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Highwang
Nov 7, 2013

No Pineapple?
No Thank You!
New content update to Don't Starve has me looking for Monkeybone in the goddamn ocean. Help.

https://www.hitbox.tv/highwang
Cool the game exploded on me when I went in the mountain

Highwang fucked around with this message at 06:38 on Feb 6, 2016

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Kilonum
Sep 30, 2002

You know where you are? You're in the suburbs, baby. You're gonna drive.

Streaming some American Truck Simulator for a bit

on hitbox because I appear to have fewer issues with dropped frames as compared with twitch

http://www.hitbox.tv/Kilonum

zfleeman
Mar 12, 2014

I wonder how you spell Tabasco.
I'm doing that thing again where I let an old game play itself kind of.

It's Kyle Gabler's Darwin Hill.

STREAM



e: gently caress I messed up some audio settings hold on

zfleeman fucked around with this message at 19:57 on Feb 6, 2016

Angrymog
Jan 30, 2012

Really Madcats

Cmdr MoosePickle is live with Elite:Dangerous at https://www.twitchtv/elitediamondfrogs whilst CMDR Dark Off is at http://www.twitch.tv/spacemadexplorer

Meanwhile I'm considering putting eyes in my brain in Bloodborne at http://www.twitch.tv/angrymog. We'll be continuing through the lecture building, venturing into the Old Hunters and perhaps going over to the Old Hunters DLC area.

Tiny Turtle
May 2, 2008

Hi, buddies!
Hey! More XCOM at second-to-highest difficulty! Turns out it's actually pretty hard. We failed a mission pretty hard. Pleasure, our highest ranked soldier, got killed and GuavaMoment got mind controlled and captured. Even worse is we've lost income! We're going to have to recover, can't afford another loss like this.

Stream is starting now? Right now: https://www.twitch.tv/tinyturtlesa/

ChaosArgate
Oct 10, 2012

Why does everyone think I'm going to get in trouble?

Hey, Faerie Fortune is doing some Oregon Trail 2 over at https://www.hitbox.tv/superherofae very shortly with friends. Come watch us make poor decisions in crossing the US.

IGgy IGsen
Apr 11, 2013

"If I lose I will set myself on fire."
Hello!
we're doing the LPFWA again in 15 minutes.
Come here if you want to witness the wrestlemans: http://www.hitbox.tv/IGgy

Great Joe
Aug 13, 2008

Dirt Rally happening

http://hitbox.tv/YourAverageJoe

RealSovietBear
Aug 14, 2013

Bears from Space


Streaming more Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth http://www.hitbox.tv/scoreattack

Did some off-camera grinding so hopefully we're out of the "JRPG exposition" phase of the game.

RealSovietBear fucked around with this message at 01:56 on Feb 7, 2016

Zain
Dec 6, 2009

It's only forever, not long at all
I ain't afraid of no Necromorphs!


[url]http://www.twitch.tv/zainsa


Continuing the Hard Mode - Plasma Cutter only! Hope to see you all there.



Done for now might do some more after dinner.

Zain fucked around with this message at 01:37 on Feb 7, 2016

Roar
Jul 7, 2007

I got 30 points!

I GOT 30 POINTS!
Hi guys! We won't be on Twitch tonight. Sorry about the inconvenience!

Love you long time.

Gamesfreak13563
Jan 28, 2010

Get ready for a SHAQ DOWN!
Goldeneye Source
http://www.twitch.tv/gamesfreak13563

Gamesfreak13563 fucked around with this message at 03:27 on Feb 7, 2016

TheWanderingNewbie
Oct 12, 2007

Gotta Get Dem Cheevos
Zelda 2 - Link Goes on an Adventure


http://hitbox.tv/WanderingNewbie

Doseku
Nov 9, 2009
Tonight. We finish out our adventures and hopefully find the fabled legendary brofist. Afterwards, who knows.

https://www.twitch.tv/doseku


Doseku fucked around with this message at 05:47 on Feb 7, 2016

Highwang
Nov 7, 2013

No Pineapple?
No Thank You!
Weekend Stream is kicking off with Don't Starve Shipwrecked and the new character Wilbur, followed later by a bunch of drunken slobs playing Helldivers bringing the glory of Super-America to space!

