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ChaosArgate posted:Just a quick FYI, he's switched to direct capture. There was a big stink from his fanbase over the switch, but his stuff is actually not awful to at least look at. wait wait wait his fans LIKED the camcorder?  WHY!?
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DoctorWhat posted:wait wait wait his fans LIKED the camcorder? For the same reason they'd watch an unboxing video without any actual unboxing. His fans are just as incompetent at watching better videos apparently, so he's a role model for people too dumb to do basic stuff without loving it up.
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Feb 18, 2014 12:48
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Mega64 posted:For the same reason they'd watch an unboxing video without any actual unboxing. His fans are just as incompetent at watching better videos apparently, so he's a role model for people too dumb to do basic stuff without loving it up. Oh man they are so bad; I looked in the comments of his first part of either MGS4 or No More Heroes (this is the one I saw where he left the 10 minutes of install time) and I didn't see one complaint about his crap and I saw praise for how he is the ideal let's player!
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Feb 18, 2014 12:55
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What's the point of an unboxing video, anyway? Like why would they record themselves just opening a box to a game?
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Feb 18, 2014 12:57
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Tobias Grant posted:What's the point of an unboxing video, anyway? Like why would they record themselves just opening a box to a game? Well, as we've seen, they don't actually need to do the second part anyway. It's literally a worthless video, and yet views.
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Feb 18, 2014 12:59
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Tobias Grant posted:What's the point of an unboxing video, anyway? Like why would they record themselves just opening a box to a game? With the right attitude, they can be alright.
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Feb 18, 2014 13:00
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Tobias Grant posted:What's the point of an unboxing video, anyway? Like why would they record themselves just opening a box to a game? an unboxing video is basically Christmas that nobody invited you to.
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Feb 18, 2014 13:01
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Back when the Duke Nukem Forever demo came out, I watched someone, who I now think might have been DSP play it, loving camcordering their PC to do so. A couple of people in the contents asked why he doesn't use FRAPS or whatever and the response from several of his fans was "fraps introduces lag".
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Feb 18, 2014 13:44
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Fraps can drop your frame-rate if you're not running a very good computer. The appeal of things like Shadowplay is that it doesn't take up computer resources to capture video. That's what they meant by lag, and it's not an entirely unfair statement. The reason he was using a camcorder is because he's a moron though.
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Feb 18, 2014 13:52
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Right, but even dropping a couple of settings or getting a faster HDD to help with FRAPS (or just using Dxtory or Afterburner, which were both around then I'm pretty sure) would have made for better "quality" (a term I use loosely for DSP) viewing. And.. you know, been easier to manage than having to pop up a tripod in front of your monitor, play with that in the way, get the file off the camcorder and throw it on to Youtube. Then again, this is DSP.
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Feb 18, 2014 13:56
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kirbysuperstar posted:Right, but even dropping a couple of settings or getting a faster HDD to help with FRAPS (or just using Dxtory or Afterburner, which were both around then I'm pretty sure) would have made for better "quality" (a term I use loosely for DSP) viewing. And.. you know, been easier to manage than having to pop up a tripod in front of your monitor, play with that in the way, get the file off the camcorder and throw it on to Youtube. I'm pretty sure it wasn't DSP, because he has maintained a view that games are not meant to be played on the PC. I think his first time recording PC games was he Witcher 2.
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Feb 18, 2014 14:19
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ChaosArgate posted:Just a quick FYI, he's switched to direct capture. There was a big stink from his fanbase over the switch, but his stuff is actually not awful to at least look at. I'm not so sure of that. It is my understanding that he only uses direct capture for the streaming capabilities, but still uses his camcorder for all other gaming videos. So any videos that aren't done at the same time as a stream are going to be filmed off his TV. My only experience with his playthroughs has been the "This is how you DON'T play" series and the Kojima World Order stuff, but I thought a lot of the stuff was recent and a lot of the stuff was camcorder. kirbysuperstar posted:Back when the Duke Nukem Forever demo came out, I watched someone, who I now think might have been DSP play it, loving camcordering their PC to do so. A couple of people in the contents asked why he doesn't use FRAPS or whatever and the response from several of his fans was "fraps introduces lag". His Black Mesa videos were done with his camcorder recording his monitor. What a glorious experience that was to watch. Jamesman fucked around with this message at 14:21 on Feb 18, 2014 |
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Brassherald posted:I'm pretty sure it wasn't DSP, because he has maintained a view that games are not meant to be played on the PC. I think his first time recording PC games was he Witcher 2. Went and found it, it was. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zdhNqhKKco
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Feb 18, 2014 14:41
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Jamesman posted:I'm not so sure of that. It is my understanding that he only uses direct capture for the streaming capabilities, but still uses his camcorder for all other gaming videos. So any videos that aren't done at the same time as a stream are going to be filmed off his TV. My only experience with his playthroughs has been the "This is how you DON'T play" series and the Kojima World Order stuff, but I thought a lot of the stuff was recent and a lot of the stuff was camcorder. He streams everything he plays now, afaik. He then uses the same stream footage to put up on his YouTube(s). He even streams his Q+A things. Everything he does is for the almighty $$$, he's not going to stream specific things and then play other things off stream when he could be getting ad money on them. A bunch of the how not to play videos are new uploads of games from his archives from pre-capture card days.
