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PART 1 GETTING YOUR GAME ON |
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Chapter 1 Welcome to the World of Twitch |
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Creating a Twitch Account |
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Press X to begin: The basics |
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"New Twitch, who dis?": Completing the Profile |
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All in the details: Channel and Videos settings |
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Controlling the signal: From privacy to connected third parties |
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Learning at the Feet of Masters: Following and Subscribing to Twitch Channels |
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18 | (1) |
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19 | (3) |
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22 | (3) |
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Chapter 2 Turning a Console into a Streamer's Studio |
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What's Your Preferred Platform? |
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26 | (7) |
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27 | (3) |
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Nonessentials That Are Essential |
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Laptop computer or mobile device (on a stand) |
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35 | (1) |
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35 | (1) |
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35 | (4) |
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Chapter 3 Making First Impressions |
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Creating a Complete Twitch Channel |
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40 | (7) |
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Deciding which Info Panels to create |
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42 | (2) |
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Editing and deleting Info Panels |
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44 | (3) |
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Streaming Off Your Console |
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47 | (8) |
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Setting up your PlayStation for streaming |
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48 | (2) |
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Setting up your Xbox for streaming |
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50 | (5) |
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Chapter 4 And We're Live! (Wait, We're LIVE?!) |
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55 | (14) |
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Streaming Your First Gameplay |
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56 | (5) |
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OMG! I'm livel What do I do now?! |
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57 | (2) |
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59 | (2) |
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Post-Show Production: What to Do After a Stream |
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Take a bow: Social media shout-outs |
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YouTube: Your content, on demand |
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62 | (3) |
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Chapter 5 Setting Schedules and Managing Social Media |
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Same Bat-Time, Same Bat-Channel: Setting Your Schedule |
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From start to finish: A basic schedule |
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Your own pocket of time: The length of your stream |
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Consistency and Communication |
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75 | (9) |
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76 | (2) |
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Notifications on Social Media |
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78 | (2) |
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80 | (4) |
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When Life Happens: Changes in the Schedule |
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84 | (3) |
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Chapter 6 Improving Your Stream: Being Your Own Harshest Critic |
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G, PG, PG-13, or R: What's the Rating? |
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Setting the Mature Content option |
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The parameters of adult content |
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Popularity Versus Pleasure: What Are You Streaming? |
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92 | (6) |
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Streaming games you enjoy |
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94 | (2) |
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96 | (2) |
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Beyond Consoles: Streaming without Video Games |
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PART 2 CREATING YOUR BROADCASTING STUDIO |
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Chapter 7 Streaming without Constraints: Streaming from a PC |
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Looking under the Hood: What a PC Needs |
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108 | (4) |
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108 | (1) |
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109 | (2) |
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111 | (1) |
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111 | (1) |
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111 | (1) |
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112 | (1) |
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Making Creativity and Interactivity Happen with Stream Elements and OBS |
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Downloading a template from Nerd or Die |
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Setting up OBS with Stream Elements |
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Incorporating your template |
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Customizing your template |
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Adding a camera to your template |
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122 | (2) |
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Adding a console to your template |
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Setting Up Audio: Easier Said than Done |
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125 | (6) |
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Setting up your audio in OBS |
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126 | (2) |
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Using Discord as your Party Chat solution |
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128 | (3) |
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Chapter 8 Bells & Whistles: Nifty Add-Ons for Your Twitch Stream |
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131 | (16) |
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Stand By for Stream: Introduction and Intermission B-roll |
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132 | (3) |
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Second-in-Command: Channel Moderators |
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135 | (2) |
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StreamElements: Your Friendly Neighborhood Virtual Assistant |
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Say it again and again: Using custom commands |
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138 | (1) |
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Locking it down: Spam protection |
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139 | (3) |
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Complete Control: The Elgato Stream Deck |
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142 | (5) |
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Chapter 9 All the World's Your Stage |
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147 | (22) |
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Quiet on the Set: A Critical Look at Your Twitch Studio |
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148 | (4) |
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148 | (1) |
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Streaming from the office studio |
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149 | (1) |
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150 | (2) |
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Twitch on the Go: Streaming from a Mobile Phone |
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152 | (8) |
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Setting up your mobile stream with Streamlabs |
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155 | (2) |
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Customizing your mobile stream on Streamlabs |
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157 | (3) |
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Live from the Metaverse: Streaming in Virtual Reality |
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160 | (9) |
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Setting up your PC for VR streaming |
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161 | (2) |
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163 | (6) |
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PART 3 LEVELLING UP WITH TWITCH |
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Chapter 10 Let's GOOOOO, Chat: Welcome to the Show! |
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171 | (14) |
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Announcing Who, What, Where: Your Show Intro |
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172 | (1) |
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Gittin' Gud at Multitasking: Responding to Chat |
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173 | (3) |
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Checking in with Chat in real time |
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174 | (1) |
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Checking in with Chat at specific points |
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175 | (1) |
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Creating Content for Two (or More): Hosting Interviews |
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176 | (6) |
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Extending interview requests |
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177 | (1) |
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Asking really great questions |
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178 | (2) |
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Avoiding really bad questions |
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180 | (2) |
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Taking a Bow: Ending Your Stream |
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182 | (3) |
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Chapter 11 In between the Streams |
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185 | (22) |
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Meanwhile, at Penguin's Secret Lair: Your Channel between Streams |
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186 | (6) |
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Why host other streamers? |
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187 | (2) |
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Selecting other streamers |
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189 | (3) |
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Twitch on Demand: Past Broadcasts |
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192 | (3) |
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Past broadcasts on Twitch |
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193 | (1) |
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Past broadcasts on YouTube |
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194 | (1) |