https://www.hitbox.tv/kuoushi

Highwang fucked around with this message at 08:03 on Feb 7, 2016

Cartridgeblowers
Jan 3, 2006

Super Mario Bros 3

Streaming XCOM 2 in just a few minutes here. Classic, Iron Man, blind - these are all words that mean nothing unless you know XCOM and streaming, but I digress. Join me if you're up late on a Saturday and want to watch turn-based alien shootin'!

http://www.twitch.tv/cartridgeblowers

Putty
Mar 21, 2013

HOOKED ON THE BROTHERS
SUPER SMASH BROS SUPER SMASH BROS SUPER SMASH BROS SUPER SMASH BROS SUPER SMASH BROS SUPER SMASH BROS SUPER SMASH BROS SUPER SMASH BROS SUPER SMASH BROS SUPER SMASH BROS SUPER SMASH BROS SUPER SMASH BROS SUPER SMASH BROS SUPER SMASH BROS

i hope my stream stuff works lol, join us on skype id Putty5


penis

Putty fucked around with this message at 07:21 on Feb 7, 2016

Angrymog
Jan 30, 2012

Really Madcats

Discussion time, folks!

Let's talk about boss fights and repetition.

When I''m not streaming I'm often prepared to spend a very long time throwing myself into a boss fight (You don't want to know how long it took me to beat the Shadows of Old Yharnam solo). When I am streaming I'll try a few times then if possible move on to another part of the game or do something to make the boss fight easier, but I was wondering what viewers actually want. Unless they really hate the streamer (e.g. Most of DSP's viewers I guess) I'm hoping they want the streamer to be having fun too, and aren't going to begrudge someone making a fight easier or just giving up on it, if it means that the stream continues.

The reason I do it is because, based on my viewing experience, it can be both boring and frustrating watching someone making the same mistakes over and over - it's interesting to watch someone fail a few times when they're discovering new and interesting mistakes to make, but after that it just gets frustrating. My main issue as a player with stuff like boss fights is that whilst I can see exactly what to do, I often don't have the physical ability to do it - especially not on superfast games, so after I've discovered all the mistakes to make it just gets frustrating because I can't stop making them, and I get into a negative feedback loop with viewers who're just trying to be helpful, but are telling me things I already know - I try not to do this, but I know I do.

tl;dr - do you, as viewers, prefer to watch a streamer try and try again until they succeed regardless of how long it takes, or use game-allowed methods of making something easier? (I'm not talking about cheating, just game allowed things. And no, turning the difficulty down isn't cheating if the game allows you to do it game)

Major_JF
Oct 17, 2008
To that question I am torn. On one hand it isn't fun seeing someone get madder and madder at a game as they fail yet again for the nth time. On the other hand definitely would like to see the moment of success after seeing failures for however long.
As for game allowed methods for making things easier. If someone played a game 75% through on hard I would be sad if they switched it down to very very easy for the rest of the game. One difficulty down for one boss? After 10 attempts over a number of runs yeah move on.

JainDoh
Nov 5, 2002

I prefer watching streamers that are enjoying themselves. Or at least ones that can take some teasing when they get salty. For changing difficulty or in-game cheesing? Whatever makes them happy and an enjoyable streamer to watch.

This butts up against a different subject, which I guess I have a weird opinion on; spoiling/hints. It gets to the point where you just want to tell them the ONE thing that will make their life easier. That's the part where it gets to be "ugh, this guy is banging his head against a wall and noone can save him because of his rules, I'm... gonna go." Obviously, spoiling the story / major poo poo would be different and a jackass move, but still. It's a weird streaming thing.

I really don't think, if you're broadcasting live on the internet with a public chatroom, that you should try to impose a "hey don't tell me things" rule, nor have your mods go full-boner to save you from spoilers. At the least you're not looking at the chat, which should be the entire point of streaming -- community interaction. If you want no spoilers, try playing offline.

