Auto-hosting disabled & changes coming during/after Fortnite streams

Auto-hosting was disabled on my channel as of yesterday, this means channels will only be manually hosted to avoid the technical issues I've been having for the past month (roughly).

Additionally, I've run into another issue while streaming Fortnite, this has to do with the new song that is forced since the start of the Fall 2019 event that added music (as well as emotes & now pickaxes) from Battle Royal, which ends up being the Sparkles music if you haven't purchased anything else to replace it (where anything else played would probably get flagged anyways).  At this point, Twitch is audio vandalizing my streams as a result of this music & I don't currently have the option to disable it (outside of disabling music entirely, however I lose my edge of knowing mist monsters are in the vicinity if I do).

In any case, the audio vandalism is going to result in some changes that viewers may not be happy with, as well as I know Twitch won't be happy with (this has been clear since the removal of custom tags, which is expected to have happened as I was using a tag called audio vandalism) whenever audio was muted due to the game's soundtrack).  I've come to know what games are going to have mutes in them based on the soundtrack of the game, it appears that Fortnite is now being added to that list.  Games where I knew there was going to be mutes, I would only respond to viewers over text in chat (rather than voice), however these videos are used in violation reports to Epic Games, so I'll either need to consider going with disabling music entirely or linking the YouTube versions of those videos in the descriptions of the highlights on Twitch (hopefully they won't get muted on YouTube as well, otherwise I'll have to re-consider using another host to host those videos, possibly even going as far as hosting them on my personal site instead of using a standard video sharing site), as I already know that appeals on Twitch do no good (they never have in the past).

Additionally, I'm going to start pointing out how often a video gets audio vandalized (via the description & titles of past broadcasts) by taking note of how many times the video gets flagged for whatever music (not only in Fortnite, but also other games where this has been an issue).  Aside from descriptions & titles on Twitch, there's also a review I started years ago on my personal site titled Copyright Confusion (this review in particular is the expected reason why Twitch keeps lowering the value of gained revenue on paid subscriptions towards my channel on Twitch, which is why subscribers only get what is calculated as revenue based on Twitch's calculations at this point, but they do gain a viewing multiplier on points), which details that the rights to use music should be transferred by the games that are using them when being streamed, however despite being a part of the game's soundtrack, sites like Twitch & YouTube obviously don't feel this is accurate & as a result, you see penalizations being put in place like mutes on Twitch & account strikes (video deletions, mutes, region restrictions or forced monetization by the owner) on YouTube (which is why I might re-open my DailyMotion account & see if I have any better luck over there).

More auto-hosting bugs...

I noticed another problem today with auto-hosting on Twitch & that's that it is changing hosts when a new stream starts where that channel is listed on the auto-host list, regardless of whether another host is already running.  I've heard from others that were having a problem with hosts taking priority over their own streams & having to disable auto-hosting altogether, it's looking like I may have to do the same...  I'm giving this issue one more day & I'll keep tabs on whether the host is continuing to change when it shouldn't be, at which point I will be disabling auto-hosting & making a note on the Twitch hosting section of my channel, at which point the only channels that are going to be getting hosted are when I do it manually (that'll mean no hosting while I'm not at the computer, which for the most part is any time I am out or asleep)...

Mixing things up on Twitch

A couple things that have been noticed tonight (after going over some stats on Discord) was that some subscribers that had previously been granted a VIP status on the server, had left (meaning they have to go through the authorization process again to gain access to speak or chat, due to the high security on the server to prevent abuse). In addition to the loss of high-profile individuals on the Discord server, I also noticed the loss of 2 followers after the stream had already ended (their follower bonuses have already been removed to prevent duplication of that bonus).

The current status with Fortnite streams on my channel is that interest has dropped in the game due to lack of specific rewards from mission completions (V-Bucks specifically), which is what got me playing the game nearly every day. Since the start of this new event, that reward has pretty much disappeared & the only thing that makes running the game a priority is when Dailies get capped at 3, which is the expectation of why there is becoming a loss of viewers & followers (not to mention short streams rather than helping out other players with their missions due to not want to have to deal with degraded performance when the game is using EasyAntiCheat, this is because this client is locked at Normal Priority & I'm unable to increase it to Above Normal as I am with the BattlEye client).

It's been noticed that I almost always lose followers when streaming other games on Twitch, so I've been streaming those other games on Steam instead (unsurprisingly with no viewers most of the time). Considering there's been a drop in 2 followers between the time that I ended the stream yesterday & the time that I noticed these drops (not even launching another game due to not feeling up to it), it's been decided that I can't restrict my Twitch channel to just games of interest to those viewers to please them (most following recently for Fortnite), something needs to be streamed regardless of whether it's what followers are expecting to see or not (this at least allows subscribers to make use of the point multiplayer gain for viewing).

There's been a few games of interest that I'm expecting to start streaming on Twitch again, a couple that has been of interest recently including Shadow Warrior 2 & XCOM 2. Aside from that, I've been wanting to see how the viewer interaction element works in Hand of Fate 2 (this allows viewers to vote for actions in the game, even name the bosses after viewers in the stream). Additionally, I've been wanting to get Bayonetta in since I got the game with a coupon from Sega's Make War Not Love event 2 years ago. I may even start streaming some PlayStation 3 games again (recently spending time in Dragon's Crown & Anarchy Reigns). I might even fire up Double Dragon Neon again. Whatever it is that I decided to start streaming, I'm sure it will result in more unfollows, but I don't intend on spending time in Fortnite unless there's something I'm attempting to achieve & the lack of V-Buck missions (as well as the long forgotten Twitch Daily missions) is why it's currently only getting streamed roughly every 3 days (not too much that can be done about the game using EasyAntiCheat, these will still result in short streams where I only focus on getting dailies done).

With more streaming myself, this coincidentally is going to mean less hosting of Fortnite from other channels. Apparently something needs to change either way (at least until V-Buck missions become a thing in Fortnite again, I've already given up on Twitch Dailies ever coming back to Save the World), so if I have to gain the interest of a new crowd by streaming other games to make up for the loss of viewers that prefer Fortnite, this will be the change I will attempt (we'll see if Epic Games ever puts back into the game what kept my interest in the first place, there is still the possibility that I might go back to nearly every day streaming of it, but not likely while this event is still running).  Another thing I am waiting for are new weapons & heros to be added to the game (not a fan of this new event), I may start spending more time in Fortnite once new content has been added (not new missions types that rely heavily on Battle Royale mechanics).

Auto-hosting & reruns

Normally I don't allow reruns to be auto-hosted by streamers in my auto-host list, but there has been a recent change on Twitch that has removed my ability to filter reruns from being streamed on my auto-host list & may eventually lead to my auto-host function being disabled (or removing those from the auto-host list that keep getting reruns auto-hosted because Twitch no longer offers the option to filter them from being auto-hosted).  This isn't a step I want to take, but lengthy auto-hosts of reruns prevents live streamers from getting the time they deserve & if I have to cut out channels running reruns that are negating live channels from being auto-hosted, this is a step I will regrettably have to take...

UPDATE:  It appears that the option to filter out reruns is still on the site, but this option currently is not functioning correctly & reruns are still getting auto-hosted, so those channels have been removed from my auto-host list for the time being.  I may add them back after some time to see if it's been fixed yet, but until it is functioning properly & negating reruns from auto-hosting again, they'll just keep getting removed & only manual hosts will be will be getting hosted on my channel...