[Lucid:]

She seems like a really nice and sincere woman. I wish her the best.

**clinks my imaginary glass with yours** C: My husband has spent most of today figuring out how to stream games on Twitch.tv, and there's like a billion recording and streaming programs out there. @.@ Let's playing seems so complicated!

[Chi]

Aw thank you. It's always nice to hear support.

Oh? I just made a twitch account when I started making Lets Plays. I thought, you never know~ It seems the commonly used program is Xsplit which ranges from free to premium. There's another one my friend uses that's.... Adobe Flash... something... He said when he started streaming stuff, they offered a list of streaming programs that you can choose from. Then there's googling whatever else you need to know.

As for what I do, I record the game and my commentary with separate programs then put them together in Windows Movie Maker. It's really easy to get the movie and audio to together then jut edit them so they line up. I do need a better microphone though because when I amplify my voice later, it gives it a little bit of a fuzzy effect when I'm not speaking. Like the mic is picking up a breeze or silent static when I'm not talking.

[Lucid:]

Yeah, my husband settled on one called Open Broadcast Software, since it was completely free. I think one of his friends uses that one too. We tried streaming a video today, but the quality was pretty bad since our internet kinda sucks. It's a little disappointing, because I think if the quality was just a touch better, it would've been a really funny and entertaining stream. The software he used is able to record straight to a file, too, and records game and microphone audio at the same time so that's really cool. He'd need to wear a gaming headset while recording though, or else it'd echo.

I watched the how-to videos by NintendoCapriSun, and it seems pretty straightforward. I thought lining up the voice and game would be a nightmare, but it seems like it's not too bad. I haven't used Windows Movie Maker before, but I've used professional-grade video editing software in some of my classes, and it looked similar enough in timeline view. I don't know what the heck was going on when he briefly showed storyboard view, though.

[Chi]

Ahh, I see. Yeah that's a problem I had with my video quality. Super Mario RPG looks a little fuzzy, I tried making it clearer but I'm not sure how either in WMM or in Youtube itself. But at the same time, super nintendo games were pretty unpolished so it could be waaaaaaay worse. When I was first making videos before, they were really really bad.

Oh yeah, I don't use Storyboard mode at all. Haha. It's much better to use Timeline mode so you can see where talking is and where silence is. It makes it a lot easier to edit. It's been a saver for me. :3

[Lucid:]

Yeah, most people are pretty forgiving if your SNES game isn't in 1080p. xD I wouldn't really know how to make it clearer either. I think clarity starts at the source, but recording straight from your screen and losing quality doesn't make any sense to me.

I think storyboard mode is supposed to be easier for people who don't have editing experience, but I think it just makes everything more complicated!

[Chi]

Well... My SNES is pretty old. To be honest, I'm not recording off of that. SHH TELL NO ONE. My SNES seems almost kind of haunted sometimes... or stuff glitches out. But by haunted, I played Monopoly once on my SNES, made what would be considered a poor move and when my turn came back around, the game tried to play my turn for me by trying to make decisions for me. Honestly, I don't think SNES had that intelligent of an AI? But... I could be wrong, I was like 9 or 10 at the time. xD

Pssssh, that's like saying Windows 8 is easier. I know so many people that don't like Windows 8, just like so many people didn't like Windows Vista. But yeah, Timeline mode is the way to go.

So, off topic for a moment. Tomorrow is my last day at my job and I'm really hoping they don't work me over again. I was scheduled to work yesterday for 8 am to 3 pm. When I went into work that day, one of the store managers who handles the stock workers (me being one them) told me to go get a drawer so I could cashier too. Normally, I'm okay with this and they don't call me too much. But no, for some reason one of the supervisors was playing favorites and kept calling me up to ring. Let me just explain how ridiculous this is. I get my drawer, then I go back to working in my section. 10 minutes later I'm called up to ring, for 20 minutes... that's about 3 customers give or take. After ringing for 20 minutes, I go back to my section, 15 minutes later, they call me up for another 20 minute ringing session. This happened six fucking times. That's 2 hours worth of time, not to mention the half an hour break I get, running back and forth like a chicken with my head cut off, and trying to do the job that I was assigned to do. How do I know she was playing favorites? Overhead speaker system: "Jack, please come to the front to ring." .... "Cancel Jack, <Chi> please come to the front to ring." I don't mind helping out, in fact I kind of enjoy it but why the abuse? Seriously. Call someone else for once and leave me alone to do my damn job. >_>;

Sorry for the swearing. c:

[Lucid:]

I never had a SNES. :c My first system was a PS2! I don't know if it's possible to record from a real SNES... >.> A haunted SNES would be super cool! But I think it's pretty common for older games to be glitchy.

xD Windows 8 is a little bit obnoxious when you don't have a touch screen, but it's not the worst thing in the world. My computer is getting really old so I just ordered a new one, and it's got Windows 8. I considered only looking at Windows 7 computers, but my desktop at work is Windows 8 and it doesn't bother me too much.

