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Party Bug
Mar 13, 2008

SALT BECOMES EMPOWERMENT
We're doing the second half of Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime, a cool game about rocket ships.

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


This is a good game play it with your friends.

Party Bug fucked around with this message at 23:06 on Feb 28, 2016

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Baofu
Jun 15, 2007

I'm in the recording studio today so no stream tonight. I'll be streaming again on Monday.

Tiny Turtle
May 2, 2008

Hi, buddies!
This here is tonight's plan:

First, play 'boring desert game' aka 'is this cities: skylines with some serious mods' aka From Dust until people actually start watching and inevitably complaining.

Then, beat Idiot. Blitz! Blitz! Sorry. Love you. wait sorry voice recognition problem there, I meant Binary Domain. We're right at the end, I reckon!

Finally, depending on time left in evening, I'll play CoDIII:BlOps; I'll be doing nothing but the highly competitive, fast paced and skill based singleplayer, because real people scare me.

Join me here: https://www.twitch.tv/tinyturtlesa/


I accidentally spent four hours on From Dust and beat that instead.

Bionic Domain tomorrow!

Tiny Turtle fucked around with this message at 01:02 on Feb 29, 2016

Doseku
Nov 9, 2009
It's time to go on a quest with our good friend Elliot.

https://www.hitbox.tv/doseku

It's like zelda 2 but not as bad.

Doseku fucked around with this message at 00:35 on Feb 29, 2016

Wayne
Oct 18, 2014

He who fights too long against dragons becomes a dragon himself
So, the problem last week is that our ISP is suddenly really inconsistent with its bandwidth, going from 2.2-24mbps all the way down to 600k for no reason I can tell. Like, this morning at 2am was testing around 700-900, and now it seems to be back to normal (which is why we're trying to stream now). Darndest thing. Mediacom claims they can't detect anything wrong on the line and replaced our modem for free, but that didn't do anything. Freakin' technology.

So anyway, fingers crossed our speed stays in an acceptable range today, so we're going to be streaming Darkest Dungeon! We'll be replacing the Harvest Hangout with this instead, doing a dungeon crawl or two before whatever game Ben or I will be doing normally. Much thanks to Mog for the idea! :tipshat:

We'll be getting started shortly. Feel free to drop by and get some hapless adventurer named after you! Once we've gotten a decent roster Ben has an idea for shaking up the formula a bit, we'll keep y'all posted!

Edit: Done! Thanks all for the advice. Lost one already, the Real Darkest Dungeon Starts Here, heh.

Wayne fucked around with this message at 00:14 on Feb 29, 2016

Faerie Fortune
Nov 14, 2004

My girlfriend May is finishing up her blind run of Super Metroid today, aided by FPzero, poorlywrittennovel, Blstinus and stuff that I half remember from when I was eight! Come watch!

Fluffy Bunnies
Jan 10, 2009

E: done

Fluffy Bunnies fucked around with this message at 23:15 on Feb 28, 2016

Captain_duck
Dec 3, 2005

I swear nice bushes!
It's 1627, we have a good grasp on Africa and Europe is begging to be conquered. Let's continue with my EU4 Duckgroningen game.

http://www.twitch.tv/captain_duck

Captain_duck fucked around with this message at 03:21 on Feb 29, 2016

Cartridgeblowers
Jan 3, 2006

Super Mario Bros 3

Streaming Stardew Valley for a couple of hours:
http://www.twitch.tv/cartridgeblowers

Angrymog
Jan 30, 2012

Really Madcats

More Might and Magic X live at https://www.twitch.tv/angrymog

Looking at finishing Chapter III tonight.

Pythonicus
Apr 1, 2011

I just wanted to say...
I love you.
I'm moving tonight! But before then, I want to wind my mind down with some EXPLODING PLANES.

Streaming Ace Combat Infinity 04: Shattered Skies for a little while over here: http://www.twitch.tv/pythonicus

Edit: Infinity has the best netcode :v:

Pythonicus fucked around with this message at 01:28 on Feb 29, 2016

Roar
Jul 7, 2007

I got 30 points!

I GOT 30 POINTS!

Tonight's Game: Stardew Valley

Kiti's playing Stardew Valley! Let's harvest some turnips or some poo poo.

http://www.twitch.tv/roar_sa (Stream starts in roughly ten minutes!)

