# Crowd Control

## Getting Started

The Crowd Control service connectivity allows you to associate Mix It Up commands with specific effects when they are redeemed within Crowd Control. To connect to Crowd Control, please ensure the software is running, you have connected a Twitch, YouTube, Kick, or Velora account in Mix It Up, and signed in to that same account in Crowd Control.

To interact with the software, you would add a [Crowd Control Command](/docs/integrations/crowd-control#crowd-control-commands) within Mix It Up.

## Events

### Crowd Control Effect Redeemed
This event fires when any [Crowd Control](/docs/integrations/crowd-control) effect has been redeemed. It shares the same Special Identifiers that can be found for [Crowd Control Commands](/docs/integrations/crowd-control#crowd-control-commands).

## Crowd Control Commands

Crowd Control Commands allow you to associate a command within Mix It Up to trigger when a specific [Crowd Control](/docs/integrations/crowd-control) effect has been redeemed. The [User](/docs/reference/special-identifiers#user) Special Identifiers reference the user that redeemed the effect. Crowd Control commands expose the following additional Special Identifiers:

- $crowdcontroleffectid = The ID of the Crowd Control effect.
- $crowdcontroleffectname = The name of the Crowd Control effect.
- $crowdcontroleffectdescription = The description of the Crowd Control effect.
- $crowdcontroleffectimage = The image URL of the Crowd Control effect.
- $crowdcontrolgamename = The name of the game associated with the Crowd Control effect.