UntalentedAmateur

Catharsis | kəˈθɑːsɪs | noun
The process of releasing, and thereby providing relief from, strong or repressed emotions.

From Greek katharsis, from kathairein ‘cleanse’, from katharos ‘pure’.

These are my catharsis through gaming streams.

I'm an Australian streamer who has been gaming for years (I still have a Minecraft world save from January 2011!) but have decided to share that experience with more people than who can squeeze in around the computer screen.

Min-maxing and breaking games through exploiting their rules and algorithms might be fun, but it is often more validating (and effective from a cathartic viewpoint) to just muddle our way through.

It's fine to switch off the hyper-competitiveness and just play (Smurfing is not allowed!). It often has a secondary effect of being calming (some viewers have said my streams are great to study to) and just being an all round good thing to chill to.

I'm a trophy hunter and completionist - something that might seem contrary to my play and streaming style, but it is what it is.

Prizes?

That's right. I run weekly giveaways, with a variety of Steam codes given to lucky viewers each week. Giveaways will be based on the StreamElements loyalty system, with viewers gaining 1 point per minute of stream watched, and 500 points for following.

Users who are active in chat will gain 10 points every 10 minutes that they're active in chat.

So, you can earn 2 points a minute for watching a stream and being active in chat.

All users who join the stream will be given one free entry to the giveaway for that week, with the opportunity to purchase extra opportunities in that giveaway (up to a reasonable maximum) by using their available points.

NOTE

In order to actually be in the giveaway, you need to drop in to chat at least once during the giveaway period and claim a ticket with !enter.

In order to be fair to global viewers, I will be adding additional streams to give all global viewers a reasonable chance of success in each draw.

What sort of games are being given away?
- Barotrauma
- The Division (Uplay)
- American Truck Simulator
- EMPIRE: Total War
- Napoleon: Total War
- Offworld Trading Company

And many more!

Q. Where's your commentary?
A. If you've dropped into chat and I'm not talking, say G'day. Chances are I'm in the zone and haven't noticed anyone's there to talk to. My process of catharsis is largely found by gaming in silence. It leads to a very contemplative and meditative state. It's just how I play when I don't think anyone is around...

Q. Where are your earlier streams?
A. Because of Twitch's policy of deleting streamed VODs after a given period, I used to export all streams to my Youtube channel for permanent storage. I'll be looking at options for retention again in the future.

Q. What do you play? Why don't you play X?
A. Most of my streaming is me working my way through a backlog of non-platinumed games on my PS3 (and eventually PS4), or playing through titles that scratch a particular itch for me.

I'm not 100% sure ahead of time what the future streaming options will be once a game is completed, but take a flex approach to it all.

Q. Can I play with you? Can you play with X?
A. At the moment, my path through catharsis is a solo trek most of the week.

We do have a multiplayer server running 24/7, rolling through a variety of games. If you want to come and play, !letmeplay in chat and it will give you the server details and what's being played.

Chat Rules:

1. Be Awesome to each other
2. Seriously. See Rule 1.

If you can't stick to rules 1 and 2, then the following might help:
3. No Self Promotion in chat, unless asked by UA.
4. Be kind to each other.
5. Help the newer users and viewers with their questions.
6. Don't throw shade on other viewers, streamers, channel hosts, or other online peeps.
7. Please stick to English. It's the Lingua Franca of this channel. (Yes, I get the joke).
8. Note that UA doesn't mention race, gender, politics, religion, health, or a number of topics in his stream. You shouldn't mention it in chat.
9. Relating to Rule 8, sometimes topics will come up in chat and be handled sensitively. If you can't act responsibly while that happens, you will be banned.
10. UA's chat is not a marketplace. No selling or trading of accounts or goodies of any kind.
11. Yes, backseating is fine, but UA doesn't have to always follow your ideas. Don't take it personally. Sometimes it might be more entertaining to see him fail.

### System

- 2017 iMac 27" Retina 5K
- MacOS Ventura 13.6
- 4.2GHz Quad-Core i7
- 64GB 2400 MHz DDR4 RAM
- Radeon Pro 580 8GB
- 3 TB Fusion Drive

### Audio (Specific to Twitch / YT)

- HyperX Cloud II headset
- Built-in System Audio
- Loopback
- SoundSource

### Streaming

- Twitch Studio
- OBS

### Recording (Specific to Twitch / YT)

- Screenflick
- Twitch Studio
- OBS

### Keyboard, Mouse, Other (Specific to Twitch / YT)

- SteelSeries Apex 7
- Customised Prismcaps
- SteelSeries Rival 5
- Customised illumination and mouse bindings

All times are local:
- AEST (UTC+10), or
- AEDST (UTC+11)

Sunday: Minecraft 2100 - 2359
Monday: PS3 2100 - 2359
Tuesday:
Wednesday: PC RPG Night 2100 - 2359
Thursday:
Friday: PS3 2100 - 2359
Saturday: Multiplayer Server 2100 - 2359

Other sessions may take place with limited notice depending on availability and time, but the above are the guaranteed (mostly) sessions each week.

Donations and financial contributions are not expected from any of my viewers or followers.

That said, if anyone wishes to chip in for a coffee or to support the ongoing development and streaming of content, please click the above image and you will be taken to my Ko-fi.

Added funds can always be used to upgrade and improve existing hardware, purchase external capture cards (to bring in console streaming options), or just to have a coffee.

Github is where I manage the development and curation of my 1.18.2+ Minecraft modpack, known as UA's FabPack

It details all of the different mods, resource packs, shaders, the various settings and configurations between them all, and how to install modpacks in an environment where all mods aren't hosted in the same location.

If you see something in one of my streams, just ask, and I should be able to point out which specific mod it is that adds / removes / handles that feature, and you can then see from my Github project who the author is, where they host their mods, and if there is any way to support them.

Come and follow me on Twitter!

I'll usually tweet if there's a no-notice stream about to take place, as well as to give a heads-up of expected streams happening.

Some of the funnier highlights (most often at my expense) will also appear on Twitter, making it a good place to catch up on the little slice of life snapshots that will often brighten your day (at the cost of mine...)

Come over and hang out in my Youtube channel!

All of my streams, from the very first, to the most recent, used to appear on my Youtube channel for permanent shame of just how bad I am at these games.

I'm in the process of adjusting what appears on the main channel, but will look to give the VODs a place on an appropriate channel.