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ReturnOfFable posted:...Some people take this poo poo way too seriously. The same kind of person who considers themselves an LP Superstar. It's comorbid.
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Magnetic North posted:The same kind of person who considers themselves an LP Superstar. It's comorbid. Speaking of, I got an invite from some guy to join the "5th(!) most popular LP network" the other day. I was promised 300 views per video by a guy with a couple dozen videos, none of which had more than 30 views. Am I now an LP superstar?
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Aug 3, 2013 20:09
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I like how he tries to make a watertight case for being like, third to come up with Let's Playing, while simultaneously realizing how pathetic and pointless that is. And in the end he just trails off entirely as he imagines how he could've had a sweet life of financial independence if things had just gone differently.
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Aug 3, 2013 20:24
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baldurk posted:Thanks slowbeef for all the wonderful emails I get on your behalf. But were the screenshots legit? I mean, obviously the entire matter hinges on him being able to convincingly photoshop "2006" into one. 
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Aug 3, 2013 20:32
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Here we see the timestamp moves back... and to the left. Back... and to the left. Back... and to the left. Clearly we're either dealing with a second LPer on the grassy knoll, or this is some kind of magic youtube page.
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Aug 3, 2013 20:44
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Lazyfire posted:Speaking of, I got an invite from some guy to join the "5th(!) most popular LP network" the other day. I was promised 300 views per video by a guy with a couple dozen videos, none of which had more than 30 views. Our video of Little Caesar's Fractions Pizza has gotten notice from teachers, one of whom wanted us to enter the video into a contest for the "best educational song". I really worry we're making the world a worse place by doing LPs and teachers are legitimately showing them this garbage in an effort to help learning.
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Aug 3, 2013 20:51
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Such a dumb argument when people recording videos before Youtube have long existed before Slowbeef. Heck, there was a Retsupuare where the person is commenting on old camcorder video he made back in 1993 or so. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xA3plNb0EbY
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Aug 3, 2013 20:57
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My favorite bits are him prefacing the thing with "first off, I'm not mad at anybody k?", and the bit at the end that implies the equivalent of inflation to view "value", making it sound like a bid for a new branch of economics.
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Aug 3, 2013 21:19
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Guys, I totally invented VLPs, okay? I mean, I have it in writing, and my mom is an eyewitness, and why can't I put a patent on this?
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Aug 3, 2013 21:36
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Gentlemen, I don't want to brag but I made my first 8mm film let's play of Hungry Hungry Hippos in 1967. Unfortunately I don't have it anymore after taping some home porn over it, but you can take my word for it.
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Aug 4, 2013 01:14
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judge reinhold posted:Our video of Little Caesar's Fractions Pizza has gotten notice from teachers, one of whom wanted us to enter the video into a contest for the "best educational song". I really worry we're making the world a worse place by doing LPs and teachers are legitimately showing them this garbage in an effort to help learning. Did you win?
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Aug 4, 2013 01:29
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Cangelosi posted:He basically ADMITS to using a CAMCORDER for his earlier LPs. You know, depending on when "earlier" is, you're going to have to accept that direct capture was either insanely expensive, extremely poor quality, or simply too much for older machines. Also I made videos of my games all the time in the 90s, so I deserve a top spot in the LP hall of fame.
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Aug 4, 2013 01:47
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Does this mean we have to pay him dues, I don't think I can afford to keep playing games, then talking about the games I'm playing on the internet and getting people I don't know to watch me play and talk about those games if I have to pay him AND slowbeef!
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Aug 4, 2013 04:05
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Guys, someone should get that CD off him. I know we can't trust the timestamps on it because it's easy to change the system time or manipulate NTFS dates but I do have LP carbon dating equipment set up to test it for real.
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Metro: Last Light is now fair game for LPing right?
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Arglebargle III posted:Metro: Last Light is now fair game for LPing right? discworld is all I read fucked around with this message at 05:43 on Aug 4, 2013 |
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Aug 4, 2013 05:37
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Nenonen posted:Gentlemen, I don't want to brag but I made my first 8mm film let's play of Hungry Hungry Hippos in 1967. Unfortunately I don't have it anymore after taping some home porn over it, but you can take my word for it. This is all hilarious, but now I'm wondering how one would LP a board game or something and, AND, make it fun for the thread. Chess, for example. Make it interactive group chess? Humorous and insightful play commentary?
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Speedball posted:This is all hilarious, but now I'm wondering how one would LP a board game or something and, AND, make it fun for the thread. Chess, for example. Make it interactive group chess? Humorous and insightful play commentary? There was an LP of the Risk: Legacy boardgame if I recall correctly and it seemed to be really well received. The LP'er had to abandon it due to life commitments, but from what I saw of it it worked really well, so it can be done.
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shalcar posted:There was an LP of the Risk: Legacy boardgame if I recall correctly and it seemed to be really well received. The LP'er had to abandon it due to life commitments, but from what I saw of it it worked really well, so it can be done. And before that there was the completed lp of plain old normal risk.
