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The Overwatch League began its inaugural preseason today, and it's already off to a rough start.The stream isn't available on popular streaming websites YouTube or Twitch, and is instead featured on MLG which has no Chromecast support. This made it extremely difficult for me to even begin watching the stream, taking me an extra 30 minutes to explore all my options to see if I could stream the matches directly from my phone (I can't), and then go, turn on my PC, get everything set and stream the full site page from MLG to my Chromecast. Yes, full site page. There's no way to remove or hide the chat unless you install an adblocker, and direct the adblocker to the chat window. Seriously? Where's the TV support? How are people supposed to easily watch this major e-sports event comfortable in their own home, attached at the hip to their PC? Does no one at Blizzard stream to their television, and they somehow didn't anticipate that watching what's supposed to turn into a huge sporting event on your couch would be something people looked forward to? Do people now watch the Superbowl on their PCs instead of in large parties? Did I miss a memo somewhere? I was really looking forward to this whole thing, but now I'm more frustrated than anything else. I don't want to have to come home and go to my PC to watch something on my television, especially when the standard for every single Overwatch event previous has been for it to livestream on Twitch. This is a huge inconvenience, and will likely impact the viewership if they don't get it figured out. I'm literally writing this post instead of watching the stream because it made me so frustrated I don't even care about watching it right now. Blizzard. Seriously. Get some Chromecast/SmartTV support going on, let your viewers watch the streams from the comfort of their beds and couches, and let us hide chat. Not everyone likes seeing POGCHAMP spammed a hundred times in a row.
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I've been playing an awful lot of Slime Rancher lately, because there have been so many updates in the past year where I haven't had a chance to log in. The game officially released yesterday, and I couldn't be more thrilled. The most recent update, just in time for the game's official launch, introduced what our plucky protagonist, Beatrix, actually looks like.
I love it! She looks amazing! Her outfit, her hair, I love it all. It changes literally nothing about the way the game plays, aside from that she's now standing inside your main building whenever you go to check your mail or make your ranch more fancy. I can't wait to play more of it, and find out what other new features have been unlocked. I've already managed to get myself lost in a forest, and attacked by angry raccoon monster slimes. The future is looking bright, and squishy! Good... afternoon! Wow, it's later than I thought it was.
I've managed to rearrange my daily schedule to allow some room for creating videos! During my dreary day-to-day work life, I got some experience creating storyboards and looking at video editing, so I figured hey, why not expand on that and see what I can create? To that end, I've decided to start working on a YouTube Channel! At best, it will allow me to share games and things that I love with a wide variety of people. At worst, well, at least I'll finally get through this crazy backlog of games that I bought during all the Steam sales and have never played. Here's a sample of my first ever video! It's not technically public, just unlisted, so if you're here reading this, well lucky you, you get first dibs on seeing my upcoming videos! Hooray! |
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