Thursday, November 1, 2018

October 2018 Entry

October 2018 Entry

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- My cousin called me during a stream letting me know they were heading back home and wanted to meet up (10.01). We met after the stream was over to eat at Kura. It was their first time there and they indulged in it. Great to see them. 

It was during that event that I mentioned I wanted to see their sister's new baby, but just had not contacted her about it. That prompted them to tell her and she texted me to schedule a meet up. So that Sunday, I met their baby boy (10.07). It was nice to actually be at their home without a party going on. Got to catch up with them and talk about how things have been since having a baby. Didn't want to stay too long either since they were all tired so I was there for 3 hours.

- Took some time off from streaming to take care of things and to help out my parents. One thing I did set up was my Stream Deck Mini (10.14). I didn't want to use it immediately when I started streaming as I wanted to learn the basics, but this certainly helps stream line things. 


I later moved the icons around (Test did not work) and then added more TWICE gifs to fill in the empty spaces. On another day off of streaming, I tested out multiple action buttons (10.25). Had a small issue with a couple of the buttons not working, but eventually figured out how to get them to work properly.

- When Cheese Ballz announced they were coming back, I tried to order some. Amazon unfortunately was sold out. However, someone in a Facebook group posted that they finally received theirs months later and provided a link to purchase them. I immediately ordered them. A couple days later, they arrived along with a separate shipment of new Asuka masks (10.17). As of posting this (10.31), I have gone through 3 cans and am working on a 4th.


- Moving Toreba entries out of the gaming section since that portion will have more information. After a 2 month drought, I finally won a new prize from Toreba (10.22). It's a big penguin. It arrived a week later. 


And on the day it arrived, I won a new prize (10.29). 


- While trying to gift a sub on Twitch, my transaction wouldn't go through. Earlier in the week, I had received a text about possible suspicious transactions on my credit card. I did email my bank about it, but didn't receive a reply. But I decided to call my bank while trying to do the gift sub (10.25). It was around midnight when I did this. The person on the line did relay to me that they tried calling me about it (never answered because I was receiving way too many spam calls lately). She went over some of the transactions and I was following along with her on my online banking. There were 2 gas station transactions that were close to $100 at gas stations I don't go to regularly. She mentioned a few others that weren't recorded on there such as groceries. So they put in a report while cancelling my card and rushing me a new one, which arrived a little over 24 hours later. After registering it, I checked my online account again and saw more transactions appear at more gas stations for around the same amount again. I made sure to call my bank so those can be recorded as well. The second time I've had to get a new credit card in one year...geez...

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- Super Showdown was a great show (10.06). Definitely have to give up to the Australian wrestlers who got great ovations.


- A wonderful tribute to Eddie Guerrero before SmackDown 1000 (10.14). Of all the wrestlers that passed away, he is the one I miss the most. I think he'd still be helping the industry grow in some capacity if he were still around. 


- SmackDown 1000 was a fun episode (10.16). Truth TV, Evolution, Becky Lynch, and everyone else made it a memorable event. 


- Roman Reigns announcing he is battling leukemia was devastating (10.22). But seeing the out pour of support from everyone in the locker room, other sports, and even fans that hate him is incredible. Get healthy and see you back in the ring in the future. 


- The Mae Young Classic 2018 has been wonderful (10.25). Every match was worth seeing. And the emotion from all the ladies really gets to you.


- Evolution was incredible (10.28). Every match was fun to watch and everyone had a moment to shine. Becky Lynch VS Charlotte was match of the night. Ladies, you owned it. Thank you. 



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- Thanks to a friend posting a Facebook memory, I have fallen back into following Alli Flanagan (10.03). While she hasn't been making YouTube videos (ha), she has been on Twitch. So I watched a couple of her old streams (Mario Odyssey and Okami) as well as tuning in whenever she's live. And honestly...I adore watching her. She has a great sense of humor and her accent is charming. She's also great with interacting with the chat. I get very giddy when she replies to me, ha. For my stream I actually use an audio clip of her saying "bdoop" for when I get bits. The cut clip linked below was when she first made the noise. The sound clip I used is from this video (https://www.twitch.tv/videos/326782316 at 1:27:42). If you have a Twitch account, I do recommend following her (and on YouTube as well). 



- My second stream was Super Mario Bros. 3 (10.01). I did an all levels run. Not a speed run by any means. I also restricted myself from using certain items in certain levels and made sure to beat a Koopaling with the frog, tanooki, and hammer suit to get the alternate messages.



