#PastebinMonday 11/11/2024 Every Two Weeks Edition

'Sup, doods!

I can't focus on making a YouTube video to save my life, but I can still play a mean game of Tetris Attack, enough to win the Froggy Open, my second open championship and the first repeat championship in the series. I'm always pleased to see that I can be as good once as I ever was. Now if I could just put this energy into making videos. At least the Froggy Open matches will be on the League of Puzzle Speedrunners YouTube over the next two weeks...

...then the next tournament comes around, doods. It's the first monthly Pokémon Puzzle League tournament, the Gary Open. I'm about to head into a cycle where I have to ready for a small tournament every two weeks from now until March. Am I actually ready for it? Only one way to find out.

Now if you'll excuse me, doods, I should focus on getting ahead of my YouTube shorts this week... and getting enough sleep to do so.


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—and that V-Hard WR. Standalone archival videos are already attached to my speedrun profile. I'm hoping to make eye-catching productions from each speedrun. I'm considering it to be my personal test to be a YouTuber. I am failing miserably right now.
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 the right way.
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:

Friday @8pm – 10:30pm ET – Friday Night Salt Mines – Pokémon Puzzle League Gary Open Qualifying


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

--Cards