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 Establish a TCP connection with the server, and send the payload. If the server likes your payload, it will stream data to you, or accept more of your data.
 
 ## The payload
-Send the length of the payload as a 4-byte (32-bit) big endian unsigned integer, a null byte (hex:`00`) and a UTF-8 encoded string identifying the client's intentions, for example: `watch,user=fier,channel=exampleChannel,channel-password=123` or `broadcast,user=fier,user-password=123,delay=0.1,channel=exampleChannel,channel-password=456`.
+Send the length of the payload as a 4-byte (32-bit) big endian unsigned integer, a null byte (hex:`00`) and a UTF-8 encoded string identifying the client's intentions follows, for example: `watch,user=fier,channel=exampleChannel,channel-password=123` or `broadcast,user=fier,user-password=123,delay=0.1,channel=exampleChannel,channel-password=456`. The length includes only the string message, in bytes, it does not include the length itself, nor the null byte.
 
 If you are a watcher, you will now be blasted with data. If you are a broadcaster, you can now blast data.
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