#PastebinMonday 11/04/2024 I Might Be Burnt Out Edition

'Sup, doods.

Is this what burnout feels like? I haven't felt anything like this for at least four years. Either looking at computer screens for so long has finally taken its toll or I've deprived myself of my usual sleep again. Either way, my motivation to work in front of a computer at home has went down. The task of testing myself to do the YouTuber thing is one I am currently failing. I'm keeping up with the tournament stuff because the urgency is there to get ready for this weekend's Tetris Attack tournament. The personal stuff, however, is getting put to the wayside. Am I tired because I'm forcing myself to do stuff or is this doing stuff making me tired? I'm too tired right now to figure it out. That's how tired I am thinking about it.

Now if you'll excuse me, doods, I didn't clip my Friday show for Shorts before starting to put together this update. Guess I'm still not getting more sleep.


Today's (permanent) extra streaming goals (this won't be going down for a while, will it):

Goal #2: 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. 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.
Goal #5b: finalize the tournament layout once and for all in a way that I can adapt for the Pokemon Puzzle League tournament and every other game we might play. I might need Thanksgiving to start doing this the right way.
Goal #6a: 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, though I will put in any timer theme I can use from Pokémon Puzzle League upon request. As soon as I think of things to put in, I will add them to the list.
Goal #6b: catch up on video archives that I have yet to upload since I restarted streaming. I may put them on a separate channel.
Goal #7: script and record footage for my Puzzle League tutorial series. I have some scripts left to touch up before feeling comfortable with moving on to recording gameplay. Then I will need to record my talking points and edit it all together. Getting back to this will be easier once the workflow for the monthly tournaments is finalized.
Goal #8: 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.

This week's schedule:

Friday @8pm – 10:30pm ET – Friday Night Salt Mines (Tetris Attack Speedruns)--non-zero chance I cancel
Saturday @2pm ET – Tetris Attack Froggy Open at twitch.tv/puzzlespeedrun
Sunday @2pm ET – Tetris Attack Froggy Open at twitch.tv/puzzlespeedrun

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

--Cards