D: that sounds stupid! I would be super annoyed if that happened to me. I guess the good news is that it's over now. I hope your last day wasn't as bad as that one.

[Chi]

Here's my system history not including handhelds.
SNES > N64 > PS2 > Gamecube > Wii > xBox360 > PS3 > WiiU. xD;
I'm hopefully gonna buy a PS4 around Christmas time, I'm not sure though. Well, I'm not sure if it was just super glitchy or haunted. There was one time when Annie and I played Clue and were pretty sure we figured out who did it because the game gives this prompt after an interrogation: "That seems like an interesting scenario..." When I did the Accusation and it said I was wrong, we were both pretty shocked. xD; It's never given us that prompt when it was a wrong guess.

I would like to have Windows 7 on this computer instead of Windows Vista but everything else on this computer seems a little too out of date.

Well, my last day, they asked me to get a drawer. I rang two people and shorty after I went on break. They called me up to ring right after I clocked out for my break. One of the cashier girls told them I was on break, but before she did they called me three times. After that they didn't call me again. But you would think, if I don't show up after the first or second call I'm on break or not there. o_O;

[Lucid:]

I haven't had a lot of consoles, but after our PS2 my sister bought a gamecube, then we got a Wii for the family. I got my own Wii a couple Christmases later, and I guess I inherited joint ownership of my husband's Xbox 360 after we got married.
I've never played the video game version of Clue, but that sounds super weird! Maybe it's smarter than you thought and it wanted to throw you off... :O

What's out of date about it that you don't want to make the upgrade? Is it the hardware of the computer or some of the software that you want to have on it?

Huh, yeah, it makes whoever is calling look kinda dumb instead of them just calling somebody else who is there. Oh well, I guess. At least that girl told them that you were on break!

[Chi]

Oh, that's good. :3 I've always felt privileged for all the systems I have. I'm lucky that my parents bought them for me either as Christmas or birthday gifts. Lucky indeedy.
Yeah, it's not supposed to do that. xD;

There's a few games and stuff I want on my computer that either can't be ran our have to be the lowest settings that it's not very fun. ): I would like to have a whole new computer but I don't have the money.

Yeah, it doesn't matter anymore I guess. Nothing to worry about but school now.

[Lucid:]

My parents have always been pretty good about getting us nice stuff as well. I don't know if that's a good thing or not because now I want cool stuff but I can't always afford it for myself. :( But my mom always lowered our expectations about the things we could have for birthdays/Christmas, and then totally surprised us by getting it anyway.

Yeah, that's how my old computer was. I had a bunch of games that either ran super bad, or they would crash or freeze. My husband let me get a new laptop this week because we got a really good deal with refurbished. :3

Any classes that you're super excited about taking?

[Chi]

My parents did that a few times. One time my brother-in-law ruined it when he asked about my PS3 before I even opened. He's a different story though, can't stand him.

I can't afford a new system right now which sucks. Oh well. o-o;

Nothing I'm really excited for, I just hope to be done soon. I guess, a class that does interest me is my Mobile Apps class. We're working with the Android system to make Apps. Or at least to learn how to make Apps.

[Lucid:]

Ooooh, a mobile apps class sounds super fun! I hear Android developers are pretty much always needed for stuff. I think if I was in programming, I'd want to make apps...but I wouldn't know what kind of app to make. xD My husband is always coming up with ideas for apps, then finds out that there's already an app like his idea.

[Chi]

Sorry I've been gone for soooo long. I've just had a lot to deal with lately. A lot. Mostly school and home issues. I wouldn't doubt that the home issues may get worse if something is changed soon. I've also just been really depressed and stressed lately too.

The mobile app class is really fun and I think I may have thought up an independent app for my final project. I'm gonna try a paint program and maybe add more to it as I go along. Like maybe after you complete your drawing, you can send it to your friend and your friend can draw on it then send it back. I'm not sure if this is "original" or not though since we already have drawsomething... We'll see.

EDIT: I just wanted to add this in instead of making a second post. I'm sure some people will be able to guess what I'm talking about... I watch a Lets Player that is playing one of my favorite games right now. She was talking about getting guests and when people asking her about female LPers and stuff. She said she didn't know any that could. I want to say something, but I feel I don't have the right to. Not that I'm mad or whatever but I have under 10 subs and I'm pretty unknown. I thought about asking her about it anonymously but I don't want to unintentionally annoy her either. This just unintentionally made me upset because I'm just not gonna say anything. I'm too shy to say anything and I feel I don't have the right to.

I know that was kind of whiny, I'm just disappointed in myself about it...

[Chi]

I decided to make another post instead of editing my first post or making another thread...

I've been in a low point of my life right now. Probably not low as some of you have said lately but if you could, please bare with me... My thoughts are gonna be really jumbled too, sorry if I'm not clear.

