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BlindiRL
@blindirl.bsky.social
Twitch Partner. Streaming on the internet for 12 years. Co-Founder of Halcyon Frequency.

Victoria BC. "Liberal Woke Bastard" - YouTube Commenter.

Find me: https://www.twitch.tv/blindirl
https://www.youtube.com/@blindirl
https://mas.to/@BlindiRL
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February 11, 2026 at 4:08 AM
Is Fastmail cool? I'm thinking of switching.
February 11, 2026 at 3:30 AM
Yo discord.

Get bent.

www.theverge.com/tech/875309/...
Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month
Age verification for all.
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February 9, 2026 at 8:17 PM
What a time to be alive.
The Epstein files reveal what powerful people see in video games: profit, coercion, and control

aftermath.site/jeffrey-epstei...
February 4, 2026 at 5:40 AM
My YouTube is 11.
February 4, 2026 at 4:22 AM
This is cool. We got legends viewer running remotely.

legends.blindirl.net
February 3, 2026 at 12:18 AM
Its words day. I hope you like detailed YouTube numbers.
Good news! Thankfully the video was not a failure, why?
The 1 tile start, Video metrics deep dive.
<p>A notification pops up at the bottom of my screen. "Task Complete" This is quite a familiar thing to see as I finish a project. It means the video I just put the finishing touches on is ready to upload. I already feel the anxiety flowing into my veins as I click on the file in the YouTube Upload screen. "<em>How will it do? Will people like it? I spent at least 40 hours working on this. Was it worth it?</em>" Stress aside I finish editing my video description text and adding video tags. When everything is set and ready to premiere the following day I pause with my mouse hovering over the <em>"Publish"</em> button. Clicking it make will the soon to be released video available to everyone. After waiting for a few moments I exhale and click the button with my mouse. </p><p>This video was unique since I took a much longer amount of time off to work on it than normal. Generally when I'm making something like this I take about five days off of my normal schedule of streaming. The first day, I review and cut down the footage to get an idea of what the video will look like. After that I build a rough outline by cutting the video down a second time. After that I complete a rough edit and record my voice over. When all of that is done I do the fine, edit adding memes and effects throughout the video. </p><p>It always takes about a week to figure out how well a video is doing. This is because YouTube is strange. The platform sends the video to your built in audience first. These are filtered into three categories. Regular and casual viewers and new viewers. Often what happens is the video gets sent to regular viewers first and, if they watch it more than usual, then it gets sent to a larger portion of the channel's casual viewers. If that audience also watches and interacts with the video more than usual then it can "break containment", and is sent to a large number of potential new viewers. However, if at any point people stop clicking or watching all the way through, the video can hit a wall. If this happens then it'll return to only regular viewers and casual viewers. If the numbers continue to slow then it moves to just regular viewers. Then as time goes on it'll be sent to a smaller and smaller portion of those viewers. </p><p>Initially this video did quite well, with the regular viewers. It got a decent amount of momentum out of the gate, and even performed better than about half of my previous major uploads.</p><figure class="kg-card kg-gallery-card kg-width-wide kg-card-hascaption"><div class="kg-gallery-container"><div class="kg-gallery-row"><div class="kg-gallery-image"><img src="https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-13-38-21.png" width="1841" height="807" loading="lazy" alt="" srcset="https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-13-38-21.png 600w, https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-13-38-21.png 1000w, https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-13-38-21.png 1600w, https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-13-38-21.png 1841w" /></div><div class="kg-gallery-image"><img src="https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-13-37-56.png" width="1837" height="798" loading="lazy" alt="" srcset="https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-13-37-56.png 600w, https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-13-37-56.png 1000w, https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-13-37-56.png 1600w, https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-13-37-56.png 1837w" /></div></div><div class="kg-gallery-row"><div class="kg-gallery-image"><img src="https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-13-37-28.png" width="1890" height="822" loading="lazy" alt="" srcset="https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-13-37-28.png 600w, https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-13-37-28.png 