13: Turning Your Passion For Streaming Into A Dream Job w/NowInTechnicolor

Hey everyone. So welcome back to another episode of the hello, spring podcast. I hope you're all doing well, because in today's episode, we're about to have another guest on episode 13. The Lucky 13 actually. And so, I'll be interviewing my good friend now in Technicolor, AKA tebbe, aka the yellow lover

herself. But if you don't know who technique is, let me tell you a little bit about her technique is actually a simmer at heart but also loves to create unique and detailed bills from the ground of where she brings people into a honest open. Exciting vibrant and loving community. That I know for a fact you all will definitely love being there because I have been a fan of techne for about a year now. And honestly was being in her streams and being a part of a community is so warm and

welcoming. And and I just adore being a part of the spaghetti Squad and I know that she does too. But anyway, make sure you check out all the links Down Below in the show notes but let's go ahead and hop into today's episode. I just want to say thank you so much for like being on my podcast. Cast first of all, because honestly, when I ask people to be on my podcast I get so nervous and they're going to say no and but honestly no, thank you so much for being our guest

of course. Yeah. Honestly like when I asked him, like, do you want to be on my podcast? Like if you said sure because I remember I think it was last like last year, all right? Two years ago, whatever. When we me you and Sheila were on a call, I think we're playing Minecraft or something. And I was like I want to start a podcast one day and you all hype me up saying go for it, do it, do it, do it like oh yes. Oh and now look at us. Look at that.

Thirteen episodes in and we're already still going amazing. Yeah. I never thought I would actually ever start a podcast because I found I find myself very annoying at times but that's just me. I think we all do though. Let's be honest. Yeah, but you know, him like The inner self doubt, that kind of creeps in. Yeah, everything's okay in the end. Yeah, and look, we put our

quirks out there. We put ourselves out there and we see what happens and ultimately people seem to like it. So we must be doing something right. Exactly. Exactly. But I want to ask you. How's your day been? It's been good. It's 9:07 a.m. so you know, I got up. I fed my new pet bearded dragon and I got some. Yeah, I got some tea now, I'm here. Nice. What is their name? I still don't have a name for him.

Unfortunately like I've got a bunch of ideas but it's literally it's been like two weeks and it still hasn't really like truly hit me what his name is going to be, but I will let you know. I will I will definitely let you let you know. Okay? Good. I think you should call it spaghetti jr. After the spaghetti, Junior in the twitch chat, I think they would really love it. Oh yeah, I'm sure he would, he would love that.

Oh my gosh. And then he'll be in your house all day every day and then we no no come here. Spaghetti jr. I'm going to fill my God. That'd be so silly. Oh my goodness. Oh man. So would you tell the listeners a little bit about yourself? Who's not familiar familiar with now on Technicolor, AKA techne AKA tebbe, you know. Yeah sure. So I am called now in, Technicolor I go by techne and I am a Sim streamer.

I primarily like to build, I'm not much of a gameplay type person, but building is honestly where it's at. For me, that's what sparks the most joy for me, to be honest. And I've been doing building on the Sims at least on stream for like over well, over a year. R. Now, and I've been playing The Sims in general since the Sims 1. So it's been quite a journey, quite a journey. Oh, that's so cool. Yeah, I Honestly Love The Sim so much, like, it's changed so much

over time. Oh, my God. Yeah, like I would say, building has gotten a lot easier. Oh, yeah, I think. Oh, yeah, yeah, only because the games building was hard, you had to use math, and I didn't have time for that. Yeah, I know, she's mean and like, I don't know if it's just me, but at least in the older games they seem to be like a lot more raunchy if that makes like did you like get that impression of the Sims when you first like saw a little bit? Yeah, Yeah.

And I don't, I don't see that at all anymore. Like, of course, you can still woohoo and in various ways, but it's just doesn't have that like, oh my God, I'm doing like something bad Vibe, you know, I think what would make the Sims 4 very raunchy and scandalous is adding cutscenes that we had in the Yeah, yeah, yeah. I've heard about those. I actually didn't play The Sims II, but I have seen it.

I know, I know why. I know, yeah, I played The Sims wine and I skipped The Sims 2 and 3, and then started to play The Sims 4 is a huge jump for me. Oh my God. I want, we're missing on a whole different. Like you're missing everything like Sims to breathe, like Is that her? Like semi is also great, like open world. Everything's out there for you. The Sims look like potatoes, but, you know, it's fine. Yeah, but it's like, you got to go back and playing The Sims 3 at Lee's.

I know. I know, I should probably like figure that out one day and maybe do like first time playing The Sims 3 to situation. I think that could be fun. Yeah, I mean it's on Steam and origin, you know? You. So I wouldn't have to like, jump through hoops like you do if you try to play The Sims 1 or 2. Yeah. I mean first or is an eBay but find those yeah. Yeah, I'd avoid. I would avoid those personally. So why did you choose the name now in technical like what's the name behind it?

You like techno music like like what's the whole deal? Yeah so I came up with it on a whim like the fastest women ever Cuz with my then boyfriend, at the time, he was about to play a fortnight with his friend and he invited me. And I all I had was my like, my MacBook laptop and I just decided to see like if it would work. So, I just opened it up on ethic and made us screen name really fast. And that was literally the first thing I could think of, I don't, I like, don't even know why but

I had to play for it night. It didn't end up working out on my MacBook and the name. Just kind of stuck when I moved over to Twitch. Well, that I'm glad because I'm like, it sounds really cool because when I think of like now in Technicolor, isn't it? Like a I forget it's like a color. Like, it's like it's okay. Even if SLI it to be. Yeah. It has to do with TV and movies. I honestly don't know exactly what they do. I like do remember that like

movies? Obviously, like one point, we're all black and white and then as soon as they started being, In produced in collar. You would see Technicolor as like one of The Producers or something along those lines. Yeah. And the name I always thought was very pretty even though it's literally just a company name and I really liked the phrase now in Technicolor that you would see sometimes. So, I just kind of stuck with it. That's good.

Basically, you are the company. Yeah, I'm basically the company I've taken over. I'm the CEO. It doesn't matter. It's all good. I got it. That's good, that's good. Yeah. What is your favorite color? I just want to play my God, the people? Okay, good question. I know that, you know this and I know what your favorite color is, I'm just going to have to say it. It's yellow, it's probably the best color. I agree. I agree. Yellows, best color, you know.

We I talk to she'll about this like she just won't acknowledge the color yellow even though she deeply deeply loves it all. We know she wants it. Yeah, she'll never say it. We know. Dude, like my I like, I have so many Like, I have my closet. It's color-coded. All my shirts are color coded. And the yellow section is the biggest section. That's great. I've also got yellow bed, sheets, pillows and curtains and it's just like, I'm no yellow wall person like you but I'm

still living my yellow dream. I still am. You know Sunshine yellow, sunny California if use fits the vibe. It does it really does. It makes me happy. Like I'm All about like, mid-century modern and like vintage eclectic type Vibes when it comes to like, like interior design and I feel like the color yellow just fits in. So, well, well, wake guys. Both of those. Oh yeah, I like I have a lot of gold. I love gold as well. Oh, that's fancy mmm-hmm.

Oh man, I love mid-century modern furniture and like architecture ago, when I look at him, like builds for Sims, like, I want to build this and that and that I like I have a dream of living In a Suburban home, but with like, mid-century modern related stuff. Yeah, mostly. But I've always liked wanted to build the Brady Bunch house like. That is like the Century Modern for me. Yeah, the way it's like laid out and the way this like the shape is so awkward, and it's so

rough. Yeah. But I think it can be achieved with like plan. Yeah. - other things I was definitely helpful now. Yes. Sure. But oh my gosh, The Brady Bunch was a great short short. So many was a good shot. I have only seen like a handful of episodes, and then I've seen that like parody movie series that they came out with, like, back in the 90s. Did you ever see that Andrew? Paul. Wasn't it? No. Oh my God. It was, it was very silly.

None of the original actors in order in it or anything it's just like a bunch of actors playing the original characters. But anyway, off on a tangent there honestly, I mean Hey, it is what it is. I am I didn't really see that one but I saw the The Brady Bunch Movie. That was a film. That I think it's seventies or whatever. Like the first movie that they did. I didn't know if they had one. Whoa. Yeah they had that one. I think they did like a vacation one.

I think I don't remember. But okay. Okay, sick, thank you. Young was. I've got a watch that. Yeah, I think you could be a good no movie night special night. I do like to with the movie nights and discard, those are fun. Yeah. They're very like fun to do. Like bring the community together. I, you know, I wish though this court would I make it bigger where more people cannot join in because only a select few can like, watch it. Hmm, it's so lame. It's so lame.

