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Laurie is great so that's a shame. "That is a picture of a dog"
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Yeah that's not unusual at all. I worked for a startup that was back by basically a German VC; my company acquired another company (part of what we were founded to do), and less than 10 months after my company started, the VC decided they weren't thrilled with the ROI and shut down both companies. It's really lovely but when you have that much money, a couple million is a drop in the bucket.
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wyoak posted:Yeah they're writing Laurie out, but even in the real world that kind of loss isn't going to be a major concern for a VC firm. Oh no! Not Laurie! How will the show move on with out the comedy juggernaut that was a terrible attempt at keeping a Peter Gregory type character on the show?!
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bull3964 posted:I loved how quickly Erlich forgave Richard. I ALMOST believed the seriousness of his claims. I don't know how sunny things will be between them. I imagine a major plot point next season will be Erlich trying to seriously lowball Richard's shares.
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Jun 27, 2016 21:31
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Solice Kirsk posted:Oh no! Not Laurie! How will the show move on with out the comedy juggernaut that was a terrible attempt at keeping a Peter Gregory type character on the show?!
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gret posted:Agreed. I think I posted a while back about how their best play was probably applying their compression technology to video and licensing it. It feels like they're going in circles at this point. It would have been more interesting to see the company grow (and deal with those struggles), instead of hitting the reset button at the end of every season.
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Jun 27, 2016 21:39
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S2 video stuff was about showcasing how awesome their compression system could be applied to anything, and video was just the logical choice, not the focus. Richard just has a huge hard on for file compression and until now no one has really sat down and realized that there's much more applicable areas. Still is the logical choice, especially if the client end can apparently be implemented in Javascript given how no one was downloading anything to watch the dude in the bird enclosure.
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GobiasIndustries posted:Yeah that's not unusual at all. I worked for a startup that was back by basically a German VC; my company acquired another company (part of what we were founded to do), and less than 10 months after my company started, the VC decided they weren't thrilled with the ROI and shut down both companies. It's really lovely but when you have that much money, a couple million is a drop in the bucket. Another startup burned by Radio On the Internet..
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Toplowtech posted:Netflix wouldn't be the only one interested. The amount of money Amazon would pay to have that on twitch to kill their rivals streaming concurrents would be something. Licensing that poo poo to Hulu, Youtube and everything that provide video would represent billions of dollars.
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It's kind of a reset button, but I'll take the happy ending.  Edit: Big Head is back on the website. 
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Mortanis posted:Richard just has a huge hard on for file compression You mean for tabs, right?
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Thank god Laurie is gone. Worst part of the show
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Jun 27, 2016 23:14
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Say what you will about Lauri but "Oh for fucks sake do I need to get the secretary in here???" was great. "So, Monica, should we give this a shot?"
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Laurie had a few moments. I liked that she assumed everyone else was privy to the buyer being Bachmanity. Other than that, I don't care if she's gone. Her schtick is pretty played out and it's time to move on. I really want Russ back. He wanted to buy shares so I hope he pumps some more money into it.
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Echo Chamber posted:
And Monica has been removed from the Raviga website.
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So they hit the reset button which implies there is at least two more seasons left. Lame writing but good news for fans
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I liked how Erlich was able to use his standard shenanigans, which usually end up putting him in a worse spot than where he'd started, to do something amazing. I mean, just by doing a bunch of seemingly random stuff, he was able to manipulate the big players in the money game to the point that he got a parlay with some folks who were ready to fork over millions of bucks. And Richard's standard shtick got the offer raised before he grew a conscious. It was nice to see Erlich use his... powers? ... for the forces of good for a change. Edit: it reminds me of his pescepescetarian bit at the big dinner. He requested it just to "cause a scene," and he didn't even have to show up for it to work: the moment his plate was replaced with a special setup, people asked what was going on, and when the wait staff explained, other diners were insisting on having a pescepescetarian meal before the poor waiter had even finished explaining what it was. tarlibone fucked around with this message at 01:07 on Jun 28, 2016 |
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Cojawfee posted:Laurie had a few moments. I liked that she assumed everyone else was privy to the buyer being Bachmanity. Other than that, I don't care if she's gone. Her schtick is pretty played out and it's time to move on. I really want Russ back. He wanted to buy shares so I hope he pumps some more money into it.
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I still wouldn't really call this a reset. Up until this point, VCs have been a huge influence on the plot and that has ended. They completely and utterly poisoned the VC well with the clickfarm stunt. They are alone really for the first time. They are also completely broke. The are going to be struggling to keep those AWS instances running to keep the video chat going. I mean, up until this point the plan was the ride VC funding until they had a viable product to sell. They can't do that anymore, there is no funding and there won't be any. So, not only did they pivot to video chat, they are going to have to figure out a way to monetize it quickly that doesn't involve investment.
