Monday, January 4, 2016

Help Me, Obi-Wan Kenobi, You're My Only Hope!

I officially merged all of my Facebook pages together for a single concise page. If you don't want to follow still, then you know what to do. But, if you do want to help and support, I wouldn't say no to a quick share on your page/s. If you do, let me know, so I know who to thank accordingly!
Let me start with some quick points of interest:
I run a Twitch.tv account on Mondays and Thursdays, usually around 7PM EST. Every stream, I play some sort of video game from my collection. I may play a PC game, Wii U, XBox One, or among many other options as well. I discuss the games I’m playing, give thoughts, reviews, tips, and usually a spew ton of vulgarity as I play and/or die.
But, sometimes prior, I do other smaller streams beforehand, such as ROC Unboxing and WK-ROC. ROC Unboxings tend to be pretty straight-forward. I get the geeky subscription box Loot Crate every month, and every other month I get the Marvel Collector Corps Funko box. I discuss each item and explain the geekdoms as they arise in each box.
WK-ROC is my favorite part. I’ve been a journalist for a very long time, off and on, generally within geeky publications and the video game industry. Something that bothers me about most news anymore is the opinions and peanut gallery fluff that comes pinned onto it. There’s a time and a place, and the middle of the news isn’t it. If I want the news, I want the news. Let Vlogs and opinion pieces handle those bits. Introducing WK-ROC Geekly Weekly News! WK-ROC is done LIVE on Twitch (which I warn everyone on my page beforehand if they want to view it live), and then posted to YouTube afterwards, that night. These broadcasts tend to only fill the stream with news, and I cut out anything that I would consider fluff. The broadcast ends with a quick line about my Live stream for that night and will ask a opinion question for the viewers to answer, either about geekdom or Right On Chime. I do this live, so minor mistakes can happen as I am the news anchor, director, producer, writer, key grip, and best boy. These broadcasts happen at least once a week, but sometimes enough news happens in a short span that a full broadcast can happen twice in a week.
Other places to find me the easiest is on Twitter and on Facebook, among every other major social network you can possibly name. (Just Google it. I even have an Ello.)
The final places that I have are probably the ones I neglect the most and shouldn’t (I’ll do better, I promise!), Blogger and WordPress. Aside from my own personal blogs on both, I also write for www.GraphicPolicy.com and www.cbxcasts.com.
What is my endgame? I currently work a full time job at a glorious electronics retailer. I don’t want that. I want to be able to dedicate all of my time to my love of everything Geek. One day, I’d like to be able to professionally stream on Twitch, write news, be able to broadcast straight from conventions, and do this all day, everyday. How can I achieve this? I’m not asking for money, I’m asking for support. Share my pages. Favorite my YouTube and Twitch. Like the hell out of it all. Comment, collaborate, and become one with my community. That is all the help I need. If I get the support, the ability to reach my dreams and goals will come soon after.
Help me Obi-Wan Kenobi, You’re My Only Hope.