Group Stream Night is a two-hour event that happens once a week in which the Allies get together to do a variety of things such as The Hall of Greats, The Easy Allies Awards, or simply playing a game. These streams always happen on a Tuesday, and typically start at 6PM PT.
History[]
Originally, the Allies would decide on what they were going to be doing, but later they decided to allow Patrons to suggest and vote on what they would play. On April 25, 2018, on a special edition of Cup of Jones, it was announced that the patron game suggestion feature would end, with the Allies instead deciding to give patrons a number of games and ideas to be voted on. Later, this feature was also discontinued to allow the Allies more flexibility to pick the games for Group Stream Night.
As part of the Phase 4 Announcements, a new fortnightly Stream Team stream hosted by Michael Damiani was announced on August 13, 2019 to allow $15 and up Patrons another opportunity to pick and vote on games for a rotating group of Allies to play.
In March 2020, the global COVID-19 pandemic forced Easy Allies to halt production at the studio and work from home. This put Group Stream Nights in The Studio on hold while other podcasts, shows, and streams also had to be updated to accommodate working from home.
On May 25, 2021, Easy Allies announced during Group Stream Night and in a subsequent Patreon post that they would officially be returning to The Studio as a group on June 10, 2021. The date coincided with all of the Allies being fully vaccinated and COVID-cleared as well as the first day of E3. Following E3, they revealed their first studio group stream of 2021 would be on June 15th.
The Hall of Greats[]
The Easy Allies Hall of Greats is a quarterly Group Stream Night event in which the Allies vote for the games they deem worthy of being called One of the Greats. These are chosen in a heated debate in which each Ally brings forth a game they believe is a great one, and they have five minutes to present their case to the rest of the Allies, who will then ask the presenter a variety of questions about their game for another five minutes. After every game has been presented, they vote for the games they think should enter the Hall of Greats.
The Easy Allies Awards[]
The Easy Allies Awards is an annual awards show celebrating the best games of the year. Awards are given out in a variety of fun and serious categories culminating in the Game of the Year award.
After deliberating upon winners as an editorial team, each Ally also provides their own Personal Picks.
Intramural Tournaments[]
Easy Allies has regularly held Intramural Tournaments between the Allies during Group Stream Night in a variety of games. Prizes are typically purchased and given out for the winners.