1000w, https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-13-37-28.png 1600w, https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-13-37-28.png 1890w" /></div><div class="kg-gallery-image"><img src="https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-13-38-58.png" width="1830" height="801" loading="lazy" alt="" srcset="https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-13-38-58.png 600w, https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-13-38-58.png 1000w, https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-13-38-58.png 1600w, https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-13-38-58.png 1830w" /></div></div></div><figcaption><p><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">The first 24 hours performance comparison.</span></p></figcaption></figure><ul><li>The bad news. All of these comparisons have something in common. They all attracted a much lower number of New subscribers than videos that take off. Below are some videos that did take off. You can see that in the first 24 hours these videos gained much higher new subscription numbers, which helped push the video to more viewers, more quickly, compared to other uploads. </li></ul><figure class="kg-card kg-gallery-card kg-width-wide"><div class="kg-gallery-container"><div class="kg-gallery-row"><div class="kg-gallery-image"><img src="https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-13-42-50.png" width="1820" height="863" loading="lazy" alt="" srcset="https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-13-42-50.png 600w, https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-13-42-50.png 1000w, https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-13-42-50.png 1600w, https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-13-42-50.png 1820w" /></div><div class="kg-gallery-image"><img src="https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-13-41-06.png" width="1833" height="880" loading="lazy" alt="" srcset="https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-13-41-06.png 600w, https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-13-41-06.png 1000w, https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-13-41-06.png 1600w, https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-13-41-06.png 1833w" /></div></div></div></figure><ul><li>The much lower new subscriber count concerns me. It means two things, either this video simply was sent to mostly people who are already subscribed which is a good thing in a vacuum or I am hitting the upper limit of audience for this type of video. Unfortunately if this becomes a trend it means I'll have to shift the format in the future to reach new people. While satisfying an existing audience is important YouTube will eventually push new things to that audience and if you can't keep up. They'll diminish.</li></ul><p>Videos can gain momentum again and get redistributed again. This normally happens when the topic gets some public press. That could be anything from a patch, an announcement, a sale or even a major YouTube channel releasing a video. </p><ul><li>Good news! Thankfully the video was not a failure. Why? Because it has done about as well as my vampire fortress and water disaster fort did in the first month and even though the two videos both did better out of the gate. My one tile fortress video has managed to land 73k views in the first two weeks. Roughly the same as both the Vampires and Water videos. </li></ul><figure class="kg-card kg-gallery-card kg-width-wide kg-card-hascaption"><div class="kg-gallery-container"><div class="kg-gallery-row"><div class="kg-gallery-image"><img src="https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-13-42-24-1.png" width="1826" height="739" loading="lazy" alt="" srcset="https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-13-42-24-1.png 600w, https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-13-42-24-1.png 1000w, https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-13-42-24-1.png 1600w, https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-13-42-24-1.png 1826w" /></div><div class="kg-gallery-image"><img src="https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-13-41-31-1.png" width="1824" height="741" loading="lazy" alt="" srcset="https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-13-41-31-1.png 600w, https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-13-41-31-1.png 1000w, https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-13-41-31-1.png 1600w, https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-13-41-31-1.png 1824w" /></div></div></div><figcaption><p><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">First 24 hour comparison. </span></p></figcaption></figure><figure class="kg-card kg-gallery-card kg-width-wide kg-card-hascaption"><div class="kg-gallery-container"><div class="kg-gallery-row"><div class="kg-gallery-image"><img src="https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-13-48-26-1.png" width="1452" height="960" loading="lazy" alt="" srcset="https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-13-48-26-1.png 600w, https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-13-48-26-1.png 1000w, https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-13-48-26-1.png 1452w" /></div><div class="kg-gallery-image"><img src="https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-13-47-47-1.png" width="575" height="244" loading="lazy" alt="" /></div></div></div><figcaption><p><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">1 tile fortress since upload.