Stream School
Hello, friends! My name's Figging,
and we're starting a new video series called Stream School.
What actually is Stream School? You probably know
that Wargaming recently organized a program for supporting contributors—
the guys who create useful content for our beloved game.
We’re offering you the chance to join this program.
Our video will help you understand what a stream is,
why they are needed, how to start streaming, etc.
Watch our video, then try streaming and creating content on your own.
If you're watching this video, it would be reasonable to assume
that you regularly watch streams, broadcasts, or video reviews
from streamers who spend a lot of time in front of a monitor playing the game,
constantly inventing something new,
or mastering their skills on specific ships.
For some of them, streaming has become a primary source of income,
for others, it's a nice bonus for their pension,
and there are even those who just stream for fun.
By the way, we should note that the fun approach to streaming
helped the guys start working with Wargaming.
Over their long streaming careers, the guys acquired powerful rigs,
the best microphones and capture cards, fancy peripherals, and gadgets.
You should remember that no matter how many subscribers the streamers have,
they all started out with a simple rig, monitor, and a standard headphone set.
It's very simple to start streaming.
You need a fairly modern medium-power computer to stream our game comfortably.
For example, a Core i5 CPU and 8 GB of RAM is enough.
You also need a video card that can handle high quality graphics.
This is highly important because the people who will watch your stream
won’t be interested in seeing how large rectangles fire small spheres
at smaller rectangles floating somewhere in distance against a blue background.
Of course, I'm exaggerating here, but I think that's clear to you.
To tell the truth, we are luckier than the guys who stream other games,
because our game has lower system requirements for video cards.
Video cards like the GTX 760 or 770 are sufficient for normal streaming.
We used exactly these video cards
when we streamed exhibition battles for the second anniversary of the game.
What else will you need?
You'll need a good Internet connection
with a solid 10-15 Mbps for live streaming.
And if you want to speak in the stream,
you'll need a room free of neighbors' music, meowing cats,
and even your wife or mom periodically insisting you take out the garbage.
That's basically it. Almost.
You'll also need software for video recording.
For example, Open Broadcaster Software, XSplit,
GeForce Experience, or something similar.
A purpose and an idea are also required. What's a purpose?
It’s the whole reason your viewers will watch your stream.
The purpose determines the amount of resources that we need for our task.
There are two types of resources: time and money.
If we think it through, we may realize
that you can learn basically everything you want, and buy the rest.
Ok, that's enough philosophy for today, let's continue!
The purpose can be anything.
Starting with a simple one
like enjoying a game with a cup of tea after a long day
and earning the respect of players on a server,
or even a highly ambitious purpose to become a top newsmaker
or obtaining more subscribers than QuickyBaby and The Mighty Jingles.
But you should relate the purpose to the amount of the resources
you're prepared to spend to achieve it.
If you stream for 60-90 minutes at night twice a week,
it'll take ages to obtain your first thousand subscribers.
And if your purpose is to enjoy the game after work,
but you stream each day for 5-6 hours, you'll get bored pretty soon.
The only advice here is— don't set out to earn a lot of money.
Money shouldn't be a purpose, it should be a result of your hard work.
Streaming for money will be insincere, untrue,
and it won’t help you to unlock your potential like simple creative work.
Moving on. An idea.
This is what we want to show and how to show it.
The idea can be absolutely anything, held back only by your imagination.
You can either show your skills on a favorite ship type,
tell everyone about the top tactics,
or demonstrate the best hiding spots and cover
on the maps for Clan and Ranked battles.
You can recite poetry
while returning destroyers to the Port using air squadrons.
You can organize hellish slaughters on Bougainvilles in the Training Room
with the prize of millions of doubloons.
In general, you can do anything you want,
and it all depends only on your imagination.
But the most important thing is that you should remember
what you want to get out of all this.
The idea that utilizes your best qualities, skills, and knowledge
will bring a significantly better outcome
than the one that utilizes the features you aren't good at.
Our first lesson is coming to an end.
Try, be brave, be creative, be thoughtful.
Remember that every streamer once started with their first broadcast
and first dozen subscribers.
If any of your ideas don’t work out well, don't be afraid to pause,
think your idea over, rethink your approach, and try something new.
The most important thing
is that the process should bring you maximum enjoyment.
That's it. That was Stream School.
See you!