FAMI-LEE MEMORY LANE (2025)

Disclaimer: This is a long blog post, as it’s meant to recap my 2-year streaming journey and all the moments, challenges, and memories that came with it. Thank you for taking the time to read it.

*All brown-colored words will redirect you to external links.:)

HOW IT ALL STARTED

It all started a few months before December 2023.
Back then, I was still working my previous job andddd… I wasn’t happy. I was bored. Not the normal bored where I just need a new hobby. This one felt heavier. I woke up tired and i felt stuck. I remember thinking, is this really it?

I’ve always loved music. I like talking about music. Alllllllways. And for so long, I’ve wanted to be a content creator. I wanted friends from everywhere. Different countries, different timezones. But I kept postponing it for years. I always said I’m not ready. Maybe later. Maybe someday.

The truth is, my comfort zone is my privacy. I like being invisible. I like not being seen. And in my head, being a content creator meant showing your face, exposing yourself, giving everything up. Being faceless felt impossible for me at the time. Like yeahhh,, nice idea, but unrealistic.

Around that time, I was watching YouTube a lot. Like A LOT (all caps to exaggerate how much it is lol). In my brain, content creator = YouTuber. Streaming wasn’t even in the picture yet. I watched Nik Nocturnal almost every day. His videos, his Twitch clips. I don’t even know why, but I couldn’t stop. Watching him talk about music with his community felt so alive. So warm and it mesmerized me.

I remember thinking, I want that. I really want to talk about music, or just chitchat with a lot of people from all over the world.

But I still didn’t start. Streaming felt scary. So instead of starting, I just kept watching. Thinking. Imagining myself doing it, but never actually doing it :v

Then one day, I found out about Corpse Husband. A huge content creator. Faceless. Nobody knows his real identity. And for some reason, it felt like someone finally saying, “Hey Elyne, you don’t have to show your face if you don’t want to 🤷‍♀️.”

I remember saying to myself, YESSSS. If he can do that, I can too!

Not long after that, I watched a video that said something simple. You can be a YouTuber by being a streamer too. Streaming can be your process. You go live, you create, and later it becomes your YouTube content. And that idea just clicked to me. Suddenly, this whole thing didn’t feel that impossible anymore.

A few months before December 2023, I resigned from my job. I didn’t have a plan, and I didn’t feel ready. I was soooo scaredd. But I knew one thing. I couldn’t keep delaying this anymore. I wanted to really jump into this content creator world and see what happens.

I made my account on December 11th, 2023, and started streaming for the first time on December 18th. No cam, no mic, and it was only a 2-hour stream. I remember playing some rapid games on chess.com.

I chose to stream chess because streaming music alone, without a camera or microphone, felt too empty. Simply playing music without live commentaries did not feel engaging to me. Chess was the only thing I somewhat knew how to do, and more importantly, it did not require having a microphone or a camera on. It allowed me to stream quietly, focus on the game, and ease myself into streaming in a way that felt comfortable.

What’s funny is, I literally had no idea how streaming worked that day. I just kept playing without even thinking to check the stream or the chat, in case someone said something. LMAOOOO. I was just there, vibing, completely clueless. (I even only found out about the stream dashboard thing days later 💀 and it said there was 1 message in that stream and IDK WHO or WHAT they said omg.)

But I ended the stream with a happy heart. Clicking that start live button for the first time felt like crossing a line I had been scared to cross for years. And somehow, from that day on, my life slowly started to change.

STREAM TIMELINE

• Dec 18, 2023 : First Stream
  Almost a two-hour stream where I played some rapid games and just vibed to music the whole time.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Dec 25, 2023 : First 10 followers
  i remember being sooo happy when i got my first 10 followers XD
  
  
  
  
  
• Dec 27, 2023 : My First Streamer Friend justinhuman was my first streamer friend. He came by on December 27, and we ended up talking about metal songs and just chitchatting for about an hour before he went live on his own stream. It meant a lot to me that someone chose to spend their time in my stream, just talking and hanging out. A few days later, I visited his stream. He showed me some of the music he had made himself, and he told me he wanted to create his own music to avoid copyright issues on Twitch. It was really cool to see
• Dec 28, 2023 : First 7 hrs stream
  
• Jan 2, 2024 : First 3 avg viewers
  
• Jan 4, 2024 : First raid! I got my first raid from Brother1155_. I was so confused at first, and then really happy after I found out what a raid actually meant. That was also the first time I learned the term “lurking,” because right after raiding, he said he was going to lurk. LMAO.
• Jan 16, 2024 : GOT AFFILIATE! (first sub and cheer) Mr. Falkbeer was my first cheer and my first sub gifter. I still remember how unreal that moment felt. It was the first time I truly felt that someone believed in this enough to support it, and it meant more to me than I can explain. I’ll always remember that moment.
  
• Jan 18, 2024 : First 10 hrs stream
  
• Jan 21, 2024 : First day as lichess streamer
  
• Jan 25, 2024 : First 100 folls
  
• Mar 10, 2024 : First 12 hrs stream
  
• Apr 04, 2024 : First cam and mic stream I was super nervous and felt like I was going to pass out. I had cold sweats because I was really scared, but everything worked out well in the end. Someone in chat even asked me to do the Korean finger heart gesture on cam, because some people thought I might just be playing a video for my first cam and mic reveal stream lol.
  