I wish. I wish it could work out man. But yeah. Discord. Did you like that? And we are but a few just lowly. Lee users of the platform and there's nothing but good to be true. It's true. I think they were about my by Microsoft. So okay. Yeah interesting. I guess we'll see where it goes from there then hopefully. Yeah. So I always asks everyone that's all the time because I'm just nosy and I just want to know, but what was your first impression of me?

Because I have no idea. Oh, oh, oh that, we all, that's such a good question. Like, what I first heard about you it was just like actually from like browsing through the Sims category on, on Twitch, because, like, I was still, like, kind of getting to know everybody as like, I started to

grow as a streamer. I wanted to like, know who else was like also like growing and like other people that, like, I could potentially like relate to in some way and I saw you, and I was lurking in your stream for, like off and on, for quite some time. I still hadn't followed you yet. But I thought that you were just so like nice. Like so like almost aggressively kind o thing and yeah, I was like, oh my goodness. He's so like kind to everybody.

He like, makes like you, what? She'll do it like, it's so wild, like, even when Kayla low, some xia has rated you like before like you react to her raid, you make sure to finish like your conversation with the person that you previously be taught Ben. Can do and that is, that is something that's always stuck with me. Like you make sure to like, you know, like keep keep every every single conversation going. Make sure that every single person in there is is noticed basically.

Yeah. You just go through messages one by one like that and sometimes with me like I can be very sporadic and the way that I read my messages as they come in versus you just do them as like in order, which is so so nice. And I wish I could do that. But like, you know how it is when you stream. Sometimes it's just like every every like thought that comes in and everything, everything you do is just so like its it can be stressful sometimes.

But like it is honestly like go ahead and to be honest. So it like Ivory chat out of order. Like it may seem like I'm reading chat in order but really out of order where I gosh because I have the most like craziest brain in the world where because I have ADHD and like my brain goes like from one. Into another one to another one, to another one, and so confusing, but it makes sense to other people, which I'm like,

oh, okay. But when I get rated by people, like, I see the rain coming in, but like, I don't acknowledge it until like I finished, like what I'm saying. Like you said, because Yeah, because sometimes, like, I've always felt where people who like, hop in the streams, or whatever, sometimes like the quote streamer, doesn't notice them or like, talk to them because either chats going too fast or they just Just ignore them completely.

And I've always been a person where I've been ignored by other people in real life. Yeah names that not notice. So I've always felt you know, giving people attention is somewhat is a good thing but also a bad thing on depend on who you're talking to. Yeah definitely. So I go he's like feel like treat people the way you want to be treated is how I've always grown up. So yeah that's what forgiveness. Yeah. Try to I try to do the same. I really, I really do.

Like, I've had people come in and be like, oh my God. Like you're actually reading that you read my message or you like actually reading fat. And I've been like, well, I mean, if, if you're comparing me to like very, very large streamers fast chats, of course, they're not necessarily going to see your message all the time. But, you know, there may be streamers out there who just don't really pay attention to their chat at all. And I'm trying to avoid being that person by all. Yes, me too.

And I try my best to read every message to, like I'll say, yeah. If I get like a raid or whatever or something I'll say hi to literally everyone like not. Yeah. Hello everyone, how are you doing? Cuz it's kind of like chaotic when you think about it, because even with slow mode, it doesn't help sometime doesn't help right now. It's looking like it's to slug, it's too slow, but yeah, it just it limits each.

Persons like, messaging experience, but if there's a bunch of people in there like, you're still going to have like a lot of messages coming in. So I don't know how Kayla does it. I don't either. So, I mean, honestly, props to her. Yeah, truly, I can't do it. No, but, but I think I found you, uh-huh. Either through Kayla or bison mother's streamer because nine times out of ten.

I will find people who like my Ended or through the Sims tab, which I very like, like sometimes not search through this because I don't, I should to find other people, but I think that, I think I found you through Kayla, I'm pretty sure potentially, like, I know that, our first like, actual interactions at least through a voice chat were when it was either me you and Sheila or mute shella. And no, no, it was me a cello when we played Minecraft

together that first time. Yeah. Oh my gosh, those like, a whole year ago I know. It's wild and you know what just happened? Yeah like I think wait with a knife. Yeah it wait. Oh my gosh, it's 2021. Why are we all got partner like around the same time ago. Yes yellow got part of the same day and think a couple days afterwards you got partnered? It was so it was like a week. Yeah. Yeah that's just so crazy but I know something's happening here. What's going on?

Well, it wasn't Wild time, very, very wild time nuts. Not to like downplay. Like, you know, like the current day or anything but like, yeah, there was just so much happening like so many people getting partnered. It was a wild time. It was, it was awesome. It was, I wonder like The Sims Community has grown a lot since last year, besides what the pamir camera. Emma. Yeah, but like, it's grown on Twitch so fast that I'm happy that it's growing that fast

because it's more people. Being introduced at which the first time or be able to stream for the first time and seeing how it works. But also make a new friend, new friends and connections and possibly end up somehow relationships because some people end up actually finding out were end up dating someone in there, like, twitch chat.

Because I ya seen each other that they like notice each other in the chat, they chat more and more, and more like a discords, and eventually meet up, and then they get married, like a lot of people who has been doing it that way. Way. It's so, yeah, crazy. Yeah, I remember that it was fixed sella and zoos. I don't know who, I don't know, if you know who they are. But oh yeah. They're twitching was, and they found the like first, like, so not.

So, but like Chad, it, we with each other through a mutual friend, I think it was James Turner's, twitch chat. I think that's how that they are. It's a weird. It's a weird place, but it's also like an amazing place, because so many people are forming friendships. In relationships and like whatever like everything under the rainbow like you're saying during the panoramic that we're in, it's been really, really nice to kind of supplement our social needs.

Yes, I find it very comforting and oh yeah, it may seem bad but I feel like I'm kind of glad it happened in a way because I kind of needed it where I need like the slow down and take a breather from My day-to-day life of like going to school every day like driving back and forth. And then having my jobs and everything like that was stressful, and I couldn't handle it all on time. Yeah. YouTube and streaming some kind of glad it happened, but not

glad it happened. Yeah, I think maybe a good way of putting it. Is that like there are pros and cons to everything, and the pros that have come out of the very few Pros that have come out of the panoramic. The fact that at least like online communities have kind of grown Own. And a lot of people have made a lot of good connections through the internet in a safe way where, you know, no one is spreading the ongoing virus.

Exactly. Honestly, I'm just kind of glad things are dying down, like, yeah, breaking their vaccines, and it's just so great and hopefully the world will go put them quote back to normal, but it's not going to be normal, but I'm yeah, cited but interested to see where life will be headed now. Yeah, it's definitely.

A different like after every like sort of like big event we've had in the world, things have kind of changed like, you know, back in like 9/11 that changed a lot in terms of like airport safety. But now like this, which is a huge thing as well. I'm assuming they're going to be a lot more precautions that a lot of different establishments take when it comes to, you know, the safety of the people that are in like within them. Yeah.

So we'll see how it goes. I definitely have not like the best person to But I'm at least hoping for the best, you know, I'm trying to. Yeah. Trying to go to Disneyland eventually trying to do a lot of

things so we'll see how it goes. Yeah, one day honestly, I always liked had this like reoccurring dream when I was younger like in high school where I would sleep and then I have a dream of like the next couple of days that I'm in school walking through the Halls like acting like I know of where everything's at like it's so weird and then I wake up and then I go to school the next Next next few days afterwards and I'm like, that's deja vu. I feel like I've been here before.

No. In fact I've never been there. I've never seen it but like I feel like I know where I'm going. Seems easy. Wow. I'm but it's weird. I feel like I'm I have an experience that that's wild. It's weird dreams very weird. It is I don't understand. How does it work? I don't know. I'm not a, what is it? A neuroscientist. I have no idea. Yeah. Um, so like what, you know, now, what you say, your 2021 has gotten a lot better since last year like compared to 2020.

I would say guess. I mean, 2020 was definitely wild when it comes to the like pandemic, especially like the first half of the like of the air versus the last half, but 2021 has. I would, I would say been a lot better and for a lot of different reasons for me and you know, I moved to LA. I've got a new, a new pet. Like my first actual pet. I've never, you know, like actually been the sole owner of a pet before. So that's been really fun. Yeah.

