Today I am showing you my biggest mistakes, the places I failed, and hopefully, you can avoid these when they happen to you! What do you wish you knew? The timecodes are below and if this video helped let me know in the comments! If you want to join our growing community check out our other content: bit.ly/JoinTheStreamScheme 🕘Timestamps: 0:00 Video Start 0:23 Introduction 1:08 What Makes Your Content Good! 4:10 Overhyping News and Announcements! 6:10 FREE TWITCH OVERLAYS 6:45 Banning And Dealing With Trolls 8:30 How EVERY Streamer Fails At Using Sub Goals 11:15 STOP SWITCHING GAMES EVERY NIGHT
My biggest mistake was ever thinking I'd get to see eljay livestream. Really mah boy, 2:00am today? Time zones are dumb. Seriously though, your videos are always bang on with their message. I think my biggest mistake was not investing in a proper mic soon enough. Every stream I hear the same things, "Too quiet, can't hear you, turn mic up" and honestly, I feel bad because I've done all I can with the mic and now all I can do is say, "Just bear with it for now". It's almost to the point where I don't want to stream until I get my mic because I'm just ruining the experience.
Hey, sorry to ask that, but how do u credit porperly over Twitch when u use a song? For exemple, let's say I want to use all the song from the 4 creators that gave us opportunity to use it : Do I have to put all titles and names of each song that I can potentially use, or can I just say "Songs : GameChops, Yung Bae, Hyper Potions, Chillhop Musics" ? What is the proper way to to do it?
I don’t know what happened but after 7 months of grinding I’ve been blowing up with views lately, I haven’t got affiliate yet last stream I had 14 average viewers!
You have to have an average of 3 viewers for the month. I learned that the hard way lol. But keep grinding, just remember to have fun. If you’re not, then why are you doing it
I laughed out loud when you said to stop switching games every night. I do this and I agree I need to commit to something. Thanks for the advice, your videos have been such a blessing to me as I have started
Not comparing to others and their growth. It is hard sometimes, but the best is to remember that you aren't the others and they aren't you. Comparing yourself to someone that had a completely different journey as you and is by default another person, is not fair to yourself. I had a great time comparing myself to myself from one stream to another and to see where I actually changed for the better. Like I try to change at least one little detail every stream. Doesn't matter if it's the location of my light source to cast less shadow on me, the way I talk or how I move. Every little detail will add up more later and I can look back and be proud of my own achievements over time. 🙂
A big mistake was not discussing with my loved ones how serious I was about it and that I would actually be BUSY while streaming and not something I was doing in my pass time.
Biggest mistake I've made is Overcommitting, I made a claim to myself that I would stream constantly but never set a schedule. I very quickly realized I could not deliver to my own commitment and it almost prevented me from ever trying again. I have just recently convinced myself to try again and found your videos when looking to see what I was doing wrong. You have helped light that fire again and gave me some good ways to make sure I am having fun and building my community that I am looking for. I have changed my target of why am I streaming and have set realistic goals for myself. Genuinely, Thank you.
I think one of the biggest mistakes I made early was putting my stream in the wrong category for half the stream until someone in chat pointed it out. Also set up a horror stream and the game didn't work properly T_T
Try and find a friend who can join every stream for you to talk to! My sister joins my stream every night and stops me from going dead silent on stream, because I can bounce off of her even when I can't think of anything to say!
Was able to launch my first stream because I binged all of your educational videos. Also the Cherry Blossom overlay was a big hit with chat. It really went well with the pokemon nuzlock. Thanks man I appreciate you and everything you do!!!!
Biggest mistake? Biting off more than I could chew when it came to days I could stream was the biggest but there was also what times I streamed, how long I streamed, streaming incredibly oversaturated games and not putting in enough research before hand to know how it all worked. I tried streaming four times a week while being a front line care worker and it COMPLETELY killed my enthusiasm for it, I started too early so I never had enough time to meet my intended start time at a relaxed pace, never had time to game with my friends either due to how long I streamed for and because I was learning as I went along, there were always delays. Only reason I kept going as long as I did was because my friends had subscribed to me after I randomly got raided and was instantly made affiliate and I felt guilty wasting their money lmao! I went off it completely for three months but now I'm slowly getting back into it and using tutorials/tips videos to hopefully build up a nice little community. That's how I found your series actually, so thanks for the videos, they've been fairly helpful so far!
I'm preparing to start streaming and have watched a lot of these videos! Thank you for all of the information for completely free, this channel is a gamechanger!
Definitely biggest mistake is taking breaks, I see some growth then for some reason I just don’t feel like doing it anymore it feels like work and I don’t have fun with it. Then a couple months go by and I feel into it again 🤷🏻♀️
I am the very same, was starting to build a small nice community and regulars of 6 or 7 people most streams then suddenly it felt like work and I stopped having fun so I dropped it for about 8 months, then when I go back I have one or two who still pop by but that feeling of letting that community slip sucks even though im enjoying myself again now
I’ve just finished my 4th day of streaming currently have 2.5 average viewers I also had a consistent 4-6 viewers the last 1hr 30mins of my stream so I can see myself slowly growing and I’m proud and confident but most of all exited to keep pushing for this hobby I have... thank you for all the inspiration and helpful tips you’ve given me and everyone. I feel that without your videos I’d still have 0 viewers at the bottom of the list one again thank you 🙏
Thanks for all the work you do, helping a lot of people with it! Regarding Point 2: Hype can be a double edged sword, not just with streams but also games, like CP77 had the hype and they, well... yeah. Where Apex legends was just released without a big fuzz beforehand and became one of the staples in battle royale instantly. Same goes for streams, the more you hype, the highe the chance that people will be disappointed by it
One my biggest mistakes/problems is probably not knowing how to plan the stream? I mean when I go live, I can keep on talking about the game, what I'm doing, real life stories or just strike random conversations with chatters, but I never really have a solid direction to go for every stream. It's like I hit live and it's all random from there lol. That and the occasional audio problems here and there. As always, awesome vid man!
I've done all of 3 streams at this point but I had a bit of an epiphany today- I was playing a less popular game (like you'd said in another vid :P) and got a brand new person in chat. We talked back and forth a little bit, but it was right when I died for the 4th time in a row and started going on about how I'm Good At Games they immediately followed and started talking a lot more. It was the first time that I'd really gone all out with my own sense of humor, and they really liked it! This isn't really related to this video, but I've been watching your channel lately so I feel like I have you to credit for a lot of the 'good' choices I'm making for my streams, so thank you for what you do :D
I'm just starting streaming and already made the mistake of doing different themes every night. So here's what my schedule looked like, basically Tuesday was Nioh (with potential for going on to Nioh II when complete.), Wednesday was no man's sky, Friday was horror games, Saturday was random games and Sunday was old school adventure games. Needless to say I've only been getting like 3 viewers and only at 22 followers. This was a massive eye opener, I thought just having a schedule in place was the best idea but now I'm going to really think about my content and stream the same game on weekdays and do my tabletop roleplaying events on the weekend. Thanks so much for the help!
