/vr/ - Retro Games

>>518517
I think so because it counts as Advertising.
Although I imagine if there's a thread here about livestreaming it wouldn't be too much of a problem.
I guess it would depend on the thread and board.

It is advertising. Come on bro, we all know how to look up games we want to watch.

I've never seen that image before. They are both dead in a heartbeat.

...Well, undead first.

>>518718
What if someone didn't really know that they wanted to watch someone play Wizardry VI all night? It's not like most of the games discussed on this board have people streaming them every day, and I sure as hell aren't going to check the Twitch game list every hour some some obscure shit.

Really, how is streaming different from that guy that makes the Let's Play X-com threads with youtube videos and up to date screen shots?

I see streams pretty regularly around /co/, /tv/, /x/, etc.

I doubt it's something that gets reported often, as long as the OP doesn't obnoxiously keep the thread bumped on the first page during the entire stream.

>>519341
Janitors DO delete them here though.

Sage for meta.

>streams of retro video-games are banned on /vr/

What.

>>519193
Let's play threads aren't advertising a commercial revenue stream. They're playing a game with other people. That's the main objective behind that. Linking to youtube of something relevant is okay, linking to youtube of your let's play is not.

Posting your stream is one thing.

But in the past, people posting their stream always instantly became shitposting. See: Vinehouse, vidyavidya, etc, I can't really remember, but they just got people watching their stream to shitpost as much as possible to get more viewers.

>>521204
^ mfw

>>521204
everything is banned everywhere.

>janitors dont know how to have fun

i like the fact, that ironically, video game themed things are banned on /v/ideo game related boards. wtf i cant even

>>518743

>>529354

stream threads are nothing but shit tier advertising for the stream itself and multiple spam posts

Take your shitty stream threads back to >>>/b/

>samefag bumpan
>nobody watchan
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faggots

>>521369
I was actually a part of one of the short-lived streaming sites that was a part of the fad. Every time they wanted to get more viewers I'd say "Just post the link once in an active thread about the game and leave it at that." Instead they'd make a new thread and self-bump with inside jokes like the worst kind of cancer.

That's why posting streams got banned. Because the people doing it were fucking retards.

>>525707

it makes no sense

i chill in livestream threads in /vp/ ALL the time

theyre a great way to have fun in a slow board

I remember when let's play threads were regarded as role playing faggotry, and were instantly spammed to death with tropius copypasta.

>>525707
>video game themed things
>themed
that's the problem with /v/
it's all off-topic memespouting and shitposting, with only a video game reference somewhere

>>529772

>tropius copypasta

LOOK AT THIS MOTHERFUCKER

THIS SHIT RIGHT HERE IS THE BEST POKEMON A TRAINER CAN HAVE

FIRST OF ALL, IT'S A FUCKING DINOSAUR. DON'T FUCKING LIE, EVERY ONE OF YOU HAS WANTED A DINOSAUR AT ONE POINT OR ANOTHER. AND NOW YOU CAN HAVE ONE HOLY SHIT.

BUT THAT'S NOT ALL. THIS NIGGER CAN FUCKING FLY. YOU WANT TO GET TO THE NEXT CITY? WALKING IS FOR PUSSIES, REAL MEN FLY ON FUCKING DINOSAURS. AND LOOK AT ITS WINGS

THEY ARE FUCKING PALM LEAVES

OTHER FLYING TYPES USE WINGS LIKE PUSSIES, BUT THIS NIGGER ACTUALLY FLIES ON LEAVES. BUT THERE'S MORE. I KNOW, HOLY SHIT.

THIS MOTHERFUCKER HAS IT'S OWN FOOD SUPPLY. SEE THOSE THINGS UNDER IT'S NECK? THOSE ARE FUCKING BANANAS. OH MY GOD FUCKING DINOSAUR NECK BANANAS THOSE THINGS MUST BE FUCKING DELICIOUS.

SERIOUSLY, IT'S A FUCKING DINOSAUR, IT FLIES YOU PLACES, AND IF YOU HAVE ONE YOU'LL NEVER GO HUNGRY AGAIN.

THAT'S WHY TROPIUS IS THE BEST POKEMON EVER.

>>519341
I mostly just read /co/, and I see stream threads every now and then. But they do have a tendency to get deleted sooner or later, and I've heard of people getting bans for posting a link to their stream channel. Stream threads are forbidden in the global rules of this site and they're not supposed to be posted on any board. Apparently they're seen as a form of advertising or self-promoting.
From what I've seen, janitors seem to be less delete-happy if the stream is broadcasting some new popular content that's airing live on TV right then and there; a new TV series episode or something.

I think having stream threads forbidden is a pity though, and I wish the rules were revised. Some of the most fun and memorable times I've had with 4chan anons is during streams. Watching crappy movies is particularly entertaining with /co/mrades snarking about the plot in the stream chat.

>>529864
Why not ask in /q/ about that? Or has it been already discussed?

>>529864
The issue with stream threads is that they're often threads where regulars of the stream/site circle jerk and spam "GET IN HERE" to get to the front page.

Want to link your stream in a relevant thread or create a thread about what you're streaming then posting the link? Okay. Posting an entire thread just to scream "PLAYAN VIDYA GET IN HERE!"? Not okay.