#PastebinMonday 09/30/2024 Still Recovering From That Match Edition

'Sup, doods!

I don't have a lot to say right now. I am still floored by how my tournament match went. I was not expecting to have to start on S-Hard and the whole flow of the match was clearly affected by how the S-Hard went. Certainly you can't expect both players to have a 10 minute Mewtwo, right?

I'm a little torn on what I want to do next. The V-Hard record grind has been personally fulfilling, for sure, but I need to build a bigger audience with my YouTube videos if I want to be able to stream as much as I want to. At this point, I think I need to call it quits on the grind if I'm not able to get the record back before the tournament is over. 2024 is supposed to be my Year of Doing, but I still feel like I haven't done enough, doods.

Now if you'll excuse me, I'm still recovering from that roller coaster of match, dood. I have not been able to focus on getting anything done since.


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.
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.
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:

Tuesday @8pm – 9:30pm ET – Questing for PB - Pokémon Puzzle League V-Hard PB Attempts
Wednesday @8pm – 9:30pm ET – Questing for PB
Thursday @8pm – 9:30pm ET – Questing for PB
Friday @8pm – 10:30pm ET – Friday Night Salt Mines: The Hardest Matches Are Yet to Come Edition, Doods!
Saturday @2pm ET – Hosting PPL Tournament at PuzzleSpeedrun, Dood!
Sunday @2pm ET – Hosting PPL Tournament at PuzzleSpeedrun, Dood!


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

--Cards