Doseku
Nov 9, 2009
With story 2 beaten off screen we pick up with John Cena in the third story in Mortal Kombat 9.

https://www.twitch.tv/doseku

Shao Khan is a cheating arsehole.

Doseku fucked around with this message at 06:34 on Feb 29, 2016

Tiny Turtle
May 2, 2008

Hi, buddies!
Tonight's stream is for the singleplayer campaign of Call of Duty: Black Ops III! I've played the multiplayer a bit and it's actually really good. I like it a lot. The zombie mode is rather nice as well, but it's definitely a game I need buddies to play with. However, before we start that we're going to be playing a bit of Raining Blobs. It's got a bunch of whole new art but w/e that's just an excuse for me to play it a bit. I'd very much like to get a cheevo before I quit, as well.


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

Tiny Turtle fucked around with this message at 01:11 on Mar 1, 2016

Angrymog
Jan 30, 2012

Really Madcats

We're taking a break from Might and Magic X for another episode of Doomed MMO Theatre. This time I'll be looking at Wildstar.

Why is Wildstar doomed? It's a subscription MMO that went F2P and is published by NCSoft. Also it's been described as WOW in space, and I know the endgame stuff went in for a lot of things that other MMOs have long abandoned, such as 40 man raids.

live now at http://www.twitch.tv/angrymog

Zain
Dec 6, 2009

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


Twitching it up


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

We're on the final stretch I think 2 chapters and then we're done!




Wooo! Finished Chapter 11 bankruptcy and Chapter 12. Game over! Stream success!

Zain fucked around with this message at 02:12 on Mar 1, 2016

Kilonum
Sep 30, 2002

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

DIRT Rally until I get tired of it, and then F1 2014

http://twitch.tv/kilonum2


bleh

Kilonum fucked around with this message at 02:06 on Mar 1, 2016

Baofu
Jun 15, 2007

Happy Leap Day everyone!

I was in the studio last night so I'm making up for my lack of a stream by getting back to Sleeping Dogs. Last time we had Dogeyes over for dinner, got on the trail of a serial killer, and got Made. What could possibly wrong for Wei Shen?

It's tonight at 8PM EST on:

http://www.twitch.tv/epa_regulations

NO LISTEN TO ME
Jan 3, 2009

「プリスティンビート」
「Pristine Beat」
Gonna start playing some Binding of Isaac in around 5 minutes, continuing a 30-streak. Hopefully I don't gently caress it up!!

http://www.twitch.tv/no_listen_to_me


I hosed it up.

NO LISTEN TO ME fucked around with this message at 03:10 on Mar 1, 2016

Migishu
Oct 22, 2005

I'll eat your fucking eyeballs if you're not careful

Grimey Drawer
Ok, so I wasn't able to play Bear Simulator, so I'm going to try something even more futile.

I'm going to (try to) play Dark Souls 2.5 Bloodborne

https://www.twitch.tv/migishu

Axikal
Apr 13, 2014

Supreme Dragoncat
Heading into the Sun & Moon Temple in Dark Cloud

Let's do this

http://twitch.tv/axikal


Internet hosed out.

Axikal fucked around with this message at 04:28 on Mar 1, 2016

Jade Star
Jul 15, 2002

It burns when I LP
Battle Brothers just received a huge update so I'm going to stream it out and see how it goes. The game is a medieval/fantasy setting mercenary company game. I will be running a band of sellswords that start hard on their luck and try to build the company up to fame and fortune. Or Infamy. Or death. I mean who knows how things are going to go. It's a really cool game to me and it's in early access still.

http://www.twitch.tv/sa_jadestar

New chat bot commands just got made for Battle Brothers too!

Cartridgeblowers
Jan 3, 2006

Super Mario Bros 3

Chill farming before bed for an hour or so with Stardew Valley:

http://www.twitch.tv/cartridgeblowers

Tiny Turtle
May 2, 2008

Hi, buddies!
Okay so I know everybody's super into Stardew Valley, but I want to beat Call of Duty: Black Ops III before I dive into that. I have bought it though and it's the next game on the list! I'll start off playing a couple of multiplayer matches, then once I've made sure the stream is working good and proper, I'll go back into the campaign. So if you want some more murdery gunporn or you just want to remind me how disappointed you are in me for playing a cod, you can find the stream here:

