Hey everyone, here’s this week’s summary for Twitch Weekly 05/15/2015!
- Hosts @djWHEAT, @SomaJT, @Aureylian, @Atrioc
- Soma’s a sweaty guy…? Who got sweaty eating hummus?
ShannonZKiller Care Packages!
- Shannon sent some awesome stuff to the Twitch hosts
- There’s some pictures on Twitter (check the title link!) and also a quick explanation on some of the stuff they received 🙂
TwitchCon Updates!
- Not much time left for Panel submissions at TwitchCon! Submit them in the link here! *All accepted panel submission will receive a ticket to TwitchCon 🙂
- The first few selections are being made right now! 😀
- 6 new broadcasters announced coming to TwitchCon:
- Tickets still available here!
Roku Support!
- Twitch is now available on Roku – check out the official blog post for more information here!
Reduced Stream Delay Beta
- ALL broadcasters have the ability to manually reduce the delay time from streamer to viewer
- This, on average, reduces delay time by 33%
- There’s a chance, however, that your viewer may experience buffering issues on low internet connections with this setting
- Check out the full blog post for more information here
Koji Igarashi was Live in the Twitch Studio
*Koji, most known for his IgaVania series, is trying to revive the genre * Streaming games he was inspired by, Igarashi was in the office while asking for support for his new project “Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night” * Destroying the target of $500,000, the current amount donated is over $2.1 with 27 days to go! * The Kickstarter link is here – check it out
The Summit 3
- Dota 2 league
- Check it out on BeyondTheSummit
- $250,000 prize pool
HTC Invitational
- Hearthstone event
- Check it out here!
WCS Oremier League returns
- As always, hosted on WCS
- The Draw has just taken place, and is about to start!
RPG Limit Break
- Check out the channel RPGLimitBreak
- Speedrunning for charity, which is always awesome!
8 Bit Salute: Operation Supply Drop
- Operation Supply Drop is ab awesome charity for Veterans – providing some awesome gaming equipment for the vets 🙂
- Check out the team page for the event here
Scare to Care
- Yearly videogame fundraiser to benefit Camp Kesem, a non-profit organization that hosts yearly camps for the children of cancer patients.
- For the schedule and more information on the charity, check out their webpage
- 48 hour horror game event
GameChanger
- GameChangercharity Twitch channel
- For more information on this awesome charity and this event, check out their webpage here
#Game4Paul Catch Up
- Discussed last week, #Game4Paul managed to raise $100k!
- Tilitify Twitch channel for VOD’s!
New Game Directories
djWHEAT’s birthday!
- Happy birthday for last Tuesday, Wheat! Hope you had an awesome day!
- Epic cake
Staff Pick! – AnneMunition
- No Video spotlight because of technical difficulties! Two will be shown next week instead
- AnneMunition plays a lot of games, but mainly Minecraft! 😀
Partner Spotlight – MinnieMorgan
- Last week’s spotlight – OkayDrian
- MinnieMorgan is a variety streamer – COD, LA Noire, MKX, Smite…etc!
- Check out her channel for her schedule – it’s very large!
Closing Thoughts
- TwitchOffice – In house Twitch office Melee tourney! Check out the channel or VODs 🙂
- Not much time left for Panel submissions at TwitchCon! Submit them in the link here!