  
  
  
• May 31, 2024 : First video game stream (Shadow of the Tomb Raider) I’ve played the Tomb Raider series several times before, even though I never finished it. That stream was still pretty scuffed, because the laptop I was using at the time couldn’t really handle doing too much at once. Hehe. A few months later, 480i helped make my stream look way better, thank you so much, sir!
  
  
  
  

• June 23, 2024: First time singing on stream I created a community challenge to keep my microphone on for a longer time during the stream. On that day, I sang in front of others for the first time. I was not confident in my voice at all back then, but Knight and Familee kept encouraging me. Looking back now, it’s funny how that moment slowly led me to wanting to become a professional singer 💀
• July 20, 2024 : First 1000pcs jigsaw puzzle stream (40hrs stream)

  That was the first time I had ever done a jigsaw puzzle that big. The most I had done before was when I was a kid, maybe 50 to 100 pieces, and I think I only did that twice. During the entire 40-hour stream, I only took a 3-hour nap.

  It was also my first little crazy challenge on stream. I remember it being really hard and exhausting. I spent most of the time standing beside the table because my camera was placed on the table and was recording the entire process, and I was afraid that if I sat down, I might accidentally show my face on stream. After many hours, I finally gave in and sat on a tall chair lol. I’m really grateful that so many people stayed in chat, requesting songs through Nightbot, chatting, and keeping the energy alive. Especially Knight, who barely slept and kept showing up, sending songs, and chatting with other Fami-Lee while I was completely locked in trying to finish the puzzle and couldn’t keep up with chat.

  
• Aug 3, 2024 : First 24 hours marathon (bullet marathon on lichess) 2024 Summer Marathon #summer24 • lichess.org

  This was the first 24-hour marathon I ever did, and the goal was to play bullet chess for 24 hours straight. It was super crazy. At first, I was confident I could get through it, but after about five hours of being fully locked in, I couldn’t anymore. I started losing focus, feeling exhausted, and ended up taking a 30-minute nap at some point.

  I really wanted the trophy, which was only given to the top 500 players. I ended up placing 1,009 out of 20,225 players. I started with a rating of 1939 and finished at 1982. I played 483 games with 0% berserk and a 27% win rate. My performance rating was 1954, and my average opponent rating was 2186.

  
  
  
• Aug 17, 2024 : First diamond painting

  This was another kind of crazy challenge I did. I remember that a few weeks before the stream, I was walking around a store and saw the diamond painting. I immediately messaged Knight and said, “Babe, look what I found.” I bought it right away and announced it to Familee.

  When the day came, the first few hours were still chill and fun. After many hours, I thought I had made a lot of progress, but then I realized I had not even finished one eighth of it. I was using a pen that could only pick up one diamond at a time, which is why it took so long. I started to regret my choices and wanted to give up, but I remembered that I had already promised everyone I would finish it. After listening to Knight’s advice, I split the stream into three days because I did not want to get sick, and my eyes and neck were already hurting.

  P.S. I only took the final picture a few days ago. When I finished the diamond painting back then, I only showed it on stream and never took a proper final photo. I think I was a bit upset because it did not meet my expectations at the time, even though Knight and everyone else kept telling me it looked good. I only see how good it actually is now. Maybe I did not like it back then because I was just too exhausted.

  
  
  
  
  
  
• Oct 06, 2024 : First carving painting

  Another new challenge began. At this point, I think everyone already knows how easily bored I get and how much I love doing challenges. Even though most of the time I find these challenges on Pinterest art posts, impulsively announce them on stream, and then slef-dount and kinda regret everything halfway through. 💀

  I was bored at the time and thought, why not start another challenge? I had never done wood carving before, and I wanted to try carving painting. I wanted it to be something meaningful, so I asked Knight what his favorite flower was. He showed me a picture of it, and I decided to carve that. After announcing the challenge, I went out and bought a wooden board, some acrylic paint, and a mini grinder.

  The carving part was not hard at all. The only thing I had to worry about was the dust going everywhere, onto my laptop and other stuff, and into my eyes and nose XD (and ngl the grinder was so loud). The hardest part was painting. While doing this challenge, I realized that I am pretty bad at color theory and shading. Even though I already knew painting was my weakness by doing this challenge, I still challenged myself to do my first canvas painting a few months later.

  This challenge took two separate streams.