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

Angrymog
Jan 30, 2012

Really Madcats

Goons fly space ships in http://www.twitch.tv/elitediamondfrogs

RealSovietBear
Aug 14, 2013

Bears from Space


Are you ready for some blast processing? It's the Mega Drive/Genesis ROM Pit: http://www.hitbox.tv/scoreattack

RealSovietBear fucked around with this message at 00:07 on Mar 2, 2016

Mekchu
Apr 10, 2012

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS


I'm back to streaming some Bully: Scholarship Edition on https://www.twitch.tv/tallardar/

Mekchu fucked around with this message at 02:10 on Mar 2, 2016

Baofu
Jun 15, 2007

Last time on Shin Megami Tensei: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. The Soulless Army, the newly-minted devil summoner Chunk ChonkMan set out on the trail of a girl who asked him to kill her before she was abducted by Imperial stormtroopers. In pursuit of her best friend, he had to go to the Dark World and fight a giant ox-tarantula. Somewhere between those two events, he...got lost and wandered around around town for about 40 minutes. Then he got his rear end kicked by the ox-tarantula and had to go all the way back to the beginning of the dungeon.

Lesson learned: Save often! Or you will disappoint your ancestors!

I'm getting back in tonight at 8PM EST, and I'll be making some actual progress this time. I swear.


http://www.twitch.tv/epa_regulations

Just had a naked boss fight. I'd say that's plenty of progress.

Baofu fucked around with this message at 04:48 on Mar 2, 2016

Chibi Peppers
Jan 6, 2016


Me and YappingEevee are gonna try being catburglars in a game I wanted to play for a while but never got a chance, which is Monaco.

We decided we need something slower after this much emotion. So I'm going to play around with one of those FFs I haven't played - Final Fantasy V it is

Come and watch on http://www.hitbox.tv/ChibiPeppersSA


I like FF5. Gonna try to finish it in the foreseeable future.

Chibi Peppers fucked around with this message at 05:49 on Mar 2, 2016

mateo360
Mar 20, 2012

TOO MANY PEOPLE MERLOCK!
ONLY ONE DIJON!
Going to stream a Pokemon Fangame that sounds intersting



http://www.hitbox.tv/mateo360

Done for tonight.

mateo360 fucked around with this message at 06:24 on Mar 2, 2016

Highwang
Nov 7, 2013

No Pineapple?
No Thank You!
Gonna try to get back into Darkest Dungeon. Got a file with a bunch of lvl 5's but I need to make bankroll.

https://www.hitbox.tv/highwang
Fighting a kamikaze in the 3rd row is loving heart-stopping wow.

Highwang fucked around with this message at 07:00 on Mar 2, 2016

Stringbean
Aug 6, 2010
Howdy! Messing around with my stream settings. So I'm playing some morning MechWarrior Online. If you're interested in big stompy robots, come watch a slight "above-average" person shoot other big stompy robots.

http://www.twitch.tv/stringbeansa

Will be streaming some more later tonight. Either MWO or Stardew Valley. I don't know why it pixellates so much during high movement/bright flashy parts. My computer is pretty beefy and the games I'm playing aren't too resource extensive. Any clues? If I can't figure out how to get the video quality up during combat, I'll most likely be starting up a fresh farm, people can participate by yelling at me to do stuff. Yay.

Stringbean fucked around with this message at 17:27 on Mar 2, 2016

Pythonicus
Apr 1, 2011

I just wanted to say...
I love you.
Try upping bit rate, if you can, that should fix things

RealSovietBear
Aug 14, 2013

Bears from Space
Streaming some casual Guilty Gear Xrd matches with my friend: http://www.hitbox.tv/scoreattack

RealSovietBear fucked around with this message at 21:42 on Mar 2, 2016

Faerie Fortune
Nov 14, 2004

My girlfriend has decided to stream her first time playing They Bleed Pixels along with myself and good friend gnome7 as guides! We'll do that for a while and then probably move on to Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow in an hour or two! Come join us!

Olesh
Aug 4, 2008

Why did the circus close?

A long, chilling list of animal rights violations.

Stringbean posted:

Howdy! Messing around with my stream settings. So I'm playing some morning MechWarrior Online. If you're interested in big stompy robots, come watch a slight "above-average" person shoot other big stompy robots.

http://www.twitch.tv/stringbeansa

Will be streaming some more later tonight. Either MWO or Stardew Valley. I don't know why it pixellates so much during high movement/bright flashy parts. My computer is pretty beefy and the games I'm playing aren't too resource extensive. Any clues? If I can't figure out how to get the video quality up during combat, I'll most likely be starting up a fresh farm, people can participate by yelling at me to do stuff. Yay.

