iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Michael @bramz.live · 16/09/2026

went up the CN Tower and only took pictures of the baseball stadium lol

A top-down view of Roger’s Centre from the CN Tower in Toronto.

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Michael @bramz.live · 04/09/2026

As hard as I may have tried to get rid of my accent/dialect, I can’t stop saying pop and crawdad and devil’s night.

Map showing that I most speak like someone from Michigan.

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Michael @bramz.live · 02/09/2026

Now that I have some more free time, I can pick up some old projects again. Here's a preview

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Michael @bramz.live · 21/08/2026

a lil update for those not in my discord

Hey all, I thought I’d provide an official update on what’s happening in the next few weeks. Today, August 21, was my last day of work before moving to Canada. I will be unemployed for an uncertain amount of time while my paperwork is processed so I can gain permanent resident status.

I’ve been at my job for nearly 5 years and I’m sad to go, but it needed to be done. I did learn a lot there though and am optimistic about the future of my career.

In the meantime, I plan on streaming full time. This probably does not mean 8-10 hours every day immediately. I’ll continue with my normal schedule and add in streams when I feel like it. I will continue SMW speedrunning for the foreseeable future, as I have a lot of things I want to accomplish with that game. I’ve been thinking about what else I want to speedrun as well but haven’t landed on anything yet.

Thanks for reading, and I really appreciate all of the support that you guys have shown over the years and especially lately as I’ve been streaming more consistently.

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Michael @bramz.live · 20/08/2026

“90% or more of the code was written by [an] LLM and I have not reviewed any of that” Somehow, it got worse.

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Michael @bramz.live · 20/08/2026

This is extremely disappointing to see. I don’t really have anything else to say about it. I’m just disappointed.

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Michael @bramz.live · 12/08/2026

And here’s my shitty photo editing skills at work to show just the outline of the sun.

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Michael @bramz.live · 12/08/2026

I don’t live in Iceland or Spain, but I did get a pic of the eclipse that’s happening today. Maximum coverage around me is about 3%.

Picture of the sun with a small amount covered by the moon. Taken on an iPhone with eclipse glasses held in front of the lens.

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Michael @bramz.live · 08/08/2026

96 didn't go so hot, but I did get a PB in 11 Exit! I retimed it to 9:56.650, an exact tie with my friend @sten.bsky.social

Screenshot of the Super Mario World 11 Exit leaderboard, showing Sten and Bramz tied for 35th place with a 9:56.650.

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Michael @bramz.live · 05/08/2026

no, I don’t think I will

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Michael @bramz.live · 06/07/2026

While all of your favorite streamers are gone at SGDQ, yours truly is planning on streaming every day this week! Today's will be a bit later, but every other day this week I'll aim for a 6pm start time.

Screenshot of Bramz's stream schedule for the week starting on July 6. There is a stream featured for all 5 weekdays. All of them start at 6pm except for Monday, which starts at 7pm.

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Michael @bramz.live · 03/07/2026

LET'S GO!!! Very happy with this PB. I'm feeling very good about the upcoming tournament, too!

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Michael @bramz.live · 02/07/2026

I got a PB after 9 years! Just in time for the tournament, too. Pretty good run, overall, but there was some time loss at the end. Didn't have cape for Bowser LOL

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Michael @bramz.live · 21/06/2026

didnt get 34, but finished a 35. i'd be happy with a 35 in a tournament match. more to come either tomorrow or tuesday

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Michael @bramz.live · 11/06/2026

Got a mid-36 today in All Castles. Not terrible, but I'd like to see some 35s.

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Michael @bramz.live · 15/05/2026

I might be the first person to ever bring a 16GB DDR4 SODIMM to a Tigers game.

Photo of a laptop RAM stick with Comerica Park in the background.

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Michael @bramz.live · 13/03/2026

i don't know what this means

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Michael @bramz.live · 12/03/2026

is it time to retire?

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Michael @bramz.live · 01/03/2026

If anyone was wondering, my dog Miles is still alive. He’s the inspiration behind my emotes, and used to make appearances on my stream. He is very old.

Miles the dachshund laying in a dog bed. His face is very gray these days.

