A Zarkin' Frood
10-06-2012, 04:13 AM
So I hear a lot of NPFers have livestream or youtube channels. Well yeah. I'm one of them. I mostly host drunkstreams but sometimes I also host random gaming streams, mostly when I'm Isaacin' and I wish I had a place where I could go and say "Yo peeps, I'm streaming Meet'n'Fuck Kingdom 3: Ace Fucker in a few minutes. Care to join!? Commentary will mostly be heavy breathing but you can come join me on Skype, it's more fun that way"
I thought, why not make a thread, where everyone can just go and say: hey guys. I'm streamin' that game I'm playing but it's not gonna be a regular thing (I actually hope that this thread will spark some regular things by giving some people an audience. We've had some fun events in the past, like a SMB3 Race that didn't get very much attention, sadly. And I hope shit like that is going to happen again at some point.) so I just post it here.
I know some people like Ryong and akaSM have their channels where they do stuff sometimes, but I don't actually know any details. So to get started, would everyone who has a channel and streams sometimes just say "hi i got channel yo" in this thread really quick? And if you care you can give me some more info, like, for example...
-Name of channel
-stream channel url
-if applicable: archive channel url (like, youtube or others because livestream's backlog is very unreliable, not sure about other services)
-Say something about your channel here
-If you've done some noteworthy streams you can list and if you wish even link them here
-E: Oh yeah, if you have any current things going you can totally also list them with a link maybe to your thread if you have one.
And this is what it looks like in action.
Arcanum's Stream
Channel: http://www.livestream.com/arcanummbd
Noteworthy Streams: at one point a while back I streamed a game of SMNC for fun
Current projects: FTL Livestream LP (http://www.nuklearforums.com/showthread.php?t=42179)
Aldurin's Stream
Channel: ?
Archive: http://www.youtube.com/user/Aldurinian
I always do some random FPS stuff like TF2 or Killing Floor and I plan to have one Let's Play running at any single time. I also do a Minecraft series with Thadius in case you run adblock when on NPF.
Current projects: I Am Alive (Let's Play)
IGgy streams games. Sometimes he's drunk and with friends.
Channel: http://www.livestream.com/unnamed4th
Archive: http://www.youtube.com/user/Unnamed4th/
Title says it all. Mostly when I stream I stream Binding of Isaac. I'm also known to stream a little L4D2 once in a while.
Noteworthy Streams: 4 Drunkstreams, a Dark Souls playthrough, participated in akaSM's SMB3 race.
Current projects: Drunkstreams! (http://www.nuklearforums.com/showthread.php?t=41807), An as of yet unspecified Let's Play
The POS Industries Show starring POS Industries
Channel: http://www.livestream.com/posindustries
I hate video games and am bad at them. Watch me play video games.
Noteworthy Streams: Have streamed Portal 2, Super Mario Bros 2, and Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition so far.
Current projects: Having a sexy voice
Ryong's Stream
Channel: http://twitch.tv/Ryong
Current projects: Paper Mario, possibly
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Before you do things here's a few hints:
Not that I'm a pro, but there are some things I keep noticing in streams that aren't mine and well, I may not be entirely innocent but they are some things to keep in mind.
1. Test beforehand. No one wants to see you fiddle around with your stream and game settings for 30 minutes because you ran into a technical problem you weren't aware of. Always test using the machine, settings and the game you want to use. Test if the video works properly, if the game audio works, if the mic input works if potential co-commentators can be heard (usually goes through the same channel as game audio, so it should).
2. Also, something I keep noticing, not only in streams but also Let's Play videos: Make sure your game audio is NOT louder than the commentators. In fact, the game audio should be considerably lower than that. Livestream has an audio mixer that shows you the peaks, which makes it easily identifiable with VISUALS whether or not something is too loud.
3. So you want to capture your game window. That's cool. I'm down with that, in fact that's how I do it because streaming full screen games crashes my computer (I found that out through use of item 1. of this list). Just make sure You don't stream the borders of the window as well, or even worse: Your entire desktop. It's more desirable to cut a few pixels off the game than showing some annoying bright blue border surrounding your Amnesia stream.
