--- title: 'How I Started Streaming on Twitch and Kick from Zero | Westcol' source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=SjawgWttZsc' video_id: 'SjawgWttZsc' date: 2026-07-17 duration_sec: 563 channel: 'WeskCOL' --- # How I Started Streaming on Twitch and Kick from Zero | Westcol > Source: [How I Started Streaming on Twitch and Kick from Zero | Westcol](https://youtube.com/watch?v=SjawgWttZsc) ## Summary Westcol shares his journey from living with his grandmother to becoming a successful streamer on Twitch and Kick, emphasizing the financial struggles and personal growth he experienced along the way. ### Key Points - **Living with Grandma to Stream** [00:05] — Westcol moved in with his grandmother to dedicate himself fully to streaming, as he couldn't afford to work and live on his own. - **Financial Benefits of Living with Family** [00:33] — Living with family saved him a lot of money, allowing him to save despite having expenses. - **High Maintenance Costs of Country House** [01:05] — Maintaining a country house is complicated and expensive, requiring lawn care and maintenance. - **Early Financial Milestones** [01:33] — He once had 10 million pesos in his account, which was a huge amount for him at the time, compared to earlier when 300,000 pesos felt like a lot. - **Paying for Services at Grandma's** [02:17] — He offered to pay for internet and services at his grandma's house once he started earning money from streaming. - **Moving Out Alone Changed His Life** [02:46] — Moving out to live alone was a pivotal decision that changed his life completely, giving him responsibility and a new perspective. - **Becoming a Grown-Up** [03:47] — Living alone made him appreciate household appliances like refrigerators and blenders, and he became excited about buying them. - **Buying Household Items with Valeria** [04:43] — He and Valeria bought a washing machine and refrigerator, and he was happy to share these milestones with his audience. - **Inspiration from Humble Beginnings** [05:10] — His followers see him as an inspiration because he came from nothing, and he dismisses critics who call him arrogant now that he has success. - **Early Streaming Numbers** [06:03] — He showed screenshots of early streams with 193 viewers and 256 average viewers, highlighting his growth. - **Wild Stream Stories** [06:30] — He recalls a stream where a drunk friend started twerking and jerking off live, emphasizing the chaotic nature of early streaming. - **Pioneering Streamer** [07:14] — Westcol claims he and a few others were the only streamers on Twitch at the time, and he considers himself an old-school streamer. - **Comparing Viewers to Davo** [08:38] — He surpassed his friend Davo in viewers, having 150 viewers when Davo had 100, and he maintained the same attitude throughout. - **Attitude and Success** [09:03] — He says his attitude hasn't changed, but now that he has things, people are bothered by his confidence, whereas before they didn't care. ### Conclusion Westcol's journey from living with his grandmother to becoming a successful streamer highlights the importance of taking risks and embracing responsibility, which ultimately transformed his life and career. ## Transcript grandma at that time. I was living with my grandma, right? I moved in with my grandma to dedicate myself 100% to streaming because I didn't have any money, man. I could n't afford to work and live on my own. So I started living alone and streaming, then I went back to my grandma, and then the next step was living alone with Valeria, a process that the old man knows all about. The thing is, farming, so, dude, sometimes I say, man, there are streamers who still live with their parents, like, [ __ ], they don't have any money, seriously, man. I grandma, I had expenses and stuff like that, but you know, living with your family saves you a lot of money, man, a ton, man. Since I money left. I'm just trying to figure out what to spend on this, on this, what to do, put up a rag, I need this, man, the bills, man, so much crap, this, what to do, put up a rag, I need this, man, the bills, man, so much crap, you guys say, and now maintaining a house like this in the house I live in this house right now, like this in the house I live in this house right now, man, it's a cool house and all, dude, but man, maintaining this house is complicated, man, because they're country houses. You need someone to take care of the lawn, you need someone to do maintenance, man. while I was living with my grandma, I farmed, in the sense that I lived with her. I earned little, but from living had 10 million pesos in my account, which for me right now maybe isn't that much, but at that time 10 million was an amount that was impossible for me to have, really, for me, an amount... I remember, man, when I had 400,000 or 300,000 pesos in my hand, man, for me that was a lot of money, a ton of money, a really long way. I heard they paid me 300,000 pesos. Why? Because it was 300,000 pesos that I was getting, little bits of money. That's when I started, and the best thing was that I told her To my grandma, I'll do. The homeowner pays for the internet, little better for me, I said, "Okay, family, the whole family, listen." At that moment, I'll be the strong one. I'll pay for the services too. And I wanted