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Early Observations and Lessons Learned from Giving Control of My Twitch Stream to Viewers Through Channel Points

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“Ew… No.”

There I stood, alone in my soul, but in front of everyone at the Stardew Valley spring dance. After weeks of courting, the love of my life Haley viciously rejects my proposal to be her dance partner. In my silence, I could hear that a viewer had triggered the air horn. Usually meant as a noise of celebration, its presence only amplified the awkwardness.

Distraught in real life, I fall off my chair and into the fetal position. Unbeknownst to me, someone in the chat cashed in their Channel Points to activate the new Snorlax Cam. Normally, this is used to take a peek at my giant Snorlax bean bag chair when he’s not clearly in view. This time, it was being used to zoom in on me at my most vulnerable.

This was…not part of the plan. And that might be for the better?

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Avoid Copyright Strikes by Using Streaming-and-Video Safe Music

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Everyone would love to use licensed music if it weren’t for the whole copyright thing. Over the years, online platforms have gotten increasingly harsh on creators who play licensed music in full, leverage snippets, have it play in the background because a car across the street was blasting it, or even poorly singing a few bars of a licensed song in jest.

Getting caught can subject your videos to getting partially muted, having any ad revenue that it would have made go to the music license holder, getting hit with a permanent copyright strike that will push your channel closer to deletion, or even lose your account outright. YouTube is far stricter than Twitch in this regard, but some of the platform’s largest streamers have been suspended for using licensed music in the past. It’s inevitable that Twitch will increase its efforts to shut down the illegal use of license music in order to protect itself from liability.

If you want maximum control and minimal liability, your best bet is to steer clear of licensed music. But where do you turn to when you need background music for your just chatting sessions or want music to fill the empty soundscapes of the battle royale games you play? Try these options!

(and avoid the last one)

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Air Horn and Snorlax Cam Hype! – Tetris 99 Live Stream

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Thanks to some new tech I’ve implemented on the stream, you now get a chance to blast the air horn and check in on Snorlax whenever you want! Oh yeah, we also play some Tetris 99, discuss the details of my Nintendo Switch “surgery”, and close out the show with a discussion on video game waifus and husbandos!

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Voicemod – Voice-Changing App with Elgato Stream Deck Support Review

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Whether you want to speak with the voice of the devil or sing with an Auto-Tune like effect, changing one’s voice is a fun way to spice up your gaming sessions or content. However, the ability to modulate your voice was oftentimes easier said than done. Such effects have traditionally been exclusive to physical devices. You can add effects to your voice through VST plugins in OBS, but that software’s inability to toggle filters with hotkeys makes voice modulation more troublesome than it’s worth.

Enter Voicemod. This application provides users with dozens of different voices that you can tweak to your liking. You also get access to a soundboard. It’s free to start, though you’ll have to pay for access to its full suite of features. Is Voicemod worth adding to your toolset?

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Tetris Attack Beatdown! – Jett vs. Randy in Panel De Pon

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Thanks to some new tech I’ve implemented on the stream, you now get a chance to blast the air horn and check in on Snorlax whenever you want! Oh yeah, we also play some Tetris 99, discuss the details of my Nintendo Switch “surgery”, and close out the show with a discussion on video game waifus and husbandos!

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Recreating My Streaming Studio in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

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“What if I built my actual streaming room in Animal Crossing: New Horizons?”

The question hit me fairly early on as I uploaded the image of my Toronto Raptors championship banner that adorns my IRL studio. That night, I uploaded a few more images to give my house the “feel” of my basement, such as Link to match the art that Kris and Rachel from Double Jump gave me for Christmas, my Notorious B.I.G photo, and a picture of my best boy Snorlax.

Finally, I went all the way and built out the whole room.

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Animal Crossing: New Horizons Maximus Cup! – Tetris 99 Live Stream

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Animal Crossing: New Horizons finally gets its own theme in Tetris 99 and it’s…okay? Besides scoring a few wins, the practice of annualizing games such as the Call of Duty series, and I share some recommendations on board games you should try!

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Never Leaving the House! – Tetris 99 Live Stream

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As if we didn’t have enough going on in the world, now the murder hornets are here? It’s not all doom and gloom throughout this Tetris 99 stream though! We get in a few wins, discuss which gaming studios you’ll give all of your money to, share streaming advice, and I get on my soapbox to state why I hate the term “gamer”.

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Ring Fit Adventure Edition of the Maximus Cup! – Tetris 99 Live Stream

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The first Maximus Cup of 2020 brings with it a Ring Fit Adventure theme! Besides unlocking the theme, we score a few wins, get bodied by mewtwostruckback, I go off on another rant about turnips in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, and we even do a Star Wars: X-Wing Miniatures show & tell!

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Improve Your Webcam Image Quality with LUTs in OBS and Streamlabs OBS

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At this point, we’re all familiar with image filters in social media apps such as Instagram. But did you know that streaming software such as OBS and Streamlabs OBS can do filters too? With the power of LUTs, you can apply filters to your image to improve the quality or create a dramatic effect. It might even save you the cost of buying a better camera. Here’s how!

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