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September 30, 2023: A Summary of the Month of September

Well we're finally at the end of September! And I'd like to show you a summary of what happened during this month, which I wrote in the #history channel of my Discord server. Its theme is "Stella's Cake Month and More Spectacular Stuff".

September 2, 2023 was the first ever Sailor Moon Saturday. Every Saturday, from that day on, I would watch a single episode of the DiC English Dub of Sailor Moon during a VC in Jakub Rosa's server.

We celebrated my and Jenny's birthday on September 4, 2023 with special videos like my "Stella & Friends Pilot Episode: Stella's Birthday Bash of 2023", Jan Justine's "The Fake Miss Madson", and Flowsoft Braixen's "Flowsoft Jane Behaves at Stella Momoboshi's Birthday Party".

That same day, I also started out my Sakura Star Entertainment Roll Call series on DeviantArt.

On September 7, 2023, we discovered a new TTS website! You can find it here: https://lazypy.ro/tts/

This is where you would go if you want to look for IBM Watson Emma's voice.

On September 10, 2023, Cedric stopped using Discord and switched to Facebook Messenger, which is what he would be using from now on. My old BBS started to fall apart that same day, so Adison made me transfer the ownership of the server to him, then he transferred ownership to Jeltus, and then I worked on a new BBS with the help of Jakub and Ayrton.

September 10, 2023 is also Sailor Mercury's birthday.

Cedric eventually changed his mind and realized that if he stopped using Discord, he would lose his ability to use Ali Nadeko, which he needs to make dialogues for his videos, so on September 19, 2023, he finally returns to Discord!

September 22, 2023 was a special event on Newgrounds: Madness Day! To celebrate, I posted my first new video of MissMadson Entertainment Inc. in three months, which would be my fourth Madness Day TTS Short.

On September 26, 2023, I discovered a new voice cloning website called Coqui XTTS, and it's absolutely free unlike ElevenLabs! However, a downfall of using Coqui XTTS is that sometimes it doesn't give you good results.

I also revealed my IRL voice on that same day.

My IRL voice is supposed to sound similar to Juliet Starling of Lollipop Chainsaw. (I used to play that game back in 2014, and I even enjoy doing impressions of Juliet's voice)

On September 27, 2023, MissRabbit190 posted her second MissRabbit190 Shorts video and it made TootyCH and Al Chappers pissed off because of the misinformation about them that was included in that video.

Eventually, the video got removed and reuploaded without that misinformation.

I was so worried about Jan Justine, and I tried my best to cheer him up.

On September 29, 2023, when I had trouble logging in to Discord through their website, I downloaded and installed the Discord app.

September 30, 2023 is Jakub Rosa's 2nd anniversary on YT! He went into the Colibri Lounge in Club Colibri server where he did a Special Edition Saturday livestream. However, instead of joining the Colibri Lounge, I decided to join the VC in Jakub Rosa's server instead, where I played Final Fantasy VII during a Discord VC for my first time!

And here are the Top 5 videos of September 2023:

1. (TTS Short) Stella Momoboshi's Different Voice by CandyCrushFlowsoft Entertainment

2. Stella & Friends - Pilot Episode: "Stella's Birthday Bash of 2023" by Sakura Star Entertainment

3. The Tooty Station (Ep. 1) by TootyCH Hodges

4. Microsoft Sam reads Stupid and Weird Signs THE FIFTY-FIRST by Thunderbirds101

5. JR2007, The Series - The Next Steps, S1E6: "The Rise of Evil Polsat" by JRSSMedia

Congratulations to those who made it to the Top 5 for this month! If none of your videos managed to make it to the Top 5, well... there's always next time.

Anyway, tomorrow is the start of the month of October!

Also, are you all excited for Ayrton's birthday? It will be on October 3.

September 27, 2023: IRL Voice Reveal

Last night, I shocked everyone in my BBS by revealing my IRL voice!

However, I later began to realize that my IRL voice sounded similar to Juliet Starling of Lollipop Chainsaw.

