Gale Galleon Rewrites Chat Rules, Adding Bans on Suggestions and Self-Care Reminders

FIRST STAGE PRODUCTION — Gale Galleon, a streamer with FIRST STAGE PRODUCTION’s English-language Avallum, used an 88-minute stream to rewrite the rules of his chat. He replaced his “no backseating” rule with one against telling him how to play or spoiling a game, and added new rules against unrequested suggestions and against reminders to look after himself.

He opened by saying his rules are bendable and that he forgives honest mistakes, then read through the list in the stream description. Hate speech and discriminatory remarks stay banned, as do religion and politics. Heavy topics are off limits unless he raises them first. He said he would probably remove anyone who role-plays with him in chat, and that typing in all caps is fine for a moment of excitement but not as a habit. He also asked chat to keep out drama and doxxing, and to leave other VTubers out of the conversation unless he mentions them first.

“Don’t baby me. This is the new rule.” — Gale Galleon, on reminders to eat, sleep and drink water

On backseating, Gale said he had been unsure for about a year. Tips about a game he wants to learn, such as which gear suits a character, are welcome, he said, but he does not want chat steering his play. A chat member’s wording became the new rule. He then went further: unless he asks, he does not want game ideas, stream content suggestions or thumbnails made for games he has not shown interest in. He said it would not be a hard rule, but that he would tell chat when he does not want suggestions.

The change that drew the most discussion was “don’t baby me.” Gale, who said he turns 31 in a month, asked chat not to remind him to eat, sleep, drink water or watch how long he has been streaming, calling it a paradox that care from viewers bothers him. Fans, whom he calls Pipsqueaks, may still look out for each other, and well wishes at the end of a stream are fine.

Other updates followed. He now asks chat to keep to English as much as possible because moderating other languages means translating every message. Flirting counts as role play. He does not want viewers policing one another’s banter, since he has no moderators and decides what goes too far. Reminders about things he promised to play are for his managers, not chat. In a question-and-answer segment he said banter, older inside jokes and a one-off “/j” tag to mark a joke are all fine, and that he is not obliged to say hello or goodbye back to everyone.

Gale closed by saying consistency is his weakest point and that he plans to rest. He said he would join a co-op game with collaborators the next day and appear in a pre-show for another talent’s concert at 8 p.m. Eastern, then raided another channel.