Many Balls · How to play on stream
Type !join in chat and you get a ball with your name on it. All the balls drop together through the pegs into nine slots: Remain keeps you in, Banished knocks you out, Power play gives you something extra. The last balls standing win, and their messages go up on stream.
The streamer opens the doors, chat piles in, and the drops begin. A drop takes under a minute from start to finish.
When the doors open, type !join. Add a message for the winners’ wall if you like: !join hello from Leeds.
Type !1 to !9 to choose where your ball drops from. Change it as often as you like until the reveal. No pick? The game picks one for you.
If you have one, use it before the drop: !bomb, !boing or !shield. It goes off by itself during the drop. More below.
Reels spin and lock the nine slots, so everyone can see which are Remain, Banished and Power play. Columns are locked now.
Every ball falls at once, and where yours lands decides it: Remain you’re through, Banished you’re out, Power play you’re through with a wild one for next time. Lost your ball? !me flashes it.
Still standing after the last drop? You win, and your message goes up on stream.
Type !join anyway. You’re first in when the next show starts.
A show is several drops. Your column carries over, so only change it if you want to. You can pick it as you join too: !join 4 hello from Leeds.
You’re through to the next drop.
You’re out for the rest of the show, unless you have a Shield up.
You stay in, and you get a wild power play for the next drop, which can be anything at all.
Every drop has at least one safe slot. Power play slots only appear when two or more slots are safe.
Most shows end with it: one slot wins and the other eight are Banished. If nobody lands in it, the pegs win and nobody does. No Shields in the last drop, so everyone takes the same chance.
You choose them before the drop and they go off by themselves: a Shield looks after your ball, the others go off at a random moment in the drop. Nobody needs quick fingers.
Blasts a cluster of balls during the drop.
!bombA bouncy bar between two pegs, with your name under it. Six a drop.
!boingSurvives one Banished slot. One a show, and not in the last drop.
!shieldBlows every ball sideways. One a drop.
!gustOnce everyone has landed, the slots spin. You get whatever ends up under your ball.
!shuffleTurns a Remain slot into Banished for one drop.
!curse| 100 Bits | 1 power |
|---|---|
| A sub or a YouTube membership | 3 power (Tier 2: 6, Tier 3: 15) |
| Gifting subs | 3 power for each one you gift |
| A Super Chat | about 1 power for every £1 |
Anonymous gifts go to someone who joined in the last 15 minutes, picked at random. Type !power any time to see what you have.
!bomb | 1 power |
|---|---|
!boing | 2 power |
!shield | 3 power |
!gust or !shuffle | 5 power |
!curse | 10 power |
Type it before a drop. It only comes off your power once it’s locked in, and the line under the board tells you. Power carries over from show to show; a Fresh start for a new stream sets everyone back to 0.
You always get the power you ask for. What it does is luck: it goes off at a random moment in the drop, and a Bomb, Gust or Shuffle moves every ball it reaches, yours included. A Curse turns a Remain slot, picked at random, into Banished, and that could be the one under your ball. Only a Shield is sure to help you. Power plays nudge the odds; they never pick a winner, and plenty of shows are won by balls with nothing at all.
Quick Drop: one drop, winners in about two minutes. 3, 5, 7 or 10 drops: the last one is usually the Golden Drop. King of the Hill: drops keep coming, with more Banished slots each time, until one ball is left.
Everyone still standing wins, and their messages take turns on stream, then all go up together on the winners’ wall. The streamer can hide any message.
Banished? Type !laststand within 15 seconds of the drop and you’re back in. Free once a show, first 10 people each drop, and it shuts near the end of a show.
They choose the show length and how many slots are Banished, and they get a Blast, a Gust and a Shuffle of their own each drop. They can’t choose who wins.
It’s mostly luck, but a little sense goes a long way.
Seats run out. On Olli43’s stream the last tenth are kept for subs and members. Type !join before the doors even open and you’re first in.
The slots are shuffled every drop and only shown once columns are locked, so no column dodges Banished. Pick one you like and stick with it.
In a show of several drops, a Shield can’t go on the last one (usually the Golden Drop), so use it before then or it’s wasted.
Land in one and your next power play is wild: any power at all, Gust, Shuffle and Curse included.
Type !laststand straight away. It’s free once a show, but only the first 10 people each drop get back in.
You can still throw a Bomb, Boing, Gust, Shuffle or Curse into the drop with your power. Only a Shield needs a ball of your own.
Each channel has its own leaderboard, and it’s wins only: one win for every show you win.
!join !join 4 !join 4 hello from Leeds | Take a seat, pick a column if you like, and leave a message for the winners’ wall |
|---|---|
!1 to !9, or !drop 7 | Pick your column, any time until the reveal |
!bomb !boing !shield | Use your free power play (one a show) |
!gust !shuffle !curse | A wild one, from a Power play slot |
!power | See your power, on streams that give it for Bits, subs or Super Chats |
!me | Flash your ball during the drop, so you can find it |
!laststand | Come back after you’re banished, in the window after the drop (free once a show) |
!balls | Between shows: when enough people type it within a minute, a show starts (if the streamer allows it) |