2017 Stream Plans

Hey everyone! I just wanted to detail out some of my plans for the year, divided up into a few categories. Please let me know if anything sounds really exciting or lame (doesn't mean I won't do it if you find it lame, but it's still good information to know). The list below is *super* ambitious, so I don't think I'd get to absolutely everything on the list, but this is a list of literally everything I want to do at this point and time.

=== Speedruns I know ===
LA Noire - Complete a run (probably sub 4:00:00) - This is a run I've been meaning to do forever now. I learned it over a year ago, and actually did a run, but I never recorded it. I need to relearn it and record a run. I was in the process of learning it right before RBA was accepted for SGDQ and then... well that's basically all I did after that

New Super Mario Bros. 2 Any% - Sub 27:00 - I probably won't be going for this soon, but this is a definite goal of mine. Seeing how fast I was able to get my 27:29 makes me realize that I'm nowhere near my potential for the game. Now that my time is as good as it is, I need to focus on the smaller timesaves... a second here or there

Pokémon Red Any% Glitchless - Sub 1:52:00 - STILL need to get this. I kinda gave up on the category while manips were being worked out, but that seems to be coming up with some good strats, so I'll probably jump on that when (or close to when) they're finalised to see what kind of time I can get

Pokémon Blue Catch 'em All - New route - Just as the goal says, I want to learn the new route. This is the run I've done the most on my channel, so I'd really like to be able to go back to it from time to time. Supposedly, the route is more fun now than it was so... we'll see

Pokémon Yellow Any% Glitchless - Sub 2:00:00 - Never really grinded this game (actually only completed one run) but I like Gen 1 so I'd like to get a decent time in this. Sub 2 is SUPER ambitious but who knows. With manip and the like, I think it's doable for me

Pokémon Yellow Catch 'em All - Sub 2:00:00 with the current ruleset (modified if the ruleset changes) - I have so many ideas and just didn't ever put them into the run. With the grindfest that is the early game, it's so hard for me to get a run going but if my plans work out, that may not be strictly required...

Pokémon Gold Any% Glitchless - Sub 3:25:00 - Love Gen 2, just never play it. Nothing too out there with this one, just want a decent time

Pokémon Crystal Any% Glitchless - Sub 3:25:00 - Same as Gold, just want a decent time. I don't like having ranks in the 20s and 30s lol

Pokémon Alpha Sapphire Any% - Sub 3:10:00 - Never really reached my potential with this one, so beating the current best leaderboard time (which has deaths!) seems like a good goal for me

=== Speedruns I don't know ===
Chrono Cross Any% - This is one of THE first games I watched a speedrun of, and one that I've wanted to do for a long time now. The time of the run (7 hours) has always scared me, but looking back at some runs I've done (124 Glitchless, All Megas, etc) I know I have the stamina for it

Donkey Kong 64 Any% (maybe No Levels Early) - Loved this game as a kid, and I've wanted to speedrun it forever now. Now that I have a Wii U, I should be able to get this on VC and start working on it. Starting with Any% purely to get used to the engine and some of the tricks, and then working my way up to NLE if the stars align

Donkey Kong 94 Any% - Another game I loved as a kid. Completely forgot it existed until my sister gave our old copy to me that she found in her basement over Christmas break. Haven't looked at the run at all, but expect me to learn this at some point

Fable: The Lost Chapters Any% - General theme of these games are that I loved them as a kid, and this one is no exception. This one I'm a bit weary on because I know the controls for PC aren't the best for me, but I'm sure we could work it out

Gen 4 Pokémon run (not sure what game/category) - Leaning toward an Any% for this, with the Glitchless version of that game coming in behind it. The biggest thing stopping me right now is the lack of a DS capture (I obviously have a 3DS capture), so we'll see how much light this actually sees

New Super Mario Bros. 2 Warpless - This is my current project. With the amount of fun I've had with Any%, there was no other second step than to start learning warpless. Expect to see this really soon

New Super Mario Bros. U Any% - I've had so much fun with NSMB2, and my girlfriend got me this for Christmas, so why not? Not sure where I'll fit this in (I have some other things that are more exciting to me) but I wouldn't be surprised if I started to learn this soon

Pokémon Blue 124 Glitchless - Yupppppppp

=== Non Speedruns ===
Civilization VI playthroughs - I'm really enjoying this, and streaming it would force me to sit through an entire game instead of getting distracted and stopping after 30 min. If I get really good, maybe I could start doing some FFA MP

Local co-op stuff with my girlfriend (Overcooked, Mario, Minecraft, etc)? - We have so much fun with games like Overcooked, and sometimes there are *really* funny things that happen so being able to share that with the stream even if it's just so we can go back and laugh at it would be awesome. She's already agreed to try and do something like this, so we just need to find a good time to do it

Guitar Hero/Rock Band FC grinding - I used to be really good (well not like ukog good, but good nonetheless) at these games and I've sorta relit the fire for them recently. Expect some of this, new games and old, really soon

Programming streams - I've always wanted to do this! I need to come up with a good project that we could do on stream, but just having a chill stream where we listen to some music and create something fun would be really nice

PS4 Game playthroughs - Kinda like the Civ description, I have a ton of games that I have and want to play through, but never have the time or attention span to do it. Streaming them will sort of force me to play something I enjoy and who knows, maybe something good will come out of it?

PS4 Trophy grinding - I have a lot of games that I either beat and never play again, or something else along those lines. I'm a completionist so having all of these games with like 50% trophies or less is a bit jarring for me

Super Mario Maker - Someone suggested this while I was doing my NSMB2 runs and I think it could be fun. I don't think this would ever be a main focus of the stream like some other people out there, but it could be a fun way to kill time at the end of the stream

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So yeah, lots of stuff. I'm going to try and make some sort of monthly goal and schedule sort of thing at the beginning of each month. I'll probably refine those week by week so people will know exactly what to expect out of me and when. I'm usually free to stream 3 or 4 times a week, so I'll probably dedicate one of those to something not speedrun related, and the other 2-3 would be learning/running something. I also know that I can't be switching the speedgame I'm playing too often because then I'll never get in the groove and I won't be able to really reach my potential. Let me know what you think. It's going to be an exciting year :)