That gave me the idea of using Juliet Starling's voice as my voice for my MMD videos, and my new voice for my TTS videos starting in 2024, since I don't want to use my IRL voice in my videos for privacy reasons.

Yeah, I tried using Coqui XTTS with my IRL voice and sometimes got bad results when I cloned my own voice.

Fun fact: IRL, I love and enjoy doing impressions for Juliet's voice.

September 26, 2023: If you don't want to purchase an ElevenLabs subscription, try this free Voice Cloning website instead!

Good news: we just discovered a new TTS website similar to ElevenLabs, but its Voice Cloning feature is 100% free! Try it out here: https://huggingface.co/spaces/coqui/xtts

September 22, 2023: Madness Day 2023

In celebration of Madness Day, Miss Madson finally returns to YT with a new video of hers!

Also, check out this Madness Combat game I just found on Newgrounds:
https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/900002

Did I mention that Cedric is back on Discord after he heard that he lost access to Ali Nadeko when he retired from Discord?

Let's welcome him back, should we?

September 10, 2023: New Discord Server

Guys, I just finished creating a new Discord Server for you all. Here's the link if you want to join: https://discord.gg/jTUAH9W2HM

Also, Cedric is no longer using Discord anymore. He will be switching to Facebook Messenger, which is what he'll be using from now on.

Oh, and did I mention that it's also Sailor Mercury's birthday today?

Anyway, tomorrow is 9/11 and we need to pay our respects.

September 8, 2023: Remembering Queen Elizabeth II's Death

It's been a year since Queen Elizabeth passed away. Long live the queen, right?

But look on the bright side, I have some good news!

jmtb02 is finally back on Newgrounds with a new elephant game!

Elephant Rave 2: https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/898166

September 7, 2023: A New TTS Website

I have some spectacular news! We just discovered a new TTS website!

You can find it here: https://lazypy.ro/tts/

Just to let everyone know that a user named TheOptimisticAngelMan2K1 found that website because of the issue regarding Neospeech/Oddcast voice being gone.

You can also find IBM Watson Emma's voice here.

September 4, 2023: Stella's 21st Birthday

Hey everyone! Today is my 21st birthday! I posted a special video in celebration of my birthday, which is the pilot episode of Stella & Friends!

Check it out here: https://youtu.be/hyDw0uUxpDE

Also, my next five videos will be:

1. Stella's Funny Windows Errors Episode 3: "Seven Windows on the Wall" (My first Funny Windows Errors video to use Windows 7 errors)

2. Microsoft Sam Plays Friday Night Funkin' Episode 7: "The Flip Side of the Coin" (Week 1 B-Side)

3. PlayStation 1 BIOS Corruptions 4

4. Stella's Funny Engrish Episode 2: "Rainbow Knock Out"

5. PlayStation 1 BIOS Corruptions 5

September 1, 2023: Astro is on Facebook!

I have some exciting news to tell you: Astro Madson has created a Facebook account! You can check it out here: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61550479307625

August 31, 2023: A Summary of the Month of August

Well we're finally at the end of August! And I'd like to show you a summary of what happened during this month, which I wrote in the #history channel of my Discord server. Its theme is "More Extra Businesses and Senior College".

August 5, 2023 is TootyCH's 17th birthday! Cedric made AI art of her as a candy queen, while I made a special MMD model of her! Too bad I wasn't available in the birthday party that happened in Jakub's server, because I was listening to AKB48 songs in a different VC in this server at that time.

On August 7, 2023, I played Crash Bandicoot during a Discord VC for my first time! I remembered playing that and Crash Team Racing on a PlayStation 1 that I had when I was younger, and I wanted to bring back my childhood!

On August 13, 2023, I thought on cancelling Dave OS 2 when Cedric told me not to watch Dave's videos anymore so that I don't get distracted. But then drama happened in my BBS that caused us to spread the hashtag #DontCancelDaveOS. Eventually I had a serious talk with Cedric and he allowed me to work on Dave OS 2.

