It's Time

It's something that I've been thinking about almost every day for at least a year easily, and it's time to actually do what I've wanted to do. For those of you who watch my stream this may be a change for the better, for some of you this may be a change for the worse, some of you may feel indifferent, but this is a change that I've decided to make. This is why I'm putting it all here in this pastebin to stick to my word.

I haven't been completely honest/transparent about what I expect from my stream, nor have I done everything that I've wanted to do on it either. I've been too concerned about what others may think of my decisions, and too concerned about who others consider "DsS" to actually be before considering to make some of the changes I want to make. I've also been too concerned about saying some of the things that I actually want to say (and I guess type in this case). Some of you may remember that I said I had something planned for the month of June, but it wasn't playing casual games that I was talking about.

With that being said, here is what I expect from this point on. To stop being a lazy sack of shit, to grow my stream, to increase activity on my YouTube channel, and to get in better shape. In this pastebin, the focus will be primarily on the second item of my previous sentence, which is growing my stream.

Like I said before I haven't been completely honest/transparent with you all when it comes to my stream, so here it is. As far as channel growth goes, the main thing that I want is more subs. I appreciate every single sub that I've gotten to date, and while I currently have 129 subs at the time of typing this pastebin I often times feel like I have way more than I should. I want to feel like the number of subs that I have warrants the time and effort that I put into streaming, something that I want to do for me. With that being said, I'm tired of being lazy, I'm tired of not getting things done, and I'm tired of making excuses for why it's not getting done. It's time to kill 2 birds with 1 stone, and I intend on doing this with (you may have guessed it) a streaming schedule.

Starting June 8, 2015 I plan on streaming every weekday (Monday - Friday) starting between 8-9 AM EST and ending any time after 2 PM EST. This time frame works best for me, as there are limited distractions around this time (which especially helps if speed running). It will also help me transition into any day time job that I may find myself obtaining in the future, as well as help break this laziness cycle that I've been experiencing for far too long. For those of you who this time frame does not work for don't get too down, this does not mean that I refuse to stream outside of that time frame. Spontaneous streams will still be a thing, as often times I feel like streaming outside of a scheduled time. With that being said, on any days that I can't/won't be streaming on time/at all I will make a tweet on my twitter page. For the longest I've been wanting to get 2 more sub emote slots and hit a sub goal of 250 (possibly even more afterward depending level of success), and now I will actually put in the time and effort for that.

In addition to what has been stated, my stream will undergo changes in the future (I will be updating my info section soon). I just want to let anyone know in advance that if you are not happy with the changes that happen on my stream and find that it is no longer a suitable watch for you on Twitch, then there will be no hard feelings on my end. I understand that all of you have expectations when you enter not just my stream, but any stream on Twitch. If for whatever reason a stream does not live up to your expectations, then it only makes sense that you will go to a stream that does. To elaborate on this, here's something that I've been wanting to get for the longest but have refrained from getting due to potential backlash from regulars. S U B N O T I F I C A T I O N

Everyone in a twitch chat knows when you sub, this has been a thing since twitch implemented it into the system where a notification is displayed in chat whenever someone subs to a channel (or decides to share that they have been subbed for X amount of months). I plan on getting a cool Sonic oriented sub notification banner to appear between the two FFZ emotes that I have on my current layout, which will cover none of the game screen and contain no sound (two things that I'm personally very picky about).

I've made up my mind, and I honestly can't keep sitting on the fence refraining from doing what I want to do. To those of you who understand and will continue to watch my stream, thank you. To those of you who understand but decide that my stream is no longer to your liking, more power to you. To those of you who don't understand, fug you (not really though <3). I want to stream more, I want to get more done, I want to achieve my goals, and failure is not an option. For now, as far as streaming is concerned, the goal is the illusive 250 sub count. Huge thank you to everyone who has supported the stream over the years, and I'll see you when I see you.