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Slowbeef posted:Do custom thumbnails actually... do anything for anyone? I don't ever really regard them when I go to watch videos - I usually find what I'm looking for via search and the title. Like people have said, they're good for preventing spoilers within the video in a way. But I find them useful for some playlists/search results/personal pages for videos with longer titles or navigating my subscriptions. Sometimes the title is too long or doesn't fit on my screen ("Let's Play Metal Gear Rising: Revengeace Part 20 Section 2/3" for example), so the big fat number on the custom thumbnail telling me which part this is helps out. And they just really stand out more than text. I know it only takes a second to read it but there's just something about it that feels faster. Like the icon for your podcasts for example, that's immediately recognizable. EDIT: Jeez, talk about EFB. MooCowlian put in much better words than me. I think I'm lucky that no one I follow does the face thing and the one time they did, it was as a parody of dumb horror LPs. HGH fucked around with this message at 18:34 on Oct 10, 2013 |
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Speaking of Minecraft, I figured this was the best place to ask, but how the hell did the Yogcast ever get popular? I tried to watch some of their stuff because everyone can't stop singing their praises but it felt unbearably unfunny, obnoxious, or flat out boring. What exactly am I missing here?
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Mr DJB posted:I can't remember who exactly (it might be TotalBiscuit) but there's one YouTube person I know who ends their video with "If you enjoyed this video, please like and subscribe, if you felt it was lacking, please leave a comment telling me how I can improve." I find it amusing if it was TB that said that, considering he's part of a coalition of youtubers that have been boycotting Youtube comments for the past 3 months or so, calling the comment system cancerous and that it'll hurt earnings so on. Maybe I don't watch too many high profile people but I felt that the comment abuse that happened when Google+ was first introduced only lasted about 2 weeks or so and has significantly died down.
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Feb 9, 2014 17:08
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Lazyfire posted:If I remember correctly TotalBiscuit was getting so stressed by comments on his videos that his doctor told him to not read them. Maybe their all trying to improve their general health? Oh jeez, that puts things into perspective. I didn't think e-fame could do that kinda stuff but I guess not everyone can shrug dumb comments off too easily. slowbeef posted:He actually has a video explaining why. I don't know if comments have gotten better since then. That's where I got what I said in my previous comments from. No idea he had health issues though.
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Feb 9, 2014 17:30
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Turtlicious posted:Wow, I'm embarrassed to watch most LP's WITH headphones on, how loving shameless do you have to be to blast PewdiePie full volume?! I dunno what schools are like today, but maybe he really is popular with all the kids and the teens and the frat boys to the point they can have him on at full volume like you would music or other videos you'd share with friends? After all, he is public enemy number one. I mean, uh, number 1 on Youtube popularity. Although the above though is kinda sickening.
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Mar 25, 2014 23:02
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I recall following a Retsupurae thread somewhere else a long while ago, and everyone was pleasant and enjoyed the content. Then there was a video with PsychedelicEyeball or someone else with a similar accent and the negative comments and backlash were ridiculous, death threats included. It's crazy how people react the moment something foreign shows up.
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Apr 13, 2014 00:53
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ritcheyz posted:A while ago I remember a whole bunch of LP channels all played the Dead Space 3 demo on the same day, complete with reading the same bullet points from the back of the box. I despise most of GameGrumps content but I have to admit that their blatant sarcasm at everything they had to do was really entertaining when that happened. They were clearly taking the piss out of EA's "instructions". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yr0KUculTZA
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Apr 17, 2014 22:13
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TaurusOxford posted:Why would anyone watch a Sonic 2006 LP that isn't pokecapn's LP of it anyway? I hear this all the time and while yes, it is kinda entertaining just because of how bad the game is, the LP itself is... well, annoying and grating at times. Despite knowing the context behind it and them doing it all in one go. Maybe I'm just averse to all the yelling. I mean, I still watched it all the way through and enjoyed it, but at times it got really grating. When someone LPs an incredibly bad game, I think it works best with dry wit or the patented "person who is experienced and knowledgeable about the game with person/people who aren't" formula, because the latter's reaction is always pretty great.
