Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Find answers to common questions about FameForecast here.
FameForecast is a talent show for streamers and turns clip discovery into a game for fans.
FameForecast turns you from a passive viewer into an active voter and curator.
- Vote With Impact: Your votes directly decide outcomes in Live Showcases and Discovery Reels.
- Settle Debates: Build and share Clip Battles with any two clips and let your community decide.
- Test Your Instincts: Play Clip Duels and Viral Picks to prove your picks.
- Real Fan Signal: Voting is designed around real fan participation, not fake engagement loops.
Start here: Home.
Submit your clip, get showcased to live audiences, and win through merit-based voting.
- The Problem: Algorithms are unpredictable and often reward noise over real creator quality.
- The Solution: Apply to Live Showcases and Discovery Reels to get direct audience exposure and fan voting.
- Merit-Based Discovery: Access does not guarantee results; outcomes are decided by community votes.
- Human-Verified Engagement: Voting systems are designed to reduce low-quality and duplicate participation.
Ready to get discovered? Browse Live Showcases or For Creators.
FameForecast Showcases are live audition events where rising streamers are featured on an established Partner's stream. Go to Creator Discovery.
A Showcase is a 20-40 minute live segment where 4-8 rising streamers audition to an established Partner's audience.
The Format (approximately 5 minutes per creator):
- The Introduction: The Host introduces you to their audience-not by what game you play, but by WHO YOU ARE as a creator. Your origin story, fun facts, vibe, personality archetype, and custom tags.
- The Clip: Your best clip plays for the audience to see your content in action.
- The Vote: Viewers vote for their favorite. Vote counts are tracked live and publicly visible during the showcase.
The Winner: At the end of the showcase, the creator with the most votes from the Host's audience receives the Live Raid-the Host's full audience is transferred to the winner's channel.
This is discovery based on personality and talent, not just what game you play.
There are two ways to participate in a Showcase:
1. Priority Placement (Paid Bidding):
- Place a custom bid to secure a slot in the showcase
- The highest bidders are auto-selected for available slots
- The Host has veto power and can decline any applicant
- Once the Host confirms your selection, you'll receive a payment request
- Payment is flexible: PayPal, Stripe, or crypto accepted
2. Discovery Pool (Free):
- Join our general pool at no cost
- If a Host manually scouts you or we have unfilled slots, you may be invited to participate for free
Important: Your bid secures your slot, but has ZERO impact on winning the vote. That's 100% determined by the audience.
Payment Timing:
- Priority Placement (Paid): You submit your bid when applying. Payment is ONLY processed after the Host confirms your selection. You'll receive a payment request via PayPal (or your preferred method including crypto) once selected.
- Discovery Pool (Free): No payment required. If invited to participate, it's completely free.
Refund Policy:
- Full refund if cancelled: If the showcase is cancelled by the Host or FameForecast for any reason, you receive a full refund.
- No refund for losing: Once the showcase goes live, payment is non-refundable. You paid for guaranteed exposure to the audience-winning the raid is merit-based and determined by votes.
Your Responsibilities:
- Ensure you are LIVE during the scheduled showcase time
- If you win the vote but are offline, the runner-up receives the raid
- You still keep the showcase exposure, but forfeit the raid prize
Absolutely not. FameForecast is a Paid Media Placement platform with merit-based outcomes.
How It Works:
- Paid Entry: Your bid secures a guaranteed slot in the showcase (like buying an ad placement).
- Merit-Based Voting: Once the showcase starts, your wallet is closed. A creator who bid $500 has the exact same chance of winning as a creator who bid $5-it's 100% determined by audience votes.
The audience does not know how much you bid. They vote purely on the quality of your content and personality. You cannot buy votes. You cannot buy the raid. You can only buy the opportunity to be seen.
Why Bidding Exists: The current bid system helps us discover what creators value this opportunity at. Your bid amount secures your showcase slot but has ZERO impact on the vote outcome. We're transitioning to transparent fixed pricing once we validate the right price point.
We use verified Host Audience voting to ensure winners are chosen by the people actually watching the showcase, not by creators bringing their own armies.
How It Works:
- Only votes from viewers watching the Host's stream count toward the raid winner
- We track votes through the Host's unique showcase link
- Vote counts are displayed publicly in real-time during the showcase
- Duplicate votes are filtered automatically
Transparency:
- Creators can view live vote tallies during and after the showcase
- Results are based purely on verified Host audience votes
- The system is designed to prevent brigading while maintaining fairness
To win the Raid, you must win the votes from the Host's actual audience. This ensures you win because the Host's viewers genuinely liked you, not because you mobilized your own community.