</span></p></figcaption></figure><figure class="kg-card kg-gallery-card kg-width-wide kg-card-hascaption"><div class="kg-gallery-container"><div class="kg-gallery-row"><div class="kg-gallery-image"><img src="https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-13-55-48.png" width="1018" height="312" loading="lazy" alt="" srcset="https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-13-55-48.png 600w, https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-13-55-48.png 1000w, https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-13-55-48.png 1018w" /></div><div class="kg-gallery-image"><img src="https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-13-55-07.png" width="1046" height="298" loading="lazy" alt="" srcset="https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-13-55-07.png 600w, https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-13-55-07.png 1000w, https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-13-55-07.png 1046w" /></div><div class="kg-gallery-image"><img src="https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-13-54-54.png" width="1058" height="319" loading="lazy" alt="" srcset="https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-13-54-54.png 600w, https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-13-54-54.png 1000w, https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-13-54-54.png 1058w" /></div></div><div class="kg-gallery-row"><div class="kg-gallery-image"><img src="https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-13-54-34.png" width="1052" height="300" loading="lazy" alt="" srcset="https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-13-54-34.png 600w, https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-13-54-34.png 1000w, https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-13-54-34.png 1052w" /></div><div class="kg-gallery-image"><img src="https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-13-53-51.png" width="1079" height="344" loading="lazy" alt="" srcset="https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-13-53-51.png 600w, https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-13-53-51.png 1000w, https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-13-53-51.png 1079w" /></div></div></div><figcaption><p><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">If you look at these views over time you can clearly see when they get recirculated by the algorithm. </span></p></figcaption></figure><p>Before I started working on this project I took a few days off. This made for a roughly five day break. I really needed it at the time since I was dealing with some seasonal burnout and needed a mental rest. Most of that time was spent fully cleaning and reorganizing huge chunks of my apartment and office space. The video itself took five days to edit. But I delayed the release of it by a day cause of some unavoidable outside factors. (I broke my foot and had to get an x-ray) During those days off I inevitably lose Subscribers on Twitch, merchandise sales slow down dramatically and my net income drops significantly. During those days off I made roughly a quarter of what I normally would. Combine that with slower advertising revenue in January my income was significantly lower than normal. In total about 40% lower.</p><p>Now the video is done. It is out there and people have enjoyed it. It was worth making it and accepting the slower-than-normal month. It will continue to get re-distributed and periodically pushed to find new members of my audience, and will slowly bring a trickle revenue as it exists. I am starting to realize that I make a lot of these videos as a way to give back. I'm not rich but I am doing better than many, and I am extremely lucky to be where I am. I have gotten back into the swing of streaming, and will make up the revenue that was lost during video production. Until the time comes where I take another week off to build a new project. </p><p><strong>Whats next?</strong></p><p>I hired an editor at the end of last year. I've had him editing the Future of the Fortress videos and Shorts for me. But the main reason I hired him was to allow me to complete projects without taking time off of streaming. We are in the slow process of recording a complete read through of <em>Roomcarnage.</em>"The video is going to be similar to my <em>Boatmurdered</em> deep dive, and extremely long. It might even get split into parts. I fully expect to not break even on these for awhile. If ever, I am starting to put projects into two categories. </p><ul><li>Projects that I complete that will grow my channel.