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Apr 18, 2014 00:57
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Niggurath posted:So is the Game Grumps LP version of Sonic 2006 either of these things? HGH fucked around with this message at 01:54 on Apr 18, 2014 |
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Apr 18, 2014 01:50
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Jobbo_Fett posted:With all this DSP talk, I felt like this needed to be here I was wondering why the LP demon sounded so good/familiar. I don't think I've heard machinima actually being referred to as such since like...2006 or so. I remember when I first heard the term in a magazine and it was going on about how revolutionary it'll be for aspiring moviemakers. Yeah, sure...
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Apr 25, 2014 22:09
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So every now and then Two Best Friends play some really weird game for a one-off, like terrible hunting or Japanese games, but for some reason I feel compelled to post this because I really do wonder who the hell the developers were trying to appeal to. Is the "urban gangsta" crowd really much of a target audience?
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Apr 25, 2014 23:24
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I think it's amusingly ironic that the guy who made a video about how games teach players, and how modern developers make needlessly intricate tutorials cannot figure out how to play half of the games he plays because he completely ignores said tutorials. I think Danny is mostly average and can be amusing at times, he's at his best when he knows the game he's playing, but anything with Ross mostly devolves into absolute poo poo as everyone regresses to screaming children and making poo poo and penis jokes. And they they're just so funny too. The 10 minute format really makes it obvious how much of a cashgrab this. Most of the videos in some series are more or less not even content because what the hell are you gonna do in 10 minutes? Watch an intro? Maybe get past the main menu? Game Grumps has always been pretty bad but now it's just even worse. Trying to watch them just reminds me of DSP, especially with all the disgusting burping and farting on mic. HGH fucked around with this message at 10:15 on May 10, 2014 |
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May 10, 2014 10:09
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Danaru posted:
There's some boards with a surprising amount of them that aren't too bad. I actually wanted to recommend a pretty comprehensive (so far) ongoing Dragon Age:Origins one, except it has a tiny little problem... Whoever's running it has ridiculously huge images. They don't look bad, they're just have a crazy filesize.
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May 10, 2014 18:24
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an SSLP outside SA, that's something you don't see everyday. And it even looks pretty solid
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Forgall posted:They were always bad, but at least I haven't heard them making gross burps into the mic before... You've obviously not heard them enough then, they do it all the time.
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May 11, 2014 21:40
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So...I'm not sure if this is the place to talk about it, but Phil Fish is causing a stir again(apologies for using Gamespot) by complaining about how LP money/ad revenue should mostly go to the developers. This isn't much of anything new but it seems to have caused a big debacle. If I'm mentioning this in the wrong topic please direct me to a more appropriate one.
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Jun 19, 2014 18:40
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I believe what happened was that they announced a "Dickwolves" shirt in the middle of PAX and the crowd was a mix of cheers and booing or something. I never did understand how PAX became a thing anyway. It's pretty much shill city anyway.
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Aug 6, 2014 22:44
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I have a game designer friend who was a pretty adamant feminist activist online but she pretty much gave up on it because, to quote, she "didn't want to be represented by shits like Sarkseesian and Phil Fish" by association. She's pretty sour on the whole thing.
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Aug 27, 2014 02:03
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Apparently pewdiepie has closed his comments section "forever". I don't know what this is about and don't really care but I get the feeling something funny'll happen. HGH fucked around with this message at 14:01 on Aug 30, 2014 |
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Aug 30, 2014 13:58
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I didn't really wanna participate in this debate since I don't really know anything, but I've always appreciated group (3+ people) and crowd cams (think AGDQ) because I like seeing people's reactions to stuff, but not for facecams for just one person. I don't think I've ever seen a 2 person facecam though.
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Oct 5, 2014 21:00
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Rannos22 posted:I know nothing gets me in a frothing rage like someone constantly apologizing for saying stuff maybe three people on the planet would be offended by and constantly downplaying their own skills and abilities. Also people that are industrious and putting out videos all the time. I am constantly amazed at how terrified NorthernLion seems of his audience's reactions. I mean, they are Youtube comments but still.