  
  
  
  
  
  
• Sept 7, 2024 : First collab (Pandolfini Endgame Studies with ThinkerTeacher). This was my first collaboration ever, and it was with Mr. ThinkerTeacher. The topic was the Pandolfini endgame course, and TT delivered a great lecture. He taught me a lot and was patient the entire time. He prepared everything, from the technical streaming setup to the study materials. At that time, even though I had already used a camera and microphone one time on stream months earlier, I was still not using them regularly. I only started using my mic and cam more often for special occasions and weekend streams, beginning with the Halloween stream on October 26. TT patiently figured out how to make the collaboration work without me needing to turn my mic on, since I was still a little uncomfortable. We split the study into two sessions: the first on September 7, and we continued it on October 20.
• October 26, 2025 : First Halloween stream. I dressed up as Ghostface for that stream (I sewed the Ghostface robe myself XD). We watched some short horror movies, and I also did a jamming session. I’m still trying to find the pictures from that stream, but I haven’t been able to find them so far. :(
• Oct 28, 2024 : First 30 days challenge (Noel Studer 30 days challenge : Win 100 rating points without studying)
  I attached the collection of games on Lichess study links below:
  NoelStuder 30 days challenge (BLITZ) - PART 1 (day 1 - 10)
  NoelStuder 30 days challenge (BLITZ) - PART 2 (day 11 - 20)
  NoelStuder 30 days challenge (BLITZ) - PART 3 (day 21 - 30)
  NoelStuder 30 days challenge (RAPID)
  and all the VODs of the game on My YouTube channel
• Dec 11, 2024 : My First Blog post on lichess I decided to pour my thoughts about the challenges I faced, the process, and the results/progress into my first blog post on Lichess. Link below : My Blog post on lichess
• Dec 24, 2024 : Last stream of 2024 (also the beginning of my first textured painting project)

  Once again, I was scrolling through Pinterest and came across some textured painting posts that really intrigued me, so I decided to give it a try. And of course, because i'm way too overconfident, I chose to do it on a big 50 x 70 cm canvas. OMG!

  I wanted it to be something meaningful, so I asked Knight what his favorite animal was. That question finally gave me the idea of what to paint, our favorite animals. That was how the project began. Along the way, I ran into quite a few challenges. I used texture paint on the canvas to add texture to the trees and animals, but the texture kept flattening out no matter how many times I reapplied it.

  After dealing with the texture, I started working on the base paint. When it came to shading, once again, it did not meet my expectations. My color theory is really, really bad. As of the time I am publishing this blog post, that textured painting is still the hardest challenge I have ever done. I started it in December last year and only managed to finish it in September this year, and to be honest, I am still not fully satisfied with the color grading. But maybe that means it was a good challenge, because it truly challenged me. 🤔 (P.S. I might end up doing it again someday because I am still not satisfied LMAOOO)

  
  
  
  
• Feb 2, 2025 : First unban stream It was Knight’s idea, and I’m really glad he suggested it, because sometimes I do feel like I acted too quickly in the past. The stream became a chance for fresh starts and reflection, acknowledging that while many bans were necessary, some situations deserved a second look. There might even be an Unban Stream Part 2 in the future. 👀
  
• Feb 3, 2025 : First Fami-Lee Playlist

  Knight had this awesome idea to make a Familee playlist. Back on January 9, he asked everyone to contribute around 10 songs each, anything they loved, old or new, songs played on stream, or songs they discovered through the streams.

  I really liked that idea because my stream vibe is mostly like a music radio station, with viewers requesting songs while I play chess or do random stuff. I remember putting my own list together was a little tricky, but it was also REALLY FUN. Many Familee contributed their own songs as well, and the final Familee playlist ended up being 11 hours long with 183 songs inside!

  
  The Playlist Link
• Feb 20, 2025 : First singing cover on YouTube

  I was still using my phone to record both audio and video for my first cover. Of course, since it was my first cover, I felt soooo nervous.

  
  
  

• Mar 1, 2025: First “Face Reveal” Stream Who still remembers this stream, where Familee had to complete a 1,000-piece jigsaw puzzle just to see the face reveal hidden inside it? 😈

  
  
  

• Mar 15, 2025 : First dress-making sewing stream It wasn’t my first time sewing. I’ve been making a few clothes for myself and my family over the years. But this design was the first time I tried sewing it. It was supposed to be a marathon, but I finished it in under five hours. After finishing the white dress, I also finished draping another dress for my next sewing project inspiration, a floral dress. By far, this is one of the easiest challenges I have done so far.
  

  

  

  
  
  
  
  
• Apr 14, 2025 : First WarmWaterSociety streamer battle https://lichess.org/tournament/apr25str The story behind the team name actually goes back a year. Last year, I told chat that I really like drinking warm water and always prefer it over any other drink. Some people in chat found it funny, and we started talking about it. It was more like I was trying to spread a “doctrine” about warm water. Mr. Majaha777 and a few others jokingly said, “What? Are you trying to make a cult?” Then Mr. Maja mentioned “WarmWaterSociety.” The name started as a joke during a Familee hangout, and I thought, hmm, these people gave me an idea… why not actually make a team called WarmWaterSociety? 😈 Anyway, our first streamer battle went very well! 24 players join the battle for our team and we reached 89 members after the first battle YAYYYY
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Apr 26, 2025 : First blitz (spring) marathon

  This was my second 24-hour chess marathon. This time it wasn’t bullet because bullet marathons are only for summer on Lichess, I believe. Again, I was aiming to get into the top 500 because I really wanted that cute online trophy on Lichess beside my name. I was pretty confident since blitz is my favorite time control (5+0).