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Feb 18, 2014 14:47
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kirbysuperstar posted:Went and found it, it was. Wow, I was wrong, really surprised his response to "Why not FRAPS?" wasn't "I have a camcorder! Getting FRAPS would be stupid."
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Feb 18, 2014 14:48
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PAMaster posted:Well, as we've seen, they don't actually need to do the second part anyway. To be fair, the people wondering how he got so popular are answering their own question every time they watch one of his videos because "look how stupid this guy is!"
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Feb 18, 2014 14:53
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DoctorWhat posted:wait wait wait his fans LIKED the camcorder? If you're an autistic nerd, any and all change is absolutely terrifying. Liking something has nothing to do with it.
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DSP is a neverending resource of comedy at this point more than he is a YouTuber. Just post a million videos a day, make contradictory statements in the comments and mark anyone who calls you out as spam. A few months later people will have cut together your worst/best moments from that LP while pulling comments like "The chat didn't help me with the game at all" up on screen when you state "Thanks for everyone in the chat that told me to...". Seriously, we should thanks Phil for not only showing us how to not play games, but for the countless hours of entertainment he provides us with via failure supercuts.
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Feb 18, 2014 16:50
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my dad posted:To be fair, the people wondering how he got so popular are answering their own question every time they watch one of his videos because "look how stupid this guy is!" Honestly, I'm not sure I want him to stop! There's just no like bottom; it's incredible! That said, I genuinely don't think I can make it through his videos (I can't even make it through the "This is how you DON'T play" videos, because they're so long).
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Feb 18, 2014 17:03
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I've tried to watch his videos a couple of times - other than that 17-minute long one that basically highlights his "my fans are cunts" quips, I haven't managed a single full playthrough.
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Feb 18, 2014 17:20
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Roar posted:I've tried to watch his videos a couple of times - other than that 17-minute long one that basically highlights his "my fans are cunts" quips, I haven't managed a single full playthrough. I actually did want to see how he'd react to the surprise twist in the Bell Gargoyle boss fight of Dark Souls, but I couldn't find which video it was because they're all just Dark Souls playthrough part ___. All his videos are like that. I really don't think he likes games as much as he thinks he does. He just sort of slogs through them for video content.
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Feb 18, 2014 17:23
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slowbeef posted:I actually did want to see how he'd react to the surprise twist in the Bell Gargoyle boss fight of Dark Souls, but I couldn't find which video it was because they're all just Dark Souls playthrough part ___. All his videos are like that. Ask and ye shall receive...
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Feb 18, 2014 17:27
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slowbeef posted:That said, I genuinely don't think I can make it through his videos (I can't even make it through the "This is how you DON'T play" videos, because they're so long). Some of the TIHYDP videos are really bad (Like any of the fighting game stuff), but some are genuinely entertaining despite their length. If you want to see some funny stuff relating to DSP, though, check out the channel MrLewdacris, he has a few where he plays DarkSydeLewds. My personal favorite is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0NBWM2gU0o EDIT: Appropriately, the beginning of the Bell Gargoyle video is when he can't cast heal and is complaining that no one can explain how to cast it.
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I can't be the only one here who would love to see Ice-T do a lets play.
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Haha, I just found it. I can't actually fault him terribly on that. He almost had that boss first try, which is pretty impressive as I understand it. (I guess I could complain he has the Drake Sword, but eh.) But yeah, I mean, this is part 33 and I don't have much desire to see other stuff. edit: I tried looking for Ornstein & Smough, but apparently, at some point he gives up and does it on stream, and then just starts summoning his fans to help him fight the bosses, so eh. slowbeef fucked around with this message at 17:37 on Feb 18, 2014 |
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slowbeef posted:I actually did want to see how he'd react to the surprise twist in the Bell Gargoyle boss fight of Dark Souls, but I couldn't find which video it was because they're all just Dark Souls playthrough part ___. All his videos are like that. The second you start saying things like "Playing games is my job" constantly or doing video logs about how you need to play and upload game footage all the time you probably don't enjoy games anymore because you feel obligated to play them.