I get to do one or two long evening streams a quarter outside of my short morning streams, and I have to plan them well in advance around work and family obligations, so the only way I'm cancelling is if I'm too sick to sit up and talk to people. I do hype those a little. Otherwise, I only post that I'm going live maybe 25% of the time when I remember to drop the link on twitter or in the hardcore WoW discord. So yeah, usually you're not going to want to hype outside of a basic "going live" post in your discord or twitter, but knowing when *TO* hype is also something worth learning. And then learning *how* to hype correctly for those few times. I did a Santa tracker Christmas Eve stream and for a week it was ALL THE HYPE and boy did it deliver! With some advanced notice and widespread messaging, we had quite a few folks send in pics for an ugly sweater contest and the winner got a month of game time on me. Channel points were being dropped left and right to make me sing carols (I had no idea so many people had that many points stashed, but now they're out and saving up again). Chat hype every time Santa got near one of the viewers. It was EPIC! It was also a one-time thing. Maybe again next year if I'm off work again. Who knows. But it was super special and totally hypable.
Yo that sounds sick! What's your streaming platform and username? I've read a lot of the comments on this video, but yours has stood out to me for the thought you put into your streams and interactivity with chat! I'd honestly love to check out your channel 😊
My hype mistake was referring to BIG event streams, fancy new badges, alerts, etc not every single stream :) It's fine to say "Let's Go!" and get people keen for a normal stream. I love the santa tracking stream, very cool!
@@PoisonPod my twitch is teryl_brat42 and I'd love to see you stop by. I work nights so I stream mornings US time M-W-F 8:30-10:30am CT. I play World of Warcraft Classic and I'm part of the hardcore community. My main goal is get to level 60 without dying. If I die, I delete the toon and start over. It's a pretty big community with a lot of great streamers (some who also stream retail WoW and regular Classic). If that sounds up your alley, stop on by and we'd be happy to entertain you! So as not to over-hype and underwhelm, my normal morning streams are not as exciting as the one described above. I put maximum effort into the big all-night ones, but the little ones are to relax after work and chat with friends. I'm starting to look into enabling chat games through StreamElements, but I work full time also and there are only so many hours in the day after work and family obligations. :D
Thanks for this! I do stream games i feel like playing, but some games give me way less viewers than others and when I notice it that sometimes brings me down. But this vid reminded me of the lovely people who stick around and enjoy watching to stream whatever game you chose.
Im literally at the point right now where eljay just described. - i'm trying to find a game i feel comfortable with so most streams i play something different and i don't like it. - there's one really active chatter who makes me feel a bit uncomfortable, he's slightly troll-y and brings a competitive atmosphere and i haven't known what to do about it - i'm playing a game that my community loves, and it helping me grow but i'm kind of feeling not quite right and after the stream feel a bit like i've not acted with integrity to myself or my true mood/feelings and it makes me feel yuck inside. eljay i just popped into your stream to tell you this was exactly what i needed to hear. I've felt a bit trapped and i will save this video
Hey! I am glad the video helped Mona! Sorry for being confused when you joined, I had a lot going on but I really appreciated the kind words! Good luck out there and I really hope I can continue to help!
@@StreamScheme haha oh man don't even worry i know its hard to keep track of everything when there's so many people chatting. Just thank you so much for everything you do you are so loved!!!
Been a streamer for two years now got Affilliate and have been streaming on and off ever since. My life's changed a little and got a day job so I stream nights now. I've found it a little difficult growing again with a different time schedule and I'm finding my feet again. Thanks for your videos dude! Even for veterans such as myself it's worthy advice.
I have learned from my mistakes and now I'm planning on uploading high quality content with nice thumbnails and finding my niche to then build a community for my discord server and everyone in discord could watch my streams.
So refreshing to see someone be so down to earth with everything and not push the 'You need to make TH-cam content for growth' every other Twitchtuber tries pushing... Love the content man and I genuinely mean that, keep it up and see you down the milk isle hopefully one day xD
The TH-cam advice makes sense BUT it also requires so much expertise and skill to actually create it... it’s why I made a 20 minute video that covers idea conception all the way to releasing the video for TH-cam. And that’s barely even enough for someone to start! Thanks for the kind words, not special, just doing my best!
My worst mistake yet is flaking on my streaming schedule! Now I am really trying to become more consistent, and hoping I didn't turn off any viewers patiently waiting for me.
The third step is what made me have a realization moment, I used to stream hella variety and realized that I wasnt growing as much as compared to my Pokemon streams, so I decided to stick to pokemon for now and get that audicence who will switch with me when I go for another game
I’m an old guy, and very new to streaming and content creation. But I’ve met some amazing people via Twitch and decided to start streaming just for the social aspect. So far, my biggest mistake has been concentrating on getting the coolest gear that all the big creators have instead of getting out there and working on building the community. People who join early appreciate being part of the growth, too. That’s what communities do.
the biggest mistake i made on twitch is that i started to stream on twitch without knowing english that great, i cant fix it and i like doing this as a hobby but i get no viewers because of my bad english, i hope i will be more used to this by doing it more, im not gonna stop doing that
love your videos man, I've been following your advice and slowly but surely I've been able to grow as a streamer and get my first regular viewers that aren't my friends watching the stream. Thanks for all the help
I have been doing some form of content creation for years, and discovered OBS back in high school. Whenever I needed to record, I'd always save my mic and desktop audio to separate tracks. It didn't even occur to me that I couldn't do that on stream, and so only streamed my mic for nearly 5 hours on my first stream. Other than that hiccup I'd say my worst mistake was giving up on the idea of multistreaming before actually giving it a try, something I'll be correcting next week.
4:37! WOW! This is the EXACT moment I started to miss Australia! Why.. you ask? White bread + 100s & 1000s !!!!!!!!!! Simply one of life's greatest pleasures....!
TLDR. Don't worry so much about stuff, have fun and do what you can when you can. I had a big life thing happen a bit over a year ago which brought me from streaming 5 days a week to not being able to stream for half a year... Then I brought back streaming once a week and only played games I really enjoyed and honestly my streams have been infinitely better in my return. I don't know if it's just me being super excited to be there, the games I play etc but I use to stream to MAYBE 20 people and the other week I had like 60 people just chillin watching me play Rimworld. It's very much not something I take SUPER seriously but I have SO MUCH FUN I have a hard time logging out, even when it's like 3am. I think that the thing I really messed up was thinking I could schedule it hard and make it, but the reality is whenever I try to push for something it all falls apart. So... I'm honestly just keeping it a fun side gig and if I can find more time in my future I will invest a lot more into it. But for now, I am really happy. And that's what matters. The chat is full of amazing people who make time to come out every Tuesday and I'm even more pumped to make content and stream.
Thank you for the amazing content it has really helped my stream out and after a couple of months i got to affiliate on christmas day. My tip would be don't spend money on fancy stream overlays. I spend about £30 on an animated overlay really early on and the very next day discovered your channel with the amazing free ones. Since then I have made my own minimalistic overlay and don't even use the one i bought. My moral is save your money for the stuff that really matters like a good microphone or some good lighting. Thanks again for the tips
Sounds good, I was somewhat wondering what streamers go through when their popular game was not fun for them but fun for chat. I don't think I'll worry too hard about setting big goals or anything but I guess I would need to do something once in a while to spice things up. I just gotta make sure it works. I hope I don't have too much a problem banning someone who needs banned.
Thanks for all the helpful videos! I am starting streaming this month and I am just finishing remodeling my room. I cant wait to put into practice everything i learned :) keep up the awesome work Stream Scheme!!
I have a idea for a series of videos, might I suggest having viewers enroll for a chance to have their streams reviewed by you. You could give some pointers here and there. Perhaps you could then visit again later on to see if your advice was acted upon or how the streams are fairing since your “intervention”. For me, I’ve been seeing a fair bit of growth on Twitch recently and am motivated to deliver the best content I possibly can and would simply love to have some input on what I can improve. Thanks again for making the videos you do. I find your advice refreshing compared to the typical advice you see on TH-cam.
