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- Feb. 15, 2021, 6:07 p.m.
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I haven’t been around. I have a bunch of stuff to read. I just wanted to update you guys on the twitch stuff and general happenings in my life.
It’s Monday night. We were off today and we will be tomorrow too. The streets are nothing but ice right now. I’m glad to not be going, it’s unsafe out there.
Yesterday while on stream Rocky leaned on the dinning room table and it broke. I am frozen on the matter. I feel like bawling. The table was a present for my grandmother when she got married. It’s more than 100 years old and creates plenty of space at the holidays. It seems to be a simple fix but we can’t find the wood we need. I messaged Justin. A friend at work I haven’t talked to in awhile and he works in a different department now. He’s willing to help but he’s out of town this week. So we will go at least a week without a table.
I had my computer set up there, easier for streaming, more room for diamond painting. The break forced me to clean up my desk and put things it their proper places. There may be enough room here. We will see.
Stream on Saturday.... no one came. I’d set Rocky up to watch but he was watching Netflix instead. I’d been streaming for 30 mins before he went in there and told me he couldn’t hear me. I almost cried as I fumbled through figuring it out while streaming :(. I was hurt because people had come in and left but no one had said anything in chat about not hearing me at all. Every time I get on there is something wrong with a cam or a mic. I’m working through it but at that particular moment I was very hurt, very angry.
The next night is when the table broke.....
That morning I had talked to Destiny and cried to her about just general crap. She said I’ve got the “winter blues” and she hates to see me like this. .... okay then make a few jokes poke some fun… get back to okay.... then get off the phone and go back to normal.
I’m happy right now though. The weather outside is frightful and I don’t have to leave my house till Wednesday morning.
GlitteringEnthusiasm ⋅ February 18, 2021
Streaming can be so frustrating! It does seem like every time you go to stream that something is muted or can't be found or got moved...what software are you using to stream? I've also streamed for upwards of a half hour before I found out I was muted. I was reading a book too, so it felt really devastating that people came in and left without saying a word. A friend of mine that streams professionally said you aren't a real streamer unless you're streaming muted sometimes. lol She does it all the time, just one of those things that happens!
I've started tuning in to my stream once I'm live and in the scene I'm going to be using on my phone and doing an audio check that way. Sometimes I'll mute myself when I step away, come back and not unmute, but having the audio mixers up as a visual reminder has been helpful too.
What kind of diamonds are you painting? I like a nice arts and crafts stream!
I suppose it depends on what you want to get out of streaming, but hopefully you don't beat yourself up about not having many or any viewers. Especially if you're just starting out! It's an anxious activity for me and something I struggle to do somedays, but ultimately I'm doing it for me.
JHkerriokey GlitteringEnthusiasm ⋅ February 18, 2021
I'm on my third program. I used twitch studio and couldn't figure out how to set up 2 cams so I downloaded Streamlabs obs. My first few are done with it but I'd been having trouble with the cams. One wasn't turning on at all and I tried 2 different cams (aside from the logitech I use for everything else). I've settled on OBS I'd downloaded through Stream elements. OBS.LIVE.
That's a great idea. Don't know why I haven't done it. I'm going to be streaming tomorrow too, another snow day! You should come by and have a look see. I'm jwdizzy on twitch.
I am for sure doing it for more reasons than just viewers. #1 spite, #2 always looking for a side hustle #3 I'm gonna diamond paint anyway #4 I never jump into anything.... and I did this....