Livestream Brainstorm

State of the Livestream
As we've noticed, currently, the Livestream is kind of boring -- few people watching, few people streaming. We need to start afresh and we're looking for ideas on how to do that.

Alternative streaming sites?

 * We need a streaming site that is built to work with teams rather than a single "streamer" account. Failing that, we'll keep using failscream.
 * http://helpcenter.ustream.tv/content/using-co-host-feature -- doesn't seem to quite do what we need it to do.
 * http://blog.justin.tv/announcing-member-channels/ -- seems somewhat closer to what we need.

Team maintenance

 * Have a livestream account whose credentials are known to the responsible people (at this moment, we'd be talking about narc0tiq, funnyman, and maybe absconditus and icepick)
 * Livestream API seems to allow some control there -- we could weld our own system alongside it.
 * For bringing people onto the streaming team: we need to get to know people before we hand them the reins to the stream, but if you've been around a while and are well-known and well-liked, we'll probably pick you up.
 * On the other hand, if you've been a streamer for a while but haven't really been using the privilege, we may step you down to keep the list a little shorter -- if that happens, you can just ask to be put back on the team and we'll do it.

Scheduling and Events

 * You can schedule an event ahead of time if you want to do something at some point, otherwise just spontaneously jump in.
 * Google Calendar is nice. Livestream has some event-scheduling support, too.
 * Event ideas:
 * A Minecraft build-a-thon?
 * Minecraft server events for Commentators up with invites to mumble users.
 * Special Minecraft game modes (GM, RPMinecraft)
 * PvP Terraria
 * Eve events?
 * Any kind of audience participation (even as simple as "what do you guys want me to do now?")
 * Audience-driven D&D?
 * 12:26 PM barkingburger: You could also pick a decent F2P MMO and have everyone start level 1 chars and group up
 * Youtube Video Hour -- needs a rethinking, but it's a fun event.

Themes
(what should the entire livestream revolve around? What's its primary focus? Most of the current input reads more like event ideas)
 * Minecraft (bad choice, most of the longer-term streamers are burned out)
 * Retro games (also a bad choice; too limited)
 * Gameplay commentary (also narrow):
 * Starcraft 2 games with spectator as streamer;
 * LoL would be nice, but has no "spectate" option. Replays?
 * Group events (difficult to organize)
 * Precipice Games (tying ourselves to the community can be problematic, but also gives us a good obvious connection;)
 * If we end up doing this, we'll have to tie very deeply into the community: regularly talk to the community members on-stream, feature the precipice minecraft server(s?) and development projects being assisted by the Precipice Games non-profit.
 * General gaming (broad, but it's pretty much what we're doing anyway)

Definite good things

 * People talking -- i.e. commentary. A single person playing a game, talking to themselves, is something you can watch on youtube (though audience interaction occasionally mitigates this); multiple people who are watching the same thing and discussing it is engaging and special.

Want to participate in the voice chat?
We're sitting on the PrecipiceGames mumble at: mumble.precipicegames.com on port 64738.


 * Connect to the mumble (see above)
 * Find us in there
 * And talk to us ;)