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VOD: Tomfoolery Interview

I don't really wanna keep this up on the channel, so here you go! I think Tom intends to use clips of this for a documentary that he is working on.

Notes: Taint, Content & Job Lore

VOD: https://youtu.be/QDSKIGdpqSI

Story: I don't have much to say about this. I like to keep yall in the loop on how I'm feeling, when that has some impact on the stream. These doomer phases come and go, but after this one, I hope to have some new things to work on and try to make this job more enjoyable. My friends Supreme and IRI were great and I appreciate them comi...

Secret VOD: Composition Art Stream

Story: I'm super tired as I'm typing this. I just wanted to get some streams done in the time before I travel to Jersey, later this week. I had the urge to draw and wanted to practice some exercises. I didn't end up doing it, but had a fun time combining images into a composition.

VOD: First Viewer Call-In Stream

Story: Despite being pretty tired and out of sorts for this stream, I really enjoyed it! We ended up ironing out a better way to organize this in the Discord and I'm excited to do it again. The "mean" thing, where I kick people off, was mostly to give me the out to cut people off if they get boring or awkward. It's tough with viewers, because they may not get it like streamers do, but we have to keep the train moving and dedicate time to the topics and people that are entertaining for the hun...

Drawings : January 15th, 2022

From the drawing stream and subsequent Chaoscast with Stardust.

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Story: I really like doing drawings on stream and including art in my stream topic cycle. The issue is that these can be some of my least profitable streams, so I feel the need to combine them with a debate. Realistically, I could cover breaking conversations in this way and stay on top of drama, but I'm hesitant. Taking my attention away from the talks, I feel takes away my edge over other...

VOD: Tech Problems

Kinda just a random summary before fixing tech stuff. Posting here just bc I had no other use for it really. Meh, it's extra Book.

Notes: Viewer Call-Ins

VOD:

Thanks for everyone that hopped on to ask a question! I will be making some changes to how future calls will work, per Darthbane's feedback. If you have any ideas, I'd love to hear them!

We finally have some utility for patrons that get the Discord role (Subberino's & above). I said that I was trying to loop you all into my content pipeline more and I meant it <3

Extra Questions with Mr. Girl

I'm having Tacitae, my editor, set aside some renders of JUST the key parts of some VODs. Is this something you all would be interested in more of?

Cuties Review Video

I'm having Tacitae, my editor, set aside some renders of JUST the key parts of some VODs. Is this something you all would be interested in more of?

Secret VOD: Mr. Girl, Destiny & NYE Party

Given the YouTube video will be coming out right now, I'm shelving this VOD for the patrons!

Story: Boy this was a long day of streaming, starting in the early afternoon and going until like 7/8am the next day. It was cool to get into spats with Mr. Girl and hold my own, but there was plenty to be learned from the experience. At a couple points, I faced some losing points but that just helped me to improve for future conflicts. Besides that, it was fun getting to pick h...

Notes: Cuties Review & Mr. Girl Talk

VOD: https://youtu.be/aKx4Y9ErxVA

Here are the notes I used while streaming! I removed a bunch of the unused points I had for the Mr. Girl conversation because they may be used for future discussions with him. This VOD and a separate video of the Cuties discussion specifically, will be coming down to the pipe to Patreon as exclusives.

Story

I think the co...

Patreon in 2022

TLDR: I want to acknowledge that I have not made Patreon a priority the last year and I aim to change that in the next year.

Streaming and content creation is my job and I need to clean up my act when it comes to treating it as such. I’ve made efforts to stream more than I normally would, cover content I thought would be troublesome and organize teams to create things that I could not on my own. While I did not execute everything I’...

Notes: 12.27.21

These are the notes from our discussion about Mr. Girl-related topics. Thanks for your support!

VOD: https://youtu.be/fgSxEF5KrfE

Notes: Destiny v BXBullet

This is the first stream utilizing a transcript, linked at the too of this Notion document. Let me know what you thought of this review in the comments :D

Story: This is the first review done in such a quick fashion. I was able to immediately get a transcriber working on creating the document and within a day, had a workable transcript to begin adding notes to. I watched a couple times taking physical notes, then a few more while collecting notes and checking my opinion...

B4B Drinking Game

Blech.

Secret VOD: Bed Stream

Welp, no comment. If I speak I am in big trouble.

Art Stream: 10.8.21

Sorry this is coming out so late- honestly thought I already posted it!

As a side-update, things are going well with the transcribers and new review process, hopefully I'll be done before the end of the next week and then we can get reviews coming out weekly after that. The idea is to get the process fast enough to pump those out 3-4 days after starting on the transcript.

Drawing Stream (9.30.21)

Here's the requests from the drawing stream! Sorry to have gotten this out so late, just realized today that it didn't get uploaded T~T

I definitely aim to do more of these and improve the stream format a bit. Having a subject line at the top of stream with the request, a timer for each drawing, etc. may help to improve the viewing experience. Beyond that, having the chat closer to the screen and working harder to check it would improve the chatting experience. I like this format of str...

VOD: Hanz v Demonmama

We put out an abbreviated, edited version of this with notes from the Destiny talk soooo it's time to put this one into the Patreon vault!

Story: Having initially watched this and been immensely dissapointed with the performance of Hanz & DM, I thought it might be good to try and patiently go through it and explain why that was. Hanz, who was remarked upon on Twitter and other places as being good faith, and who had reached out to me a few times in DM's, seemed like...

Draw Stream Doodles & Diagrams (9.29.21)

Here's the HD version of all the doodles from the stream! Thanks to all the patrons for supporting me. It's thanks to the Patreon fund that I was able to get a new drawing tablet and I hope that it really ups the quality of future drawings & explanations.

Personally, I feel like some of my ideas are best explained with accompanying diagrams and doodles. Let me know which doodles have helped you personally!

VOD: APEX & Rage

Just posting a VOD specifically for patrons <3

Thanks for coming by and supporting the stream!

Notes: Hanz v DM Criticism

Here it is! Thanks to the patrons for supporting my dumb@$$

VOD Link: https://youtu.be/_DWRmPgeQiw

Notes: Hanz v Demon Mama

It's big and it's a MESS.

(From this VOD)

Visual Notes - 9/21/21 Stream

Here are the doodles I did to explain everything from this stream!

NOTES: Destiny v Lauren Southern

No comment.

VOD: Whiskey n League

Story: I started out asking for some input and giving some info about the upcoming Lauren Southern talk. It sucks to know that I can't have the kind of conversation that I want to with her- one completely focused on her approach to debate. I think that touching on her controversy hurts rapport with her and turns up tension, furthermore without an all-out debate on the positions, I think it only gives her an opportunity to do more spinning of them. Even at the time of...

VOD: Drunk Stream

No story; am drunk.

Postcards Heading Out

I'm leaving Poland on Tuesday and will be sending out the last of the Warsaw postcards on the same day! Another batch was put in the post yesterday, so expect those soon if you're in the EU.

Game VOD | DoE & LoL

Story: Not much to say here. I wanted to play games and follow the vote that we had on here. Unfortunately the Yakuza game deleted my save and I really didn't wanna play through the beginning again. I had a hankering for Dungeon of the Endless even before the stream started, so I was happy to just do that. People vote for Faster than Light all the time, but I really find that game boring and unsatisfying. I can put up an act for the stream and have fun with it, but I don't ge...

Notes: Serfs & ToTR v Southern & Counterpoints

Here are the chicken scratch notes I took during this conversation. We've got an edited version of this in the works and hope to have that done soon!