
The Pause Screen or Stream pause banner can display when the streamer is coming back, a viewer countdown, or simply that well-known web abbreviation BRB ( Be Right Back screen).Īpart from these things, intermission screens can contain ads, various data about the stream itself as well as links to the streamer’s social media channels or links that viewers and followers can use for donations. Sometimes it can be only a simple image, but it usually contains some animations and graphics combined with music or some basic things that are supposed to draw viewers’ attention.īut it can contain numerous other things.įor example, both End Screens and Welcome Screens can contain a countdown till the beginning of the stream, till the next stream, or simply show the time when the next stream starts.


The intermission screen can be an End Screen, a Pause Screen, or a Welcome Screen (Stream start banner). Well, that’s when intermission screens can help.
#TWITCH INTERMISSION OFFLINE#
Namely, every stream lasts for several hours and has to end once or a streamer at some moment simply has to take a short break or chat with the viewers and respond to their messages, and those are the moments when streamers are at risk of losing their audience.Īdditionally, there are times when a streamer is switching from online to offline games or interacting with the viewers and those inactive moments when viewers have to wait are very tricky. However, the truth is that perhaps an even more important thing is to draw people’s attention while you are AFK (Away From Keyboard). One of the most common delusions among inexperienced streamers or people who have never streamed is that you need to engage viewers only while you video stream. That’s why I’m going to start with a brief explanation of what an intermission screen actually is. On the other hand, I’m sure there are a lot of people who would like to dip a toe into streaming but still don’t know much about this phenomenon and certainly don’t know a single thing about intermission screens and why they are important.

Most people who regularly watch and follow any streamer probably know what a Twitch intermission screen is.
