slippery_squeaks

2025: STREAM INFO - OTS COMM. STREAMS + GENERAL STREAMS

Added 2021-08-20 19:21:49 +0000 UTC

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⭐NAVIGATION

DISCORD SERVER | 2025 QUEUE | TOS | COMM. PRICES |

MONTHLY ZIPs | ANNUAL ZIPs | TICKET TRACKER | GOLD YCH ORDER

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OTS Commission Streams are open to patrons in the Ultra Patron tier, Super Patron tier, and Gold Patron tier. They are hosted @ Picarto.

I take as many as I can during the stream. Depending on how many people attend, I may or may not be able to accommodate all comms.

Comms may be drawn on-stream but cleaned-up and refined off-stream.

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PAYMENT
OTS comms are priced cheaper than 'formal' comms due to less planning time/quicker nature.

Since OTS commissions are under $100, payment is taken upfront via PP (unless otherwise stated). For those previously in Commission Club tiers, I will deduct from your existing ticket balance to cover any OTS comms.

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TURNAROUND
Unless a specific turnaround is mentioned, OTS commissions generally reach completion no more than 1 - 2 weeks after the stream.

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HOW TO GET AN OTS COMM

Check which Patreon tier you’re in. Check which time slot applies to your tier.
During an OTS Comm stream, show up any time within your tier’s time slot, EXCEPT FOR the last half hour of your tier’s time slot. I do not take new comms within the last half hour.
While you’re in-stream, during your tier’s time slot, please Email me: your Patreon username and tier, what expression/s or poses you'd like, visual reference/s (1 or 2) and PP address.

*You may schedule-send your email, but you'll still need to be around to pay your invoice before any drawing begins.

Please send all comm inquiries to: Squeakycommissions(at)gmail(dot)com

>>> General streams are hosted on both Picarto & my Discord Server.

General streams are casual livestreams where I work on outstanding commissions, personal work, and similar.

There is not a set/fixed dates or times for these, they happen spontaneously.

Picarto streams are public (for everyone, patron or not) but a bit infrequent.

Discord streams are more frequent and generally patron-only.
Streams in the Discord Patron Lounge do not have a user cap and are open to patrons in all tiers.
Streams in the Discord Squeaky Workshop are open to patrons in the Super Patron tier. and higher. These streams have a 10 viewer limit to allow for a smaller group.

Helpful Discord Lingo

Server: The entire community "Haus of Rat" can be referred to as a server, or Discord server.

Channels: I interchangeably refer to channels as rooms. These are the separately titled, clickable "rooms" that you can engage with by using text and images/GIFs.

Category: These organize channels by theme.

Voice Channel, or "VC": Voice channels have a speaker icon to the right side of them.

These are best suited for livestreaming art & games.

Roles: Assigning a role is like putting a cool sticker on your shirt. When you assign a role like "paws" or "maws", or "gay" or "trans", other users can learn about you at a glance. Assigning roles is optional. You can switch them around or remove them if you want.

Some roles are special and can only be given to you by mods or bots.

For instance, roles like "Patron" or "Super Patron" can only be assigned or removed by the Patreon bot.

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The following tips and setup applies to Discord on Desktop.

LINKING PATREON WITH DISCORD:

Log in to Patreon.

Then: Settings/User Settings >>> Apps/Connected Apps >>> Discord >>> Connect.

Once linked, the Patreon bot will bring you to the server and assign you your patron roles.

Now, kindly review the server's rules.

There's important info within, especially regarding etiquette within art streams.

Also consider self-verification which takes less than 2 minutes.

Without verification, you may have issues connecting to some rooms.

Your account is linked and all set up!

If you have any trouble with any of the above, please simply send a message to MODMAIL within the server. You can find it on the right side beneath the categories "Basics" and "Squeaks' Art/Info":

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TURNING MIC AND/OR HEADPHONES ON/OFF:

See the red microphone and red headphones screencapped below?

These will appear WHITE if they are ON and RED when OFF.

You can toggle them on or off before entering any stream.

A red MIC means Discord will not access your mic if you have one.

Red HEADPHONES means Discord will not send sound from the stream to your listening device.

Being mute and deaf in-stream is a great way to lurk and watch without any attached socialization. Although I will still likely say hi in text chat!

If you DO want to speak and/or listen, you can configure and test your microphone and/or headphones within Voice & Video, which can be accessed in User Settings (the cog wheel above, to the right of the headphone icon).

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WHERE TO FIND ME

90% of the time I'm streaming in one of the two rooms highlighted in yellow, below:

^Squeaky Workshop is only visible to Super Patrons and higher, but Patron Lounge is visible to all patrons.

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OPENING TEXT CHAT (IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SPEAK)

Each streaming room has its own miniature text chat attached to it.

The screencap in the section just above shows a white chat bubble to the right of the room's name. Clicking this will toggle open the room's text chat.

From here, you can actually access the room's text chat without entering the stream.

It's fun if you want to lurk undetected and see what sort of unhinged nonsense people are up to.

Another option to open the text chat is to select the chat bubble in the upper right which is shown in the screencap below.

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POP-OUT THE STREAM

If you want, you can "pop out" the stream in a separate window so it's no longer attached to the bulky Discord interface:

When popped out, you can toggle text chat by clicking the familiar white chat bubble in the upper right.

If you change your mind and don't like it popped out, just X the window and it will automatically go back to how it was.

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ADJUSTING INDIVIDUAL USER VOLUME

If you have your headphones on in-stream, you may notice that sometimes people's mics are louder or softer than others.

Luckily you can adjust the volume of individuals any time.

Volume adjustment will only be heard on your end, so this only affects your listening experience and nobody else's. Users will also NOT know if you've adjusted their volume/s.