We did look into it! Sadly we most likely we won't be doing it any time soon though. Out of the few hundred submissions we received no one really needed specific advice. There were a handful of great streamers but everyone just needed to hear the same things we've covered on the channel. Don't stream oversaturated categories, level your mic properly, turn off follower only chat, get rid of the donation goals, etc, etc. Once we grow a bit more we are going to look at doing it again, but right now we'd just be repeating content and people won't like that. Sorry again! We really wanted to but yeah!
Iv only been streaming for about 7 weeks but your content has helped me get the courage to start streaming and you have really helped my channel out. I only have an average of 1.6 viewers but I'm confident that will change very shortly! Thank you for posting this and keep up the hard work!
My biggest mistake was trying to stream and overcommit to the point that I stopped streaming for a year and a half. I lost passion and was severely discouraged because I paid attention at all times to viewers. Now I took it back up and changed to do what I enjoyed. I’m still small but I went from 17 to 70 followers in about a month (not great I know but I was kind of proud), but reached affiliate a bit early which almost dragged me down again. I almost made the mistake of trying to concentrate on… market stuff… and quickly reeled back and kept my focus on the important aspect of having fun and growing a community. I still want to grow but I know I need to keep a level head.
My first mistake was being too serious about my stream sessions, I've found for me the best way to do it is just start up my game, start my stream and just enjoy the sessions.
My first stream I got way more views than I anticipated. My first mistake was choosing getting over it to play thinking I would get through it easily. I can breeze through a lot of games of different varietys so I assume without playing it that it wouldn't be an issue. If you're a gamer I would advise to at least play a little of the game you're gonna play first, at least then you'll know if it's stream worthy for you because some games work for other people but not you. Honestly tho I think people just stuck around to watch me suffer, i'm just glad my computer crashed halfway through.
Getting Over It is designed to be suffer content, it isn't meant for people to be good at it, you have to play into that laughing and enjoying the failures or else it can be absolutely brutal! hahahaha
you know when you mentioned this at 2:12. the same happened to me as well. on youtube. i wasn't enjoying it anymore and like you. my channel got hit hard everything just went dark. no more subs, the community went silents. the only thing I was getting is views... so thanks for the advice :)
I did some of these mistakes, started by playing apex legends, now I have changed to things like stardew valley, Minecraft and switch games and I lost a lot of people but I love my community now so much and even tho I've kind of had to start again I'm much happier 😇
Just recently started streaming once a week, while also making videos for YT, Insta and Tiktok. my first couple of streams were great fun and ran smoothly. my most recent one, i spent the first 25 minutes fiddling with audio because my settings had changed on my pc for some reason. my fault for not loading up SLOBS and running the game and checking all my levels before actually going live. Ended up losing a view viewers right at the start because of it. Also, when i started streaming i spent less time on YT content so my average views declined a fair bit there. Learned my lesson on consistency hahaha.
Great tips in this video. I will definitely implement them in my streams. I am bad for playing something different every stream or every other stream so Ill definitely try that one! I used to be near 8 average viewers but after taking over a month break im back to 2/3 so trying to build back up to what I was at! Great video as per!
Hey bro. Love your tips and have been streaming a small shooter game "Krunker" for about 2 weeks now. The growth is amazing and I'm getting like 7 average a stream which is amazing. I loved how you do a community stream every week. Do you have any fun, engaging chill community games I can play on stream once a week to bring everyone together?
I think one mistake that I always worried about before getting affiliate was I kept paying attention to number of viewers. I'm not very confident about streaming because I dont think I'm that entertaining but I managed to hit affiliate still. But even now after hitting affiliate, I still keep looking every now and then on how many viewers are watching and end up losing confidence again and not wanting to stream.
@@StreamScheme yeah, honestly started doing that lately where I dont look at it as much and have fun. Its just been a habit that formed trying to get to affiliate. Trying to break that habit but its going slowly hahaha
I learned game switching the hard way and since I've been sticking with 1 game with a twist game on the last night my avg viewers has gone from 2 to 10, with like 20 viewers in at times!!! These are huge numbers to me and im so glad I figured it out but I wish I'd have had this video then!!! 💙
My biggest mistake and sometimes still is, is picking my streams apart and comparing them to my friends streams or someone else that I follow streams. Just because they have more viewers or are growing faster does NOT mean my stuff is bad. I have a small community but I love them to bits and pieces. I need to remember that as long as me and my chat are having fun it doesn't matter if I grow at all. It would be amazing to have more viewers obviously but I need to remind myself that I need to keep my current viewers engaged and having fun. And most importantly I need to be having fun.
I just tweeted about this! People look at each other and compare there growth, and often feel bad that they aren’t progressing at the same speed. But life is just a big RPG, level 1 won’t progress at the same speed as a level 50! Look at your stat sheet and focus on improving yourself and your journey! Keep it up! Do your best out there, Em!
Thank you so much for what you do, I only started a couple of weeks ago and the advice you give is invaluable. I’m only only 3-6 viewers at the moment but so am getting there.
I do afew things ive sorted and a few things i need to work on, i used to keep my mouth open all the time and look pretty gormless lol. Ive also recorded a full stream but made a go live checklist to help with that. I also sometimes dont put enough inflection in my voice even when im excited.
My biggest mistake was honestly the first thing you said, thinking about numbers too much, it doesn't really help you to constantly look at your numbers and wonder what you are doing "wrong" and why is it causing you to lose 'X' Very toxic mindset and was all around just bad for me as a person in general xD. Great video keep it up :Thumbs_Up:
I'm going through a period of 0 to negative growth. The worst mistake I'm in the middle of making is worrying about those numbers. I'm still getting the engagement and that's increasing, I need to stop worrying.
Hey i only started streaming in November so im still making my mistakes but trying to learn from your mistakes lol my biggest mistake is im terrible at social media stuff so i need to get better at that to build a way for my audience to connect with me more than just streaming
I think my biggest problem was with banning people, but after a couple events that I had it's not so difficult anymore xD Thanks for all the tips, they were really useful!!
I thought I said something that could be perceived as offensive and I died inside but just kept vibes positive and it passed. I'm always interested in getting better.
you help me so much, even my only followers and viewers are my friend that join my stream sometimes. Road to affiliate! (and maybe a decent microphone)
I just started streaming at the start of this month, and thanks to your tips I got to affiliate last thursday. What?! Thank you so much for the help. Also I do get caught up in viewercount, if its not better than the last i feel like it was a bad stream. So im gonna hide the viewercount next stream! Thanks again for the tips! Keep going!
Watched alot of ur videos and this advice. Is paying off pretty good little by little. Still having trouble getting any viewers in but i know that comea with time. Thanks a lot for all the useful info.🤓🤝
Thanks so much and happy new year! I'd love to learn more tips and advice about the actual content creation process. You've mentioned a bunch to take notes, but I'd love some videos about actually planning ahead, how far, what details to include, scripting etc. I imagine some people only plan a stream or two ahead and others would have more long term plans, but I'd love your thoughts! What do you do if you find it hard to talk to chat, maybe too focused on the game etc. Thanks again!
It's coming soon, I have covered it a few times in short ways in other videos so I didn't want to release it too close to those videos. It is on its way though!
