2022-01 summary

During January, Daniel wound down his roughly seven-month stay in Manchester—criticizing its lack of green space and unremarkable dating scene—gave notice on his lease, and relocated to Scotland, first testing stream setups in temporary lodging before settling into a studio duplex apartment in Edinburgh. Throughout the month he tested mobile livestream rigs (with recurring overheating issues), reviewed hardware like the OBSBOT Tiny webcam, continued building a personal 2D video game in GameMaker Studio 2 while relaunching a Patreon, and posted several negative game/anime reviews (God of War, Far Cry 5, Attack on Titan) alongside a notable public reversal on his initial harsh review of Pokémon Legends: Arceus after backlash.

A real estate agency filed a privacy complaint over allegedly illegal filming in a Scotland-move video, prompting blurred footage; separately, unverified forum allegations (e.g., on Kiwi Farms) questioned whether Daniel faked his divorce or had a wife present during an Airbnb stay in Korea, and other viewers/trolls made accusations to businesses to damage his YouTube career.

Several details remain uncertain or unresolved, including Tomoko's exact age from a recounted past dating story, the true identity of a complaining channel operator, whether Daniel would remain in Scotland beyond February depending on finding a partner, and the exact revised Pokémon Legends: Arceus score (given variously as 6 or 6.6 out of 10).

Manchester livability, dating experiences, and reasons for leaving

Travel planning and relocation to Scotland

Edinburgh apartment tour and features

Streaming equipment testing, including webcams, backpack rigs, and troubleshooting

Video game development progress and Patreon relaunch

Filming legality disputes and a real estate agency privacy complaint

Online controversies, forum allegations, and criticism channels

Recollection of past dating experience in Japan involving Tomoko

Commentary on YouTuber Oriental Pearl and channel growth comparisons

Media reviews: Attack on Titan, God of War PC port, Pokémon Legends: Arceus, and Far Cry 5

Public reversal on the Pokémon Legends: Arceus review after backlash

Food-related content (ramen mukbang) and a solo mountain climb

Daniel gave notice on his Manchester lease and prepared over January to leave the city after roughly seven months, citing boredom, lack of green space, and poor dating experiences there.- rated Manchester 5.6/10.6

Ahead of moving, Daniel planned a livestreamed trip to Scotland, considering bus/train options, capsule hotels, and destinations like Ben Nevis and Loch Ness.

After arriving in Scotland, Daniel tested streaming gear in his new lodging, climbed a mountain on his first day, and expressed frustration over declining viewership.

Daniel toured and moved into a studio duplex apartment in an Edinburgh Victorian building, comparing it favorably in space to his prior Manchester flat, noting thick brick walls blocking sound/Wi-Fi, and describing a temporary water outage during showering.

A real estate agency filed a privacy complaint over office footage in a Scotland-move video after prior emails about alleged illegal filming were ignored, leading Daniel to blur the office segment.

Daniel repeatedly tested mobile IRL streaming rigs, including a MacBook carried in a backpack with an external webcam, encountering overheating problems and eventually switching to a phone mid-stream to finish.

Daniel reviewed the OBSBOT Tiny AI webcam over a seven-hour livestream, praising its tracking and image quality despite poor built-in audio, and considered making a dedicated sponsor-friendly review video.

Daniel continued building a personal 2D game in GameMaker Studio 2 (working title referencing his own life, including a trip to Japan to meet a character named Emi), demonstrating mechanics like an in-game computer, sleep system, and death penalties, while relaunching a $3/month Patreon for early builds after early tutorial struggles.

In a recollection about dating history in Japan, Daniel described meeting a woman named Tomoko via HelloTalk who claimed to be 27, quitting his job and moving to Japan to meet her, discovering in person that she appeared much older, and being told afterward she was in her early 40s; he later married someone else.

Daniel criticized recent Attack on Titan Season 4 Part 2 episodes for pacing and excessive political dialogue, rating them 4.2/10 while remaining uncertain about the finale's quality.

Daniel reviewed the God of War PC port (2.8/10) and Far Cry 5 (2.8/10) negatively, criticizing pricing, repetitive combat, and unskippable cutscenes in both.

Daniel initially rated Pokémon Legends: Arceus 4.2 (later summarized elsewhere as 4.6)/10 in a critical review, faced heavy backlash including roughly 1,600 dislikes, then after playing about 16 more hours revised his score upward to roughly 6–6.6/10, retracting parts of his original criticism.

Uncertainty over whether the real estate agency's emails constituted a legal threat and whether filming inside private businesses versus public spaces is strictly illegal, including comparisons to other creators' practices.

Uncertainty and unclear details around a recollected past encounter with Tomoko, including her precise age and the full circumstances of the in-person meeting.

Uncertainty about the direction and quality of the Attack on Titan finale, including whether the protagonist Eren receives a redemption arc.

Uncertainty about the sincerity of a poll suggesting game purchase interest, the outcome of Daniel's deposit return, stock investment recovery, and length/details of the Scotland trip.

Various unresolved questions about a complaining channel's operator identity and alleged threats, a possible podcast upload, an NPC identity in the game, cause of stomach illness, and a stream viewer's identity.

Uncertainty about Daniel's future plans in Scotland, hiking feasibility, meeting Tinder matches, declining viewership causes, and streaming at a specific castle without complaints.

Uncertainty about whether neighbors could overhear stream audio or whether the camera might inadvertently pan into private areas.

Uncertainty about whether God of War's complexity increases later in the game, and about the precise revised score given to Pokémon Legends: Arceus.

Multiple unresolved technical and situational uncertainties during backpack livestream testing, including audio echo source, battery life, overheating risk, and unrelated environmental observations.

Uncertainty about alternative streaming devices' capability, an acquaintance's intentions, and how to safely conclude an overheating laptop stream.

Uncertainty about whether a fireplace in the Edinburgh apartment was boarded over and how kitchen steam extraction functions.

Uncertainty about the game's completion timeline, final genre and feature set, software availability history, and whether Daniel will sustain motivation to finish the project.