</li><li>Projects that I make as a way to give back. Making something that I want people to see. Even if it ends up costing me money. </li></ul><p>Here is a teaser in the meantime. Thank you so much for supporting my work. If you keep scrolling there is a section of this post that is paywalled. It contains details about recent videos total income if that interests you then you can unlock it for as low as a few dollars. </p><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption"><img src="https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/2026/02/roomcarnage_Splash_full.png" class="kg-image" alt="" loading="lazy" width="2000" height="1125" srcset="https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/02/roomcarnage_Splash_full.png 600w, https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/02/roomcarnage_Splash_full.png 1000w, https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/02/roomcarnage_Splash_full.png 1600w, https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/size/w2400/2026/02/roomcarnage_Splash_full.png 2400w" /><figcaption><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">Roomcarnage key art by Cooler_sk</span></figcaption></figure><p>Detailed metrics for members. </p><p>All in, How did my most recent video perform since I uploaded it. It has gained 73k views 25k watch time 185 Subscribers and has made $678.78 ($498.70 usd) cents in Canadian dollars. In parts that equals $463.72 cad in ads and $215.06 in Premium revenue. All the while the advertisers are paying $22.92 average per 1000 views. Not great but not bad for January. </p><ul><li>So how much did I actually make from this video so far? <br />I have to subtract 24% from the total. This is roughly the amount I pay in tax annually. It is a combination of federal and provincial taxes. The actual number is a bit lower and tends to be closer to 19% after deductions. Since that can change from year to year I stick to the baseline of 24%. This leaves me with $515.87 cad. But then I have to subtract an additional $163.61 cad. Why? Every video I commission some artwork. In this case it was the "START" that was used in the thumbnail and the "Brainrot" key art early on in the video. Additionally I commissioned a writer to write the ad space promoting my merchandise shop. </li><li>All in the video has made $352.61 cad ($259.03 usd)</li></ul><figure class="kg-card kg-gallery-card kg-width-wide kg-card-hascaption"><div class="kg-gallery-container"><div class="kg-gallery-row"><div class="kg-gallery-image"><img src="https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-13-57-15.png" width="1879" height="864" loading="lazy" alt="" srcset="https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-13-57-15.png 600w, https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-13-57-15.png 1000w, https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-13-57-15.png 1600w, https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-13-57-15.png 1879w" /></div><div class="kg-gallery-image"><img src="https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-14-00-43.png" width="1597" height="626" loading="lazy" alt="" srcset="https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-14-00-43.png 600w, https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-14-00-43.png 1000w, https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-14-00-43.png 1597w" /></div><div class="kg-gallery-image"><img src="https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-14-02-16.png" width="1613" height="613" loading="lazy" alt="" srcset="https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-14-02-16.png 600w, https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-14-02-16.png 1000w, https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-14-02-16.png 1600w, https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-14-02-16.png 1613w" /></div></div><div class="kg-gallery-row"><div class="kg-gallery-image"><img src="https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-14-01-07.png" width="1600" height="558" loading="lazy" alt="" srcset="https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-14-01-07.png 600w, https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-14-01-07.png 1000w, https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-14-01-07.png 1600w" /></div><div class="kg-gallery-image"><img src="https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-14-49-43.png" width="734" height="674" loading="lazy" alt="" srcset="https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-14-49-43.png 600w, https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-14-49-43.png 734w" /></div><div class="kg-gallery-image"><img src="https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-14-49-30.png" width="1492" height="477" loading="lazy" alt="" srcset="https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-14-49-30.png 600w, https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-14-49-30.png 1000w, https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-14-49-30.png 1492w" /></div></div></div><figcaption><p><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">Stats from the one tile video.