And I like I think once I'm like fully vaccinated and it's been the two weeks after the second vaccine I'm going to go I'm going to start going to rock climbing gyms and high. I've always loved going in the past but I've never gone like consistently ever. But this time around, I definitely am going to and I'm very excited for it. That sounds fun. I've never been rock climbing, but I've always wanted to do it like so fun. I'm fully vaccinated but I'm like I don't want to go

anywhere. Yeah, I know, it should be in thankfully though. Like la like is decent when it comes to having like a bunch of locations for a bunch of different, like types of like gyms and literally everything. So that's been really nice. And thankfully, I don't Aunt. I think there's one that's not terribly far from me. So I have no reason to not go. So I'm going to force myself to

you as soon as I can a yeah. So like what have you been doing to keep yourself like productive these days of life? That's hard. Because sometimes I feel like I'm just not being productive at all but I mean it looks like you're being productive from the outside looking in. Yeah definitely. And in the end I still am getting a lot done. You know, I do I do have a day job. Marketing in addition to Twitch, which is definitely helping me out a lot, but I To keep myself

productive. Honestly, it's just the motivation is knowing what my goals are and that in order to achieve them. I do have to keep going and I do have to keep moving forward. That's smart. Basically it for me. Yeah. Yeah. I feel like the key thing is that when you have a set goal in mind that you want to achieve later on in life, you got to do the things that you need to do in order to get there. Hmm.

Yeah, that's very true. Yeah, because I remember there was a time in my life We're in eighth grade because I just auditioned for show choir for high school and I got in because I'm just so talented. Not really. I just like, eventually was just that one child. That was that he's got in, but when I got in of the okay, this is my time. I know what to do. Let me go and figure out the rest of my life. So I start plating, literally my entire life.

I'm like, yeah, great to like, when I was going to graduate University, All that stuff. I planned out it all happened. I got another show choir all four years and then I was like in the top part for like a year, my god. Wow. I've traveled to places. I went to Carnegie Hall up before him there and you know, God, it's like I did all these things because I knew where I wanted to go in life. I was very determined.

That was very ambitious person who wanted to prove people wrong where, yeah, because I all my life, I've always been told that oh, you're not good enough, he can And do all these different things because you are a certain way or you act a certain way, or you do something that's like, what in the world. And so annoying to know that I've had that mindset for a long time and I was like, you know what, screw them.

I don't care. I'm going to do what I'm going to do, and I'm going to achieve that stuff, no matter what people say, and yeah, and you did that. Yeah. And a lot of people, yeah, a lot of people still have that mindset where they don't think they're good enough. But in reality, in reality, they are They totally have the right motivation. The right people around them, that will tell them that you can do whatever you want in life if you put your mind to it.

Exactly like it is like kind of like a Cheesy thing to think about, but like literally like you, if you just put your mind to something, you can just about just about do anything. And it also is just like having the right beliefs in yourself. You know what I mean? Because if you don't believe in yourself, you're not going to have the motivation to do anything. Yeah. So it's just taking that first step. That brings you to where you want to start heading.

Exactly. So what are some of your goals you want to achieve this year? Oh, that's a good question. I never think about like, I mean, I do think about what my goals are, but nothing like to concrete, I suppose. But in terms of this year, ooh mmm. I mean I definitely I think like any other streamer. I would love to continue to grow my stream and yeah, continue to make things better. And, you know, update like graphic design start. Putting out more Contents.

I have been wanting to do. Tech talk for so long and I've like, been in the process of even making a tick tock, but haven't like completed it. There's just there's so many different things I had that that I have that I want to do.

I'm also at the same time, I'm very busy when it comes to the day job and also, you know, like streaming and then doing housework and like, personal personal work like that is, I've got a lot to do. Yeah, only have the time to like, do everything that I want to do, you know what I mean? Yeah, I guess I guess to answer your question in like the most, I don't know. Vague sense of that. Anyway, I think my goal. Goal is definitely to continue

to grow my stream. And it anyway, basically like what whether it's like, the size of the audience, or maybe it's just, of course, as I said before, like the graphics I think, would be like a win for me in the end. Hmm. I would, I would agree with you on that too. Like, I think my goals this year, so definitely grow as a business professional. And like yeah, whether it's number wise or, you know,

self-esteem wise or Like that. That I feel like I've accomplished something that this year, that changed for the better. Oh yeah. Oh yeah. Because I've learned that impact. Go for numbers like numbers, don't Define who you are. And and for the longest time, I don't know if you felt this at all, but when I was partner pushing I was so focused on the numbers. Yes, so long that oh yeah I got it was mentally drained to the point where I'm like, is it real?

Lee worth it at the end of the day and I knew that I wanted to achieve it because I knew that was going to be a lot of opportunities open to me and my community. That would show that we are a community that we can do these things because we are at a certain level, but I think at the end of the day, sometimes partner is just a check mark, that can be achieved One Day by somebody, but is not the ultimate goal that all your problems will be solved.

Yeah, I know. Definitely not I think a lot of people have this idea in their head and so did I that when you become partner you can find Allie like, relax and everything. Will be easy. Once you get partner and it's, you know, it's the same thing. It's like you gotta have the same mindset to continue to be a good streamer. Otherwise, you know, you're just gonna like, relax, I suppose and like you should relax of course, but if you relax too much when it comes to the content, you're

putting out there. People are going to notice and And they might not, you know, enjoy your content as much as they did when you were putting all the effort possible into it. Yeah, definitely. I agree with that too because as long as you are having fun, then other people will have fun. Yeah, you have to be having fun. You can't just turn on your stream and go just because you're wanting to grow.

I guess you can't just play games that you don't necessarily like because they bring in. A bigger audience. You have to do the thing. The statute that make you happy. Yeah. And like, that's me with the Sims. Like, I will play. I could play Sims every single day on stream. Yeah, but I feel like if I did that, I wouldn't not necessarily hate it. I would think that would be kind of, like, I don't know if I could do this, as long as I

would, if I could, right. So I would like, take a sit back and play a different game that I like enjoy. Like I said, the standard of my stream where I love like story, Choice based games like The Walking Dead. Life is strange. Look, I'll play those because those are like, what? I love, and I can untie them into the Sims if I wanted to, so yeah.

Oh yeah, especially like, if a game is like close enough to The Sims for The Sims Community. You know, like Star do is huge within the Sims Community as well. Like, I think it's really easy to kind of just switch over and yeah, like less people might come, but at least you're having a better time, you know what I mean? Like, if you're feeling burnt out from The Sims, it's good

too. Take a step over to something different for one day and just kind of give your, give her mind something new to look at. Yeah, and I've always given people like the inspiration of like if you play a different game but you also the Sims, why not tie those two together? Like I saw you and krub plate, it's take to what you could do. Is recreate those characters in The Sims and built that set in The Sims. That's a good idea. Have you played? It takes to it.

It's so good. I haven't I figure out like I have the game but I'm like, I don't know who to play with. It's so much fun. I'm sure I'm sure you'll find someone. There are so many people that love this are that are wanting to play this game as well. Yeah. Yeah, it looks so much fun. Like it? Yeah, it's Co-op. It looks very collaborative the graphics of it looks amazing. Yeah, I'm like this will be a great game that I could play. Yeah. And the story is great.

It's very relatable. And just like a beautiful. What's the word like? Just just beautiful settings and scenes. It done such a great job on that game. Oh my God, it's so good. I've always wanted to know, like how long it takes a Game Dev or Studio to make video games. Yeah. Oh my God, I have no idea. I don't know, I mean, I need to ask a guru in The Sims seem like, how long does it take you make to make the game? Even though they've said it?

I don't remember. But I'm like, I have no idea. I might ask Dave. There you go. Then again I don't know because like the Sims like is there continuously making that game? Do you know what I mean? Yeah. So I guess it just depends. Yeah. How 22. It's almost been seven years. The Sims 4. Oh my god. Wow. Yeah, that's kind of crazy. How it's been that long also it's May, it's my second one. We're recording this but it's like, I don't know. Seven months.

No eight, eight months time. We're going to be at the 22nd anniversary of the Sims franchise. I don't want that to happen. But I wanted to happen because in like that number. It's like, that's my entire life. Yeah, yeah. Like because are you 22 right now? Oh no. I'm 25. Okay, but like I said it's basically your entire life. Yeah. Like my whole life was just a Sims nothing else made excuses. Q sits with the Sims, you know, not sick because of the Sims stayed inside a lot.

Like I was I stayed inside for so long that I got eventually got sick. Oh my God, some like, oh this one more Sims, we're good. We're fine. Oh God, as long as you're playing The Sims. Let's go. Exactly. So you've been sitting for a while now, but like, when, when it comes to streaming, a lot of people tend to Stream for a long time. And they're like, okay, well, I think I'm done for now. But like what keeps you coming? Back this streaming. Like what keeps you?

So motivated motivated to say? I want to stream and I really, really love this. And I want to be able to like grow my community even more, but like what keeps you like going back to it? It's a community. Like yeah, I was going to say like I think the number one thing is definitely the community. I have so many awesome, awesome friends that come to the Stream. Mmmmm either every day or every other day, doesn't matter.

