What happened to the 1111 follower special?

See paste title.

1. Lack of time
	I originally planned the special to be epic, figuring I'd hit 1111 during the summer. Instead, I got there in late August and didn't have time to start until September. From there, stuff just kept coming up shortly after beginning, blocking off entire days that would have otherwise been streamable during the summer. I also underestimated how mentally taxing it would be, and that cut down on the amount of time for each stream, needing more days... is it any wonder I tapered off?

2. Lack of motivation
	I hit burnout. Too much, too fast. Don't get me wrong, I definitely enjoyed streaming and had a lot of fun with some of the runs and do intend to get through MOST of the remainder at some point, but... outside of maybe a dedicated FF9 push I don't see myself pursuing streaming for profit. But that's okay!
	Also, after I started I regretted locking myself into such a rigid schedule. That turned it into work more than anything else- and worse, when I wanted to stream something completely unrelated to the special, I felt locked into having to continue it. This is why I stopped before FFV: at the time of scheduling, it was before the Four Job Fiesta, and a full speedrun seemed like a fun idea. Even after beating the game 3 more times, it still seemed like a fun idea, albeit a little less so as I was reminded of how many cutscenes there are to break the flow. Then when I looked at the route in preparation... it completely killed my interest in continuing. Far too rigid and oneshotty for my liking.

3. Lack of engagement
	I expected more people to show up and watch than actually did. I expected more chat activity and such. By far the most active period was EoSD and Fairy Wars, when Karisa and Kefit carried on a conversation for the majority of the stream. That was the best part! Unfortunately, most of the rest of the time was a dead chat, and if streaming was going to be equivalent to just playing the games on my own, but also with trying to be entertaining and feeling locked into specific things...it's pretty clear why this part failed. I like streaming. I just need to like what I'm streaming and actually want to be streaming it then.

4. Lack of interest in scheduled runs
	Pretty much everything for FFV above holds for some other runs. They sounded like a good idea at the time, and then it became clear that they weren't. I'll just go through all 50 (!! what was I thinking...) games and their categories and break down what I currently think. If you don't want to read a wall, skip to the end of the pastebin for a summary of what I plan to do next.

Adventure Story	100%
	Really fun way to open the stream. Definitely want to actually route this and do serious runs, at least for a little while. Fun game, well worth the time and effort.

Ape Escape 1	100%
	I was not expecting this run to go as well as it did, but I'm glad it did. Even when it went horribly wrong, I still enjoyed it overall. Great reminder why I've stuck with this as a speedgame for so long.

Ape Escape 2	any%
Ape Escape 3	any%
	And I was expecting to enjoy AE2 more. The net is so clunky, the movement is jilted, everything acts like it's trying to be fast without actually being fast. Probably not playing this again- maybe time attacks though? idk. AE3 remained a fun run with old strats, though I'm probably going to ignore it for a while again.

Bejeweled Twist	Challenge Mode
	Shoutouts to Nitrofski. Another enjoyable run, just not the right time- routing on the fly is mentally taxing and that's most of what I was doing.

Bookworm Adventures	Adventure Mode
Bookworm Adventures	Arena Mode
	I'm surprised I got ahead/saved time on these at all. Maybe I should play this more seriously? Nah, it's better as a non-serious game for me.

Chip's Challenge	CC1 MS
	RANDOM NEW RECORD BY A LOT. Chip's Challenge is a game I don't think I'll ever stop playing. Maybe one of these days I'll stream working on some ILs... perhaps for CC2 or CCLP4?

Crash 3	105%
Crash Team Racing	any%
	Both of these runs trainwrecked hardcore. 105% pissed me off from the beginning with wonky hitboxes and ultimately I just ragequit after one too many Area 51? UFO slams (it was four, by the way). CTR on the other hand I actually legitimately enjoyed playing, even though it went badly and I'm terrible. I don't know if I'll run it again for a while (or at all) though.

DLC Quest	100%
DLC Quest: LFoD	100%
	Nope. Maybe if I relearned routes, but nope. These suck without a route learned.

Double Spoiler	108 scene
	A weird case in that the category pissed me off, but the game didn't. Decent chance I'll work on Unlock Hatate some more in the future.

Dust: An Elysian Tail	any% warpless
	Fun, I suck, next.

EoSD (Touhou 6)	Normal ReimuB
EoSD (Touhou 6)	Lunatic
[Great] Fairy Wars	hard -> extra
	These were both a blast. Speedrunning the game is silly, and the lunatic playthrough was actually fantastic with a Scarlet Gensokyo capture. Fairy Wars went...okay I guess. No complaints here overall.

Evoland	any%
	Fun, I suck, some dumb design decisions I forgot about, not running again, next.

