1) Remove inactive membersKeep in mind that this has been tried before and was an ABSOLUTE MESS. Last time it happened, I got removed after not streaming for 2 weeks and did not receive any message regarding it. I think this can be done properly and should be done, but more thought and time is going to have to be put into it this time around.
2) Increase the requirements to get in the teamAs others have mentioned, this is mostly an exclusivity issue. Since Den defined it as "isn't brand new to fangames and doesn't have an ugly stream," we now know the kinds of people allowed. However, I would still recommend discussing new additions to the team more rather than taking care of the applications by yourself. The "vouching" process that Ciaran described would be good.
3) Remove members who no longer meet the requirementsAgain, this will take a lot of thought, discussion, and time. This kind of stuff isn't easy to do and could be extremely detrimental to the team if not handled properly. That being said, I agree that it should be done.
4) Require english to be the broadcaster languageNo special opinion here. I agree that more language variety is good, but English should still be the primary one.
5) Require the broadcaster to not have a follower alertI'm sure some people were eagerly awaiting my response to this as the only person in the team still with a follower alert. I get that you don't like them, Den, and most people don't, but you really can't tell someone how to run their stream. You tried this same thing before by saying that you cannot join the team if you look at your viewercount while streaming. Explaining the negative effects of things like using follower alerts or calling out lurkers or watching your viewercount is enough, and then it's up to the streamer to do what they want with that information. Doing/having these may work for some streamers even if it doesn't work for everyone. HOWEVER, I do understand the negatives of using the alert, and at this point mine has way overstayed its welcome as something that was just supposed to be a joke. This just gives me a reason to finally go back to not having one. I will remove mine, but do not make it something you're forced to do in order to be on the team.
6) Every member in the team would be required to enable auto hosting featureThis part I'm very much on the fence about. On one hand, conformity with a change like this could strengthen the bonds in our team, but on the other hand, there are still members who don't want big chats and don't want a ton of recognition (which was made very apparent during FGM if you remember). I'm kind of leaning towards forcing its use because then no one is allowed to distance themself, but I would like to see opinions from the more reclusive members of our team.
And what BBF_ asked about hosting is something I was also wondering about. It wasn't answered in the blog post, so it'd be great if someone here knows and could shed some light on it:
A question about the auto-hosting: How does it choose what member of the team gets hosted if several are streaming? This could lead to some very unfavorable situations if two or more members happen to stream at the same time frequently, while only one gets all the hosts (if it depends on viewer count, follower count or whatever).
*EDIT* We should definitely hold off on using auto-host for now, though, because it is a new feature on Twitch which means it will be horribly buggy and broken. Apparently auto-host kicks on if you keep dropping frames, and I'm sure it does the same if your internet completely dies for a bit too long. Would be really annoying to deal with.
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