  But again, I didn’t make it to the top 500. I ended up at 694 out of 21,169 participants. My performance rating was 1952. I played 199 games with a 32% win rate. My berserk rate was 0% because I never feel comfortable doing berserk, since most of the time I get flagged. My average opponent rating was 2151.

  2025 Spring Marathon #spring25 • lichess.org
  
• May 18, 2025 : First FamiLee50 Invitational. After a year of doing daily puzzle races together with Familee, Knight (twitch.tv/knightbfree) sponsored the very first Fami-Lee 50 Invitational Puzzle Racer tournament. It felt like a real celebration of everything we had been building together, our love for chess improvement, the Fami-Lee spirit, and the fun of pushing our puzzle-solving limits as a community.
  

  I’m deeply grateful to Knight for always supporting me and this community. The tournament was held on Lichess, with a format of 50 Puzzle Racer runs. It was an invitational event with 10 qualified players and one alternate. Seeing this idea turn into an actual event made me feel incredibly proud of how far this community has come.

  

  
  VOD on YouTube

• May 25, 2025 : First baking stream (making pizza)

  The idea for a cooking stream came up after I randomly opened food videos and looked at food recipes and pictures while taking a dinner break on stream. Fami-Lee suggesting about the cooking stream and a few weeks later, the first cooking stream finally happened, and I made pizza!

  I cooked from my streaming room, by the way. Lol.

  

  

• June 9, 2025 : WarmWaterSociety 2nd Streamers Battle We did better in this battle compared to the previous month, and I was really happy. There were 29 players who joined, and we reached our first 100 team members. The day after the battle, the total number of members had grown to 161. https://lichess.org/tournament/jun25str
  
  
  
• July 7, 2025 : Our 3rd Streamers Battle 23 players participated for our team this time. A month later, on August 7, WarmWaterSociety had grown to 203 members! https://lichess.org/tournament/jul25str
  

  

  
  
  
  
• Aug 2, 2025 : 2nd bullet marathon

  My third 24-hour chess marathon. Again, I was pretty confident I would break the top 500 this time to get the trophy. But, once again, I didn’t make it. I ended up at 796 out of 22,405 participants. I know I did way better than the first bullet marathon, but I’m still not satisfied with the result and also upset with the way I performed. After 14 hours of playing, I started to tilt way too much and ended up sleeping for a couple of hours just a few hours before the arena ended.

  My performance rating was 2,099. I played 509 games with a 30% win rate, 0% berserk rate again, and my average opponent rating was 2,326.

  P.S. I feel like there has to be some strategy for each rating bracket to get into the top 500. I was grinding for so many hours from the very first minute, fighting hard to keep my position in the top 200 against stronger players with ratings way above mine. I eventually fell into the 300s, then 400s, and finally the 500s when I took a short break to just eat, drink, or just relax my posture for less than 10 minutes. Meanwhile, other participants with similar ratings took naps in the first hours and still ended up ranking higher than me. Anyone who has tips and tricks, please let me know. I really want to get that trophy next summer. 😭

  2025 Summer Marathon #summer25 • lichess.org
  
• Aug 11, 2025 : 4th streamers battle That battle was the highest score we’ve achieved compared to our other battles this year. It was an awesome battle! 59 players participated for the team, and WarmWaterSociety grew to 292 members after the battle ended. https://lichess.org/tournament/aug25str
  
  
  
  
• Aug 18, 2025 : First sub battle (with marichess)

  On August 13, Mari asked me to do a sub battle with her, and since the Familee had never done this before, I agreed to her invitation.

  It was a kind of thrilling experience, to be honest. Marichess’ team won the battle. Congrats to them! And I’m so happy that Familee gave their best. Thank you so much to everyone who joined: Stephenwilly1, Sarhane87, Nova_swat, Arise_21, JohnOMG, w3nabil, madethislogintochat, and Linuxarcher.

  
• Aug 31, 2025 : First Stream with New Mask (First floor stream)
  
  
  
• Sept 8, 2025 : 5th streamers battle 51 players joined that time, and WarmWaterSociety grew to 348 team members after the battle ended! https://lichess.org/tournament/sep25str
  
  
  
• Sept 19, 2025 : First subathon

  I really wanted the Familee channel to have more emotes. Twitch said affiliates can get a maximum of 20 standard emote slots and 20 animated emote slots, and they only unlock if 325 sub points are reached. At the time, I had 17 slots for both, so I needed 6 more to reach the maximum. It would be nice if Twitch allowed affiliates to have more than 40 emote slots in total, but they only allow that for partnered streamers sadge. Hopefully, the Familee channel can get partnered next year. Amen 🙏

  Below is a collection of pictures from the many activities I did during the subathon. I didn’t complete the last activity, making metal/rock songs for the first time, because I still lack experience with DAWs. My first song, even though it’s not metal, will be released in January 2026. Hehehe.

