Here’s also some info for streamers – since I’m not one myself, these are more for “streaming beginners” and from the point of view of a marble participant. These are some points that can make it comfortable for fellow players. So all this is not a must:
Linking this page
You are very welcome to link this page in your stream or as “help” in your mention (sound and/or link). In fact, I’m very happy to do that and it doesn’t require a query. But an info if you use it would make me very happy. Either here by contact or if you notice me in a stream.
Please use these links:
- https://www.aldiscon.de for the German home page
- https://www.aldiscon.de/en/ for the english start page
- https://www.aldiscon.de/fr/ for the french start page
Marble along yourself
Before you start the stream with “Marbles on Stream” for the very first time, I would highly recommend you to be a mumbler or spectator for a few streams – best 2-3 weeks. This way you will get to know a lot about how the game works and what is important. Especially for the “grinders” (power-marblers) you make the game easier and it increases the chances that these marbles come back to you.
No follower-only stream
Don’t set your stream from “followers only”. By doing so, you’ll scare off some/many marblers. Without this setting, you’ll definitely have more marbles on the stream. Also, you will get less, or no raids from the marbles community. This is especially not conducive to your start. So keep your stream open for everyone.
Do not let the overlay cover the Marbles info.
Make sure that your Twitch overlay doesn’t cover the Marbles info if possible. This includes the header, where for example the join emotes and the map info for the GPs are displayed. Also the Top10 and the info about the marbles that fell from the map should be visible.
Set the timer
Do not use the standard timer set to 10 seconds, but set it to at least 30 seconds. Then your fellow players can see how much time they have left. Because you can only really take part until the timer shows 6 seconds. After 10 seconds it is very tight.
Restart the game
To make the missions count for you, you should restart the Marbles game every 5 hours at the latest. Only then will the missions be credited to the players.
Don’t just do the same thing
Offer your guests a mixture of “Grand Prix” and “Battle Royals” – maybe even “Tilts“, but don’t start with everything at the same time. Gather experience first and then broaden your base.
Announce the end
If you only want to use the game for your community as a diversion or to give away giveaways with just a single lane, that’s perfectly fine. But if you choose the game category “Marbles on Stream”, you have to expect that you will attract new people to your stream.
If there are “grinders” among them, it is very important for them that the energy is “clean” at the end of the stream. Take a look at the energy system of Marbles. It would be a pity if you scare away the “grinders”. Because it is much more fun as a streamer if you have a lot of marbles and maybe one or two marbles from the top 10 on your track.
Therefore offer the so-called “Clean-Ups” at the end of your stream (or when you switch to tilting in your stream) and make it very clear in your stream, e.g. by a thick “Last-GP” overlay. Please not just a small hint in the chat or a short saying on the soundtrack, but very strikingly in the middle of the screen. Especially the grinders have several streams open and through the play of colors on Twitch, a discreet notice is otherwise not noticed, or often have the sound on “mute” and do not hear you.
Clean Ups
For these clean ups it is best to use a Grand Prix with three maps. The maps in GP should not be under 10 seconds long – better not even under 11 or 12 seconds – otherwise they will not count, even if the game indicates otherwise.
If you pay attention to your stamina, use lanes that are just over 1 minute. It may take a little longer, but the 11-second lanes can take up to 900 Stamina points (see below) from your account. And these lanes also earn the marbles a few more points.
Stamina
In Marbles on Stream, this refers to the special energy for the streamers. The streamer can only collect XP points for the streamer top 10 if they have stamina. Depending on the length of the lanes, the number of marbles on the lane and other parameters, the stamina is calculated and deducted from the streamer. A total of 36,000 Stamina points are available. Stamina is gradually recharged over time. This is why some streamers take a break every 2nd day.
In addition, the points achieved by other players do not count towards the missions.
Bot attack
If you get botted, don’t panic. First set your stream to “Follower only”. Then wait for the attack. You don’t need to delete the followers, Twitch will do that for you after a while.
What is important, however: DO NOT perform a raid after your stream (forwarding your community to the next streamer). This is because you are passing the bot participants on to the next streamer.
From my point of view, this is the most important thing in MoS:
Energy System / Clean-Up / Load GP fade-in.