A smashing reschedule (Blog) (Patreon)

Hey everyone, so while I've yet to mention it anywhere else just yet (I will do pretty soon), I've decided to delay the Spyro Reignited video, and the main reason for it is I don't want it getting lost in the sea of Smash Bros content given the original upload date was on its launch day.

It is a shame to leave it another week given the video is literally done, but Friday evenings are usually a good slot for me as the time of evening means I get maximum coverage with people available to see it here in the UK and also just before people start heading home after work in the USA.

If my channel were bigger I'd maybe just go for it but I'd be disappointed to see 4 weeks of effort not get seen by anyone, and due to the lack of full time hours I'm able to commit to creating videos I was never going to be within that 1 week sweet spot of having the video up anyway... so this is the next best thing.

Again, the review code would have been a lot more useful if it were given to me a little earlier, like most people had. But that's just the way it is. I'm still grateful I was even able to get one a few hours early.

The plan...

So the plan at the moment is to delay the video by 1 week to allow some of the Smash Bros hype to settle, so hopefully more people will see the video. I won;t be takig time off from working towards content in this time though, as I have a Christmas video that needs to begin pre-production ASAP.

That said I'm going to try something different for the Spyro Reignited Trilogy video and set it up to Premiere next Friday. My thinking is this will give people the chance to see the watch page for an entire week and specifically sign up for a notification to watch it live with me and anyone else who tunes in.

I'll also use this as a way to mention all of your names in the chat towards the end and remind people of what I get up to over her eon Patreon, as well as just chatting to those who want to talk to me.

It'll also be a good way to see how these Premieres actually work as I've not used the option yet, and would be nice to see if it'll benefit the bigger plans I have for my Channels 5 year anniversary next year.

Some more space...

While I didn't go out of my way to buy anything at all during the whole "Black Friday" bullshit, I did happen to see something that would come in useful for almost half the price it was originally, with that being a 4TB external harddrive.

I needed to wait until I finished my Spyro video fully before I started using it as it would have messed everything up, as my plan is to turn this into my gameplay archive, turning the 2TB one I've been using for the last year into more storage for my PS4.

This will honestly make my downtime when I just need to de-stress and play a game for the sake of enjoying it a lot less of a hassle, as Red Dead Redemption 2 and the Spyro Reignited Trilogy combined ended up taking away nearly 170GB of space alone...

Hopefully this means less juggling of the various games I want to play and... I dunno, maybe that'll be a good reason to try my hand at streaming again in the new year.

The next video...

Between now and when the Spyro Reignited Trilogy video goes live I'll begin playing and working on a few art assets for the next game I want to make a video on, hopefully in time for Christmas...

As this game was funded mostly through your pledges, I will be showing you what it is in the Behind the Scenes post for the Spyro Reignited Trilogy, so be sure to give that a read when you see it go up!

So goodbye for now until next week, then!

- Pete