The Batlord's Live Streaming Thread
 

Not complicated. Trying to livestream some **** right now, specifically StarCraft 1/Brood War. Check out this link. I think it should be working right now, but my computer isn't exactly high end, so, tell me if **** sucks in the chat. Too bad I don't have two monitors, but let's see how this goes. I'll be waiting a few minutes for people to get in chat and tell me if everything's working passably well.

https://www.twitch.tv/thetruebatlord

You might need to register an account to get in chat. Don't know. Think so. Right now I'm trying to fix lag. And I'm live as we speak so you'll get to see me browsing the web like a boss.

So like, did that **** work? Cause I just sucked through a whole mission for you *******s.

Seriously, **** you asshats. You bitched at me to do a livestream and you're not even here to tell me how it went. Useless.

Alright, so if that **** worked, would anybody care about more of these? I might be able to use my Chromebook as a second monitor, so I'd actually be able to see chat while playing.

Twitch is a pile of ****, other than audio, everything was ****ed.

Different you do one of these and I can, I'll join bat.

Well, I think StarCraft 1 wanted to be sketchy when I was just recording for Youtube videos, and not streaming over the internet, so I guess streaming might have been too much. Hopefully it wasn't just a thing that would be ****ed up regardless of how low memory a game I might play. I've got mad SNES and PS1 games I could play, and hopefully those wouldn't be so ****ty. Really I just need an actual desktop PC.

wut

Was just browsing the web and apparently there are some settings I can mess with on my recording software to fix or improve buffering issues. So maybe next time **** will work better. Baseline: it wasn't Twitch's fault; this whole process is just very trial and error.

I'll happily keep joining to see if it's all working smoothly yet. But that really sucked last night. Shame because from all the screenshots I got of the game, it looked really cool actually.

Yeah, I'm in any other time you want to try it. I'm home for the weekend though so my internet is ass, but once I'm back at school that won't be an issue.

Also, I stream FIFA from time to time if any of you football fans wanna check it out some time. Nothing like doing some self promo in one of Batty's thread.

Have you tried Youtube Gaming for live streams? Also I might check out your stream if I can remember my twitch account name.

You on PS4?

Nah, Xbox. :(

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All the fifa posters on here are on Xbox

I might get fifa in like two weeks then I can play with you on PS4

I wish they would just say **** it and make it cross platform. I would love nothing more than to lay a beat down on you guys.

Yeah get it so I can kick your arse.

Which one you thinking of getting, the new one? I've got 16 but may get the new one, haven't decided yet.

I'll vouch for the new one. Mechanics take a little bit getting used to and the penalties/set piece set up sucks, but as a whole the game feels way better. Also, Man Utd have the FIFA dream team now so you can't go wrong with that :D

FIFA kicks PES's head in when it comes to online. That's the main reason I might buy it. PES plays better but it takes the absolute piss waiting for a game at times.

If you're drunk and/or high for your next one, I'll be there.

Never played PES. Can't get over the lack of licenses, and I don't wanna be bothered to do whatever it takes to get the real teams/leagues in the game.

I think I'm gonna play around with things to see if I can't get things working better. If I can I might try again next Friday. Or tomorrow IDK assuming I still have power, cause there's a hurricane/tropical storm/whatever about to hit this weekend.

Maybe I'll give online StarCraft 1 a shot, but if it's lagging now then I can only assume the problem would be way worse if I'm doing an online game. We'll see.

I was just checking comparisons between the two, and anecdotal evidence says that Youtube Gaming might have slightly less problems with lag, but I've seen nothing at all concrete on that. Other differences I don't know that I care about since ATM I'm only trying streaming for the amusement of you turds. Whether it's easier to get viewers quicker on Youtube Gaming or there are far more viewers in general on Twitch doesn't really interest me. So I don't know.

So you gonna tell us where to watch that or are you just bragging?

Always.

So, I've been toying with my recording software settings, and I've reduced the lag a bunch, to the point that it's actually watchable, if still a tad laggy. Tried on Youtube Gaming, but the lag was actually worse, so I guess I'll be using Twitch for the foreseeable future. I'll mess around with some more settings to get everything running smoothly (hopefully), but I might give streaming another shot tonight or tomorrow.

Oh, and while testing Youtube Gaming I didn't set my stream to private and I think some random guy might have shown up and seen me in all my hairy, shirtless glory.

Lucky bastard.

If nothing else it's evidence that getting viewers is much easier than Twitch. I was only on for about ten minutes after all. But the increased lag concerns me a lot more right now.

There's an option on Twitch under the settings called "reduce stream lag" or something along those lines that tries to make it so the chat isn't so far behind the game. Just a heads up if you plan on going with Twitch, because I feel like that would make a big difference. I've never used Youtube streaming, but I normally end up with a fair bit of stragglers stopping by throughout my streams.

Yeah, I know about chat lag thing. Set it for less lag and there's potentially more lag on my end, while if you set it for more chat lag it decreases my own lag. Pretty sure I have it set to decrease chat lag though.

Dudes, I think I've got everything working mostly great. There were a few moments of maybe split second lag every now and again last time I tried, but I've tweaked my settings even more and everything should now be almost perfect, but at least it's no longer laggy enough to bother anyone.

Since I'm drinking in preparation for movie night I'd like to do a live stream while drunk rather than wait for tomorrow when I'll be stone cold sober, so is anyone down for watching me suck at StarCraft 1 in a little bit? I'm thinking starting anytime between 5 and 6 so I don't run into movie night.

You down?

If I'm not busy, I'll be there. What time zone are you in so I can figure that out for me?

Eastern. I'm one hour earlier than you, so we'd be talking starting between 4 and 5 your time. I think.

Ok. I'll try and be there. Cheers! :beer:

Is there a time that's best for you?

Not really. I'm all over the place today.

Well then I'll probably start at 6 Eastern. I'll be playing StarCraft 1 from the beginning, so the missions will be short enough that the stream shouldn't bleed into movie night.

Also, does anyone think I should play music during the stream? Twitch mutes parts of videos with copyrighted music after the stream is over for archived videos, but not during the actual stream. So I guess they would be muted for anyone who might want to go back and check out my old videos, but I don't suppose that's the point of livestreaming anyway.

Apparently Violet was there when I was doing test streams, and got to see me without a shirt, so I guess he's in, and blankmind is down for a maybe, so who else can I count on for 6pm Eastern time? Or should I start sooner?

6 eastern is cool for me, i'll be there.

1 hour till go-time.

Awesome.

30 minutes. And one of my only real life friends will probably be there. So be sure to alienate him and tell him he has a small penis. < This specifically.

Got you.