  
  
  
  
  1000 pcs Jigsaw Puzzle

  Finished the Textured Painting Project

  *I made the leather bag, not the hat

  

  The Look inside the bag

  

  

  Birria Tacos Cooking Challenge For this cooking challenge, I let Familee vote on what to make. The options were tacos, honey sesame chicken, or dumplings, and tacos won! I decided to make birria tacos, though I didn’t make the green salsa, hehehe. It was so fun sharing this cooking experience with everyone and seeing Familee get involved in the vote.
• Sept 25, 2025 : My first stream collab playing a video game. I played PEAK with itsZeebe on stream. The game was gifted to me by mister_Lost_ , and playing it was part of my subathon activities. At the time, Twitch was running a PEAK Week, where streamers who played the game together could earn an exclusive emote. I originally joined for the emote, but I ended up really liking the game, even though Zeebe basically carried me through it because I was such a noob and she was already a pro. BUT IT WAS REALLY FUNNN XD
• Sept 26, 2025 : Play Supermarket Together for the first time. I gave the game a try because I saw it was free on Steam, and the reviews said it really felt like running your own supermarket from day one. So far, it has become my favorite game to play on stream.

• October 9, 2025: First electric guitar stream Finally, I have an ELECTRIC GUITAR and AN AMP! After it arrived, I showed it on stream the very next day. I’m really happy that the Familee music stream got some new gear UwU

• Oct 13, 2025 : 6th streamers battle 52 players played for the team. I forgot to save screencaps of how many members we had at the time, unfortunately. https://lichess.org/tournament/oct25str

  

  
  
• Oct 27, 2025 : First 100 subscribers on YouTube! Finally, the first 100 subs! YAYYYYY! I hope we can reach 1,000 subs on YouTube soon. Amenn!

  

  
  
• Oct 31, 2025 : First Carnival of Chaos (Second Halloween Stream) I chose to become Pennywise this time because I found a really scary Pennywise Halloween mask. It was so creepy that I even felt uncomfortable looking at myself in the mirror after putting it on, ughh. By the way, I continued working on my first metal song during this stream, but I still haven’t finished it. I still need to add vocals and synth to complete the track.

  

  

  
  
  
• Nov 10, 2025 : 7th streamers battle I’m really happy that so many people played for the team in the arena. 59 players participated, and we grew to 454 members after the battle! (I’m really disappointed with my blitz performance, though... blundered here and there. Sowwyyy, Fami-Lee😭) https://lichess.org/tournament/nov25str

  

  
  
• Nov 13, 2025 : My 2nd 30 days challenge (Puzzle Racer Edition)

  Last year, I did a 30-day challenge to gain 100 blitz rating points without studying. This year, because I felt kind of overwhelmed with streaming and music stuff, I decided not to do Noel Studer Challenge Part 2. Instead, after Mr. Noblerone suggested I look at the puzzles I failed, I decided to make that my 2nd 30-day challenge.

  To be honest, this challenge felt more like a mental reset than a big achievement, but I’m really glad I did it. There will be a 2nd part of this challenge after the new year because I really want to improve in Puzzle Racer and reach 100 as my personal best score.

• Nov 26, 2025 : First time playing Tricky Madness. The game was bought for me by KeithCar , and I ended up really liking it :D . Thankyou Keithhh
• Dec 7, 2025 : 8th streamers battle The last battle of 2025! I’m really happy with how far we’ve come. WarmWaterSociety, which started with barely 20 people at the beginning of the year, has now grown to 521 members! Thank you so much to everyone who joined the team, and especially to everyone who played for the team. I’m deeply grateful 💛 https://lichess.org/tournament/dec25str

  

  

  
  
  
• Dec 5, 2025 : First Audio Interface

  Before getting my current audio interface, I was using an audio mixer. I was so new to audio stuff. Last year, I honestly thought a mixer and an interface were the same, so I bought the mixer. After a few tries, I realized my voice sometimes sounded like a chipmunk and overall scuffed. A few months ago, BenDanielleSean and Joshua_wav_ even helped me with the settings for my audio. Thank you so much, y’all!

  The scuffed audio problem was gone for a while after they helped me, but after I got my electric guitar, I faced a new issue: I couldn’t record both my voice and guitar into two separate audio tracks at the same time...all because I had a mixer, not an interface. After Lapdogmillionaire kept suggesting I buy a Focusrite Scarlett, I finally did, and I was really surprised by how good it is. Honestly, I kinda regret not listening to Lap from the beginning, lmao. Thanks, Lap!

• Dec 9, 2025 : First liveloop learning stream Finally, I got my dream pad controller! I really wanted to try live looping. Starting December 9, I’ve been practicing with my pad controller for at least an hour or two every day. The app I use to practice daily is Melodics. Thank you so much, Iiazazy, for buying the first month’s subscription to the app!