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Michael @bramz.live · 28/01/2026

a tragedy occurred but i'm still gamin tw.bramz.live

Screenshot of livesplit showing minutes of time loss in the last half hour of the run. Final time 1:39:42.

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Michael @bramz.live · 06/12/2025

when you mute to rip ass and this comes up

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Michael @bramz.live · 02/12/2025

People are sharing these, so I will too. As always, I wish I’d streamed more.

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Michael @bramz.live · 01/12/2025

very useful tip found on my twitch creator dashboard

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Michael @bramz.live · 11/11/2025

The ticketing system that I use at work has a really shitty mobile app, as shown by this image.

Screenshot showing the ticket status as “in progress”, the priority as “normal”, and the due date as “Todaysday, Nov 11, 2025”.

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Michael @bramz.live · 20/08/2025

i'm very VERY pleased with this run. i was fucking gaming into world 6! more to come

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Michael @bramz.live · 01/08/2025

hey apparently i've kept 96 fresh enough to beat my derust splits, nice

screenshot of livesplit showing a completed 96 exit run. 1:25:58

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Michael @bramz.live · 17/07/2025

Forgot to post that I went live but here ya go. This is so upsetting.

Screenshot of Discord message from Bramz saying “Stream ended because my PC froze. I’m so fucking tilted dude I may reinstall windows

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Michael @bramz.live · 09/07/2025

On (or around) this day in 2017, the greatest photo of the Fab Five was taken. @isofrieze.com PJ Aaron @bigiftruman.bsky.social @bramz.live

IsoFrieze, PJ, Aaron, Truman, and Bramz all surrounding a piano.

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Michael @bramz.live · 12/06/2025

Thank you Facebook, very cool.

Facebook notification suggesting that I might like the Nintendo Switch 2.

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Michael @bramz.live · 11/06/2025

Getting very close to fulfilling all my goals!

Screenshot of Bramz's Twitch goals. It shows 514 followers until 8,000, 8 more subs to 20, and 999,800 bits to 1,000,000.

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Michael @bramz.live · 09/06/2025

Let’s do this thing

Screenshot of my iPhone’s software update screen installing the beta for iOS 26.

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Michael @bramz.live · 07/05/2025

Bramz is live! NCNSW Speedruns | !expenses !schedule tw.bramz.live

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Michael @bramz.live · 18/03/2025

here’s a photo of my nintendo wii. also, i’m streaming tw.bramz.live

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Michael @bramz.live · 02/03/2025

March Stream Schedule tw.bramz.live discord.bramz.live

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Michael @bramz.live · 20/02/2025

Big thanks to @limeadenectar.bsky.social for the new emotes! Here’s how things line up right now (the last three in tier one are animated btw).

Screenshot of all the Bramz emotes in Twitch chat.

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Michael @bramz.live · 07/02/2025

Looks like I've been partnered for a blessed (cursed?) amount of months. According to math, this means I've been partnered for eight years. I have a stream scheduled for my partner anniversary, but nothing special planned...yet. Perhaps the SMS Chaos sub goal will be met by then?

screenshot of Twitch showing that Bramz has been subscribed to himself for 96 months

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Michael @bramz.live · 02/02/2025

February Stream Schedule twitch.tv/Bramz discord.gg/Bramz

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Michael @bramz.live · 30/01/2025

This happened to me the other day, lol. I learned that this happens if you grab the shine while Mario’s feet are below the ledge. This teleports Mario underneath the ledge and thus not starting the shine get cutscene. In your case, holding forward would’ve prevented this (if you weren’t already)

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Michael @bramz.live · 29/01/2025

this was a pretty good run going into noki, then tragedy struck

screenshot of splits showing that i was ahead of pb going into noki bay, but ended up losing multiple minutes

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Michael @bramz.live · 28/01/2025

got a huge pb in hoverless and cut the 2 i'm a legend

screenshot of bramz's stream showing the final time of his any% hoverless speedrun, 1:51:38

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Michael @bramz.live · 01/01/2025

January Stream Schedule twitch.tv/Bramz discord.gg/Bramz

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Michael @bramz.live · 02/12/2024

December Stream Schedule twitch.tv/Bramz discord.gg/Bramz

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