#PastebinMonday 09/11/2023 Turning the Corner Edition

'Sup, doods!

I think I am turning the corner on my creative funk. I don't think it was so much a creative block as it was that my eyes were fricking killing me. I was unironically focusing on activities that did not irritate my eyes as much and looking at computer screens is a great way to irritate your eyes. I picked up one of those cheap eye masks with the gel beads that you can freeze or microwave for a source of heat or cold on your eyes when you sleep and... it didn't hurt. I THINK I got relief from it, but I need more data to see how I feel with it on.

Perhaps it helped me focus during the speedrun tournament, especially when everything tried to break after I started my own stream. All in all, a successful stream and 2nd place in qualifying after day 1 leaves me with very little to complain about. Will probably end up working next time on S-Hard, Hard, and V-Hard in that order during the next session.

Now that I'm not made near as physically ill from looking at a computer, I have an itch to get back to work on things. As soon as I get a grip on every box I need to check for the tournament, I can go back to my next personal goal. I did have to move a bunch of recent archives off of my computer to make room for tournament stuff so getting to them will take an extra bit. Apparently I'm a fan of overcomplicating things. I'm trying to turn the corner on that, too.

Today's (permanent) extra streaming goals:

Goal #4 fka #3: edit my personal best runs. My own projects are really low priority compared to the tournament. Fortunately, there isn't much administrative work to do for the tournament.
Goal #5: 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 be saved for after the tournament.
Goal #6: clean up my own stream layout. I am brainstorming how I want the final theming to be. I probably want to give people multiple options, maybe allow spending bits to change the look. I don't have anything written down yet. I don't expect to get to this anytime soon.
Goal #7: maybe make a universal LPS broadcast layout. I have a base, but perhaps I should stylize one for the LPS brand. Let's just say I have plans. Hopefully I wouldn't over-homogenize it like SpeedGaming did.
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:

(All broadcasts begin at 7pm CT unless otherwise stated)

Friday – Friday Night Salt Mines (community speedrun races) – !ppl2023 is Getting Crazy, Doods!


That’s my life story for the week. Later, doods!

--Cards