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anilEhilated posted:Onry if you commentate with a hollibry offensive Japanese accent. I misread this as "Hillbilly Japanese accent" Do that instead.
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Leal posted:I misread this as "Hillbilly Japanese accent" Do it while role-playing as one of the following: Ken-Sama posted:Gomenasai, my name is Ken-Sama. "Kenichi Smith' posted:Howdy /a/, my name is Kenichi Smith.
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Apr 14, 2015 20:27
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I think I've got this pretty solid by now but any last minute feedback would be appreciated. A Tale of Arkham Origins: It Was The Best Of Batman, It Was The Worst Of Batman Alternate thread title: The Arkham Horror  The Batman Arkham game series is a good series for good people. Rocksteady Studios managed to do something even Superman couldn't do: make a satisfying superhero game that's actually faithful to the hero in question, and it's still a very good gaming experience. Arkham Asylum in 2009 and Arkham City in 2011 garnered multiple Game of the Year awards for very good reasons. Arkham Origins is neither of those games. Batman: Arkham Origins is the 2013 prequel for Arkham Asylum and Arkham City. Developed by Warner Brothers Games Montreal, many things changed and many things stayed the same but a little worse. Don't let me throw you off too much, Arkham Origins is solidly okay. But it's not up to the standard set by Asylum and City. Most of the additions to the game are well done, but the base framework is unpolished. There's quite a few baffling bugs that sometimes throw the playability into question, such as sinking into the ground in the middle of a combat challenge map. And there's also 3v3v2 multiplayer for reasons, which I won't be doing anything with. I won't be getting 100% because this game doesn't really deserve it. I will be doing all of the side missions, including the Riddler challenges (yeah he's back). I will try to complete the Dark Knight Challenge System but I make no promises. I will be doing all of the challenge maps, probably a good mix with different characters. I'll also be doing the DLC, Cold Cold Heart.  SpoilersArkham Asylum and City are behind me, so go for it. Please don't talk about stuff in Origins before it happens (you know what I'm talking about), and don't spoil anything on Arkham Knight. It'll be coming out in June and I probably won't done with this by then. Videos  A (Prison) Break/Polsy
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Apr 14, 2015 21:18
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Seems pretty solid, look forward to the thread!
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Apr 15, 2015 00:58
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I got a stupid question. Didn't there used to be a thread for short/mini-LPs? I've found a relatively simplistic WW2 Tank Commander Roguelike I've discovered that I want to show off so more people know about it, but I don't really think it warrants its own LP thread (since I'd only play one or two lives at most). I swear there used to be a thread for this sort of thing, but I couldn't find it via the search or just scrolling back a few pages (but I don't remember the name so I probably missed it).
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Apr 16, 2015 05:35
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You could always throw it in the 2007 thread. They don't have to be bad to belong there. The point is to just make more casual, laid back, and/or smaller LPs.
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Apr 16, 2015 05:48
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Galaga Galaxian posted:I got a stupid question. Didn't there used to be a thread for short/mini-LPs? Short Game Theater was a thing to help people who had the mistaken impression that games had to be a certain length to warrant their own thread. They don't. There've been plenty of (completed) threads that were 3 pages long and had like 5 updates. That said, there's nothing stopping you from starting a short game thread up again yourself if you want to rally some people to do a bunch of short games. It was certainly fun enough last time. 
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Apr 16, 2015 05:55
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Leal posted:I misread this as "Hillbilly Japanese accent" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKthbnNacCw
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Apr 16, 2015 23:23
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So I guess there's not much of a point of doing a test post for this, but... well, the game I'm LPing, Lunar Walking School, is pretty boring and I've kind of wanted to make it a little more interesting and I'm not sure if it works or is obnoxious. So. OP Update And uh... I didn't really noticed it until I saw it on the forum, but the portraits are way too small, aren't they? 64x80 does seem to be on the big side, though. Hm. And the screenshots are probably too small. x4 is way too big but x3 might be okay?