4. Before you stream a particular game think to yourself: Is this really a good game to stream? Or would it be boring to watch? Could I make it interesting regardless? (Protip: If the game you're playing requires lots of reading it's probably not a good streaming game. If you really want to show people the game you should probably make a Screenshot LP)
I thought, why not make a thread, where everyone can just go and say: hey guys. I'm streamin' that game I'm playing but it's not gonna be a regular thing (I actually hope that this thread will spark some regular things by giving some people an audience. We've had some fun events in the past, like a SMB3 Race that didn't get very much attention, sadly. And I hope shit like that is going to happen again at some point.) so I just post it here.
I know some people like Ryong and akaSM have their channels where they do stuff sometimes, but I don't actually know any details. So to get started, would everyone who has a channel and streams sometimes just say "hi i got channel yo" in this thread really quick? And if you care you can give me some more info, like, for example...
-Name of channel
-stream channel url
-if applicable: archive channel url (like, youtube or others because livestream's backlog is very unreliable, not sure about other services)
-Say something about your channel here
-If you've done some noteworthy streams you can list and if you wish even link them here
-E: Oh yeah, if you have any current things going you can totally also list them with a link maybe to your thread if you have one.
And this is what it looks like in action.
Arcanum's Stream
Channel: http://www.livestream.com/arcanummbd
Noteworthy Streams: at one point a while back I streamed a game of SMNC for fun
Current projects: FTL Livestream LP (http://www.nuklearforums.com/showthread.php?t=42179)
Aldurin's Stream
Channel: ?
Archive: http://www.youtube.com/user/Aldurinian
I always do some random FPS stuff like TF2 or Killing Floor and I plan to have one Let's Play running at any single time. I also do a Minecraft series with Thadius in case you run adblock when on NPF.
Current projects: I Am Alive (Let's Play)
IGgy streams games. Sometimes he's drunk and with friends.
Channel: http://www.livestream.com/unnamed4th
Archive: http://www.youtube.com/user/Unnamed4th/
Title says it all. Mostly when I stream I stream Binding of Isaac. I'm also known to stream a little L4D2 once in a while.
Noteworthy Streams: 4 Drunkstreams, a Dark Souls playthrough, participated in akaSM's SMB3 race.
Current projects: Drunkstreams! (http://www.nuklearforums.com/showthread.php?t=41807), An as of yet unspecified Let's Play
The POS Industries Show starring POS Industries
Channel: http://www.livestream.com/posindustries
I hate video games and am bad at them. Watch me play video games.
Noteworthy Streams: Have streamed Portal 2, Super Mario Bros 2, and Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition so far.
Current projects: Having a sexy voice
Ryong's Stream
Channel: http://twitch.tv/Ryong
Current projects: Paper Mario, possibly
------------------------------------
Before you do things here's a few hints:
Not that I'm a pro, but there are some things I keep noticing in streams that aren't mine and well, I may not be entirely innocent but they are some things to keep in mind.
1. Test beforehand. No one wants to see you fiddle around with your stream and game settings for 30 minutes because you ran into a technical problem you weren't aware of. Always test using the machine, settings and the game you want to use. Test if the video works properly, if the game audio works, if the mic input works if potential co-commentators can be heard (usually goes through the same channel as game audio, so it should).
2. Also, something I keep noticing, not only in streams but also Let's Play videos: Make sure your game audio is NOT louder than the commentators. In fact, the game audio should be considerably lower than that. Livestream has an audio mixer that shows you the peaks, which makes it easily identifiable with VISUALS whether or not something is too loud.
3. So you want to capture your game window. That's cool. I'm down with that, in fact that's how I do it because streaming full screen games crashes my computer (I found that out through use of item 1. of this list). Just make sure You don't stream the borders of the window as well, or even worse: Your entire desktop. It's more desirable to cut a few pixels off the game than showing some annoying bright blue border surrounding your Amnesia stream.
4. Before you stream a particular game think to yourself: Is this really a good game to stream? Or would it be boring to watch? Could I make it interesting regardless? (Protip: If the game you're playing requires lots of reading it's probably not a good streaming game. If you really want to show people the game you should probably make a Screenshot LP)