Every streamer has that one chatter who always seems to know exactly when to send the most devious effect possible. Crowd Control's Paybacks feature flips the script: streamers can troll viewers back, live, on stream.

How Paybacks Work

On Twitch, you can get payback on any effect sent your way.

1. Click the payback button on your Session Dashboard.

2. A random disrupt plays directly on the viewer's video feed.

3. As a show of good faith, a percentage of the coins they spent gets returned to them as free coins.

To manage your payback settings, head to the Disrupts page in the app and select Pranks & Paybacks.

Pranks: Now It's PvP

Paybacks aren't just for streamers. If you enable Pranks, viewers get in on it too, and it turns into full viewer-versus-viewer chaos.

With Pranks turned on, viewers can choose one of your Payback Disrupts and send it directly to another viewer's stream instead of yours. Pranks are priced the same as the disrupt's usual cost, and the revenue still goes to you as the streamer, so letting your chat troll each other doesn't cost you anything.

Opting Out

Both streamers and viewers can opt out of Paybacks and Pranks at any time, so nobody's stuck in the crossfire if they'd rather not participate.

What You Need to Use It

Prank & Payback Disrupts currently work exclusively for Twitch streamers and viewers on desktop, since the feature relies on Crowd Control's Twitch Extension. If you're streaming to another platform or your viewers are on mobile, Pranks and Paybacks will not be available.

Why It's Worth Turning On

Paybacks and Pranks add a layer of chaos that goes beyond streamer versus chat. Viewers start watching out for each other, plotting paybacks of their own, and creating moments that keep chat engaged even when they're not the one sending an effect.

Head to the Disrupts page in the Crowd Control app and enable Pranks & Paybacks to give your chat, and yourself, a way to get even.