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Hi all, you probably noticed that I have not been streaming very much lately. I have been focusing on videos and mostly FloppySims right now which has been going great, thank you for the support there.

It's been 4 years and a few months since I have posted my first survival game video on FloppySword. I never meant to get into the survival genre at all and it was not something I ever played before that. I remember DeadPoly launched and I thought it looked like a cool game to try out, the rest is history and I had to focus on survival to grow the channel or die. After four years, I have posted over 1700 videos, majority in the survival genre. 

To say the least, I have seen everything this genre has to offer. Last year was a bit rough with so many low quality games but that does seem to be changing.

However, I can no longer say that I enjoy playing them. I have done my best now for the last year or so trying to create content for survival games and I just can not seem to stay interested. It is very rare to come across something new that hooks me.

Burn out is a real thing, however, I am not burnt out from creating content. I am burnt out from playing survival games. I have no passion for it anymore. I have enjoyed making the videos for FloppySims and the variety the simulation genre has to offer. 

I was not going to mention this because it comes off a bit weak minded, but something I have noticed is the increase in hate comments from viewers in the survival genre. Especially the more I move into hardcore survival/shooters. I find myself to be someone who can shut out the noise really well, however, the daily shitty comments is getting old.

It has attracted the largest group of pretentious know-it-alls who have truly forgot how to just have fun in a game. I have never claimed to be technically good at anything. I used to preach that this was an entertainment channel first and a gaming channel second.

The constant nitpicking has lead me to end full series for games and flat out end live streams early just to avoid listening to it. Are my feelings hurt? No, I can walk away from the PC and I don't think about it at all.

However, it was never the community I was intending on creating. 

These daily comments have made me bitter at times and resulted in me becoming more harsh in how I talk or treat certain people. I have lost my patience at times. I am sure I owe some people an apology who got in the crossfire. So I am sorry if that was the case to you.

One thing I really noticed and appreciated was just how great the horror community was when we had FloppyNightmares. It was an extremely warm group of people who watched the content. It was surprising and I miss that. I enjoyed the games for that genre, the diversity in the games from AAA, weird indies, horror sims, and many other types. Like simulator games, I find it hard to get bored of those.

Horror also compliments the FloppySims channel by offering gameplay on the complete opposite spectrum of easy going simulator games.

This is an idea I toyed with in the past briefly but I never fully committed to, so from now on, I will be focusing on horror gameplay on FloppySword. If a survival game looks good and offers horror elements, we can try it.

I am making this choice for myself and I am sure we will lose some of you who are not interested in losing survival games but it no longer makes sense to focus on a genre if I am unwilling to make videos for it anymore.

Thank you again to everyone and of course the mods who continue to help out every day. ⚔️