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Apr 17, 2015 15:36
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Both the portrait and screenshot sizes look acceptable to me. 3x would be okay too but even the 2x screenshots are very legible.
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Apr 17, 2015 15:56
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Same here, both portraits and screenshots look OK as they are.
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Apr 17, 2015 18:10
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So, anyone who streams... (cross-posting from the stream thread) So, heads-up with Twitch - It looks like they've quietly changed things on VODS - looking at my recent VODs (example) it looks like they're only silencing the certain songs in question as opposed to the entire half hour block. That's something, I guess.
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Apr 17, 2015 22:09
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so i put up a thread for heavy metal book two http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3714128 and i forgot to change the thread tag. so it says poo poo POST, can i change that or is it stuck forever
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Apr 17, 2015 23:47
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corn in the bible posted:so i put up a thread for heavy metal book two http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3714128 and i forgot to change the thread tag. so it says poo poo POST, can i change that or is it stuck forever You can't, but I can! What tag do you want?
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Apr 17, 2015 23:49
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I guess Sci-Fi, like the first one, that'd be awesome. Thanks, dude!
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Apr 17, 2015 23:52
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Sci-Fi it is.
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Apr 17, 2015 23:54
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Right on, dude, thanks!
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Apr 17, 2015 23:55
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Right, so I'm basically pretty new to this whole LP thing, been watching some gaming channels for a few years, but never have done my own, and so a few weeks ago I figure gently caress it why not and thought I'd record a few things. Some of it is stuff that everyone is doing, but I want to do some old jrpgs, and as I found my old copy of Lunar 2 in a box a while back, thought I'd start with that one. I started it a few weeks ago, but I've been a bit hesitant to post in here because being new to this, I'm not especially certain of the quality of what I'm doing and such, and I'm bad at games and also threads. Also there's already a Lunar 2 thread going it seems, though it's screenshot. So a few questions. Should I post this thread? If so, do I need an especially witty title? How bad at this am I? And are there any glaring technical problems or issues with my commentary that I don't sort out after the first couple of episodes? And anything else I'm forgetting. [Note: I know there are some volume issues in the first two episodes on the cutscenes, and also just generally, but I think I got that sorted]  What is this game? Lunar 2- Eternal Blue. It's an old jrpg, and a really jrpgy one at that. Swords and magic and I think maybe dragons and all that stuff. Also lots and lots of anime, which was still a novel thing to cram a game full of at the time. What to expect? Iunno, it's a 20 year old game, so expect that. I haven't played this game in over a decade, so I don't remember much aside from that it was a pretty good game. I'll be uploading two or three installments a week, so expect that as well. And I won't be following any sorts of guides, so if I miss some sort of cool secret, feel free to point that out, otherwise I won't know. Though keep in mind I record these mostly on the weekends ahead of the week they'll be posted, so I have no idea if I'll be able to go back and do whatever thing anyone points out. Click below for videos      
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Apr 19, 2015 22:36
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people may get on your case for doing a video lp of a jrpg, but if that's what you want to do you should just ignore them and do it i'm can't watch 6 videos right now (or any), but my general advice would be to edit down a lot of the fluff - random encounters and the like. unless you're super charismatic it'll probably get boring.
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Apr 19, 2015 22:39
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Cake Attack posted:people may get on your case for doing a video lp of a jrpg, but if that's what you want to do you should just ignore them and do it Ah, see that's the kind of input I need. Didn't know not doing videos of jprgs was a thing. I mean, I'll be doing it anyway as I've already got eight videos uploaded, but if it's the sort of thing that doesn't really fit well here, I may just leave things be and just tick along without a thread (or viewers lol). And as I don't think I'm especially charismatic, yeah, there's some cutting on the bits where it's just encounters, though I could probably stand to do a bit more than I have been.
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Apr 19, 2015 22:49
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Eight videos uploaded already makes it a dump, I would expect - highly frowned upon if the mods are in a good mood. When you're ready to start something new, come back and test it out here for feedback you can actually put into practice right away. In general, if you're not willing to throw away everything you've done already and redo it if a great idea leads you to believe that's the best way to proceed, you've done too much for a test post.
