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Jibo posted:AGDQ is trying to put me to sleep this year. Sonic Heroes, surprisingly. It's got some nuts glitches and the guy is super informative every step of the way.
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Dominic White posted:Yeah. It seems that almost every bit of endearing silliness (costumes, goofing off, plushies cycled on a regular basis, the sassy monitor) has been replaced with dead air or awkwardly read Messages From Our Sponsors. Like I said, it seems they chose the wrong areas to try and be professional in.
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Jibo posted:AGDQ is trying to put me to sleep this year. Kinda boring this year
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how do i donate for werster and black pepole on couch
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I liked it better when you could see the whole room cheering and clapping and whatnot behind the runner. I think part of the reason it seems more professional or less hype is because there are less people behind the runner.
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Jan 5, 2015 20:47
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Dominic White posted:I don't think I've heard that Turtle Beach one read once without the commentator tripping over themselves. It's horribly written, admittedly. What is even Turtle Beach? The message is just a string of buzzwords with literally no meaning 
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Jan 5, 2015 20:47
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One race into F-Zero X and he's already gone spiraling off into space. RIP staff ghosts.
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They did say they wanted to make agdq more serious and have sgdq be wacky fun times.
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Too many sponsors are turning the previously silly, fun ride into esports . Maybe for SGDQ they should, you know, play for fun :/
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Jan 5, 2015 20:49
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Your Computer posted:What is even Turtle Beach? The message is just a string of buzzwords with literally no meaning They make XTREME GAMING HEADPHONES. So yeah, they sell buzzwords by the pound.
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RyokoTK posted:What they really need to do is have more E-SPORTS commentary like they did with Super Metroid last year. You don't even need that, you just need to plan for someone to talk about the run even if it's not the runner. You could have a rotating team of moderators talking with people who run the game when the runner doesn't want to talk. But really, the solution is to just work to avoid dead air and let the runner decide how they want to handle it. GDQ is a big complicated event and every year brings a different set of challenges. They fix things and then the next time there's new problems, sometimes caused by the solutions. This year they seem to have reacted to a lot of the bad behavior by clamping down hard at the cost of the energy and spontaneity. theultimo posted:Too many sponsors are turning the previously silly, fun ride into esports . Maybe for SGDQ they should, you know, play for fun :/ That's not going to happen. If there's one thing that's certain, it's that playing games fast is serious business.
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theultimo posted:Too many sponsors are turning the previously silly, fun ride into esports . Maybe for SGDQ they should, you know, play for fun :/ Paging DoctorWhat.
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Garfu posted:I liked it better when you could see the whole room cheering and clapping and whatnot behind the runner. I think part of the reason it seems more professional or less hype is because there are less people behind the runner. I'm sure the idea was to try and give the feel of past years where it really was an intimate event literally taking place in a single room. But it's just failing because the people sitting in the back are just watching instead of being a sort of extended couch. Hell even the couch is silent of useless in like half of these runs. Wadjamaloo posted:They did say they wanted to make agdq more serious and have sgdq be wacky fun times. gently caress that noise. None of this is serious.
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You don't even need to be a speedrunner to go flying off the track in F-Zero X. Game gets so insanely fast some tracks almost can't handle it, it's the best. Also I'm glad to see my teenage top choice of Blood Falcon being validated.
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Exploding across the finish line is the way to go.
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Crain posted:gently caress that noise. None of this is serious. I don't know man, last AGDQ raised a million loving dollars. It's not a small-time fundraiser anymore. I think they're sort of obligated to reach a certain level of decorum and professionalism if they want to keep handling that kind of cash.
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Jan 5, 2015 20:54
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"Save the animals, kill the F-Zero racers"
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I know the graphics are pretty simplistic but I think F-Zero X is a great example of how great games can look at 60 fps.
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Jan 5, 2015 20:55
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The professionalism is not why these F-Zero runs are boring, hth
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Hakkesshu posted:You don't even need to be a speedrunner to go flying off the track in F-Zero X. Game gets so insanely fast some tracks almost can't handle it, it's the best. It's not about the flying, it's about the landing.  There's PJ later tonight, calm your horses and watch Double Dragon and Battleblocks. Also holy poo poo a massive block of PC shooters. Last year we got some fun stuff out of those.
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This run is really good so far, the kind of stuff I usually expect from F-Zero games. Informative and cool.
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homphgomph posted:I know the graphics are pretty simplistic but I think F-Zero X is a great example of how great games can look at 60 fps. Yeah, I always respected that game for just saying gently caress it and going for the most important thing. I forgot you spend health to boost. The Dark Souls of racing games.