</span></p></figcaption></figure><p>As time passes these videos continue to generate revenue. The amount of witch is determined the amount of hours people watched it for. Higher watch time equals higher pay rates per 1000 views. Time of year will also effect this. The number of ads in rotation drastically effects income.</p><figure class="kg-card kg-gallery-card kg-width-wide kg-card-hascaption"><div class="kg-gallery-container"><div class="kg-gallery-row"><div class="kg-gallery-image"><img src="https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-14-46-46.png" width="1827" height="748" loading="lazy" alt="" srcset="https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-14-46-46.png 600w, https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-14-46-46.png 1000w, https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-14-46-46.png 1600w, https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-14-46-46.png 1827w" /></div><div class="kg-gallery-image"><img src="https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-14-48-39.png" width="1817" height="681" loading="lazy" alt="" srcset="https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-14-48-39.png 600w, https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-14-48-39.png 1000w, https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-14-48-39.png 1600w, https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-14-48-39.png 1817w" /></div><div class="kg-gallery-image"><img src="https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-14-45-26.png" width="1819" height="659" loading="lazy" alt="" srcset="https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-14-45-26.png 600w, https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-14-45-26.png 1000w, https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-14-45-26.png 1600w, https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-14-45-26.png 1819w" /></div></div><div class="kg-gallery-row"><div class="kg-gallery-image"><img src="https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-14-46-59.png" width="1823" height="745" loading="lazy" alt="" srcset="https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-14-46-59.png 600w, https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-14-46-59.png 1000w, https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-14-46-59.png 1600w, https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-14-46-59.png 1823w" /></div><div class="kg-gallery-image"><img src="https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-14-45-39.png" width="1820" height="683" loading="lazy" alt="" srcset="https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-14-45-39.png 600w, https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-14-45-39.png 1000w, https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-14-45-39.png 1600w, https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-14-45-39.png 1820w" /></div><div class="kg-gallery-image"><img src="https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-14-44-48.png" width="1830" height="733" loading="lazy" alt="" srcset="https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-14-44-48.png 600w, https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-14-44-48.png 1000w, https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-14-44-48.png 1600w, https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-14-44-48.png 1830w" /></div></div><div class="kg-gallery-row"><div class="kg-gallery-image"><img src="https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-14-47-56.png" width="1829" height="750" loading="lazy" alt="" srcset="https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-14-47-56.png 600w, https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-14-47-56.png 1000w, https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-14-47-56.png 1600w, https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-14-47-56.png 1829w" /></div><div class="kg-gallery-image"><img src="https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-14-45-07.png" width="1825" height="693" loading="lazy" alt="" srcset="https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-14-45-07.png 600w, https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-14-45-07.png 1000w, https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-14-45-07.png 1600w, https://www.blindirl.com/content/images/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-01-14-45-07.png 1825w" /></div></div></div><figcaption><p><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">Notice the Views, Watch time and revenue.</span></p></figcaption></figure><p>Thank you for the support as always. <br /><br /><em>Gregory.</em></p>
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February 2, 2026 at 7:59 PM
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Hi, #gamedev!

