Recent Inactivity

Hey all,

Just figured I'd make a paste to explain my recent inactivity.

The semester began roughly a week after AGDQ ended. I was still active for 3ish weeks after that, because the semester began very slowly. It wasn't until about a month in that exams began happening, papers began being due, projects had to get done, etc. Once that happened, my free time crumbled.

This alone would typically still leave weekends open, but another thing happened.

As a lot of you know, I work at my college (same thing as university for you non-Americans) in their IT department. As of recently, they came to me to get on board with something relatively new they're doing; streaming sporting (and other types of) events. I still have no idea why they decided to ask ME out of everyone, since I'm still new there (well, I'm in the newest wave of students getting hired, as they hire first-year students just coming to the school once a year). One theory I had was that they knew (from friends or people who work there) that I stream on Twitch. Not like that actually is even remotely close to what they want me to do, but still. However, I asked them if they knew that, and they didn't. So beats me.

Anyways, I need the hours badly. The job itself (not counting streaming) is considered work-study so the number of hours I can get is limited, too much. However, the streaming hours are not counted there, so I am easily doubling (and a lot of times even more than that) my normal hours by doing this. However, all of that time, PLUS my normal work time, PLUS schoolwork ramping up, leaves very little for streaming.

The small amount of time I actually manage to get, I prefer to rest and take it easy. But trust me, there isn't much of that time.

Also, as far as SGDQ goes: I'm still likely going. But there's too many variables currently. The biggest reason I'm pooling together hours (and, in turn, money) right now is so I can get a place with my brother. We're moving into an apartment within the next few months. This means a LOT of new bills. Therefore, I need to work my tits off. But it's temporary.

Once school winds back down (not too long from now, and don't forget breaks like spring break and Easter), I will have plenty of time. It's just difficult now to balance my courseload along with all of these hours, WHILE still finding time to grind out Super Meat Boy.

However, I still practice. I try to do at least 10-15 minutes of difficult areas every day or two. I'm gonna be rusty when I get back into it 100%, for sure. But retention won't be an issue.

Anyways, that's all I got.

I also wanted to quickly address my subs:

I love you guys. Seriously. The fact you're still subbed to me is either a testament to your forgetfulness to cancel, or to your support. Since I like to think for the majority of you it is the latter, I give you my deepest thanks. However, if you'd like to cancel it, do not feel pressured to not do so. Don't feel bad. My activity hasn't been high, and I sure as fuck wouldn't stay subbed to someone who never streamed, even if it is temporary. So, if you want to cancel, all the power to you, and if you want to stay subbed, all the power to you.

I will try to stream more on weekends. The next few look (relatively) clear for me. Perhaps an FM race coming up?? Who knows.

If you want to know anything else, or just wanna chat, just message me, tweet me; do whatever ya feel like doing.

[P.S, I'm still submitting shit for SGDQ. FM for sure, and I'm thinking about another game. But I want to see who submits first, since I don't want to step on the toes of those far more skilled than I.]

Thanks guys!

-GFC