the blog of a disabled mother who likes to game, and "get in the pit"
I can now download some of Bub’s larger games to the laptop, which makes me really happy! This means that he will have access to all of his games on the laptop and the desktop, so he can use either to play them (and should be at the same place in all of them since the majority of these games save on the cloud, which makes me even happier)! He’s been loving the fact that I’ve been putting more of his games on the laptop.
So I’ve been making it a habit to stram as many days as I’m able to now that I’m a member of Mystic Esports (which I not only don’t mind but love), just to see if it will improve the stats that I already have. For the most part I am mixing the audio by myself to the extent that I an able in OBS, and I would say that I’m doing a fairly good job with it as I learn on my feet. I do honestly love being part of an esports organization though.
There are some things that I… do disagree on, as it relates to streaming as a whole, though.
I’m never going to have sexual streams. I just want everyone to know that the idea is completely out the window. It is not an option. It will never be an option. Being sexual on stream is just something that I do not, and will never, feel comfortable with, and I don’t want to be known as doing so. I don’t think any less of the people who do so, who make money off of doing so, but doing so is just not me. Let’s close the door on that.
Although I will never make my kids stream with me, if they come onto camera I will respond to them and give them whatever level of comfort they request. Telling me not to do so, or telling me “to shove baby in the closet”, is not and will never be an option. There are multiple reasons why I will not do this, so stop asking me to do this. I’m going to be less polite on this one. I’m probably going to be far less polite on this one.
I’ve joined Mystic Esports, and I’m excited to be able to work with their members on upcoming projects!
The more I hear about the process of the Steam arbitration (or would-be arbitration, since they only intend to request arbitration if gamers are not fairly recouped from buying games at a loss from Steam), the more I’m liking the fact it’s happening. Steam should never have been allowed to buy out their only competition, which they did in 2004, to follow that up telling game manufacturers that they couldn’t list their games anywhere else for more affordable prices if they wanted to retain the ability to list them on Steam. And although I continue to have problems with them for a number of reasons, ones that I would like to see rectified by them at some point, this isn’t a bad first step. The next thing I’d like to do is see improvements made to their API for the sake of added security, and depending on what they do with this, changes to their TOS to reflect that.
If you haven’t read about that, I highly suggest doing so. For the one or two people who aren’t already at least somewhat aware, litigation has commenced because it appears that Steam is and has been in violation of antitrust laws, not allowing game manufacturers to sell their games cheaper than the required asking price for them on Steam. It was determined that all of this had to be settled through arbitration rather than class action suit and encompasses the last four calendar years of any Steam game purchases you might have made. Seeing as how I’ve bought Bub alone as many games as I have on Steam (and the Steam Deck!), I’ve signed up to receive settlement should it be determined that Steam has indeed violated antitrust laws and is to be held accountable. I have problems with Steam that I’ve had for awhile, but their monopoly on PC games has made it impossible to avoid them or to avoid transacting with them when they are literally the only vendor selling the majority of computer games. The security of their API also leaves a lot as a whole to be desired, and it’s something that they have shown no interest in fixing, so any win is a win nonetheless.
You can also get up to three times awarded in damages, and most lawyers taking these claims on will only take a percentage if successful (and given the sheer number of people requesting services, I support this).
At some point, I need to change some of what is in the About Me pages that I have up on here… especially with the information that I’ve found out about ancestors of mine and what Genomelink has revealed to me in terms of ancestry. But given what has been in the news so much these past few days alone, I’m not going to.
I am getting ready to resume streaming for real this time! The second monitor that I got the gaming computer has been coming along smoothly, and it’s been fairly easy to set the things I want to set up on it to make switching panels as seamless as it can be for someone who trips over things as often as I do. I am considering upgrading the webcam to one that a lot of streamers use, and possibly getting a keypad that I’ve seen a lot of streamers use. I’ve heard a lot of good things about the keypad, so I guess we’ll just see.
I also have a few content creation organizations interested in me, and one has asked me if I’ll join their team.