There's so many incredible people that are a part of my community and to be able to see them every day like this or, you know, whenever they do decide to pop in, it's just, it makes me so so happy because they're like, I mean, I'm assuming you might also have like an art section in your Discord, right? Yeah, yeah. Like they're there are people who are just so incredibly talented. There are people that are hilarious and just so many.

Well that like put a smile on my face every single day, it is wild. So that is definitely definitely. What keeps me coming back? You know the community. Oh is what keeps us strong? What keeps us going? Honestly, I think without our community I don't think we would be where we are today. No. Oh oh my goodness. No. I the ultimate question for the community. I think everyone needs to know this what is The pedal party and what is it? The spaghetti Squad. Hi. Okay. Okay, I'll do this feel.

I'll do this field. Yeah, so in my stream, there are two teams. One of which is called the puddle party, which is to chilled out like Vive in like hang out type of group of people who just love to just be super cool and just you know like just being themselves and then there's also the spaghetti Squad, the best Squad. No. No no here's the thing. Steve anything, they're disgusting. They're evil their vile their foul there.

Nauseating to even think about and no one, I repeat no one wants to become a member of the spaghetti Squad. I hope I don't know, I'm not that there's evidence out there. That no said, you love spaghetti. I said of accident. Nope. Nope lies. I don't know that must have been somebody else but I don't I think that was I think it was you I don't think so sister. I just I don't know not me I don't know maybe not huh spaghetti swats the best Squad

and we all don't know. Cuddle party only pedal party. Only my dude I don't know. Oh oh Oh my gosh. I find that very funny because like like how did that become to be? Like I don't have no, I have no idea. Um, so I created the pedal party first and it still exists this way. The pale party is basically the group of people that come to the stream within the first five minutes because they threw about that's area codes, my mod. And also another streamer has created. He created this.

Bought that assigns, everyone VIP, if they come to the In the first five minutes and they get VIP for the day and they are technically the pebble party but there was someone at one point who wanted to create a rival Squad and it somehow happened to be called the spaghetti Squad. And here we are today, that's good, very good. Who is the largest Squad pedal party or spaghetti Squad cuddle party all the way I eat and you

can see it in the numbers. Members on my Discord because I do have like a roles section in my Discord and you can select which party early, which Squad you're apart of basically and more people have selected pal party. I'm just saying that number seems very fake to me and pedal party. You make it on a shoe talking about spaghetti, though, I would think is very good. I like it. It's kind of evil if you think about it. I don't know.

I mean, if you like SpaghettiOs, so okay, I'm okay with SpaghettiOs because most people wouldn't consider it to be actual spaghetti. But it kind of is so no because the sauce is so like it's thin and it's like a million times sweeter and the noodles are also like overcooked first of all and they are like in the shape of circles you know. And so it's not technically even spaghetti noodles you know saying interesting. Yeah I don't like it because it looks so weird. Have you tried it though?

I have okay we had like the worst SpaghettiOs. The world but I don't it was weird. It's definitely different. Yeah. I grew up on them though, so that's why I actually like, you know, I looked up that SpaghettiOs is Market to parents as quote, unquote less messy than regular spaghetti. So interesting, I guess it's because it's like smaller noodles. So like you don't have to worry about like spoon-feeding yourself, long noodles, like, How do I have no idea? That's just my guess.

I mean it makes sense because it's in a bowl or a cup or something like that. Yes. I mean it makes sense Market a good point unless you make it messy, then it's like a whole other thing. But true. That's a good point too. Oh my God. Yeah so what / who will let you down the path like to start streaming on Twitch? Hmm, just start streaming. I'm going to be honest.

I was pretty lonely and I didn't really have any friends and that brought me to Twitch in the first place just as a viewer because I was really, really wanting friends. So, I was into OverWatch at the time and just kind of scroll down through the browse page on twich through like the OverWatch browse page and ended up. Up finding a smaller Community from zombie girly, who I love and I just kind of joined her community and kind of fit in like almost immediately.

And from there, I decided, Well, hey, she seems to be like a really awesome person. She can stream this stuff. Like, what if I were to do this and I at that point started for me, OverWatch. That's cool. I've never seen it. Go ahead. I don't know. I I've never played OverWatch. It's fun. It's definitely a, it can be rage-inducing depending on like what like type of game you're playing, but it's also like just a very fun way to like hang out

with your friends. Okay. But what were you saying, though? Oh, I was going to say, my streams would be like upwards of 12 hours without even like, thinking about it when I first started screaming. What? Yeah. Yeah, I had like 12 hours dreams when I first started. Oh my gosh, you are pro.

I know I was having so much fun, you know, I mean like playing OverWatch. It's a really easy game to just play all day and just I enjoyed streaming a lot when I was doing that and just like the excitement of, you know, putting all your overlays together and like finding out what your brand is. Like it, it just really, really kept me going and just ended up streaming a lot for very long time periods. That's That's a lot. I mean, I honestly have you ever have you done at 12 hours stream

since then? Yeah, I done to I did one when I got partnered and then I did another one back in February for my birthday. Cool, cool. So they're fun. They just I definitely couldn't make it that long like normally anymore. Honestly I find that very POG. He's 12 our streams and Just daily or like yeah, scream, yeah, whatever is streamed basically. And I was I was interning at the time. So I was only and I was only

working like three days a week. So I had a lot of days off, a lot of free time to just do whatever I wanted and I just dreamed, that's good. I mean I've did I did the same thing where what I guess my streams were like six hours longer. So, yeah, I was just room The Sims 4. Our that I would be like one stream. Not looking at the time. Like, oh, somehow. It's ours. Interesting. Grant at the time I was still in school and I had like two other jobs.

So, oh my God. I couldn't, I couldn't it was stressful back then. Never again. No. Oh my goodness. Again, you've been through. Yeah. Now I just have three hours things and that's it. Yeah, yep. Three hours were only three maybe 12. On a special occasion. Exactly. Exactly. Because now, we are booked in busy people. We got Lino. So, I was going to say the next question, but like, what's you like leaving? What about leaving the OverWatch Community, the stream Sims fully

like why? Oh, honestly, like I was getting kind of sick of OverWatch, it can be very toxic space if especially if you're playing the Of mode with other people and there are quite a number of men on it and they don't necessarily know. I and I don't mean to generalize but a lot of them don't seem to like it. When they hear a woman's voice over the voice chat and people can be very sexist and rude and like to blame things on people

when they should be blamed. It's just very mean very uh it's so crazy. Yeah. So I just I was kind of getting over that and eating something that would be better for my creativity. Honestly, like I never really had a creative Outlet at one point cerie codes. Again, he gifted me the base game to The Sims 4 and I just started started building in The Sims and did was doing it on stream, and I was having a good time and I was actually starting to like grow a community at that

point. And, you know, it, I haven't looked back. I haven't looked up back at all. That's good, honestly, props to say sorry. Thank you. Yeah. Straight up its Terry's fault. You know, you Freedom. So, you know, hey, it's good. Yeah, exactly. Honestly, like, I have to say that was used during Sims like, I see you being so creative and so excited to play and build and like, just anything honest. So that, I just tend to lurk in

a lot of strength. I don't say anything makes a higher, too, but I didn't know work a lot. But I like I like your strings. Your seams are very like warm and welcoming and time, thank you. I did try to be as welcoming as I possibly can. So that that's very nice that you have noticed. Yeah. Another idea that I think you can do for our, for our build is build a OverWatch something. Oh my God, one of like, the maps and ever watch. Yeah. Oh my gosh. Let me run. I mean with tool what's

possible? It's yeah, I wasn't with tool anything. Possible. Oh my God. Props to Twisted Maxi. Yeah, so I mean like one day because like, I've been thinking of, like, doing something where I would build a fortnight house in The Sims. Yeah, that could be really fun and, and enough people have played Fortnight. I would think though. Yeah. That's a good idea. You totally should.

Yeah, yeah. I mean, honestly, I feel like with people who are like looking for ideas to build in The Sims, like if you play other games, why not build? That said house or whatever or like make that Sim. Yeah. We're make that up character in The Sims. Hmm I mean I know like Like dr. Glue on did a that's the starting Valley map, which is so cool. Yeah, he did that one. And then he's now doing like making like Wizard of Oz. I move in The Sims and like, yeah, it's so cool.