My biggest mistake was using voicemod throughout the entire stream... At the time I really didn't like the sound of my voice, though still really wanted to stream. I wasn't reviewing the stream, since I wasn't saving them afterward didn't realize how bad it was. After I saved & reviewed the stream, I realized the voicemod sounded horrible on stream & 50% of the words were actually recognizable. Now I use my natural voice with the occasional voicemod (actually understandable this time) via channel point redemptions. Also, since I hear myself a lot more, I've come to like my voice, at least enough that I don't cringe each time I hear it.
Most hate their voice! It takes practice to get over it! My family told me I was monotonous, grating, and too fast when I told stories, I hated my voice! Despised it! Figured everyone else would, but now people say they like my style, and enthusiasm. Practice getting used to your own voice, practice speaking to engage others, practice, practice, practice! :)
I spent 3 months in one game 50% of my viewers were there for that game, now when I stream other gamesI routinely lose followers, luckily the offset in new followers keeps me even and the new ones seem to like the games I play no matter what.
I have not a lot of followers but I spent way too long playing a over saturated game and as soon as I stopped I got my first non school friend follower
i would say my biggest fail was on octuber i hyped up everyone that i was going to play the evil within for the first time so when the time came i only played for 2 hours cuz the game made me dizzy turns out the way the camera is set up in that game makes a lot of people sick but i didn't know that now whenever i am going to play a new game that i have not played before i do some research and try to play a little bit before stream to make sure that doesn't happen again
I hype up things in the beginning of the stream with the stuff i already prepared 😁 like if i got new stuff, i got it first then hyped it up while presenting it
I have a question about the set goals, in my case follower goals, would it be okay to put a follower count on screen till I reach affiliate, or it would clutter the screen for future vods? Should I take it more easy and let things take it course, or start taking actions when they get too slow? Btw do you use obs studio or slobs for streaming, which do you recommend? Keep the good work coming!
OBS is less clutter but also less built in features, so easier on the CPU. You need to know more about broadcasting software and plugins to get the most out of OBS. Streamlabs is a bit heavier on the CPU but comes with more so it is easier for beginners. They both have their pros and cons, I find SLOBS is better to start with if your pc can handle the extra 10% (which also pretty much doesn't exist if you run it as an administrator). For follower goals, you can, I did it when I started but I tried to only do it when I was doing community nights because it was about growth and community. It's a "play with it and see how you feel" kinda situation.
Biggest mistake I experienced, that I am sure others have as well, is going live when I had a tough day. Yes consistency and sticking to your schedule is important, but no one will watch anyway if you're miserable. If you're not feeling it no one else will so just take the night off and regroup.
I do this too, but I actually jumped on stream after my divorce and my community of 2 people.. made me cry. They were so sweet and kind to me when I told them I was having a hard day.. and this made it so worth it. Just be honest with your chat.. it makes you human and more relatable. This worked for me, so maybe it will work for you
The biggest mistake I made wss jumping right into twitch without setting up anything prior and not being willing to learn new things thinking my way was the best way.
While this is in no way telling you to quit or give up, I will say your mental health and enjoyment is the most important thing. If you aren't enjoying it, then taking a break won't hurt you. Just do what you love.
I never noticed that Chat Overlay (on each individual message) How on Earth do you set that up! That is awesome! As a designer... I REALLY want to make this match my stream 🤣
Today I am showing you my biggest mistakes, the places I failed, and hopefully, you can avoid these when they happen to you! What do you wish you knew? The timecodes are below and if this video helped let me know in the comments! If you want to join our growing community check out our other content: bit.ly/JoinTheStreamScheme
🕘Timestamps:
0:00 Video Start
0:23 Introduction
1:08 What Makes Your Content Good!
4:10 Overhyping News and Announcements!
6:10 FREE TWITCH OVERLAYS
6:45 Banning And Dealing With Trolls
8:30 How EVERY Streamer Fails At Using Sub Goals
11:15 STOP SWITCHING GAMES EVERY NIGHT
My biggest mistake was ever thinking I'd get to see eljay livestream. Really mah boy, 2:00am today? Time zones are dumb. Seriously though, your videos are always bang on with their message. I think my biggest mistake was not investing in a proper mic soon enough. Every stream I hear the same things, "Too quiet, can't hear you, turn mic up" and honestly, I feel bad because I've done all I can with the mic and now all I can do is say, "Just bear with it for now". It's almost to the point where I don't want to stream until I get my mic because I'm just ruining the experience.
@KingRacos88 Headset mic. Razer Kraken. I got a usb mic on sale so that'll be an improvement.
Great video! Loved everything you covered! 😃
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Hey, sorry to ask that, but how do u credit porperly over Twitch when u use a song? For exemple, let's say I want to use all the song from the 4 creators that gave us opportunity to use it : Do I have to put all titles and names of each song that I can potentially use, or can I just say "Songs : GameChops, Yung Bae, Hyper Potions, Chillhop Musics" ? What is the proper way to to do it?
I don’t know what happened but after 7 months of grinding I’ve been blowing up with views lately, I haven’t got affiliate yet last stream I had 14 average viewers!
I just started streaming for real and I just h ave to say I feel very happy for you! can't wait untill I'm there!
Smashing it!
Just got affiliate, the grind pays off believe me 🙂
I just started as well, good job!!
You have to have an average of 3 viewers for the month. I learned that the hard way lol. But keep grinding, just remember to have fun. If you’re not, then why are you doing it
I laughed out loud when you said to stop switching games every night. I do this and I agree I need to commit to something. Thanks for the advice, your videos have been such a blessing to me as I have started
It's a big one! Good luck! Hope the videos can keep being helpful!
Not comparing to others and their growth.
It is hard sometimes, but the best is to remember that you aren't the others and they aren't you.
Comparing yourself to someone that had a completely different journey as you and is by default another person, is not fair to yourself.
I had a great time comparing myself to myself from one stream to another and to see where I actually changed for the better.
Like I try to change at least one little detail every stream.
Doesn't matter if it's the location of my light source to cast less shadow on me, the way I talk or how I move.
Every little detail will add up more later and I can look back and be proud of my own achievements over time. 🙂
Absolutely this! This comment 100%! It's about being better than you yesterday!
A big mistake was not discussing with my loved ones how serious I was about it and that I would actually be BUSY while streaming and not something I was doing in my pass time.
That would be tough, what happened due to not discussing it?
I think I’m in love with this guy he helps my twitch so mych
I’m so sorry, I’m married! But I’ll keep doing my best!
@@StreamScheme I can only hope I have as much in common with my next partner as you do with yours
Me too I have a 10 average rn in only 2 weeks 😋
@@mohamedmamoundenoun2422 keep it up 💯👍
Mych mykkonnel
Biggest mistake I've made is Overcommitting, I made a claim to myself that I would stream constantly but never set a schedule. I very quickly realized I could not deliver to my own commitment and it almost prevented me from ever trying again. I have just recently convinced myself to try again and found your videos when looking to see what I was doing wrong. You have helped light that fire again and gave me some good ways to make sure I am having fun and building my community that I am looking for. I have changed my target of why am I streaming and have set realistic goals for myself.
Genuinely, Thank you.
I think one of the biggest mistakes I made early was putting my stream in the wrong category for half the stream until someone in chat pointed it out. Also set up a horror stream and the game didn't work properly T_T
Noooo! Don't worry, it happens to the best of us!
I'm not a talk active person, that's my biggest problem, but I'm trying to learn
You got this, simply asking an individual who joins how their day was is a great way to get things rolling.
