Thursday, August 30, 2018

Change Your XBox and Steam GamerTag, Keep Same Friends

I didn't realize that for $10, you can change your XBox GamerTag, and keep the same friends, so I went forth with the change from FatNyams to FuzzyJCats, mostly for a more politically correct name as well as branding.

Also, I changed my Steam name to FuzzyJCats, for free.

I believe there were rumors that this year, you can possibly change your PlayStation GamerTag. If that's the case, I hope I can change Fat Nyams to FuzzyJCats, if that name's not taken!


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Tuesday, August 28, 2018

Stream Key Podcast: Maintaining Energy As A Twitch Streamer (6)

Maintaining Energy As A Twitch Streamer Link
  1. Velokk_TV takes it seriously, but has fun. Tries to have his community to have as much fun as possible.
  2. Tries to be as entertaining as possible.
  3. He loves people, interaction. I saw part of his shows: he is VERY high energy, very upbeat, positive, and extremely friendly and warm personality. Even thinking about matching his energy, I fell into a coma.
  4. Most hyped up stream--he was in the zone, Unicorn stream. He was doing this solo so doesn’t have the crutch of others entertaining (Unfortunately, I couldn’t find it).
  5. He notes you don’t have to be good at playing video games, you have to be good at talking to people.
  6. He listens to music that hypes him up for his routine, to get him going. He then puts up his intro video. He does everything to make himself pumped up to make his viewers pump up. b/c if you’re not pumped up, then why would your viewers be pumped up.
  7. Streamer who inspires him: TimTheTatMan. Velokk describes him as “Just a dude” who’s entertaining and funny, interacts with chat.
  8. He notes that if people are excited for him, it hypes him up. If you go in stream thinking that no one likes you etc, you’re not going to be hyped.
  9. Host enjoys the process of improving his stream which gives him energy, whereas Velokk enjoys talking to his viewers. In other words, find what motivates you that hypes you about the stream. For me, it’s seeing you guys again, and improving content since I like challenges.
  10. Have to think about what’s entertaining to the stream, not just for yourself
  11. If you’re a small streamer, how to maintain energy? When you have no one to up to 3 viewers. Velokk answers “hunger”. He acknowledges the grind and hustle. The constant urge to want to better yourself. Rather than motivated by others, be motivated by the challenge of the things that you have to do, to make it work.
  12. Velokk admits that he struggles for motivation, but at the end of the day, he notes that you don’t make it to the 1% by doing what the other 99% do (i.e. not stream).
  13. Mistakes when it comes to stream energy. How to bring more energy to stream
  14. Host feels that he’s a less energetic streamer
  15. Velokk reports that you should play games that freak you out, and takes a response out of you. I.e. for him, Subnautica as it scares him, or any other horror games.
  16. Velokk’s brand is his high energy (which is very visible if you watch him)
  17. Velokk brands by posting pictures of him being hyped up in other medias such as Twitter
  18. Velokk’s major advice:
  19. Put out content, doesn’t have to be perfection, people want to see the Rocky Balboa grow. Don’t wait for better set up.

Q/A:
  • When energy runs out, Velokk says never to end your stream early, take a break to recoup energy, etc.
  • Play music that makes you pump up to get energy.
  • Start time is important for your schedule. Try to have a consistent start time if you can.
  • Recommendations for people getting into streaming.
  • Put out content, put out content, put out content
  • Just do it!
  • Least favorite meme: “every meme has its place”
  • Stream more on your own or with friends
  • There’s a spot for both
  • Any advice for woman streamers? “Put out Content”, don’t worry about branding etc, just put out content. I like how Velokk implies, it doesn’t matter what your gender is, just put out content
  • How to deal with trolls: Ban the troll or just let the troll vent and ignore troll completely. I think it’s best to ignore and don’t even acknowledge the troll, and then ban
  • Keep bots to a minimum, start with Nightbot
  • Games that require intense concentration, how to keep up energy. Velokk avoids these high intense concentration games such as Dark Souls, b/c he puts his content into reacting to the games emotionally, rather than gameplay
  • How to pick which bots? Velokk likes to use the least amount of bots as possible. He looks at ease of access. He uses Mee6 bot. They also mentioned Nadekobot since it’s an all in one bot, so you only need it.
  • How to incorporate hype, as the streamer is chill. Velokk reports you can be energetic by talking fast
  • The person notes that he chats a lot so it’s more IRL than playing games (like me). Velokk reports to get used to looking back and forth, and it takes practice. So he says to make sure your character is not just standing there. b/c some do watch for the gameplay
  • If you lack confidence to put out content, just put out content anyway. Don’t let yourself stop you. Just do it, even if it scares you (this is like CBT exposure/response therapy). Don’t care about what other people think. They note there are a lot of very nice, forgiving people out there, which is true.
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Monday, August 27, 2018

