97. Twitch.Tv Guide concept

 So this is a concept I came up with (I doubt I'm the first too obviously, but I digress..).
Would it be a valuable idea to post the intended content of a stream well ahead of time, like a TV guide?

Now, I don't mean a schedule (i already have one of those).
A schedule is like the name of the show; 
Family Guy.

The intended content would be like; in this episode of family guy X does Y.


So in context it would be like this:

Schedule;
Shows are at 8pm UK.
Tuesday - #TechnicalTuesday:  An arts and crafts show, both digital and traditional.

Wednesday - #WifiWednesday: A show dedicated to games with online/ l.a.n multiplayer.

Thursday - #FreeForAllThursday: The time of the week where we get to play anything! This is where the vast majority of my full game play through's come from

Weekly Stream guide;
19/12/16 Stream Guide.

Tuesday - #TechnicalTuesday: We're continuing the Warhammer 40K Ork Warboss digital drawing from last weeks stream (check the VOD if you missed it!)

Wednesday - #WifiWednesday: One of my followers suggested we play 'Fist Full of Frags,' a small free to play source game on Steam (if you wanna join in, hit me up on discord)

Thursday - #FreeForAllThursday: We've had a couple of weeks off, so we're returning to our play through of Pokémon Uranium! Time to get revenge on the Hokagae!
It more informative, and the Twitch channel comments section is perfect for it.

It also is more helpful for folks who stumble upon your stream when you're offline; they know what you intend to stream, what kind of things are shown on this channel, and if it is worth their time popping back when you are online.
I imagine a lot of folks just look at channels they stumble on and glide right past.

The above could lead to more concurrent viewers on stream; people coming back for more because they know they'll be interested in it.. which fuels audience engagement, especially when playing games with your community.

I think it's a neat idea.

What do you think?
Do you think this idea is good or bad?
Do you think it's applicable to more than one platform (YouTube?)
Would a Weekly Show guide make you more likely to come and watch a stream?

If you have any thoughts or feedback let me know!

Until next time
-DH-

96. Upload slowed...

I posted this on my Twitch announcement page...but I thought I'd put it here... kinda just to spam it as many places as possible.

'It has been brought to my attention that we have some stuttering issues (thanks Lekiriku =])

One of the issues may have been the bitrate.

I have changed this for the next stream to see if it helps

After looking into it a little more however, I think it has something to do with my ISP.

The gist of my Twitter exchange with VirginMedia today:

@Virginmedia DL speed has improved thanks. Figured out 1 my problems though. Upload limit is terrible on all tariffs. Not good for #Twitch

@virginmedia 1 hr reduction after 1000MB is 1024Kbps (-50%), then 768Kbps (-63%) after the next 1000MB. 2 hour #twitch stream is 3gb

@virginmedia Only on VIVID is 2 hours doable, but Any more than that and you'll run into problems. And it's over double the cost #Twitch

@virginmedia And between the hours of 4pm - 11pm. Peak #twitch streaming time.

@virginmedia I get upload limits are there to discourage piracy, but it punishes #Twitch and #YouTube content creators


So there you go.
I doubt this issue will improve drastically anytime soon...
Though if we stick to the lower bitrate, and a 2hour stream time, we should be okay going forward.
But any plans for longer streams will have to be put on hold for a while.'

Yup.
-DH-

75. Building an empire...(kinda). Giveaway annoucement!!

I'm trying to re connect my internet life.

And by that I mean I'm trying to build up all of my stuff.

The Cardboard Cartographer has been on hiatus for too long to be honest.
I want to bring it back. The Twitter account has 200 followers now!
I'm really happy about it, but I need to start producing content for the e-zone again.

Hopefully I'll get that going again soon.


My YouTube and Twitch endeavors have stalled a little.
Editing videos is time consuming, and I don't think the things I stream make for great YouTube videos in the first place....so I'm considering my options in that corner for the world.

That being said, I kinda enjoy streaming...it gives me a regular outlet for the games I choose to stream.
I've also been considering a hobby stream....but to do that I need that sweet, sweet new microphone and camera haha.


With streaming in mind, I thought I'd announce a little thing.

I'm going to be doing a give away!
Yup.
I announced this on stream on Tuesday.
When I hit 15 followers on Twitch, I'm going to give away a digital copy of the Starbomb album!
A bit of a random thing to give away, but it something I think gamers will enjoy, so...

This will be done through random chance.
All of my followers will be automatically entered.

So if you read my blog the go follow me on Twitch (and YouTube while you're at it!!)

Anyway, until next time
Peace!

-DH-

70. DarKHaZZl3 and the CCC!

So, I've been streaming Chronicle: Runescape Legends a fair amount recently...
And unlike Hearthstone I think I might try and keep this up.

So, to further that goal, I've set myself a challenge.
That challenge is to compete in the Chronicle Community Cup!


If you are unaware (like I was until yesterday) The CCC is a community based competition.
You can read more about it here; https://www.reddit.com/r/RSChronicle/comments/4fgu2u/chronicle_community_cup_signups/

And also here; http://challonge.com/ChronicleCCup

So yeah, I will be streaming the matches on my Twitch channel and uploading them to YouTube.
So follow those links and keep you eyes peeled to my Twitter!!

So yeah.
Watch this space!

-DH-

67. Twitch

So, if you didn't already know, I started a Twitch channel some time ago.

I started streaming on Twitch for a number of reasons that all stem from one feeling.

