Introduction:
Hello everyone! Recently I've been having issues with getting myself to complete my various Pokemon playthroughs. The biggest draw for me is sharing my experiences with others, but I've found that writing up updates or editing together videos takes too long, and that G+ hangoutshave an annoying problem with your microphone getting muted when you're trying to play the game which are invite only (microphone problem is fixed now!)
Well I've come up with a solution to this problem; live-streaming! A live stream eliminates the need for large amounts of post editing and allows all the audience interaction I've come to enjoy from Google+ hangouts. Pokemon makes a great game for streaming; it's not so action packed and concentration intensive that the streamer won't be able to interact with the audience, requires little bandwidth to stream and makes for great audience interaction due to all the decisions that are made over the course of a playthrough. I'm hoping you will join me both in my own streams and maybe even start some of your own!
I'm using a Twitch account to stream my own stuff. It's free and pretty easy to use. For your streaming software I recommendX-Split OBS (X-split free sucks) as it's also free and easy to use (at the most basic level anyway). I encourage you to both follow my own account and maybe set up an account of your own to stream yourself. I'll use this topic to keep track of everyone's streaming accounts and people can post announcements, schedules etc. here so we can all keep track of each other's streams.
So with that, happy streaming everyone! I hope to see you on Twitch soon!
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My Stuff:
http://www.twitch.tv/jimera0
Every Friday at 5pm EST time I do an in-game stream. Currently I'm playing a challenge run of Pokemon Yellow I like to call the "No free health care challenge". Basically, Pokemon Centers (and other usually free heals) cost me a LOT of money in the form of discarded Pokeballs. Full rules for the challenge can be found here or in the channel details on my twitch channel. I have a roster of co-commentators that keep the stream lively; TheMantyke (Roarke), DHR (David, but don't call him that), Seraphinu (Alex), SuperJOCKE, Kadew, Karxrida, and others. We tend to talk a lot about random stuff not related to what's going on the game unless something interesting is going on.
In addition to my Friday stream, I try to stream other stuff throughout the week. I'm trying to Showdown streams pretty regularly now that I've started doing the "Learning with Jim" show on Smogon's official twitch channel. I also stream Hearthstone regularly, but that's not particularly relevant in this part of the forum :P. Other games get streamed occasionally too.
... I'll also try to keep this up to date from now on, this is the first time I've edited this post in 8 months. Oops :P I suck at keeping things up to date. around 4 and a half months this time.
Hello everyone! Recently I've been having issues with getting myself to complete my various Pokemon playthroughs. The biggest draw for me is sharing my experiences with others, but I've found that writing up updates or editing together videos takes too long, and that G+ hangouts
Well I've come up with a solution to this problem; live-streaming! A live stream eliminates the need for large amounts of post editing and allows all the audience interaction I've come to enjoy from Google+ hangouts. Pokemon makes a great game for streaming; it's not so action packed and concentration intensive that the streamer won't be able to interact with the audience, requires little bandwidth to stream and makes for great audience interaction due to all the decisions that are made over the course of a playthrough. I'm hoping you will join me both in my own streams and maybe even start some of your own!
I'm using a Twitch account to stream my own stuff. It's free and pretty easy to use. For your streaming software I recommend
So with that, happy streaming everyone! I hope to see you on Twitch soon!
_________________________
My Stuff:
http://www.twitch.tv/jimera0
Every Friday at 5pm EST time I do an in-game stream. Currently I'm playing a challenge run of Pokemon Yellow I like to call the "No free health care challenge". Basically, Pokemon Centers (and other usually free heals) cost me a LOT of money in the form of discarded Pokeballs. Full rules for the challenge can be found here or in the channel details on my twitch channel. I have a roster of co-commentators that keep the stream lively; TheMantyke (Roarke), DHR (David, but don't call him that), Seraphinu (Alex), SuperJOCKE, Kadew, Karxrida, and others. We tend to talk a lot about random stuff not related to what's going on the game unless something interesting is going on.
In addition to my Friday stream, I try to stream other stuff throughout the week. I'm trying to Showdown streams pretty regularly now that I've started doing the "Learning with Jim" show on Smogon's official twitch channel. I also stream Hearthstone regularly, but that's not particularly relevant in this part of the forum :P. Other games get streamed occasionally too.
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