Stream Key Podcast: Why Do You Stream? (5)

Why Do You Stream Link
  1. Host feels that a lot of streamers don’t know why they stream, and importance of motivation.
  2. Motivation impacts your goals.
  3. Two main categories of streamers:
    1. Casual streamer who likes to stream for fun
    2. Hardcore twitch streamer, constantly looking for ways to improve stream
  4. Host feels that there may be wrong expectations.
  5. Casual streamers--Host’s friend doesn’t put a ton of effort in his streams, but he complains about lack of viewers. He wants viewers but doesn’t put in the work.
    1. If you’re doing it for fun, it’s okay to be casual
    2. Don't feel upset if you don't get viewers
    3. Please set casual and humble goals and expectations
  6. Hardcore streamers--constantly wanting to improve, branding, engagement, presence, social media
    1. Possibly can lead to feeling that streaming is not fun anymore, b/c you take it too seriously
    2. If you're really pushing improvement, you may not have as much fun gaming 
    3. You may play a different game b/c chat likes a certain game more.
    4. Trade-off is you get more growth.
    5. Therefore, don't complain about not playing the game you want.
Have peace with your decision.
  1. Casual--have fun, don’t stress about metrics, play whatever game you want.
  2. Hardcore--know that you’re not going to do what you want to do, sacrifices being made.
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Stream Key Podcast: Engaging Viewers On Twitch (4)

Engaging Viewers on Twitch Link
  1. Don’t overdo it when you start, to avoid being overwhelmed.
  2. Gamer_Dad guest is a Creative streamer. Gaming figurines. He streamed to unwind and relax. Making figurines while his friends chat. How to get viewers to return back to your channel.
  3. Guest mentioned tutorial part regarding figurines, music.
  4. How to engage when game is loading. Ex. You can give a recap of what happened before, summarize.
  5. Song requests can help, with theme songs. If you get correct theme song, straw polls, he gives out points for being involved.
  6. Rewards given out for suggesting ideas/requests.
  7. Having a schedule--if you’re following a channel and you don’t know when they’ll be on, you’ll go to another stream. He also has a fan choice Friday.
  8. Wednesdays nights are increasing as he has tutorial type stream about painting and such. Showed how to do shortcuts, etc and he included collaborators.
  9. Inspired by Flixter--streamer helps Creative streamers.
  10. Gaming is more relaxing something he looks forward to in Tuesday, then refreshed on Wednesday for the painting, which is eye straining.
  11. Networking--when you add new viewers from host/raid, how can you help people stick around? “Be a human being” and just chat, be social and friendly, instead of just saying thanks for the raid. He acknowledges the raider and then the members. Be welcoming and call out their names when you see them in chat.
  12. Lachhh Tools--transparent overlay over OBS. Visual stimuli.
  13. More you chat, the more your points you can get so you can win stuff later. Win custom things he made.
  14. He lost 1 viewer, and humbly asked what happened, and found out it was from the distractions which helped such as TV in background.
  15. Mistakes:
  16. Calling out lurkers
  17. Too many games in chat with the bots
  18. Outside distractions could sometimes hurt you--baby monitor but his loyal viewers understand he’s a father. Another example TV in the background.
  19. If you have 1 to 2 viewers, you don’t put in effort, but you must make sure it’s like you have 1000 (use post-its to block viewer numbers)
  20. Single most important advice: Pay attention to the chat, even if you just have 1 or 2 viewers. He has seen streamers not even say hi to the one viewer who chat. Act as if you have 1000 viewers. If you have no comments, keep looking at chat and keep talking.
  21. Don’t let Twitch overtake you, if you don’t want to stream, then take a break, re-evaluate. Make sure it’s still fun for you.