It just takes practice and planning! You'll get it!
As long as you are making an effort is what's most important.
Try and find a friend who can join every stream for you to talk to! My sister joins my stream every night and stops me from going dead silent on stream, because I can bounce off of her even when I can't think of anything to say!
Was able to launch my first stream because I binged all of your educational videos. Also the Cherry Blossom overlay was a big hit with chat. It really went well with the pokemon nuzlock. Thanks man I appreciate you and everything you do!!!!
Glad to hear it! Keep it up! :)
Biggest mistake? Biting off more than I could chew when it came to days I could stream was the biggest but there was also what times I streamed, how long I streamed, streaming incredibly oversaturated games and not putting in enough research before hand to know how it all worked.
I tried streaming four times a week while being a front line care worker and it COMPLETELY killed my enthusiasm for it, I started too early so I never had enough time to meet my intended start time at a relaxed pace, never had time to game with my friends either due to how long I streamed for and because I was learning as I went along, there were always delays.
Only reason I kept going as long as I did was because my friends had subscribed to me after I randomly got raided and was instantly made affiliate and I felt guilty wasting their money lmao! I went off it completely for three months but now I'm slowly getting back into it and using tutorials/tips videos to hopefully build up a nice little community. That's how I found your series actually, so thanks for the videos, they've been fairly helpful so far!
Sorry to hear you had a rough start! Hopefully this time around will be easier for you! Good luck!
I'm preparing to start streaming and have watched a lot of these videos! Thank you for all of the information for completely free, this channel is a gamechanger!
Happy to help! Hope I can keep it up!
Definitely biggest mistake is taking breaks, I see some growth then for some reason I just don’t feel like doing it anymore it feels like work and I don’t have fun with it. Then a couple months go by and I feel into it again 🤷🏻♀️
That is a new one! Sounds rough!
I am the very same, was starting to build a small nice community and regulars of 6 or 7 people most streams then suddenly it felt like work and I stopped having fun so I dropped it for about 8 months, then when I go back I have one or two who still pop by but that feeling of letting that community slip sucks even though im enjoying myself again now
I’ve just finished my 4th day of streaming currently have 2.5 average viewers I also had a consistent 4-6 viewers the last 1hr 30mins of my stream so I can see myself slowly growing and I’m proud and confident but most of all exited to keep pushing for this hobby I have... thank you for all the inspiration and helpful tips you’ve given me and everyone. I feel that without your videos I’d still have 0 viewers at the bottom of the list one again thank you 🙏
Sounds like you're working hard! Good luck! :) Hope the videos can keep helping!
Thanks for all the work you do, helping a lot of people with it!
Regarding Point 2: Hype can be a double edged sword, not just with streams but also games, like CP77 had the hype and they, well... yeah. Where Apex legends was just released without a big fuzz beforehand and became one of the staples in battle royale instantly. Same goes for streams, the more you hype, the highe the chance that people will be disappointed by it
Hype is a powerful tool that must be used wisely!
One my biggest mistakes/problems is probably not knowing how to plan the stream? I mean when I go live, I can keep on talking about the game, what I'm doing, real life stories or just strike random conversations with chatters, but I never really have a solid direction to go for every stream. It's like I hit live and it's all random from there lol. That and the occasional audio problems here and there.
As always, awesome vid man!
I am working on a video that will hopefully help with that! Leave it with me!
@@StreamScheme I'll be looking forward to it!
I've done all of 3 streams at this point but I had a bit of an epiphany today- I was playing a less popular game (like you'd said in another vid :P) and got a brand new person in chat. We talked back and forth a little bit, but it was right when I died for the 4th time in a row and started going on about how I'm Good At Games they immediately followed and started talking a lot more. It was the first time that I'd really gone all out with my own sense of humor, and they really liked it! This isn't really related to this video, but I've been watching your channel lately so I feel like I have you to credit for a lot of the 'good' choices I'm making for my streams, so thank you for what you do :D
Hey sounds like you've started to figure it out! Keep it up, work hard! You got this!
I'm just starting streaming and already made the mistake of doing different themes every night. So here's what my schedule looked like, basically Tuesday was Nioh (with potential for going on to Nioh II when complete.), Wednesday was no man's sky, Friday was horror games, Saturday was random games and Sunday was old school adventure games. Needless to say I've only been getting like 3 viewers and only at 22 followers. This was a massive eye opener, I thought just having a schedule in place was the best idea but now I'm going to really think about my content and stream the same game on weekdays and do my tabletop roleplaying events on the weekend. Thanks so much for the help!
I get to do one or two long evening streams a quarter outside of my short morning streams, and I have to plan them well in advance around work and family obligations, so the only way I'm cancelling is if I'm too sick to sit up and talk to people. I do hype those a little. Otherwise, I only post that I'm going live maybe 25% of the time when I remember to drop the link on twitter or in the hardcore WoW discord. So yeah, usually you're not going to want to hype outside of a basic "going live" post in your discord or twitter, but knowing when *TO* hype is also something worth learning. And then learning *how* to hype correctly for those few times.
I did a Santa tracker Christmas Eve stream and for a week it was ALL THE HYPE and boy did it deliver! With some advanced notice and widespread messaging, we had quite a few folks send in pics for an ugly sweater contest and the winner got a month of game time on me. Channel points were being dropped left and right to make me sing carols (I had no idea so many people had that many points stashed, but now they're out and saving up again). Chat hype every time Santa got near one of the viewers. It was EPIC! It was also a one-time thing. Maybe again next year if I'm off work again. Who knows. But it was super special and totally hypable.
Yo that sounds sick! What's your streaming platform and username? I've read a lot of the comments on this video, but yours has stood out to me for the thought you put into your streams and interactivity with chat! I'd honestly love to check out your channel 😊
My hype mistake was referring to BIG event streams, fancy new badges, alerts, etc not every single stream :) It's fine to say "Let's Go!" and get people keen for a normal stream.
I love the santa tracking stream, very cool!
@@PoisonPod my twitch is teryl_brat42 and I'd love to see you stop by. I work nights so I stream mornings US time M-W-F 8:30-10:30am CT. I play World of Warcraft Classic and I'm part of the hardcore community. My main goal is get to level 60 without dying. If I die, I delete the toon and start over. It's a pretty big community with a lot of great streamers (some who also stream retail WoW and regular Classic). If that sounds up your alley, stop on by and we'd be happy to entertain you!
So as not to over-hype and underwhelm, my normal morning streams are not as exciting as the one described above. I put maximum effort into the big all-night ones, but the little ones are to relax after work and chat with friends. I'm starting to look into enabling chat games through StreamElements, but I work full time also and there are only so many hours in the day after work and family obligations. :D
Thanks for this! I do stream games i feel like playing, but some games give me way less viewers than others and when I notice it that sometimes brings me down. But this vid reminded me of the lovely people who stick around and enjoy watching to stream whatever game you chose.
You can do it! It will always happen when switching around!
Im literally at the point right now where eljay just described.
- i'm trying to find a game i feel comfortable with so most streams i play something different and i don't like it.
- there's one really active chatter who makes me feel a bit uncomfortable, he's slightly troll-y and brings a competitive atmosphere and i haven't known what to do about it
- i'm playing a game that my community loves, and it helping me grow but i'm kind of feeling not quite right and after the stream feel a bit like i've not acted with integrity to myself or my true mood/feelings and it makes me feel yuck inside.
eljay i just popped into your stream to tell you this was exactly what i needed to hear. I've felt a bit trapped and i will save this video
Hey! I am glad the video helped Mona! Sorry for being confused when you joined, I had a lot going on but I really appreciated the kind words!