  
• Dec 18, 2025 : My 2-Year Stream Anniversary Because of some things that happened in real life, I decided to take a few days’ break from Twitch and announced that I’d have a special stream on December 27.
• Dec 24, 2025 : My 2nd Blog Post on lichess Since the day I started my 2nd 30-day challenge, I had already decided to document everything for all 30 days. I poured my thoughts and all the documentation into my second blog post on Lichess, which was published the day before Christmas. My 30 Days Racer Challenge Blog post on lichess
• Dec 27, 2025 : Fami-Lee's first 24 hrs community hangout stream

  I realized that in two years of streaming, I had never done a hangout call with Familee where everyone could play games and just chit-chat together. So I decided to do that for this stream. I had been up since noon on December 27 to prepare for the special stream and started around 8 PM my time. The stream ended up lasting almost 29 hours and 45 minutes, finally wrapping up around 2 AM on December 29. I only managed about a 2-hour nap while we watched Christmas movies, but I was really happy with the stream. Everyone was literally just hanging out together.

  The stream was SO FUN! We played Hand and Brain with TT, Akmal, and Maki. Mr. Tim(TFS20832) also hopped on the Discord call (Mr. Tim once helped me during my first month of streaming. He assisted me with my internet settings because my stream quality was terrible at the beginning. Thank you so much, Mr. Tim!). After that, I did a little jamming session, and we watched many Christmas movies at night. Then we just kept hanging out… I’m writing this last blog while others are sr-ing songs, and we’re watching the videos on YouTube while vibing.

  Also, weeks earlier, Keith had been suggesting that I make a wishlist where viewers could contribute. On December 28, Keith contributed to my throne wishlist and bought me a harmonica. YAYYYYY! I’ve been wanting a harmonica because I really want to play Piano Man with harmonica and piano. Thank you for being my first throne wishlist gifter, Keith!

  

  
  

ELLY'S STREAMER ANNUAL RECAP 2025

Sometimes I look back and still can’t believe how this started. I began streaming with a 10-year-old laggy laptop and laggy internet, no camera, no microphone, and a lot of fear. I didn’t have much, but I had the courage to start anyway. Now, slowly, I’ve built a space with proper gear and music instruments, things I once only imagined having, and all of this is possible because of Familee’s support. It’s not about the equipment itself, but what it represents: growth, patience, and a dream that kept moving forward.
The stream gear will be listed in the end part of this blog as a small reminder of how far this journey has come together.

Looking back at this journey, I feel nothing but gratitude. None of this would have been possible without Familee, without the people who showed up, supported me, and believed in this space even when I was still figuring things out. Every stream, every message, and every shared moment meant more to me than words can fully express.

There are still so many goals, dreams, and wishes I’m carrying into the next year. I don’t know exactly where this path will lead, but I’m excited to keep going, learning, and creating more moments together. 💛

I also want to take a moment to thank my top supporters, gifters, and cheerers. Your support, in every form, meant more to me than I can ever properly explain. Whether it was bits, subs, gifts, or simply being there consistently, you helped make this journey possible.

This appreciation isn’t about rankings or numbers. It’s about gratitude. Every kind word, every presence in chat, and every bit of support mattered deeply to me. 💛

*A memory of everyone who supported this journey so far

The Person Who Walked This Journey With Me

I want to take a moment to thank Knight, separately and sincerely.

You came into my life a few months after I started streaming, but since then, you’ve become one of the most important parts of this journey. From May 2024 onward, you’ve been there through so many moments. The exhausting challenges, the impulsive ideas I announced without thinking twice, the creative struggles, and the times when I doubted myself or felt overwhelmed.

You were always there through my laughs and my cries, especially during the challenges I put myself through. You saw the fun moments, the frustration, the exhaustion, and the emotional breakdowns that came with pushing my limits, and you never left. Your presence alone often gave me the strength to keep going.

You gave me so many thoughtful ideas for community growth and helped me see the stream not just as “going live,” but as a space we were building together. Many community activities, events, and ideas wouldn’t have existed without your input, perspective, and encouragement.

You also reminded me to take care of my health, encouraged me to slow down when I needed to, and supported me when I acted too quickly or doubted my decisions. A lot of the challenges I finished, and a lot of the lessons I learned, happened because you were there with advice, patience, and quiet encouragement.

You didn’t just support the stream. You supported me.

Streaming gave me many things. A community, confidence, growth, and countless memories. But finding you through this journey is one of the best things that happened to me. Thank you for walking beside me, believing in me, and being my safe place through everything.

I’m deeply grateful. I love you ❤️

STREAM GEAR AND SETUP

Here’s a list of all the gear, equipment, and software I use or have shown off on stream. Most of these were bought with money I earned from Twitch payouts, so a huge thank you to everyone who supported me and helped make this possible! Your support truly means the world. 💛

Computer & Streaming Gear

• Laptop : Lenovo LOQ 15ARP9
• Monitor : MSI Pro Mp251 E2
• Keyboard & Mouse : MSI Forge GK100 combo
                                Logitech MK220 wireless (current)
                                Logitech B100 (i broke 2200 bullet and 88 in Racer using this old 
                                mouse. So sad it's broken weeks ago)
                                Fantech Rhasta G13 Mouse
• Hard Disk : Seagate Expansion 1TB
• USB Port : Robot H130 4-Port
• Bracket for Monitor and Laptop : Unbranded (bought locally, no brand listed)
• UPS : Prolink SCFU (To keep my stream gear alive during power cuts. Before using my current monitor, I used our old TV as a second monitor (we don’t watch TV anyway). After multiple random power cuts, that monitor eventually broke because i don't use UPD/Power Backup 😭)