@armiastars.com is the official host for this months outreach event.

The event will start on her Bluesky timeline on February 23, 2026, at 5 p.m. CET and are limited to action, adventure, and strategy themed games.

Follow her account to get notified when the event starts!
February 2, 2026 at 1:05 PM
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To those who advise me to use chatgpt to generate the lore, you are forgetting how cool it is to be handwriting it in a cafe
February 1, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Are you seeing this?!
February 1, 2026 at 7:25 PM
I'm tired.
January 30, 2026 at 2:02 AM
recording another story.
January 25, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Pre-Order this mans book.
January 25, 2026 at 7:18 PM
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Basking shark appreciation post.
January 25, 2026 at 3:15 PM
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testing the dodge limit
January 21, 2026 at 6:59 PM
how DARE I share a link to a social media platform on my YouTube account. The Horror!!

Classic case of "I think that is a you problem mate"
January 21, 2026 at 3:24 AM
I was just knocked out of my slumber to the sound of a car getting a flat tire. That is the closest thing to one hand clapping that I will ever hear.
January 20, 2026 at 8:31 AM
I managed to self host my dwarf fortress legends! Here are some words about it.
Self Hosting "Dwarf Fortress" Legends.
I have been on a quest for a few months now. I had this idea in my head that it would be really fun if I could distribute legends for my worlds. What if I could do this in real time? While I am live? I don't have any knowledge of how self hosting works or how I should even go about setting this up. However, with some help from _TheSuitedGiraffe_ on Discord and a lot of fiddling we were able to get it working! Kinda. The result is really cool, if you visit: https://legends.blindirl.net and my server is running you are now able to view legends for my current world! Ideally this will allow anyone watching the stream to quickly look up events and items of specific interest. I think this will give the viewer a really interesting look into the world I am playing! I might even find it helpful. The sad part is Legends Browser is a bit out of date when compared to Legends Viewer -Next The latter of which has a number of extra fancy features. But we ran into some issues with Legends Viewer -Next because it is client-side-only, Meaning if you self host it seems to be unable to search for or open .xml files when someone is trying to look remotely. Thankfully Legends Browser does not seem to have this same issue. I am not sure of yet if this will run 24/7. I'll leave it up for at least a day after posting here. It will be available while I'm live at the least. Here are some screenshots and if you scroll down I'll attach instructions on how we set this up. Legends Browser. * * * This was the process that was used. First I installed an Ubuntu Virtual machine on my personal server. After that we used Remmina to connect to the machine and installed net-tools and unzip. * sudo apt install net-tools * sudo apt install unzip * mkdir legendsbrowser * cd legendsbrowser * wget https://github.com/robertjanetzko/LegendsBrowser2/releases/download/2.0.10/legendsbrowser-2.0.10-linux.zip * unzip legendsbrowser-2.0.10-linux.zip We set up a port tunnel and domain on Cloud Flare and bought the domain blindirl.net Then things get a lot easier. I launched Dwarf Fortress and loaded up my current world. Then I clicked on legends and exported legends by clicking the button in the top right. Sadly I ran into issues using the expanded legends option in DFHACK. Top left. Once legends is export it appears in your directory, like this. I copy "autosave 2-00279-11-13-legends.xml" to my home folder so it is easy to locate. When all of this is complete I open terminal and type in the following commands. * scp /home/gregory/"autosave 2-00279-11-13-legends.xml" blind@(address of the local machine):/home/blind/legendsbrowser Once the file is transferred I log into the server with ssh. * ssh blind@(address of the local machine) and type in the password. * cd legendsbrowser * ls * (Should show the name of the file once transfered) eg: autosave 2-00279-11-13-legends.xml * nohup ./legendsbrowser -w (NAME OF FILE) -p (Port Number) -s This launches legends browser and hosts the .xml for whatever world I'm currently playing. ## Schedule This will be a bit of a short week. I plan to stream Tuesday - Thursday. Due to a concert I am going to on Thursday night. I'll be hanging out with some friends that day so I can't confirm a Friday stream. I've wanted a bit of variety for awhile so I think we'll be playing Songs of Syx this week. As well as Tuesday to start we'll be looking at a game that just launched in Early Access called ["Earth of Oryn"](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1972450/Earth_of_Oryn/. ) We'll return to Dwarf Fortress next week. I do have some concerns about it but I don't think it is super dense on content so we'll give it a look and then swap to Songs of Syx. Save 10% on Earth of Oryn on SteamA medieval kingdom-builder focused on meaningful decision-making and long-term strategy. Rule your lands, manage resources, plan your expansion, and guide your settlement from humble beginnings to a thriving realm as the seasons turn.STEAMSongs of Syx on SteamSongs of Syx is a fantasy city-builder with vast battles simulating thousands of citizens and soldiers. Start off as a small village and build, scheme, and fight your way towards a mighty empire. The mechanics are deep and true to life, where tiny events can spiral into the collapse of kingdoms.STEAM If you somehow missed it, Here is the major release from last week.
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January 20, 2026 at 1:58 AM
Less than 10k to go.
January 19, 2026 at 9:28 PM
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Hi, content creators and game developers!

Welcome to a new year, face, and direction of Eye of the Creator.

To learn more about what's coming up, visit our site and read the comments below. 👇

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January 14, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Dwarf Fortress, 1 Tile Start..
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January 14, 2026 at 4:55 PM
new vid drops in 9h. I sleep now.

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Dwarf Fortress, 1 Tile Start..
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January 14, 2026 at 7:33 AM
Finally.
January 14, 2026 at 4:29 AM
Good, Now I can take a 45 minute break from editing.

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This Is How You Get JARHEAD Sequels
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January 10, 2026 at 12:26 AM
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When I told these two that Freedom was in peril, they knew they had to act. More fun showing off Eye of the Commando at #magfest
January 9, 2026 at 11:49 PM