Streaming Redux

 So the main reason I've never streamed my gaming is really because I figured my gaming system wasn't good enough to do so. I'm rarely above 30fps in most of my games and if I'm that low on the regular, adding in the streaming requirements to my system will make things nigh unplayable, and thus mostly unwatchable. However, after the tests I've done over the past couple of days it looks like I was wrong in my assumptions.

720p gaming in Star Citizen (https://youtu.be/fdRMY3hYZn8) went fine. I had fun playing and talking at the same time. There were a couple of dog and Jaime interruptions, but I don't have a dedicated space for this stuff. We have a computer area in the living room (it's a HUGE living room) and so it kindof becomes a do-everything area. We're looking to move in the next couple of months, so this will likely change.

1080p gaming in Cyberpunk 2077 (https://youtu.be/BczSU8eWUCA) went much better than expected. That might become my default, but I'll do a few more tests with the games I play on the regular to verify. I had an audio echoing issue with CP2077, I'll have to look into that - it might just be because I had the system volume up a bit more than I did in Star Citizen, but I might switch to using my BT headset for game sounds in the future instead of the desk speakers. I've found that works better for SC anyway because the sounds are a little muted and turning it up really only amplifies the ship ambient sounds anyway.

Streaming my gaming is going much better than I expected. Which means, of course, that the trolls will be coming shortly. I need to steel myself against the YT comments that will test my spirit. They'll criticize my style, my voice, my gameplay, everything. But I'm not doing it for them, this is for me. I like doing this.

I've said fairly often in the past that there are a couple of different kinds of people - consumers and creators. If you can manage it, be a creator. It's not bad to be a consumer, but creators shape the world. Be someone who helps shape the world rather than someone who merely lives within it.