Thread:Deathstalker666/@comment-26005008-20160407215658/@comment-3547390-20160531065721

While I don't use the jump key seriously in Doom, I do have a bound key for it, so it should be easy enough to keep the same settings for Hexen. We shall see what defaults and what needs to change when I stream it, I haven't even loaded the game yet as I am saving all first impressions for the stream itself.

That is fair enough. I often find myself getting frustrated by such things, especially since you never know if there is a chance of getting out or if this was intentional. Knowing if the level your playing is broken or you just need to continue trying to figure out how to get out is a struggle in most games. Generally speaking, I have little patience in fan-based stuff unless it is highly known/rated for this reason. It is a shame, but I have found a great number of levels that are legitimately impossible to complete, which makes me more paranoid. Official games will often result in me trying for hours on end, though even there you might find yourself with a buggy game that was impossible to complete.

Yes, I definitely could use some help, especially since you could be useful in seeing how it works across the world. Yeah, I hate how most streams are designed due to this focus on additional stuff. You don't need to see a logo of my name, a giant chat list for the entire stream, and a bar that appears on the screen that says someone subscribed. The only reason I even put up the chat box is because I often respond to what people say in my streams, meaning it is better if you can see what I am replying to on Youtube (some of my first streams didn't have this, they look pretty awkward in hindsight because of this missing portion). Two lines feels like enough to get across whatever I am replying to, while not cutting out much of the screen.

My rig is pretty cluttered. I have my guitar equipment right next to my computer, which means plenty of cords near the back, plus I have a 5.1 surround sound system to further make it complicated. I am using a USB wireless adapter to connect to the internet, while having my headphone charger on the top of my case. Needless to say, there is stuff everywhere, while my "desk" is actually a wobbly table that served my purposes. I currently have no room for a second monitor and most other stuff falls off my desk, meaning it would be nice to get something to hold my stuff better.

A second monitor would be extremely ideal for me. With streaming, it is pretty much needed if you want to see what people are saying or wish to manage your stream behind the scenes. As it stands, I pretty much have to stream and hope things go well, often briefly checking things while talking at the beginning of each stream. Say I want to make that chat bar appear, at the moment I will need to minimize my view for a second from the game to activate it, while with a second monitor I could just click it without interrupting the game. Furthermore, the reason I mention my phone a lot is because I need to use the app to see the chat panel (the chat messages in the video are an overlay and don't appear for me), meaning that when I am replying to your messages I am reading them off my phone. I am an extremely slow texter, so I am extremely slow to reply if I need to type in the stream. Even worse, my streams are often limited time-wise by how long my phone's battery lasts while on the max brightness setting and being unable to sleep, though I am at times willing to put it on charge and try to read it while it is flat on my table. Needless to say, it would be a lot easier to see what you said and probably even respond if I had a second monitor.

It doesn't just affect streaming though. I could write information on the Wikia while still being able to view it in Quake, meaning it could be more efficient than minimizing and maximizing constantly. Say I am designing something and looking up tutorials, this would also prevent switching back and forth a hundred times. Almost any time I am using my computer, I am using multiple applications that could benefit from having separate screens dedicated to it instead of the constant minimizing I do.

As I am planning on getting a high-quality 1440p monitor with a great refresh rate, I am gaining many benefits, but one thing I would be losing is the automatic aspect ratio switch of this monitor. That means that this monitor could also be used for compatibility reasons and would just require switching display modes. So doing this I would be gaining a lot of benefits with absolutely no sacrifices.