Zeni New Year 2024 Streamathon Details!

Zeni's New Year 2024 Streamathon Details!

Disclaimer: Similar to my streamathon from 2023, as both a parent and someone who struggles a lot with mental health I can't guarantee I'll be able to stick to this 100%. My kids will always come first and I've got to make sure I'm taking care of myself too. I'm going to try my hardest to do everything I can to make it a good week and lots of fun for all of us though!

Disclaimer 2: The schedule and time increments ratios are completely subject to change, especially depending on Sassy's availability, and my need to fulfill IRL obligations that may conflict. I'll do my best to make up the time/accommodate when possible. Also, I need to pay close attention to my need to avoid burning myself out since that's a terrible horrible no good thing that I want to avoid at all costs.

Disclaimer 3: I always feel weird "asking for money". This is supposed to be a fun event, and I'm not going to be upset if people don't contribute! I just want to start off 2024 with stream in a bigger way than usual, and this seemed like a good way to "commit" to that. Otherwise, I'd probably just do the usual "stream 4-5 hours, get tired, stop for the day" thing. :)


Zeni NEW YEAR 2024 Streamathon!
January 1st-5th/6th 2024

Rules:

Timer starts at 04:00:00 each day - In the event nothing is added to the timer I'll do a "normal stream" for that day, meaning I won't push myself too hard and will end when I feel tired or demotivated from playing. The timer will cap at either 12 hours total streamed for that day *or* Midnight Mountain Time (this is subject to change on a day by day basis. I'll try to push for midnight, but IRL obligations mean I might need to step out for some time in the evening on one or more days, and midnight is also getting pretty late for me. If I end early on a day, the remaining time will be added to the starting time for the timer the next day. :))

Added Time Ratios (Subject to change)

TWITCH:
10 bits = 6 seconds added to the timer
Tier 1 Sub = 200 seconds added to the timer
Tier 2 Sub = 500 seconds added to the timer
Tier 3 Sub = 1400 seconds added to the timer

YOUTUBE:
Superchats = 1 dollar per 50 seconds added to the timer (YouTube does a 70/30 split on these)
YouTube Memberships = 200 seconds added to the timer.

TIPS:
Tips = 1 dollar per 60 seconds added to the timer.

My goals for this streamathon aren't clear cut/set in stone necessarily, but as already stated during Twitch's "Bonus Round" for December, my biggest priority financially right now is to get out of our more immediate debts (like our Credit Card) so that I can start looking forward to/planning things like GDQ trips again. Currently, there is simply no way for me to do that stuff.

I don't expect us to pass the threshold for this, but if somehow we do, there is always also Twitch emote slots. Right now, 1200 total sub points will get us a new slot. For last year's streamathon, we didn't quite reach that and that was totally fine! We also started closer to that goal than we are currently at. So it's not really something I'm expecting.

Again, I know I already said this but I feel really weird and self conscious about this whole thing, I barely even announced it as a result... and almost decided to just not do it. But here we are! Please don't sub/tip/give bits/whatever if you don't feel comfortable doing so, or can't afford it.

Okay, as for what each day is going to look like (AGAIN THIS IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE).

ROUGH Schedule:

01/01/24 Monday:
09:00 AM - SUPER METROID 100% WR GRIND BABY
??:?? AM/PM - I'm too tired or annoyed at SM 100% and will produce other content relevant to the day or how I'm feeling.
??:?? AM/PM - I'm no longer too tired or annoyed at SM 100% time for more WR GRIND BABY!!!


01/02/24 Tuesday:
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM - Practice/Speedruns
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM - Casual/NES Gaming?
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM - Lunch
2:30 PM - 5:00 PM - Casual/Modern Gaming?
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM - Dinner (Potential IRL Obligation Break)
5:30 PM - 8:30 PM - ?
8:30 PM - End?


01/03/24 Wednesday:
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM - Practice/Speedruns
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM - Casual/NES Gaming?
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM - Lunch
2:30 PM - 5:00 PM - Casual/Modern Gaming?
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM - Dinner
5:30 PM - 8:30 PM - ?
8:30 PM - End?


01/04/24 Thursday:
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM - Practice/Speedruns
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM - Casual/NES Gaming?
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM - Lunch
2:30 PM - 5:00 PM - Casual/Modern Gaming?
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM - Dinner
5:30 PM - 8:30 PM - ?
8:30 PM - End?


01/05/24 Friday:
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM - Practice/Speedruns
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM - Casual/NES Gaming?
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM - Lunch
2:30 PM - 5:00 PM - Casual/Modern Gaming?
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM - Dinner (Potential IRL Obligation Break)
5:30 PM - 8:30 PM - ?
8:30 PM - End?


01/06/24 Saturday: (This may not even happen, streamathon may end on Friday)
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM - Practice/Speedruns
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM - Casual/NES Gaming?
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM - Lunch
2:30 PM - 5:00 PM - Casual/Modern Gaming?
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM - Dinner
5:30 PM - 8:30 PM - ?
8:30 PM - End?


03/26 Sunday:
Stream Offline/Normal "Schedule"/Behavior resumes