His brain honestly, I know. Kind of crazy. I know. It's awesome. Oh man. I honestly One day if I had another purse, look another me. I would get more things done and I could build all day and good to go. Hell, yeah, dude. Oh my goodness. I love you dream. It would be. So, what's your favorite thing about streaming The Sims that

you enjoy. Um, as I said earlier, it was just like a huge boost to my creativity, when I first started playing and building, like I never really had Creative Outlet before the Sims like I did enjoy drawing with. Just like pen and paper. But I just never really felt like I felt like I always had this like sort of Creative Energy and me and just didn't know what sort of like medium to use for it. And at that point I was like, well this is a potential chance that you know, boosting my

creativity. So I tried it and it's kind of just gone from there. I've really, really enjoyed building in this times, it just makes me feel so good. That's good. I feel the same way about that too. We're like What The Sims where it has been going. I feel more creative in a way of like thinking of new ideas for like builds or Sims or yeah, gameplay related things. Like it's been one of the best decisions I've ever made of like sticking with the Sims for this

long. And I'm glad that it's still growing and thriving in different Avenues here. And there. Oh, definitely - a few. But yeah, I think that it's definitely made people a lot more creative like in the past, I guess, four, three, three years for three years of the sim. Yes. So yeah, I think yeah I think ever since we got toddlers or terrain tools, I would say well no toddlers actually yeah since toddler. Jean. It's been an uphill, you know,

growth of creativity. I would, I would say, yeah, yeah, I think so too. I mean, when we got toddlers, Boom, the seventh Hopper challenge became a thing. So, oh my goodness, you care of seven Stoppers is actually kind of, I basically did that, because I did do one gameplay challenge with the Disney Princess Challenge. And as Snow White, you have to have seven kids at once, for the Seven Dwarves. And that was just a Hayden. Too many children like I can't do it.

No, we got Angelic. You got it? Clingy. Look, no. I don't have time for those children. They're like, know they're Wild Ones. Just take off the clothes. I'm just running around naked. I'm like, yeah, don't I can't and they won't eat their food yet. No, not gonna happen. No, no, no. I find it so weird because Sims are, are like to me real people. Yeah, in a sense, we're like you make food, but then they won't eat it.

And like, I made, Made you this suit two hours ago, but you're not going to eat it but you're complaining that you're hungry. Yeah, come on. And then you go animal crackers. Like yeah. Are you? It's so silly. They're like the way that their autonomy works. I I can I can get so frustrated sometimes with it too but that's kind of just the character of The Sims I suppose just in general. Yeah and I kind of like it that way.

I like how it's not quote unquote normal right because If it's normal that it's boring, right? So I like the chaoticness of the Sims like, two, three and four. And I like how we're Sims. You can do whatever you want. And some people say it's boring, but I find it fun because I think it's again saying, box, do whatever you want, make help, whatever you want and see where life goes. If you want a chaotic gameplay, have affairs left and right. Do we got to do because I do it all the time.

Like my sim. Yeah. She's don't they don't Last long and marriage, they just end up being divorced in like a couple seven weeks. So hmm, it's wild. What can you do? What can you do? I mean, I think the good thing about the Sims 2 is that like you only like you yourself only get to live one life, right? So like yeah, able to live like all these other lives in a way that we're like, you know, there isn't isn't any consequence for you.

Just watching like these people live their lives in whichever way you like you see fit is a very To kind of like live vicariously through people at times. Hmm, of course, like wouldn't want to do that with any of the evil Sims but it's still fun to like plays that you will see him sometimes true. I mean, you can make the Wicked Witch of the West. Mmm. Are you could make what's his name from from Marvel almost like can't or Iron Man? No, not him. But um, they a nose. There it is.

Oh yeah, you can be a thin. I was for sure. And that, I mean, you have lad Ladi Dadi. See the grammar. Yeah, you know, those, those people. And honestly, what's funny to me, I always say it on stream when vampires come into the topic. But people, most people don't know, that flads a young adult, he's not an elder. What? Yeah, he's a young adult. Oh my God, he's got an old soul then. Oh my God, he lives forever. He just wears his like vampire

form a lot or his normal. Yeah, a lot and honestly people like aren't you gonna die soon? Look no, no. Even though he's a vampire, he's Immortal he can't die because he has the the max vampire skill where he can't be burned from the Sun. Oh so it's always there. Oh my gosh, I never even realized. That's, that's interesting, kind of scary. I mean. Hmm, was MCC there's an option to turn all a Colts to humans so they do die. Oh. Oh my god. I didn't even know that you could do that.

Yeah, I do it all the time because I can't I can't handle Vlad. Bad at all. Caleb in like lillas, I can handle but Vlad, no. He's like at your door saying, knock. Knock. Knock here, I am. Your neck looks very juicy. And like, every time it's so silly. I just can't handle him. He's kind of crazy now. I just sent him home every time. I just delete him. Oh my God, something like that. It's like, get out. I'll just yeah.

Oh my God, you're smart. The other thing I wanted to ask you on the topic of streaming and like there have been a lot of ups and downs with streaming. Like, what would you say like we're like, are some pros and cons to, like, being a twitch streamer. Are you looking for perspective? Okay, yeah, sure. So from, I guess my own experience Pros is definitely the people that you meet, of course, as I was saying before, it's so many awesome people.

You have people to like play games with if you're wanting to To play games which is really, really nice feeling like you've like done. Something is also a very, very incredible thing. Like I've never really done much of anything in my life and now I feel like I've actually like, created something and felt successful in that and that's been an awesome awesome Pro trying to think of some other Pros. There are there are quite a lot of like very small. Things just having something to

You is really, really nice. In terms of cons, I think this goes for all twitch streamers and that, like knowing what your numbers are or like having to avoid looking at your numbers, like it. The numbers thing is always like a very, very scary thing. You just are a very successful person which perhaps to. Those people numbers is definitely like a very hard thing because it's kind of like almost a reflection of you as a streamer.

Even though sometimes people like it, sometimes the views are just like out of your control and they don't have anything to do with you. You know, people might be having finals or like a lot of it might be summertime. So many people might be on vacation but it's still hard to see. It's still hard to see like numbers fluctuate like that and I think that the hardest part about it is trying to just get used to the fact that your numbers are always always going to fluctuate.

Yeah, that's probably one of the biggest Cons. I don't know of any other cons except for like, there may be times where I've just not really fully believed believed in myself, which thankfully I'm not in that position anymore, but content creation is always kind of a challenging thing when it comes to believing yourself a and figuring out how to grow is. Always a challenge, always a challenge.

Yeah, it definitely is, I would say that's One of the cons to that was like, my own experiences like streaming as a twitch streamer. Because when I first started streaming on Twitch, I knew some people that I knew of one person or two, like Andrew arcade in, like, Rory plays and they play a lot of the Sims. And I just went into the pain of like no one's going to know who I am, because I never streamed on judges had an account but like I was it, I was a YouTuber

first. And right people knew who I was on YouTube and I was being posted like pretty much posted everywhere at that point around in 2015 or so. And when I got to know 2017, I was like oh my gosh, people know who I am, which is like in a way. I didn't want attention like I didn't want people to know who I was. I just wanted to be a, you know,

a casual streamer. Starting new learning the ropes, but I'm like, definitely You know who I am and people still, like, don't know, I have a Twitch account which is I feel great about come, like yeah. Just find me whenever you want to fire me and I'm here because because ultimately I feel like the more people you have, the more crazy and chaotic, it can be both good and bad because, oh my gosh, we have all these eyes on you. It's kind of scary and it can't

be about fun. Yeah, I definitely like can have some nervous moments where I'm worried that like my word. Choice was the wrong word choice in that people might take it the wrong way. You know what I mean? Yeah, because I still, like, have this mindset that I am always. So scared to press the go life and every single time I go live because I don't want, I don't know what to expect. I don't know who's going to show up, I don't know what's going to happen.

Technical to fill Techni tech, technical difficulties. But I think that it's like They eventually have to get over but yeah, it's out of my control. Like you said, it's you never really know what's going to happen. Just gotta hope for the best and see, he's just gonna push start streaming and call it a day. Yeah, I mean honestly click that goal. I've been you get to go and then you see what you want to stream. Like ice cream.

Sims nine times out of the day and or I'll scream like cozy Grove or it started Valley or not exactly. I think that People find it hard but I mean it just comes to what the job. It's right. He's got to learn the ropes as you go. He kissed can't figure out, figure it out. All in one day you can try but you may get a you know learn here and there play a little bit game. Oh yeah bad and you're good to go. But I think that the pros are for me is that the community?

Honestly, the people that you meet the games that you can play? The new like features that might be involved on the streaming platform that will enhance your streaming experience but like the cons of like trolls of course. Yeah. Then like the number number system and everything like it's like a whole numbers game with the whole internet and I hate it and yeah like whenever it's like every time that I strain, my think it's been to two years now.