Good luck out there and I really hope I can continue to help!
@@StreamScheme haha oh man don't even worry i know its hard to keep track of everything when there's so many people chatting. Just thank you so much for everything you do you are so loved!!!
Been a streamer for two years now got Affilliate and have been streaming on and off ever since. My life's changed a little and got a day job so I stream nights now. I've found it a little difficult growing again with a different time schedule and I'm finding my feet again. Thanks for your videos dude! Even for veterans such as myself it's worthy advice.
Hey! Glad the advice is helpful and thanks for all the kind words! Keep it up mate!
I never EVER use to talk on stream until someone showed up. Now I’m moving up in the world new me new everything!
Keep up the hard work!
This channel is amazing. I just started streaming for fun and have learned so much. Appreciate all the insight.
I have learned from my mistakes and now I'm planning on uploading high quality content with nice thumbnails and finding my niche to then build a community for my discord server and everyone in discord could watch my streams.
Sounds like a plan!
That last tip is really helpful, omg. I never thought of that one.
Glad it was helpful!
So refreshing to see someone be so down to earth with everything and not push the 'You need to make TH-cam content for growth' every other Twitchtuber tries pushing... Love the content man and I genuinely mean that, keep it up and see you down the milk isle hopefully one day xD
The TH-cam advice makes sense BUT it also requires so much expertise and skill to actually create it... it’s why I made a 20 minute video that covers idea conception all the way to releasing the video for TH-cam.
And that’s barely even enough for someone to start!
Thanks for the kind words, not special, just doing my best!
My worst mistake yet is flaking on my streaming schedule! Now I am really trying to become more consistent, and hoping I didn't turn off any viewers patiently waiting for me.
Schedules are so crucial! Good luck! Hope it comes good!
The third step is what made me have a realization moment, I used to stream hella variety and realized that I wasnt growing as much as compared to my Pokemon streams, so I decided to stick to pokemon for now and get that audicence who will switch with me when I go for another game
I’m an old guy, and very new to streaming and content creation. But I’ve met some amazing people via Twitch and decided to start streaming just for the social aspect. So far, my biggest mistake has been concentrating on getting the coolest gear that all the big creators have instead of getting out there and working on building the community. People who join early appreciate being part of the growth, too. That’s what communities do.
the biggest mistake i made on twitch is that i started to stream on twitch without knowing english that great, i cant fix it and i like doing this as a hobby but i get no viewers because of my bad english, i hope i will be more used to this by doing it more, im not gonna stop doing that
love your videos man, I've been following your advice and slowly but surely I've been able to grow as a streamer and get my first regular viewers that aren't my friends watching the stream. Thanks for all the help
Great to hear! Keep it up!
I have been doing some form of content creation for years, and discovered OBS back in high school. Whenever I needed to record, I'd always save my mic and desktop audio to separate tracks. It didn't even occur to me that I couldn't do that on stream, and so only streamed my mic for nearly 5 hours on my first stream. Other than that hiccup I'd say my worst mistake was giving up on the idea of multistreaming before actually giving it a try, something I'll be correcting next week.
4:37! WOW!
This is the EXACT moment I started to miss Australia!
Why.. you ask?
White bread + 100s & 1000s !!!!!!!!!! Simply one of life's greatest pleasures....!
Hahaha maybe not a whole bag though!
@@StreamScheme 😂 maybe not
TLDR. Don't worry so much about stuff, have fun and do what you can when you can.
I had a big life thing happen a bit over a year ago which brought me from streaming 5 days a week to not being able to stream for half a year... Then I brought back streaming once a week and only played games I really enjoyed and honestly my streams have been infinitely better in my return. I don't know if it's just me being super excited to be there, the games I play etc but I use to stream to MAYBE 20 people and the other week I had like 60 people just chillin watching me play Rimworld. It's very much not something I take SUPER seriously but I have SO MUCH FUN I have a hard time logging out, even when it's like 3am. I think that the thing I really messed up was thinking I could schedule it hard and make it, but the reality is whenever I try to push for something it all falls apart. So... I'm honestly just keeping it a fun side gig and if I can find more time in my future I will invest a lot more into it. But for now, I am really happy. And that's what matters. The chat is full of amazing people who make time to come out every Tuesday and I'm even more pumped to make content and stream.
That's great to hear you're having a much better time with it now! :) Keep it up!
Also, fellow rimworld player! Heck yeah!
@@StreamScheme Yeeeeee! I have hundreds of hours clocked into it according to Steam lmao Can't wait for it to become thousands xD
And thanks man :D
Thank you sensei for the advice you literally give the best advice ever. The mistake I keep doing is looking at my analytics too many times
You got this! Glad I can be helpful! :)
thank you for this! i'm a new streamer and i made a few of these mistake so far LOL, but now it's time to learn from them! again thank you
Glad I could help! Keep it up!
You're the coolest guy on TH-cam Eljay! Stay humble, much love! Also, congratulations on 20k!
I appreciate that! I don't know if it's true though! Peter McKinnon is pretty gosh darn cool! Nutty is awesome!
Thank you for the amazing content it has really helped my stream out and after a couple of months i got to affiliate on christmas day. My tip would be don't spend money on fancy stream overlays. I spend about £30 on an animated overlay really early on and the very next day discovered your channel with the amazing free ones. Since then I have made my own minimalistic overlay and don't even use the one i bought. My moral is save your money for the stuff that really matters like a good microphone or some good lighting. Thanks again for the tips
Yes! This is such a good tip!
Sounds good, I was somewhat wondering what streamers go through when their popular game was not fun for them but fun for chat. I don't think I'll worry too hard about setting big goals or anything but I guess I would need to do something once in a while to spice things up. I just gotta make sure it works. I hope I don't have too much a problem banning someone who needs banned.
My biggest mistake is always forgetting to turn my mic on.. seriously I have a Post it Note on my computer now to prevent me from forgetting!
I still do this sometimes, only for a few seconds and very rarely but it does happen hahahha
I did an entire stream 5 hour with my mic muted and NO ONE TOLD ME 😭🤦♀️
@Devan Zahn OMG that sounds crazy! I hope you remember from now on! 😂
Thanks for all the helpful videos! I am starting streaming this month and I am just finishing remodeling my room. I cant wait to put into practice everything i learned :) keep up the awesome work Stream Scheme!!
Glad to help!
I have a idea for a series of videos, might I suggest having viewers enroll for a chance to have their streams reviewed by you. You could give some pointers here and there. Perhaps you could then visit again later on to see if your advice was acted upon or how the streams are fairing since your “intervention”.
For me, I’ve been seeing a fair bit of growth on Twitch recently and am motivated to deliver the best content I possibly can and would simply love to have some input on what I can improve.
Thanks again for making the videos you do. I find your advice refreshing compared to the typical advice you see on TH-cam.
We did look into it! Sadly we most likely we won't be doing it any time soon though. Out of the few hundred submissions we received no one really needed specific advice. There were a handful of great streamers but everyone just needed to hear the same things we've covered on the channel.
Don't stream oversaturated categories, level your mic properly, turn off follower only chat, get rid of the donation goals, etc, etc.
Once we grow a bit more we are going to look at doing it again, but right now we'd just be repeating content and people won't like that. Sorry again! We really wanted to but yeah!
