caligal1992

I've had so much fun with the @StreamWithMeld #LiveAF fest event! To round out all our submissions over the last few weeks I wanted to formally introduce myself and our Hotmess community! So here's to shooting my shot with Meld and hopefully some new friends....enjoy.....

@EmissaryCmmndnt @RealPhoenixTV @MADkurious Takes two seconds to see that I am not the same person as @RealPhoenixTV not even in the slightest. Especially since we created content together and there is plenty of evidence as that. But 👍🏻 thanks for the compliment.

@RealPhoenixTV @caligal1992 @MADkurious You're trying way too hard to be funny. But I'm flattered you finally found the time to come back online after being ghost since 2025 just for me. You’re clearly obsessed.

This is what 400 hours looks like in Assassin’s Creed Black Flag

@EmissaryCmmndnt @MADkurious Just seems silly to devote so much time and attention and headspace to someone that you consider a waste of your personal time.

@caligal1992 @MADkurious I've no idea where this girl came from and honestly, I don't care. Her content is basic trash. What gets me is how she acts 'passionate' while ignoring serious Ubisoft allegations regarding their treatment of women. Wild that people still tune into her nonsense.

@EmissaryCmmndnt @MADkurious So you hate all Ubisoft games or just trolling people who like them? Do you do this to all companies that have shitty corporate structure and/or staff and execs? Or is it just Ubisoft that you’re big mad at?

@EmissaryCmmndnt @MADkurious I like her content. I like the way she not just analyzes and aims to find the fun in the technical aspects. I like her takes even if they are opposite of mine. Why are YOUR entertainment standards the only ones a creator should follow?

@caligal1992 @MADkurious She has absolute trash takes, so she honestly deserves the heat. And honestly, her content is just mid.

@EmissaryCmmndnt @MADkurious Nah man you are hating just fine where her follower count and impressions are at. And just because someone isn’t posting wild hype chaotic clips doesn’t make it “basic.” She is doing just fine without her clips meeting your standards. 🤷🏻‍♀️

@caligal1992 @MADkurious She clearly has a massive need for attention. She keeps going on about her 'passion' for the game, only to post basic, boring clips that have been on YouTube for a decade. Also, let's be real, she actually needs to be famous to have haters in the first place.

@MADkurious @EmissaryCmmndnt I love that you don’t ever let haters rain on your parades. You either just ignore it or dance in the rain. Just another reason why you are worth being a creator I love chillin with

@caligal1992 @EmissaryCmmndnt Didn’t even see the whiny guy’s comment cause I muted him, but thank you for you kind words, Cali!! Don’t know why rando’s like this get so obsessed with me, but he’s welcome to keep talking. Doesn’t stop the fact that he’ll never be as good at Assassin’s Creed as I am🤷‍♀️

@EmissaryCmmndnt @MADkurious Black flag is not new to her. She’s played it several times and is a true lover of the game. Like she said she’s got over 400 hours in it now. She is working on best strats for her speedrun. She doesn’t need an algorithm boost, Mads is awesome all on her own. Hope this helped you

@MADkurious Is she actually being serious with these basic clips? Has anyone been following her long enough to explain, or is she just doing this now because of Black Flag? Is it just so the algorithm boosts her?

New Meld release v0.10.0.3 out now. Performance and stability improvements across a number of areas. Spark is now more efficient. Your limits should go 2-4x further on all Free and Paid plans.

@joelcompiles @howleeno Hey @howleeno you are pretty awesome! Super talented. Really hardworking. I’m so glad you are on a vacation. Thank for all that you do with and for Meld and the Meld family. Keep kicking butt and taking names. Stay epic. You’re killing it :)

Carol designed the Meld brand, all launch videos, 100+ gallery items, the whole Meld product experience down to every detail …and made Sparky really cute she’s on a well deserved vacation. show her some love for when she’s back online.

Good Morning to all the PASSIONATE people… If you get called out for being: Too much Too loving Too excited Too steadfast Too persistent I hope your passion is rewarded today🔥

@MADkurious I can’t wait to sit down and watch this. I KNOW it’s going to be fair and informative and worth the watch!

I’m SO EXCITED for you all to see this interview we had last night after seeing how much heated debate there’s been about AI and Meld this week… My takeaway? Joel and his team know what they’re doing.

