Game of Thrones Telltale Episode 4 Great Streaming Day!

I took a chance and streamed the 4th episode of the Telltale Game of Thrones series even though I hadn't streamed or recorded the first 3 episodes and it was a big success on my YouTube channel! Sure I'm not getting thousands or even hundreds of views but it looks like it's going to be one of my most watched videos which I'm really excited about! I'm considering going back and doing the other 3 episodes over again on stream and posting them but I'm a bit concerned I'll mess up one of the decisions I've made. Maybe I'm over thinking things haha!

Streamer Trolls

This is the first time this has happened to me. I was playing The Witcher 3 a couple of days ago and having some very interesting discussions with my viewers when someone popped in and dropped two spoilers in one post and then appeared to leave the channel. Why do people do this? Do they really have so much time on their hands that they would rather drive by troll then say play a game or actually have a real conversation with someone? Anyone have a suggestion on how to prevent this in the future? I mean I can post rules saying NO SPOILERS in ultra caps but I feel like that won't make a difference for the drive by trolls.

Getting Followers Without Streaming

I spent a very enjoyable several hours chatting with people on pocketclint's twitch stream while he was playing Bloodborne. I love pocketclint's commitment and enthusiasm to his stream and he has a very magnetic personality and I truly believe he will be successful. The funny thing is that I streamed for about 5 or more hours today and was not able to secure a single follower but I got 2 followers just chatting with people on his stream. Clearly he is the better streamer and I am the better..... nah he's just better than me haha! Either way I had fun today playing The Witcher 3 for my first entry into the series and look forward to more adventures in that story. That game is clearly made with dedication and love for storytelling and it comes through in every facet of the game which I appreciate!

Patreon

I started a patreon "campaign". Curious to see if I will get any support. I'm doing this for fun but I would like to give my viewers a better experience and I can't really afford that right now so hopefully this will help.

The Game that Didn't Exist - Dark Echo

This is the first time this has happened to me and thought I'd share it with you. I went to stream the excellent mobile to PC port Dark Echo last night but couldn't select the game in Twitch. From the brief research that I did, Twitch gets it's game database from Giantbomb.com which I thought was a little strange. I would think they had a connection with Steam where he game is available but that got me thinking about all of the different platforms out there and how much of a headache it would be to manage connections to those databases as I've done work in that area before. So ultimately they've decided to go with a connection to a manually curated database by way of the Giantbomb.com game Wiki. My first hastily put together submission for the new game to the Wiki was quickly rebuked by one of the moderators as I just copied and pasted some data from Steam. They said that the only post original text so I wrote something up quickly to describe the game from my experiences so far. Waiting on approval. Hopefully it'll be in there before I stream next time so the game can get the credit/exposure it deserves. It's quite a fun and unique game.

Great Stream Tonight with Conflicted Feelings

Had a lot of fun streaming Outlast tonight. A streamer who is an experienced Outlast player, spent most of the stream with me and really made me feel like he was enjoying it. We bantered back and forth mainly discussing the game and the DLC/sequel. Towards the end he mentioned that he had to go to bed to make it to school tomorrow but wanted to stay to see the end. I told him I would feel bad if he did that and eventually decided to take off even though he didn't want to. Made me feel like I was putting on a good show but I also felt conflicted that he might miss school just to watch me. First time I've experienced this kind of guilt. I want viewers but don't want people skipping school to watch haha! I decided to follow him and will check in from time to time as he seems to have a similar twisted view on life that I do.

Supporting the Smaller Streamers Like Me

I've decided to watch a gaming stream on twitch.tv every night that has fewer than 5 viewers for at least a half hour. I'm picking streams that have people that interact with their viewers and play games that I've played before or games that I'm thinking of buying. I'll keep looking until I find one that's good and talk with the streamer for a while. If they're cool I'll throw them a follow. Tonight I watched DeathTrooper421 who was streaming Alien: Isolation which is a game I played on my Late Night with Lovelocks series. He was doing a great job and had some interesting conversations with the people watching. DeathTrooper421 and one of his followers DarkHerobrine421 ended up following me. This was a really fun experience that also helped both of our streams out which is exactly what I was looking to do!

Intro

I've recently started video game streaming on Twitch.tv and uploading my game play to YouTube. It's been a great experience so far and I'm going to share some of my thoughts and experiences here when I feel like it.