Frustration.

Self confidence is something I've had beaten out of me over the years.
As a result I'm not overly confident in my ability to anything.

So, a few years back I had the desire to start a YouTube channel.
Me and a Friend got super excited about it, and started making plans and doing research.
He was exactly what i thought I lacked; the 'not so grump' to my 'grump.'
But when push came to shove, he bailed.

This happens often, and eventually, I'd just had enough.

So I decided to go it alone.
I set up a channel, but couldn't bring myself to record anything, until Twitch happened.

Twitch gives you the ground to just make something.
No editing, no do overs.

So I started streaming, editing the recordings of streams, and uploading them to my YouTube channel.

While I've gotten better, this isn't really what I wanted to do.

I wanted to do YouTube because it would be fun.
I just want to share those moments with other people, and I do, on occasion, because of Twitch and YouTube.
But I want something more immediate.

So, here I am, frustrated again.
The wheels are in motion, but with no destination.
I was never one for wanderlust, so I'll try to find somewhere.

-DH-

64. Race slowed to a Quest. Hearthstone: Quest for Legendary part 4.

So, originally my Hearthstone series was going to be a 'Race to Legendary' akin to KSI's race to division 1 back in his glory days.

It was clear very quickly that this race was going to be a slow one, and thus I've changed to concept of the series to 'Quest for Legendary'

The idea is to improve my skills, card knowledge and collection in order to one day achieve Legendary rank.

If you want to check out the series then head to my YouTube channel, alternatively you can watch the 'Quest for Legendary' playlist here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ebew1lmSKI8&index=5&list=PLL2lqqSd8VEJqbXWQ--kKjAjRLUk8ysJ-



That's all for now.
I've got some more interesting projects lined up for the near future, so keep you eyes peeled to my Instagram for your first point of contact.

Until the next time.
-DH-

63. Hearthstone: Race to Legendary. Ranked season 2/2016 Highlights pt 3

More YouTube stuff.




I think I'm going to shorten the clips of games to fit more in each video.
One game per video isn't enough to cover a whole season haha.

Ahh well.
Back to working on 1 billion different projects at once!

-DH-

62. Hearthstone: Race to Legendary. Ranked season 2/2016 Highlights pt 2

The second video is up!

So if you fancy a break from the Superbowl, and wanna watch some Hearthstone videos, go check it out!

Hopefully there will be a lot more of these in the foreseeable future, so stay tuned if Hearthstone is your thing!
Like and subscribe and all that :D



-DH-

61. Twitch > YouTube

So after talking about creating a Twitch channel in my last post I decided to go ahead and edit the footage so I could upload it to my YouTube channel (which as it turns out is quite the feat haha).

So after hours of Googling and tinkering...



Yup.....11 minutes.

Ah well.
Hopefully there will be more to come, but damn it is time consuming.
If I can get my streams to record a little bit better in terms of quality, then I'll probably just upload them straight up.

Anyway. Enjoy.
Please Like and Subscribe to my YouTube channel,
And follow me on Twitch and Twitter!


Peace!

-DH-

60. Internet game!

So this post with be a bit more diary entry than usual.

I'm on holiday from work so thought it was high time I did some of the things I've been wanting to, and meaning to do, for months now.

One of which was start blogging again.
Not only as a means of expression, but to motivate me to get things done.

This is especially true of The Cardboard Cartographer.
I'd built up a little corner of the internet for it, and then shamefully let it rot...
I totally needed the break, so it's not something I'm going to hate myself for... I just wish I had more time, resources and hands to do these things.
I've tried enlisting folk to help out, but it never sticks, which is a shame.
The new one issue a month work schedule should ease the load on this one, and I hope I can get it up and running again sooner rather than later!


Another thing I've wanted to do for a long, long time is Youtube and the like.
I spent a great deal of time researching how to record and edit video and audio so I could do this stuff.

Yet I never got round to actually doing anything
Something has always held me back.

Fear

Fear of not being entertaining enough on my own.
I had originally intended to do this with someone else, but they bailed on me when we were all set to go.

We I'd spent a good while working on various assets for the show, but we never got started.


I still really want to do this kind of stuff, and have friends who want to do it too.
But only I seem to be willing to put the hours in to actually research, set up, do admin, organise and actually record, edit and post anything.
So as a result nothing has really happened.

I did set up my own channel, which I've posted about before.
But that fear of not being good enough on my own has stopped me from doing anything.

Still, at least I've got my own stuff set up for it.




I've had enough of that fear though.
I want to push forward, and if people come with me, awesome, and if they don't, that's okay too.

So, here I am, working on several thousand projects at once and trying to have the energy to fight of the apathy that comes form being overwhelmed.
To this end I've tried to reinvigorate myself by starting with something that takes a little less maintenance and set up, and that is Twitch.

I finally got my head round Twitch and OBS thanks to a little help from my friend Shamus and some googling.
I got to re use all my YouTube assets and artwork, so it almost looks like a real thing!
There is some tweaking to be done for sure, but I'm working on it.

I'll be giving streaming a go once I've worked out said kinks, even if it is only a hobby stream where I sit and build & paint models for an hour.
I mean, I'd be doing that anyway, so why not share it, right?

Anyway, that's all for now.
Links to all the new stuff will be added to the side bars, or you can head to my Twitch profile by clicking here!

If you want to follow what I do and when, then hit me up on Twitter @DarKHaZZl3

Peace!

-DH-