Ricky's FAQ

Q: What are all the random text codes i see sometimes?

A: You are probably looking at emoticons you are unable to see, my chat uses www.frankerfacez.com to get extra emotes, besides the subscriber emotes i already have. If you get FFZ, you can use a bunch of emotes in my chat. Make sure to get it, unless you're on mobile. It's kinda like the bettertwitchtv app.

Q: PC Specs & Equipment?
A: ASUS Z170-K DDR4 - ATX LGA1151 Motherboard
Intel Core i7 6700K / 4 GHz Skylake Processor - LGA1151
Samsung 850 EVO MZ-75E250 - 2.5″ SATA-600 250GB SSD
Corsair VS Series VS650 - 650W 120 mm
Kingston HyperX Savage - 2x8GB DDR4 3000MHz PC4-24000 CL15
Noctua NH-D15 - 140mm 19.2-24.6dBA
NVIDIA GTX1060 ASUS Turbine Fan
Fractal Design Define R5 - ATX Black Case
ASUS VG248QE 144hz 24'' (Main screen)
Samsung SyncMaster P2450 60hz 24'' (2nd Screen)
3TB WD HDD (Forget the exact name)
Windows 10 64-Bit

Gear & Accessories:
Beuerdynamic 770 DT Pro Headphones
Logitech G502 Mouse
Corsair K70 Reds Keyboard
Røde Procaster Microphone - PSA1 Podcaster Studio Arm
Behringer U-Phoria UMC 204HD Audio Interface
Cloudlifter CL1 Mic Activator
Steelseries qck+ Mousepad
USB3HDCAP Capture Card
Open Source Scan Converter
Bang & Olufsen - MX3500 CRT

Consoles:
PAL Hardmodded Slim SCPH-77004 PlayStation 2
PAL Slim SCPH-90004 PlayStation 2
NTSC-U Slim SCPH-70021 PlayStation 2
PAL Fat SCPH-39004 PlayStation 2
RGB Modded NTSC-U Nintendo 64
RGB Modded PAL Nintendo 64
Nintendo DSi
Nintendo Switch
Gameboy Advance
Gameboy Advance SP
PAL Hardmodded PlayStation
Backwards Compatible CECH-A NTSC-U PlayStation 3
Slim PAL PlayStation 3
PAL Wii
PAL GameCube

Q: What streaming program do you use?
A: OBS 64bit.

Q: What's your internet speed?
A: http://beta.speedtest.net/result/6758140518.png

Q: Do you play on emulator?
A: Almost everything I play is done on original console or PC versions. I use RGB for my standard definition consoles upscaled with the OSSC to make it look just that extra bit clean. It might decieve you into thinking it's emulator, but it's not. I stream at 4500 bit rate at 60 fps in 1080p.

Q: How much time goes into making a video?
A: It's hard to say. All i can tell you is that the scripting phase is most of the work. Actually telling the story through a well written script is the hardest part. Research, script writing, fact checking and proof-reading probably takes up 50% of the time. Voice overs and cutting out the bad takes is about 5% of the work. Shooting footage, especially if it involves a scrappy freecam can be pretty time consuming, so 10% there. Finding the right music and creating the title and thumbnail is about 5%, Editing the video once everything is gathered takes up the remaining 30%. Sometimes editing is more than the scripting phase but it always depends if it's a subject i have a lot of knowledge on prior to going in. I'd say a 20 minute video takes me about a month.

Q: Any other interests besides streaming and YouTube?
A: I'm a huge fan of tons of different eSport, i listen to a good amount of music and i play disc golf when the season is right for it.

Q: What eSport?
A: I follow CS:GO, SSBM, and League mostly.

Q: What artists do you listen to regarding music?
A: You can check out my last.fm to see what i've listened to (https://www.last.fm/user/tharixer) or my RateYourMusic to see what i have highly ranked https://rateyourmusic.com/~ThaRixer

Q: What is disc golf?
A: Disc golf is a sport where you throw frisbee discs on courses out in the nature. It works just like regular golf where you try to beat the hole in as few strokes as possible. It's extremely fun and competitive, while also having an excuse to go to the forest. Here's my bag in case you wanna know what i throw: https://i.imgur.com/rMYWhSI.png

Q: What's your favourite game?
A: Everytime i get asked, i never answer because i am never emotionally connected to 1 game in particular, and even if i am i know that feeling will always fade away. I have some favourites of course, Jak 3, the Ratchet & Clank Trilogy, Perfect Dark, Metal Gear Solid, Mirror's Edge, Silent Hill 2, and of course Digimon World 3.

Q: Why is your english so good/why don't you have an accent?
A: I was on the internet at an early age, speaking over skype with friends and making YouTube videos already at the age of 12. It trained me enough to become fluent quite fast.

Q: Why don't you play x game/can you play x game?
A: Asking me whether or not i have considered to come back to a game, or to run a specific game is totally fine. What isn't fine is bothering me about how i should play a specific game because YOU enjoy watching that 1 game and not my stream. I personally just want to stream what i want, even if i get less people watching me, as long as i am having fun doing what i want to do, i will be happy in the end. And that is all that matters to me. I'm starting to put a lot more effort into my YouTube these days anyway. Even though twitch used to be my main platform that i tried to grow and stream to consistently, it doesn't mean you can't just shift the tone completely. I've swapped YouTube and Twitch around completely as of late, where now YouTube is my main platform i try to grow and whatnot, where twitch is my time to just chill and do whatever i want. Hard grinds for world records aren't gonna be as common seeing as the ambition only rises with each release of a new video. There will be more grinds in the future but the right time has to come.

Q: What's the WR?
A: If you go to speedrun.com and type in the game that i am playing you should find it.

Anything not in this FAQ feel free to ask me on discord or in my stream.