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MikeD · Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2019 3:11 pm GMT Post subject: Dragon Dice Twitch Feed?

It seems many games have Twitch feeds, including MtG, chess, go, and other board games. I was wondering if we should set up a Twitch feed to run demos and games as an way to broaden the exposure of Dragon Dice in the gaming world.

Anyone have any thoughts about this idea?

Thanks,
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DScottOBrien · Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2019 3:23 pm GMT Post subject:

Myself, I never understood Twitch, I much prefer playing rather than watching, but there might be some merit in opening a Dragon Dice channel
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chuckpint · Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2019 3:38 pm GMT Post subject:

Moved this to "On-line games".
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nathan2019 · Newbie Joined: 15 Mar 2019 Posts: 2 Location: Gastonia, NC

A couple of us over on the Dragon Dice Facebook group are throwing some ideas around like this. We recently blog-published our first match between two players via Messenger, but are looking for ways to expand on this idea, get more players involved, etc.

Dolus

Dolus · Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2019 8:57 am GMT Post subject:

This started out organized and then turned into a messy stream of consciousness post. Sorry about that.

Is anybody down for a webcam livestreamed game on Tuesday April 30th around 7pm Pacific Time? (GMT -7)

Objective
The goal is to create more Dragon Dice exposure. You propose to accomplish that through live streaming gameplay and streaming it over Twitch as a medium.

Gameplay
The most important thing to do this is to play live games and have them recorded and streamed over Twitch (or other medium like Youtube). Live commentary during gameplay, either from the player(s) or from live commentators would help engage the community and make it more exciting than just quietly watching some dice be rolled.

The live portion could either be a digital implementation of the game or webcams over the physical game.

Digital implementation could be Tabletop Simulator. I own that but don't know how to use it or how to play Dragon Dice with it.

Physical Implementation needs webcams to be effective. Assuming the game is being played between two players over the internet, it'll be good if both sides have a webcam setup, but could be managed with one person having the entire game setup.

Streaming
If you are live streaming video games, expect to have 0 viewers, or 1-3 if you're lucky/beg your friends and family to watch for the first year. Dragon Dice is less popular and not expected to be found on things like Twitch, so don't expect a big following anytime soon. That said, we do have a good Facebook community, and if people are interested in this and this is a scheduled event, it could work.

We will need a down-facing camera to see the battlefield, bonus points for a webcam capturing the player. We also need a small space for rolling dice that's on camera as well.

I'm gonna think on this more. What I'm not sure about is the best way to get another users webcams into the stream. I'm going to think on this more.

Community
This is for the community, but also requires the community to make it happen. I'm all for trying this out on Twitch, and I think we can find people in our community to support as viewers and commentators. I believe a lot of people tuned in to Cliff's live play on Facebook way back when.
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DScottOBrien · Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2019 10:38 am GMT Post subject:

I'd be up for a game, would just need the find my web-cam, and see if it still works. Keep me updated
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Dolus · Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2019 11:20 am GMT Post subject:

DScottOBrien · Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2019 12:49 pm GMT Post subject:

OK, got the web-cam, will set it up tonight, let me kn0w if this is still on for tues
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cliffwiggs · Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2019 7:39 am GMT Post subject:

Dolus · Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2019 10:34 am GMT Post subject:

Dolus · Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2019 11:31 am GMT Post subject:

The game is afoot!

Dragon Dice is coming to Twitch!
https://www.twitch.tv/dolusdeceit

DScottOBrien and I will be playing tonight around 10PM Eastern/7PM Pacific. That's about 8.5 hours from this post.

Please bear with us as we get all this webcam shenanigans working for the first time. But this will help encourage all those who have been interested in webcam games, and the live stream will be recorded and made available to watch later if you miss it live.

This game will be basic 36 point game. No expansions/Eldarim.
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MikeD · Posted: Wed May 01, 2019 6:20 pm GMT Post subject:

Thanks guys.
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Dolus · Posted: Wed May 01, 2019 10:56 pm GMT Post subject:

danilo · common Joined: 26 Jan 2010 Posts: 490

Bravo Dolus!

it's great to have video contents, is it possible to copy the video also on youtube ? (for max visibility and also, I understand that twich may remove old videos at some point. I may e wrong here, but better be safe than sorry, right?)

I'm watching it right now

Edit: please also consider sharing it in some sensible places like boardgamegeek

cheers,
Danilo

Dolus · Posted: Fri May 03, 2019 11:25 am GMT Post subject:

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Dolus · Posted: Wed May 08, 2019 10:12 am GMT Post subject:

Here is the Dragon Dice category on Twitch
https://www.twitch.tv/directory/game/Dragon%20Dice

The category has 7 followers, yay!

I looked up how to get a picture for the category, it has to be done by the game owner. The instructions are here under "Editing game box-art on Twitch"
https://help.twitch.tv/s/article/adding-a-game-and-box-art-to-the-directory?language=en_US

Essentially the image has to represent the game and include the name, but no other logos or advertisements.

Here's an image for Scythe: Digital Edition for reference:

It's not critical, but a nice to have. If Chuck or Cliff have any free time to get an image uploaded, I wanted to share the instructions. But it's okay if we don't too.

The second stream was much better overall. Of course there was no second person so there were fewer complications, but white noise was mostly eliminated which is great, and I seem to be heard just fine (after 5 minutes of recording on mute Embarassed

). And I have better lighting now. There are many things my office has needed for years that I'm now using streaming as justification for finally picking up. Smile

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JZWINK · dragonfoal Joined: 06 Mar 2019 Posts: 8 Location: Oklahoma

Dolus - I've enjoyed your streams. Keep it up! I plan on having my son watch the most recent as you do a great job discussing rules and strategy as you go.

chuckpint · Posted: Sun May 12, 2019 10:06 am GMT Post subject:

Started the process with Twitch. They say it will take "3-4 business days" to allow access. Then I can update some box art, which will take some more time before they allow it.
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You can never have too many dice.
First Place at the first ever Daemon Dice sealed starter tournament.
Battlefest tied for first GenCon 2012
Single Race Champion GenCon 2008-2009, Sealed Box Champion GenCon 2007,2009,
My collection is 21,500 Dragon Dice, 20,000 Daemon Dice, and others (too many to count).