97. Twitch.Tv Guide concept

 So this is a concept I came up with (I doubt I'm the first too obviously, but I digress..).
Would it be a valuable idea to post the intended content of a stream well ahead of time, like a TV guide?

Now, I don't mean a schedule (i already have one of those).
A schedule is like the name of the show; 
Family Guy.

The intended content would be like; in this episode of family guy X does Y.


So in context it would be like this:

Schedule;
Shows are at 8pm UK.
Tuesday - #TechnicalTuesday:  An arts and crafts show, both digital and traditional.

Wednesday - #WifiWednesday: A show dedicated to games with online/ l.a.n multiplayer.

Thursday - #FreeForAllThursday: The time of the week where we get to play anything! This is where the vast majority of my full game play through's come from

Weekly Stream guide;
19/12/16 Stream Guide.

Tuesday - #TechnicalTuesday: We're continuing the Warhammer 40K Ork Warboss digital drawing from last weeks stream (check the VOD if you missed it!)

Wednesday - #WifiWednesday: One of my followers suggested we play 'Fist Full of Frags,' a small free to play source game on Steam (if you wanna join in, hit me up on discord)

Thursday - #FreeForAllThursday: We've had a couple of weeks off, so we're returning to our play through of Pokémon Uranium! Time to get revenge on the Hokagae!
It more informative, and the Twitch channel comments section is perfect for it.

It also is more helpful for folks who stumble upon your stream when you're offline; they know what you intend to stream, what kind of things are shown on this channel, and if it is worth their time popping back when you are online.
I imagine a lot of folks just look at channels they stumble on and glide right past.

The above could lead to more concurrent viewers on stream; people coming back for more because they know they'll be interested in it.. which fuels audience engagement, especially when playing games with your community.

I think it's a neat idea.

What do you think?
Do you think this idea is good or bad?
Do you think it's applicable to more than one platform (YouTube?)
Would a Weekly Show guide make you more likely to come and watch a stream?

If you have any thoughts or feedback let me know!

Until next time
-DH-

93. Schedule change!

This post is a bit of a media update.

I have an Inktober post coming in a few days. 
Inktober is a ink based drawing challenge in October, where you do a picture every day.
I posted them all on Instagram while I was doing them, and I'll be posting all the pictures I drew throughout Inktober on here so you can view them at your leisure.
I'm happy to say that I managed to 'technically' not miss a day.

The main point of this post is about my YouTube.
Up until now my weekly 'Free For All Thursday' Twitch stream videos have been uploaded twice a week (Monday & Friday).
I felt that this is a bit of a slow pace of uploads, especially when we're recording 4 to 5 a week while I stream.
So from now on I'll be uploading 3 of these videos a week.
The new release schedule for these videos will be Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
Hopefully reducing the gap between videos will help folks who want to watch them feel less distanced from each episode.
I'm also hoping it will allow me some freedom to make different videos, and some YouTube exclusive content too.

Anyway, if you haven't checked out the Pokémon Uranium episodes yet head over to my channel, or just check out the Pokémon Uranium playlist.
If you catch up, them join me live of Twitch!

That's it for now.
Peace!

-DH-

91. Multimedia

As the title suggests, this post is all about Multimedia stuff.

Let's start with Twitch

I've been putting a lot more effort in to my Twitch channel lately;

A decent mic (Blue Yeti),
A decent Camera (Logitech HP 1080p),
More Ram (Now 16gb),
Better presentation (in Stream),
And better audience interaction (Discord, Steam, Revlo rewards and so on),
And the hardest part, being consistent with my schedule.

On the last part I have edited my schedule.
I will still stream 3 times a week.

Tuesday = Technical Tuesday.
Where I do more technical things.
Usually digital art, painting but sometimes Starter games and mods.

Wednesday = The Old School Video Game Show.
This is a show I usually co-host with my friend MyWallet.
We play things like Super Smash bros Melee (and mods) and a host of other old school games.

Thursday = Free For All Thursday.
A stream where I get to play anything I feel like/ sometimes the chat/ Revlo participants suggestions.

Not only have the details of my streams changed, but also the times.
I will now be starting at 8pm UK time, for a few hours each time.
This should hopefully allow more folk to join us ^_^

If you can't join me live, never fear, my VOD's are free to watch, but sometimes muted (especially the art streams due to copyrighted music).

With that in mind let's move on to...

YouTube

Now, I've been working on my Twitch consistently for a while; slowly improving as I go.
The downside is I've neglected my YouTube channel.
Well that's going to change.

I've set an upload schedule.
To start with I'll upload 3 times a week.

Monday and Friday will be when I upload video's taken from my 'Free For All Thursday' Twitch Stream.
Wednesday will be when I upload Super Smash Brothers WiiU Replays and other Smash Brothers related content.

In addition, once per month I will post a Speedpaint video taken from my 'Technical Tuesday' Twitch Stream.
This will be uploaded on a Sunday.


This schedule is in place as of now.
In fact, check out the first video in my play through of Pokémon Uranium bellow!



This is a starting point.
I intend to up the pace once I'm comfortable, with plans to create YouTube exclusive content in time.

That's about it for now.
Please check everything out.
Follow me on my Twitch
Subscribe to me on YouTube.

Watch a few videos, click a few adds and support small time Streamers and YouTubers!

Peace!

-DH-

89. Guest Stream w/ EpicErid on YouTube!

So, I've been doing Art Streams on Twitch, and a while ago I did a stream on my Twitch with my friend EpicErid as a guest artist.

We drew some Pokémon fusion pieces....
If you'd like to check it out, it is now on my YouTube



I hope you enjoy!

Go follow me on youTube, Twitch and also, go check out EpicEird.

@Intsagram
@Twitch
@Twitter

Until next time

-DH-

77. #TeamJigglybutts

Hi guys, whats happening?

A smol update for y'all today.

Recently I've been busy doing stuff... nothing noteworthy for the most part, but I thought I'd let you know about a new show I'm running on my Twitch channel as of this week!

If you've read some of my previous entries, or watched my channel before, you may have noticed that on occasion I am joined by my friend Andrew aka MyWallet (MyWallet the Butt Knight).
He's a smash player who mains Samus, and labbs for the Samus discord.
In addition we've recently started to compete in local tournaments (by compete I mean get destroyed in).


Well, as of this week we'll be starting a show on my Twitch channel.
Every Wednesday he'll be joining me to play stuff... mainly retro(ish) Nintendo games.

So, I'd appreciate if you joined us there!
So make sure to follow me on Twitch and Twitter to be sure you don't miss it!

PS: Here is the shows Twitch banner :D


See you tomorrow!

-DH-