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Around the Room

Your daily showdown — fast takes, fun debates, and instant winners.

🔍 Overview

Around the Room brings the energy of Around the Horn to your Playback Rooms.

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It’s a live, game-style format for communities that love debating, laughing, and competing — all in real time.

Use it to host daily discussions, creator panels, or community debates.

Each session moves through rundowns, showdowns, and ends with a declared winner.

🚀 How to access Around the Room

  1. Open your Playback Room

    2. Go to your event and click Studio from the bottom toolbar.

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  2. Select Game Mode

    3. In the left panel under Stream, choose Game Mode.

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  3. Choose a format

      4. You’ll see two options:

    1. Around the Room – a full-panel debate with points and a final winner
    2. Showdown – a 1-on-1 version for quick debates

      3. Click the ➕ icon to launch either mode.

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  4. Read the in-app overview

      5. A short pop-up explains how the format works:

    1. Segments: Add or reorder topics
    2. Point allocation: Host awards or deducts points
    3. Showdown: Final head-to-head
    4. Declaring a winner: End the game when ready
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🧭 Running your Around the Room session

1. Set up your game

After selecting Around the Room, you’ll see the setup screen where you configure your session before going live

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  • Host – Runs the show. Awards points, advances through segments, and declares the winner.
  • Players – Add 2–4 creators or contributors.
  • Segments – Add debate topics for the show. You can upload a graphic or GIF and optionally send a push notification when each segment starts.
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Click Add to event ➕ once you’ve configured everything to begin your Around the Room session.

2. Start the Room

Once added to your event, select Around the Room and go live.

Invite up to four creators or contributors — each appears in a color-coded frame.

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3. The Rundown

Use the right-hand Rundown panel to guide your debate topics.

Panelists take quick turns reacting to each question before time runs out.

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4. Scoring & Points

As the host, you control scoring in real time:

  • Award points for great takes, creativity, or humor.
  • Deduct points for off-topic or weak responses.

Scores appear beside each player’s frame and update instantly.

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5. Showdown

When only two players remain, switch to Showdown Mode for a one-on-one debate.

Other participants are automatically removed from the stage.

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6. Declaring a Winner

When the discussion wraps, the participant with the highest score wins.

You decide when to end the game — the app displays a trophy card showing total points, win rate, and recent performance.

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✨ Key features

Here’s what makes Around the Room fun and fast to run:

  • 🎤 Fast takes, big energy
  • ⚡ Host-controlled points system
  • 🔄 Automatic transition to Showdown
  • 🏆 Winner stats & trophy screen
  • 🎨 Color-coded participant frames
  • 📋 Integrated Rundown topics list

🏆 Join Around the Room Challenge

Celebrate the launch by sharing your best Around the Room moments!

How to participate:

  1. Host your own Around the Room session.
  2. Clip your best moments or debates
  3. Post them on Instagram, TikTok, X, or YouTube.
  4. Tag @WatchPlayback to find and feature you

💡 Tips

  • Prepare 5–10 quick prompts before going live.
  • Keep takes short — ideally 10–15 seconds for a fast-paced game, or up to 30 seconds for deeper discussions
  • Use points creatively to keep the room lively.
  • End with a recap or highlight clip to share on socials.

📺 See it in action

🎥 Official announcement: https://x.com/WatchPlayback/status/1976323525175918716