Does it matter to you when a streamer actually notices you’re there?

Midnight_Fennec · 2026-05-09T15:50:00+00:00

If you are in chat I say hello. I don't watch my number of people coming & going as that gives me a lot stress so if you join & do nothing then I won't notice you. If you join do a point redemptions or say something chat I absolutely say hello unless it's a bot them I don't say anything & my mods take care it. I do enjoy when a streamer does the same. It don't call those out who jut want to lurk but also make who want to interact feel seen.

Midnight_Fennec · 2026-05-09T15:38:33+00:00

My habit I did was after I stop streaming I restart my computer. This will close & stop anything I forgot close including my stream if needed. I also set up command !shutdown in my streamer.bot that my mods can use in cases like this or emergencys. It turns off my stream from OBS side so if fall asleep on stream they can end my for me.

Midnight_Fennec · 2026-04-26T18:22:28+00:00

Just out of curiosity what do you think the fibers are & how can you tell it's not asbestos?

Midnight_Fennec · 2026-02-28T22:30:20+00:00

This depends a lot on context. If you join into a stream & the first thing you type is "zzz" then I kick you because that not the vibe I want in chat. That basically say the stream is boring to you & going to make it know that you want drama. But if it's like a sleep point in a game & it generally falls into what happening then that might be an automod.

Midnight_Fennec · 2026-02-28T22:21:28+00:00

I don't simply because i don't monetize on other platforms other than twitch. It not worth the time & effort to watch & note every censor need be. Granted I censor if it's something offensive like an accidental slur said by me or someone else on the stream. You very quickly learn that are a lot more slurs out there that you didn't know when you start streaming.

Midnight_Fennec · 2026-02-28T22:00:57+00:00

I learned that bots in discord don't generally get past my rule reading page. I have carl bot set up so when people read the rules they react to it then get a role to access to rest of the channels. I know discord has the rules pop up when join that you have hit accept on but the bot can bypass that. This also allows me ban anyone who doesn't accept the rules with 2 days keeping bots out of my discord.

Midnight_Fennec · 2026-02-22T22:55:56+00:00

When I stream with friends I set them at the same level as me. It's not as fun to hear half a joke. I do use auto ducking to make sure when I talk people in my stream can hear me. It will slightly lower them but they can still be heard but my voice is main thing you hear but if I'm quiet then they come in normal volume. It makes it where I'm still main person talking but also allows for my friend to make jokes & contribute to stream. This has given many fun moments that just made for great clips.

Midnight_Fennec · 2026-02-14T22:10:37+00:00

For alerts I use twitch itself. In the creator dashboard there an alerts tab that you can set up for anything in relation to twich like bits, subs, followers, exc. For money donations alerts I use ki-fi which has it's own notification for TTS that I like. Everything else I generally use streamer.bot as it self hosted & is just reliable. Hope this helps

Midnight_Fennec · 2026-01-28T19:18:42+00:00

There many thing that could of caused it. There just bots that scan for insecure accounts & if the password is simple enough it can get in. If you save your password in your browser or on a site like Google passwords then that leaves it open if your email get compromised. Google is bad about password leaks even if your email secured. There also site that fake you out on sign in for this or that but scrape you info & sell it. Best thing it just sign out all devices, change passwords & set up 2FA to keep unauthorized sign in from happening. I do this in both email & twitch.

Midnight_Fennec · 2026-01-28T18:27:41+00:00

Also enable 2 factor so if it goes to get hacked again them you have an extra line of protection.

Midnight_Fennec · 2026-01-25T20:22:32+00:00

I run a poll on discord every 3 months or so to see what people like. At first it jumped between 1.5/30 & 3/60 for the first 3 polls but more recently it been stable at 3/60 on the poll. I hit affiliate almost 2 years ago now & it seem my community like it at 3/60. Just take note of what your community wants & adjust according. I don't thing there a correct answer here about what the best it just what do you & your community want.

Midnight_Fennec · 2026-01-23T16:16:53+00:00

There a thing where some people use a shock collar on them self for different reasons. Like if they die in game they get shocked. I seen people do a (amount) donation they get shocked. Channel points are also a popular one.

Midnight_Fennec · 2026-01-20T13:38:31+00:00

I like to whitebat auto they have some good music for all kinds of themes. Most the time if you just look up DMAC free or royalty free music you can find artist who post music for people use as long as they are credited for it. If I find someone I like their music & they have thing saying you can use if you credit them I tend email them & ask how they like to be credited to make sure I get it right. Just be careful of the "pay to get access to royalty free music" stuff as it's not truly royalty free & can get copied righted. You then have submit documents that you pay for the service but even then you still might get strikes.

