MALLORY SOFTDROPS?! (Day 3377 - 2/22/19)

Previous Vlog (Day 3376) | Next Vlog (Day 3378)

This vlog starts in the middle of the gaming stream that Stephen said they were going to do today starting at 8pm EST. They currently were playing Tetris 99 on the Nintendo Switch. Stephen said that he and Mallory were taking turns playing and seeing who did better. He then shows Mal playing Tetris 99 and he said that Mal was doing pretty well. Stephen also mentions that Mal plays Tetris using "soft drops" which is holding the "down" button to make the blocks fall down instead of "hard drops" which is pressing the "up" button to make the blocks instantly fall down. He says that he was surprised that there are people that "soft drop" in Tetris, but a lot of people in the Twitch chat said that they also "soft drop". Stephen then says that he and Mal were originally having a friendly competition, but he kind of gave up on that and is now rooting for Mal to win. Stephen says that this is the first time either of them have gotten into the top 10 during this stream. Mal's Tetris blocks reach the top so she got a game over and ended up in 8th place overall. Mal then briefly asks Stephen if they were going to play Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

The video then transitions to the end of the 3 hour game stream where Stephen says that the highest he placed in Tetris 99 was 43rd place. Stephen said that setting up the stream was interesting because he was trying to figure out how to set it up in the living room because he had originally wanted to do the stream in the office. He states that the reason they built a small computer with a small form factor was to be able to move the computer from the living room to the office so that they could do streams in both places. Stephen also mentions that he added a handle to it to make it easier to carry. He said that he had wanted to put the computer in the office and hook up the audio interface to it so they could use their headsets, but it was difficult because the audio setup in the office is completely different from the audio setup in the living room which uses an overhead microphone. Stephen said that it would have required getting that working and getting a good audio mix on the microphones. He said that he had already set all that up on the Mac computer because they previously streamed Mario Kart 8 Deluxe on the Mac computer and it sounded really good. However, he had replicate that on the Windows computer and there was not enough time to do that.

Stephen says that in the future when streams are happening regularly they will use those headsets and will probably be in the office. He said that for today's stream it was already set up for Breakfast Stream, so he just had to to change the Breakfast Stream logo and move some stuff around and it was ready. Stephen said that it wasn't a perfect setup, but it was functional. Stephen mentions that at one point the stream had 800 viewers. He said that he found this out from the chat at the end of the stream because he doesn't usually have a screen that shows the number of viewers pulled up. Stephen says that he just puts on a show and has fun and doesn't really pay attention to the number of viewers. He says that he is really glad that people gave the gaming stream a shot and decided to watch it.

Stephen says that he eventually wants to do weekly streams regularly, but he wants to first finish working on the old timeline and Fallout 4. He said that he knows that a lot of people are anxious about different games and series that he has promised to do on the channel, but he wants to finish all the projects he is working on now before starting anything else. Stephen says that taking on too many difficult projects at once had led him to bad times and he doesn't want to do that ever again. Then, Stephen talks about how they need to get Puyo Puyo Tetris on the Nintendo Switch, so that he and Mal can have a legit battle. Stephen is then exasperated about how Mal soft drops in Tetris 99. He then mentions that he found out the location of an upcoming event in May that he cannot discuss the details of. Stephen then calls for Mal telling her that they need to eat a Kit Kat.

Sagan is sitting on the trash can that is right next to the counter where the Kit Kat box is. Stephen then asks Sagan what his favorite Sublime song is and then sings " Summertime, and the livin's easy" from the song "Doin' Time" by Sublime. Mal then asks Sagan if he wants the box that the Kit Kat was in. Stephen then lets Sagan sniff the box.

Kit Kat Flavor Tried: Sublime Matcha Kit Kat

Mal says that there are tea pieces in the Kit Kat. Stephen talks about how the Sublime Kit Kats were the Kit Kats that had a higher quality chocolate. They both say that the Kit Kat smells really good. Mal says that the Sublime Matcha Kit Kat has a strong aftertaste which was good because for some of the Kit Kats you could only taste the tea flavor in the beginning. They both agreed that this was the best matcha Kit Kat. Stephen said that some of the matcha Kit Kats have tasted similar and some of them have been different, but for this one he said that you can tell that it's fancy. Stephen compares the difference between the other matcha Kit Kats and the Sublime Matcha Kit Kat as the difference between bargain bin vanilla ice cream and vanilla ice cream with vanilla beans. Stephen states that it is not a mind-blowing taste difference, but different enough that you can tell. Stephen and Mal both say that this Kit Kat was good, but it wasn't their overall favorite one. Stephen says that one of his favorite Kit Kats was the Roasted Green Tea Kit Kat.

Stephen then thanks everyone for watching the stream and that it meant a lot to him. He says that he knows that it is a big jump from going from Youtube to Twitch and that he appreciates the support. Stephen said that he is also thankful to the moderators who were there tonight and at Breakfast Streams and were always willing to help out. He then says that he has to return the computer monitor in the living room to his setup in the office so that he can edit this vlog.