Miscellany » Twitch info

Info about my Twitch channel, sterbirb.

Chat commands

Informational commands:

!commands: Display a list of most-used commands and counters, as well as a link to this section.
!discord: Display a link to my Discord guild.
!lurk [message]: Be acknowledged for lurking.
!raidmsg: Send and pin a message which viewers can copy-paste for an outgoing raid. Available to mods only. Alias: !raid
!serverinfo: Display connection details and other info about the currently played Minecraft server, if any. Alias: !server
!socials: Display links to my Bluesky and Mastodon. Alias: !social
!song: Display information about the currently playing song in the background, if there is one.
!throne: Display a link to my Throne wishlist.
!triggers: Display a list of frequent chat sound triggers, as well as a link to the triggers section.

Counters

The first listed command increments the counter; the second decrements it.

!call, !nocall: phone call interrupts livestream
!fart, !unfart: on-stream flatulence is heard
!muted, !unmuted: microphone is unknowingly muted

Sound triggers

If your message contains one of these words, you’ll hear a corresponding sound clip.

cheeto (\bcheetos?\b/i): xQc
lizard (\blizz?[ae]rds?\b/i): “Lizard” TTS from Elio
my wife (\bm(y|ah?)\s?wa?ih?e?fe?\b): Borat saying “my wife”
pee (\bp+(pi+)?e+(ing|[ds])?\b/i): “pee” part of “yippee”
rocks (\bro(cks|x)\b/i): “Roxanne” by The Police
yip (\byi+p+(ped|p?ing|s)?\b/i): “yip” part of “yippee”
yippee (\byi+p+i*e+(ing|[ds])?\b/i): yippee tbh

Credits

Icons

Where not specified, assume a photo or image is by me, and is released under CC BY-NC 4.0.

Sub badges

1-month sub badge: Camponotus japonicus, DBCLS, CC BY 4.0
2-month sub badge: Tenebrio molitor, Markus Nolf, CC BY-SA 3.0
3-month sub badge: Agrilus planipennis, Pennsylvania DCNR, CC BY 3.0
6-month sub badge: Celtis occidentalis, Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0
9-month sub badge: Suet ball, Tiia Monto, CC BY-SA 4.0
1-year sub badge: Peanut, National Cancer Institute, public domain

Bits badges

1-bit badge: Red-bellied woodpecker egg, Richard Swartzentrover, “Free for non-profit use”
100-bit badge: Furnarius rufus down feather, Yuri Nikolai, CC BY-SA 4.0
1K-bit badge: Melanerpes carolinus secondaries, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, public domain

Channel point redeems

Peanut: Peanut, National Cancer Institute, public domain
First: Red-bellied woodpecker egg, Richard Swartzentrover, “Free for non-profit use”
Highlight My Message: Highlighter, Sander van der Molen, CC BY 2.5
Select an Emote to Unlock: Master Padlock, Thegreenj, CC BY-SA 3.0

Sound effects

Event alerts

Follow: Rock dove, unknown origin
Subscription: Red-bellied woodpecker, unknown origin
Cheer: Northern cardinal, Seth M. Price, CC BY-SA 4.0
Raid: Great-horned owl, unknown origin

Jumpscare redeems

fuse.ogg: Mojang, I guess?
Taco Bell bong: memetic; presumably © Taco Bell IP Holder, LLC
uwu: LuchaSpike, all rights reserved

Chat messages

Cheeto: clip from xQc
Lizard: memetic; unknown origin
Rocks: “Roxanne” by The Police
Yippee: memetic; unknown origin

Music

Waiting screen

3 (Jazz) by Holizna (2022), CC0 1.0
3 pound universe by Jeris feat. Doxent Zsigmond (2016), CC BY 4.0
Acid Trumpet by Kevin MacLeod (2004), CC BY 2.0
Autumn Traces by 1st Contact (2023), CC BY-SA 4.0
On Cloud Nine by Maarten Schellekens (2025), CC BY 4.0
Pulldance (ID 2369) by Lobo Loco (2025), CC BY-SA 4.0

How donathons work

Just like what I did when I founded Mountain State Furries with zero experience going to anyone else’s meets, I’m running my own donathon rules with basically no idea how other streamers do it.

What donation amounts do

When you donate through my Ko-fi page, you can specify how you’d like your donation to be used and divided up. If you don’t, I’ll just default to multiples of $5.

$1: Pick a song or playlist for me to play in the background. Must be on YouTube or YouTube Music.
$5: Extend the stream length by thirty minutes. You can redeem this as many times as you want.
$10: Change games/activities, within reason. Games must be free, gifted or already in my library. I’ll play the game for at least one hour, though this doesn’t add time to the stream.
$20: Play a horror game (which I hate). Must be free or gifted. I’ll play the game for at least two hours, though this doesn’t add time ot the stream. For reference
$300: I end stream, LOL.

All costs are in U.S. dollars. 1 bit equals one cent. One subscription equals $5.

For gifting reference: I use Linux, and have Proton available.

When the donathon stops

I start the stream with a set time, e.g. two hours. If I reach that 02h00m mark, I end stream, and either: (a) restart the donathon the next day if the goal isn’t met; or (b) consider the donathon done if the goal is met. If someone extends the time somehow, e.g. to 10h00m, I stream until that’s done, and so forth. However, I will pause the donathon stream for a base eight hours of sleep, as well as work and other major obligations. In that case, I resume the donathon with an adjusted time that represents how long that stream needs to go to fulfill the requirement.