Zilty
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Post by Zilty on Mar 6, 2010 13:39:34 GMT -5
The Trespasser LP is one of the few that I've watched more than once. I wanna give that guy a hug *-* The one by Research Indicates over at SA? Yeah, that one was great! Youtube LP's always seem to follow the same set of rules. 1. OMG MUFFINS LOL SO RANDUM. 2. Confuse a blind run with a let's play. There's no point in doing a walk through of a game you suck at. 3. Yell loudly every time they die. We want to hear that. 4. Never edit their videos. I've seen a youtube LP of kid Dracula where the guy spends two videos on the final boss, reloading a state after falling for the predictable attack pattern. 5. Camcorder on tv or unregistered hypercam 2 6. Talk about personal shit that not even their precious subscribers care about. That's what V logs are for. 7. Blurt out as many unnecessary memes as possible (See number one) At least with a Something Awful let's play, they know what they are doing, and don't insult your intelligence. |
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Post by Weasel on Mar 6, 2010 20:33:10 GMT -5
Many LPers try too hard to be either Raocow (the "random" end of the spectrum) or AVGN (the swear-happy end). What makes a good LP:
1. Describing things about the game that are not obvious from just watching, i.e. control difficulties, glitches.
2. Insight into the way you're playing. If you deliberately avoid a mushroom in a SMW hack, most players are going to think you're an idiot, unless you say why you did it (secret area that Mario can't reach if he's large, for example).
3. Don't exploit lots of glitches unless for entertainment value.
4. Don't cheat! It ceases to be a "Let's PLAY" video if you're technically not PLAYING the game.
5. Humor should be used as appropriate, not 100% of the time unless there is nothing better to talk about (i.e. Raocow).
6. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but if you suck at it, then it becomes the most irritating. So don't try to be Raocow if you haven't mastered the "stream of consciousness" rambling that he's known for, don't try to be AVGN if you don't have a swear vocabulary of more than ten things, and don't try to be Yahtzee if you can't talk quickly without messing up your lines. (And if you DO mess up your lines, re-record them! Don't just leave them as is!)
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Post by dooz on Mar 7, 2010 1:03:06 GMT -5
If the LPer has an annoying voice, I will never watch it. This has stopped me from watching a majority of LP's that I've wanted to watch. Otherwise I usually only go for GENUINELY funny LP's, like Chip Cheezum/General Ironicus or slowbeef/diabeetus videos. A majority of LPers have never uttered a humorous statement in their lives.
I also like vLP's for atmospheric games like Silent Hill or FEAR only if they are subtitled. Otherwise the LPer will ruin me trying to ignore that a majority of goons and youtubers are very boring, annoying, people.
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Post by Ike on Mar 7, 2010 14:02:41 GMT -5
The Trespasser LP is one of the few that I've watched more than once. I wanna give that guy a hug *-* The one by Research Indicates over at SA? Yeah, that one was great! Yes it is. I suggest you all watch it. All of it. |
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Post by gumby on Mar 12, 2010 4:17:08 GMT -5
I would agree that the majority of LPs on YouTube are really poor.
One thing that really pisses me off in them is when people read what the people are saying during cut scenes! I can't imagine why they would think that someone would want to hear their voice over the voice of the actual game. The people making these just do not understand that sometimes you just need to let the game speak for it self. I'll often find myself wanting to just put it on mute.
Even more annoying is when people *eat* during! Literally people will say, "Okay, enjoy this cutscene, I'm gonna have some cereal." You then hear the slurping and crunching of the cereal.
If you absolutely must eat, at least mute the mic.
I love LPs where the commentator seems like they did their research, and really know the game. I love learning about the history of the game, how it was received, the process of development, etc.
The Trespasser LP mentioned above is a perfect example of great commentary. He's calm, well-informed, and only talks when there's something interesting to say.
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Post by Weasel on Mar 15, 2010 2:55:38 GMT -5
I've mentioned this guy a few times in this thread and others, but I'm finally discovering why I find my good friend so irritating sometimes: he's a stubborn Doubting Thomas. He's a smart guy, but geez, if he thinks you're wrong about something, he will NEVER stop trying to argue it until he gets some kind of proof. And even managing to prove something to him will occasionally result in him forgetting about said proof.