JainDoh fucked around with this message at 16:21 on Feb 7, 2016

Angrymog
Jan 30, 2012

Really Madcats

Jon Do posted:

This butts up against a different subject, which I guess I have a weird opinion on; spoiling/hints. It gets to the point where you just want to tell them the ONE thing that will make their life easier. That's the part where it gets to be "ugh, this guy is banging his head against a wall and noone can save him because of his rules, I'm... gonna go." Obviously, spoiling the story / major poo poo would be different and a jackass move, but still. It's a weird streaming thing.
This really bugs me, especially when it's a mechanics thing, not even a 'hey you missed a room' or anything like that; I've even seen streams where their rules allow mechanics chat, but their mods still jump on you. My thoughts on stuff like 'hey you missed a room' or 'talk to that guy!' are - if I'm still looking around an area, hold your peace. If I leave and haven't found the thing you were hoping I'd find, tell me.

Roar
Jul 7, 2007

I got 30 points!

I GOT 30 POINTS!
On hard bosses or whatnot: as long as the streamer and the chat are having a good time, let it fly - go nuts on how long it takes to kill someone. Once it starts getting old, though, do what you need to to keep the stream rolling. Streams aren't LP's - there's no skipping ahead for people when things get slow, so you should take charge to help things be interesting if necessary.

As for spoilers, I would preferred not get spoilered on something until I've had an honest chance to find it. If I pass by a key room ten times or forget to talk to someone pivotal and it's obvious that I'm clueless, feel free to clue me in. Point blank saying "talk to that dude" as soon as I enter a room is irritating - let people play and learn, that's generally why people watch streams in the first place.

Kylra
Dec 1, 2006

Not a cute boy, just a boring girl.
I try to act when streaming how I feel when watching. So I usually just ask anyone watching for hints if I can't figure something out after a little bit. Makes it feel like a team effort too. Unless it's literally a puzzle game in which case I might want to keep at it on my own for a while.

I'll also usually include hints as to whether it's a for funsies stream or an effort thing by including something about the difficulty I play on and such in the stream title or in the channel information. Sometimes I wanna watch someone do something harder than I would do, and sometimes I just wanna see the game played through without much repetition. And sometimes, I just wanna watch someone bang their head against a wall until they bleed to death playing I Wanna Be the Guy or something like that.

If execution barriers are a problem and you think people are getting tired of it, maybe just ask?

With that said, I mostly just end up streaming for friends and hanging out with them to do a thing together, and I generally don't have too much of an issue with execution barriers being a huge holdup on the difficulties I pick, so YMMV. I'm not trying to make a living streaming or anything like that.

Kylra fucked around with this message at 18:08 on Feb 7, 2016

Kylra
Dec 1, 2006

Not a cute boy, just a boring girl.
Time to get on the XCOM 2 train. Going to be starting a new game on Veteran difficulty, and I'm probably not going to reload outside of misclick type stuff unless I get some rare bad RNG that's going to seriously mess the game up long term. I already learned a bunch of stuff the first go round though, so hopefully nothing like that will happen this time. Hopefully. For my soldiers' sakes.

https://www.hitbox.tv/suzera


Am I winning? I have no idea.

Kylra fucked around with this message at 07:01 on Feb 8, 2016

Artix
Apr 26, 2010

He's finally back,
to kick some tail!
And this time,
he's goin' to jail!
FP is streaming Banjo-Kazooie with Fae, myself, and a couple others over here at http://www.hitbox.tv/FPzero.

Party Bug
Mar 13, 2008

SALT BECOMES EMPOWERMENT
Going to do the last 15 days of The Swindle

I hosed up. Now I'm introducing my buddy to Rocket League, and probably Apotheon, a Greek Mythtroidvania and then other stuff WHO KNOWS

http://www.twitch.tv/pbug/


Didn't get to Apotheon because Rocket League is cool, but we'll probably do it next week.

