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If you have any comments on how to make a stream successful, etc. it would also be appreciated.
How to get more people to know about your stream?
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Livinpink
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If you have any comments on how to make a stream successful, etc. it would also be appreciated. | ||
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Penecks
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+Interesting personality. This is a major imo. Live streams rarely come close to the same quality content of on-demand material. Soo many VOD's and other stuff to watch with amazing casters etc... The reason we watch streams is because it is live, it feels more personal, it is uncut, and we often feel a small connection with the person streaming. So yeah, have an interesting personality.. But that won't help unless you show it. Interact and talk a lot with us/others/yourself. State your opinions, be full of yourself, whatever.. Just be INTERESTING. I think also emphasizing the whole interacting with viewers part is very beneficial to start out, gaining some loyal viewers in the beginning until others catch on. +RAW skill. Rgn(previously)Phoenix for example. Not that many viewers, speaks no English, but damn, this guy plays insanely good. Love watching him. No matter how seemingly boring a stream may be, if the player has exceptional skills, nothing else will matter. I'm tuning in +Comedy. Make us laugh, just don't deliberately try hard doing so. If you have a humorous personality, capitalize on it. +Drama. Believe it or not, drama is almost always a good thing when it comes to satisfying your viewers. Another reason which is kind of exciting about the whole streaming business, it's uncut material, anything can happen and when it does, god is it awesome. -One major setback for me is being fake. If you aren't yourself, and are clearly putting up an act for your viewers, I feel like vomiting and will never watch that stream again ^^ I think also one key factor is to invest a decent amount of time into actually streaming. I'm talking like an average of 2 hours every day. I *believe* a very small percentage of stream-viewers are actually "new", the remainder are people coming back since they liked what they saw previously. Viewers as my self like to create favorites whom they enjoy watching, and if the people we could potentially have as favorites rarely show up on the list when we want to view, you are quickly forgotten about entirely. S So yeah, be persistent And as Penecks put it, there are many other streams live all the time, think out of the box and give us reason to watch you over the others, rest is snowball effect <3 | ||
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Malyce
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It's pretty hard to get a stream popular, and so many people just fail in doing so that it's a bit sad, I admit... A few tips, especially since I managed to catch your stream the other day: - Try to get a regular streaming schedule. I watched your stream, found it fun, but have no idea when you're streaming again. Shame, you lose an opportunity to gain regular viewers. - Try to interact with the chat, make your viewers feel important and listned to, eventually you can even play games with them - Be authentic, which I liked a lot about your stream in the first place. It's pretty fun to watch because you are pretty much your average SC2 player, and by playing team games you make your average SC2 player comments. So just keep it up, don't overdo it. - Don't expect too much. You need to stream a lot for people to go "oh I've seen this stream before/heard of it, let's check it out", don't expect dozens of viewers for quite some time - Try to do what other streams aren't doing. You already appel to the overflow of testosterone on TL, try to think of some fun stuff to stream! again here you can use chatbox or ingame channel interaction to get team games, showmatches, funday mondays, etc.! - Ignore BM and don't let it get to you  Hope that helped, looking forward to your next stream! | ||
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Livinpink
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Also, Malyce, what do you mean by ingame channel? Are you talking about creating a sc2 chat channel for us and our viewers or am I not understanding you? | ||
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Malyce
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Yep that's it, an ingame chat channel you can call "2rax" and you can use to pick out viewers to play games with, kinda like they do on TL Attack | ||
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Chill
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Once you get a following you have to stream around the same time every day and stream consistently. If you take a week break it's easy for everyone to forget you. | ||
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iamperfection
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Trozz
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Try to be hilarious. That worked for Debo. | ||
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Livinpink
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On August 18 2011 09:04 Darkdeath3 wrote: 2rax, people will come 2rax. They'll come to your stream for reasons they can't even fathom. They'll turn on your stream not knowing for sure why they're doing it. They'll arrive at your stream as innocent as children, longing for the past. Of course, we won't mind if you look around, you'll say. It's only $20 per person. They'll pass over the money without even thinking about it: for it is money they have and peace they lack. And they'll click the link to your stream; sit in shirtsleeves on a perfect afternoon. They'll find they have reserved space in the chat room, where they sat when they were children and cheered their heroes. And they'll watch the game and it'll be as if they dipped themselves in magic waters. The memories will be so thick they'll have to brush them away from their faces. People will come 2rax. The one constant through all the years, 2rax, has been Starcraft. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But Starcraft has marked the time. This stream, this game: it's a part of our past, 2rax. It reminds of us of all that once was good and it could be again. Oh... people will come 2rax. People will most definitely come. o_O | ||
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SarR