Q/A:
  • Host is curious about what he looks forward to in 2018: Guest is curious about Monster Hunter: World! Wants to get back into Ark.
  • What do you use in games in chat--he uses streamlab chatbox. Slots and Heist.
  • Some of his mods troll him intentionally, inside jokes.
  • Video editing, too much time for guest since he’s a father.
  • He couldn’t paint one day, so he played video games instead, explained why. He says don’t cut your stream unless emergencies.
  • Heavy metal--would it drive people away? He says no if it’s a music theme. Must watch chat to see the response.
  • Guest finds that theme, or free for all are equally good because you’re not sure if everyone’s into that particular theme.
  • You’re playing an indie game that you committed to a developer, views plummeted. You can limit this game once a week, but you should play it b/c of the commitment.
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Stream Key Podcast: How NOT To Grow Your Twitch Stream (3)

How NOT To Grow Your Twitch Stream Link
  1. MelaciousMel--very catchy name, so they discussed how he got this name. Played football in college! PogChamp
  2. Early in his career, he was scrolling through Facebook for sponsors. Came across an ad about TruGaming (this podcast), and rejected lol. He then joined the community.
  3. Two types of bad advice:
  4. Bad Advice that’s factually wrong: 90s gaming culture, blowing on the cartridge and console to make it work (doesn’t work and actually worsens).
  5. Bad Advice that’s right, but doesn’t answer your question, generic. How do I lose weight? Exercise and eat right, true, but doesn’t give details. Good advice goes into details such as cutting out soda, fast food, etc.
  6. Mel is very competitive as an athlete. Streaming is NO difference. What can give you an edge and better your channel beyond supporting small streamers, raiding, sponsorships. What else can you do to make this a career.
  7. Mel got bad advice when he wants to advance: “you gotta be yourself, support small streamers, raid, and just show up, put the time in” and he notes that he WAS doing all these things, but too generic he says.
  8. Mel and Host want actionable steps to take.
  9. He got frustrated and salty on social media, and wants honest, specific answers, such as should I pay for advertisement, should I ask popular streamers help, etc? He got backlash. He advises against doing this.
  10. Mel reports failed many times, so he says he can give sound advice (hopefully).
  11. Bad Advice to streamers:
  12. Worst advice per Mel is “be yourself”. Because if you’re socially awkward by nature, and you’re being yourself, it may not work. Also, if I’m myself the way I game in real life, I’m not going to talk, which IS true (I’m glued to the screen).
  13. Public speaking is something you learn to do.
  14. Because you’re supposed to be entertaining.
  15. Big streamers don’t share specific advice b/c of the competitive field. Per Mel, they started as early adopters of Twitch and that’s how they became big.
  16. They’re against FollowForFollow, empty shell (I read the same, this is bad). Leeching.
  17. Hard to get honest answers because of the competition. Especially at TwitchCon. The bigger Partner wouldn’t give the smaller Partner the time of day.
  18. Bad advice with solution:
  19. FollowForFollow is the most prominent way of advertising but doesn’t work at all, because followers don’t help with viewership per se.
  20. Twitch looks for viewership and traffic over anything else.
  21. Mel says he gets 5 to 13 viewers, has under 200 followers. He’s a twitch affiliate and a sponsored streamer. Mel’s buddy has 600 followers, no affiliation, no sponsor.
  22. It’s not about followers, it’s about viewers!
  23. Solution is to build a real community by giving people a reason to follow your channel by raiding.
  24. Example: Consistently raid one channel who will then raid you back.


Questions/Answers
  • Variety gaming, caller notices his viewers crash in numbers when he changes game. Mel finds it helps, b/c shows you’re a well-rounded gamer. He finds it very tough to do, but good pay-off later on. Duck Tales: Remastered? Lol (it’s my most hated game that I forced myself to complete)
  • He recommends to try a different game and see what happens.
  • Host notes that variety streamers, you need to have very big personalities, or they know every game. Because then your viewers come to see you, not the game.
  • It pays to be in a group and spend time there, and establish yourself.
  • For example, who wants to play this game? Who’s interested in teaming up, and you can stream with them.
  • You make them feel that you want them to be there.
  • You want to focus on just one person at a time, even one person a day, when you start out, make real friends.
  • Streaming guilds? One streamer who’s more experienced, head of guild, who’s teaching others how to stream. Great in theory, but can easily be bad mentorship of course.
  • Mel told story about this coach who kept telling him to quit b/c he hated Mel.
  • A lot of paying guilds are really about the larger streamer getting more out of the smaller streamer and/or they’re glorifying/promoting themselves.
  • Best experience Mel has on stream, occurred on TruGaming channel. Right off Warframe hype, and had 74 viewers, chat exploding. Mel got raid from a larger streamer who helped him, when playing Dead By Daylight with a friend, a few viewers, he’s going to end stream, but then friend was asking about PUBG, and got the raid.
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Strean Key Podcast: Finding Your Unique Identity As A Streamer (2)