I think. Hmm. I started like I turned off all of like my numbers. Like I don't know how many viewers eye My chat at all. Like I don't get it. I don't look at it because it's just not, not it, not good. No, like I look at it when I get an email from extreme elements saying, you got this amount of viewers and the earnest amount of money. But I mean, I don't really know who's in my stream. I think there's like five people in there and like awesome, great. Those people actually enjoy my

sharing. They wanted to be the right. And I mean, of course, people work and stuff, but I assume only five people are there and I'm comfortable comfortable. With that. So and today's a really good way of looking at it. Yeah, and I think that when people who are trying to get into swimming, is that what I the advice that I've gotten over the years is that for ten? Someone's there like if pretend that your mom or your dad, or your friend or some random stranger, I don't know who's

there. But just pretend that someone staring and continuously to Tong because eventually someone's going to show up and, you know, interact with you. And I I've had that mindset for Many years. So I just kept on talking and talking and talking and talking and eventually someone showed up. But, you know, so that's, that's something that I think is a good thing to like think about if you ever want to go into streaming and oh, definitely know the pros and cons to.

So there's a lot of different pros and cons. It's a hard. It's a hard part of streaming is trying to decide whether or not like the cons are worth it for the pros. But at least like, for me, anyway, personally, I would say the pros are Definitely worth it. Oh yeah, most definite 100%. I think that when go into the mindset of that, I want to build a community. Yeah. And like have fun and then you're good. That's all. I got things about everything else. Just don't think about it at

all. Exactly. I do. Avoid the numbers as best I can. You definitely see like some version of your numbers when you go to raid, of course. But I know that the red numbers don't necessarily reflect the actual numbers so that keeps missing Did that keeps me sane? Yes. And I'm kind of glad because, with, with the twitch achievements, you know those? Yeah, whenever you achieve something it like, notifies you at this time, I no longer have any no more cheese. Well, I do have a bunch of

achievements but like, yeah. Number quote, unquote achievement economy of yours. I have and stuff like that. Those are our they're gone. They I've already got them, which is great. Yeah, but now I'm just waiting like to get a twitchcon ticket and also like The streaming hours, I've nearly streamed. I think, I don't know, two hundred and fifty thousand hours on Twitch. I don't know. Well, I have no idea how many I'm at, oh my God, it's kind of wild.

Like, when you think about it, when you see those achievements and like - yeah, that long, yeah, listen to my voice for that long long. Oh my God. Yeah, it's a, it's a wild thing to think about. Oh my God. Yeah, I'm ready to hit the ten million. Our But that alone for a very long time, so I totally see you doing that though. That gosh, I can't wait. Yeah, I only have like five achievements left. That's it. Okay. Yeah. That's not too bad. I honestly, I don't even know

what the achievements are. They neat new one. They need to add some new achievements. Yeah, I think so because I feel like that that kind of motivates people to go even hardened to the paint of. So truly streaming and motivates them to do something more exciting or total different. Hmm. So if you could change something about twitch, what would it be? Who probably give me the option to not see my red numbers.

First of all, that would be kind of nice to just do go with it and to be happy with it in terms of other things. I definitely think that twitch should add the trans tag that everybody has, of course, been wanting for so long. I can't believe they haven't done it. It's really, really devastating, especially to people and trans. Teas, and people that are trans that are wanting to find trans communities or trans friendly communities.

That there isn't a trance tag and honestly like I think it's like one of the biggest things that which needs right now. Hmm. In addition to having pronouns as an option. I know that there is that extension, of course that a lot of people use for pronouns, but I think to it should have it as an option to oh, 100%. So yeah, I think those are the two main things for me that I think twitch really, really does need to actually like, get up and Start creating one star. Listen people about yes.

I honestly believe that if you like if a platform so big as to which they should be open to anyone and everyone whether they're trans by whoever I think yeah you should go, you should be able to go into the site and feel welcome. Mhm, mhm. And be seen and heard. So yeah, that's what I would change to look. I would honestly at those things. Yeah, and it's wild because, you know, they're the scum.

Open E that operates out of San Francisco, which is such like, a liberal and Progressive place yet they have continuously kind of fallen short on both of those things and it just It's upsetting to see. And I hope that like one day after all of the hard work that everybody has been doing with asking and demanding the trans tag and then also pronounce I think eventually we are going to get it. It just it's just going to be a matter of time.

Yeah. And I think ever since last year, a lot of companies have really sore To listen to a lot of people and it's made a difference. And we've seen, we see how we have seen change, which feels good. Oh yeah, especially like in The Sims 2 like you know, they did make that one blog post. I think from Lindsay, similar Lindsay kind of like acknowledging everyone and everybody's requests of, you know, like farming and better babies etcetera. Yeah, it might have been Lindsay.

I'm pretty sure it was. But yeah, it was, yeah, I remember that because it was like, wow, As soon as she made a video and yeah, so it's good to be heard and acknowledged and we'll see hopefully if twitch does the same at least and make some changes. But for now I guess all we can do is really like can continue to ask and just keep waiting for something to happen. Yes. So a great segue since you don't Sims of with my next topic.

Oh okay. So you said at the beginning that you start Playing The Sims, like, back in the Sims 1. Yeah. What was like, your first memory? Like a memory that you remember? Oh my goodness. Sims 1. Because that thing is chaotic, like and yeah, gosh, I would play the beginning part of that game. Like it was kind of like a story mode in the beginning.

I don't know if you remember that but like you're in like this dream sequence, it first and the Sim is is like with another Sim and they go into the hot tub and they're like making out or whatever and then you wake up Up and you're in your mom's house and what did you do? Okay, I've explained this to so many people and like, some people have also, like not experienced this, but that's what I experienced was. The wrong console is on Console, it was on home.

So, yeah, it's so weird. Some people haven't experienced it that have played the game, and it's something that like, I've even looked it up on YouTube and it does exist. It wasn't just like a fever dream. But you have to try to get out of your mom's house, like the TV's broken, like your mom It's you like you're trying to like fix the TV. Oh my goodness. I should bring this up to like some Greninja out. Some point in asking, what the heck is going on with people's

memories of this? Because like I know that that is my memory of it. Okay, I remember, okay, I actually never played The Sims 1 on console. Is this played on PC? Okay, I just looked it up. It was the get a life mode in the gameplay mode of on Console. Okay? Oh my gosh, that's what I would play. Yeah. And I couldn't figure, I could never like, figure out how to like complete it. So I would just play that over

and over and over again. And that was my experience, this is one, oh my gosh, I know I never knew that was I had the Sims 1 on Console but I lost a disk somewhere and I don't know where my gosh. It's wild how to like my experience The Sims 1 was on PC and that was all whole other thing. It was like this like for like For Corner Dimension. Yep. 2D like map. And look at the new beef. Am the god family. The land grabs. Like those OG ones. Yeah. And it was so weird.

And so different, like there was like a hot day. And then there was a superstar than, like, at least, like, there was like, so many, like, packs in The Sims 1. Yeah, I was like, what is this game? I never knew, I never knew that what? It kind of cooling in jail because I was so young. I was ready to sew. So I was like this game looks so weird, but so engines the same time but oh my gosh, I did not even yet with a thing. Yeah, it's it's a thing. It's very, it's very interesting.

I also, like, when I was playing The Sims 1, like, my experience is very weird because expansions, like all that stuff like that didn't like I didn't understand it, I thought it was like a completely different game. So I just never asked my parents for like an expansion. Like I didn't know how it works. Like just I just Played the vanilla base game. Get a life mode. I guess over and over again. That was that.

Was it, interesting. Wow. Yeah. Well, I learned something new today like and I thought I was a Sim player. Oh gee. No, no, no. Yeah, yeah. Like I forgot about my Sims was like on the DS and stuff and yeah. Oh man it was Sims when I first played and then I kind of discovered SimCity. Yeah, that was a whole other. But I remember Sim City was a game that I just was just an evil spawn. Like I like havoc on that girl tornadoes fires hurricanes like everything.

I was like to start the entire life. My God, my people. I was never like a chaotic simmer ever and I wish I was. But yeah I never I never played some city. That was something that never really are like the herbs never they never really. Sparked anything in me when I heard about him so never never did play. Oh My Gosh. Heck yeah I know I'm going to buy you everything now making play it. Oh my God.

I'd love to try it. Now these days I would as a kid though was not for me. Oh, Simms Simms back. Then. I feel like our parents did not know they were like, no, no, no. If your parents allowed you to play The Sims 1 on PC and then like, They saw hot date. They like, ya know, Simms don't play. It was as we really liked the first games compared to now now, now, it's like, it's different because Sims wine.

