SGDQ!

I'm going to SGDQ!

Really exciting for me.  AGDQ in 2013 was one of the first introductions I had to speedrunning, so to be able to go to the event that kickstarted this hobby for me is a huge deal.  Pokemon Blue RBA was accepted as a bonus game, which means if enough people donate toward the run, it'll be in.  Even if it doesn't make it in for whatever reason, I'll still be going which I'm really excited about.

What does this mean?  In the coming months, between now and July, I want to try to take a different approach to streaming.  I'm not gonna be doing much different, but the way I act is going to be different.  I'm going to try and talk more, both answering questions and just general conversation about what I'm doing, or really anything.  I know that there have been a number of times that I have gone full runs without talking or talking very little.  Because of this, I don't consider myself all that proficient at talking and playing and, obviously that's a big part of running a game at GDQ.  This, coupled with the fact that I'm fairly shy in person, has me a little bit worried about it, but I'm sure I can pull through.  I have a few months to really practice that skill, as well as develop a running commentary for the RBA run that I can use during the run.  I'm not expecting to spend the entire 35 minutes in the run talking and explaining things, but if I am prepared to do something like that, I'll be less like to screw up an explanation or stumble over words.

How can you help?  Be active!  I know my stream attracts a decent number of lurkers, and I have no problem with that, but having chat active and talking, asking questions, etc can be really helpful.  Don't ask things for the sake of asking, but if you have a legitmate question about the run I'm doing or anything, please don't hesitate to ask and let me know if I answered it properly.  There are some things I won't be able to explain now and I'd like to be able to by the time SGDQ rolls around.

As for the "games" plan leading up to SGDQ, I'm going to be focusing a lot more on Pokemon than I have been in the past few weeks.  I think that's the best way to help me prepare.  I'll be doing a good number of RBA, 151 (maybe yellow too?) and Red Glitchless runs (in case I'm couching the race at SGDQ) and I'd like to do more race-type things with other streamers to get better at the conversational dialogue while playing as well.

All in all, that's a brief update of things, and what's going to be happening over the next few months.  I'm gonna try to do longer streams (24 hour soon?) and the like as well, so stay tuned for that.  Thanks for the support and thanks for watching!