YouTube Gaming Launch

I was very excited to try out the new YouTube gaming service so I started streaming Dota 2 on the old service an hour before the new service was officially rolled out. I had about 10 viewers up until the new service launched when my viewers jumped up to 65+! I was excited to be part of the launch and to be amongst the first streamer viewers were seeing on YouTube Gaming! I was so pumped by that stream that I went back to YouTube Gaming later in the evening to stream The Witcher 3. I changed the name of the game I was streaming in the dashboard but people just weren't tuning in. I discovered later that I was still appearing on the Dota 2 page instead of The Witcher 3 despite a couple of stream restarts. It was very disappointing as I was looking forward to meeting new viewers that might be interested in watching me play The Witcher 3. It sounds like there are numerous small problems with the service like this that Google needs to work out ASAP if their service is to be a successful alternative to Twitch. For now I'll likely keep using YouTube for Dota 2 and everything else will be on Twitch. I love that I can stream at a higher bitrate on YouTube Gaming and not have to worry about people buffering but if no one is watching because they can't find me then what's the point!

The unexpected 24 hour stream

Well I completed my first 24 hour stream yesterday and it was crazy and totally unplanned. I'm currently in a competition with pocketClint to complete Dark Souls the fastest. After wasting a bunch of time going the wrong way I decided to just have fun and started to play a lot more clowny than I usually do. I was having so much fun that I ended up going about 12 hours in one sitting before I stopped. I went outside to grab some breakfast and coffee and figured, since it was morning now, to just carry on going as my sleep schedule is a bit screwed up now. I ended up going the full 24 hours before I decided to stop for good. Can't believe some people stuck with me throughout most of the show! Was an awesome experience and look forward to doing my planned 24 hour stream soon. During this planned 24 hour stream I'm going to play games that inspired me from the 80s!