Codex of Aegis State of the Union 2017

For those of you who don’t know, at the beginning of every year I set up a list of goals for the year in the form of a blog post as a way to plan for the entire year. Apparently I don’t know either, because I went to go check the State of the Union for 2016 to see what goals I passed, but as it turns out I didn’t actually make one. So I guess I’ll just check the State of the Union for 2015 and hope that I completed all of them?

Checking 2015 Goals

Goal #1: Release the Codex of Aegis Compilation Book

I mean, we might as well say this is complete. Though I ended up having some trouble releasing this for-pay on an official store, you can easily just click the shop button right above this post (assuming you’re on the blogspot site) and download it for free. It’s finished, it’s out, and although part of the goal wasn’t finished, the core of it was.

Goal #2: Add more Activity on Astuka’s Blog

I guess this would be a good time to point out the fact that, while all the other State of the Unions have been posted on Astuka’s Blog, this one is on Codex of Aegis. That will be important for later when I get into the goals for this year.

Anyway, it’s kind of hard to judge this since this was a goal for 2015. In 2015, yes – there were quite a few posts on Astuka’s Blog, most political, and enough to which I would say it passed the test. In 2016 not so much, but I feel like if I did make a State of the Union in 2016 (oops) it would say I was going to cut back on Astuka’s Blog posts. Once again, we’ll save the details on Astuka’s Blog future for my 2017 goals.

Goal #3: Astukagaming Season 2

This never actually happened, but I never did give a grandiose promise to this. I have been ranting for the past few years or so that gaming-related content, though it gains a lot of views, is quite tedious to make, especially for something that is supposed to be fun. I really just don’t see the point in making gaming videos anymore, except for games or topics I have a lot to talk about. We’ll be talking about this more in depth later.

Goal #4: Codex of Aegis Branding on Youtube Channels

This I feel like was the easy one I set for myself that I did right after I finished the post. Yes, there are banners on the youtube channels that say “A CODEX OF AEGIS CHANNEL”. That was pretty easy.

Goal #5: Casual Streaming

This was my second failure, and for much of the same reasons as the first one. Not that big of a deal, it’s just not worth it for the investment. You have no idea how many times I’ve ragequit because I can’t play two-thirds of the games on my computer on stream. NOT worth.

New 2017 Goals

Goal #1: Major Dialback

If you thought the past few years barely had any content, you’re in for an unfortunate surprise. As it turns out, I’m going into college later this year (though seeing how convoluted and broken the process has been so far maybe we shouldn’t get our hopes up too much yet) and I’m assuming the workload is gonna be heavy (spoiler alert: it really already is). That being said, I’m going to go on a cautious route and not promise too much this year. After I get the hang of things (if I get the hang of things) things will probably go right back to normal.

Goal #2: Favoring Codex of Aegis instead of Astuka’s Blog

I hinted at this previously, but I don’t really like the Astuka’s Blog blog anymore. First of all, do you see how awkward that sentence is? Why even name something “Astuka’s Blog”? Codex of Aegis is just straight up more elegant, not gonna lie. The website link is also pretty embarrassing – astukagaming? What does this website even have to do with gaming anymore? I did just say previously that I’m barely doing any gaming coverage as of now.

So here’s what’s going to happen. In addition to short stories, Codex of Aegis will now also hold political and philosophical content, which is going to be my main goals for content this year. I mean, they do all fit the same tone, don’t they? Anyway, Astuka’s Blog will probably only be used now for advertising new gaming videos, since the site still gets a fair bit of viewership. I’m also going to extend the use of the Codex of Aegis Tumblr site, since Tumblr is admittedly a much more popular blogsite. Do to this popularity, Tumblr will be used to both rehost CoA articles as well as also advertise gaming vids.

Goal #3: Youtube and Twitch won’t have as much focus

Whoops! Looks like I kind of spoiled this one earlier. Like I said, only going to use the Youtube now to do gaming reviews and such that might be too much work writing-wise to make and would be easier to just talk about casually. As for Twitch, I might do an occasional stream if I’m really feeling it, but I really think this one is gonna be dormant. I made an attempt earlier this year to try streaming every day, and got about two weeks in before I just got sick of it. With so many technical issues popping up constantly, it made me feel like I was spending more time trying to fix these issues than actually playing games. No thanks.

Anyway, this has been a quick little sum of my plans for 2017. They’re mostly for my benefit, but I know some of you like to read this, so I’m posting it again anyway! Hopefully I won’t forget to make this again in 2018.