Tag: streaming

• Not an April’s Fool — Drafts and more Reading!

  I’m 41 and the most notable thing for me as sign of aging is how my facial is mostly white — not grey or some salt and pepper. It’s mostly white. The top part of my hair is still color-rich but my sides are starting to show that silvery white. Usually I cut my ponytail on my name day as a symbol of refreshing but this year I chose to only buzz the sides and back.

  It took some willpower but I managed to finish writing a chapter for March of Drafts. It was longer than February’s entry but not by much whereas I’ve kicked off April with an entry that is arguably longer than either of the previous months. I do believe that I may write even more into it now that I felt refreshed and figured out how to move the story out of the area I was at. I felt as though I didn’t know how to progress. I wasn’t sure whether to keep writing about that realm Ronoir walked into or to just move him further throughout Old York. I think the answer in this month’s entry may be a part of both conclusions.

  I’ve also reached the 90% point of my A Game Of Thrones by GRRM and I think it’s genuinely fair to say that the show adapted about 65% of the book and in doing so, left out some important aspects that would’ve enriched the story building, especially for Jon, Bran, Catelyn and even Dany & Drogo. I definitely believe the 1st book had enough for almost 2 seasons worth of material.

  Spring is definitely here in Florida and that means low 60s in the morning and mid-late 80s in the peak noon hours. Honestly, I miss the late Fall-ish weather that we had this past winter. It felt good to feel the cold breeze, to wear a hoodie with the sleeves down.

  Lastly, I wanted to add how I may return to streaming soon and even resume making small shorts here and there. I may go ahead and give Twitch another chance now that the Affiliate requirements have been simplified because before? Hooboy, it felt too much like a brain rotting grind. I miss just giving everyone a glimpse of me enjoying a game, sharing commentary/analysis as I go for the sheer fun of it.

  Will I resume creating music? I’m close to entering the right headspace for it. The way my brain is wired requires me to not do so much at once because then I’ll accomplish very little. There are many things I both need and want to accomplish but I need to remind myself to do one thing at a time.

  04/02/2026

  a game of thrones, A Song of Ice and Fire, drafts, life, neurodivergent, ron322, streaming, update, Writing

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• Almost a Month of Reprieve. FireFrei writing Thoughts.

  It feels like it’s been a month since I last went live. It was with Elden Ring NightReign and I enjoyed that initial conclusion. There’s more to finish Undertaker and Wylder’s story but there’s a step or two to finish off. Why haven’t I finished that? A lot of moving parts in my house happened and thus there’s some inner reconfiguration going on. If my camera space in my room is messy, I don’t like going live. Additionally, I needed to step away in order to rest, recover and focus on that which feeds my soul for inspiration. I needed to keep writing FireFrei and I surprisingly haven’t been able to write a single entry this month for Drafts either, to my surprise. I needed to lock in.

  I got to enjoy the Bad Bunny performance at the Super Bowl and the Boricua in me appreciated all of it. I’ve said in previous social media posts that he is not the kind of artist I listen to on a regular basis but his last album and his live performance putting our Boricuas on the spotlight is some thing I dearly appreciate. It opened up the conversation online about who we are, our place in history and in turn showing how we mattered and fit in Black History.

  I also got to enjoy A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, to which I believe is the best book to show ratio yet. In a time where things are chaotic, with indecent people showing their whole arse, a story about a mere hedge knight that lives by a code of honor to where a Hand of the King lost his own life to ensure he lived and won spoke volumes. I’m not sure if GRRM anticipated this 1st season of the adaptation to be an injection of hope on the belief of such moral principles during this time period but it definitely has been. It’s been a reminder that, although honor, decency and honesty are rare traits to find in everyday people, there are still those whom possess such traits.

  FireFrei writing of chapter 7 has continued and as I write, there’s a sense of dread I have with the conclusion of this chapter. I’m not a believer in sudden destruction of tender-hearted souls that bring reprieve and relief to a group of characters that just went through some near-catastrophic hell in their city unless you give that character a chance to shine their light to contrast the protagonist’s journey. I need their shared memory with whom may be her father to add weight. You want Emmanuel Lucifer’s mind to open up to the reader. I believe it’ll add more to his connection with the ill-fated character. I feel it’ll also add more to her sweetness as a soul and so, if or when the moment comes, it’ll hit harder.

