#PastebinMonday 08/05/2024 Pokémon Puzzle League. IS. BACK! Edition

'Sup, doods!

October 15, 2023. On that day, I determined that I would re-work my stream and come back better than ever. The game I was playing that day was a game that I have not played since. It is time to rectify that mistake, because...

Pokémon Puzzle League. IS. BACK!

This is the game I have had the biggest itch to play—well, after Pokémon Puzzle Challenge, but there's no tournament for that game... yet—but I've spent so long having other reasons to play different games that I could not justify it. Now, it is time to return to my roots as the 2024 tournament draws near. By the way, I still have Tetris Attack shorts planned through September 13... and maybe some other videos related to Tetris Attack still to put out. After that, I should have three months to myself back where I think I belong.

I am rattling around ideas in my head to bring back other Puzzle League games and perhaps stream more than twice a week going forward, all while keeping up with clipping for shorts. Maybe I can use the clips for something else besides that?


Today's (permanent) extra streaming goals (this won't be going down for a while, will it):

Goal #1: edit Poochy Open and Flying Wiggler Open tournament videos. I may get through both of them this week.
Goal #2: edit personal best videos in Tetris Attack Easy – V-Hard and Normal.
Goal #5b: finalize the tournament layout once and for all in a way that I can adapt for the Pokemon Puzzle League tournaments. At this point, I don't expect to be able to do this before the next Pokémon Puzzle League tournament.
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. 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:

Wednesday @8pm – 10pm ET – Wild Cards Wednesday – Pokémon Puzzle League Speedruns. ARE. BACK! Edition
Friday @9pm – 1am ET – Friday Night Salt Mines –  Pokémon Puzzle League Speedruns Get Grindy Edition
Sunday @4pm – 7pm ET or later – Pokémon Puzzle Week 2024 Day 1


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

--Cards