I there was, I was never allowed to play hot date, but I played it for the first time, think three years ago and I was like, what is this bed? It said play in bed and I didn't understand it. So I'm like, oh, and now I No no. You know, maybe cuz cuz I call this time I always thought to have a baby in The Sims. You just kiss a lot and then getting a vacation and then a bassinet appears and then like I was like, oh yeah, that's disgusting. Kissing is awful cooties?

I don't think so. No gym, floors and then the Sims. He became a thing. Like then like I understand now. Like oh yeah, yeah yeah, oh how it's changed. Oh yeah, now we can move who anywhere in The Sims. For, I don't know. In, even in a dumpster. It's crazy. What will they think of next? I know I'm ready for whatever they have for us, man. I really am. Hey Bill? Wait, no, do you say? Hey, oh hey, oh, hey Val. Wait Havel woohoo. Hmm, for whatever they bring up farming.

Oh my God. Yeah, that'd be great. Or like an outhouse. Do we have our house whoohoo? If we do? No, don't have outhouses in The Sims. I don't think my God. Okay. No. Yeah. Right. Oh my God. I mean honestly, if you have that over Oh my God, that'd be so funny.

I remember when we got discover University and we got woohoo in the shower, everyone went ballistic because like finally showering the wheel hoe because we've been wanting that sense, like the began the game, but now we have it now. It's like, oh wow, we have this. Hmm, the last one we had was in the cave with snow. Yeah, yeah. That's right. Yeah, that was.

That was so like Niche, though, that you never see people doing it. Yeah, they would bring your Sims on vacation and and just like that you'd have to want to go rock climbing and it's a lot of work. It is and I was funny because I didn't know how to play some. I skate for a while because I'm like how do you go rock climbing? How to get to the Mountaintop? It's an event. You have to do. Yeah. So I'm like oh that makes more sense like that. Okay. Yeah. If it's too much work for me.

Yeah, I don't like it. The size. I mean, if I want to exercise, I'll just have my Sims 2 at which they very rarely ever do it. The last, the, the most shows that you get is jogging, hmm. Exactly else. Oh my gosh. The Sims is has definitely changed in the past, like, 21 years that. Oh yeah, it's been like, it's been great. But it's also been like bad at times. Like was the direction that it's going nowadays? Like, what you say, it's improved a lot. I would say.

So yeah, they're definitely doing a lot better in Terms of like, you know, the skin tones that they brought out were great, they're updating hair texture, which is really, really nice. I would like to see, like, a lot of people would like, to see pronouns being added into the Sims. That would be awesome. Yes. Um, so I mean, we know that they are continuously making like, updates and changes. We're just not getting everything at once, which is,

you know, it would be ideal. But, of course, you know, they've got a lot to work on, so we're not necessarily going to get everything at once. Yeah. Hope that eventually will we get them?

Because I think that it all takes time and don't rush things with a few rush things, it won't be as what you think it should be. Like yeah with Seasons like we've always had an expansion pack was seasons for every version of The Sims and I kind of like that because if you get it head on it's not as exciting or it's not as a fully fleshed-out to the point where it's what you can like use every day on a daily basis. So yeah.

Yeah, I'm kind of glad that it's they waited for us and packs because coming from The Sims 3 to the Sims 4 where it was once an open world. Now, it's all closed off, again, through the loading screens, like The Sims.

Yeah, to they have to, like, redesign the whole system of figuring out, where Sims can go and where Sims can't go, and how they're going to make the Sims, like, how they act on a daily basis, like personality-wise traits aspirations, All That Jazz. And I think that it's definitely better. I kind of like, This way - the loading screens but I think that it runs better than it does here. Yeah, yeah. I've seen how bad the Sims 3 was with like, the loading a nerd.

I'm sorry. Not the loading but the I guess the startup is just took two too long. So I just, I don't know, it's hard because we can't necessarily have like both things true. So unless we can, I don't know. I don't know what the future of the Sims 5 holds but I don't know.

I mean I honestly, I mean, it's possible because with the Sims 3, like everything was open to you and it was like everything was running in the background but I think people still want to open world for The Sims 4, but it's never going to happen. I don't think so far. But the best the best like next best thing that could happen is like open neighborhoods like wherever your sim. Yeah. That like sub neighborhood is open to that Sim was. Yeah. It's much easier that way.

And yeah, I think they should do that for The Sims 5 honestly, because it would make more sense here. Hmm. I've no, I didn't do you have an estimated guess I suppose of when you think the Sims 5 is going to come out, I think the Sims 5 will probably be around like it's 2021 right now. So I'm assuming 22, 23 24, maybe. Yeah, that was my thought as

well. Yeah. Because we still have a few more years of The Sims For like they they said and the guru said that we have a few more years, The Sims 4. And I believe, because we have so many things that we have had in previous games that we don't have now, but they are thinking of new ways to enhance do certain packs to be a little bit better than they were before, like Generations like pair my God, is it technically

Generations in my opinion? Because it's so neat to the point where your focus on one thing and that's parenting and parenting the Parenting skill but not on the other life stages where it's like, elders and retiring and retirement homes prom graduation like stuff. Like that is. Yeah, is a staple of what the Sims has been four years and I think yeah. And you hmm I think enough people have been asking for Generations like I'm sure they're aware that people are wanting it.

So it's just a matter of when. Yeah, I think so, that's true because I mean I Been saying it for years like so yeah. Yeah. We'll see. I mean hopefully they do have at least some sort of generations thing for The Sims 4 time will tell I suppose. Hell yeah what's been your favorite feature? The best and least favorite feature that they have added into the Sims thus far my gosh, you know, as much as I'd love to say platforms is like my favorite.

Like honestly like my favorite and least favorite because it's such a good addition but it's so glitchy and you can't do everything you want to do with them. Yeah. So that's like honestly both the best and worst and in terms of other things and like I'm speaking just from the mind of a builder here I do like the idea of kits especially for like building.

I think it'll be great. I don't know necessarily about the game player cast stuff personally but I Did really like the kitchen pack that they came out with. Yeah the kitchen kit I should say. I think that is going to be good especially when they come out with like building stuff. I'm very, very excited for that. Yeah, yeah. I think it just comes back to platforms as being both the best and the worst addition that they've had because it just Sparks so much joy.

But I'm just also so frustrated, yeah, a little bit, yeah, I'm same way, I would say maybe the best that they have added is like terrain tools, which If you have not used properly. Yeah, like intimidated by it. I don't know what to do, so don't touch it. But platforms, have probably been the best and worst. Yeah, they have added into the game because it's one. Yeah, it's glitchy, but it's so helpful to have a multi-level homes.

Yeah, but it's like, it's great. But I'm like, oh no. No, no. I don't want to deal with all that bad. No, have half my walls being deleted. No, no, yeah. And just I don't know. There's like there's a lot that You think that you'll be able to do when you're using the tool and then it's suddenly like oh no it doesn't do this or note that deleted part of the platform and like placing objects on the outside of like walls are like placing plants and the outside of walls that have platforms.

It will like act as if there's a platform there too. And I'm just like, I mean, like thankfully there's tool but yeah it's still like should not be working that way in my opinion, so just got to deal with it. Yeah, it'll patch it in the future. I don't know. So I was talking, I was talking to a Mixie about this was too, like it's changed so much for the community because he just made a simple mod and then it just grew even more and more and more over the years that it's changed.

The way people build, and storytelling in The Sims, like, oh yeah, rotate things in a weird angle and you can make a floating house if you want it to and yep, tell a whole story about and how it became to be like it's so Imaginative on how the Sims 4 has been working. After all these years. Like, I feel like the Sims 4 has lasted this long because of the community and how creative it is. I actually think so, monitors are like, what makes the game so

good? Oh my God. Yeah, cuz I feel like The Sims team. They, I feel like they've, they acknowledge the modding community, and the and seniors, and I'm glad that they do because I feel Like if it wasn't for them, I personally think that we wouldn't have certain packs, if it wasn't for cc craters, modders, totally even though see what people are making, and they can do things based off that, which is a

great. Yeah. Look, even though the devs are very creative and imaginative people, and then working on the Sims him for like years. I think when you collab with certain people or you get inspiration for certain people, it can make the game better or yes. Um what's a par? Oh yeah, I totally agree. It's been really, really great. Like when I first started playing like building in The Sims 4, I download it just like every like bit of CC possible.

Like whether it's alpha or Maxis match or in between, I didn't care like I just got it all. I don't build with CC anymore but holy heck. That was like, I was a kid in the candy store with all these, like, free items right into my game. Yeah. Oh my gosh, I was toast. Prized that it was free just all of it was free and I was wild to me free 99 399. Although I definitely do recommend supporting a cc creators on their patreons if you do 100%.