To win the Raid: YES.
If you win the audience vote but are offline, the Host will Raid the runner-up. You
cannot receive a raid if you aren't streaming.
To just be showcased: No.
If you just want exposure, we can play your clip while you are offline, but you forfeit
the prize (the Raid).
We get it. Going from 20 viewers to 200+ instantly can be overwhelming.
If you want the exposure of the Showcase but are nervous about the pressure of a live Raid, you can "Opt-Out" of the Raid. Just let us know via email.
Discovery Reels are clip feeds where creators submit clips and viewers vote for favorites. Go to Creator Discovery.
- Creators submit clips into a reel.
- Viewers vote for their favorite clips.
- Top clips gain more visibility across the reel experience.
Creators can apply through the creator flow on FameForecast. Approved submissions are added to the relevant reel.
We apply vote validation controls, duplicate filtering, and session checks to reduce spam and abuse so rankings reflect real fan votes.
- Live Showcases: Scheduled live events with host streams and a raid winner.
- Discovery Reels: Ongoing clip voting feeds where fan votes drive ranking and visibility.
Clip Battles let fans become Battle Curators. Build a head-to-head battle with any two clips, publish your unique link, and get your community voting. Go to Clip Battles.
Clip Battles are designed to settle debates with real fan votes. Instead of passive scrolling, you create the matchup and let the community decide.
- Go to Clip Battles.
- Pick any two clips from supported platforms.
- Create the battle and get a unique link instantly.
- Share it in your community to drive votes.
Anyone can vote and create battles. A free account unlocks your custom FameForecast battle page so you can track all battles you host in one place.
The core incentive is building great battles that attract votes and referrals. Top battle hosts may become eligible for rewards and potential page revenue-share programs as those details are finalized.
Clip Duels is a free game where you compare two short clips and pick which one performed better. Go to Clip Duels.
- Step 1: Open fameforecast.com/game.
- Step 2: Compare two clips and pick your winner.
- Step 3: Reveal the result and see if you were right.
- Step 4: Share with friends and compare scores.
Yes. Clip Duels is free to play.
- With Friends: Share the game link by DM, Discord, or text.
- In Groups: Post the link in your community and compare picks.
- Solo: Play quick rounds and track your own results.
- Device Support: Works on desktop and mobile browsers.
Clip Duels is a fast way to test your instincts before exploring deeper prediction modes on FameForecast.
FameCards and FameFiles are fun game items—like Pokémon cards for streamers—earned through predictions. Think of them as deck-builders and score trackers for your trend-spotting wins. No blockchain, NFTs, or crypto involved—just simple, fun cards to celebrate your calls. Leaderboards track your top picks for bragging rights. Any future community deck-sharing will keep things light and fandom-focused.
- The creator and the specific video you predicted on.
- The platform (e.g., YouTube, Twitch).
- The video's age when you made your prediction.
- The creator’s tier and follower count at that time.
- The date of your prediction.
- Our system's "Expected Future Gain" for that video from your prediction point (this is the baseline your skill will be measured against!).
- Details of the video you picked.
- Your active prediction window (e.g., "Tracked from 2.0 to 24.0 hours old").
- The "Expected Future Gain" our system calculated when you made your pick.
- The "Actual Views Gained" by the video during your prediction window.
- Your final Point Score (0 - 1,000,000).
- Your achieved Performance Level (e.g., Start, Gain, Spark, Pulse, Blaze, Epic, Legendary).
- Snapshot in Time: Captures your prediction on a specific video by a creator, reflecting their status (tier, followers) at that point. Cards for videos from creators who later blow up become epic "I called it" badges for your deck.
- Skill Showcase: Track your history of wins across creators, platforms, and predictions—perfect for leaderboards and squad battles.
- Future Fun—Deck Swaps: We're planning community features for swapping FameCards with friends, like trading Pokémon IRL—pure fandom vibes, no pressure.
- Deck Goal: Build a stacked deck of FameCards to flex your trend-spotting streak and dominate leaderboards.
- Visual evolutions or special effects on FameCards based on your prediction skill.
- Legendary tiers for milestone predictions or creator breakthroughs you nailed.
- FameCards tied to epic events or squad competitions.
Pick the clip you think will perform best and see how your instincts stack up on the leaderboard. Go to Viral Picks.
- You make a pick on a specific eligible clip.
- After the result window closes, your score is calculated from actual platform performance.
- Higher-performing picks earn more points and improve your leaderboard rank.
Viral Picks currently supports YouTube and Twitch clips.