@@StreamScheme Thank you for taking the time to respond! I appreciate the work you're doing. Good luck with all your endeavors!
Iv only been streaming for about 7 weeks but your content has helped me get the courage to start streaming and you have really helped my channel out. I only have an average of 1.6 viewers but I'm confident that will change very shortly! Thank you for posting this and keep up the hard work!
Glad I could help!
My biggest mistake was trying to stream and overcommit to the point that I stopped streaming for a year and a half. I lost passion and was severely discouraged because I paid attention at all times to viewers. Now I took it back up and changed to do what I enjoyed. I’m still small but I went from 17 to 70 followers in about a month (not great I know but I was kind of proud), but reached affiliate a bit early which almost dragged me down again. I almost made the mistake of trying to concentrate on… market stuff… and quickly reeled back and kept my focus on the important aspect of having fun and growing a community. I still want to grow but I know I need to keep a level head.
My first mistake was being too serious about my stream sessions, I've found for me the best way to do it is just start up my game, start my stream and just enjoy the sessions.
My first stream I got way more views than I anticipated. My first mistake was choosing getting over it to play thinking I would get through it easily. I can breeze through a lot of games of different varietys so I assume without playing it that it wouldn't be an issue. If you're a gamer I would advise to at least play a little of the game you're gonna play first, at least then you'll know if it's stream worthy for you because some games work for other people but not you. Honestly tho I think people just stuck around to watch me suffer, i'm just glad my computer crashed halfway through.
Getting Over It is designed to be suffer content, it isn't meant for people to be good at it, you have to play into that laughing and enjoying the failures or else it can be absolutely brutal! hahahaha
Probably my biggest mistake starting out was not having a mic, though I have one now and I'm having a blast.
A mic is very important! Glad to hear it’s going well now!
Very helpful information. I’m finding myself watching all your videos. Just found you. Great channel!
Glad you like them! Thanks mate, it means a lot! :)
Biggest mistake was leaving open discord mic test during stream so I sounded like I was in a cave.
Oh no! hahaha That'll get you!
you know when you mentioned this at 2:12. the same happened to me as well. on youtube. i wasn't enjoying it anymore and like you. my channel got hit hard everything just went dark. no more subs, the community went silents. the only thing I was getting is views... so thanks for the advice :)
I did some of these mistakes, started by playing apex legends, now I have changed to things like stardew valley, Minecraft and switch games and I lost a lot of people but I love my community now so much and even tho I've kind of had to start again I'm much happier 😇
That's great to hear that you're having more fun with it!
My first stream I didn’t use a web cam and didn’t balance my audio! I kept it on my page as a reminder of where I started.
How are you now with your audio? Smashing it?
Yes all good now thanks for asking!
Your videos are so funny and helpful and it‘s so nice of you to answer every comment. I can really tell you enjoy making content on TH-cam!
Always been my goal! I am glad people are being so kind in the comments!
Just recently started streaming once a week, while also making videos for YT, Insta and Tiktok. my first couple of streams were great fun and ran smoothly. my most recent one, i spent the first 25 minutes fiddling with audio because my settings had changed on my pc for some reason. my fault for not loading up SLOBS and running the game and checking all my levels before actually going live. Ended up losing a view viewers right at the start because of it. Also, when i started streaming i spent less time on YT content so my average views declined a fair bit there. Learned my lesson on consistency hahaha.
Great tips in this video. I will definitely implement them in my streams. I am bad for playing something different every stream or every other stream so Ill definitely try that one! I used to be near 8 average viewers but after taking over a month break im back to 2/3 so trying to build back up to what I was at! Great video as per!
Big breaks can be so tough but I am glad to hear it hasn't discouraged you! Good luck mate!
@@StreamScheme appreciate it!
Hey bro. Love your tips and have been streaming a small shooter game "Krunker" for about 2 weeks now. The growth is amazing and I'm getting like 7 average a stream which is amazing. I loved how you do a community stream every week. Do you have any fun, engaging chill community games I can play on stream once a week to bring everyone together?
What's your Twitch?
@@5BarsFightwear @Kadencolt
Use Words On Stream, Gartic On Stream, etc! They are all chat integrated and great fun for everyone!
@@StreamScheme Thank you :)
I think one mistake that I always worried about before getting affiliate was I kept paying attention to number of viewers. I'm not very confident about streaming because I dont think I'm that entertaining but I managed to hit affiliate still. But even now after hitting affiliate, I still keep looking every now and then on how many viewers are watching and end up losing confidence again and not wanting to stream.
I just turn it off, I never know how many viewers I have. I just have it off, and then do my best to make content!
@@StreamScheme yeah, honestly started doing that lately where I dont look at it as much and have fun. Its just been a habit that formed trying to get to affiliate. Trying to break that habit but its going slowly hahaha
i just started streaming and you have helped me set up things for my stream
Happy to be helpful!
I learned game switching the hard way and since I've been sticking with 1 game with a twist game on the last night my avg viewers has gone from 2 to 10, with like 20 viewers in at times!!! These are huge numbers to me and im so glad I figured it out but I wish I'd have had this video then!!! 💙
Good stuff! Seriously, gotta be consistent!
My biggest mistake and sometimes still is, is picking my streams apart and comparing them to my friends streams or someone else that I follow streams. Just because they have more viewers or are growing faster does NOT mean my stuff is bad. I have a small community but I love them to bits and pieces. I need to remember that as long as me and my chat are having fun it doesn't matter if I grow at all. It would be amazing to have more viewers obviously but I need to remind myself that I need to keep my current viewers engaged and having fun. And most importantly I need to be having fun.
I just tweeted about this!
People look at each other and compare there growth, and often feel bad that they aren’t progressing at the same speed.
But life is just a big RPG, level 1 won’t progress at the same speed as a level 50!
Look at your stat sheet and focus on improving yourself and your journey! Keep it up! Do your best out there, Em!
Couldn't think of something trolly to say (And didn't want to be kicked :P ). I truly loved this video and appreciate your thought process into it.
The Stream Scheme Ban Hammers Swing Swiftly! hahahahah
Thank you so much for what you do, I only started a couple of weeks ago and the advice you give is invaluable. I’m only only 3-6 viewers at the moment but so am getting there.
I do afew things ive sorted and a few things i need to work on, i used to keep my mouth open all the time and look pretty gormless lol. Ive also recorded a full stream but made a go live checklist to help with that. I also sometimes dont put enough inflection in my voice even when im excited.
Thanks for sharing!! Glad to hear you're improving yourself! Good luck!
My biggest mistake was honestly the first thing you said, thinking about numbers too much, it doesn't really help you to constantly look at your numbers and wonder what you are doing "wrong" and why is it causing you to lose 'X' Very toxic mindset and was all around just bad for me as a person in general xD. Great video keep it up :Thumbs_Up:
Gotta turn off those numbers! They'll freak you out!
What a great freaking video dude! Amazing advice and honestly super helpful
I'm going through a period of 0 to negative growth. The worst mistake I'm in the middle of making is worrying about those numbers. I'm still getting the engagement and that's increasing, I need to stop worrying.
Positive vibes and focused on improving! That's the goal!
My bigest mistake was to Talk to the Watchers and try to Bring Them to do chating
This can be a tough one absolutely! Let lurkers lurk! :)
Hey i only started streaming in November so im still making my mistakes but trying to learn from your mistakes lol my biggest mistake is im terrible at social media stuff so i need to get better at that to build a way for my audience to connect with me more than just streaming
God I am terrible at social media, I just try to be authentic as possible and people seem to prefer that, if that helps at all!