So much this! I personally love Spark but I know lots who are very anti-AI anything. But Kat says it best here, it’s 100% optional to use or ignore. It doesn’t negate that @StreamWithMeld is an incredible tool for creators like me that need easy to use help to stream!

We spoke to over 100 creators as part of the development of Spark. People of all different backgrounds and experience levels. 100% of them had an idea for something they wanted to build for an upcoming stream. Only one of them had ever written code to do so. By default Spark is pretty bad at design. It's only when you bring your own assets and really start directing it through each detail that's it becomes very powerful. An interior designer can be most creative when they're standing back and someone else is moving the furniture around at their direction. In the creative process you want to go from idea to idea as fast as possible so you can see what works. This is why I believe Spark can actually deliver more creativity. It makes you the interior designer and it moves the furniture. Everyone's creative process is different. Some won't find value in having Spark in their process. For me, having a short attention span, the quick visual feedback loops are what really helps me stay focused and make something I find visually pleasing.

With the release of @StreamWithMeld new Spark update, there is going to be a divide among the community, because each creator chooses where they draw the line in the AI/LLM sand. I see a lot of creators taking a stance on never using a tool like this, and it makes me ask questions. - Do you play music on stream? Are you currently using the VOD track to route audio so you don't get dinged with a DMCA? Do you consider monetizing content using assets you're not licensed for to be stealing, or do you consider that $10/month for spotify almighty absolver of guilt? - I also assume you've never used a mp3 or mp4 downloader for YouTube, whether it was to grab a scene, sound effect, funny clip, etc. etc. Is that different? - You also don't watch YouTube videos on stream then, correct? How do you differentiate? Is it "fair use" to watch videos from beginning to end, using that content to monetize your own? - If you're against how spark works - does that mean your streaming app canvas is completely void of any images from Google? Any screenshots of things you've found on the web? I assume all your visual assets have either been sourced by artists, or created from scratch. I'm sure at some point you needed an image for a background or a wallpaper for stream or for a youtube video. Whats easy? Go to google, search for "colorful polygon wallpaper" and use it. If instead of that, I ask claude to create that wallpaper instead. Is that the same? Why not? I always see the argument "well it's just background music, it's not the whole stream and the reason for the content..." Look, at the end of the day, if the music wasn't providing you some kind of value, you wouldn't be using it. - I think you have to be naive to think that the artists or developers you purchase assets from are NOT using any LLM tools to help them do their job. And I'm not specifically talking about using generative-AI for art. I just mean using any kind of LLM tools helping out with certain parts of workflow. How do you vet that? Are you asking every merchant how their assets are created? The plugins for OBS you're using - are they all free of vibe coding or code agent workflows? These questions make me look inward as well. > Have I ever used generative AI to create me a visual asset like a Notion header, or a wallpaper for my PC? Absolutely. Have I ever shared those assets with anyone, especially people that have asked for my wallpapers? Never. > Have I ever used AI to write me a script for a video? Never. Have I written a script for a video, and used an AI tool to go over it, clean it up, provide suggestions for edits? Yep. > There are many tools out there especially for short form content that just scrape the top performing videos, pull the script, and reword it so you can just read the script and post to cash in on the views. Never would I do that. But would I look at the data of the video to see why it performed that way and try to apply it to my own? Absolutely. I'm not going to tell you where to draw your line in the sand, rather just take a look at all the aspects of creating content and be honest about how you acquire all the things you use for creating said content before you cast a stone. Because don't tell me you'll never use spark because reasons and then edit with CapCut. oh and Spark is optional. Use it or don't, you Meld Studio will work the same if you don't.

Yoooo this is about to make things so much easier

Well here goes nothing throne.com/caligal1992

Meld began with a streamer who had a problem and built the solution. Tomorrow we launch a new feature that’s going to fix a lot of problems for a lot of streamers, and we couldn’t be more excited. Thank you to every creator who trusts us with your content 💙 - Meld Team

@MADkurious @The_Big_Chifa_ Her journey was just….. *chefs kiss*

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not many shows can keep you this invested from start to finish, but this one does it effortlessly.

the best way to call out a lurker is to put them on stream Tomorrow changes everything for streamers!