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https://www.twitch.tv/northernxrush
https://www.northernxrush.com/
Questions for Rush:
1. What has your experience been like so far with Twitch. Tell us about how you got started streaming and why.
2. What has been your biggest struggle so far with streaming?
3. What do you love most about streaming?
4. Why has For Honor been your focus for streaming?
5. How as streaming other games impacted your channel?
6. What have you done to stand out in the For Honor Community?
7. How have these events / tournaments impacted your channel.
8. What would you suggest other streamers think about when approaching creating a community around a game?
9. What would you do differently from the beginning if you could start over?
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Priorities and Goals
1. Not wanting it to be a job while simultaneously wanting success.
- Once it feels like a job you don't want to do it. (Do you not want to work for success).
- All jobs have aspects that are "boring" or things that people "dislike". Can you be a cake and eat it too streamer?
- Can you casually be successful or is this a misdirection from popular culture icons where success seems like luck and not work?
2. Trade offs for growth.
- Willing to eat the hot beans, but not willing to stand out in more meaningful ways?
- "I want my friends on stream with me" (your friends might be hurting your stream)
3. How much thought and strategy do you employ?
- Are you streaming fun games, or smart games and having fun with them?
- What is more important? Having a good stream or having a fun game?
- Are you growing because you are having fun with a game or because people see you having fun on your stream?
- Are you leaning into your other strengths to help you channel?
... Stream presentation, Personality, Aesthetics, community, identity ... etc..
4. Can streamers with no extra strengths, or streamers with unknown strengths just "stream" and make it work?
- Bland or basic streamers with a lack of clear identity
- Boring people make boring streamers.
- Become more interesting, leaner interpersonal skills, take responsibility, or expect failure.
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How far should you push gimmicks? Costumes, Jelly Beans, Hot Foods, Pain?
Stream Avatars / Stream Raiders / Raid Shadow Legends?
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- Investment vs payoff
- Improve yourself (it's free!)
- Goals, Audio, Video.
- Keep an open mind
- Don't Be Boring!
- Set yourself up for good creation. "branding" leads to creativity.
- Try new things but don't get lost in playing .
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Is your stream sticky? What makes people leave? How to think about your stream!
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Discussion breakdown:
Why is equipment important? - You want to give your viewers the best possible experience and new viewers less reasons to leave. Upgrades should make your stream quality better and should make going live easier on you.
Part one: The approach. - 2 extremes. Get nothing and just stream vs. Get EVERYTHING and just stream.
- both are wrong.
- Never done upgrading in any tech field.
- Price doesn't always mean quality.
- Problem solving and getting the most out of what you own is always a good skill no matter how good / bad the tech is.
- if it works, it works.
- Upgrades should make streaming easier and more feature filled.
- There's always a price to be paid and a learning curve.
Part two: The most important upgrades
- Audio. Audio. Audio. Audio. - Samsung Q2U
- Capture Cards - $5-20
- Camera
Part three: Upgrades can be about making streaming easier.
- Emulation vs Mister
- The Right Camera means less setup more streaming.
- Software vs Hardware - bugs and troubleshooting.
- Controllers that work.
Summary - Yes Equipment is important.
There is a barrier of entry to streaming and you do need to invest in a good stream setup. The best stream setup is one that works. If you are going to invest larger amounts get the most bang for buck always. You don't need the most expensive equipment, you need equipment that works. Start with what you have and get creative! Upgrade when it makes sense and to give your audience the best viewing experience possible!
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Healthy Streaming - Mental and Physical. IQ podcast #16
1. The broadcaster's health
a. Staying Healthy
b. Breaks and Pacing yourself
c. Mental and Physical health goals in a stressful space.
d. The best way to influence good mental health, through example.
2. Streaming isn't therapy (viewer and streamer relationships)
a. Don't be a mental health expert
b. Encouragement isn't therapy, but is good.
c. Don't be a denier of health issues and diseases.
d. Your stream being an escape isn't a reason to ignore your mental health. Streaming is it's own form of stress.
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Know your limits.
Don't be an expert in everything.
Study your partnerships.
Don't give advice on health and mental health advice.
Endorsing something vs doing something.
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IQ Podcast 14
Affiliate Program
Subs vs other forms - Tips
Incentivizing Giving
Create Memories, Be Transparent, and Be A Good Streamer!
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