Combine categories for games with many versions.
I would like to see categories which are similar enough to each other get combined. It would make browsing for streams much easier, and help find exactly what i'm looking for.
There are currently several categories for games like Zelda Wind Waker (the original and the HD remake), so any viewer who wants to find some wind waker streams needs to check all of the categories to see all of the streams, but it is basically the same game. This is the case for many other situations, too, such as how the retro tag and the retro category are seperate, so people in the retro category might not have the retro tag, and people with the retro tag might not appear in the retro category.
I think it would be a good idea to merge these categories and have some sort of button or drop down at the top to narrow the game down. For example: A wind waker category, but with two buttons at the top to select a version of the game (or not select a version and get all of the streams for both games)
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Khornight commented
Just to add, I play a few games with table top versions, and would work to be able to combine the live games with the online versions.
At the moment "Blood bowl" has 4 computer games (Cyanides BB1,BB2,BB3 and a java game called Fumbbl) as well as live table top, would be nice to be able to combine them all. -
SenseOfKyle commented
Further to someone else’s comment on Pokémon. Currently Pokémon Gold and Silver versions are separate but Red and Blue are together. Surely they can be combined too? The gold category also has the silver logo and the silver category is blank. At the very least it would be good to update this.
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Kwikpanik commented
For games with multiple versions, include them all in the same game title. Additionally, provide a general "Pokémon" category.
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ArchHippy commented
I've posted a similar suggestion with broader applications that you might want to vote for. https://twitch.uservoice.com/forums/297558-general/suggestions/38274742-add-ability-to-merge-categories-in-following-menu
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Nikkie2571 commented
Obviously what you're suggesting would be an improvement over what currently exists all on it's own, but I think it could be done better.
I think it would be even better if this was expanded so that what you are suggesting worked for series of games rather than just versions of a single game. Many series like pokemon are so similar between games that whether you're streaming red version or emerald or ultra moon barely matters.
This also makes it easier for people to find what they wanna see, as , at least in my experience, people want to watch anyone playing from any of a series of games more than they want to see someone play one specific game from a series, and having the current system where categories are spread out by each single game just makes it harder to search through everything. Having a filterable category for each series by the games in said series would make the whole site just so much easier to use.