SypTV

Last night, one of my cohorts at Massively cajoled me into broadcasting my LOTRO play session on MassivelyTV’s livestream broadcast.  I’m game to help out, but I still don’t quite understand the appeal of someone watching what I play, especially when they could be playing it themselves for free.

Furthermore, I was at a loss what to do.  It’s one thing to play for yourself, but when you have 30+ people looking over your shoulder, it changes things.  Do you just grind mobs and go through routine quests?  That felt a bit boring to me, but I didn’t have any huge dungeon runs prepared either.

So instead, I took my audience on a partial tour of Middle-earth, hitting some of the more scenic points including my house.  Part of the deal of doing the livestream is to narrate it, so I flipped on my motormouth switch and just babbled about nonsense for a couple hours.

This led me to engage in a long-held habit of mine, which is making up songs about routine things I do and see.  Sure, it entertains my kids now, but just you wait when they get to be 13.

Apparently, one of my songs about shrews — which started when I saw the shrew statue at my house — became something of a weird hit with the listeners, and a few folks at Massively and Turbine.  According to Twitter, a couple Turbine employees who shall remain nameless decided to do a rendition of The Shrew Song for their boss.

Yup.  That’s it, right there.  My 15 minutes of internet fame has come and gone, folks.  I’m the Shrew Song Guy.

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