I am proud.

I feel like I am gaining some sway through my videos. I'm noticing that I'm getting a subscriber or two a week. I am completely unfamiliar with this kind of attention. In fact, I recently hit 200 subscribers, which is absolutely awesome.

I really want to do something to commemorate this, so I'm trying to parse my viewers for some ideas on what to do. Everything seems to lean heavily towards doing a livestream, but I haven't quite decided on what to stream yet.

I'm going to release an update video on this subject soon, I promise. Maybe tomorrow, if I can get to it. I'm swamped with school, but I am pretty sure I can find the time somewhere.

You guys mean a lot to me, and seeing that subscriber count go up just reinforces my belief that I'm doing the right thing and that my research and planning before my return was definitely not for naught. Thank you all so much for all fo your support, even in the little ways like leaving a comment consisting entirely of the word "lol".

As long as there are those who enjoy what I do, so shall I continue!

Short terms plans include: recording more Fool's Errand, releasing a 200 sub special update video, and making a quick tutorial video on how to download and install Divine RPG and Weaponmod into Minecraft.

Long term plans haven't changed that I'm aware of. This is my excuse for not typing that stuff down because truthfully I am tired as crap and really should lie down.

Stay perky, guys!

Status Update!

Alright, so I've been pretty busy lately, both with videos and with life. I'll try to fill you in on as much as I can.

My school ended for the quarter on the 11th, so I'm going to try and get as much groundwork done as I can as far as getting a constant flow of videos rolling. It starts back up on January 3rd, so here's to a fun winter break!

Right now I have two concurrent series running, Top Ramen and Fool's Errand. Top Ramen is all recorded and uploaded and is being published with one episode every Sunday. Fool's Errand currently has four episodes recorded and uploaded and is updating with one episode every Friday. I am going with the idea of recording two episodes at a time to account for possible suggestions from viewers, and also because playing for only twenty minutes at a time is just not fun. Forty is better. ;)

I have received two game suggestions I am looking into: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and Dungeon Fighter Online.

Skyrim is a series I've been deeply considering myself (if you haven't read previously in my blog), but my idea is kind of ambitious and I'll need some time to plan it all out. This means it's not as high on my To Do list as I'm still trying to get a larger flow of videos going. This will wait until I've got videos coming out maybe four times a week or so.

I've considered DFO but never put much thought into it in the past. Since it's been suggested and I do like the game, I think I'll go ahead and give it a shot. I would prefer to finish up The Dog Island first, however. I guess that means I should get started on making more episodes of it. D:

I also received a Minecraft suggestion for the Tekkit mod pack. This I think I will go ahead and start soon, and I will explain why. I've been trying to get more involved in the Let's Play/Minecraft communities, and due to this a few positive changes have occurred.

First, I have been accepted as a director to make videos for a community channel called Flaming Amazing Gaming. They do gaming videos for all different kinds and I'm considering giving my Tekkit series to them. I'll provide a playlist for the videos on my channel though, so all of my work will still more or less be kept in one place.

I've also applied and been accepted as a new member of the GenerationGame Minecraft server, which means you can expect some LP videos for that. GGMC by my experience so far is a very nice group of people and I'm definitely interested to see where things go from here. I have already recorded one episode for my GGMC series so far and I plan to release it on Tuesday.

I will also be taking part in a Minecraft event called Complete Chaos, which is currently scheduled for December 28. Unfortunately I won't be able to make that because apparently the world is supposed to explode or some junk on the week prior. Oh well.

I suppose that's about all for now. Chow for now!

P.S. I still have the Skylands footage. I'll get it done when I get my hard drive data more organized. Had a computer catastrophe and now my old data is kinda sprawled across a few internals being used as externals with no enclosure. :/

Coming soon!

Okay, so you can expect a new episode of Top Ramen to be released every Sunday. Since I have the episodes all divided up already, I can confirm that it will be 13 episodes long with the final episode being a very long finale. My reasoning for this is because after we complete the map we explore around a bit, but then spend an even longer time examining the area in detail and screwing around before calling it a wrap. In that sense, the final episode is more or less optional unless you are interested in Omble and my autonomy.

On a different note, I am working on a series for the game Don't Starve. I don't have anything done for it yet, but the decision for this game is set in stone. I am ignorant of a lot of the features and I fell like it would be fun to share my experiences with the viewers.

I am also going to do a series on the recently released Divine RPG mod for Minecraft. Yes, another Minecraft LP of the thousands you've seen. I really want to play this mod. Sue me. :D

If you guys decide you want to see something different than just another Minecraft LP, let me know and I will work a single popular suggestion into this schedule as well.

Distracted

So I'm rolling forward with my plan and all of a sudden I see a game on Steam called Don't Starve. I loved the promo video and decided to grab it and try it out. The next day I did a spotlight video on it and now I'm seriously considering putting THE DOG Island on hold to do some videos on this game before too many of its secrets are spoiled for me.

Check out the video here: Neat Game Showcase: Don't Starve

What do you think?