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"Last year, CGN donated for me to do a very difficult trick..." CGN's just teasing him with the fact that he's the greatest F-Zero player on the planet, isn't he
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ImPureAwesome posted:I liked sonic heroes
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Voted Worst Mom posted:The professionalism is not why these F-Zero runs are boring, hth There is nothing boring about the current F-Zero run.
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I love how some tracks in the 3D F-Zeros are run on the principle of "gently caress your track I can FLY".
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Garfu posted:I liked it better when you could see the whole room cheering and clapping and whatnot behind the runner. I think part of the reason it seems more professional or less hype is because there are less people behind the runner. Some portion of the layout used for a webcam of the audience would be great (with alternate layouts that don't include that when the room is pretty empty of course). I understand why the couch area is set up as it is, but some acknowledgement of the crowd beyond the applause leaking in would be nice. Edit: I don't want to sound harsh on the layout though because it is already a massive improvement from years past. Separately, wasn't there some music during setup times at SGDQ? I know that might get VODs muted but it would be nice to have something besides dead silence; this is also when a low volume feed of room noise would help the feel of the stream.
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RyokoTK posted:I don't know man, last AGDQ raised a million loving dollars. It's not a small-time fundraiser anymore. I think they're sort of obligated to reach a certain level of decorum and professionalism if they want to keep handling that kind of cash. The planning and set up needs to be professionally done, the content needs to be entertaining though. I agree that they've reached the point where the event cannot be run in the same informal fashion it has traditionally be run in. The problem is they've chosen the wrong areas to try and force that professionalism on. This isn't a 7th grade talent show where everything needs to be rigidly structured and controlled to avoid someone making GBS threads their pants or biting someone (all jokes about autists aside). Most of these people have proven that they can be fun, funny, and engaging. Trying to lock what they can do just ruins the entertainment value, which ruins your potential revenue. parasyte posted:Separately, wasn't there some music during setup times at SGDQ? I know that might get VODs muted but it would be nice to have something besides dead silence; this is also when a low volume feed of room noise would help the feel of the stream. Yeah, there is far too much dead air. The current structure actually feels less competent than past years. Crain fucked around with this message at 21:06 on Jan 5, 2015 |
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RyokoTK posted:I don't know man, last AGDQ raised a million loving dollars. It's not a small-time fundraiser anymore. I think they're sort of obligated to reach a certain level of decorum and professionalism if they want to keep handling that kind of cash. What if the fun spontaneity is what helped it raise so much money?
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Man, the contrast between the music and the donation readouts are almost worse now than during Banjo Kazooie. "Lost my mom to cancer this week" *sickrad guitar riff*
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Dominic White posted:Yeah. It seems that almost every bit of endearing silliness (costumes, goofing off, plushies cycled on a regular basis, the sassy monitor) has been replaced with dead air or awkwardly read Messages From Our Sponsors. i know it's a common thing every year where someone goes 'this seems less hype than before' but it really does feel more clinical this time around. if there's good points it's always in spite of the poo poo surrounding it and for the most part it's been carried by entertaining people occasionally more than anything else
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evilalien posted:There is nothing boring about the current F-Zero run. *does the same trick in every track 3 times in a row*
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Geight posted:What if the fun spontaneity is what helped it raise so much money? I know some of my favorite bits are the awful block, I'm hoping they haven't killed the off-color feel. I mean, we had people donating to stop playing a game, I don't see that with the xtreeme gaming oatmeal feel to the feed.
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Voted Worst Mom posted:*does the same trick in every track 3 times in a row* The current run is fine. But it's suffering from the format they seem to be using this year.
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Hakkesshu posted:F-Zero X is the coolest loving game I've spent this entire run looking at the screen a little terrified. Poor physics. Your Computer posted:Man, the contrast between the music and the donation readouts are almost worse now than during Banjo Kazooie. Careful, you're going to get called A Bad Person soon!
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The problem with the F-Zero block is mostly being time attack runs. The one everyone remembers fondly was GX story mode, which is stupid hard and has objectives other than "be fast".Agent Kool-Aid posted:i know it's a common thing every year where someone goes 'this seems less hype than before' but it really does feel more clinical this time around. if there's good points it's always in spite of the poo poo surrounding it and for the most part it's been carried by entertaining people occasionally more than anything else It feels the same it's always felt - there are good runs, bad runs, boring people and exciting people. We just got some kinda boring people front-loaded.
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Synastren posted:Careful, you're going to get called A Bad Person soon! Quick time to go on a tangent about how the donation stories are fake again!
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Voted Worst Mom posted:*does the same trick in every track 3 times in a row* To be fair, "the same trick" is loving flying in a game that's known to mark you dead if you try to shortcut.
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