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priznat posted:Laurie is great so that's a shame. "You know Jack, of course." "That is correct. "
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bull3964 posted:I still wouldn't really call this a reset. Up until this point, VCs have been a huge influence on the plot and that has ended. They completely and utterly poisoned the VC well with the clickfarm stunt. They are alone really for the first time. They are also completely broke. The are going to be struggling to keep those AWS instances running to keep the video chat going. To be fair the video chat is apparently working really well, the only concern is server space. There's got to be someone willing to license it that would pony up the cash up front to cover server space.
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seaborgium posted:To be fair the video chat is apparently working really well, the only concern is server space. There's got to be someone willing to license it that would pony up the cash up front to cover server space.
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bull3964 posted:I still wouldn't really call this a reset. Up until this point, VCs have been a huge influence on the plot and that has ended. They completely and utterly poisoned the VC well with the clickfarm stunt. They are alone really for the first time. They are also completely broke. The are going to be struggling to keep those AWS instances running to keep the video chat going. It's a 90% reset, the remaining 10% because they have a more feasible/developed product than when they first engaged VCs. I still find it hard to imagine VC not being interested in their product if they shift to streaming video chat etc., especially if they do change the name from Pied Piper. If the show pivots to them doing a ground up "hey look at this chat program that is taking off like crazy without any VC help" then that is as if the show restarted from the first few episodes and went a different direction.
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Are they not going to rename Pied Piper to Big Head? I thought that's what was happening. I like that we'll probably see Big Heads dad next season.
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Mustache Ride posted:Are they not going to rename Pied Piper to Big Head? I thought that's what was happening. Lossless streaming cgi of James Gandolfini ed: on another actor's face through mustache technology
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priznat posted:Jared's line asking if board meetings were always this interesting killed me For me it was Big Head ignoring his dad presumably hours after they were supposed to meet. "Oh gently caress it's my dad again. He's gotta be so pissed!"
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Jesus put this show out of its misery already HBO
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Professor Shark posted:Jesus put FTFY
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Professor Shark posted:Jesus put this show out of its misery already HBO Most TVs have a button where you can turn a show off if you hate it. Contact the manufacturer to check if your model has this kind of functionality.
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I at least want this show to last long enough for Erlich to turn into Gavin and Richard to turn into that guy from season 1 who died irl.
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Uber taking the Silicon Valley opening credits a little too literally: Uber Is Launching 'Uber for Hot Air Balloons'.
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SVIGBY and I know it's a sitcom so plot items based off of miscommunication are a big part of it, but Monica really seems like a person who would read the sales paperwork before voting. GigaPeon fucked around with this message at 16:09 on Jun 28, 2016 |
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InfiniteZero posted:Most TVs have a button where you can turn a show off if you hate it. Contact the manufacturer to check if your model has this kind of functionality. I won't be tuning in next season, this show is a mess
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Professor Shark posted:I won't be tuning in next season, this show is a mess It is, but it's a funny mess. It's definitely not as tightly written or as clever as most fans think it is though. I don't know how I feel about them hitting the reset button on everything. More Big Head and more Monica could either be truly terrible or truly great. The bad part is this definitely means a Monica/Richard love story is going to be shoved down our throats.
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Professor Shark posted:I won't be tuning in next season, this show is a mess I'm sure we'll all miss you, guy who posted in this thread five times.
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Cojawfee posted:I'm sure we'll all miss you, guy who posted in this thread five times. He's off rollerblading away in a huff
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I will have to admit that I didn't see the Erlich bitching out Richard, and then cutting straight to Always Blue so fast. That part killed me. I'm so ready for BigHeadChat
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Solice Kirsk posted:The bad part is this definitely means a Monica/Richard love story is going to be shoved down our throats. They said a whIle ago that this was the intention in season 1 until they realized how contrived it was. Richard's really awkward date invitation at the end of season one was meant as a permenant death knell for it. I actually really like that the show hasn't bothered with the cutesy, someone-for-everyone love stories that every other sitcom seems to go for. I think (hope) they stick to that and Monica's shift is just a reply to the common complaint that the show doesn't give her enough to do.
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priznat posted:He's off rollerblading away in a huff He's trying to. I'm just trying not to laugh out loud as he clumsily stumbles about in an effort to rollerblade in a visibly angry way whilst in an office with a non-rollerblade-compliant door.
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