Thread:Deathstalker666/@comment-1496755-20151224121621/@comment-3547390-20160317205449

Heh, it is sad when that probably is what would have happened.

Apparently groundhogs are only in North America. I am terrible at knowing this stuff. Then we got titles like this to mess me up - http://eureferendum.blogspot.com/2007/05/bulgarians-have-groundhog-days-as-well.html

Yes, that is the brilliance of Let's Plays that many seem to lack, they will cut out that struggle so you don't get to see the thought process. "Alright guys, I am back and figured it out, so let's continue". It feels like you were cheated out of said thought process.

I take my time as the series is about me enjoying a game, not about me rushing to complete it. As you said, veterans can see my reactions and how I deal with the situation. Yeah, flying through the game is missing the entire point of the game in my opinion. If you were to play Thief and just try to complete it as quick as possible on Normal difficulty, skipping text and cutscenes to try to complete missions as fast as possible, you would miss out on so much of the game and probably wouldn't get what is so great about it.

Exactly why I give commentary by the way. I know some prefer to just see the game, but that is quite boring to me. Why am I going to watch gameplay footage after gameplay footage? What will get me to watch multiple Let's Players is the commentary, the unique thoughts and reactions as they come up. As I said, even in games I know I often will do challenges that will give me such struggles that I have to work around, it is all part of the experience, as you said it might even be the essence. It is all about me trying to figure out something and sharing my thoughts with the audience as I work my way to victory.

Yes it does, like everything else rushing through it and trying to upload videos as fast as possible will just ruin it. Better to play when I feel up to it, when conditions are ideal, and when the experience can be fun. It may result in procrastination like I did with Heretic, but I eventually get there. Plus I have learned a lot from recording Heretic, meaning I am getting less technical difficulties, all my Stronghold videos have come out good. This whole thing with the headphones is tormenting since I just beat the level past the one that made me stuck as a child, meaning it was the first one to fully offer a new experience for me. That level was absolutely marvelous and got me wishing for more, it has been a long impatient wait to continue. My internet finally gets stable and my headphones go down. I have lesser quality gear while waiting for the new pair of headphones to be shipped out, the stuff I used to record Heretic initially, but after my upgrade it just doesn't feel right. Hard to go back, even if I used it for years. With these I am able to play games with less focus on sound or recording, MMOs are great for this because they mostly just have soundtracks and their grind-based nature with no real challenge means that I feel they would be too boring to record. I have found the use of casual gaming!