Requirements and Standards for Streaming

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Requirements and Standards for Streaming

Requirements

To be able to stream on our servers you have to do the following things
 

• Apply to be considered to stream on our servers, this is via a pm to a member of the council or you ask the GL to pass on your request.  Please also state which game you wish to stream, as we will be also take on the GL views when considering your application.
• If accepted you must join then Dead Men Walking Twitch Community  https://www.twitch.tv/communities/deadmenwalking and request friends or follow the www.twitch.tv/dmwgaming
  
• As part of streaming using our servers you will be required to have the following branding advertising our Forums, servers’ and ethos etc.

The link below is for a banner we would like you have on your stream when using our dMW servers.
Banner  https://www.dropbox.com/s/c763t7cfj73det5/dmwbannerlogonew.png?dl=0
 
Here is a example of what we are looking for,

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Of course if you are streaming and you are not using our servers then if you wish to remove the banner. But when you do please have it back in place.    4.     Channel Chat Bot


We also ask that people us a bot for the chat in your channel not only can you use to advertise your stream and dMw, when you are a streaming and help keep the channel civil.
We suggest this one, ankhbot website here https://www.ankhbot.com/

It is freeware and is incredibly easy to set up. it would be up to the individual streamer to set up as it would relate to their chat. Basically, you can tell it to automatically post in chat info about anything after so many chat messages have been posted. This is similar to, for example, a server message on cs saying, "Monday nights are CS:GO nights for dMw" etc...

The software can do a lot more but the basics are really easy to set up. But there are many YouTube videos and help pages if you are having trouble or want to do cleaver things.
So using this bot we would ask you add to the messages a link to the forums, what night that game you are streaming is usual. And anything that you feel your channel needs to.
This will also help with keeping your chat room area up to the standards the being part of this gaming community.
Should you need reminding, please revisit the guidelines here:
www.deadmen.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?3366-Community-Membership-Standards
www.deadmen.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?26782-General-Gaming-Standards


Once you have done all this then you are able to Stream on our servers
 
Rules

dMw cannot and do not want to control what you do privately, but we ask then when you are involved in dMw, you respect our rules and safeguards for all members.

The purpose of these rules is not to restrict members' fun, but rather to protect the rights and concerns of all of our individual members. Due to the length of time we have been established as a community and the mature nature of our membership, we tend to know each other well and our voice comms are therefore often highly personal in nature. Whilst we respect the rights of those who wish to have their own gaming or voice comms broadcast to the wider world, we also have to respect the right of those members who do not wish to have their gaming or voice comms transmitted outside the game or Teamspeak. Due to recent interest in streaming, Council have established some rules for streaming which we hope will allow for all members' interests to be accommodated.



·         dMw do not allow members to stream content from dMw servers, dMw Teamspeak, dMw in-game voice comms or dMw organised gaming sessions without authorisation from dMw Council.
·         On application via a Game Leader, or to dMw Council member, the Council will consider authorising individuals (usually a Council member, Game Leader or Game Admin) to stream content under the following conditions.
 
·         Ad-Hoc streaming by an authorised member:
If an authorised member decides to stream 'dMw' members and/or content then as a default position:
(a) A prominent and timely visual announcement must be made in-game and in the appropriate teamspeak server prior to the streaming starting and regularly thereafter during the streaming session, particularly when new members join.
(b) Permission must be sought if the channel is already being used before you start and obtained from each dMw member in-game and as each new member joins.
(b) If voice comms are included in the stream then:
(i) A regular message must be relayed during the streaming to those in-game to inform them that the gaming session is being streamed and that voice comms are being captured.
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         Advance notice streaming by an authorised member:
Advance requests to stream a gaming session can be made to dMw Council. If approved, advance requests to stream a gaming session or regular series of gaming sessions should then result in:
(a) A prominent and timely forum post indicating the date and time of the session(s) to be streamed,
(b) clear indication of whether or not voice comms will be included in the stream (e.g. a CSGO advance notice might announce that in-game comms will be captured but not TS comms), and
(c) the TS channel should be used for the corresponding game for duration of the streaming to include the prefix (or have a permanent sub-channel appropriately named and in use for this purpose).

The effect of these rules should be to allow individuals to say 'no' to ad hoc streaming if they do not wish to be streamed, but also to allow planned streaming sessions which allow those members keen on streaming to stream, whilst also allowing members who do not wish to be streamed to opt-out. Our hope is that streaming remains an exception rather than the rule, so that streaming does not fragment our gaming populations.
Please revisit the guidelines here:
www.deadmen.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?3366-Community-Membership-Standards
www.deadmen.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?26782-General-Gaming-Standards

Finally, members are reminded that they should not start or register any 'dMw' channel or service using our name. If you want dMw to have a presence on a service, please contact a dMw Council member who will then make suitable arrangements. If you start or register a channel in your own name but including our community name (e.g. a twitch channel might be called 'dMw_membername') then please remember that the same standards apply to you as if you were wearing our wings in an online game.