Twitch Plays Doom

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Twitch Plays Doom

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113points
41comments
#392of 2,242 in 2017
Top 18%of 2017 by points

How HN took it

CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments

1 positive, 8 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 4 critical, out of 14 comments about the project. Thread score -0.17.

Performance: 0 for, 2 againstIdea: 0 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against

The thread, comment by comment

Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Fun to watch, especially factions forming over god mode

    From 2 comments
    • This has been my favourite part of the entire stream, didn't expect factions forming at all!
      dddanmar on HN
    • It looks like there are two factions forming over the control of `iddqd` command. It's a battle of trying to keep the marine alive versus killing him. Every-time someone types…
      _Marak_ on HN
  • Mixer/Beam has much lower stream latency

    From 1 comment
    • No agfiliation, but Mixer/Beam [0] had a much lower delay than twitch. It unfortunately has the issue of not having anywhere the popularity of twitch. [0] https://mixer.com
      maccard on HN

Objections

  • 8 second stream delay makes real-time control too slow

    From 2 comments
    • Okay, I've been watching this for a few minutes, and... the 8 second delay is FAR too long. Doom is simply too interactive. You need to be able to control it in realtime. I…
      exikyut on HN
    • Hard to play a real-time game with a 7 second delay...
      wcummings on HN
  • God mode toggling caused fights between viewers

    From 1 comment
    • I played it for a while, it was fun but a bit frustrating having to fight the people trying to turn god mode off.
      Rampoina on HN

Requests

  • Lower or adjustable delay

    From 1 comment
    • Okay, I've been watching this for a few minutes, and... the 8 second delay is FAR too long. Doom is simply too interactive. You need to be able to control it in realtime. I…
      exikyut on HN
  • Show executing command and username on stream

    From 1 comment
    • Okay, I've been watching this for a few minutes, and... the 8 second delay is FAR too long. Doom is simply too interactive. You need to be able to control it in realtime. I…
      exikyut on HN
  • Consensus voting system for inputs

    From 1 comment
    • Okay, I've been watching this for a few minutes, and... the 8 second delay is FAR too long. Doom is simply too interactive. You need to be able to control it in realtime. I…
      exikyut on HN

Questions

  • How to reduce Twitch stream latency

    From 1 comment
    • 100% - the delay is as low as I can get it. Twitch uses RTMPE for the most part, it's always going to be a little delayed. It's a decent box, compression is on, connected to…
      dddanmar on HN

Alternatives named

  • Twitch Plays Pokemon

    From 1 comment
    • Yeah. This sort of feels like after Twitch Plays Pokemon when everyone was doing Twitch Plays XYZ. Someone did Twitch Plays Super Meat Boy and it was completely impossible to get…
      lillesvin on HN
  • Mixer/Beam low-latency streaming

    From 1 comment
    • No agfiliation, but Mixer/Beam [0] had a much lower delay than twitch. It unfortunately has the issue of not having anywhere the popularity of twitch. [0] https://mixer.com
      maccard on HN

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