FIGURE 1.1. The International grand finals, 2014. Teams selecting their match characters. The lower-right corner below the image shows the number of people currently watching (213,391), total views of the channel (38,693,102), and number of people who have specially tagged the channel to follow. The right side of the screen is a live chat window.

FIGURE 1.2. MANvsGame broadcast, 2013.

FIGURE 1.3. MissCliks D&D broadcast, 2017.

FIGURE 2.1. Global Schoolhouse classrooms collaborating via CU-SeeMe. Photo by Yvonne Marie Andres, Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

FIGURE 2.2. Multiwindow internet session from 1998 showing the author with friends simultaneously together in a text-based virtual world in the background and CU-SeeMe in the foreground.

FIGURE 2.3. Twitch Plays Pokémon screenshot, 2014.

FIGURE 2.4. “First date.” xkcd comic by Randall Munroe, Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial 2.5 License. https://xkcd.com/1333/.

FIGURES 2.5A AND 2.5B. Audiences hanging out at the Twitch booth and watching fighting game competitions, PAX East, 2014.

FIGURES 2.6A, 2.6B, AND 2.6C. Meet and greet, VIP area, and broadcaster novelty card at Twitch booth, PAX East, 2015.

FIGURE 3.1. Ellohime broadcast with auto pop-up banner when the channel gets a new follower (dubbed a “Viking of Ellohime”), 2014.

FIGURE 3.2. Futureman broadcast utilizing a green screen “set” that is part of the channel’s theme, 2015.

FIGURE 3.3. SuushiSam broadcast with audience weighing in on what choice the broadcaster should make, 2012.

FIGURE 3.4. MANvsGame broadcasting room setup posted to Twitter, 2014.

FIGURE 3.5. Itmejp channel interstitial, 2013.

FIGURE 3.6. “Dressing Up” by Kristian Nygård, September 28, 2012.

FIGURE 3.7. TrumpSC’s broadcast with donation tally box on the left, 2014.

FIGURE 4.1. Backstage at Intel Extreme Masters, New York ComicCon, 2013.

FIGURE 4.2. Paul “Redeye” Chaloner at DreamHack Sweden, 2005.

FIGURES 4.3A AND 4.3B. Backstage at Intel Extreme Masters, showing multiple production stations and networking, San Jose, 2016.

FIGURE 4.4. In-game observer Phil “inFeZa” Bertino working backstage at Intel Extreme Masters, ComicCon, 2013.

FIGURE 4.5. League of Legends LCS Summer finals, TD Garden, Boston, 2017.

FIGURE 4.6. Dota 2 International grand finals commentator desk, 2014.

FIGURE 5.1. Screenshot of the SpectateFaker channel in offline mode, 2015.