Top Ramen: The Quest for Opulence

So I was blundering around my hard drive and stumbled across some footage I recorded for an unannounced, unpublished LP series I did with Omble on a map called Top Ramen: The Quest for Opulence. I had almost completely forgotten about it and somehow became excited at how quickly I could churn videos out for it.

That night I toiled away for a few hours and banged out a nice trailer for it and just yesterday I posted a video on YouTube for the first time in quite a while. I feel proud.

I've been working on generating episodes any time I had an opportunity and I'm aiming to release the first one in another day or so. From there I will post one episode of the series every week.

After that... idunno. But the current college quarter ends on December 5 and doesn't start again until a little ways into January, so during that time I hope to get a lot more work done on videos. I think once I finish what I'm doing with Top Ramen I'll focus on getting "Let's Play THE DOG Island" out of the way and figure out where to go from there.

Until next time, fellow Stuporians!

Absent-minded, but not quite absent!

Okay, so maybe I am rather absent-minded and absent. But I'm not done making videos. I'm fighting a strange combination of being lazy and being busy right now. I'm going to be working multiple jobs if possible, but on top of it all I'm also busy doing schoolwork for college.

HOWEVER, I have been recording some footage recently, for two series I have planned: Modcraft Tri and an unnamed dual-commentary series featuring the map 'Top Ramen: The Quest for Opulence' with Omble. Yes, I know, I have quite a few planned things already and unfinished stuff and whatever. Actually, Modcraft Tri is one of those things I have planned, I'm just finally acting on it. I'm going to focus my efforts on pumping out THE DOG Island and Skylands, and I'll release Modcraft Tri/Top Ramen once I have a number of episodes made.

If you're curious, Modcraft Tri is essentially a playthrough of a heavily modded Minecraft version 1.2.3 with specific objectives. The Tri is in the title for, uh... a few reasons. :|

Anyway, I guess that's all for now.

OMGOMGOMG done

Well. I finally got around to finishing my MineCon video, and I have to say I'm very pleased with the results! I have it rendering as I type this and as soon as it's finished I'll give it the ol' post-publishing review and ship it over to YouTube!

Also developed a strong inspiration to try a challenge run of Minecraft using the increasingly popular PokéMobs mod. More on that as things develop. Until then, I guess that's everything I have to report. Actually, now that I have this MineCon video out of my way, which is arguably the biggest reason at the moment that I've been behind on recording, I can comfortably start recording more material. Excitement!

Ah, and one more thing. I'm going to do another video soon for an up and coming indie title called Against the Wall. Expect a video of that within the next day or two. I really want to get a jump start on that.

Looking ahead

So I learned yesterday that I am uncomfortable with talking into a camera when others are around, waiting for me to finish. I need to find a way to be alone while doing it, which may be difficult.
Anyway, here are some general plans I have for the future, with no particular order hammered down for these projects:
I have four Minecraft series I want to do. One is the secret one that I'm excited about and will likely start on with haste. The others involve mods and have particular themes to them; two focus on individual mods and one will have the hell modded out of it to demonstrate the capability mods have of adding and expanding upon content.
I also would like to do that series on Skyrim that I mentioned before. That probably won't start until I'm ready to dedicate time to it since I know the game is going to completely swallow my soul. In fact, it may just be wiser to not do it blind, to prevent potential confusion and character breaking.
Amnesia's on my list too, to be started whenever. It will definitely be a blind run. I'm so curious to start it.
One I've started but yet to publish is Duludubi Star. I want to finish more episodes before I start on that, but the series seems promising despite having a slow start.
A series with an even slower start is my THE DOG Island series. I've been playing with my new HD-PVR recently, with good results. I feel confident enough to start making new episodes to post soon.
In the future I'd like to do a run of Super Smash Bros. Brawl, specifically The Subspace Emissary. Had an inspiration recently for how I could make a Brawl series very interesting.
I Wanna Be The Guy! is still on the backburner. I want to work on it, but I'll need to be pretty bored or way ahead of the game, the latter of which is very unlikely.
Trying to find another crappy GBA game to play, and I'm hoping it's not Bratz again.
I think that's about it!

Balancing this stuff is hard!

Okay, so I want to apologize for the tardiness of my MineCon video. I'd like to take some time to explain why since it kinda explains my Friday-ish uploads.
The thing is that I still have to record the most important part of the MineCon video: my commentary via camcorder. This hard to do while juggling my family being able to interrupt me at any time, spending some time with my newlywed wife, and having pointy sticks shoved up my ass by work.
The video has never left my mind, but damn, balancing this stuff is hard! It will get done as soon as I have a decent opportunity; I'm off this Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. I know I can do this, I just need to figure out a system. And I know it can be done, because of my whole inspiration for my ambitions: Paul Soares, Jr. He's a husband, father, business owner, and gamer. I recommend paying him a visit, he's a super nice guy: http://www.youtube.com/paulsoaresjr
So yeah, that's it. Hang in there! Thanks for the support!