Pythonicus posted:

Try upping bit rate, if you can, that should fix things

If you're using OBS, there's a few options to consider, but let's start from the bottom up-

These options are in the Encoding section of OBS, but the same general concepts for other streaming software.
Max Bitrate: Bitrate is king; this is the total amount of encoded video data that will be streamed and has the largest effect on streamed video quality. You're limited here by your own upload speed, and for purely practical reasons you never want to actually max out your upload speed entirely. As a rule of thumb using 80% of your upload bandwidth should be fine and have no effect on other programs. Since most people don't max out their upload bandwidth, you should generally not have to worry too much about your available bandwidth dropping at peak times, but make sure you know what you're actually getting for your upload speed, as it seems to be pretty common for people to get much lower speeds than what their service actually is supposed to be providing them.

There are practical upper limits to how much bitrate you really need for a given resolution; 1080p at 30 FPS generally looks fine at 3,000 kb/s (that's bits, not bytes), while for 720p you don't need nearly as much - 1800 kb/s should do. If you're attempting to stream at 60 FPS instead of 30, you'll need higher bitrates to compensate. Twitch gets ornery if you stream at a bitrate higher than 3500 kb/s, because unless you have quality options everyone watching your stream is also downloading at 3500 kb/s, but luckily going from 30 FPS to 60 FPS doesn't actually require you to double your bitrate and 3300 kb/s works out okay at 1080p60 - likewise, 2500 kb/s works great for 720p60.

There are some other options to consider. Quality Balance is sort of a sliding scale between quality static images and quality motion - higher numbers will give you sharper images, but if your max bitrate isn't entirely up to snuff for the resolution/framerate you'll see very pixellated movement. If you can't raise your bitrate, try turning your quality balance lower.

As an alternative to using the Quality Balance settings, you can select "Use CBR" - this disables and ignores the Quality Balance setting and forces the stream to use the specified Max Bitrate, irrespective of how much data is actually present during a stream. In general, if your overall bandwidth usage isn't really a concern (and if it is, why are you streaming?), you shouldn't have any issues selecting this option. On the other hand, if your available upload speed is not terribly beefy relative to your chosen resolution/desired fps, you may find that you get better results from NOT checking this and tweaking the quality balance.

In the Video settings, OBS also provides the option for Resolution Downscale - this allows you to stream video at a lower resolution than what you're actually playing at, with a minor hit to the image quality due to sizing down the image. If you don't quite have the bandwidth to stream consistently at 1080p, you will probably find that you get significantly better results downscaling to 720p.

Tiny Turtle
May 2, 2008

Hi, buddies!
Hey y'all, pals, best buds. I'm playing Stardew Valley tonight and it's gonna be pretty metal I think. Everybody seems to love it and I am, as a spineless mollusc, am incapable of disagreeing so I'm sure I'll have a million fun! The pre-stream is a bit of Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 multiplayer, two or three matches, just long enough for me buds to filter in so not everybody misses out on the thrilling chargen.

Join me here: https://www.twitch.tv/tinyturtlesa/

Angrymog
Jan 30, 2012

Really Madcats

A couple of delves with the inhabitants of the Gooniest Manor in Darkest Dungeon,then we'll be continuing our alt-history murder-ventures in Assassins Creed:Liberation

Hopefully no power cuts.

http://www.twitch.tv/angrymog


Defeated the last of the tier 2 bosses in Darkest Dungeon, and did stupid puzzles in incoherent assassin-adventures. Also managed to kill an end of chapter boss by using him as a human shield. I like Aveline as a character, but she really needs to be in a better game.

Angrymog fucked around with this message at 01:15 on Mar 3, 2016

Maphis
Apr 22, 2012
Tonight on XCOM 2: Bob Ross Run we're going to stop being cowards and as soon as Mags are done researching we're hitting that first drat blacksite mission. Should be fun as there isn't a time limit so I can spend an eternity agonizing over every single move! Come hang out!

http://www.twitch.tv/badwiid

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Captain_duck
Dec 3, 2005

I swear nice bushes!
Tonight i'm going to play a totally normal version of super metroid. Definitely not rotated 90 degrees on its side.

http://www.twitch.tv/captain_duck

Captain_duck fucked around with this message at 03:54 on Mar 3, 2016

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