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Aug 4, 2013 06:29
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So, I made a test post on the Test Poster for an Interactive Fiction game called "Theatre", and I'd like some feedback on it, please. http://lpix.org/sslptest/index.php?id=14934
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Speedball posted:This is all hilarious, but now I'm wondering how one would LP a board game or something and, AND, make it fun for the thread. Chess, for example. Make it interactive group chess? Humorous and insightful play commentary? I have been a part of an LP of Chess. e: Holy poo poo, I'm terrible at Chess. Quovak fucked around with this message at 09:48 on Aug 4, 2013 |
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Aug 4, 2013 09:36
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And there's also a LP of Arkham Horror. And I think there were a couple Diplomacy games until it was decided they'd be more appropriate in The Game Room. I'd love there to be more Let's Plays of board games, as it's a pretty awesome hobby that deserves more exposure.
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Mega64 posted:I'd love there to be more Let's Plays of board games, as it's a pretty awesome hobby that deserves more exposure.
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Aug 4, 2013 12:10
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Mega64 posted:I'd love there to be more Let's Plays of board games, as it's a pretty awesome hobby that deserves more exposure. I'd love to do at least one video of a game of Mahjong, if only to show that it's not the tile matching solitaire game most people think it is.
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Aug 4, 2013 13:04
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An update on the firstborn LP'er and rightful heir to the LP throne. Apparently he doesn't like people leaving negative comments or dislikes on his videos, because he'll delete comments, complain about dislikes and low viewer retention, block people from his channel and send them passive aggressive PM's over youtube.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fI48ov2TqQQ
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Aug 4, 2013 16:16
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Listen, I wouldn't expect a Non-YouTube superstar to understand this, but when you have the kind of busy life someone like TheAwesomeIncarnate has you don't have time for the haters.
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Aug 4, 2013 16:23
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I don't know guys, with all the LP clout this guy has, he must be the real deal in terms of LP royalty. 
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Aug 4, 2013 16:40
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In 1989 I wrote in my diary about how I played half a game of Monopoly with my siblings until a friend showed up and I didn't want to play anymore. Scanning the pages now, I'm staking my rightful claim to the LP throne.
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Aug 4, 2013 17:05
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I invented paris hilton sex tapes.
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Aug 4, 2013 17:10
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A couple decades back I took some polaroids of me playing the NES, wrote marker on them, and mailed them to friends. I think that qualifies me as the inventer of the screenshot LP.
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thevoiceofdog posted:An update on the firstborn LP'er and rightful heir to the LP throne. Apparently he doesn't like people leaving negative comments or dislikes on his videos, because he'll delete comments, complain about dislikes and low viewer retention, block people from his channel and send them passive aggressive PM's over youtube.
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Tin Tim posted:I wonder if he can connect the dots between sending a dumb message about his part in LP-history and suddenly getting shat on?  Firstborn LP Superstar: Internet Detective. Edit: VVVV I had no idea either, or maybe he's just pulling it out of his rear end. Combat Lobster fucked around with this message at 17:58 on Aug 4, 2013 |
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Aug 4, 2013 17:44
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I didn't know you could check how long a specific user watches your video.
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Aug 4, 2013 17:48
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Holy poo poo! I just remembered my dad was playing with his new video camera when I was like 5 and taped me playing the NES. I AM THE TRUE LET'S PLAYBORN
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thevoiceofdog posted:Holy poo poo! I just remembered my dad was playing with his new video camera when I was like 5 and taped me playing the NES. I AM THE TRUE LET'S PLAYBORN You were just an unwitting puppet. The title is mine. 
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Aug 4, 2013 17:51
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Before the Battle of Balaclava in the Crimean I had in my letters described playing chess with one of my comrades in an extremely detailed fashion, until Lord Raglan ordered the ill-fated charge that cost my ally his life. I have a 130 year lead on the rest of you shits.
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Aug 4, 2013 18:15
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Sorry everyone, back in 1000+BC San Raphael Swell I kept an account of my LP of the very first Slenderman game... So when do I get handed the keys to Retsupurae and all that? Thanks.
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Ragny posted:I didn't know you could check how long a specific user watches your video. You can't as far as I know, unless you have a very specific set of conditions. 1. Very low views 2. Enough viewers to break out of the "not enough data" amount that Google uses to anonymize stuff. 3. Careful records of your current views/retention so you can work out the values of new views in the same day. (Not necessary if you only get 1 view per day) It would also be easier to separate out for people in a more unique country - something like United States is going to get a bunch of hits lumped into one aggregate if you don't check it regularly. Edit: I should note that some analytics data is delayed several days - it appears that retention data is delayed by at least 24 hours, so if he responded with that quickly he's probably just making up numbers unfair fucked around with this message at 18:48 on Aug 4, 2013 |
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Aaand it's private now. Which is especially funny when you consider the fact that it was quickly becoming one of the most-viewed videos on his channel! It certainly had more views than any other episode of any of his half-dozen recent LPs, which is also especially funny when you realize that the description for the now-private video mentioned something about it potentially being his "last video."
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You're all forgetting the first ever recorded proof of let's play found in ancient Egyptian text.
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