  The conclusion of Act 1 from Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 also gave me that reminder when it comes to storytelling — don’t kill off a character for the sake of shock. If you do kill off a character, give it meaning, show the reader/viewer a reason to care and understand why that death matters and what it could mean.

  We also now live in a world where people often need constant reminder of the main plot and stakes, which I despise. I still believe in telling a story and moving along but just leave bites in previous chapters or books so as to remind people “Hey remember that part a while back? Keep it in your head, it’ll mean something later”. In part, that’s what made a lot of earlier writings of Shakespeare so damn good— he sometimes just gave you the ending to your face but because it was vague and without context, you wouldn’t have known it was the conclusion he was putting in front of you until you took the whole journey of experiencing the story.

  My goal is still to finish writing of FireFrei before October and same for Drafts. The former has a looser schedule while the latter has a mandatory schedule of writing a chapter every month, no matter how long or short those chapters are. Can it be creatively limiting? Probably but will it give me a sense of urgency? Yes, astoundingly so.

  02/17/2026

  a knight of the seven kingdoms, break, Elden Ring NightReign, FireFrei, honor, Life, ron322, storytelling, streaming, update, Writing

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• Recalibrating Ron322 Online!

  One of the most difficult things I had to come to terms with by the end of 2023 was that I plunged myself into the “variety streamer” category. Some gamers can pull it off with excellence — I personally don’t believe I’m one of them.

  I recall looking back at how my adventure as an online streamed began and it consisted of me doing one game play-through at a time. In all honestly, it was simpler and easier for me to edit and get things done. It’s perhaps out of desire to showcase my diversity in game genres that I ended up doing 2-3 games scheduled at a time but the problem was that it required lots of micromanagement and promotion. For me, just streaming isn’t enough; I need to edit long pauses out of the videos or menu jumping as those moments consume time and will be prone to reduce interest in tuning in.

  As I wound down my play-through of Persona 3 Portable, It’s given me a chance to breathe. For the purpose of sticking to my original format, I paused streaming other unfinished games (Sonic Frontiers, Bleach Brave Souls, BlazBlue CentralFiction, Fire Emblem Three Houses) just so I can breathe and enjoy reading and drawing again. I do intend to resume Nioh 2 very soon as it’s a Souls-like whose pace can go by fairly quickly, especially if you do jolly cooperation!

  I also want to take time to create shorts out of my previous work just to promote my channel and create some engagement. In the meantime, I’ve also created more merch designs to support my work and for self-expression. Feel free to grab some merch in the link below and if you’re new and would like to support my channel, link to subscribe is below as well!

  Ron322 Merch

  Ron322 channel

  01/28/2024

  content, Gaming, merch, ron322, streaming

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• Some Changes! Music Update!

  Hey my beloved 322 Crew,

  I know it’s been a hot minute since I’ve done a blog. I wanted to fill you in on some changes. I’ve decided to stream Sonic Mania Plus on Youtube in the next few weeks while still streaming Persona 5 Royal.

  In addition, I will be streaming P5R mainly on Twitch and then exporting the livestreams onto my Youtube channel. Given the 30 day window of the streams on Twitch, having them on a playlist on my Youtube channel is a huge plus. Those of you that are more interested in a simplified, main story version of the game, I have begun to make a P5R highlights playlist on Youtube, where I edit out most confidant hangouts, as well as Mementos request battles. This will likely shave a huge amount of time in terms of storytelling while still maintaining all my commentary. Given that I now use my PS4 camera when streaming, I am editing for the P5R highlight playlist those old videos into a 4:3 format (feeling old yet?).

  This leads to one other exciting thing I’m considering for future streams — having my Ron322 music playing instead of the game’s original soundtracks when going live. Spotify pretty much makes that possible and is something I’m considering to do. Just be sure to Subscribe to my channel and hit the notification bell set to “All”, this way you are always getting updates on my channel’s content.

  twitch.tv/ron322official

  05/18/2021

  Gaming, Music, p5r, persona5royal, recording, ron322, sonicmaniaplus, streaming, twitch, videos, youtube

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