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Blazinghand
United States25550 Posts
You Should Stream
If you're like me, you find the ladder a lonely experience. You play against each opponent once, and likely never see them again. Sure, if you're GM or high master (or if you are mid master and play at odd times of day), you'll see the same person a few times, or even regularly. But for most of us? We go from game to game without a sense of together-ness. You're just bashing your skillset and sc2 learning against faceless opponents.
Bnet 2.0 is a lonely place. It's dark. It's insular. It can be hard to feel like you have a sense of continuity that really motivates a player. It's lonely, and laddering 1v1s is less fun as a result.
What Dr. Blazinghand prescribes in this sort of situation? Start a stream. Go get xsplit. Put some decent effort into your production values. Get a microphone and everything, get a baller overlay, and talk to your stream in game.
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/rOa7F.png) My xsplit has so many scenes you don't even know.
Don't worry, you won't get more than a couple viewers. I've been streaming for nearly 2 years and have like 5 regular viewers. Unless you stream regularly and consistently you won't be popular, but as long as you turn your stream on, there will be people stopping by. You can get listed here on TL, and get traffic that way as well. What matters is this:
You won't be alone.
Even if it's one viewer, or two, you'll have an audience. And when you lose that 1v1 against that cheesing (insert race here) noob? Well, someone will share your pain. And as you press onwards into the darkness of the ladder, you will carry the lantern of your stream with you. Maybe this won't matter to most of you, but for a guy who likes to talk, the feeling that there's someone out there to listen, that my tree falls in a not-uninhabited forest, gives me motivation and strength to press on.
Not everyone has the computing power to stream, but if you're running on high gfx, you can get out a 780x440 stream on a mixture of low and medium gfx without lagging during 200/200 fights. You'll also need a decent ISP that doesn't cap your upload, of course. All this is expensive, and if you don't have the equipment to do it, that's fine.
But even when I was on my macbook, playing without a graphics card on low settings and having to close error messages every time I tried to start sc2, even with my "no right click" mac trackpad and dorm internet, I found a way to finagle livestream procaster to work. Did I lag like a mofo? Yes. Did it hurt my play? Indubitably.
But I wasn't alone any more.
 
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For anyone saying you can't stream because no one will watch:
As Day[9] says, just go do it. Eventually you could have a real audience, but not if you don't even try.
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My immature side got the better of me this time, i'm dying laughing at those tabs :D
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On March 31 2012 02:05 Blazinghand wrote:
Don't worry, you won't get more than a couple viewers. I've been streaming for nearly 2 years and have like 5 regular viewers.
As a new streamer, I can confirm how true this is 
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Blazinghand
United States25550 Posts
Oh yeah, for sure. It doesn't matter what league you're in even, give it a try! If you don't want to spend money, you can use FLME or livestream procaster, though I'm not sure how these match up to Xsplit in terms of quality.
On March 31 2012 02:11 Hibzy wrote:
My immature side got the better of me this time, i'm dying laughing at those tabs :D
???
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Your blog has been five-starred, but not because of the text...
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This is even more incentive for me to get a better computer so I can feel less alone.
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On March 31 2012 02:14 neSix wrote:
Your blog has been five-starred, but not because of the text...
Indeed, what a hero 
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On March 31 2012 02:14 neSix wrote:
Your blog has been five-starred, but not because of the text...
I did the same.
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Is it gay to fantasize about... Nada? 
On a more serious note, this is a really good point. Fortunately, I have two younger brothers who are as addicted to this game as I am, so even if we're separately laddering 1v1s instead of playing team games together, we're still talking about the games with each other and showing each other "epic" (but not really) replays
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On March 31 2012 02:29 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:Is it gay to fantasize about... Nada? On a more serious note, this is a really good point. Fortunately, I have two younger brothers who are as addicted to this game as I am, so even if we're separately laddering 1v1s instead of playing team games together, we're still talking about the games with each other and showing each other "epic" (but not really) replays
It's Naniwa 
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On March 31 2012 02:35 Cokefreak wrote:Show nested quote +On March 31 2012 02:29 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:Is it gay to fantasize about... Nada? On a more serious note, this is a really good point. Fortunately, I have two younger brothers who are as addicted to this game as I am, so even if we're separately laddering 1v1s instead of playing team games together, we're still talking about the games with each other and showing each other "epic" (but not really) replays It's Naniwa
Yeah man. It's not even a question if it were about Nada -- everyone knows it's straight to fantasize about NaDa.
