Let’s play games together!
🕑 Added 2020-10-03 18:41:42 +0000 UTCHi guys,
Happy October! Thank you for being with me for another month. I’ve had a quiet day mostly in bed today, but tomorrow I’m planning on working out the content for the rest of the month.
My last video (playing Among Us) may not have had a ton of views on YouTube, but a ton of you guys have commented about how you’d love to play the game with me - so I’m working out the best way for us to do that! It would be Patreon-exclusive (not sure about what tier yet) but we’d need to work out a way to do voice chat. I know the obvious answer is a Discord server, but I’m still a bit reluctant to have another one of those after the last one dissolved into needless drama and fighting (perhaps those individuals have matured since then, but I still have a negative impression from the whole experience) - so what would you guys suggest? If Discord is the best solution, so be it, but I’d appreciate any alternatives.
I’ll be spending some time this week setting up my Zoom account for the next livestream as well. In my ‘downtime’ (basically the time I’m not on camera) this week I’ve been working on finalising some music that I’m super excited about... it’s so amazing to see a big project begin to take shape.
There will also be a new song demo in the coming days and I’ll also be working on the next Feel Good 101 video!
Hope you’re all well!
Emma
Comments
Gynx + Ryssu
OOOOOH BOY I CAN'T WAIT TO PLAY WITH YALL
Nick Macey
If I recall correctly, Discord provides a lot of options for making a server private, and limited who can view/post to channels and the like
Emma Blackery
oooh thanks! i'll look into this
James Cast
discord is probably the best option but instead of a server you could create a group dm when you're playing the games and kick people out once they've left the game - my friend streams on twitch and that's what she does!
Steph
Another vote for Discord. There is a lot of flexibility with how you can have your Discord setup. You can set user permissions and only allow certain users access to the chat room. Having mods is a great idea too. You can also set your whole discord to invite only to keep out the undesirables. What a great idea! I’m excited at the possibility to play Among Us with you and fellow Patreons. It will be so much fun!🥳
Jake
This was a fantastic update everything sounds amazing, loved the among us video and excited too hear more about the project and always exciteing to hear demos from you. Take care Emma and thank you for the awesome contact.
Avery SImmons
This sounds like so much fun! I love Among Us, but none of my friends play, so it's kinda lame to play with people who aren't on voice chat. Discord is probably the best, we just need some mods or something to keep things in line. Idk why peeps have to be so petty -_-
Emma Blackery
Yep, and got to keep certain individuals out of course!
Kayla
Omg ive always wanted to play among us but none of my friends play! I will 100% be a part of it if i can! This sounds so cool
Bee Singleton
I don't think so however everyone can choose whether they are on camera or not so it absolutely could work!
Bee Singleton
As long as there are a small number of chat sections and these are moderated (I'd be willing to help you out there!) then it should stay a friendly place! I think setting rules for a discord and having mods continuously making sure these are being followed is a good point of call- it can be a very small discord server!
John Murphy
Yes! This would be a blast. I don't have any insight into how to get the tech to work, but if there's a way to do it, I'm in.
Bee Singleton
mods are a good idea!
Connor Wiffen
Hope you’re doing well too Emma! Like others have said Discord is probably the best option if you can keep it under control. I’m sure we’d be okay with using whatever you’d feel more comfortable using though. Looking forward to the music too :)
Kia
thats a cool idea!! discord would definitely be the best. if it's a patron only discord server and you have a small team of mods to help and ban people if needed, it could be fine!
Dalton Davis
Discord would probably be the best. You could always have mods to ban people who aren't patrons or something. There are options on zoom to disable cameras, so you don't *have* to use video chats, but it is never truly a voice chat. I would love to play among us or other games with this group of people! Also super excited for more news on music!
Emma Shearer
Can you do voice only calls on zoom? I don't know but maybe that's an option if so. Not sure. Yeah I'm not too keen on discord after the last one either.
Nick and Oliver
This sounds hella exciting 🤠 Discord does seem to be the better option tbh
Benjamin Poulson
Zoom is probably a good solution for adding only the specific people you are playing with I think
Laura Lawrence
Discord is the best, I can't think of any alternatives. You might one to appoint some people as moderators and set rules to make sure things don't get out of hand