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Hi, there. I'm Tyler. You might know me from my webcomic, Shitfest, or you might know me from Sam K's LP's. Or possibly from Bob's stream of Until Dawn. I've had a lot of fun in the past doing LP's with friends and watching other people do LP's, and I've wanted to try my own hand at it for a while. But I also have social anxiety and can be very self-conscious if I'm around people I don't know well, or if I'm put into a situation where a lot of attention is placed specifically on me. I'm using this as an excuse to try to help improve my self-esteem and my abilities to cope with anxiety. I've never played any of the Earthbound games before, despite having heard nothing but good things for the longest time, and I like basically everything I've learned about them over the years. I heard that they're all very charming, easy-going games, so I thought one of them might make for a nice, chill first solo LP. And I figured there's no better place to start than with the very first game. Also, I'm running this on the only computer I own, which is a $300 Acer laptop, so I'm barely able to squeak by with 480p video, but if you have any tips on how to improve settings or anything like that for a low-end computer, I'm all ears. Or if you have any advice about anything at all, really. This whole thing is meant to be a learning experience for me on basically every level. Anyway, apologies for the big rambling post. I hope you enjoy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7GUYf3bCxk
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Feb 15, 2016 03:39
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There'a few problems with this, the first being that Mother 1 doesn't have anywhere near the charm of Earthbound or Mother 3. It was pretty much a tedious prototype for the later games and has a lot of really, really poorly planned out sections later on. So doing a blind, solo VLP of it might not be the best choice for your first venture. Secondly it seemed like you got more and more quiet as the video went on, or maybe you were just having less and less to say? Which I can understand because there's no a lot going on in the game and it didn't seem like you have much in the way of jokes or learning about the game play aspects of the game. Now what I find that helps, especially for your first time, is to find a game you know about and are interested in, and show that off. Do you have anything like that? Or maybe finding a better title where curiosity and blind exploration are better rewarded? Like it's probably a bit cliche, but something like Pony Island would be a fun game to go into completely blind and see how you play off of it. I mean this is all opinion really and others might tell you differently, but this first video and my knowledge of Mother 1 makes me think this particular game choice might not be the best to start with.
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Feb 15, 2016 05:27
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You should turn the game audio down next time you record; it's kinda hard to hear your voice.
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Feb 15, 2016 08:42
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You're alternating between mumbling inaudibly under your breath and chuckling to yourself while the active area of the screen is 1/4th of the youtube display, which is already like 1/4th of my screen. I'd have to expend actual effort to be able to sit and pay attention to what is happening and being said for more than a minute. I can't imagine what'd happen once it's apparent the game is mostly battle after battle. Edit: I don't have any ideas to smooth out the technical details, especially since you've said your laptop can't do much better. I do think you should check the premise of LPing this game, as Nigurath suggests. Capntastic fucked around with this message at 23:11 on Feb 15, 2016 |
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Feb 15, 2016 23:08
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If you want to be able to talk more, might I make the suggestion of using what you see in the game to talk about yourself? Say a word about your dad, your dog, your grandpa, your lamp. As far as what others are saying about the video size...are you using OBS? Please remember to use "Fit to Screen" next time. 
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Feb 15, 2016 23:31
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Since it is an old Also: Oh yeah! another person using a lovely Acer Laptop asides from me! High Five!
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Feb 16, 2016 00:27
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You know, Id second what Niggurath said. Mother 1 has earthbound trappings but its far and away removed from what makes its successors fun to play. IMO lping it even when you know the game is an exersize in frustration, let alone doing it blind. So I really do recommend you find a game you quite enjoy, and I believe thatll be much better for what youre looking to get out of LPing.
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Feb 16, 2016 01:00
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Add another voice to the choir suggesting this game isn't the best idea. I'd argue that you really need to love it on some level to not have it be completely boring. You'd also want to excise a lot of nonsense filler. Also, since nobody else brought it up, I'll mention that I don't care who you are or other things you do. If you were Shigesato Itoi, it would have some relevance, but not when you're just some random dude playing a game. Anyways, like everyone else suggested, you should find something you know and can be excited about. I think it will help you a lot more in trying to talk over a game in an entertaining manner.
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Feb 16, 2016 02:39
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I agree that you should find a game you know you love and really wanna show off to people
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Feb 16, 2016 03:14
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Capntastic posted:I agree that you should find a game you know you love and really wanna show off to people Not emptyquoting.
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Feb 16, 2016 18:09
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Mother 1 is good and this thread contains plebs. that aside, the rest of what they're saying is fairly on point, this is a pretty curious choice of game for a blind video LP.
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Feb 17, 2016 15:26
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i dont know your webcomic, op
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