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Brassherald posted:Some of the TIHYDP videos are really bad (Like any of the fighting game stuff), but some are genuinely entertaining despite their length. The best ones are the Metal Gear ones, but it's really annoying if you like the series because the bad jokes, teenager tier sexual humour and casual racism in Metal Gear Solid 1's one is horrid.
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His constant cursing really is the first indicator that he is emotionally still a 7th grader. When you are just smart enough to be truly annoying,
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Sneaky Fast posted:His constant cursing really is the first indicator that he is emotionally still a 7th grader. Wow, this some loving bullshit right here
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slowbeef posted:Honestly, I'm not sure I want him to stop! There's just no like bottom; it's incredible! The "This is how you DON'T play" videos are enlightening. They're not at all about showing how Phil plays games badly, but how Phil is contradictory in his comments, constantly blaming everything but himself when he fails, actively refuses to listen or pay attention to anything, is obnoxious, childish, inconsiderate, racist, and disturbingly violently sexual. When they say "This is how you DON'T play," they mean "This is how you DON'T function as a human being among other human beings." slowbeef posted:I actually did want to see how he'd react to the surprise twist in the Bell Gargoyle boss fight of Dark Souls, but I couldn't find which video it was because they're all just Dark Souls playthrough part ___. All his videos are like that. He explicitly said in his Dark Souls playthrough that he said that he wouldn't even be playing the game if he wasn't getting paid for it. He's admitted he doesn't like games and is only doing it for money.
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Jamesman posted:He explicitly said in his Dark Souls playthrough that he said that he wouldn't even be playing the game if he wasn't getting paid for it. He's admitted he doesn't like games and is only doing it for money. This is what I don't get. If this is just a poo poo-pay job for him, why doesn't he get an actual job that he'd probably hate less and would get work experience, benefits, etc. Tho I suppose if you yell at your games you don't get fired so that's probably why
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Jamesman posted:He explicitly said in his Dark Souls playthrough that he said that he wouldn't even be playing the game if he wasn't getting paid for it. He's admitted he doesn't like games and is only doing it for money. He also seems to think every other LPer is in it for the money as well. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAgksOpY2wA After having a hissy fit over Nintendo's whole ad claiming from last year, he decides to throw his Wii U into a trash bin. Genocyber posted:This is what I don't get. If this is just a poo poo-pay job for him, why doesn't he get an actual job that he'd probably hate less and would get work experience, benefits, etc. He complained that no one was hiring and refused to actually go look elsewhere for a job.
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ChaosArgate posted:He also seems to think every other LPer is in it for the money as well. Please - please - tell me that he throws away his loving system in this video. I'm going to be super sad if I have to sit through his annoying voice if there's not that payoff at the end.
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Roar posted:Please - please - tell me that he throws away his loving system in this video. I'm going to be super sad if I have to sit through his annoying voice if there's not that payoff at the end. I'm sorry, I found the wrong video. It was this one where he throws it in a trash bin.
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ChaosArgate posted:He complained that no one was hiring and refused to actually go look elsewhere for a job. He also claims to have a chronically bad back and couldn't do a real job. Just ignore the videos he uploads where he dances around and seems to display no discomfort with his back whatsoever. It's probably just a good day.
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I don't think he's really capable of getting/keeping a real job. Even if he doesn't like LPing, he earns enough money to live on from rolling out of bed in the morning and sitting on a sofa playing video games badly for hours. It requires basically no practical knowledge or teamwork or anything, and against all odds, the lack of communication skills and common sense appears to not hinder this in the same way it would anything else.
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I love how him talking over a game somehow makes everything in the video his but Chip and Slowbeef talking over his video is stealing.
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ChaosArgate posted:I'm sorry, I found the wrong video. It was this one where he throws it in a trash bin. That's okay. The first video was pretty interesting in its own right and thankfully didn't have too much of his terrible loving voice.
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Aurain posted:He also claims to have a chronically bad back and couldn't do a real job. Just ignore the videos he uploads where he dances around and seems to display no discomfort with his back whatsoever. It's probably just a good day. If he has chronic back pain, that could be the narcotics. In fact, judging by Rush Limbaugh, everything about DSP could be explained by a poo poo load of pain pills.
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kirbysuperstar posted:Back when the Duke Nukem Forever demo came out, I watched someone, who I now think might have been DSP play it, loving camcordering their PC to do so. A couple of people in the contents asked why he doesn't use FRAPS or whatever and the response from several of his fans was "fraps introduces lag". You know, my dad once told me that you need the "stimulus" of a laugh track to help you know when something in a sitcom is funny. He didn't notice the irony either.
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