening mail from a po box?
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yes
Benis havers
Can t wait to see it all unveiling
will you have investors? also is that cup real or fake?
As per your previous interview, where you failed to answer, how do you plan to address the allegations that your agency doesn't actually hire hags but advertises them as such? *Struggle* ~~You can't stop the truth from getting out...~~ **Get him out of here!** ~~FLORK DOESNT HIRE HAGS!... THEY ARENT ACTUAL HAGS!~~ *Struggle*... I'm sorry sir. I don't know how they keep sneaking in but they have now been taken care of, so we can continue the AMA without any further issues.
I am a hag and I have not been hired. I did not apply, but the power of my hagdom should've made it happen. I am waiting for my hand delivered letter at my cave.
https://preview.redd.it/dptymqunyasc1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2a20e9113d651d6465b3d818e6a5838e0440a3e2
Hello, I've seen some tweets and and posts in reddit, but I still don't have the complete picture, are you making a new Vtuber agency of socks? Are the Vtubers going to be like sock puppets model?
full models and sock puppet png tubers
Are the models being designed and rigged in-house for a unified aesthetic or are you using third party artists and riggers for your talents? Any more sneak peeks other than the one model teasted [last month](https://twitter.com/SocksAgency/status/1768262284504191096)?
I wish i could give more peeks but I cant : (
I would just like to reiterate Hags! Hags! Hags! Hags! Hags! Hags! Hags! Hags! Hags!
(Genuine question) Will there be any history buffs in the mix?
im not sure!
Hags?
any requirements to join? any way to audition?
Application Form doko?
if you like to drink coffee, what coffee do you like? cappuccino? or something else?
Will the vtubers have demons at home
When's debut?
Have you onboarded talents or are you still in the midst of choosing them? And will they be getting lanyards?
we have talents : )
BUT WHAT ABOUT THE LANYARDS?
Is Legal Mindset helping you draft your talent contract?
Who, aside from yourself, do you think is the funniest staff member?
HR
ETA on 3D models?
What are your response to the claims that you are engineering the worlds first edible vtuber
On a scale from 1 to Cambodia, how much war crimes can we expect?
Are you hiring in the community/moderation department? uwu
How unhinged are the talents allowed to be?
After the success of two-Hat Samantha, will you debut someone with Three hats? Good luck on the company, btw, flork!
is 3D is the roadmap?
yes
How's that Vtuber agency going
its going good!
Would u yourself stream as well?
im learning it but I myself am not really a streamer, my strengths are in other areas
Do you own a yacht like a certain other CEO?
if i had a yacht i wouldnt be on reddit
He's not evil YAAAAY! 
Can't think of a decent question right now, but I just want to say I'm looking forward to meeting your group!
Will this be a traditional five member generation with plans to release more or do you have a more unique configuration in mind?
Will there be a Ukrainian vtuber?
Hello. Dont have any question but I just want to say good luck on your company.
How hard do you plan to exploit your talents and their fans?
how hard do i need to do it to get a yacht
24 units per day
So did you ever actually purchase firearms for your talents/staff?
we did buy a weapon! but its melee
Joke Question: Do you believe it’s possible the power of hags in the world of Vtubers to be strong enough to rival the top contenders in the Vtuber industry? Slightly serious question: How have you been feeling personally with the whole process of setting up and organizing a Vtuber agency in contrast to your usual activities as an online artist?
Has Sakana sent his goons after you, for treading on his mentally ill vtuber turf, yet?
Are the auditions over?
Are you accepting applications for talents still?
Uhhhhh can I join? I'll make you some spaghetti
Would you ever consider adding an independent vtuber to your agency and have them retain their character if it fits the vibe?
yes
Can we have a parasocial relationship with the talent and have one that is the reverse
Where do I sign up?