u/RobArlOriginal

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I’ve been streaming for a little over a month now and I’m trying to grow naturally without forcing things too hard. My niche is mostly cozy/fantasy-focused gaming and community-driven streams. Right now my main game is Dragon Age: Origins, and once a week I stream My Time at Portia for a more relaxed/cozy vibe.

At the moment I stream around 3–4 times a week, upload shorts to TikTok and YouTube, upload full VODs to YouTube, and I’ve even set up a small fantasy-themed Discord community already.

I’m mostly wondering if there’s realistically anything else I should already be doing for discoverability, or if this is simply the stage where patience and consistency matter the most.

I’ve also been thinking about joining the Twitch affiliate program mainly for channel points and viewer interaction features, but I’m worried the ads could scare away potential new viewers since I’m still very small (13 followers currently).

And one more thing:

Would you recommend staying mostly focused on the same 1–2 games for branding/consistency, or occasionally doing a stream where I try out something completely different?

I’ve been streaming for a little over a month now and I’m trying to grow my channel naturally. My niche is mostly cozy/fantasy-focused gaming and community-driven streams — things like RPGs, story games, relaxing games, and just hanging out/chatting with viewers in a chill atmosphere.

At the moment my main game is Dragon Age: Origins, and once a week I stream My Time at Portia as a more cozy/community-focused stream.

Right now I stream regularly around 3–4 times per week, upload shorts to both TikTok and YouTube, and also upload my full uncut stream recordings to YouTube like many streamers I watch do.

I’ve also set up a small free community Discord already, themed around the same fantasy/cozy style as my streams.

I’m wondering if there’s anything else I could realistically do to bring more people to my channel that I maybe haven’t thought about yet in terms of promotion or discoverability.

Or is this basically the point where patience and consistency matter most because I’m already doing the main things people recommend?

I’ve also been thinking about joining the Twitch monetization/affiliate program mainly to unlock things like channel points and other interactive features for viewers.

But since I’m still very small (currently 13 followers), I’m worried that the ads could actually scare away potential new viewers before they get to know the stream.

Do you think becoming an affiliate that early is more of a disadvantage or not really a big issue anymore?

Thanks for all your Answers! They help me a lot! ☺️

And one more thing I’ve been wondering about:

Should I keep focusing mostly on these two games for consistency and branding, or would it actually help growth if I occasionally dedicated one stream day to trying out a completely different game?

Hey everyone,

Fist of all im a new Streamer/new with the matter so pls no hate ^^

I'm currently streaming with normal OBS, but I'm using the Aitum Vertical plugin as a workaround to create local recordings for YouTube videos and Shorts, because Twitch VOD quality looks much worse.

My setup:

• Ultrawide monitor (3440x1440)
• Recording with Aitum Vertical in normal widescreen format (res: 3440x1440)
• AMD HW H.265 (HEVC)
• CQP 20
• MKV format
• keyrame 1s
• Mostly recording long streams (~4 hours)

The issue:
A single 3h 43m recording ended up being around 59 GB.

I know ultrawide + high quality recordings increase file size a lot, but I'm wondering:

What would be the best recording settings for my use case?
I want:

• good quality for YouTube edits/Shorts
• smaller file sizes
• decent editing performance
• better quality than Twitch VODs

Would you recommend:

• higher CQP values?
• different resolution scaling?
• H.264 instead of H.265?
• different encoder presets? (i have amd Raedon RX 7900 XTX)

Would really appreciate advice from people doing similar stream recording workflows and with better knowledge then me 🙂

Hey everyone,

I’m currently streaming from my living room and without background removal (obs plugin) you can see everything (couch, TV, balcony door etc.), which I don’t really like (and i think viewers neither).

I was thinking about getting a room divider / backdrop behind me so I can use my camera without background removal.

Does anyone here use something like that?

Is it worth it or would you recommend something else (curtain, acoustic panel, etc.)?

Would appreciate any setups or ideas 🙏

Hey, I’ve had this happen twice now.

Parts of my VOD (2–3 min each) got muted for “copyright issues”, but I was literally just playing Dragon Age: Origins – walking around Lothering, fighting bandits, talking to NPCs. No music, no overlays, nothing external.

Has anyone experienced this with DAO or Twitch in general and does the vod mute mean the stream was also muted in this time?

Is this just false positives from in-game audio/music?

Not sure if I should just ignore it or change something.