Improved Features for Team Pages
Twitch Teams are a important part of the Twitch community, and yet we rarely see the team being utilized other than when a streamer broadcasts for that team. The ideas I have to improve the Team experience will not only improve the Team page, but also allow for better promotion, increase networking within Twitch, and give viewers a better experience on a team page.
• Give the default team page it's own 'stream', not for live content but for VoD content.
- This feature will allow the team lead(s) to showcase different members of the team 24/7
- If this feature were to become available, perhaps another VoD feature would come from this: option to transfer VoD from personal page to team page. This would allow for a better partnership between streamer and team on which VoD they would like to share on the team page, and which ones they would like to keep on their individual page.
• Allow team leaders to select which streamers to prioritize as being shown live on team page when their broadcast is on.
- This will give each team their own 'Spotlight' ability, very similar to what is seen on the twitch.tv home page.
• Give viewers the ability to change streams viewed on the team page.
- This is a feature which is on the twitch.tv home page. Click a 'spotlighted' stream thumbnail, it is shown on the home page. Click in the description to join the discussion on the broadcaster's page.
- This gives viewers a way to quickly view and browse different team members if they are live.
• Put a team chat box on the page!!!
- There is no greater challenge than bringing separate communities together, especially when it comes to Twitch chat. This feature would allow ALL community members from each team broadcaster to congregate in a single chat.
- Chat feature could only be enabled when the team VoD playlist is on, as not to take away from the invividual broadcaster's chat.
• Team Only Chat/Messaging
- This would be a feature specifically for those involved with the team. Allows for better communication within Twitch, rather than relying on outside factors. If every broadcaster has one thing in common, it's that they're logging onto Twitch. Not everyone will check email/Skype/etc. everyday.
These are just some of the features I believe will improve not just the Team page but the Team community as well, and more importantly the Team itself.