I didn't read through it, but whether I mentioned it or not. My sister and her husband moved in with us back in May or April. At first I was pretty mad about it but now it's starting to have a different effect on me. When they moved in they were given a set of 'rules', and by set of rules my parents told them they had to do certain stuff and that was it, nothing written or whatever. They haven't been following these 'rules' and the last time I brought it up to one of my parents their reaction was either, "I didn't see it so it did happen." or "Oh my god get over it and quit complaining." It gets under my skin because as soon as I do something my parents 'don't approve of' all my sister has to do is say it happened and they talk to me about it. Another thing my sister and him do is doing stuff just to upset me or emotionally hurt me. I'll start talking about my day or something and they weren't listening even though they wanted me to listen to their story. Or one thing that my dad has actually done a few times that when I start talking they interrupt me to say, "Get to the point" or "Don't care", the latter is more of my sister. This all probably seems so small to some of you. It is hard for me though to see my parents say that them moving in doesn't effect me and, "Well what am I supposed to do? I didn't see it happen." When my sister and him treat no one with respect. To put this a little more into perspective, my brother-in-law hasn't had a job in two years, does not actively look for one and does not take care of their two dogs or help around the house. When he does help, only after he's been asked/told several times and not during some sort of game on tv. It may just be me but if I was in a situation like theirs I would be trying my hardest to get a job and move back out. My parents also keep promising to talk to him about this stuff but never do and I'm starting to doubt they ever will. Sorry this seems so childish but it's starting to take it's toll on me...

Another thing that has been wearing me thin is school. Things were starting to get better I thought but it's actually just been going downhill since the semester started, it only slowed down when I thought it was getting better. I was originally set up to graduate in the summer with a Major in Computer and Information Science and a Minor in Mathematics. That much is still true, except I had to push my graduation back to next year. Not only will I be in university for 5 years next Spring, but I need to go an extra semester because of unseen bs on the school's part. Not only did some of my credits from my first university not count for anything besides, "Look I wasted my time on this course because you won't even count it as an elective" I was also told I could graduate from completing an internship. Surprise, Internships count as 1 elective credit hour and it doesn't stack. It's one, total. Whereas Co-Op is up to 3 or 4, but the way they set it up is really asinine. When you do a Co-Op, its full time work, you can't schedule any classes with it, and it's only offered Spring Semester + 6 weeks of Summer. No Fall, only Spring and Summer. This has caused me a lot of stress which has fueled my depression. After all this had 'settled out' I still wasn't doing well in my courses.
One of my courses ended last month and I got a D which I was extremely disappointed about. I cried for several hours because I've never gotten anything lower than a C before. I was also really afraid of what my parents would say. I went and talked to my professor about it because even though he was very nice it was just hard because I was doing okay, my quizzes were very high but he put so much emphasis on exams, we only had two, and I did not do well at all. When he was talking to me about my grade and rhetorically asking me, "What happened?" I started crying. I felt so embarrassed and told him I was sorry for getting so upset, I just couldn't help it. When I finally told my parents, they were surprisingly supportive. I say surprisingly because they've been rather harsh before, my mother has even called me a failure before so I was afraid of what they would say to me.
I'm also falling behind in my classes. I am trying my best to catch up and do the work I need to do but I'm struggling. I also don't have much of a drive besides trying to do well and get a good grade. From the stress and depression I've been sleeping a lot which causes me to fall behind too. One day I slept for 16 or some hours, that's two thirds of the day sleeping. I still managed to complete my assignments this week but not after struggling to make up for lost time.

I wish I had something that could maybe pull me out of this funk, busy work if you will. I tried with video games but I'm starting to get to points that are after story or side stuff that just takes a long time. It sucks that something that normally gives me so much joy is starting to 'fall short'. I don't work anymore, I left my other online team because I didn't like the way things were going and besides school I have 'nothing' to do. I was gonna start a project with my grandmother's help but I'm going to need to wait until Winter Break.

Sorry I'm so mopey and meh. I wish I could get out of this funk.

[Nexess]

Have you tried knitting? I know it's a weird thing to say but I do it when I get in a funk or am just feeling really out of it, it's very calming ad helps me put my head in order. Maybe something like knitting would help you?

I don't really even make anything from it, it's just something to keep my hands moving and makes me feel like I'm doing something.

And as for the Sister and Brother in Law thing, I think you should just ignore it Chi. in all honestly it's really just not your problem, your parents have let them do this and it's up to them to actually step up and do something about it.

As for them putting you down I say just stop talking to them about the majority of your life, it'll take off alot of stress on you and if your actually not talking to them tell them so, just stand up ad go I wasn't talking to you, so don't interrupt please. Don't say it rudely, just get the point across politely, it works wonders with people like that, they tend to get really embarrassed because they've been called out on their behaviour.