to, I wanted to, damn it, because I already had money to pay for internet and services. And I got money when fame took off, I went to live alone, and that's when it started, that's when my life changed. Look, I'm going to tell you something. I talked once with Blazy and Dymelo Jara, and they never forgot when they told me that. They decisions I ever made was to go live alone with Jara because they were living, I think, with Jara's grandma or went to live alone, their lives changed completely, man. You guys have to make a decision like that, and you'll see that it's difficult because, man, it's difficult, but man, it changes you." Life, in every aspect, dude, changes your life in every way. changes your life in every way. You live alone, dude, you set a goal without even thinking about it, you already have a responsibility. So you no longer have to work just for the sake of working, you have to work out of your life starts to change. That's when you become a grown-up. That's when you go, dude, you see a refrigerator and you say, "How come this refrigerator makes ice out of the front? Mine doesn't." And then you start looking at blenders. You say, "No, a blender with blenders. You say, "No, a blender with triple repulsion, 4 lightweight diamond blades, this must make an amazing mango juice." And you saw your you were like, "Why are they so excited about that?" Well, that's what happens to me, that's what happens to me. "Like, the new instant heating, double-edged, 4- blade, triple repulsion, RGB on the bottom... Oh my God, the potatoes I'm going to make here!" And everything starts to change, dude. And there came a great moment where I wanted to buy things for My house, buying things for myself, dude. Then your life started to change, my life started to change. I lived through this whole process with Valeria. I had to live it with Valeria, we were going, we wanted to buy things, I bought a washing machine, I bought refrigerators. Remember when I used to do strings and I would tell you all happy, guys, I bought a washing machine because, dude, I went to live without a washing machine and I had to wash the clothes by hand, by hand. So, this whole process, dude, makes me very happy and very content because I lived through this process with all my people. I mean, the people who tell me that I came from nothing, they can suck it because the people who follow me say that I am an inspiration, because, man. It's not for nothing, look at what I have now, and this didn't come from nothing, and you call me arrogant now, that's why you call me arrogant because I already have everything, but I was always a son of a [ __ ], always arrogant, always, whenever you are. have everything, but I was always a son of a [ __ ], always arrogant, always, whenever you are. then those really old ones, dude, look, I already had the screenshots of how the premieres were going, look at this, July 17th, I don't know what year it was, but look, I did 9 hours of strings, 193 viewers, 256 averages, and I took pictures of all this because it made me really big numbers at that time when we were in Colombia. Well, when we hadn't grown as a community, all these numbers were mine, remember this? We did a stream and it was a chupestream and Juan was there, he's really drunk and literally, dude, he started twerking on all fours. You could almost see his vagina, that dude couldn't hold it in and started jerking off live, man, that dude but because he was really drunk, he couldn't hold it in, man. I'm saying he forgot he great, guys, the string was really heavy. So, we've had another one on the stream, we have one This is a real [ __ ] story, the streaming, that [ __ ] isn't normal. We've done a lot of [ __ ], a lot, there's nobody, nobody who has the story. When these things I'm showing you, back then, nobody existed, not a single [ __ ]. Now that it's here, there's nothing, nobody. We're very old school in this [ __ ], I remember there was nobody, it was literally us, with Mister Steven, I know he was a streamer, but we were streamers on Twitch. I don't know anything about YouTube, I 'm not a YouTuber, bro, I have no idea what he was doing on YouTube at that time, no idea. Let's remember, and only I do that, nobody, nobody. When have you seen a [ __ ] who has street smarts? Nobody, just me, brother, and I'm getting too big for my britches, I do me, brother, and I'm getting too big for my britches, I do n't know if I have to stop this. Look it up on Google. Let's see, Ah, it's this, look at it, look at it, I'm like a prophet. Who has the balls to mess with comparing my viewers to Dao's. Davo is a friend of mine, and I surpassed him in viewers at that time. He had 100, and I had 150 or something like that, and then I started doing that [ __ ]. But it's old news, bro, fronting and dancing. I've always had the same attitude, always, man, but now that you have things, it hurts people. When I fronted without anything, people did n't care, but now that you front, when you have things, it hurts people, dude. And it bothers them, it bothers them that you come out saying, dude, I have this because now I really have it, you understand? Oh, this guy isn't really have it, you understand? Oh, this guy isn't humble anymore, suck my [ __ ] ass. We're all going to see Pirlo. How much longer?