How to play on Olli43’s stream
A few drops, one board, everyone in chat at once. No account, no app: you just type in chat. Here is one show, start to finish.
!join hello from Leeds
Join. When the doors open, type !join and you get a ball with your name on it, up to 500 a show. Add a message after it and it goes up on stream if you win. Missed the doors? Type it anyway and you’re first in next show.
!7
Pick a column. Type !1 to !9 to choose where your ball drops from. Change it as often as you like until the reveal; no pick and the game picks one for you. It carries over to the next drop.
Bomb 1Boing 2Shield 3Gust 5Shuffle 5Curse 10
Use a power play. A Bomb blasts a crowded spot, a Boing puts up a bouncy bar with your name on it, and a Shield survives one Banished slot (one a show, and not in the last drop). A Gust blows every ball sideways, a Shuffle spins the slots once everyone has landed, and a Curse turns a Remain slot Banished. Subs and members get a Bomb, Boing or Shield free every show; the rest cost power. They go off by themselves mid-drop, so nobody needs quick fingers.
The reveal, then the drop. Three reels spin and the nine slots lock into Remain, Banished or Power play, and columns lock with them. Then every ball falls at once. Remain keeps you in, Banished puts you out, and a Power play slot keeps you in with a wild power play for next time. Lost your ball? !me flashes it.
!laststand
Banished? Make a Last Stand. Type it within 15 seconds of the drop and you’re back in. Free once a show, for the first 10 people each drop.
Winners
Still standing after the last drop? You win. Most shows end with the Golden Drop: one slot wins and the other eight are Banished. Winners’ messages go up on stream. The full rules
Power on Olli43’s stream
How you get it
Supporting the stream gives you power: 100 Bits is 1, a sub or YouTube membership is 3 (Tier 2: 6, Tier 3: 15), each sub you gift is 3, and a Super Chat is about 1 for every £1. Type !power any time to see yours.
How you spend it
Type the power play before a drop: !bomb 1, !boing 2, !shield 3, !gust or !shuffle 5, !curse 10. You always get the one you pick. What it does is luck: a Bomb, Gust or Shuffle moves every ball it reaches, yours included.
Joining is always free, nothing has cash value, and there are no random paid items. Power carries over from show to show; a Fresh start for a new stream sets everyone back to 0.
The leaderboard
It’s wins only: one for every show you win, and players on the same number share a place. The top five go up on stream between shows. This week’s board resets every Monday (UK time), or when Olli starts a fresh one for a new stream. All time never resets.
A few tips
Get in early: seats run out, and the last tenth are kept for subs and members. Don’t overthink your column, because the slots are shuffled every drop. Use your Shield before the last drop. And if you’re out, you can still throw a Bomb or a Gust into the drop with your power. More tips
On stream
Many Balls started as a game show for Twitch chat, and it still is. Up to 500 viewers type !join, every ball wears a viewer’s name, and the last ones standing get their message on stream. Right now it runs on one stream: Olli43’s, on Twitch and YouTube. New to it? Here’s how to play.