Tag Archives: Streaming

Improving Speech and Talking to an Empty Chat

The majority of first-time streamers will have an empty chat and it is hard to learn to talk to an “empty chat.” Although your chat and community are real people, it’s a different kind of social interaction that requires practice.

Kiratze wrote an in-depth guide about how to improve your speech and talking while in an empty room. Believe it or not, speaking properly to an empty room is a skill that many new streamers don’t realize they need to practice. Continue reading Improving Speech and Talking to an Empty Chat

‘VReal’ Plans to Be Much More Than Just Twitch for VR Games

When you’re describing a business or piece of software, it’s often best to explain it in relation to something familiar. For example, if I were explaining the concept behind Uber to someone, I’d say, “It’s like using a taxi, but you can summon it from your phone.” In a similar way, if I were trying to describe VReal to someone that was unfamiliar, I’d probably say, “It lets you stream VR games better, using platforms like Twitch,” and that’s relatively accurate. For the most part. Continue reading ‘VReal’ Plans to Be Much More Than Just Twitch for VR Games

How One Twitch Channel Is Fighting Abuse in the Gaming Community

Twitch has enjoyed a swift and seemingly unshakeable rise since its start in 2011. It has already become an established presence in online streaming and gaming communities, yet that success hasn’t made it immune to the familiar toxicity problems that plague other aspects of gaming culture.

Women, LGBTQ folk, and people of color are often subjected to a deluge of discriminatory abuse via Twitch chat that is at best disgusting and at worst potentially life-threatening. While Twitch is working to find a solution, current practices aren’t proving effective.

Misscliks, a Twitch channel founded by four women with prominent backgrounds in eSports and gaming, is hoping to end the abuse with a different approach to community management. Continue reading How One Twitch Channel Is Fighting Abuse in the Gaming Community

11 of the best emotes on Twitch

Twitch emotes can be a work of art, a tiny masterpiece of brilliance that conveys emotion or even whole sentences in just one image. Viewers often subscribe to a broadcaster just for their emotes. But with tens of thousands of emotes on Twitch it can sometimes be hard to find ones that really stand out. Continue reading 11 of the best emotes on Twitch

Invite all your Twitch friends to a stream or broadcast

Activity Sharing bolsters Twitch’s “Friends” social network.

Twitch’s social network-like Friends feature just got more useful if you want more company for streaming or broadcasting. A new feature called “Activity Sharing” will notify your entire Friends list if you’re doing something interesting so they can join in. Conversely, you can check your Friends list to see what others are doing and join in, as shown in the GIF below. Users can keep broadcasts or streams private, if they prefer, by un-ticking the “share my activity” box. Continue reading Invite all your Twitch friends to a stream or broadcast