by Kezzik » Wed Jan 20, 2016 7:18 pm
Thought i'd give my input since I've seen a lot of misinformation about this subject. I stream Nost daily, sometimes I am lucky to get over 100 viewers, and even at times over 150. Here is what I have learned.
-Nostalrius doesn't mind people who stream. They even have a section on the site here for people to put up their streams. I believe they enjoy we stream because it gives more publicity for the server/their work.
-While twitch may frown upon streamining Nostalrius and wow private servers, they are not the ones who go out handing out bans. Blizzard will randomly send cease and desist letters to twitch (who they share an agreement with) and twitch is forced to take action.
-It doesn't matter if you're partnered (wouldn't happen anyway, just an example), get donations, whatever. If you stream Nostalrius, you are eventually going to get taken down.
-You will not get pemanently banned from twitch for streaming Nostalrius (at first). You also not lose your followers, viewers, etc. You will get a 24 hour suspension. I highly advise after this suspension you do not continue streaming, as it will lead most likely to a permanent ban. However, you might just get another 24 hr ban and then eventually a final warning. I would not risk it though.
-Hitbox is a good option and you won't get banned there, but let's face it, it's like comparing McDonalds and Burger King. McDonalds holds a huge market share and just has higher popularity, regardless of quality. Twitch will always be the better option because that's where the people go.
I hope this answers anyone's quesitons about streaming Nost.