{"id":4668,"date":"2016-12-14T11:24:15","date_gmt":"2016-12-14T17:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.infiniscene.com\/?p=4668"},"modified":"2016-12-14T11:24:15","modified_gmt":"2016-12-14T17:24:15","slug":"get-more-viewers-hearthstone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dev.prlxweb.com\/golightstream\/get-more-viewers-hearthstone\/","title":{"rendered":"Get More Viewers as a Hearthstone Broadcaster"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Hearthstone released over two years ago and took Twitch by storm. I\u2019m not sure anyone could have foreseen how interested and engaged the live-streaming community took to a digital card game – not even Blizzard. Remember, the game was designed by <\/span>only 15 people<\/span><\/a><\/span> in the beginning. <\/span><\/span><\/p>

Fast forward and it\u2019s not surprising to see 75,000+ viewers and 200+ broadcasters on any given day on Twitch. A quick glance down the game\u2019s page and you see the same words appear over and over again though: \u201cArena\u201d, \u201cLegend\u201d, \u201cJourney To\u201d, \u201cConstructed\u201d, \u201cCard Opening\u201d. As a viewer, I tend to gravitate towards the top tier pro players but every now and again I\u2019ll click a lesser known streamer. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Lots of the same.<\/span><\/strong><\/h6>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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But why do I click on that streamer vs. another streamer? For me, the appeal is just being different. In this article, I\u2019m going to go over a few ways to stand out and get more viewers as a Hearthstone broadcaster. Some will be more obvious than others. Let\u2019s jump right in. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Be Really, Really Good<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Like I said, some will be obvious. But this tip holds true against all games. People always want to watch someone better than them for one reason: to learn. I want to watch <\/span>Kolento<\/span><\/a><\/span> to learn how to play a Warlock deck, <\/span>SjoW<\/span><\/a><\/span> for his Warrior\u00a0decks, and <\/span>Kibler<\/span><\/a><\/span> for his Dragon\u00a0decks. These streamers are also very popular since they talk through what they\u2019re doing. They not only explain why they\u2019re doing their current action but talk about what their opponent may be doing. As a novice Hearthstone player, this kind of knowledge is invaluable and can improve your play just by being exposed to it. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Have a Catch<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Every so often, a streamer will come up with a great premise for a broadcast and I just wish there were more like it. These kind of streams really stand out from the rest since they\u2019re usually just very unusual and tend to come with some guaranteed comedy since there are strict parameters. Here\u2019s one example:<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The only rule is that you can only go face. You have no idea how many cards they have, what they mulligan\u2019d, what they could be setting up for, and more. You\u2019ll need to run a very aggro deck to even consider winning a few games but it will at least guarantee some laughs.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Be Unconventional<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Majordomo Mage, Feign Death Hunter, and Mill Rogue are all not-too-common decks by any means but are fun to play. They may not be as good as whatever is at the top of the meta but they\u2019re sure to raise some eyebrows from your opponent and smiles from a viewer. Streamers like <\/span>Day9<\/span><\/a><\/span>, <\/span>DisguisedToast<\/span><\/a><\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>Thijs<\/span><\/a><\/span>, Dog<\/a>, and <\/span>Trump<\/span><\/a><\/span> all take this approach in some way from time to time. <\/span><\/span><\/p>

TotalBiscuit<\/a> even has a series that revolves around him playing with decks that <\/span>only contain legendaries<\/span><\/a><\/span>. That last idea may be quite expensive but that doesn\u2019t mean you can\u2019t come up with something similar like Free To Play only. Get creative! Remember, would you rather watch a bunch of people playing with identical decks or someone doing something new? Different is good in this case.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Track It<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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One easy way to add another level of interest to your stream is to display a <\/span>deck tracker<\/span><\/a><\/span>. Simply saying that you\u2019re playing a Zoo Warlock is great and all but I want to see your entire deck. I also want to see in real time what you\u2019ve played and what\u2019s still left in your deck. Because I can see what\u2019s left, I can get more invested into the game and start hoping for that 10% chance that you pull Ragnaros, play it, hit face, and then win the game.


By following these sorts of tactics, you\u2019ll surely be able to stand out from the rest of the pack. If you have the basics down first<\/a> and then apply one or two of these methods then you should hopefully be bringing in a new audience in no time. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hearthstone is very saturated when it comes to streamers on Twitch. Heres a few ways to stand out and get more viewers as a broadcaster.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[40,67,73],"class_list":["post-4668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-content","tag-content","tag-growth","tag-hearthstone"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/dev.prlxweb.com\/golightstream\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/dev.prlxweb.com\/golightstream\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/dev.prlxweb.com\/golightstream\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dev.prlxweb.com\/golightstream\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dev.prlxweb.com\/golightstream\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/dev.prlxweb.com\/golightstream\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4668\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/dev.prlxweb.com\/golightstream\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dev.prlxweb.com\/golightstream\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dev.prlxweb.com\/golightstream\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}