  1. Guest Pimz's Inspiration:
    1. WolvesAtMyDoor(JasonTheNicest), subCommunity Wolfpack
    2. Lieutenant Eddie
  2. Identity--host notes that if you don’t have identity you’ll have difficulties growing.
  3. Identity per Pimz--core values that you and your community follow. Heavily influenced by the community. What you represent as a collective, as much as what you inspire from your community as a streamer.
  4. Ex. WolvesAtMyDoor is very community driven (not a pro-gamer), you get a welcome from him and chat, no matter how long you’ve been away. Open and involved community.
  5. High end streamers per host are both good at entertaining and gaming, but gaming skills not necessary.
  6. Pimz watched streamers playing Warframe because it was big, and he noticed that a lot of streamers didn’t seem to have fun with Warframe.
  7. Big mistakes on Twitch regarding identity:
  8. Imitating favorite streamers. Okay to take notes of streamers you admire, but don’t copy verbatim.
  9. Build on the things you admire about favorite streams, not merely imitate.
  10. DO be active and take notes--what is s/he doing that I love and makes the show entertaining.
  11. DO ask your viewers what they like about your streams.
  12. Do NOT stream just to stream when you’re not “on” and you can’t be consistent with your identity, or if you don’t have the energy to do so.
  13. Unhealthy to compare yourself to other streamers. Pimz has known streamers who quit because of that.
  14. Brand and Identity are separate.
  15. Pimz notes DanTheDapper as someone with a strong identity. He asked others what his community is. Mentioned 2 other streamers at around 19:30, but couldn’t catch their names. The third streamer, Pimz says he has a very warm personality.
  16. Pimz notes that since it’s viewer/community-based, your viewers are very important.
  17. Spend a lot of time with your viewers, regardless of numbers, and get to know them.
  18. Play with your strengths. If you don’t have energy, you can focus on your game, or on chat.
  19. Affiliates = almost 200K, but there are millions of streamers. Still less than a percent of the overall population of Twitch. “You’re still doing things well” per Pimz, even if you feel you’re stagnating.
  20. When stagnating, make adjustments. Talk to your community and ask for honest and genuine feedback from them.
  21. Recommend Discord--feedback channel! Self-criticism also important--look at your own VoDs to see what you can change. I incorporated this in my Discord and asked those who are shy/uncomfortable providing feedback to PM me. 
  22. Streamers who didn’t have an identity, and found one--Pimz included himself. He played games he wouldn’t play because he thought others are playing those games that worked for them, but he didn’t like them and didn’t work for him.
  23. Pimz then pivot to indies and story-driven games that he loves.
  24. Pimz reports that all who are successful have an identity, or they may come to others for help with identity, or if they felt they lost it.
  25. You want to make your identity work for yourself. Host mentions that identity is one of the biggest things that hold people back outside of the basics. 
  26. Host notes that if you have all the basics in streaming, but if you’re “lifeless” he finds it a problem. Hosts note either boring to watch or nothing there, no special identity (but what does that mean?).
  27. Pimz reports to always involve your community as key to identity. The more likely you’re going to get wholesome, good feedback, even if it’s one person such as your moderator.
  28. Don’t take feedback personally.
  29. If you don’t have a community and starting from ground zero, Pimz notes to go back to question, “what will work for me” as in finding what you admire in other streamers and if those traits will work for you.
  30. My aside: for instance, I admire streamers who can play the games AND reading/talking to chat at same time. They use peripheral vision and moving eyes/head back and forth b/w gaming and chat. They don’t miss chat at all which is astounding.
Question/Answer:
  • Never bad to refine your identity on Twitch. Pimz constantly refine during the feedback. Are you guys interested in this, what do you guys want to see.
  • Giveaways are double edged sword. Will bring a lot of people, but they’ll only come to the giveaway. Pimz does it in Discord, so HIS community has best chance of getting them. That seems like superb advice tbh.
  • Pimz notes giveaways can be a huge money sink which I agree, especially as to how personal your identity is.
  • Host notes that there’s a streamer who has giveaways daily, which ends up becoming his identity, but other than that he says no in general.
  • How to avoid the temptation doing something that you’re not, such as playing Warframe hype. Host says it’s okay to cater to your audience, and you don’t know if it’s you until you try it.
  • If you feel it doesn’t work for you and/or your audience, then pivot if you want to do what you want out of this such as having fun, even if it’s just a handful of people, that becomes part of your identity.
  • Is it bad to ask other streamers for advice/feedback? No, both host and Pimz recommend.
  • Gimmick or niche to set you apart from the pack? Pimz reports he’ gimmick-free and no niche/shtick. The only thing is his being Canadian which is what people forced on him
  • Host reports you need to do something that others aren’t doing.
    • Example: Widowmaker on Overwatch, two streamers, one gets 500 the other get 100, they do almost the exact same thing
    • But since the 500 does it first and better, he gets more viewers. But the 100 is so similar, that others watch the other guy.
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Stream Key Podcast: The Five Types of Viewers You'll Meet On Twitch (1)

