#PastebinMonday 03/24/2025 Slowing Down Into Spring Edition

Slowing Down Into Spring Edition

'Sup, doods!

I had a busy weekend with the tournament last week. I'd be lying if I said that didn't create a little anxiety to take care of everything that I wanted to do. As Spring has now started, things are slowing down enough to where I can start keeping up with all of my promises. I'd elaborate if I wasn't so tired right now.

At least I didn't fall flat on my face on Saturday, doods. I've got one more week of Hard mode play before I can play in the V-Hard rounds with the rest of the good players. The training must continue in the Expert Rule of 6 that I came up with last week. Watch how well I apply it this week.

Now if you'll excuse me, doods, I think some extra sleep is in order.


Today's (permanent) extra streaming goals:

Goal #1: record footage for my Puzzle League tutorial series. The scripts are done! I am now challenging myself to find time amidst my tournament duties to work on recording the gameplay. I would then need voice-over on top of that. In a perfect world, I would be done with all of that by the end of next month, but the real world hasn't given me any time to do any of that. Maybe I do members only streams to get this done?
Goal #2: release the Puzzle League tutorial series YouTube shorts once a day until they're all done. I really do think I need to time the release of the series with a ramping up of my streaming schedule so that I can take advantage of whatever there is to gain from releasing the shorts. I have come to realize that if I am going to make my target date, I need to put this above everything else because I don't have as much time or motivation during the week as I thought I would.
Goal #3: clean up my own stream layout. Most of the framework necessary for a semi-proper stream is done now thanks to streaming the process, though I'm not currently motivated to stream any other part of it at the moment. Next major objective is to make alerts. I have stream reaction clips to put in. Emotes, one or two alternate overlay themes, and alternate timer themes would come soon after. As soon as I think of things to put in, I will add them to the list. I added a list in a dedicated channel in my Discord server. If you have any time to kill and want to contribute, check it out.
Goal #4: catch up on video archives that I have yet to upload since I restarted streaming. I may put them on a separate channel.
Goal #5: edit personal best videos in Tetris Attack Easy – V-Hard (post commentary recorded) and Normal (post commentary recorded)—and everything I did in Pokemon Puzzle Week—and that S-Hard PB—and that V-Hard WR—and that Easy – S-Hard WR—and that TA Easy PB—and another Easy – V-Hard PB (twice). Standalone archival videos are already attached to my speedrun profile. I'm hoping to make eye-catching productions from each speedrun. I'm considering it to be my personal test to be a YouTuber. I am failing miserably right now.
Goal #6: finalize the tournament layout once and for all in a way that I can adapt for every game we might play. Until someone volunteers to help broadcast the matches in my stead, this is not actually a top priority. I feel like making this happen will encourage others to help out, not the other way around. There has been little interest so far.


This week's schedule:

Wednesday @8pm-10pm ET – TA2025 Training
Thursday @8pm-10pm ET – TA2025 Training
Friday @8pm-11pm ET – Friday Night Salt Mines – The Final Hard Challenge Edition, Doods!
Saturday @2pm-4pm ET – twitch.tv/puzzlespeedrun – TA2025 Top 8 Day 1
Sunday @2pm-4pm ET – twitch.tv/puzzlespeedrun – TA2025 Top 8 Day 2


That’s my life story for the week. Until next time, everyone, be decent to each other. Later, doods!

--Cards

P.S. I crashed out for 10 1/2 hours last night after writing this. My eyes are still bloodshot, doods.