Scully-Blaker, RainforestBegy, JasonConsalvo, MiaGanzon, Sarah2016-12-292016-12-292017-01-04978-0-9981331-0-2http://hdl.handle.net/10125/41400This paper is an analysis of individuals who livestream gameplay on Twitch. Two core concepts - ‘playing along’ and ‘playing for’ – are put forth as two poles to a continuum to better discuss tandem play in the context of livestreaming. From an analysis of participants’ exit interviews and observations of larger Twitch streams, it is shown that livestreaming is a form of tandem play, but only to a point. As audiences grow, ‘playing along’ becomes difficult for streamers. The ‘ceiling’ of tandem play is reached when a streamer is so focused on entertaining the largest number of people possible that they are no longer playing along with their spectators, but only playing for them.10 pagesengAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 InternationalTwitch.tvgamesplayerslive streamingConference Paper10.24251/HICSS.2017.246