Fun Friday Broadcast #1

Hey Guys! I'm about to start broadcasting for the first time! So I still haven't figured out how to get my voice into the broadcast while playing, so sorry about that. Other than that, I decided that for today's game, I'd do a challenge map on Minecraft. I figure that there are far to many vanilla Minecraft broadcasts out there, so why not go into this with a different approach? I'm not always going to play Minecraft for my Fun Fridays, but when I do, I'll attempt a different challenge/story map. For the live broadcasts, I'll provide a link at the bottom of the announcement posts. This link will be changed to the embedded recording of the broadcast once I'm done.

This all being said, I'm actually not really sure if this will work or not... This may actually fall flat on it's face, seeing as I haven't worked out all the kinks yet. I'm unsure if I'll lag, if JTV is a reliable broadcasting medium, or if something else could go wrong. You know what, though? I'll take the risk. That's what live broadcasting is all about, right?

So, without further ado, let's get this show on the road! I decided to pick a pretty straightforward challenge for right now, since I'm still figuring things out. The challenge for today is blogg123's Creeper Arena! The rules for this challenge are as follows:

• The first time that you get on the map don’t leave the arena

•  Make sure that you are on peaceful until you get into the arena! The chests could possibly get blown up!

• Once you are in the center of the arena then you can put it on any difficulty, I recommend easy because there are a lot of spawners.

• You are not allowed to disable spawners.

• The way you will be scored is by how much gunpowder you collect, and I know “What if I die?” Then you can put it on peaceful and get your things. Or you can keep it on easy and not die.

• 6. You may use anything in the chests!

Okay guys, wish me luck!


EDIT!: The Debriefing


Right... so... that was an Epic Faliure. I lagged all over the place and I'm pretty sure I  cheated at the challenge a few times. I knew this was a possibility, though. 

As it turns out, my computer does not like the universal broadcaster used by JTV and made it very apparent as I tried to navigate the Creeper Arena. You can watch this spectacular digital failure if you really want to here: http://www.justin.tv/8bitapplesandtea/b/285815895
I warn you, though, it's mostly just a bunch of pixels that move occasionally and delayed audio.


So, what does this mean for future broadcasts? Well, basically I'm going to have to find a medium that my computer doesn't hate. What may end up happening is that I'll just record my session, upload it to youtube, and post it here. Not live, I know, but with my equipment as it stands, I can't really hope for much more.


What do you guys think? Any suggestions for this conundrum? Let me know in the comments!