- The first new game to play on stream, Mega Man 11 (10.02). I didn't do well with guessing the robot master order, ha. I also did some chat interaction by having them select which boss and which item to buy at certain times. I would have actually been able to beat the game in one sitting, but I got a bad headache that made it no fun to play. Knocked it out fast the next day. That made it a short stream. I didn't think to do any of the challenge levels to extend the stream. Oh well. 




- Played Fortnite on stream a couple times (10.03, 10.05). Not much to note on the first one except learning some new things that were in the game. But the second one, I had a good partner help carry me in multiple matches. We got really close (top 5, I think). Other than Agent Striker, he has been a great duo/squad partner. 


- True Fear: Forsaken Souls - Part 1 was the first demo I streamed (10.04). I was surprised with how long the demo actually went for (around 90 minutes). There were a few freezes and I had to restart the game. And I only had to use clues towards the end because I missed a small part to click on. Shout outs to the developers for Liking my tweet. 

- iRetroGamer has taken down all of his videos. At first it was going to be a hiatus, but then he removed all his content so that he could separate himself from it and put his focus on being a family man. G to the Next Level made a great video to summarize things and to talk about the impact that Tyler had on him (10.07). He will be missed, but definitely not forgotten. 


- I took a look at the games I currently owned to see what I could play on stream. Didn't want to resort to Fortnite every time I had a lull in between games. There were a few that stood out such as Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (which I'll keep in my back pocket for a while), but Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection was what I chose. I did an all Ryu run when I first got the game and wanted to replicate that so I could showcase and play all the games again. So I did an all Ken run (10.07, 10.08). The first stream of the first 6 six games became my longest stream at the time and the latest I ever streamed (5 and a half hours and ending a little after midnight). I was so drained after that one, but the second stream was easier. 




- Super Dodge Ball came out on the Nintendo Switch app (10.10). I can't recall the last time I ever played the game, so I was excited to play it. My initial plan was to play the world tournament, switch to a demo that got released, and come back to play bean ball. But the world tournament went faster than expected so I played bean ball immediately after. After that, switch to the demo for Ninjin: Clash of Carrots. Not a bad game. Had the viewers interested and talking about the game (one had bought it and was telling me about it). After that, I went back to Super Dodge Ball to play the world tournament on hard mode. It definitely was more challenging and took longer to beat. But like I said, it was great to play one of my favorite NES games again. 



- Another demo. Played Word Puzzles by POWGI (10.11). I had played this demo on Wii U and 3DS before. The one cool thing about this was that the developer tweeted me back. I've had other developers like my tweets when I mention them, but never had a nice exchange with one. Pretty cool. 


- I became a Twitch Affiliate (10.12). I was at 40 when I decided that I can reach the goal of 50 before the night was over. I texted friends and family about making accounts and I went down the rabbit hole of F4F. That was frustrating as not everyone is good on their word about doing F4F. I swear I Followed double the amount that I needed and less than half actually did Followed back. The thing is, I did reach 50. I got a notification that I reached it, but the numbers were off on the achievement list. It said I was at 45 after I had actually gotten 46-50. I asked others what was supposed to happen next and it didn't happen. So...I had to get 5 more Follows before officially getting the invite to become an Affiliate. I made sure to fill out my application and I was an Affiliate. I was super tired after that, but I'm glad it happened. 


- Picked up my copy of The World Ends With You: Final Remix (10.12). Never played the game when it came out on the DS, but always heard good stuff about it. This game became my longest stream series capping out at 6 when I beat it (10.22). I really liked the art style, the story (got better and better), and especially the music. The combat, not the best with motion controls. I can see why it would have been better on the DS or handheld on the Switch with touch controls though. I think the game would have been easier and I would have finished the game faster if it weren't for the motion controls. Unfortunately, that also made me not want to do any post game activities. 



- Death Battle - Mario VS Sonic (10.17)


- Finally got my Solaire amiibo (10.21). I preordered it months ago and it arrived shortly after Dark Souls came out on Switch. It's a nice looking amiibo that accompanied me as I played The World Ends With You: Final Remix. 


- The next game series I streamed was for Child of Light: Ultimate Edition (10.23) Originally played it on the Wii U four years ago. It was great to play through this game again. The visuals were still wonderful, the game play was simple with enough of a challenge, and the music is wonderful. Took 3 streams to beat it (10.26). I actually enjoyed it more this time around and it makes me really hope that the teased sequel is coming. 



