#PastebinMonday 03/04/2024 The Last Last-Minute Scramble (I Hope) Edition

'Sup, doods!

I don't have as much done with the tournament broadcast at this point as I wanted to. Focus is proving difficult for me as I get more advanced in age. If I'm listening to people talk, I get distracted paying attention to them. If I'm not listening to people talk, I get bored out of my mind. I don't know if it's a simple addiction or the sign of a deeper problem. I hate how my brain works and it has motivated me to finally see a doctor about my mental issues at my first available opportunity. I need a few months to get around to this

It did not stop me, however, from having a tremendous qualifying session on Saturday. It even got me a new Easy – V-Hard PB thanks to a 7:58 V-Hard. Only one other person in the field has a V-Hard under 8:30, Hard under 7:30, and a Normal under 6:30, leaving me at the 2 seed out of the 18 players signed up at the moment. We'll see how it holds up when the other heavy hitters enter the fray.

The frequency with which I mentally run around in desperation to finish the tournament broadcast in time led me to create a base with which other tournament games can be more quickly adapted. With that almost done, this should be the last last-minute scramble. I hope.


Today's (permanent) extra streaming goals (actual priority is in constant flux):

Goal #5: make a universal LPS broadcast layout that can be quickly adapted to multiple games. I am ready to adapt it specifically to Tetris Attack, requiring a few more scenes to be added.
Goal #6: 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. This will need to wait until after the Tetris Attack tournament winds down—top 6, maybe?.
Goal #7: clean up my own stream layout. Most of the framework necessary for a semi-proper stream is done now thanks to streaming the process. Next objective is to make transitions and alerts.
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:

(IF THERE IS NO MATCH SCHEDULED) Friday @ 9pm-1am EST – Friday Night Salt Mines – First Tetris Attack Matches Tomorrow, Doods!
Saturdays and Sundays will have matches throughout March and April for the duration of the tournament. I will be streaming to Twitch during my own matches. Go watch at twitch.tv/puzzlespeedrun!


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

--Cards