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Originally recorded: January 25, 2024
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Talk about bad timing. I really wanted to make a lot of progress this time. But when I woke up this morning, I found that the ethernet wiring in my room had finally given up the ghost. Worse yet, my usual alternative isn't able to produce the kind of bandwidth I need to livestream with reasonable latency. I did pick up a dedicated Wi-Fi adaptor for my desktop, but sadly it isn't set to arrive until tomorrow.
With no other option, I decided to rely on my last resort: tethering my ancient smartphone's Wi-Fi connection to my computer.

The experiment ended up failing... but when it was working, it was working pretty well. The problem is that my phone is so old, it can't really hold a stable connection in the first place. Eventually, XSplit got so ticked off by my constant disconnects, it just ended up killing my recording outright. I saw the prompt pretty quickly, so I ended up saving immediately and calling it quits -- just to keep some sense of parity. That's why the ending's a bit abrupt here.

In the end, it's a bit disappointing... because I actually managed to make a significant amount of progress in under an hour. At the very least, I completed the Viking Era. I also got a pretty major head start in the game's third world. Still, given just how little time I got to spend, I don't really want to count this as a full episode -- and that's why I'm calling this "Episode 2.5". I'll try again on Sunday once I get that Wi-Fi adaptor. Hopefully, that'll allow me to perform complete livestreams without issue until I can get my wiring fixed. Otherwise, I'll just have to go on a brief hiatus.