Monday, 28 April 2014

My Gaming Past

I think some of you might want to know how I started gaming, 
if not still gonna tell you anyways :P

It all started when I was very young, I think around 6-7 years old.
An old desktop pc and floppy's galore!


After a year my favourite game came out...
The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time
Oxy in 1997

How I LOVED that game!

My parents had bought an Nintendo 64 around that time, we used to play it with friends days on end.
All the drawings I made back then were of Zelda and Link.. my dad even made me a wooden sword, not to mention that my grandmother made Link's Kokiri Tunic for me!
I used to spend hours/days 'LARP-ing' in the local forest, like I was my own little Link in my own adventures!

My youth developed with the game, eventually a new game rised at the horizon; 

The Legend of Zelda Majora's Mask.

I have made multiple collages and drawings, anxiously awaiting the release date of that game.

Then finally November 2000 was there, my parents gifted the game to me as a late Birthday present.

I was ecstatic, over the moon!! (if you pardon the pun)

So our adventure on our couch continued, into a whole new story.
I can remember having baths pretending to be a Zora just after we got the Zora's Mask and when we reached Snowhead Temple that it snowed where I lived.

I still play these games from time to time, I am definitely no expert, I do know a lot but I am most certainly not a walking/breathing OoT & MM walktrough. I love that I can replay these games without remembering every single key location. It keeps it fun to play.


Ocarina of Time Original Trailer

Later on I kept grabbing the controllers of multiple consoles, I met my best friend Isabel. We've been best friends ever since.

She also had a weakness for playing videogames for days on end, se we got along just fine!
We even spend days in a local toyshop playing Dead or Alive 3 on the Xbox they had there.
Later on we played more and more games, we were undefeatable co-op. She had the same crazy mind as I did.

Luckily it stayed with me, the urge to lose yourself temporarily in the made up worlds of some great game developers.

I am very lucky with my family who supported and provided the games and consoles when I could not. So if any of my family members read this, thank you so much for the support in this lovely hobby!

Also I dated guys who had a weakspot for games, I don't think I could ever date someone who doesn't like games or doesn't play games.

Later on I even got a tattoo that I've wanted since young age, it was related to Ocarina of Time. When I was 18 I made the decision that I wouldn't ever regret getting that one. So I did :3



Recently, about a year and a half ago I started discovering the world of Live streaming, first via charity events in my country. After that a couple of friends founded a group called 'Gamers met een Hart' meaning 'Gamers with a heart'.


They contacted me fairly shortly after, if I could lend my graphic skills to the cause, all voluntarily because we were just a group of enthusiasts who wanted nothing more than keep the community together, game and stream together.
It became a tight group of game loving people. Besides Designer I also started my Live streamer activities here.

After a while the group re-structured into 'The Green Rupee Entertainment' with that name we hoped to be more approachable for international viewers.



Unfortunately it was just too much work for only 3 crewmember, we also had a lot of personal things that made it impossible to continue with all the hard work the community needed.


After the 2 communities withered away a lot of the streamers went solo, including me.

First on Twitch.tv but later on made the SWITCH to the (imo) better site Hitbox.TV.
Now I look forward to seeing my friends stream and chatting with them every single day!
I receive so much support and care from them that I don't think I'll be leaving anytime soon, it can only become more!

I hope you had fun reading a part of my life's story and hope to see you back at my own channel!





Wednesday, 23 April 2014

Updated all pages!



Facebook Cover


It was time for a huge update!



All pages are now up-to-date and I plan to keeping it all that way!



Also, currently having some difficulties with the CraptureCard ;)
Hope to be streaming regularly soon!






 

Wednesday, 12 March 2014

Watermark for Art


Yaaaay!


So I finally got around to make myself a Watermark to make sure my art isn't used elsewhere. 

So Tadaaaaaaa here it is!

Will do more art updates on this blog aswell.. so keep an eye out for all those updates :D

so much for this little update!


Tuesday, 10 December 2013

Streaming tomorrow evening


Been away for a week because of personal stuff.

But gonna pick it up again this week!


The adventure will continue!
 altho I'll probably be a little rusty considering controlls...
...but hey let's just have fun!

Today I'm bugged by a really itchy and runny nose.. hope I'm not getting ill...
but gonna give it a day filled with herbal tea, soups and rest to see if tomorrow will be better.

Don't want to keep sniffling and blowing my nose on stream ;)



So I hope to catch you guys tomorrow evening! :D

Coordinates: Oxy6 on Twitch.TV



p.s. all times and such are Central European Times (+1 gmt to be exact)

Sunday, 1 December 2013

Oxy Designs!

For those who didn't know, I'm a graphic designer.

I can be contacted for the following:
                                               - Logo's.
                                               - Corporate identities.
                                               - Stream Lay-Outs.
                                               - Tattoo Designs.
                                               - Other commisions.


If you have other ideas with which you need a Graphical Designer,
feel free to just contact me!

See my portfolio for things I've done in the past.




Saturday, 30 November 2013

1st Milestone






1,000 page views and 100 followers :D

Thank you guys SO MUCH!! <3





Friday, 29 November 2013

The Legend of Zelda: a Link Between Worlds

First time using OBS! Twitch Lag and The Legend of Zelda: a Link Between Worlds!

OBS


Pleasant surprise to have OBS running with my 2 cams to do a 'crappy cast' capturing my Nintento 3DS.


Hopefully I will get my Roxio to work with OBS aswell.




Twitch Lag

Too bad that Twitch.TV had a special event going on... which caused for LOADS of chat disconnections/lag :\




The Legend of Zelda: a Link Between Worlds




Finally a new Zelda game! :D


Decided to do a full playthrough on stream! First part went pretty good, if you don't count the disconnections and lag... but HEY if you missed it you can watch it back down below.

Part 1 (below) Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 |
Watch live video from Oxy6 on TwitchTV

Hope to catch you at my stream next time!