Okay, so I'm going to make a few announcements and come clean on a few things. There's no reason for me to hide anything from our readers here. I am, however, going to make a point of the fact that I am speaking for myself, and not for anyone else on the Zero Tolerance Games team, including those behind the scenes.
I fucked up. When the idea of a podcast was pitched to me, I jumped on it. Then after recording, I decided I wanted to be more involved. I picked up two weekly slots, and my first actual piece was kind of a runaway success. I thought to myself, "This is going great. In fact, I don't think it could possibly be going any better," and that's about the time shit hit the fan.
I overextended, got in a bit deeper than I planned to, and the amount and quality of content I had initially expected to deliver have suffered for it. This brings us to the announcements...
1. The podcast, which has yet to see an episode release, is on hiatus until the week of July 22nd, at the earliest.
Nik was nothing short of fantastic during our recording sessions, and I do not want this to reflect poorly on him. The first attempt ran for almost 3 hours of increasingly off-topic banter, and it really just turned into an uneditable mess. As the guy in charge of editing and recording, there was a lot more that I could have been doing to keep the show to task, and we called it a lesson learned, and thought "We'll get it right next time." For the most part we did. We had a session earlier this week, we kept it to topic, and the timing and length were where they needed to be. Everything was falling into place until we wrapped, and I closed out without saving my audio. I attempted to re-record to fill in the gaps, but after several attempts where it just came off as stilted and unnatural, I had to scrap this episode too.
2. There may be gaps in my posts for the next few weeks.
I have an upcoming trip that has been planned for months, and I essentially left myself with two options here. Churn out garbage to be able to cover that time, or keep to the standard of quality I expect from myself, still attempt to get as many pieces in as I can, and try to not worry too much about the gaps. After a lot of thinking about this, I decided to run with the second option, because I am simply not a fan of shoveling shit down people's throats.
As far as the key factors behind these announcements, they are as follows:
1. My job is seven days a week, and my hours are variable based on how much business we're doing that day. It's pretty difficult to schedule much of anything, and even harder to hold to the schedule when things pan out the way I expect them to.
2. I am going on a trip to the Evolution Championship Series this year, primarily as a competitor. This trip has been in the works for a few months, and I have had to devote some of my time to staying on top of my game. I will attempt to get some hands on time with the new Killer Instinct, and the games of the Indie Game Showcase there, so I can post my thoughts and opinions upon my return.
3. Time zones. The biggest reason for the failure to retain my half of the audio for the podcast was just due to generally being entirely too tired. There's a 3-hour time difference between myself and Nik, and by the time we get around to recording and finishing up, it can be close to 4 AM for me, and I still have to be up for work in the morning.
With all that having been said, I am truly sorry if I have disappointed any of you, and for any gaps that may occur in content during the coming weeks. I'll do my best to stay on top of things in the future, and appreciate your patience during this transitional period.
- Mike "Tsaikotyk" Kelly
I fucked up. When the idea of a podcast was pitched to me, I jumped on it. Then after recording, I decided I wanted to be more involved. I picked up two weekly slots, and my first actual piece was kind of a runaway success. I thought to myself, "This is going great. In fact, I don't think it could possibly be going any better," and that's about the time shit hit the fan.
I overextended, got in a bit deeper than I planned to, and the amount and quality of content I had initially expected to deliver have suffered for it. This brings us to the announcements...
1. The podcast, which has yet to see an episode release, is on hiatus until the week of July 22nd, at the earliest.
Nik was nothing short of fantastic during our recording sessions, and I do not want this to reflect poorly on him. The first attempt ran for almost 3 hours of increasingly off-topic banter, and it really just turned into an uneditable mess. As the guy in charge of editing and recording, there was a lot more that I could have been doing to keep the show to task, and we called it a lesson learned, and thought "We'll get it right next time." For the most part we did. We had a session earlier this week, we kept it to topic, and the timing and length were where they needed to be. Everything was falling into place until we wrapped, and I closed out without saving my audio. I attempted to re-record to fill in the gaps, but after several attempts where it just came off as stilted and unnatural, I had to scrap this episode too.
2. There may be gaps in my posts for the next few weeks.
I have an upcoming trip that has been planned for months, and I essentially left myself with two options here. Churn out garbage to be able to cover that time, or keep to the standard of quality I expect from myself, still attempt to get as many pieces in as I can, and try to not worry too much about the gaps. After a lot of thinking about this, I decided to run with the second option, because I am simply not a fan of shoveling shit down people's throats.
As far as the key factors behind these announcements, they are as follows:
1. My job is seven days a week, and my hours are variable based on how much business we're doing that day. It's pretty difficult to schedule much of anything, and even harder to hold to the schedule when things pan out the way I expect them to.
2. I am going on a trip to the Evolution Championship Series this year, primarily as a competitor. This trip has been in the works for a few months, and I have had to devote some of my time to staying on top of my game. I will attempt to get some hands on time with the new Killer Instinct, and the games of the Indie Game Showcase there, so I can post my thoughts and opinions upon my return.
3. Time zones. The biggest reason for the failure to retain my half of the audio for the podcast was just due to generally being entirely too tired. There's a 3-hour time difference between myself and Nik, and by the time we get around to recording and finishing up, it can be close to 4 AM for me, and I still have to be up for work in the morning.
With all that having been said, I am truly sorry if I have disappointed any of you, and for any gaps that may occur in content during the coming weeks. I'll do my best to stay on top of things in the future, and appreciate your patience during this transitional period.
- Mike "Tsaikotyk" Kelly
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