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Nov 25, 2014 03:09
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CJacobs posted:-excerpt from A Day in the life of DarksydePhil, 2014 Late to the party but... I heard he retired? Read somewhere that he's finishing his current games then moving to Seattle for work or something? Honestly that's probably for the best.
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Dec 16, 2014 06:34
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Golden Goat posted:Why are people putting games they don't want to play on their paterons? Like half the time if the person hates the game the videos suck. Money.
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Mar 8, 2015 17:56
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I'm pretty sure everyone ran away from that sinking ship due to really awful contracts or something.
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Apr 7, 2015 09:04
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Speaking of Game Grumps, I think their Bloodborne playthrough is different enough from their usual stuff to be enjoyable since there's some competency involved. Also the game glitched out while they were trouncing the first boss and they got stuck in a wall till they died and I find that funny.
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Apr 10, 2015 12:19
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Remember when the "Yogcast" stole a couple dozen thousand dollars? Good ol' Kickstarter. EDIT: Oh wait it was actually half a million dollars, ha. HGH fucked around with this message at 11:33 on Apr 14, 2015 |
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Apr 14, 2015 11:30
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I dunno, I think "merde" is just French for poo poo and he says that often enough. I think there's also "putain" and "tabarnac" which aren't that uncommon from my experience. Well this sure is an awkward page topper. Uh, I sure can't wait to watch Kay Plays Bloodborne. Yeah, definitely.
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Apr 24, 2015 18:44
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You know, despite the fact that some of his videos have some loud yelling, I tend to find it silly and endearing as opposed to annoying? It's odd, I don't usually like that sort of stuff.
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May 13, 2015 20:11
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Youtube's doing a 10 year anniversary with a different letter of the alphabet featured every day. Apparently "L is for Let's Play". Also according to trends the top 10 most watched games on youtube are: quote:1- Minecraft
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May 14, 2015 12:57
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I dunno what you people are talking but I think we all know DSP is the best.
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May 18, 2015 11:59
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This is like youtube in a nutshell:quote:Amnesia: The Dark Descent (He played it because many of his fans were asking him for years to play it, but, upon discovering that Phil was not scared of the game, they stopped watching, and Phil stopped playing)
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May 19, 2015 08:58
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I never understood why the hell they made the autoplay button a permanent feature regardless of whether you're using a playlist or not. It started this month or maybe last one but it's such a baffling thing. Do people have that much time to waste sifting through random videos? I'm glad to be able to watch everything in a day at 2x speed if I'm lucky.
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May 21, 2015 08:03
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I still remember screenshots of a mod trying to ban a guy streaming MGS4 because of the "No movies allowed" rule. Also the Twitch mods keep citing Polygon as a source for some reason, practically shooting themselves in the foot.
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May 28, 2015 09:13
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How the hell do you end up with Polish nazis? That seems like an oxymoron.
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May 28, 2015 10:48
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Well, swastikas are just an altered Buddhist symbol, which sometimes causes real issues with some localized games.
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May 28, 2015 12:13
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inthesto posted:TB's one true crime was failing to finish Shining Force 3 I think he's still "boycotting" Sega over that to this day.
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Jun 10, 2015 18:15
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SirSamVimes posted:While I don't generally like Game Grumps, this is incredible. If you're gonna watch you'll probably need a high, high resistance to ADD people though.
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Jun 11, 2015 12:35
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I dunno if this is the right place to ask, but is there any way to find out if a video was linked somewhere? Sometimes one particular part of a series has a disproportionately larger amount of views and I'm interested in that sort of stuff.
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Jun 18, 2015 11:50
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Sweet, thanks! I was looking at the wrong part of the statistics page like an idiot.
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Jun 18, 2015 12:06
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DSP got DDOS'd and swatted(again?). Oh jeez you can hear it all happen. quote:Cop 1: That's some gamer poo poo. HGH fucked around with this message at 08:45 on Jun 25, 2015 |
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And in a lot of cases the pranker is a teen who knows they can get away with it.
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