#smplive guide

(oh my god, i got this ask like a week ago and forgot about it, im really sorry anon)

anyway! so you wish to get into SMPlive? well thats great, but I have to warn you that there is a lot of streamers -too many to keep up with- so be weary of that. You won’t be able to watch all the content and keep up with what everyone is doing, so don’t even try because you will burn yourself out. 

I suggest trying to keep the streams you try to catch very low, because most of them have youtube channels where they post highlights of their streams! Those are usually much easier to handle since most of them are around 10 minutes in length. The downside of only watching their videos is that you miss a lot of the person you’re actually watching. You miss the experience of getting to interact with the streamers you enjoy live, but the already posted videos are a fantastic way to dip your toes into SMPlive.

I personally started with the streamer Jschlatt - my friend demanded that I watch his videos, and I did, not expecting to fall deep into the smplive fandom. But, I did, and here we are now. 

I think Schlatt is a really good streamer to start with, so I would suggest you start with him too! 

Here is a link to his live channel, where he posts edited down videos of his streams. I suggest you start from the very beginning because he doesn’t have very many videos on this channel and the videos are pretty short.

I’m not really great at describing what streamers are like. I would suggest just going and watching them for yourself to actually understand what these people’s personalities are like. But, just for you anon, I will take my best crack at it.

All of them have more offensive humor than say, the Hermits. So, if that’s not the way you role, I would suggest not watching them. 

Jschlatt, who is my personal favorite, puts on the persona of a savvy business man who sucks at what he does, but still some how manages to scam a lot of people? It’s really hilarious to watch and he’s just a good way to start to understand the wacky server that is smplive. Schlatt has a really soothing voice, deep and jazzy if I had to describe it? I could honestly write a whole post just about Schlatt and how funky of a streamer he is, but that will be saved for another day.

ConnorEatsPants (here’s a link) is another really great streamer. Connor has a lot more videos than just SMPlive, so start here at his first smplive video, and then work your way towards the more recent videos. He’s like Schlatt’s partner in crime, but still also got boofed (tricked?) by Schlatt in the early smplive days. But while he does a lot of stuff with Schlatt, he’s still really enjoyable to watch on his own. His humor is similar to Schlatt’s, but is more... baby? (I told you I was bad at this). I really enjoy watching his streams because in general, they’re a lot more calm. Connor is a variety streamer, so he doesn’t do minecraft as often, but he tells a lot of stories from his life like the DC story and the Carl story, which are funny as hell.

Sneegsnag (here) is also one of my favorites. His videos tend to be longer, but he’s a very big bro. He has a fucking adorable puppy named Boomer (yes, he did actually name his dog boomer) (boomer refers to the baby boomers) and is kind of a pvp god?? He is a true™ gamer and I support him. He’s a smaller streamer, but he’s really fun to watch.

IAmTy is a baby. He’s funny as hell though. He also spent an entire stream creating leather Timbs with mending. He is Schlatt n Co (Jschlatt’s “business”) employee? intern?? I’m not quite sure. Ty is like, Schlatts pseudo son? (If you can’t tell by now, I branched off from Schlatt) But anyway, he’s a wholesome streamer and I would suggest watching him if you’re looking for someone smaller to watch. Here’s a link to his channel

Damn this is getting really long so I’ll do a bonus round

CallMeCarson - creator of the server, does a lot of other content besides minecraft, ate a onion like an apple live on stream, cool guy but his streams are really big (about 7,000) so not great for actual interactions (live channel, main channel) 

Cscoop (live, main) - Cooper is a bastard horny fish man who posts fornite compilations on his main channel, is not so wholesome but is very real with his viewers, creator of the cscoop challenge, and also lives with Carson and Travis

Traves (aka Travis) is a lovable dumbass furry. He sounds like he’s twelve, when in fact, hes 20. Nobody is quite sure if he’s actually 100% aware of what’s going on around him at any time. Calls Cooper aka Cscoop “Coopy.” He’s a baby. I love him with all my heart. Lives with Carson and Cooper.

The Milk Man aka Ted Nivision - I haven’t watched much of his content but he’s a pretty chill guy who can also bring on storms of chaos. Is the milk man, has a milk tower. I’m not sure how or why he was dubbed the milk man, but he was. An adult. Doesn’t post minecraft on his channel, but does play a lot on stream.

hey there! i actually just kind of did a master post that is kind of aa guide to get started on smp live? 

Here’s the long boy post

the pretty abridged version is that I would tell you to start at the first video of Jschlatt’s live channel, watch all of them (there’s not that many currently and they’re all about 10 minutes each), and then branch out from there! I wouldn’t suggest just throwing yourself into a stream because you may not understand the humor and stuff. 

Also a warning!!! The humor on smplive is much more offensive than say, Hermitcraft which is more child friendly. It’s like, uh, “I wanna kiss but no homo bc no gays allowed” but jokingly? I’m really bad at describing it but they are LGBT+ friendly!