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On August 17 2011 13:27 2rax wrote: If you have any comments on how to make a stream successful, etc. it would also be appreciated. Sh** ***bs | ||
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frogurt
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On August 17 2011 14:42 Penecks wrote: Let's pretend there are 60 people selling different apples (streams), with 10-15 of those people selling very tasty apples (featured streams) at the same price. You would only buy apples from these people because they have the best quality apples. If you want people to buy your apples you are going to have to do something crazy or unique to compete. Otherwise only your friends will begrudgingly buy your apples. Give apples to your viewers. | ||
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iamperfection
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If you build it they will come..... | ||
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On August 19 2011 08:01 2rax wrote: What if I saw it in french! ????????what??? | ||
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iamperfection
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On August 19 2011 14:18 2rax wrote: My 1st language is french... So anything that came out more then like 5 years ago I watched in french But.... What does that have to do with anything? | ||
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Livinpink
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On August 19 2011 21:48 Darkdeath3 wrote: But.... What does that have to do with anything? Well it explains that I didn't recognize your quote... whatever lol | ||
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lynx.oblige
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On August 17 2011 23:18 SaetZero wrote: You can try youtube, post around on various gaming forums, twitter, facebook, reddit. Just get the word out, hard. Just dont break any rules doing so! This guy is really on to something. | ||
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Snuggles
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If all else fails. Get a web cam, take off your shirt, and throw Kim chi at your wall while screaming like a lunatic after each SC2 game. | ||
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Cyclone999
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 I'm a new diamond player that's been "streaming" (aka testing Justin.tv/twitch) and I've been wondering if I can make a blog post on my stream (instead of in the SC2 General, I don't exactly want to be put in the Users Stream yet :/) and just to have some of the people that are bored to give me feedback (should I talk, put game music (woot) on, whatnot) until I actually do that.Good luck with your stream, 2rax :D If all else fails. Get a web cam, take off your shirt, and throw Kim chi at your wall while screaming like a lunatic after each SC2 game. I actually thought Kimchi was noodles until like, 2 weeks ago D: oyeah, I lol'd. Pretty hard too | ||
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Livinpink
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On August 20 2011 03:10 Cyclone999 wrote: Thank you for taking the time to make this thread I'm a new diamond player that's been "streaming" (aka testing Justin.tv/twitch) and I've been wondering if I can make a blog post on my stream (instead of in the SC2 General, I don't exactly want to be put in the Users Stream yet :/) and just to have some of the people that are bored to give me feedback (should I talk, put game music (woot) on, whatnot) until I actually do that.Good luck with your stream, 2rax :D I actually thought Kimchi was noodles until like, 2 weeks ago D: oyeah, I lol'd. Pretty hard too Yeah, I figured I wouldn't be the only one seeking advice or opinions about this topic, glad it helped you too! I'm actually also wondering if we should put music on or maybe it will just confuse everyone since we already talk quite a bit... idk | ||
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iamperfection
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On August 22 2011 18:08 bITt.mAN wrote: Snuggles is referring (in spirit) to one of the most popular Korean BW streamers "1a2a3a" who, well, does just that. He's an ex-professional Brood War player, but more importantly he screams and beats the air like crazy every time he plays (: Lol! I'm sure we'd get heaps of views that way too =S | ||
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Malyce
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Or perhaps just try streaming in French? There's a billion English streams for only a handful of French ones. But I guess that's a pretty radical change... | ||
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Malyce
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Indeed you're better off streaming the both of you, and the time zone difference definitely doesn't help. Don't underestimate the French public though, especially if you have a Quebec accent! But yeah not a good idea if your friend doesn't speak it. | ||
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Torenhire
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On August 22 2011 23:05 2rax wrote: Lol! I'm sure we'd get heaps of views that way too =S He's insane. And that's why he's so famous. And this is his tame stuff. Just keep streaming, you'll eventually get viewers. While you won't be White-Ra or Destiny popular, if you're good about streaming at a regular time, give people ways to know when you're streaming (twitter, bump a stream thread, etc.) then people will come. I haven't seen your stream so I don't know if you interact with viewers and whatnot, but some streamers will invite people on for a fun match, FFA, so on. | ||
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iamperfection
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On August 23 2011 00:56 Torenhire wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sV9tEep8fmQ He's insane. And that's why he's so famous. And this is his tame stuff. Just keep streaming, you'll eventually get viewers. While you won't be White-Ra or Destiny popular, if you're good about streaming at a regular time, give people ways to know when you're streaming (twitter, bump a stream thread, etc.) then people will come. I haven't seen your stream so I don't know if you interact with viewers and whatnot, but some streamers will invite people on for a fun match, FFA, so on. omg that guy is nuts i didnt really get all the screaming since it was his drones get wrecked. IT would have just made me angry. | ||
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http://www.justin.tv/2rax | ||
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