YouTube Name Pickers by BitsPleaseYT Open Name Pickers
✦ Quick start guide

From live chat to a winner

No streamer login is needed. Select YouTube, Twitch, or both, paste each active livestream URL, choose a keyword, and open the collector.

1

Choose YouTube, Twitch, or both

Under Entry sources, select either platform or both when simulcasting. The collector keeps each platform's viewer list separately labeled.

YouTube and Twitch entry-source buttons highlighted on the Name Pickers setup page
2

Open the stream connection

Click the colored Connect YouTube or Connect Twitch button at the top. Returning users can click the connected button to choose a different livestream.

Connected platform button highlighted at the top of the Name Pickers page
3

Paste the active livestream URL

Paste the public YouTube or Twitch URL and click Find stream. Every connection screen lists the other available platforms. For example, check Also add Twitch from YouTube or Also add YouTube from Twitch. The second platform's URL field appears immediately in the same connection window so both streams can be found and confirmed together. The site never asks the streamer or visitors to sign in.

Livestream URL field, Find stream button, and live-stream confirmation
4

Set the game, keyword, and duration

Pick a race, the Winner Wheel, Doge Walker, Froggie, or French Fries and Gravy, enter the word viewers should type, and choose the game duration.

  • Viewers must type the displayed keyword, such as !race.
  • Doge Walker supports 2 to 175 viewers in each game.
  • Froggie supports 2 to 200 viewers in each game.
  • French Fries and Gravy supports 2 to 200 viewers in each game.
  • Each platform account can enter only once per collection.
  • If the collector is not already open, click Start collecting viewers now.
Game choices, keyword, duration, and Start collecting viewers button highlighted
5

Watch names appear, then launch

Keep the Chat is open! collector open while viewers type the keyword. Their names appear automatically. When at least two names are present, click Launch race or Spin wheel.

  • Remove all starts a fresh empty list.
  • You can add a viewer manually if needed.
  • Repeated keyword messages do not create duplicate entries.
Open collector containing viewer names and the Launch race button