#PastebinMonday 10/07/2024 Trying to Get Happy Edition

'Sup, doods!

I'm having more trouble focusing on things than usual. Dopamine is a hell of a drug. If I deprive myself of the things that make me happy, I'm going to be too sad and bored to do anything of worth. Perhaps that could be considered depression. To put it bluntly, the things that I do to make people aware of the stream do not make me happy, dood, but I do them to get to a place where streaming will make me even happier than it makes me now—or rather, get me to a place where I can do the happy things more often. If I could just play games and entertain anyone that is willing to watch for the rest of my life, I could actually get to a happy place for the first time in my adult life. If you find yourself entertained by the things that entertain me, please spare whatever change you can so that I can entertain you more.

I'm getting introspective because the PPL tournament is winding down, doods. The final three has been decided and it's all previous champions. We're doing the Marathon tournament this weekend—and my match immediately after. Then the Spa Service tournament will be next weekend. Then the weekend after that will have an ultimate champion. I can never not be bewildered by how fast of a pace the tournament ultimately goes through. We've been through a lot as it is and now it is almost over. It'll be an interesting flow of monthly tournaments to go through after that.

Are you doods watching my YouTube, by the way? I actually re-branded the account as “CardsOfTheHeart Speedruns” to give a better insight into what I do. Perhaps that will help the SEO at some point. Maybe it helped 2,000 doods find one of my latest Shorts. #ThatsNeverHappenedBefore It makes me think that I am actually doing something right for once. Oh wait, I haven't updated that banner in a minute. I should get to that when I get to things that don't make me happy. I'm not in the mood to put that in my priority list right now.

Now if you'll excuse me, doods, I need to find something else to keep me busy so I can get to the things that really make me happy.


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.
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.
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:

Tuesday @8pm – 9:30pm ET – Questing for PB - Pokémon Puzzle League V-Hard PB Attempts
Wednesday @8pm – 9:30pm ET – Questing for PB
Thursday @8pm – 9:30pm ET – Questing for PB
Friday @8pm – 10:30pm ET – Friday Night Salt Mines: The Hardest Matches Are Yet to Come Edition, Doods!
Saturday @2pm ET – Hosting PPL Tournament at PuzzleSpeedrun, Dood!


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

--Cards