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I should stream more ): this is the very reason why I like doing it~
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unforgivable porn
bisuxjaedong
isitgaytofantasizeaboutnada
jinrofanfics
YOU HAVE ISSUES (!) :>
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On March 31 2012 03:14 Gamegene wrote:
unforgivable porn
bisuxjaedong
isitgaytofantasizeaboutnada
jinrofanfics
YOU HAVE ISSUES (!) :>
5/5 issues...
on topic... you've convinced one person!
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LOL OMFG Noah :D
I totally agree with the blog. Your tabs are also amazing though :D
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On March 31 2012 03:14 Gamegene wrote:
unforgivable porn
bisuxjaedong
isitgaytofantasizeaboutnada
jinrofanfics
YOU HAVE ISSUES (!) :>
Now we know why he goes by blazing hand?
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Blazinghand, I started streaming about 2 weeks ago on and off, I do like it even though I have a viewer or 2 only. You mentioned obtaining overlays, where can I find overlays?
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Haha xD what does unforgivable porn even mean?
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What if we can't stream because our computer sucks.
Then we are forever alone?
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On March 31 2012 04:33 Vlare wrote:
What if we can't stream because our computer sucks.
Then we are forever alone?
You always have unforgivable porn to keep you company.
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On March 31 2012 04:45 Vod.kaholic wrote:Show nested quote +On March 31 2012 04:33 Vlare wrote:
What if we can't stream because our computer sucks.
Then we are forever alone? You always have unforgivable porn to keep you company.
You pretend they're talking to you as well? <3
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Blaze wrote a blog? 5/5 for sure lolol
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Dare I google unforgivable porn?
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On March 31 2012 02:05 Blazinghand wrote:[center]
I, too, fantasize about having gay sex with SC2 progamers. Perhaps we can meet up at a future SC2 event and coax some drunken players back to our room.
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On March 31 2012 04:04 HardlyNever wrote:Show nested quote +On March 31 2012 03:14 Gamegene wrote:
unforgivable porn
bisuxjaedong
isitgaytofantasizeaboutnada
jinrofanfics
YOU HAVE ISSUES (!) :> Now we know why he goes by blazing hand?
You're awesome lol..
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I wish my internet was good enough to stream.
5/5 for the firefox tabs, btw.
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Little do you know, Blazing softly trolled us the day before April first.
Well played sir.
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Awesome blog. I did this and ended up actually laddering more than in any previous season.
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Blazinghand
United States25550 Posts
On March 31 2012 05:52 NoctemSC wrote:
Little do you know, Blazing softly trolled us the day before April first.
Well played sir.
April 1st actually isn't for 2 days
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No tabs open on Flash? Kill yourself.
:p
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Hahaha every part of that setup is remarkable, 5/5
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What time/how often do you stream?
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I can't stream since my computer is a mac and therefore, I thus am in a rut, i love the interface but it limits my gaming so much . If I could stream I would, its much more social and I enjoy that. Being on a mac is a love hate relationship, much like this emoticon  .
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What if I can't stream because I'm too stupid to set up a stream? What do I do then?
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I should start streaming my readings.
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On March 31 2012 13:11 Azera wrote:
No tabs open on Flash? Kill yourself.
:p
Maybe you should check out those Jinro fanfics before jumping to conclusions.
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On March 31 2012 14:40 Ghin wrote:
What if I can't stream because I'm too stupid to set up a stream? What do I do then?
You learn or don't stream lol
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On March 31 2012 07:13 Blazinghand wrote:Show nested quote +On March 31 2012 05:52 NoctemSC wrote:
Little do you know, Blazing softly trolled us the day before April first.
Well played sir. April 1st actually isn't for 2 days
Where you live maybe >:O I just got off a plane.
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EPT