Leaderboards run weekly from Monday 00:00 UTC to Sunday 23:59 UTC.
No. Picks are final once submitted.
We use official platform APIs for clip and creator data used in scoring.
Yes, across different clips. You cannot submit multiple picks on the same clip.
FameForecast’s scoring system is all about skill—spotting clips with the biggest relative edges through smart analysis of content, creators, and trends. We score outperformance over size, focusing on virelative moments (clips that crush baselines or peers). Leaderboards track your top picks.
- Picks: Make picks on clips to earn points towards the weekly and Seasonal Leaderboards. Each pick is for one specific clip.
- Scoring Your Pick:
- When you choose a clip, our system sets a "Baseline Relative Edge." This is the expected performance for a typical clip from that creator (factoring in their followers and the clip's early buzz when you picked) over its first 24 hours live. For YouTube videos and Twitch Clips, this 24-hour window starts from publication/creation. For Twitch VODs, it's from their "effective start time" (post-stream, once available). It's our virelative metric in action—measuring outperformance vs. history and peers.
- Your score (from 0 to 1,000,000 points) is based on how your chosen clip's actual performance stacked up against the other options and this baseline.
- Nailing the edge gets you around 500,000 points (a "Pulse" level). Spotting a true breakout can push you to 1,000,000 and "Legendary" status!
- Skill-Based Success: Success comes from analyzing clip content, creator vibes, early engagement, and platform trends to pick winners that outperform—not just rack up views.
- Seasonal Leaderboard: Your scores from picks in weekly leaderboards contribute to your overall standing on the Seasonal Leaderboard. The exact way weekly scores roll up (e.g., sum of your top weekly pick each month) will be detailed in our Seasonal Leaderboard announcements. Track your progress on your Dashboard.
- Eligibility: Make a pick on a clip. For the score to count towards the current week's leaderboard, the clip must hit its 24-hour reveal (from publication/creation for YouTube/Clips, or effective start for Twitch VODs) and your pick must show results by Sunday 23:59 UTC.
- Your Score: You receive a score from 0 to 1,000,000 points based on how your pick's relative performance edged out the baseline and competition—rewarding virelative breakthroughs over absolute scale.
- Skill-Based Clip Duels: Ranking high means honing your eye for epic plays, content hooks, and trend surges to select clips that dominate their bracket.
- Ranking: Users are ranked within each Platform/Creator Tier (Micro, Mid-Tier, Established, Mega, Elite) based on their highest-scoring pick that revealed within that leaderboard week.
- Click “Sign Up” on our Homepage.
- Enter your details:
- Username: Choose a unique handle (e.g., “CreatorFan123”, max 50 characters).
- Email: Provide a valid address (e.g., “you@example.com”, max 100 characters, must be unique).
- Password: Create a secure one (8+ characters, encrypted with 256-bit security).
- Submit—your account is live instantly!
- Log in via Login Page and start predicting.
- Page Not Loading/Display Issues: Do a hard refresh (Ctrl+F5 or Cmd+Shift+R), clear your browser cache, or try a different browser temporarily.
- Search Fails: Double-check spelling and try variations of the creator's name. Ensure you've selected the correct platform if using platform-specific search.
- Login Issues: Ensure you're using the correct email/password. Try logging out (Logout) and logging back in (Login). Use the password reset feature if needed.
- Prediction Errors: Check if the clip meets eligibility requirements (e.g., age window). If issues persist, report to michael.hawkins@fameforecast.com.
- Still Stuck? Report the issue to michael.hawkins@fameforecast.com with details (e.g., “Twitch search for 'xQc' returns empty table”).
- Forums: Planned as a future feature—share clip picks, debate relative outperformers, and connect once launched. See Predictions & Leaderboards for details.
- Creator Collabs: Top spotters may be invited to exclusive events in the future, like live chats breaking down virelative plays and underdog breakthroughs.
- Insights: Share picks or findings via the Feedback Form—spark buzz on socials about edges that crush brackets.
- Beta: Refining clip picks and features based on testing, with a focus on relative performance metrics.
- Launch: Full web rollout coming soon—stay tuned!
- Mobile App: Planned post-launch, complementing our responsive web platform (see Technical & Platform Issues).
- Growth: Potential creator partnerships for exclusive Clip Battles once established, emphasizing underdog showcases.
- Next Features: Deeper virelative analytics, expanded leaderboards, new Clip Battle types (e.g., bracket battles, deck-building for relative edges)—in ideation.
- From search results, click “Add to Favorites”—toggles to “Remove” once added.
- Access your list and pick directly from your Dashboard.