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General discussionTwitch.tv/GOGcom: Now a Twitch Partner(86 posts)(86 posts)
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Posted February 04, 2016
You can now get subscriber emoticons, chat icons and more - all for charity!

We’ve had a blast on Twitch.tv/GOGcom, showing off games and engaging in streaming marathons, multiplayer tournaments and - as of late - a podcast. It has brought quite the community together with over 27 thousand followers and 1.7 million views, so the time has come for the next step.

Many of our regular viewers have asked why we’re not a Twitch Partner yet. Starting today, we are proud members of the Twitch Partner Program, a selection of the network’s quality streaming channels! This will allow us to grow even further, reach new viewers, and help a good cause. Should you choose to subscribe, your monthly $5 can get you access to subscriber-only features:

-- Access to subscriber-only emoticons,
-- A subscriber-only icon next to your name on chat,
-- Supporting a good cause.

If we could provide this all to you free of charge, we would - but since we can’t, we’re doing the next best thing. We are using this opportunity to help a gamer-focused charity - 100% of our share of the proceeds (sans tax) will go to <span class="bold">The AbleGamers Foundation</span>.

“We are thrilled to begin our new partnership with GOG,” said Steve Spohn, Chief Operations Officer of AbleGamers Charity. “Our mission to improve the quality of life for people with disabilities through the power of video games aligns perfectly with GOG’s desire to bring the community together through awesome games.”









Join us for launch day for special streams with our most special #StreamTeam:

-- 9 am GMT / 4 am EST: Creative Show: Digital Painting with Outstar
-- 1 pm GMT / 8 am EST: The Curious Expedition with ImmersedCimp
-- 3 pm GMT / 10 am EST: Little Big Adventure with RetrogradeTom
-- 5 pm GMT / 12 pm EST: StarCrawlers with MegapiemanPHD
-- 7 pm GMT / 2 pm EST: Project Zomboid with Memories in 8bit, ScreamingJoypad, Outstar, and game developer Andy "CaptainBinky" Hodgetts
-- 9 pm GMT / 4 pm EST: GOGcast #5: No Better Ship Than a PARTNERship!
-- 11 pm GMT / 6 pm EST: Unreal Tournament 2004 Championship with Mat, Memories in 8bit, Outstar, Piranjade, Flaose, Senteria, ScreamingJoypad, RetrogradeTom, and ImmersedCimp
-- 2am GMT / 9pm EST: The Secret of Monkey Island with Pantsless Shorts









Following us is still absolutely free, so go ahead and give us a click, but if you choose to subscribe, you can be sure that your money will go to a good cause - we’ll share our fundraising progress with you regularly!
Posted February 04, 2016
Kind of offtopic but wasnt there rumors of twitchtv being bought out by Google or someone else?
Posted February 04, 2016
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Niggles: Kind of offtopic but wasnt there rumors of twitchtv being bought out by Google or someone else?
It was bought by Amazon a while ago.
Posted February 04, 2016
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GOG.com: Starting today, we are proud members of the Twitch Partner Program, a selection of the network’s quality streaming channels!
Does this partnership allow you to keep your videos hosted on Twitch for a longer time?

Unfortunately I don't have the time to follow the Twitch streams anymore. It has been OK with one or two streams a day, but not with the current number of streams. I only use Twitch as an archive when I look up a game now. But Twitch is not good as an archive as the streams get deleted too fast. So any way to keep the streams longer on Twitch would be appreciated.
Posted February 04, 2016
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Habanerose: The Great Flood of 2016... which may or may not happen :P
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JudasIscariot: You know, I try not to hype things as that can backfire but if I do hype something, it usually has a 90% chance of happening, barring acts of God and circumstances beyond my control. But yall feel free to meme away :P
Now you've got me hoping they're war games, just so they can become the FOG of War 2016. :)
Posted February 04, 2016
"We are using this opportunity to help a gamer-focused charity - 100% of our share of the proceeds (sans tax) will go to The AbleGamers Foundation."

Well that's cool. My initial thought was,"Wait, isn't GOG was doing better than ever financially? Why do they need Twitch money now?" :-P

Honestly I would have been okay with the proceeds being split amongst the StreamTeam too.
Post edited February 04, 2016 by tfishell
Posted February 04, 2016
giving the money away to charity is great :)

and especially ablegamers.

thank you, gog :)
Posted February 04, 2016
Nice streams today! : )
Posted February 04, 2016
IMO the move seems really silly and stupid and creates two tiers of viewer when it doesn't need to.
Posted February 04, 2016
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tfishell: "We are using this opportunity to help a gamer-focused charity - 100% of our share of the proceeds (sans tax) will go to The AbleGamers Foundation."

Well that's cool. My initial thought was,"Wait, isn't GOG was doing better than ever financially? Why do they need Twitch money now?" :-P

Honestly I would have been okay with the proceeds being split amongst the StreamTeam too.
There is a separate "Tip the Streamer" section available from our channel :)
Posted February 04, 2016
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tfishell: "We are using this opportunity to help a gamer-focused charity - 100% of our share of the proceeds (sans tax) will go to The AbleGamers Foundation."

Well that's cool. My initial thought was,"Wait, isn't GOG was doing better than ever financially? Why do they need Twitch money now?" :-P

Honestly I would have been okay with the proceeds being split amongst the StreamTeam too.
We actually talked about it, but there are 20 streamers on our channel now, some of them stream 2 hours weekly, others - up to 12. If we would count on the amount of time invested, people would feel like they have to stream even to the burn-out. We decided to donate this money to charity as a group. :)

Of course, we - streamers - benefit from this greatly; partnership means we can finally land on the main page of Twitch and get the promotion we all always wanted to get. Today's numbers also show clearly that channels with sub button attract more people - and make more people stay.

We don't want to separate our viewers into groups, this is why every possible subscription perk is enabled for everyone, including public stream archive and quality options. Unfortunately, Twitch doesn't allow everyone to use sub emoticons and have sub badges, but these are just tiny pictures - we won't treat anyone worse because of the lack of badge.
Posted February 04, 2016
Hello two-class society I guess
Posted February 04, 2016
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Habanerose: The Great Flood of 2016... which may or may not happen :P
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JudasIscariot: You know, I try not to hype things as that can backfire but if I do hype something, it usually has a 90% chance of happening, barring acts of God and circumstances beyond my control. But yall feel free to meme away :P
No need to worry, soon the forum finds something else to poke :)

BTW when did you said Saints Row 4 will get released? Totally forgot.
Posted February 04, 2016
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CharlesGrey: And maybe a few squirrels, too.
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Piranjade: I so love the squirrel.
It's cute.
It brings discounts.
Squirrel!
That was a very nice free-form poem. : )
Posted February 04, 2016
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AlienMind: Hello two-class society I guess
The things subscribing gives you are:
-- Access to subscriber-only emoticons,
-- A subscriber-only icon next to your name on chat,
-- Supporting a good cause.

All streams + chat are still open for everyone. All VODs can still be watched by everyone.
There'll be a GOGcast tonight. If you want, drop in Chat and ask your questions concerning subscriptions and partnership. :-)
Posted February 04, 2016
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Piranjade: .. ask your questions..
Thanks. I have none considering this. I was just raising concern that people in chat now see that phat "i paid for charity" icon.
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