PSN cutoff, family/health issues limiting online activity

For those who have a PlayStation 3, you may have noticed that your system may not be able to stay connected to the PSN network.  In my case, I start up the system, it disconnects in under a minute & the only way to get it to reconnect again is to restart the system, which only repeats the same issue.

Because of this issue, I will be removing my PSN username from accounts that are associated with it as a means of cutting off those that still have access to it, this decision made in response to Sony's choice to ignore the complaints about this particular issue.  I also intend on publishing a boycott to my personal site in the near future if PSN continues to remain unstable as it currently is on this system.  With the way that PSN works when it comes to crossplay, removing this association should sever my getting thrown into games with PS4 players (those that play on PC, we can still play together, but I will no longer be supporting PSN if they can't keep their networks working, nor will I be putting any more money towards their products or franchises) & hopefully cut off a lot of the griefers from those systems as well.  As an addition step, I will be removing all links on my system specs on this blog, my Twitch channel & my Steam profile to show that I no longer recommend continued support through being a customer of this company (along with a note on those profiles that states specifically this).

On a further note, those who have been supporting the channel may have noticed I haven't been listing free games lately (this really only affects those subscribing at $5 or more on Patreon currently, there hasn't been a Twitch sub to my channel since July of 2019, one of the reasons why I had to make cuts to my internet service & stop streaming online multiplayer games, I wasn't making anything through Twitch to be able to afford it's continuation).  The reason for this has been a number of reasons, the first one a lot of people are already aware of, it's due to health issues I've been having myself (excessive bleeding leading to anemia, which is lack of energy & a lot of pain when sitting for long periods of time).

The second reason is a family matter, my mother has recently been diagnosed with cancer & we're working out the details about what treatments she'll be taking to deal with the disease (currently determined to be daily radiation treatments as it was caught earlier, doesn't look like chemo is going to be on the table, but we don't know that for certain yet).  As if the corona situation wasn't a bad enough plague to the world, our family is now dealing with a life threatening disease that is guaranteed to kill if left unchecked (covid seems to have less of an effect on those that are more healthy, it's possible to survive it without having to have treatments for it, but I still wouldn't suggest getting around others if you even think you might have it).

Obviously the days of my streaming as they were (being able to stream whatever I want) are over, at least until an ISP becomes available in my area that isn't going to have a monthly cost of a newborn child every month (figuratively speaking, but that's what it feels like when you can't afford it)...  Currently I am waiting for Google Fiber to become available in my area, which I can't say I expect will be coming any time soon as even CenturyLink still has not followed through with their statement from over 3 years ago that they were going to be putting in fiber in the neighborhood...  I do intend on going back to streaming normally when it becomes an option again, however paying the exorbitant prices that Comcast (i.e. Xfinity) is expecting (currently the only ISP in the neighborhood that provides a fast enough upload rate for streaming & playing online games consecutively) is not an option when I don't have the income to cover those costs...