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Apr 19, 2015 23:03
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ReidRansom posted:Ah, see that's the kind of input I need. Didn't know not doing videos of jprgs was a thing. I mean, I'll be doing it anyway as I've already got eight videos uploaded, but if it's the sort of thing that doesn't really fit well here, I may just leave things be and just tick along without a thread (or viewers lol). The only other bit of advice was pretty much what Cake Attack said and that you should edit out any repetitive fights. Take for instance near the end of the second video, you had almost three exact fights with five slimes and it wasn't the most exciting thing to watch (especially since you just let the game go into AI mode and that's brainless as gently caress). You easily could have just shown the initial fight, and just edited out the other two fights shaving about four minutes or more off the video. I mean leave in fights that are interesting or new, or maybe show off new abilities but it's easy enough to put in a fade to just skip the fight. Otherwise I think my one last point would be, if you are going to make a thread, just don't use those image banners. It seems like a massive waste of space to have the same image over and over again with just a number difference, you can easily save space and not make your OP huge with repeating images if you just went with links rather than the banners.
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Apr 19, 2015 23:15
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oh yeah and use a header image that doesn't break tables, lol
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Apr 19, 2015 23:17
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Seriously if people don't like it they just won't read your thread, and then you can stop doing it if you want. Who cares, go for it
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Niggurath posted:Otherwise I think my one last point would be, if you are going to make a thread, just don't use those image banners. It seems like a massive waste of space to have the same image over and over again with just a number difference, you can easily save space and not make your OP huge with repeating images if you just went with links rather than the banners. Yeah, links and meaningful titles (so people can find a particular episode if they want) would be a good way to go. You might want to start with less initial videos, too - six is quite a few to drop. Maybe keep a backlog so you can release a video a day if you want. I really enjoyed this game back in the day, and I think a video LP is actually a good way to show it off (as it's got a lot of charm in the audio and animations). Kloro fucked around with this message at 23:39 on Apr 19, 2015 |
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Apr 19, 2015 23:36
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All excellent advice. Smaller header (I'm never sure what breaks tables these days), get rid of the thumbnails in favor of links, add descriptive titles, and be more aggressive on trimming out repetitive fights. I can do all that. Just kind of still don't know where we stand on whether it's a dump or not. I've got eight recorded, but only six are live at the moment, and though I can't remember how long this game is, I'd imagine it could go at least 40 episodes even with heavy trimming. Kloro posted:I really enjoyed this game back in the day, and I think a video LP is actually a good way to show it off (as it's got a lot of charm in the audio and animations). Same. It's been a long time since I last played it, such that I don't remember much about it, but I recall really liking it. And Silver Star of course.
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I suppose the best way to avoid being called a dump would be to just start your thread with one video and then start posting the backlog you already uploaded onto youtube at the scheduled pace you have planned. Trimming fights shouldn't be that difficult. You can most likely only have the shown fight be against new enemy types for the first time and if you have new moves you want to show off. If the boss fights start taking a long time which they can in JRPGS. then just start editing the boss fight to show the highlights. At least that's the way I would work it. The only thing left then would be to find a way to convey level ups. That might be doable via a ticker at the bottom of the screen like you see on most news channels. But that's up to you. Don't really worry about it if people don't post to your thread to often, it's just a thing that happens sometimes. As long as you are getting what you believe to be acceptable view counts then you should be fine. Doseku fucked around with this message at 00:33 on Apr 20, 2015 |
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Apr 20, 2015 00:30
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8 videos of a JRPG is barely baby steps into the beginning of the game, especially if they're not severely edited for time. There's no reason why you have to post all the videos you've got uploaded in one go. You should feel free to space out actually posting the videos in the thread, so that people have time to talk about them in between.
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Apr 20, 2015 01:03
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splice all the videos together
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Apr 20, 2015 01:13
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Lol far too late for that, but even though they're already up on youtube, I suppose I can just post them in thread at an accelerated rate until it catches up. Just a few posts, really. Right, well, I'll start cooking it up then.
