Preparing for the Upcoming Community Endurance Run... By Streaming A Whole Bunch

Hey!

If weren't already aware, the Giant Bomb Community Endurance Run is an event where a bunch of people from the GB community play games, stream them and raise money for charity! I've been a part of the previous two events (4 and 5) and with the date of GBCER6 slowly on the approach (April 14th - 17th, if I'm not mistaken) I've been looking back on my efforts for previous years and seeing where I could make some improvements.

GBCER4 was, from what I remember of it, an absolute blast. I didn't archive most of it but the moments I did still stand out as some of the most fun I've had in the past few years. It was a ton of fun but as far as raising money for charity goes I can't say for certain if I helped on that end. You can watch some of the stuff I archived as well as @thatpinguino's FFVIII speedrun and the Pathfinder game from that year in this playlist.

For GBCER5, I had plenty of time to plan things out. I had interviews lined up, prizes to give away and even played through 4 different games to completion over that weekend. I can even say with a bit of confidence that I got a few people to donate! But beyond the interviews I did, I didn't really have a great time doing it. I was mostly streaming by myself and part of what made the last event so fun for me was that I got to hang out with a bunch of duders and play some games. I don't mind streaming solo but I don't think much of what I streamed for GBCER5 is what I would consider to be watchable. I had a host of various technical problems (stream constantly dying, bad framerates, etc.) and I didn't talk very much. When I did, it always felt like I was talking towards the audience and not with them. The interviews are the only part of the event I archived (and could find on YouTube) and I've put them in this playlist if you want to watch them.

I was so down on GBCER5 that I wasn't even sure I was going to participate this year but after slowly fixing some of the technical problems I encountered last time I'm committed to putting on a good show this year. All that remains is to improve my hosting/presenting/speaking skills and I figured there's no way to do that other than just doing it!

So I've set out to stream at least once a day for the entire month of February. I had originally planned to finish Undertale once a day but I soon realized that's a bad idea that would get boring pretty fast. So instead, I've set out to challenge myself in a sense. I now aim to play, stream and finish 9 different games before the end of the month.

I'm limiting the games to those that I have either never or never finished. To keep things interesting! As of this writing I've finished two games: RONIN and Kero Blaster. I'm currently wandering around and getting lost in playing through Doom II, on Ultra-violence of course! I don't really know what I'll move onto once I finish Doom but I've got a little over 3 weeks left and 6 more games to go through. I'm sure I'll figure out something!

You can check out my twitch channel if you're interested in accompanying me for this silly little adventure and if not, you should definitely keep an eye on the forums for the official GBCER6 thread! The event will take place on April 14th - 17th (again, unless I'm mistaken) and I hope we as a community can get out there, raise some money and have an awesome time doing it!