Equipment failure

If you have spent any time gaming online, a glitch with your equipment can be devastating. It can be the difference between killing the zombie or being killed by the zombie. In a roleplaying game there is no massive consequence (mostly because there is no computer algorithm running the bad guys). So what happens when they do occur?

We have been streaming our home game for nearly two years now, and it still happens. When we experience a lag in timing, or a camera randomly shuts off, we just go with it. Sometimes we have to stop and wait for the issue to be corrected, but often we can continue with whatever we are doing and fill in the other person when the issue gets worked out. In the case of complete power failure, it shuts down the stream, and that can really disrupt the game.

When the stream is interrupted, we break (mentally and physically) while it is getting back up. Unfortunately, that means we have two videos for one week. Sure, I can take those and put them together in one video, but that is just extra work. So far, no one seems to mind the way it is, so I’ll leave it for now. The biggest problem is picking up where we left off.

Our regularly scheduled breaks do not affect us quite the same way. We have time to mentally prepare and when we return, we are ready to go. Abrupt breaks catch us off guard. We get a little discombobulated and when we come back, it takes a minute to remember what we were doing before we were so rudely interrupted.

Most of this is to say…go with it. No one can expect the unexpected, so be adaptable and patient as you work to push forward toward recovery as best as you can. Remember, practice does NOT make perfect, it makes better!