Post-AGDQ Comments

So AGDQ is over and I have to return to real life tomorrow.  Just real quick, this means:

- Streams will start around 5 PM PST and end around 9-10 PM most of the time on weekdays
- Streams will start any time and end any time on the weekends
- I may take random days off here and there, depending on how tired I am from work, whether I'm hanging with friends IRL, so on

Before I go into goals and whatnot, I have an essay-worth of typing I want to do.  So here we go.

I want to just express how grateful I am for the experience I got from AGDQ.  It was very different from SGDQ, where I did the blindfolded race with SheNanagans_; the atmosphere for me being 100% a "runner" was a little nerve wracking at first, but as I practiced more and got closer to the actual run, I was very calm.  Even though the result of the Animorphs run was disastrous, that's what made the run one of the greatest things I've ever been a part of.  It was universally considered one of the top moments of AGDQ, too!  I would've never thought that was possible with such an awful game!  The whole experience kind of opened my eyes to my current approach of streaming and speedrunning and how I want to change that.

With that in mind, and at the risk of sounding like a sellout, I have a new level of confidence in getting Twitch partner.  I've been very transparent about my desire to get it; I really want quality options available all the time.  As a speedrunner, it sucks to have a Twitch highlight broken into multiple parts on a hype run.  The sub button would also be kind of cool; imagine a universal chat full of keizaRage!  That would be something.

I've also been transparent about my views on turning Twitch into a living.  I'd love to do that, to entertain people and make a sustainable income off of it.  I know it's very hard to do and I know that the extreme minority of people who want to accomplish this can, and I know there's a social faux pas behind that, but I still think it would be cool.  Whether I can be in that minority that can do it, I don't know.  It's up to me and my attitude towards the stream and all of you, and it's up to all of you to be willing enough to support me in that goal.

Today was a really good example; I felt like I was very active in talking to chat, and you all responded in kind.  I'd love to keep that up, and I'd love to keep the attitude I had today moving forward.  For the most part, we were always above 100 viewers, and we capped off at nearly 700 towards the end of the stream!

Now that all of that's been said, here are my goals for the time being:

- Beat my Animorphs Any% time (yes, it's a bad game, but it's funny to play)
	> Maybe re-route and discover new and ridiculous things in the game with chat
- Beat my Pokemon Red Any% Glitchless time
	> Prepare for my SGDQ submission of a 4-way Red race with ExarionU, ExtraTricky and Mountebank
- Beat my Pokemon Yellow Any% NSC time
	> Prepare for my SGDQ submission of this category
- Learn The Incredibles (yes, it's a very bad game)
	> Work with flag on getting a not crap time

Future goals include:

- 3:15 or better in Pokemon Crystal Any% Glitchless
- Learning DK64 as promised
- Learning DKC
- Routing SimCity with altabiscuit
- Learning a bunch of SNES games like Lagoon and Illusions of Gaia
- Meme it big at memebig.net

<3 you all!