Oh yes. And like also like what I like is that with Sims web sites, they have grown over the years like some fan websites that but the Sims resource. They pay their like their feature, constructed creators for the content that they make, which is Is so amazing. Yeah. Oh my gosh. I cannot believe a simple fan website who shares custom content and they see pay them like what? Yeah. As wild taking someone's Hobby and like, giving them money for is just like an incredible

incredible thing. And I think we all have to think will write for that because without will write, none of us would have a job. Oh my goodness, gosh. Like honestly, I feel like The Sims. Yeah. It's a good point. We wouldn't like yeah, you know? Yeah, I would probably be played a robot still. Oh gosh. What a plane Animal Crossing or stardew Valley or Minecraft? Yeah, I've heard it but I would refute super.

Oh gosh, that would be something, there's Akash Minecraft. I do really like Minecraft. So let's be honest. I was just a Minecraft Disney last night. Have you heard about that? Yeah, I haven't been but it's looks. I think I have ones like years ago, but it's so hot. They do such a good job. It's so cool. I need to go back. Yeah, you really should. They've really, really like updated, every single land and everything. It looks so like, of course,

it's Minecraft, right? But it still, it still looks great for what it is. Oh yeah, definitely. No wonder they have Six Flags. They have, oh no, I don't know about Six Flags. They have Busch Gardens and like Universal Studios and I'm trying to think of something there's something. Going on, I don't remember. Oh yeah, I gotta go. I gotta go. Yeah, it's so much fun. I have missed it so so much. I've got like two years. Gosh. It's been forever. I talked about like the real Parks. Yeah.

Oh, yeah. I know. It's been a while for me, too. Yeah. So the other question I did want to ask you, is that what are you hoping? The Sims will add to the game like, for the future, for The Sims 4. Cool. I mean, I'm hoping for farming, I think that'd be great generations. Of course. And you know pronouns would also be an awesome thing. What a lot of people have been kind of hoping for at least in my community. Anyway is a plant kit. Yes. Oh my God. That would be a dream.

I hope. I hope it's possible. I don't know if it's like even something in the works. I have no reason to believe it's in the works but I really really Really would like a plant kit. That'd be just the best thing ever. I will be a dream, a plant kit and like my community was also saying that we would love to have like a builder's kit or some type of like yeah, bad kid. I don't know. It's like something like along

the line. Yeah. Having more variety things that are lacking in the build and behind the plants curtains, a lot of build and buy stuff like beds and stuff. Yeah, and I'd like more like Basics to when it comes to building. So because I I know a lot of like the stuff that we have comes with wacky patterns sometimes and I just, I just want a bed with like, you know, a single color duvet on it.

I just want it simple. Sometimes and sometimes you look be looking through swatches and you'll see like a pink comforter and like to Green pillows. And you're like, who came up with this? How am I supposed to ever use this? So, like just having something with very like, basic color, swatches, like some neutrals, like stuff like that. Be so nice. Oh my God. So it would I wonder like if the upper add in like, slider that we have? Oh my God. God.

That'd be very cool to have him build and buy. Yeah, I mean, honestly it's a step up because when we got cats and dogs, we got the color wheel and everything and then we get the slider for the cast like, a couple months ago, or so. Yeah, things are changing for the better. Yeah, it's certainly like anything's possible.

They can, it's just a matter of whether or not, they'll create it. So, I will be patiently, waiting over in my little corner hoping for the best especially like pronouns, of course, I think is like number one, so we will see ya. So on the next topic I would say you love charity. Don't you? Oh certainly. Yes, indeed. So So and like resting that you bring that up, what why did you decide to start like fundraising for charity? Like what motivates you to do it?

Oh my gosh, just knowing that you've helped. People is just a huge huge thing and seeing all the people that come in with incredibly generous donations, whether it's a dollar or whether it's just something insane, like 500 1000 dollars, stuff like that. Is just it's so incredibly heartwarming. But obviously number one. Number one for me is just knowing that you've been able to make a difference in someone's life. That is huge. That is so huge.

Oh yeah. So that is definitely what motivates me to do charity and it's been a really great time this past month that we've had with hope for Haiti. Oh my goodness. Yes. I literally cannot believe that we had a pickle of 10K. We'd like all 10K, seems easy. Yeah. Just one raised that my can see how it goes.

Yeah. Yeah. We broke then like a day or two and then kept going and go yep go and then just became a whole big thing and now we're over 90k over $90,000 that is just wild like that's that's a one year scholarship for 90 kids technically which is so crazy. I It's so hard to like, wrap your mind around like that, much money is going to be going to such an incredible incredible cause and that's definitely. What keeps me going.

What keeps me wanting to go back to doing charity streams whether it's for a day or whether it's, for a month, it doesn't matter.

Like it's huge me too. I honestly, I always go hard in the paint of like, starting the day of a charity event with a, like, a 12 hours and kicking it. Off hard and see what we have to do and it's like whether it's for like a day or, you know, an hour's look, you said it. It's very exciting to see how much of an impact you can have on somebody, whether you raise $1 or $2 or $10,000 and yeah, it's just like, charity is fun. No matter my God, what it is for?

Oh yes, for a charity organization that you believe in a person and other things as well. But I think that it all boils down to like, doing good for the world. Oh yeah. Oh yeah. We're only in this. World for, you know, like sixty to ninety to a hundred years who knows how long we'll live but like yeah, we will we technically have it better than so. So many people in the world and doing charity streams is such a

good way to help people. At least take one step closer to having a better life and I think that's an incredible, incredibly important important thing to do. If someone does have the means to do it. It. And I will always always do my best to put other people first when I can exactly same here. You have any like, Charities you want to do this year? Um, I would like to work with anti bullying or bullying prevention. Charity would be really, really nice.

I know of some, it's just a matter of choosing which one. But yeah, I've been really, really heavily considering that One for myself, in the future, it's good. Yeah, some way I always have like my Staples. Like now, hope for Haiti, has been like my staple shared. I just do every year. Oh yeah, like them. And then like st. Jude. I like the two that I always always do. They always believe and I do it every year. Yeah. And then like, honestly, I don't

know. I always seem to do my two or three years because it's think it's important to do them. Like whenever you can. Or whenever you feel like the most inspired to do something very exciting for that set charity? Oh yeah, definitely. But now that we're at the end of the podcast episode, I do have some rapid fire questions that are not rapid-fire because every time they just become a long thought-provoking question that you'd like, you think, okay, I'm ready.

So, the first question is, What is your favorite music group at the moment? Favorite musician, just always for years and years now, Ty Segall is incredible. Garage rock, musician. Love him so much. That's cool. It's not Malcolm or no. No no it's not as much as people like to say. I'm at go more, I am not Macklemore, the code is going to be retired saying Source or whatever you say. The other question is, what is your favorite video game at this

time? Oh my gosh, I always loved the Sims but Ori and the blind forest was, like hands down. One of the best experiences. I've had playing a video game ever. Oh, I've heard things about that game, and it looks so cool. It's a beautiful beautiful game from the like the dialogue to the the graphics to the music to the story. Everything is perfect. It's a perfect game. In my opinion, I feel like I have it but I don't remember. You have to play it. You have. To, oh my God.

Eventually, I will have to, of course. Next one is knowing what you know. Now, what if I would you give to your younger self? Oh my goodness. Um, that's a big question. I would tell my younger self that you might not believe in yourself now, but you are going to believe in yourself one day and just to continue. Moving forward. Also don't let people walk all over you. That's another one. Yes, I agree. Very good, very good. Um, the other one is, how do you

define success? Oh, I know that's a big one because I feel like success is always changing and there's never like an end point to success. Success is just like when you personally feel like you have done something as I've said in the past, like and York. Continuing to do things. I think it's like, not just like settling for, like one achievement. It's like continuing to move forward. And I think I think that, honestly, it on its, on its own as success in my opinion. Oh yeah, I agree.

I think that, at the end the day is that like what we were saying about twitch partners that? Yeah. Like, when you get twitch Partners, like that's not success. Look at me. You may achieve something. Yeah, you know, getting that check. Mark. Awesome. Eight. But like that's not the end of your success. Like using knock all this money for nothing. You did. Yeah. You'd have all these followers know you're continually to grow and they're going to continue to find success that makes you

happy. Oh yeah. I totally agree. Yeah. Honestly I feel like that people need to have that mindset or we're looking into the to have that change that term of like what success means to a person. Yeah and what twitch partner really means. They have look at which standard but like what does twitch partner really, really mean. Yeah. Person. So exactly. But yeah. Anyway, where can the listeners find you? Oh, you can find me on Twitch at now in Technicolor it's just

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