Party Bug fucked around with this message at 22:31 on Feb 7, 2016

Tiny Turtle
May 2, 2008

Hi, buddies!
Playing XCOM 2 on normal difficulty because anything harder than that kills my will to live. Those be-danged timed missions, mateys. They're just too rough!! Don't worry though, I'm so bad that people are still going to die. Join me now! Please!

https://www.twitch.tv/tinyturtlesa/

Faerie Fortune
Nov 14, 2004

So I made a silly decision and now me and four of my friends are playing Shark Attack Deathmatch 2. Its gonna be real dumb. Join us here!

RealSovietBear
Aug 14, 2013

Bears from Space
Streaming some Toukiden: Kiwami online co-op: http://www.hitbox.tv/scoreattack

It's like Monster Hunter with Japanese demons.

RealSovietBear fucked around with this message at 00:08 on Feb 8, 2016

Baofu
Jun 15, 2007

Tonight, on It Came From PSPlus:

Super Bowl? What's that?

I'm celebrating Chinese New Year (and my victory over HDCP) by streaming some Sleeping Dogs tonight at 8PM EST.

EDIT: Due to some technical difficulties, I'm going to be streaming some more Mercenary Kings until Sleeping Dogs is ready.


http://www.twitch.tv/epa_regulations

Stream's done, audio issues have been worked out. Definitely looking forward to streaming more Sleeping Dogs. Gung hey fat choy!

Baofu fucked around with this message at 05:42 on Feb 8, 2016

Kilonum
Sep 30, 2002

You know where you are? You're in the suburbs, baby. You're gonna drive.

Playing some American Truck Simulator

And testing my twitch connection

http://twitch.tv/kilonum2


Not a single dropped frame in 2.25 hours of streaming. Turns out my issue was that I was connected to the San Francisco twitch server when I should have been connecting to the New York server.

Kilonum fucked around with this message at 03:39 on Feb 8, 2016

Zain
Dec 6, 2009

It's only forever, not long at all
I ain't afraid of no Necromorphs!


[url]http://www.twitch.tv/zainsa


Continuing the Hard Mode - Plasma Cutter only! Hope to see you all there.

Chapter 5 I think?


Operation stream that poo poo went off without a hitch! Thank you for joining.

Zain fucked around with this message at 04:35 on Feb 8, 2016

Scaly Haylie
Dec 25, 2004

Hey y'all! I'm thinking maybe I should stream some games that I hate real soon, so here's a poll.

You can vote for more than one option, I cannot stress this enough. I had to remake the poll because more than one person didn't realize this, please do it right argh.

AccountingNightmare
Oct 2, 2006

NOT ENOUGH RED ORBS ARGH
Streaming some more Donkey Kong Country!

http://www.twitch.tv/accountingnightmaresa
http://www.hitbox.tv/AccountingNightmare


Done!

AccountingNightmare fucked around with this message at 07:08 on Feb 8, 2016

The T
May 29, 2010

A sufficiently chaotic system is maximally fair.

Me and my Smoosh fwiends majormonotone and Lucy Romana are gonna play some Smash Bros. for Wii U and probably look at the new characters and stages and generally be goofy assholes. Come join us!

http://hitbox.tv/TheT113


Thanks for watching!

The T fucked around with this message at 22:17 on Feb 8, 2016

Tiny Turtle
May 2, 2008

Hi, buddies!
Stream is delayed for a bit on account of horrible allergies. I'll post when I go live. Sorry!

EDIT: No stream at all. I'm right hosed up!

Tiny Turtle fucked around with this message at 23:58 on Feb 8, 2016

Jade Star
Jul 15, 2002

It burns when I LP
Streaming more XCOM 2

http://www.twitch.tv/sa_jadestar

Great Joe
Aug 13, 2008

Quiplash

http://hitbox.tv/youraveragejoe

Faerie Fortune
Nov 14, 2004

Faerie Fortune posted:

So I made a silly decision and now me and four of my friends are playing Shark Attack Deathmatch 2. Its gonna be real dumb. Join us here!

gently caress it, this was so fun the first time we're doing it again! Join us again here!
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Angrymog
Jan 30, 2012

Really Madcats

Going to do a couple of delves or two in the Darkest Dungeon. Live now at http://www.twitch.tv/angrymog

Will Glorp VI continue to survive?

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