Cedric also deleted his server when everyone knew that his server was LBC-related. So he will be working on a new Discord Server that is inspired by my BBS.

Plus, I also worked on Liza Momoboshi's server, which helped us recover from that drama that Cedric and I caused. It had its grand opening on August 19.

August 15, 2023 was my third anniversary on Newgrounds. To celebrate, I played Friday Night Funkin' and Michaelsoft Binbows '97 during a VC in Jakub's server.

The same day was also the start of my senior year of college. The first semester of my senior year has pretty tough classes, which you all should expect a decrease in my working rate on TTS videos until the end of the semester.

On August 23, 2023, Jenny's YT channel reached 900 subscribers, and she made a special video to celebrate this milestone.

On August 25, 2023, I downloaded Real Time Corruptor and started using it for my PlayStation 1 BIOS Corruptions videos.

On August 28, 2023, I started using a new website for the Microsoft Azure TTS voices, and that is Microsoft Azure Speech Studio. You can try it out here: https://speech.microsoft.com/audiocontentcreation

August 29, 2023 is the death of Mike Enriquez, a news anchor from GMA Network. Liza made a special video dedicated to him the next day.

This month, TootyCH also left Discord for the time being. But thank goodness she's still available on Facebook and Instagram!

And here are the Top 5 videos of August 2023:

1. Punxsy fails at Birthday Surprises (ft. Donkey Kong) by TootyCH Hodges

2. Ask Microsoft Sam - Episode 5: "Sam and His ElevenLabs Counterpart" by Sakura Star Entertainment

3. JJE's PBS Bloopers 5 by Jan Justine Angelo Enrico

4. davemadson's LT Bloopers 255: Logo Counterpane by davemadson entertainment inc

5. JR2007's Sign Reading, Episode 4: "The Return of Evil Moto" by JR2007Media

Congratulations to those who made it to the Top 5 for this month! If none of your videos managed to make it to the Top 5, well... there's always next time.

Anyway, tomorrow is the start of the month of September!

Also, are you all excited for my birthday? It will be on September 4.

August 28, 2023: Introducing LordNarciso Entertainment

So Cedric is now back on YT with a new channel: LordNarciso Entertainment! Subscribe to it here: https://www.youtube.com/@LordNarcisoEntertainment

I also started using a new website for the Microsoft Azure TTS voices, and that is Microsoft Azure Speech Studio. You can try it out here: https://speech.microsoft.com/audiocontentcreation

I will also continue to include TootyCH in my videos. In fact, I accepted her apology that she made with a YouTube community post.

August 26, 2023: Remembering Bob Barker

I have some sad news to tell you all: Bob Barker, the former host of The Price Is Right, has unfortunately died at the age of 99 years old. (He was so close to 100!)

Well, we'll always remember the old times when he used to be the host of The Price Is Right...

August 25, 2023: I now have Real Time Corruptor!

Spectacular news: I now have Real Time Corruptor on my PC, which is ready for me to take my PlayStation 1 BIOS Corruptions to the next level!

This is what I will be using for my future PlayStation 1 BIOS Corruptions videos.

August 23, 2023: Jenny has 900 subscribers!

Spectacular news! Jenny's YT channel has 900 subscribers! Only 100 more and it will be a thousand!

August 22, 2023: Remember Charles Martinet?

Charles Martinet, the iconic voice of Mario and Luigi for more than three decades, is “stepping back from recording character voices” for Nintendo as he transitions into a new role. Now a “Mario Ambassador,” Martinet will travel the world and interact with fans on behalf of the gaming company.

It's so sad to hear that he is retiring... We're sure gonna miss him voicing Mario and Luigi. We'll never forget all those times he voiced Mario and Luigi.

August 19, 2023: Liza's Sakura Wonderland is now open!

I have some spectacular news for you all: Liza Momoboshi's Discord Server has finally opened up its doors!

You can join it here: https://discord.gg/ARH5j9RKYW