Old LiveStream, explained

The short version

Old comedy gameplay is labelled. Live moments stay live. Nothing is promised in exchange for a gift.

Some viewers discover a StanRP vertical livestream through a Shorts feed, a search result or a clip, and ask a fair question: “is this really live?”. The honest answer has always been the same, it is said at the start of every stream, and it is written on the screen itself: when the gameplay layer is old, looped or replayed, the stream is labelled Old LiveStream.

That label is not written in small text in the description, not hidden in a pinned comment, and not shown once at the start. It is displayed in large text over the video, so anyone arriving at any second — with the sound off, on a small phone screen, in a three-second preview — sees it immediately.

The proof, taken from the stream itself

This is a capture of a StanRP vertical livestream. The on-screen text is part of the broadcast, visible to every viewer, at all times.

The exact wording displayed on screen is:

Old LiveStreamBut send a gift = Auto Alert

Two things are announced in the same frame: the gameplay is old, and the alert system is still live. That second line is the part people usually miss when a clip is taken out of context.

There is no intention to deceive anyone

The information is not given once, and not only in writing. At the beginning of every live, before launching the Old LiveStream segments, I say it out loud: these parts are comedy — sketches, jokes, bits meant to make people laugh. They are not a performance I pretend to be playing at that exact second.

So a viewer receives the same information through three independent channels:

• Spoken — announced at the start of each live, before the old segments are launched.
• Written — the Old LiveStream label displayed in large text on screen, for the whole broadcast.
• Documented — this public page, on the official website, with the on-screen capture as proof.

On the platform side, no YouTube rule forbids prerecorded content or replaying older comedy livestreams as such. What the rules target is misleading the audience — and that is precisely what the spoken introduction and the permanent on-screen label are designed to prevent.

How a shoutout is displayed — in real time

Shoutouts are never prerecorded. Here is the exact chain, step by step:

1. A viewer sends a gift on the YouTube live

   Only gifts worth more than 30 jewels in value are taken into account. This threshold exists to prevent alert spam.

2. YouTube sends the event to Streamlabs

   Streamlabs is connected to my channel and receives the gift event the moment it happens, with the sender's name.

3. Streamlabs triggers the alert inside OBS Studio

   The alert is an overlay source in OBS Studio, layered on top of the gameplay video. It is composited into the broadcast at that exact moment.

4. The alert appears for about 10 seconds

   It is displayed automatically on the vertical YouTube live for roughly 10 seconds, then it disappears on its own. No manual editing, no delay, no script written in advance.

The argument that settles it: an alert shows the name of the viewer who just sent the gift. I cannot know in advance who will send one, at what time, or under which username. A prerecorded video physically cannot contain that. If you see your own name appear on screen, that part of the stream is live — by definition.

What a gift buys — and what it does not

This point matters more than the rest, so it is stated as clearly as possible: nothing is ever promised in exchange for a YouTube jewel gift.

Plainly: gifts exist for the shoutout, and the shoutout is live because it is layered on top of the gameplay. People send them to encourage a humorous live, not to purchase a result.

Why replayed comedy segments exist at all

This part is rarely explained, so here it is plainly.

• A human cannot stream 24/7. Sleep, school, work and a normal life exist. A replayed comedy segment keeps the channel available outside those hours.
• Viewers are spread across time zones. Someone in the United States, in Asia or in South America does not share my schedule. A looped format gives them something to join.
• Stability. A stable recorded video layer avoids crashes, lag spikes and connection drops in the middle of a long broadcast.
• The interactive part keeps running. Chat, moderation and automatic alerts still work, so the stream stays a two-way space and not just a video.
• The format is legitimate when it is announced. That condition is exactly why the label is displayed big and the intro is spoken out loud.

What I commit to

• Old or replayed comedy gameplay is always marked with the on-screen Old LiveStream label, for the entire duration.
• The nature of those segments is announced out loud at the start of every live.
• I never claim to be playing live during an Old LiveStream.
• Gift shoutouts are always triggered live, by the real event, with the real name.
• No money, no in-game item and no in-game advantage is ever promised in exchange for a gift.
• Giveaways stay free to enter. A gift is a form of support, not a purchase.
• If you ever see a replayed StanRP stream without the label, report it through the contact page. That would be a mistake to correct, not a practice to defend.

Frequently asked questions

Résumé français

En clair : certains de mes concepts de live rediffusent du gameplay ancien, et ce sont des séquences humoristiques. Je ne l'ai jamais caché : je le répète à voix haute au début de chaque live avant de lancer ces parties, et la mention Old LiveStream reste affichée en gros à l'écran pendant toute la durée. Aucune règle YouTube n'interdit le contenu pré-enregistré ou la rediffusion d'anciens lives comiques — ce qui est interdit, c'est de tromper le public, et c'est exactement ce que la mention et l'annonce orale empêchent.

Sur les cadeaux : je ne promets aucune récompense monétaire, aucun objet ni aucun avantage en jeu en échange de jewels YouTube. Les cadeaux servent uniquement aux shoutouts, qui sont toujours en direct puisqu'ils s'affichent par-dessus le gameplay via Streamlabs et OBS Studio (environ 10 secondes, à partir de 30 jewels de valeur pour éviter le spam). Les gens envoient un cadeau pour m'encourager ou parce qu'ils ont trouvé le contenu drôle, divertissant ou tout simplement ridicule.

Sur les rediffusions : je coupe les rediffusions pour ne laisser que 10 à 30 secondes publiques parce que mes contenus ont été volés et republiés sur d'autres chaînes YouTube, en violation de mes droits d'auteur. Chaque début de live est authentique, rien n'est automatisé, et je ne possède qu'une seule chaîne YouTube : StanRP. Merci de ne pas me comparer à des réseaux de scammers qui diffusaient du contenu pré-enregistré douteux, sans transparence, sans l'indiquer, et sur des dizaines de chaînes en même temps.

Updated July 27, 2026 · part of stanrp.fr, the official StanRP website.