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So Your Kid Wants to Be a Twitch Streamer | WIRED

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Don’t panic. Instead, teach your beloved offspring to answer the Three Questions of Streaming.

Save this story Save this story My son and I were out for a walk when he told me he wanted to be a streamer when he grows up. He’s 11. I instantly grew a long and bushy beard. “Son,” I said, “there are many things to know before you can stream.” “Father,” he said, “you have already told me these things. You have told me that I must learn to use OBS, the Open Broadcaster Software, and become familiar with the Twitch community guidelines. You have told me that I must set up my ‘scenes’ ahead of time and make sure that my room is acoustically balanced before I spend too much on microphones. I kno

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