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STREAMINGStreaming is an important part of many budding shoutcasters' repertoires.Back when I started streaming (in 1834 or thereabouts), we didn'thave video streams - we relied solely on Winamp and shoutcastsoftware to broadcast matches and tournaments. In fact, in 2005 Istreamed an entire DreamHack Quake 4 tournament live from thevenue via audio! How far we have come…Today, of course, there are many options for streaming live video,but the one I'll focus on here is Twitch. I've said this many times:without the advent of Twitch and video streaming that we todaytake for granted, esports may not have become as huge as it has,and I truly mean that. Twitch may well be one of the top three biggestthings to happen to esports in its short life span.With that in mind, you'll need to getyourself signed up and set up. Even forthe most technologically challenged(like me!), it's not hard to get up andrunning. I've included a link to an excellentsetup guide below, and although it's for a specific game, thereis enough in-depth information to be able to adapt this to almostanything you want to stream including shows, practice matches andeven entire tournaments. You should think of this as a startingpoint, however - it's not going to give you a home studio that rivalsthe BBC, but it will get you up and running.To start with, concentrate on juststreaming, and if you can (and you areserious about it), try and get a backdrop12