#streaming is hard

[thesmilingtragedy]

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[demon-werepire]

its 5:30 am and setign up a stream eirly af is a task

when i try to see if streamelements is what i need it dosent say

its 5:30 and i cant sleep

but if i cant sleep i have to pe producktive

but i cant sleep and i cant tell if im doing the right thing.

mother was awake i tried to ask her but she just sighed and shook her head.

why cant i sleep...? its 5:30 am

its close to 6:00 but not close enoughf

its both late and eirly depending on what time you slept or if youve slept

why can i sleep or set things up right...?

its 5:30 am and i just wanna sleep or set up stream for later

[moth-of-mild-anxiety]

Streaming is hard. Fun. But hard.

I'm trying to come up with engaging ideas and stuff and it seems that that effort is appreciated, but I can tell that I am burning myself out.

Still. I am having fun and creating something that at the end of day I can be happy with and that might be the important take away.

[mangowisp]

thoughts on streaming single player games...

I don’t stream often, but I always have the urge to play games and stream them. My list of single player games to play is so large, I could spend an eternity playing them.

I thought that playing games on stream would let me have fun and look back on my reactions from when I played.

The problem with me is that I don’t WANT to stream.

BUT. I want to share my reactions with friends!

Streaming feels like a chore, even if I have zero viewers.

There’s setting up the stream, making sure audio is fine, making sure I’m audible, making sure the sources are correct, making sure the game isn’t stuttering or the frames are skipping...

Then you hit ‘Go Live’.

Nothing feels natural. I’m always worrying if someone new enters chat and I feel obligated to communicate with them. Speaking suddenly seems so hard as if I was called in front of the witness stand to testify against myself. And I’m consistently checking to see if my stream is dropping frames.

I’m paralyzed.

I have a better time playing single player games off-stream, but I go back to wanting to see my reactions in the future, and I think, ‘I feel like I should stream this.’  Then I can’t enjoy the game because I think I should stream the rest of it, and I never finish the game.

Now I know I could record my sessions, but then I feel obligated to make sure the recording is fine, and I don’t speak much because I know I’m being recorded.

If I’m aware that I am live or recorded (from my own end, doesn’t apply to others streaming multiplayer games with me), then I hyper-fixate on the intricacies of the stream or recording that I am responsible for.

I’m sorry to the games I’ve left unfinished because I thought, ‘I should stream the rest of this’.

The circle goes like this:

I should stream! > Streams > Feels stressed > Tries to play off-stream > I should stream!

And so, I think I'll just never stream any single player games again.

I’ll only stream multiplayer games because I feel less awkward when there are other people in a voice chat with me.

TL;DR: I want to stream single player games to look back on and to get my reactions for my friends, but I hate streaming because of the stress it brings and I don’t give genuine reactions because I’m more worried about the stream instead of the game.

I’ve decided I won’t stream single player games anymore, for my sanity.

[gl1tch3d-npc]

God, I want to start streaming but my laptop literally crashes w two tabs open eueue

[tiger-lilly13]

The next installment to our adventure!!

Word of warning. The game audio is about two seconds before the video, there were some technical difficulties that were out of my hands. This has been streamed three times and all three had issues, but I did the best I could. Hopefully next time will be better 😊

[foolofthegeekdom]

Going live in five!

Ok, so I finally have a PS4 and have some catching up to do on exclusives. Today’s offering being Last of Us. Come watch me freak myself the fuck out? twitch.tv/idontgetmyrealname

[entamewitchlulu]

none of these obs tutorials have the same settings interface that i have....