This is the first of a series of Stream Key Podcasts Synopsis.

The Five Types of Viewers You'll Meet On Twitch Link
  1. Lurkers--little to no chat interaction. All agree to NOT address lurkers. They want to watch and be left alone. If they want to say hi, they’ll say hi. Don’t speak unless spoken to.
  2. Experts--know every detail of the game, and make sure they tell you about it. They may backseat and try to drive the gameplay for you. One appreciated the directives to a point. One does the opposite. The other one calls the person out, but it’s because he knows that person.
  3. Self-promoters--they only self promote and don’t discuss anything else. One would time out, especially if the person says your stream sucks. The other, mod deleted self-promotion message right away. No one mentioned banning self-promoters.
  4. Give Away grabbers--they only join channel and only enter the give-away, nothing else. The best response is that you need enough coins to even enter the contest in the first place. The other responses appeared passive-aggressive.
  5. Foundational viewers--they come out all the time b/c they want to support you. Engage people in chat to gain more. They want to feel that they’re part of ur community, family, etc. Treat them like family, but don’t overdo it b/c the interviewers don’t want them to eclipse themselves as streamers, which personally doesn’t make sense to me. They discussed that they can be a mod, but make sure they’re mature.
Lurkers and Foundational viewers are the backbone. They didn’t mention trolls, which should be one of the categories?


Questions/Answers:
  • They discussed the purpose of raids, helps get you and the raider new viewers.
  • Fortnite SaveTheWorld promotion lol (I LOVE FN PvE), it was about to launch.
  • They discussed the worst troll they’ve ever met.
  • Career ender: Crying on stream when sad? What if you found out one of your viewers passed away? I was in tears when talking about Aretha Franklin and what she meant to all of us. Not sure if they were trolling about that one?
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Twitch Streaming and Blogger (Monday Musings 59)

Thanks to my best friend Todd, he showed me how to incorporate my Twitch channel, FuzzyJCats, into this blog. Previously, I was linking my channel description links to Google Docs. Reading these links in Blogger is a much more comfortable experience.

So as you can see, there's quite a few posts on streaming. It's interesting, because I saw myself as a gamer, and now I see myself as a streamer. 

Of course, I'll continue to post about video games, and the emphasis will be on Monster Hunter: World as I've been streaming this game since I started, July 25.

I will be more diligent about blogging as well, as I'm negotiating not being so obsessed with streaming and having more balance in my life.

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Thursday, August 23, 2018

Mission Statement for my Twitch Channel FuzzyJCats

The mission statement of my Twitch Channel FuzzyJCats is: Sharing our gaming passion in a friendly and accepting community.

To that end, our community is accepting and supportive of each other, so we’re against all forms of reflexive discrimination and chauvinism.

Indeed, we want to provide a safe forum to express our love of video games through gameplay, sharing our strats and enthusiasm. As a gamer who doesn’t have innate gaming skills, I seek out cheese strats to push through difficult parts in any given game.

In order to truly support each other and to try to live to our fullest potential, I advocate for physical and mental well-being. I hope that we can encourage each other to take care of our health and well-being, as we gamers are notorious for self-neglect.

Streaming has improved my life around. During my first broadcast on July 25, 2018, I felt the immense mental challenge and demands of playing a game while also reading your messages  and responding to you.

To keep up with this multi-tasking, I started exercising, improving my sleep habits, and eating more fruits and vegetables (my best friend and housemate helped particularly with this last item).

Because of my joy in streaming and sharing my experience with you, this community is meant to support each other in gaining Affiliate or Partnership in a healthy and friendly manner.