- Played 3 demos on stream (10.29). First was Planet Alpha. It had great visuals and similar gameplay to Limbo. Played through it twice with the second run being a "speed run," ha. Next was Monopoly. It's Monopoly. It functioned and was a little slow. The demo was only 30 minutes so you couldn't finish a full game, but I enjoyed it. Just Shapes & Beats was the last demo. I had to end with that since I already had the full game and I knew it was so good. The demo only had 5 goals, which was the first few songs and the first boss fight. Played through it twice since it had been a while 


- And the game I've been looking forward to the most is now available; Save Me Mr. Tako: Tasukete Tako-San (10.30). It's a game where you're an octopus...don't know any other game like that. Didn't realize there would be such a crazy story about war in it as well as tons of action (octopus VS octopus sword fight and an opera). It's also done in the style of a Game Boy game. It includes tons of borders and filters (some are blinding, yikes). And the first stream I did, a friend of the developer was lurking and then mentioned a few things (started off as a runner and is now a full blown RPG). I'm having fun with this silly game. 

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/329821579 

- Twitch so far...is interesting. It's weird that I now "schedule" my times to play for the sake of streaming rather than playing whenever I want. I did receive criticism right away for playing retro games and something not new and that bothered me. Everyone else can play whatever they want and even play the same game millions of times and it is okay, but I can't play whatever I want. That was ridiculous. I mentioned how I've played Fortnite and those same people that criticized my playing retro games didn't say anything about me playing Fortnite. It really bothered me at the time, but you can look at my video library to see my variety of games is diverse. 

Only other issue right now is that viewers can't hear any alerts that I have programmed. Asked customer service for some help with little help. Been checking message boards to see if I can find a solution. Hopefully this will get worked out soon. 

I like that I can make money now, but I'm not raking it in. I've made less than $10 so far. I have enjoyed interacting with more in the community (randoms and Overblood group), but I don't know how my growth rate will be. I need more Followers, I need them to give me free Bits, and I need Subscriptions. I'm enjoying the ride so far, but I'm not at the point to even consider making it an option for it being a main source of income. So if you are a Follower, please help me. I'd actually like more interaction in chat. Otherwise I'm just playing games to an audience of one, me. 

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- We started posting images from inside Naval Warfare on our social media accounts (10.06). 2 go up every week (Wednesday and Friday). It was a good idea as we learned that they aren't helping advertise us Downtown (lame). 


- Spent a few hours scraping paint off buckets (10.12). It was actually satisfying seeing the different colored flakes come off. Not only that, Agent PQ was playing anime music on the computer and we would go back and forth choosing songs. 


- October company meeting happened separately and on different dates (10.19). They had theirs early in the month and we kept forgetting to set ours up, ha. We eventually ended up going to another escape room and did 2 rooms. Escaped one, lost one. It wasn't that great. We had so many gripes, they couldn't explain everything, the things they could explain made no sense, and so much more. Pretty disappointing. My escape rate is now 80$% with 24 escapes out of 30 rooms. 


- Finally had a session on a Thursday, which meant I actually worked a full shift of 5 hours for the first time on a Thursday in months (10.25). That's all. 

- I put in a request for days off at the beginning of November due to my best friend coming in to town. Unfortunately I got none off (10.29). It was also the same time the manager was taking off for his anniversary with his girlfriend. I mentioned that I could still work at certain times, but in the end, none of the days I requested were granted. I understand why they couldn't be granted, but this is just crappy. Nothing approved this time and the last it was approved, I ended up having to go in anyways. At least my best friend assured me she would still make sure we have time to hang out even though now the time is way limited to what we were originally hoping for. 

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- Soyou - All Night (MV)


- Yuri - Into You (MV)


- Wendy X John Legend - Written In The Stars (MV)


- TWICE 3rd Anniversary (10.20)




This makes it my year and a half anniversary with TWICE. So I've been with them for half their time as a group. Thank you for being something to look forward to and for helping me during tough times. 

- BoA - WOMAN (MV)


Don't know what else to say. Still love this woman. Not going to stop. 

- Pamela Horton is someone I knew of. I first learned about her when she cosplayed as Bayonetta for Bayonetta 2. I didn't follow her beyond that, but saw her appear in different videos from others I followed. She recently started her own YouTube channel and I followed her there. She posted a "thank you" video about a GoFundMe that was started for her. I went and read it and it talked a lot about her recent health issues. I did know of some of what she was going through, but the GoFundMe was very detailed. It's great to see that many are reaching out to help her. Get healthy soon, Pamela. 



- That's it for October 2018. Thanks for reading.


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