Audio Gear

• Microphone : Audio Technica AT 2035
• Headphones : Yamaha HPH-MT5 (Main)
                       Rexus Vonix F-27
                       Rogue MX-10
• Audio Mixer : Recording Tech Premiere 4
• Audio Interface : Focusrite Scarlett 4i4 4th Gen
• Monitor Speaker : Dolphin DS5A MK6
• Mini Speaker : Logitech Z120 Compact Stereo (My daily speaker, even though since a year ago only the left speaker works lol)
• Mic Arm Stand (Lazypod) : TaffSTUDIO Arm Stand NB-35
• Desk Mic Stand : Unbranded (bought locally, no brand listed)
• Floor Mic Stand : Unbranded (bought locally, no brand listed)
• Amplifier : Peavey Vyper X1

Camera & Lighting 

• Webcam : NYK Nemesis A80 Nighthawk (Front Cam)
                 Jete W7 1080p (Second Cam) - The one i used to record my hand when i do racer
• Phone Camera : Samsung Galaxy A55 (to record almost all my song cover)
• Ring Light : Unbranded (bought locally, no brand listed)
• Camera Tripod : Unbranded (bought locally, no brand listed)
• Main Room Lamp : Krisbow Sync 14W (RGB/Color-Changing)
• LED Corner Floor Lamp : from INFORMA

Music Instruments and Controllers

• Piano : Yamaha Portable Grand DGX-660
• Electric Guitar : Cort X300
• Acoustic Guitar : Lesley AC01
• Ukulele : Cowboy UK-23NS
• Kalimba : Cowboy 17F
• Pad Controller : AKAI APC Mini MK2
• Guitar Tuner : JOYO Jt-01

Furniture & Studio Setup

• Desk : Amatsu Kaze Gaming Desk
• Office Chair : Deli E4930
• Posture Chair : Nano Care
• Stool : Mee-Do hydraulic stool (I use this stool for some cover videos and during cooking streams)
• SPC Flooring 

 Sound Treatment & Acoustics

• Soundproof Foam (for my wall)
• Portable Vocal Booth : Moukey Microphone Insulation Sound MK0119

Creative & Crafting Gear (Non-Music)

• Sewing Machine : Singer Heavy Duty 4423
• Acrylic Paints : Reeves and Sakura
• Sewing Mannequin
• Canvas Stand : Aluminium stand from Gramedia 
• Electric Drill : GOTO Kova X-40 (for carving stream)
• Mask : 3-ply Dusk Mask (The one i use most of the time)
             Pennywise Mask (used for my 2nd halloween stream)
             Ghost Face Mask (used for my 1st halloween stream)
             Motorcycle Google Mask (I use this occasionally when my ears hurt and I cannot
             wear a dusk mask with shades)

Cooking Stream Gear

• Electric Cooker : KRIS Infrared Compact energy saving cooker
• Oven : Kirin KBO-100

Stream Interaction & Fun Props

• Whiteboard
• Mini Christmas Tree
• Rubik's Cube
• Dinosaur Miniature
• Mini Legos
• Deck Card
• Juggling Balls
• Dart Board
• Hula Hoop
• Jigsaw Puzzles
• Diamond Painting
• Chess Board

Video Games

• Shadow of Tomb Raider 
• Rise of the Tomb Raider
• DDNet 
• Supermarket Together
• Terroro
• A quiet Place.
• Outlast (gifted by knightbfree)
• Dead by Daylight (gifted by knightbfree)
• Tricky Madness (gifted by KeithCar)
• Chained Together (gifted by mister_lost_)
• 5D Chess with Multiverse (gifted by mister_lost_)
• Hasbro's BATTLESHIP (gifted by mister_lost_)
• PEAK (gifted by mister_lost_)
• Megabonk (gifted by mister_lost_)
• Detour (gifted by 480i)
• Left4Dead2 (from 480i)
• Booster Trooper (from 480i)
• Greed Corp (from 480i)
• Plain Sight (from 480i)
• Section 8 : Prejudice (from 480i)
• Steel Storm : Burning Retribution (from 480i)
• OSU! (recommended by iiazazy and Mr. Noblerone)

Software & Apps

• OBS
• Streamlabs
• Reaper (Big thanks to BrennonCausey for helping me with Reaper stuff)
• Ableton Live Lite 12
• Streamer.bot
• Speaker.bot
• Melodics
• DaVinci Resolve
• Canva
• CapCut
• Microsoft Edge as main browser 

Wellness 

• Pilates Board
• Foldable Manual Walking Treadmill
  

  Sitting in front of my laptop for more than 10 hours a day, with plenty of snacking in between, definitely needs to be balanced with some mini exercises, so these help me stay a bit more active during long streaming days.

PHOTO COLLECTION

* A small sneak peek of random moments from the stream, including casual snapshots, snack photos, and behind-the-scenes moments. These are not in chronological order, just little glimpses from off-stream and in-between moments.

after audio interface and pad controller come. so happy!




before i have soundproof foam on the wall

Just bought my mic and mixer. This picture is from a year ago.