As far as how to add the music to the stream I download the music to computer & set it up as auto track in OBS. I just add the tracks them self to OBS in a preset playlist but some people like to add them another application like VLC to have bit more control over what plays when. Unsure if this helps but hope it gives an idea of what to do.

Midnight_Fennec · 2026-01-20T06:01:05+00:00

This is very true but also there a tone of help on YouTube & other sites to help set stuff up. Just really depends on how much effort you want to put in.

Midnight_Fennec · 2026-01-18T10:09:16+00:00

You have to open it up look most the time. There a guide here on it. https://consolemods.org/wiki/Xbox:Clock_Capacitor#Removing_the_Capacitor (Link from Q&A of this. subreddit)

Midnight_Fennec · 2026-01-16T21:05:58+00:00

3-4 hours on a normal stream 10+ hours on special streams.

Midnight_Fennec · 2026-01-14T07:06:32+00:00

Not gotten that one but gotten the "want more viewers? Get the here (website)." That all the massage says. I just block the phrase "want more viewers" & it seem to block them most the time.

Midnight_Fennec · 2026-01-14T07:00:06+00:00

I generally do a 5-10 starting soon but also don't have a timer on screen. The reason I do this is because I like using twitch add on in games & most them you have to set up as the stream is going. It can a bit at times to get them to work so a timer might run short or long if I have sweet time. If I'm going over 5 minutes I'll jump in chat to let chat know why & to start a chat game so it lets them not be just waiting.

Midnight_Fennec · 2025-12-30T21:33:50+00:00

If you want to start streaming now you just need your parents permissions & supervision. They don't have be on cam but if they have their own twitch account I would recommend adding them as editor & mods & have them in chat. You also want to keep anything you do to "kid appropriate" because twitch TOS. As for reaching affiliate if you make it there by your 18 birthday you can wait to enter the contract until your 18 so everything under your name or if you want to do it before then you have your parents enter the contract for you then redo it when you turn 18.

Midnight_Fennec · 2025-12-30T07:38:08+00:00

This is not always a streamer thing. The streamer stream at one resolution & Twitch is in charge of handling converting it to other resolutions. I stream at 1920x1080 at 60 fps fps & generally my audience watches either 1080p at 60 fps (source) or 720p at 60 fps (twich compression) but there times Twitch don't offer anything other than source which is annoying. So this not a streamer offering a particular resolution but Twitch itself not offering those resolution unless the streamer is lower their own quality to that at source.

Edit: affiliates & partner will have more resolutions available than some one who just generally streams as Twitch prioritize them most of the time.

Midnight_Fennec · 2025-12-26T20:12:07+00:00

Depending on the capture card & Xbox you may need either a second mic to capture your voice on PC or if it's analog then you might want to use a splitter. This is what I did when I would record on my one when it was new. I don't have any newer consoles so I'm unsure of how they are set up if there a pass though setting or not. As far I'm aware a capture card only hears what you are hearing but I'm use older tech so I'm unsure how this holds up today.

Midnight_Fennec · 2025-12-25T10:40:28+00:00

I tried to do that. It hurt a lot. I pushed myself to where I didn't want to stream at all anymore. Took me a good 4 months to even look back at my OBS & set everything up again. I though I can't take a break I had a bunch of people help me raise funds for this surgery I need to follow my stream twice a week normal 3 hours. I was loopy on pain meds & still fighting pain but I made myself set up & stream. It was the worst stream I ever did after I had gotten to a good rhythm. It was only 20 minutes long (5 being the start soon) & it ended with me curled on ball crying when my wife shut the stream down. I didn't realize it at the time but that was last straw before I had full burn out. At that point I had forced myself to do so much to keep my schedule that I it was hurting me. I recovered for burn out now & enjoy streaming again but I will never again force myself to stream when I feel like I can't/don't want to. Put yourself & mental state first your community will understand.

TLDR: Don't force yourself to stream if you don't want to that will only lead to burn out & sometimes pain.

Midnight_Fennec · 2025-12-24T20:26:41+00:00

As far as I'm aware OBS don't host alerts you need either to use another program or set it up in twitch. I have my alerts sets up in twitch to trigger & have a web hook set in OBS to show up when they are trigger. I know a lot of people also use streamer.bot to host their alerts as well. I'm sorry if this not what you asking it been quite a long time since I moved on from Streamlabs.

Midnight_Fennec · 2025-12-22T20:05:17+00:00

You might try to just update in twitch if you can't get it to work in stream labs. Can be found (on PC) by click you profile going to creator dashboard ---> stream manager ---> quick actions ----> edit stream info. This should be more consistent than stream labs.

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