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Highlight Reels, Revisited |
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195 | (12) |
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Creating highlight reels with iMovie |
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196 | (4) |
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Leveling up: video editing with HitFilm Express |
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200 | (7) |
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Chapter 12 From Hobby to Side Hustle to Full-Time Job? |
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207 | (20) |
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Semi-Pro: The Affiliate Streamer |
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209 | (10) |
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Expressing yourself: Emotes |
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210 | (5) |
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Patrons of the Arts: Subscribers |
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Expressing your loyalty: Subscriber badges |
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216 | (1) |
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A penny for your thoughts: Bits |
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217 | (1) |
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Skipping the intermediary: the Tip |
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218 | (1) |
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Achievement Unlocked: Partnership |
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219 | (3) |
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Why become a Twitch Partner? |
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220 | (1) |
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The checklist for a Twitch Partner |
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221 | (1) |
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Show Me the Money: Revenue Opportunities |
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222 | (2) |
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This Twitch stream is sponsored by |
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222 | (1) |
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Affiliate programs: Working together |
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223 | (1) |
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So, Chat, let me tell you about this amazing product from |
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223 | (1) |
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224 | (1) |
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Don't Quit Your Dayjobjust Yet |
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224 | (3) |
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PART 4 BEYOND THE CONSOLE |
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227 | (60) |
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Chapter 13 Building Your Twitch Community |
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229 | (22) |
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Check Me Out Now: Publicizing Your Stream |
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230 | (11) |
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230 | (1) |
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231 | (3) |
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234 | (2) |
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236 | (3) |
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239 | (2) |
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Creating a social media strategy |
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Who Is "The Fam" and Why Do They Matter? |
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241 | (3) |
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Oh hai, Mark: Talking to Chat |
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242 | (1) |
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The Fam includes other streamers too |
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243 | (1) |
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The Community Board: Discord |
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244 | (3) |
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244 | (2) |
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Share with the class: Talking to your Chat |
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246 | (1) |
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Family Matters: The Unseen Community Members |
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247 | (4) |
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248 | (1) |
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When your kids want to stream |
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249 | (2) |
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Chapter 14 Twitch Etiquette |
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251 | (18) |
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Don't Let the Door Hit You on the Way Out: Bad Behavior on Twitch |
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252 | (3) |
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252 | (1) |
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Hey, Streamer! Heyl Listen! Pay attention to ME! |
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253 | (1) |
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Well, I support this stream, so you owe me |
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254 | (1) |
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They See Me Trollin' and Hatin' |
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255 | (7) |
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You just earned a timeout, kiddo: Muting trolls in stream |
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256 | (3) |
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259 | (3) |
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Not-So-Merry Melodies: Twitch, the RIM, and the DMCA |
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262 | (4) |
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263 | (1) |
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264 | (1) |
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The simple (but complicated) relationship between the RIAA and Twitch |
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264 | (1) |
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Where to find stream-safe music |
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Positive Impressions: Putting your best foot forward on Twitch |
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266 | (3) |
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Chapter 15 Game Over: Twitch Outside of Gaming |
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Game On: The Rise of Esports |
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269 | (3) |
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NASA TV: Going Live in the Sky |
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272 | (1) |
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The Food of Love on Twitch: Music |
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273 | (3) |
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Harping on a passion: Meadow Fox |
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273 | (1) |
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Sing a song: Ashley Abbink and Camila Knight |
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274 | (2) |
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The Sounds of Serenity: ASMR |
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276 | (1) |
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Phasmo for Real: Old Spirits Investigations Live |
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277 | (2) |
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Gaming for Good; Charity Streaming |
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279 | (8) |
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Remembering rule 1: Charity streaming is not about you! |
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279 | (1) |
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Setting up a Tiltify profile |
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280 | (4) |
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Doing a little prep before you get started |
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284 | (3) |
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Chapter 16 Ten (or More) Life Lessons from Twitch |
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289 | (8) |
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Twitch Enabled Me to Take Center Stage |
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290 | (1) |
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Twitch Opened the World to Me |
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290 | (1) |
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Twitch Helped Me Realize I Am Not Alone |
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290 | (1) |
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Success Is Waiting for You If You're Willing to Work for It |
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291 | (1) |
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Twitch Encourages Me to Look for Improvement |
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291 | (1) |
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You Always Have Someone Watching Your Back |
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291 | (1) |
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Twitch Can Surprise You in the Best of Ways |
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292 | (1) |
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One Life Lesson from Twitch |
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It's a Glimpse of How Good We Can Be |
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293 | (1) |
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Twitch Took My Education and Leveled It Up |
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293 | (1) |
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Twitch Restored My Faith in People |
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293 | (1) |
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To Thine Own Self Be True |
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294 | (1) |
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Twitch Doesn't Believe in a Comfort Zone, and That's a Good Thing |
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Twitch Opened Doors I Didn't Know Existed |
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There Are a Lot of Good People in the World -- Connect with Them |
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295 | (1) |
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Twitch Taught Me the Power of Community |
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If You Have Something to Share, You Have to Make It Happen |
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296 | (1) |
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Twitch Proves the Power of Paying It Forward |
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Chapter 17 Ten Final Thoughts from a TeeMonster on Twitch |
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Five Lessons from Five Years |
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297 | (4) |
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298 | (1) |
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Don't let life pass you by |
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298 | (1) |
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Make yourself your stream's top priority |
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Stream because you love it |
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Five Goals for the Streams to Come |
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Don't define yourself by analytics |
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301 | (1) |
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A good mantra to focus on: My stream is a fun place to be |
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Remember, there's no silver bullet to success |
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To thine own self be true |
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Partnership is not the endgame |
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