Posts Tagged ‘streaming’

12
Dec
2023

These are just some things that I will never do.

categories: computer gaming, personal; word count: 292 words

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.

07
Dec
2023

I have since finally set the webcam up! Go me!

categories: consoles, personal; word count: 225 words

For Christmas, I got the kids one of those gaming chairs that you can rock back and forth in. I can sit in it too if I’d like to, even though the last time I sat in one of these was when I myself was a child so it feels a bit awkward (and will take some getting used to). I can certainly fit on it, and sit on it, no problem… except for the whole “rocking back and forth” thing because that feels awkward due to me not having done it in decades. I also got a new webcam for our computer, and a much better one at that, for streaming purposes. The kids can also use it to talk to relatives of theirs on Zoom if they would like, although I don’t think any relatives that I know of have Zoom, so I’d have to walk them through the process of setting all of that up on whatever computer or mobile device they use. If it’s something that the kids want to do, I’m in support of it.

I also got a larger HDD for our laptop so that Bub can store more of his games on it, which he will love!

In addition, I know that I’m getting the Corpse Husband gloomy bear and a copy of the hoodie he put out.

08
Oct
2023

This resolved itself much quicker than I’d thought!

categories: computer gaming; word count: 150 words

After only an additional day of investigating, I have the second monitor hooked up and functional!

Entirely as expected, all I needed was a different cord because another HDMI cable and splitter was not cutting it giving me the results that I wanted in order to be able to game and stream on a second monitor.

I’ve set up almost everything that I want (and, in the case of streaming, need) on that second monitor, and am deliberating upgrading our computer’s webcam after so long. I’m also considering getting a streaming keypad to be able to queue things up even more easily and with no more than single button presses. That should cover just about everything “professional” I’ll need to stream, and stream well, at this point in time!

With luck, I should be able to take pictures of these things as they come along over the weeks and months!

19
Sep
2023

I am almost back to being able to stream here!

categories: personal; word count: 74 words

Next week I will be attempting to stream thirty hours to raise awareness for Stop Soldier Suicide!

In the interim I’ve been messing around with Twitch Studio. I’ll be using OBS Studio when streaming Nintendo Switch games through my capture card, but I’m still not old hat at that yet. Close, but no cigar.

This has been fun. And what I mean by that, of course, is “not actually fun, but I’ve been managing”.

14
Sep
2023

Well, that was an… extremely weird ending to this.

categories: personal; word count: 368 words

I have a lot of the things ready in my room to resume streaming!

I just want to hang some of the clothing up that I wear, and have worn, for streaming somewhere that is in slightly easier reach than reaching into my closet hoping for the best (my closet houses a lot of nice things, but it is only so large). There are also some lights that I want to put in the background to avoid having to turn the overhead light on and giving myself a migraine, and I’m working out the finer details on that. I do continue to have migraines — I think that’s a “going to be the rest of my life” thing, so in spite of having made peace with that I’m going to continue to explore pathways to lessen them, and the pain — and my seizures (apraxic, non-convulsive) are under better control than they were. I take the wins when I can.

I’d also like to address the fact that the revenge porn thing I posted about — letting someone’s local police department know the two occasions that he had posted graphic revenge porn of what appeared to be exes of his because they didn’t give him what he wanted — solved itself in a very weird way, but I will take the win. The person in question (okay, my oldest son’s legal father) deleted the account that he had on that site around the time that he got charged with criminal trespass and resisting arrest, intending on going as far into hiding as he could to avoid the charge. When he deleted his account on that site — one that historically ignores takedown requests as it is, even when they are made by law enforcement or the judicial system — those pictures were deleted with it. His desperation to hide from local law enforcement solved that problem, for which I’m grateful. As a matter of fact, he’s still trying to hide from law enforcement because that criminal trespass (first degree) and resisting arrest charges are pending pre-trial diversion. If he shows up, watch him screw this up. It’s practically in his genes. And honestly, I like the fact that he’s even hiding from the Internet.

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