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ReidRansom posted:Ah, see that's the kind of input I need. Didn't know not doing videos of jprgs was a thing. I mean, I'll be doing it anyway as I've already got eight videos uploaded, but if it's the sort of thing that doesn't really fit well here, I may just leave things be and just tick along without a thread (or viewers lol). Don't worry about that. There's currently a thread doing video LPs of the Final Fantasy series and people are happily enjoying it.
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FillInTheBlank posted:Don't worry about that. There's currently a thread doing video LPs of the Final Fantasy series and people are happily enjoying it. Cool cool. Well, I've posted a thread, in any case. So, if it's your sort of thing, please enjoy!
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Apr 20, 2015 02:56
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I posted about a survey that someone made on Reddit about the let's play subculture some time ago (in the old Sandcastle, if I recall), and the person has posted the results and their study on the data. I just stumbled upon it now and haven't had a chance to look at it, but this might be interesting so I decided to share here.
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FillInTheBlank posted:Don't worry about that. There's currently a thread doing video LPs of the Final Fantasy series and people are happily enjoying it. Yeah, it's my opinion that there are really only two ways to do a jrpg in interesting ways via video: 1. You're an expert and break the game over your knee soundly from the start, or 2. You're semi-blind and talking through your thought processes and what the game seems to expect you to figure out, etc. The latter is how the two dudes doing the Final Fantasy series are doing it, and it's very entertaining. I'd almost definitely enjoy a series of FF videos taking every single opportunity to tear the CPU a new one. Pretty much any other approach sounds dull to me, video wise, and is probably why most people rely on screen shot LPs for RPGs.
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Eh, there are good video JRPG LPs that aren't expert gimmick runs or semi-blind blunders. Youtube LPer Chuggaaconroy has an incredibly good video LP of Xenoblade finishing up right now, which he spent like a year planning. He doesn't gimmick it or break it, but he does show all possible outcomes to sidequests, and even has little sidebars he edits in to show where to get items for quests and such. He's also had a few years under his belt doing solo LPs to practice being engaging and such, granted. I don't think a huge JRPG video LP is necessarily a good first project. (Of course, if Chugga had posted one of his videos here, he'd get a  real quicklike, since he does things like reading text in funny voices, which is admittedly kind of cringeworthy. I kind of find him as a nice grounding counterexample to why SA's tastes and LP culture aren't always "the authority" on LPs)
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Jsor posted:Eh, there are good video JRPG LPs that aren't expert gimmick runs or semi-blind blunders. Youtube LPer Chuggaaconroy has an incredibly good video LP of Xenoblade finishing up right now, which he spent like a year planning. He doesn't gimmick it or break it, but he does show all possible outcomes to sidequests, and even has little sidebars he edits in to show where to get items for quests and such. He's also had a few years under his belt doing solo LPs to practice being engaging and such, granted. I don't think a huge JRPG video LP is necessarily a good first project.
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Apr 20, 2015 05:42
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As a person wrapping up a VLP of a JRPG, I can say another case for doing it is if the game in question has a lot of things that really should be seen in motion for the full effect. Mario and Luigi has many detailed animations and its battle system is something that is better seen in action than explained with screenshots, so it's more of a case-by-case thing the more recent the game in question was released. Action JRPGs lend themselves really well to video particularly and games like Xenoblade are soundly in that category.
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do jrpgs like me where you edit out so much of the gameplay every video is 30 minutes of cutscenes
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Dryzen posted:do jrpgs like me where you edit out so much of the gameplay every video is 30 minutes of cutscenes and talk over every cutscene because holy poo poo the story in 100% of jrpgs is worse than spanish soap operas, also just don't do LPs of jrpgs so the genre can just die forever thx
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I810BUX posted:and talk over every cutscene because holy poo poo the story in 100% of jrpgs is worse than spanish soap operas, also just don't do LPs of jrpgs so the genre can just die forever thx gently caress off troll this is not okay
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