Fix the "Weekly Rewards" and then extend (or replace?) the event
Currently, this "event" is very hard to navigate, unclear, and doesn't accurately track progress. I have many streams I've watched for hours one day and then the next (not Sunday, not the reset day) and I have 0 progress towards any weekly rewards. Obviously, things aren't tracking properly.
But the work around to "correctly" track my progress is to go watch a clip, but I barely have to watch any of the clip for it to count. And then, rather than participating in chat, I'm going around finding clips of all the people I'm watching instead....it just makes it a gimmick more than it does a true engagement tool.
Nevermind...what about people who aren't streaming 3x a week? Just go find clips 3 days? Sure, it's a tiny bit of engagement, but feels so meaningless.
I like the unique badges and I like being able to show off "yep, even if I'm lurking 90% of the time, I'm showing up to support you" kind of thing. But it's implementation seems half baked and half executed. As a result, and with most my stream views (and likely for others) not tracking properly, having a concrete end to the "event" is then just a slap in the face if you want the rewards.
The concept of "look, you've shown up for your streamer over and over again, here's a little badge" is a good idea, but it needs to go back to the drawing board completely.
I would much rather see a "hours watched" or "messages sent" or "streams attended" badges with CLEAR "this is what counts" for the viewers (not just time expectations, but also things like "it doesn't count if your URL is a raid URL" or "you have to be active in chat or spend channel points at least once an hour or once a stream" etc etc)
MidnightSighs
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thesunstar
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https://twitch.uservoice.com/forums/928738-badges-emotes/suggestions/51596612-blossom-badge-weekly-rewards-feedback
(Sorry I couldn't post this sooner. I also wasn't sure that where I posted it was the right place, so am also posting this here.)
I wanted to give some feedback still regarding the July 2026 Blossom Weekly Rewards Badge. I was part of both test groups: the Blossom and the Bloom Weekly Rewards. Unlike with the Bloom Badge test, throughout the Blossom Badge test I did not get ANY progress tracking, nor did I see any of the banners that I saw during the previous Bloom Badge test that told me of the Badge and/or how to get the Badge. Banners saying that a VOD or Clip was eligible did not appear on any VODs or Clips. The only reason I even found out that I could get the Badge was through a lucky accident. One of the Streamers I watched happened to Stream 3 days in a row, of which I caught all 3 Streams, which counted (I know from the previous test and this test that that doesn't always happen) and the only reason I know any of this (as again no progress trackers alerted me of anything) is because I also happened to change my Badge on that exact Channel at that time and saw a new little sprout Badge. If I had not been in the previous test group I still would have had no idea what it was from or how any of it worked. Thankfully I was, so I started paying extra attention. I tested it on multiple Channels. There were many times when I watched 3 Streams/Clips/VODs on 3 separate days in a week but it did not count. When this happened, because there wasn't a progress tracker, I had no idea which of the 3 -or how many of the 3- did not count. Sometimes it took quite a lot of trial and error on my part throughout the entire week to make progress on the Badge before it reset at the end of the week.
I hope this feedback is helpful and not posted too late. -
thesunstar
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I rather like @MidnightSighs' suggestion of an "hours watched" Badge. This in itself should be an Idea submitted to Twitch User Voice.
It could function similarly to Bits Badges - in that you unlock new ones at certain milestones (but in Hours Watched instead of Bits Cheered). I think this might be really nice though as a separate Badge reward, rather than a replacement for Weekly Rewards: as I believe part of the intention of Weekly Rewards was to reward more casual viewers who still show their support somewhat regularly - hence the lower thresholds for progress/rewards. I think having rewards for such Viewers is very important, and shouldn't just be replaced with rewards that will mainly feel properly rewarding for more hardcore Viewers. That said, there should honestly be rewards for both.
Hours Watched is also much more approachable as no Streaks that can be broken need to be involved, no way to lose progress, and you can "grow the Badge" (so to speak) in your own time with no deadlines. An Hours Watched Badge system could be of just Live Hours Watched, or it could include time spent watching VODs/Clips - in order to be more inclusive and understanding of Viewers' time.As for how I feel about the current Weekly Rewards:
I posted my feedback in the earlier post "Weekly Rewards improvements" Feedback Idea that can be found here:
https://twitch.uservoice.com/forums/928738-badges-emotes/suggestions/51291526-weekly-rewards-improvements