This effectively means that he's not very receptive to new games, media, or other things that don't have a logical, cohesive universe to them. He's fine with stuff like Dungeons & Dragons, because there's TONS of rules in that to keep things (relatively) sane. But show him an episode of The Venture Bros? He never quits asking questions about WHY something happened the way it did. I can't just answer "it's just a cartoon" because his reply will inevitably result as "it's a pretty dumb cartoon then if they never explain it." He also pretty much swore off the show entirely when Dr. Girlfriend showed up. He apparently can't grasp the idea of a woman inexplicably having a male voice for comedic effect. Then again, he admits to being "extremely Southern" and that many concepts and things basically go against his very upbringing. He doesn't participate in religious discussion, and can't stand it when English is not the "first" language on a signboard. Argh. I can't freakin' reason with him!
And yet, he's pretty much the only real friend I have. Severing ties with him pretty much cuts me off from my only real opportunity to get out of the damn house and do something productive.
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Post by gumby on Mar 15, 2010 3:51:35 GMT -5
Then again, he admits to being "extremely Southern" and that many concepts and things basically go against his very upbringing. He doesn't participate in religious discussion, and can't stand it when English is not the "first" language on a signboard. Argh. I can't freakin' reason with him! As a Mississippian, this just sounds ridiculous. How is reluctance to participate in religious discussion and nitpicking that seems a bit racist 'Southern'? Although it may be true that the majority here are religious, I have not once encountered a person that fits the stereotype of us, an intolerant people with hate for all things foreign. I am an agnostic atheist. My parents are both Methodists, and most of the people that live around here are Baptists or Lutherans, but we get along fine and do not let difference of religion upset us or make us too sensitive, and there is no animosity between us, as many outside of the South seem to think. Which is something else that pisses me off. When I visited Chicago last year, I got so much shit for being from Mississippi. I don't have much of a Southern accent, I am not fat, smelly, stupid, racist, religious, and I don't live in a swamp. Yet, I am always treated as such wherever I go. It blows my mind how people can accuse one of being intolerant and stupid because they are from the South, when they themselves are doing the very thing they are accusing me of. Sorry for going off on a bit of a tangent there, but that's really aggravating.  |
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Post by dooz on Mar 15, 2010 3:53:35 GMT -5
Super serious people annoy me. What's the fun in life if you can't ever let go?
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Post by Weasel on Mar 15, 2010 8:29:25 GMT -5
As a Mississippian, this just sounds ridiculous. Pretty much his words and his own explanation. The self-description of Weasel's friend is not necessarily the actual opinion of Weasel himself. =P |
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Post by Jave on Mar 22, 2010 18:50:52 GMT -5
People who are afraid of elevators, and use them all the time anyway.
Look, I know a few things about anxiety and irrational fears, so I'd never judge someone for being anxious in an elevator, all I'm saying is that when you use the elevator six times a day, and have a panic attack each of those six times, it gets a little grating, especially considering that after the second or third time it happens, you should be well aware of the fact that you have panic attacks in elevators. And it's not like elevators are an inevitable part of life either, if they cause you distress:
TAKE
THE
GOD
DAMN
STAIRS!
If the stairs are so inconvenient that you'd rather freak out in front of everyone repeatedly than actually avoid the thing you're so afraid of, I find it very hard to feel bad for you.
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Post by Smithee of Zur-En-Arrh on Mar 22, 2010 18:55:41 GMT -5
I know someone who has repeatedly refused free international trips because she'd have to take elevators. Needless to say, I hate this woman.
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Post by Mr. Faptastic on Mar 22, 2010 19:00:59 GMT -5
Everyone should take the stairs, anyway. Gets the blood flowing.
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Post by dooz on Mar 22, 2010 19:37:02 GMT -5
But I'm 900 lbs. and can't walk!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2010 19:43:48 GMT -5
If you're havin' weight problems, I feel bad for you, son.
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Post by America Young Fusion on Mar 22, 2010 19:48:15 GMT -5
Lay off the Frosted Flakes then, Tony!
Anyway, family's starting to piss me off. Or just depress the Hell out of me. We all live together and we get too many visits from the brothers with their own families and fuck it's strange how my body goes into off just waiting for the noisy assholes to get back to their own goddamn lives. But then when they do finally leave I feel strangely drained and fucked all over. It's like this every weekend and it starts out really early in the morning and fuck I'm never gonna understand why I'm Hispanic but I lack the social skills of a dolphin.
EDIT: I've decided that if Predators sucks I'm gonna try and take my own life by punching my brother's wife straight into her fat face and calmly wait for him to rip me to shreds.
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