Final Fantasy V	any%
	And this is where I never started... As mentioned above I just lost all interest in trying this run.

Hamsterball					Tournament				| I threw this in because it had been ages. No further interest.
Hunted Forever				any%					| See above, except it's short so maybe some.
Imperishable Night			Easy Magic Team			| lol yes I need to actually optimize this. Malice Cannon is fun.
Imperishable Night			Lunatic FinalB			| There's a plan for this later...
Impossible Spellcard		All Scenes				| There's a plan for this later... but I do want to run this seriously.
INK							any%					| Needed to hit 50 games, evidence of overplanning.
Jak and Daxter: TPL			100%					| The cutscenes grated on me and I have the wrong version.
Kingdom Hearts 2			any%					| To show how little people cared, nobody pointed out my typo in the title.
													| This was in entirely because of the alphabet core...which was dumb.
LoLK (Touhou 15)			Reisen PointDevice		| There's a plan for this later... and I hate the game.
Luxor 3						Quest Mode				| I do want to try this at some point.
Mountain of Faith			MarisaB normal			| lol ARF
Mountain of Faith			Lunatic					| There's a plan for this later...
9 (Nine)					All Levels				| Seriously, do yourselves a favor and go play this game it's fantastic.
													| Bad speedrun, though.
One Way Heroics				any%					| Also a bad speedrun.
Ori and the Blind Forest	All Skills no OOB		| I probably can't even stream this.
Peggle						Adventure Mode			| I need to improve this.
Peggle						Challenge Mode			| I want to give this a shot.
Peggle Nights				Adventure Mode			| I need to snipe the record.
Q.U.B.E. DX					any%					| This was in entirely because of the alphabet core...which was dumb.
Ratchet 2					100%					| Been meaning to get back into this category for years. Still gonna be a bit.
Ratchet 3					any%					| Ehhhhh it's fun, I suck, don't want to run.
Rogue Legacy				any% glitchless			| Ehhhhh it's fun, I suck, kinda do want to run.
Spyro 1						120%					| Need to learn routes.
Spyro 2						40 orb					| Need to 56.
Spyro 3						100 egg					| Need to 1:09.
Super Collapse 3			Quest Mode				| Should probably 42 at some point, huh.
Ten Second Ninja			Hard Mode				| No comment.
Tetris Plus					Puzzle Mode				| This is kind of like Bookworm in that it's a fun thing...once in a while.
Ty 1						any%					| I don't remember the route, and that's a recipe for disaster. See AE2.
Undertale					True Pacifist			| Too much mashing.
Undertale					Genocide				| It's RNG but I did enjoy the few times I did it. Will probably go for 1:09.
VVVVVV						100%					| This is probably the game (other than CC) I put the most into this year.
													| Depending on my mood, I might stream some attempts. It's a fun run!
Woodle Tree Adventures		any%					| This was in entirely because of the alphabet core...which was dumb.
XKCD Hoverboard				16 coin					| This was in entirely because of the alphabet core...which was dumb.
XKCD Hoverboard				42 coin					| This was in entirely because of the alphabet core...which was really dumb.
You Have to Burn the Rope	Burnt Rope				| This was in entirely because of the alphabet core...which was dumb.
Zuma						any%					| This was in entirely because of the alphabet core...which was dumb.
Final Fantasy 9				any%					| Alright so. You'd think this would go the same way as FF5, but it doesn't.
Final Fantasy 9				insanity%				| I love this game. I actually do want to run it, but there's never time.

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Games I didn't do, and won't do: FFV, Hamsterball, INK, Jak 1, KH2, 9, One Way Heroics, Ori and the Blind Forest, QUBE, Ratchet 3, Ty 1, Undertale (TPE), Woodle, XKCD Hoverboard, YHTBTR, Zuma
Games I did do, and won't do again: AE2, Crash 3, DLC Quest, Double Spoiler (108 scene)

Games I didn't do, and will do eventually, but I don't know when: Tetris Plus, Ten Seccond Ninja
Games I did do, and don't have plans to continue with: AE3, Bejeweled Twist, Bookworm Adventures, Dust, EoSD, Evoland

Games I plan to run again eventually: Adventure Story, Chip's Challenge, Hunted Forever, Imperishable Night, Impossible Spellcard, Luxor 3, Spyro 1, Super Collapse 3, Undertale (Genocide), Final Fantasy 9.
Games I plan to run soon: AE1, Peggle, Peggle Nights, Ratchet 2, Spyro 2, Spyro 3, VVVVVV

All Touhou titles will be played alongside ElaineSpencer's 24 hours of Touhou marathon, whenever that happens. All of them.