Monthly Progress Report For My Twitch Channel FuzzyJCats, July 25 to August 24, 2018

This is the first of a Monthly Series of My Twitch Channel FuzzyJCats Progress Reports 

First month, July 25 to August 24, 2018
Through the support of delinquentMuse’s loving community, after all these years (I became a Twitch member October 2014), I mustered up the courage to stream. My first broadcast was Wed, July 25. I used the speedrun strats that I featured in my blog, and officially won all the trophies on the 7th day, but paperwork at late hour led to sub button on the 8th day.

My original streaming intent was to improve my diction: improving articulation, avoid swearing and using fillers words such as “um” and “like”. I wanted to follow my oculoplastic surgeon’s perfect enunciation and diction, Dr. Roberta Gausus, of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. (In foresight, I wished I asked her permission to video record her speech).

However, I quickly realized two things. First, how much mental focus and concentration it took to do so. Second, I was surprised at how fun streaming was.

Because of the exhausting mental preparation that is streaming, which took more mental energy than accomplishing a no death Dark Souls 2 run, I started exercising, eating more fruits and vegetables, and significantly improved sleep schedule.

I quickly became addicted and obsessed with streaming, so I decided to buy PS4 Facecam and eventually added Facecam when I got less anxious about streaming.

I found that reviewing your VoDs is crucial, and the most obvious thing that I noticed is how “flat” I am when there was no one chatting. And how excited, thrilled and overjoyed I got when I would see someone chat and interact. What this proved to me is the importance of my viewers above all else. I want to challenge myself to improve content and presence to make my stream the best possible since my viewers deserve that effort.

Even so, I noticed that my ego got in the way, as I recognized that I want partnership. So, the challenge for me next month is to stop worrying about numbers, and rather enjoy the fun and process of streaming, and just being with my beloved viewers. Thankfully, I have practiced meditation spottily over the years, so I can use some of these principles to focus and hone in on making my viewers feel valued and welcome.

Through admitting my ambitious nature, this will help ground me. Through acknowledging my competitive nature, I hope this will allow me to be more cognizant of NOT having ambition drive the streams. Rather, I want to focus on interacting better with chat (I miss a lot of conversational threads), appreciating my viewers more, and incorporating more gameplay as I often stop gameplay to chat instead. 

The overarching goals are to continue to show appreciation toward my viewers, “perfect” talking to chat to the point where I don’t miss chat conversational threads, and THEN focus on gameplay.

I need to work on pacing myself energy-wise as I notice I get drained near the end of stream. I didn’t realize, but I actually stopped stream before 5 PM on August 22! (edit: actually, Twitch dashboard analytics now said I stopped after 5 PM). 

Improvements made over the month:
Overall, improvements made were with technical issues.
  • Having Microphone stand for better voice audio
  • Having Facecam with Chromakey screen
  • Thanks to smotpoker887: Put post-its to cover viewer/message numbers, this cut down on tortured expression when I notice viewer numbers are “low”
  • Working on Channel description page
  • Thought about mission and values of the channel--love of gaming, health so we can support each other in affiliation/partnership
  • Contacted AWA for permission to support, received logo
  • Watching Stream Key podcasts which inspired me to make improvements
  • 100 Proof Gaming category on channel
  • Working on delinquentMuse team names
Will work on (aside from the overarching goals):
  • Being able to talk with energy and enthusiasm when there’s no chat, instead of having tortured expression on face.
    • Continue to prep topics before stream.
    • Stamina management, eventually I would like to stream more hours, but 4 hours is now the max limit.
    • Be more consistent with exercise. I’ve been doing 13 mins stepmill except for two times before I stream, but will need to incorporate strength training more consistently.
    • Be more consistent with going to bed at the same time. At least I’m getting 8 hours, but it throws me off if it’s not the same sleep/wake time!
  • Not sure how to manage being itchy and sniffling--been using Claritin and NetiPot. I don’t want to resort to Flonase given that I’m already on steroid inhaler (i.e. it’s best to avoid as much steroids as possible).
  • Breathing management due to asthma. Improving with steroid inhaler and aerobic exercise but not in “perfect” condition yet.
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Wooden Jigsaw Puzzles: A Comparison (Monday Musings 80)

ADDENDUM 5/15/21 After extensively puzzling with all three companies, Artifact, Liberty and Wentworth, I found Artifact to be, hands-down, t...