Oreo Icecream!

after soundproofing

my audio mixer

Going to the store to look for my favorite ginger lemon candy to snack on while streaming.

fami-lee asking me to do a quick sketch of squidward :v
(this is my streaming room from last year)

from the 1st Jigsaw Puzzle Stream

Putting the jigsaw puzzle back into the box.

Troll : Why you still wear your mask? 
Elly : Why not? 🤷‍♀️

Red balloon for ellywise 🎈

ice cream


Messaging Knight right away after randomly finding a diamond painting at the store, telling him I wanted to do a diamond painting stream.

from the Diamond Painting Stream

I randomly bought mini LEGO sets at the store and ended up really liking them.

I practiced playing darts for the subathon and quickly realized that I’m very bad at it.

Bought juggling balls because I randomly decided I wanted to try juggling for the Subathon Wheel challenge.

blood pressure dropped

Drinking jamu temulawak whenever I feel like I’m about to get sick.
Jamu temulawak is a traditional Indonesian herbal drink made mainly from temulawak (Javanese turmeric) mixed with a lot of other herbs. It is commonly used to support immunity, digestion, and overall stamina.

Looking for discounted fabrics to sew a summer dress.

Bought another sewing mannequin.

Cleaned my sewing rulers before making the sewing pattern for the dress.

ice cream!

My scuffed-looking first-video game stream.

Mister Lost bought me a super weird chess game that almost drove me mad.

A viewer from Lichess messaged me and shared a drawing they made of me. Thankyouuu!

About to sew curtains for my window.

The curtains results... mehh

Bought some supplies for the cooking stream.

Cut my fingers while washing a new knife I just bought.

Snacking fruits.

Study stream using a real chessboard from a year ago.

workout

A few days before the subathon, I went to the store to look for a deck of cards. Learning cardistry has been something I’ve wanted to try for a long time.

dinner

Bought a kalimba.

Started learning the kalimba

Just finished installing the mic arm stand and making a DIY wallboard using styrofoam.

Racer stream scene so messy back in 2024.

Designed a weekly leaderboard on Canva. The Racer stream scene looks so much neater now!

Before removing everything from the room so I could install my SPC flooring.

The room started to look empty.

Googling how to install the floor.

Starting to install the floor.

Skin got scraped after I accidentally hit my thumb against the cut corner of a floorboard.

The floor was finished, but I no longer had the energy to carry the big desk back into the room, so I started streaming from the floor.

Well, I kinda liked this floor stream, lmao. This also became my first stream using a new mask.

My first monitor that I mentioned earlier got broken because of the power cuts :(

Installing the soundproof foam (That white thing is my posture chair)

My Fav Guitar Strings for a while

Using a mini wooden board under my laptop so I can keep the screen at eye level.

A few minutes before disaster.

Laptop fall because i used that mini wooden board under my laptop.
Thank God, the laptop is still working well.

aihhhh

Ordered a monitor and a laptop bracket to prevent my laptop from falling again.

Trying to figure out how to install the bracket.

Installed! UwU

Having ice cream as a reward, but honestly, I don’t like matcha flavor ugh.

My electric guitar just arrived!

Asked Knight how to tune my new guitar.

ice cream!

Sponge Cake!

Was cleaning the storage room and found my brother’s Rubik’s Cube collection. Immediately asked Knight to teach me how to solve it.

Finally solved it for the first time!

Bought a new Rubik’s Cube because the previous cube didn’t turn smoothly.

Bought and tried a Pilates board for the first time.

Almost choked on a fishbone because I was eating dinner while doing a puzzle racer.

ice cream with my favorite flavour!

Random pics of my mixer and old monitor

Fami-Lee50 Stream test

I bought a hand counter because I was afraid I’d miss rounds while doing Fami-Lee 50. Thankfully, Knight took care of it, and I didn’t even end up using it.

I was using my old desk, and the tabletop didn’t look good, so I plastered some wall wallpaper on top of it, hehe. (my streaming room 2024)

Looking for art supplies.

The progress of my textured painting.

Halloween masks in the store.

Bought my first mini Christmas tree!

Bought a color-changing lamp! Thinking about making it a redeem so viewers can change the lamp color.

I couldn’t stop playing Solitaire for a few weeks. Whether I opened my laptop or my phone, I was always playing lol.

This is just a random clip, but honestly… it’s exactly how my head is shaking right now, looking at how insanely long this blog turned out (7.6k words!)💀

Finally, I’ve wrapped up this blog! Thank you so much for taking the time to read through everything and for being part of this journey. Your support, curiosity, and encouragement mean the world to me 💛. Here’s to more streams, more laughs, more challenges, and more memories together!

𝘈𝘴 2025 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘯𝘥, 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 💛 𝘈 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩, 𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘺, 𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘍𝘢𝘮𝘪-𝘓𝘦𝘦 ➡️ Fami-Lee Cards

Fami-Lee Racer winner data (2025)

Fami-Lee Arena winner data (2025)