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9:49 PM, Sunday, December 23rd, 2018:   Well, little by little I've acquired what's necessary to stream. Top of the line capture card and camlink leaving only audio to make this possible (and a ton of research and production). I'm still reticent, and it will also require interaction and so on, but that can be done years from now. You need to be 13 to stream by yourself, this will just be me and him playing for a bit, but I really want to start a PASSIVE channel without any editing or really much of anything on his part except documenting his skills. If it evolves out of that, then yay. If not? Nothing lost. So I set-up a test this morning of what was gonna be every mario kart track, but turned into 16 races and a few Smash Bros. fights. He does end up beating me in race 3...     A pretty enjoyable hour actually. Just hanging with my kids and talking about wiping butts, etc. Again once this is a real channel the audio will be, well, there. This is just the raw feed from the camera. I'll also have my ipad setup so I can see comments and respond to them in real time. The reason all of this is so difficult is because I'm trying to do it without Cameron even realizing it. It's just us in front of our big TV on the couch. It's a wiring nightmare. Most people play at their ocmputer desks but I don't want him to feel like he's on-stage. I DON'T WANT THAT ASSHOLE INTERNET KID. lol I may be out of my mind here trying to do this without really DOING this, but I can't explain it: I'm just not sold this is a good idea, but my body keeps moving towards it. I'm really conflicted here but I'll just keep everything low-key for a bit and see if it just works.   Now, from the video, even though he wasn't really playing well - you can see he's got the skills if he's concentrating. The problem with 4 and 5 year olds, if they're not in perfect working order (LOL) they're in trouble. They can't be hungry, they can't be tired, they can't be anything but PERFECT or they just can't overcome it. Normal kid shit. Again why I don't like the idea of critiquing the poor bastard for his fucking VIDEOGAME SKILLS...   ...but when you're THIS good at something THIS early? It's worth trying to produce a landscape where he can flourish.   Time will tell...   Adam