Yesterday I did a bunch of streaming, and it was fun – I even started a dwarf on LOTRO.  As I was streaming everything seemed to be working OK and it was fun – I will admit, this new streaming is a lot of fun and it’s much easier to set up than my old method with the ‘over the shoulder’ camera, with Carl the camera-bear and trying to make sure everything was lined up right… this was I can just start playing, hit the quick-key to start the stream, and then I kind of forget about it….

After I finished streaming and went back to watch some of the recordings, I realized that the sound was off – my voice was much too quiet, game noise was too loud… you can hear me, but it’s not great.  I knew I needed to fix it but I didn’t know to adjust it and make sure it sounded right while I was streaming without a lot of trial and error.  This morning I realized the simple answer – it’s a stream, I could ask people to jump in and listen and tell me how it sounded!  Read the rest of this page »

Almost halfway through this ‘Blaughust’ thingy and I wanted to take the time to do something quick and easy deep and insightful, so I thought I would do a ’10 things you might not know about Ditto’ post…

1. Ditto’s middle name is ‘Percival’ – it’s a family name, but it’s ALSO one of Dumbledore’s several middle names.
2. While it’s obvious that Ditto loves all kinds of pie, Ditto is also a vegetarian.  Yup – Ditto is a tofu-lover.
3. Miss Narrator is, in fact, Ditto’s wife.  Yup – it’s official.  Should we have a shipper name, like ‘DitNarr’ or something?
4. Brushing my fur takes about 20 minutes a day.  If it’s really humid, it might take double that…
5. Dittos’ favorite TV show of all time is The Muppets, followed closely by Fraggle Rock.  I’m also a big fan of ‘The Flash’ on CW though – that’s a fun show!
6. Ditto has four cats – Phil (Grey), Samantha (Black), Floofy kitty (Floofy black) and Suzan (fabricated).  He also has a redfoot tortoise named Jasper and two fancy goldfish – Lion and Tiger
7. Ditto is afraid of spiders – even daddy long-legs.  He finds snakes cute, though.
8. Ditto adopted a tiger!  Well, he donates to a tiger rescue organization that helps to protect Tigers and other endangered animals.  Tigers are really beautiful and awesome animals, and they should be protected.
9. Ditto really likes reading books – all kinds of books.  Right now he’s reading a book on astronomy that is fascinating!
10. Big surprise – Ditto’s first ever Wizard101 character was actually a Necromancer… I played him for a while before I decided to start blogging about the game, and made it to level 50 (back when Level 50 was the max level!).

So that’s it – a little more about Ditto, a few fun facts – I hope you liked them!!  As always, Have Fun and Play Safe!!

I’ve been thinking more about streaming on Twitch… it seems the top channels have regular scheduled streaming times, and a lot of them stream for an hour or more – is that right?  My main problem is that I typically don’t play at regular times… Sometimes I’ll be able to play for a half hour or so, sometimes I play for a few hours.  Sometimes I can stream or record, sometimes it’s too noisy or the cats are crazy, stuff like that…

So I’ve been thinking, maybe I’ll try to play and stream at least once a week, have a good fun time and make sure I record it… see if I can start gaining a small following that way.  It’s fun, to think that people are watching live…  If I can’t do it regularly I’ll still do it whenever I can, I do have fun 🙂

So I’m really liking my new laptop – it’s an Asus 2 in 1 running Windows 10, and I have to say, it’s fast, and it’s got some great features.  I’ve tried a few games that my trusty old system couldn’t quite handle, and it plays them wonderfully.  I’m still getting used to a few things, but overall I’m quite happy with it.  Wizard101 and Pirate101 play great, of course, as well as some great newer games – very exciting! Maybe I’ll review it soon… I’ll think about it.

I don’t know that this completely fulfils the ‘blaughust’ requirements, as there’s not much ‘content’ to it, but it’s late and it’s been a long day, so I guess it will have to do…

Ditto