New Setup

Finally made it out of the living room. 

On the past Monday, got an Ethernet cable directly from the rooter to my office and so i was able to get all my streaming stuff there.

This all must also help with the quality, since now we are wired and not streaming throw wifi... Lets see how it goes from here.

Much more comfortable and more control of the environment. Now i just need to get a capture device card! :)

Video Issues

I am having lots of issues with the conversion of the files.

I want to keep doing the way i do, but as i don't have a capture device, i need to stream directly to Twitch and then download it, that gives me headaches!!!

The files come in flv format, i need to convert them and that gets us audio sync issues, quality drops, and so on...

The most stupid part is that the flv file is great! Just when the conversion takes place, it goes all crazy. Tried lots of free conversion software without much luck... I'll keep on trying until it is possible to get an Elgato...

Any suggestions out there?

Let's Suck @ Dota 2?!?

Currently i have 2 games that are possible to end, as i always stream first and the post to youtube, and want to stream every week day, i will run out of games pretty fast, so, I'm thinking to start Dota 2 when I'm too forward on those games or when they end.

I suck at Dota 2. I played like 3 or 4 games, so it would be a crappy and steep learning curve that would be on my game play, but as i said before, the goal is to have fun!!!

I hope there are people out there that enjoy seeing someone struggle but have fun with it at the same time!
Also, i want to rely on some help from viewers, so i can get at least decent playing at it. :)

Starting up With EA Sports UFC

So, just started with a new game that i will keep in pair with Strider and that is EA Sports UFC.

First of all, I SUCK AT IT. I've always been bad at fighting games and i believe that game play videos can be fun even if you are not good at that game. The important is to be fun.

So far, for the first try, i liked it a lot. Have been defeated consecutively, but enjoyed it and i am hoping other people will enjoy it too. :)

As all my game plays, please give suggestions, what you like, what you don't like, what should i do, what i shouldn't do. I'm here also to learn!

Give it a try.

Games that turn into movies

On the last Strider streaming session I've hosted, I rambled a bit about the games that turn into movies, from the top of my head i just recall the final fantasy one which i found to be just horrendous.

Now it seems we are getting an Uncharted and a Warcraft movie. Ok, the Uncharted one i can accept, since the series has some of the best game stories I've ever seen and i can be a little optimistic about it, but the Warcraft movie?!?!!?

The comics are fun to read, but really no content there. The lore of Warcraft is outstanding, but what kind of movie can they come up with? A party that goes on some quests and get to an instance? Will they try to tell the tale of the Arthas Menethil and how he became the Lich King?

I really don't know what will they do and how will that connect with the audience, but I am anxious to watch it.

Strider Session

Yesterday I had another stream session. I'm starting to feel a little more comfortable around it, I can talk more easily, talk more clearly and I believe my dictation is starting to loose the dust it had around it.

Sadly I'm still feeling a bit lonely, some people watching and asking questions or just rambling about stuff would help to keep some kind of subject going, this way i believe i focus too much on the gaming observation. It is not necessarily bad, but i believe it would be more diversified if i could ramble a bit more about other stuff.

Since I am also focusing the stream to make minimal cuts and drop it on Youtube, i also started to time the length until a pause of gaming and on that point do an episode closing and opening that will help me just to cut it there and drop on Youtube.

Regarding the game i am now really enjoying it. I managed to get around most of the control issues and that is very satisfactory. I believe NOW the game play is about 30ish% with a full 3h of playtime, so still a lot of episodes to get in.

Today I'll start with UFC, so expect some stuff new on Twitch and Youtube.

Youtube Strider Part 3

Guardians of the Galaxy IGN Review

I'm itching to watch this movie and the IGN review just turned even more my hype around it. They give it a huge rating and place the bar very high.

I'll give my opinion when i get to see it, but for now here is the IGN review:

Streaming Setup

The first difficulty I'm getting is related to my streaming environment. I don't intend to invest like crazy because i don't have that kind of financial availability, so I'm streaming and recording in my living room and at night, because i have my job to attend to during the day! :)

Looking back at my first stream it seems that the camera angle is wrong, i believe i will try to put it upper and more to the side, but also the light is funny. I don't know if i should had light from the front or from the back... Leave suggestions! :)

Other issue is the sound. I'm using the default microphone and that is not very good to the sound quality. I'll keep trying to place it on different places and try to get better sound, although i believe the main problem there is the fact that I'm shy and need to project my voice better.

I'll try to make amends. If you have suggestions, please leave them in the comments so i can try to comply! :)

Starting Up With Strider

I've always wanted to stream game play. Not to get fans or money (although that would be nice), just for fun.

Finally I've taken courage and started it. As the hardware is limited I'm just streaming on Twitch and enjoyed the first go. Of course i have lots of limitations regarding the speech, lightning, and so on, but the goal is to have fun.

I'll also be uploading all the streams in blocks of around 30 minutes to youtube to allow an easier access to previous stream, and also that is the point where i may get most of the viewers.

Regarding the games, I'll be doing mostly FIFA, but only when FIFA 15 comes out, although i will want to keep some let's play videos up at the same time.

As for now I've started with Strider which I'm finding very entertaining, as it is very fast paced and frantic. It has some short comings as the double jump is an unlockable that comes around 32% of the game and the controls are not exactly super responsive.

The bosses and levels are quite challenging so far and leave space to some creativity how to solve the levels.

I'll be back with some more ideas about the game later. :)