Same but I also hate using Instagram and stuff
Congrats on 20k! 🥳🥳🥳
🎉 We Did It!
I think my biggest problem was with banning people, but after a couple events that I had it's not so difficult anymore xD Thanks for all the tips, they were really useful!!
what to do/say when someone raids you? what to not do/say when someone raids you? Love you content!!
Sounds like a good video idea! I'll add it to the list!
aj the same thing happens to me thank you for your very solid and good content many blessings friend
Much appreciated! Hope the videos help!
I was 5 seconds away from leaking all my card info on stream while giving a hypixel rank
Woah! That could be VERY bad!
I thought I said something that could be perceived as offensive and I died inside but just kept vibes positive and it passed. I'm always interested in getting better.
That's a rough one! Glad to hear it went okay!
you help me so much, even my only followers and viewers are my friend that join my stream sometimes. Road to affiliate! (and maybe a decent microphone)
Hey glad to be helpful! Keep it up mate! :)
I just started streaming at the start of this month, and thanks to your tips I got to affiliate last thursday. What?! Thank you so much for the help. Also I do get caught up in viewercount, if its not better than the last i feel like it was a bad stream. So im gonna hide the viewercount next stream! Thanks again for the tips! Keep going!
You got this! Glad I could help at all!
Watched alot of ur videos and this advice. Is paying off pretty good little by little. Still having trouble getting any viewers in but i know that comea with time. Thanks a lot for all the useful info.🤓🤝
Thanks so much and happy new year! I'd love to learn more tips and advice about the actual content creation process. You've mentioned a bunch to take notes, but I'd love some videos about actually planning ahead, how far, what details to include, scripting etc. I imagine some people only plan a stream or two ahead and others would have more long term plans, but I'd love your thoughts! What do you do if you find it hard to talk to chat, maybe too focused on the game etc.
Thanks again!
It's coming soon, I have covered it a few times in short ways in other videos so I didn't want to release it too close to those videos. It is on its way though!
My biggest mistake was using voicemod throughout the entire stream... At the time I really didn't like the sound of my voice, though still really wanted to stream. I wasn't reviewing the stream, since I wasn't saving them afterward didn't realize how bad it was. After I saved & reviewed the stream, I realized the voicemod sounded horrible on stream & 50% of the words were actually recognizable. Now I use my natural voice with the occasional voicemod (actually understandable this time) via channel point redemptions. Also, since I hear myself a lot more, I've come to like my voice, at least enough that I don't cringe each time I hear it.
Most hate their voice! It takes practice to get over it! My family told me I was monotonous, grating, and too fast when I told stories, I hated my voice! Despised it! Figured everyone else would, but now people say they like my style, and enthusiasm. Practice getting used to your own voice, practice speaking to engage others, practice, practice, practice! :)
Thanks so much for the content!
Welcome in early gang! hahaha
great video and thanks for sharing your experiences! Great video as always !
Glad you like them!
I spent 3 months in one game 50% of my viewers were there for that game, now when I stream other gamesI routinely lose followers, luckily the offset in new followers keeps me even and the new ones seem to like the games I play no matter what.
The transition between games can be REALLY tough! Good luck!
I have not a lot of followers but I spent way too long playing a over saturated game and as soon as I stopped I got my first non school friend follower
Sounds like you're starting to find your path :)
i would say my biggest fail was on octuber i hyped up everyone that i was going to play the evil within for the first time so when the time came i only played for 2 hours cuz the game made me dizzy turns out the way the camera is set up in that game makes a lot of people sick but i didn't know that now whenever i am going to play a new game that i have not played before i do some research and try to play a little bit before stream to make sure that doesn't happen again
I have a hard time trying not to look at my viewer count while on stream even though knowing the amount would raise my anxiety
love your videos, you've helped me so much. Keep it up
Thanks! I'll do my best!
I hype up things in the beginning of the stream with the stuff i already prepared 😁 like if i got new stuff, i got it first then hyped it up while presenting it
If it is already set up then yeah! No worries! This is more for things you don't have sorted yet!
@@StreamScheme yeah can understand if ur like yours but if it's not ready and it falls together the viewer will be sad
I don't even stream but I find myself watching video after from this channel!
Hahaha I hope they're entertaining!
I have a question about the set goals, in my case follower goals, would it be okay to put a follower count on screen till I reach affiliate, or it would clutter the screen for future vods? Should I take it more easy and let things take it course, or start taking actions when they get too slow?
Btw do you use obs studio or slobs for streaming, which do you recommend? Keep the good work coming!
OBS is less clutter but also less built in features, so easier on the CPU. You need to know more about broadcasting software and plugins to get the most out of OBS.
Streamlabs is a bit heavier on the CPU but comes with more so it is easier for beginners. They both have their pros and cons, I find SLOBS is better to start with if your pc can handle the extra 10% (which also pretty much doesn't exist if you run it as an administrator).
For follower goals, you can, I did it when I started but I tried to only do it when I was doing community nights because it was about growth and community. It's a "play with it and see how you feel" kinda situation.
Biggest mistake I experienced, that I am sure others have as well, is going live when I had a tough day.
Yes consistency and sticking to your schedule is important, but no one will watch anyway if you're miserable. If you're not feeling it no one else will so just take the night off and regroup.
Oh yeah, I struggled with this a bit as well!
I do this too, but I actually jumped on stream after my divorce and my community of 2 people.. made me cry. They were so sweet and kind to me when I told them I was having a hard day.. and this made it so worth it. Just be honest with your chat.. it makes you human and more relatable. This worked for me, so maybe it will work for you
The biggest mistake I made wss jumping right into twitch without setting up anything prior and not being willing to learn new things thinking my way was the best way.
Those are rough but its great to hear you've come back from it!
@@StreamScheme Dude you actually responded??
@@bitboi6855 I do it for everyone :)
the biggest mistake I made happened a few days ago. I paid attention to a troll and they tried to slander me.
Just ban trolls and bad vibes, #1 rule.
@@StreamScheme banned and reported when it happened. Hardest thing is trying to be nice to everyone. Love your videos by the way, super helpful
The switching games every night bit is solid advice. Thanks for another good one.
Glad it helped! Thanks for the support man, I see you comment often and it means a lot :)
@@StreamScheme Yea of course. It’s my pleasure. Your content is very helpful.
Oooh I've been trying to cast a wide net playing lots of different games. I'm going to change that and see if it makes a difference!
Good luck, Gravy! hope the videos help! :)
My biggest mistake on twitch is trying to do self-promotion , not okay and I had no idea that they had fundamentals and rules to the game
Im trying so hard on youtube and twitch. I REALLY WANNA QUIT but I'm still trying
While this is in no way telling you to quit or give up, I will say your mental health and enjoyment is the most important thing. If you aren't enjoying it, then taking a break won't hurt you. Just do what you love.
I never noticed that Chat Overlay (on each individual message)
How on Earth do you set that up! That is awesome!
As a designer... I REALLY want to make this match my stream 🤣
Check the very first video on the channel!
My biggest mistake was getting too friendly with some viewers and then them prying into my private life really put me off of streaming
Oof that can be a rough one, need to keep it all separate!
@@StreamScheme yeah really made me rethink what I was doing and now I'm in a better mindset and hopefully wont deal with anything like this again.
these have helped loads thank you this
I’m really happy to hear that mate! Thanks for the kind words!