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Created By Desbreko

Professionals Have Standards

In case anyone's wondering why I haven't streamed any gaming lately, it's because I've been busy with a few subbing projects and also because I've been playing Team Fortress 2 again. But don't worry, I'll get back to streaming eventually.

Harassing me in chat about it may or may not influence when I stream. Sending me cookies will definitely have an influence.

Speaking of Team Fortress 2, it's now free to play on Steam. I'd recommend that anyone who likes FPSs check it out as it's the best multiplayer shooter I've played. Just go download Steam, create an account, and you'll be able to download and play the game completely free.

I've been having mixed feelings about the game going free, though. On one hand, it's nice having more players since that makes it easier to find a populated server with the game type I want. But on the other hand, there's been a marked increase in the number of players who have no clue what they're doing. And they have no excuse for this as there's an offline training mode. In particular, the number of people playing medic and instead of healing, they try to kill people with their crappy needle gun, has gone way up.

One thing that made me facepalm especially hard was a capture point match in the Gravelpit map where I was on the Blu team. Now, the Blu spawn point for this map is back down two long tunnels, the entrances to which are raised so that only scouts, soldiers, and demomen can even get into them. And then at the end are the gates to the spawn area, which the Red team can't go through. Blu team is supposed to go through these tunnels, drop into the main map, and try to capture the points while Red defends them.

So I start the match, and what do I see? Two engineers immediately run out and start building turrets and dispensers right outside the spawn room door. This is completely useless because the turrets don't have long enough range to shoot someone even if they're pressed up against the spawn area gates and inside the spawn room is a supply cabinet that instantly refills all health and ammo. I don't even...

Streaming: Super Mario 64

More Mario 64 tonight, probably again around 7:00 PM Pacific or a little after. I might just be able to finish the game tonight.

I'll sign into Skype and let people know in chat when I begin setting up for the stream. You can watch on my Justin.tv channel.

Edit: It's over! If you have suggestions for what I should play next — preferably not another Mario game, as I need a break before I do another one — leave me a comment.

Streaming: Super Mario World

I'm going to stream a 96 exit play through of Super Mario World this Friday night, starting somewhere between 9:30 and 10:00 PM Pacific time. You can watch on my Justin.tv channel, and I'll be on Skype with people at the same time for commentary. I'll also be in chat, but I can't promise I'll notice or reply to stuff in there since I'll be busy with the game most of the time.

After SMW is done, I'm also thinking a 120 star run of Super Mario 64 would be fun since I haven't played that in years. What do you guys think?

Edit: Streaming's done for tonight. I beat it with all 96 exits in just under three hours. Highlights include me repeatedly blowing Missy's mind with my sweet moves in the game.

Next game will most likely be a 120 star play through of Super Mario 64. Not sure when I'll start it, but I'll put up a new post when I decide.

Streaming: Zelda Four Swords Adventures

I'll be streaming probably the last segment of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures in a little while, after I eat dinner. You can watch on my Justin.tv channel, and I'll be on Skype at the same time. Past streams are also archived on my channel for anyone who's missed them.

Edit: It's over! If you have a suggestion for what game I should stream next, leave me a comment.

I also don't do LPs

After several days of testing to get the video to not be full of eyecancer, I got myself set up to stream SNES/GBA/GB gameplay to my Justin.tv channel. Anything else I can use an emulator for would also be doable with little effort. And I can even do commentary through my headset mic if I wanted. (Key word: if. I generally don't like doing commentary.)

To kick it off, I just streamed Lv7 Eagle's Tower in my long-stalled play through Zelda: Link's Awakening DX that I mentioned a few posts down. That dungeon is by far the most confusing in the game and possibly second only to the Great Bay Temple in the whole series. Makes the Water Temple seem easy to figure out by comparison. And of course, not having played LA in forever, I remembered absolutely nothing about it. The video's saved for now if anyone wants to watch me wander around lost for an hour.

If you guys have anything you'd like to see me play, let me know.