Creators
Twitch Affiliate: The Requirements and What Changes After
Affiliate is easier to reach than people think and changes less than they hope. Both are worth knowing in advance.
Priya Shah·3 minAugust 12
Streaming
14 articles
Creators
A Streaming Schedule You Can Actually Keep
Why three sustainable days beats five ambitious ones, and how to build a schedule around a life rather than around a growth target.
Dan Okafor·4 minAugust 12
Creators
Single PC or Two PC Streaming Setup? The Honest Answer
Hardware encoders made single-PC streaming good enough for almost everyone. Here's where that breaks down.
Marcus Reyes·3 minAugust 12
Creators
Stream Overlays and Alerts: Setting Them Up Without Wrecking Performance
How to build a clean overlay and alert setup in OBS that does not cost you frames, from someone who ran a cluttered one for two years.
Dan Okafor·4 minAugust 12
Creators
Stream Audio That Does Not Sound Terrible
Mic placement, gain staging, separating game and voice channels, and the noise suppression settings that make you sound worse.
Dan Okafor·4 minAugust 12
Safety
Streamer Safety: The Leaks That Are Not Obvious
Most streamer information leaks come from reflections, notifications and metadata rather than from anything said on camera.
Priya Shah·3 minAugust 12
Creators
Stream Moderation: Rules and Mods Before You Need Them
Every small stream is fine until the day it is not. Moderation set up in advance costs nothing and works instantly.
Dan Okafor·3 minAugust 12
Gear
Buying a Microphone for Gaming and Streaming
USB versus XLR, condenser versus dynamic, and why the popular choice is wrong for most untreated rooms.
Dan Okafor·3 minAugust 12
CreatorsComplete guide
How to Start Streaming on Twitch (The Honest Version)
Not a gear list. The settings, schedule and habits that decide whether a new channel grows or stalls at zero viewers.
Dan Okafor·4 minAugust 12
Creators
What Small Streamers Actually Earn (With Real Numbers)
Twitch's revenue split, what 50 concurrent viewers is really worth, and why almost every streamer's income comes from somewhere other than Twitch.
Dan Okafor·4 minAugust 12
Performance
Open World Games Stuttering: Why Cities Kill Frame Rates
Smooth in the countryside, terrible in the city. That is a specific, diagnosable problem with specific fixes.
Marcus Reyes·4 minAugust 12
Creators
Growing a Small Stream: What Actually Moved the Needle
An honest account of what changed viewer numbers on a small channel and what turned out to be a complete waste of eighteen months.
Dan Okafor·3 minAugust 12
Creators
Music and Copyright for Streamers: What Is Actually Safe
Most copyright advice circulating in gaming communities is wrong. Here is what actually determines risk.
Priya Shah·3 minAugust 12
CreatorsComplete guide
Best OBS Settings for Streaming in 2026 (Without Dropping Frames)
Most OBS guides hand you a preset without saying what it costs. Here's how to pick bitrate, encoder and resolution based on your upload speed and your GPU — and how to read the dropped frames counter.
Dan Okafor·5 minAugust 12