Tag: Twitch

Seven Helpful tips on How to Stream GeForce Now on Twitch

Oblivion Remastered Cloud Ruler Temple with the Blades

Oblivion Remastered is an excellent remake of the original game. When it comes to streaming from cloud gaming services, that is another story.

Cloud gaming has been around for some time now and is still struggling to some extent. It still cannot replace the smoothness of having your own computer playing a game from hard drives or solid state drives.

GeForce Now when playing Oblivion Remastered is clearly a mixed bag. The main issue is streaming the stream of video game. This puts more strain on the internet connection. The issue is once again using a Wi-Fi connection instead of Ethernet. I highly recommend using an Ethernet connection instead of using wireless connection. My house’s internet is Fiber and is very quick and efficient if on the wire, but it is slow when on the wireless connections at home.

At the moment right now, Cloud Gaming is still not a viable option for Twitch Streamers who do not have Ethernet ports. However, with Ethernet ports, this means of streaming cloud gaming becomes much more viable for players.

Solution for using Wi-Fi while streaming Cloud Streams of games on Twitch.

If you cannot use Ethernet at home or other places, you should maximize your wireless connections.

  1. Buy a more powerful router which will allow you to use more bandwidth. Some older routers tend to have more limitations on how much data they sent through wireless signals.
  2. Spend more on a Wi-Fi extenders which had help to bring more of your house into the range of the routers
  3. Attempt to play at times where there is less traffic on the cloud gaming services.
  4. Place your computer as close to the router as possible
  5. Clear out any other bandwidth consuming activities on your computer.
  6. Ensure that you are playing at a time where other family members are not consuming bandwidth at the same time as you
  7. Purchase the Ultimate plan on GeForce Now for the most powerful remote computer so that it can somewhat mitigate performance issues relating to the running of the game.

Why I would rather watch Twitch than Old TV

Why would I watch a Twitch Stream over a regular tv with ads and flashy graphics?

Simply put, Twitch is more authentic. While there are some users I avoid on there, it is a great platform where the internet is used for its original purpose and not turned into a linear experience. Netflix has become of that and I do not enjoy it. There are too many ads.

There are some ads on Twitch but they are not nearly as intrusive as Youtube.

On Twitch, there are no broadcast tv stations flooding the feeds of users like on YouTube. It is mostly younger people and I feel at home there.

This is why I purchased a Turbo account for Twitch. It is worth the money, much more than spending money on a shrinking Netflix library where they cancel shows at the drop of a hat.

Twitch is by gamers for gamers and I hope remains true to its original nature.

Streaming Empire Earth on Twitch

Twitch is an intriguing little site. While it isn’t little in its cultural impact on the internet, there is something to said about how “media” ignores it. There are so many users who spending time on Twitch who have audiences in the tens of thousands and yet because it is not something that the older generations understand, they are not picking up on it and trying to understand it. In some ways, I like how Twitch is popular yet hidden away. Unlike YouTube, there is no presence of the old brands trying to muscle their way onto the site. YouTube basically gave up on its own userbase in favor of propping up TV stations that had their start in the 1950s. Linear Television should remain where it is; YouTube is its own thing and that’s better for the internet as a whole. However, in the rush for ever greater profits over building the internet into something useful, they have flooded YouTube with all these useless recommendations and taken away its creativity. I still use it as there are redeeming qualities to it, but there needs to be more competition here.

Here are some screenshots of the session that I streamed on Twitch. I realized that I was playing without the right output at the time but I still count it as a stream.

The screenshot below is from a successful stream. I decided to test out whether my settings were correct and whether the video was playing back to any viewers. Sure enough, it was. I did a quick random match on a continental map. Empire Earth’s AI loves to cheat so I didn’t want a stream where it was a difficult game so I had an AI ally with me.

It was an enjoyable experience but I need to do more streams before I get a handle on this site.