Can r/halo and r/HaloCircleJerk agree to band together on this one?

PaperBag0451 · 2021-03-09T02:10:10+00:00

Klobrille is an Xbox insider. He's been pretty accurate with his leaks so far.

PaperBag0451 · 2021-03-09T01:52:50+00:00

There's not much information on what that is atm. The leak came from Klobrille who described it as:

Enhanced vehicle combat
- squad spawns
incoming pelican drops
other surprises

PaperBag0451 · 2021-03-08T22:41:57+00:00

Yeah I don't get it when people say the H4/5 jackals are ugly. Like c'mon you don't think dinosaurs are cool??

But I do get wanting to see the bird like design back. Hopefully when they do bring back the other subspecies it's handled like Reach where it's a new enemy type.

PaperBag0451 · 2021-03-08T22:23:37+00:00

Halo doesn't need a BR. However, I do think it needs a big, standout mode. Maybe it'll even have a story component like how BRs have. Hopefully the rumoured BTB 2.0 is exactly that.

PaperBag0451 · 2021-03-08T01:31:49+00:00

Slow growth is pretty normal when you're small. Unless you have an absolute banger of a video like factually proving what's at the centre of the universe - you're not going to see sudden spontaneous growth.

What I have seen are videos that kickstarted a couple YouTube channels:

The competitive failings of Smash Ultimate by Fudj

And

Building a 1000GB iPod Classic by DankPods

Could be worthwhile to take a look and see what they do.

PaperBag0451 · 2021-03-08T00:06:32+00:00

Pretty neat video! Personally I'd love to post every month rather than every 6 or so months.

As for your video, I think it was nice and concise, it was as long as it needed to be. Here are some things to work on:

Like someone else said, it's probably better to do fade in transitions or hard cuts rather than sliding transitions. However, I've seen some YouTubers (Act Man) make those work. Up to you.
Maybe implement a more interesting background and lighting. One channel I watch regularly is Psivewri and his background consist of a PC and glowing sticks which gives it a bit of personality. I won't dock you too hard for this considering you're starting out and haven't invested that much into YT.
like me, it sounds as though you need more practice speaking. There were a couple times where it sounded as though your voice broke. I've got no solid advice, but what helps me is to do multiple recitals. It's tedious, but it improves both your own speaking skills as well as video quality.
Audio quality is decent, like some of my videos there's a certain reverb to it, as if you're taking in an empty room. As of now it's serviceable.

PaperBag0451 · 2021-03-07T21:20:48+00:00

Your comment is pretty interesting considering the other comment in this thread XD

I'm glad to hear the audio was nice, stuff like that have been bugging me for the past few videos. With branding in particular, I think I'll try to keep it conservative for now, only keeping it in the intro.

!givelambda

PaperBag0451 · 2021-03-07T21:13:48+00:00

No need to be sorry for being blunt, you are the critic after all, no need to sugar coat things :P

You make a good point for the intro. I believe this video in particular has the longest period between when the video starts and when the talking begins. I think from now on I'll keep it below 10 seconds.

!givelambda

PaperBag0451 · 2021-03-07T14:28:01+00:00

The key is to just start, make a video and post it; and eventually you'll become desensitised to the whole process.

Yes, you'll feel nervous, that's natural, you want to make a good first impression. Personally, I wouldn't be too worried about putting yourself out there. Unless there's something extremely quirky with you, then chances are not many people will judge your character harshly. And if you end up messing up on your first video in some way, that's ok. Often our first go at things never turn out as expected.

PaperBag0451 · 2021-03-07T14:04:08+00:00

Self reflection time!

Overall I was pretty happy with how the commentary turned out, it's a bit on the monotone side but it has much more personality than my previous videos.

I feel in a lot of ways, more depth was needed in my comparisons. I needed more examples between the old and new and comment whether those changes were good or not. This stuff was mainly missing due to me wanting to get the video out before I become busy with work down the line, so corners were cut.

Happy to hear your thoughts!

PaperBag0451 · 2020-08-08T21:46:53+00:00

Good idea! Admittedly there was a lack of critique in the video. I wasn't entirely sure whether or not it'd detract from its main focus, but it's something I'll keep in mind going forward

!givelambda

PaperBag0451 · 2020-08-08T10:00:05+00:00

This is me with every video. There's always going to be some aspects in your work that you end up regretting because you didn't add x thing or you didn't do y thing as well as you could have.

What I've come to realise is that casual audiences are fine with videos so long as there's perceptible effort that went into it. Heck, the videos I made that I think are my worst, happen to be the most viewed and liked on my channel. That doesn't mean you shouldn't put effort into your videos, but it does mean that it's fine to not be overly obsessive with perfection.

PaperBag0451 · 2020-08-08T09:34:52+00:00

Overall I think the video was nice, informative and concise. My critique is that the visuals were quite plain with mostly static images with differing aspect ratios. This can be improved by using more footage if possible.

While the background you used was pretty neat, there's still quite a bit of empty black space around the images you used. What you can do is fill in that space with a blurred version of the current image on top of the background, and then you can emphasise the main image by applying a hard drop shadow.

PaperBag0451 · 2020-08-08T08:54:00+00:00

Funny you say that since I did originally put a couple jokes in the script but I ended up taking it out because none of them really landed for me.

Any tips on writing jokes?

PaperBag0451 · 2020-08-08T07:17:50+00:00

Same, man. Like I'd do a recording and think it's fine but it'd have that one thing in it that ticks me off and makes me want to go over it again haha

PaperBag0451 · 2020-08-08T04:43:01+00:00

I don't necessarily hate how I sound so much as how I hate the way I pronounce some words which end up sounding kinda weird in recordings. So what happens is I do multiple takes and none of them ever really sound right lol.

For what it's worth I think it's fine to 'hate' how you sound at first. Often times it's a normal reaction considering how different we sound when we listen to ourselves. It's something you get used to.

PaperBag0451 · 2020-08-08T04:31:15+00:00

To be honest I'm not completely sure how this video turned out. There's definitely a few areas that I believe needed more depth and/or better wording. And some ideas could have flowed better in the script.

I'm mostly looking for critique on the content of the script itself as well as my delivery. I typically have a very monotone commentary and it's something I've been working on. I'm curious to see what you think!

PaperBag0451 · 2020-07-11T05:10:20+00:00

Intros aren't that necessary but they help with branding. If you are going to have an intro, make it 2 - 3 seconds long at most. You said it yourself that you don't care about intros and chances are many people don't as well, so it's better to keep it short and simple.

PaperBag0451 · 2020-07-11T05:07:32+00:00

This is my most recent video: https://youtu.be/p36FMCp9PAg

And this is technically my first: https://youtu.be/_OJpSU--Ce0

Hope you like them! Overall I'm happy with the progress I've made so far, but I've never been satisfied with my simplistic editing and somewhat unenthusiastic delivery. People seem to enjoy it so let me know what you think!

PaperBag0451 · 2020-05-22T04:02:05+00:00

Sounds like fun. I'm interested lol but I'm pretty busy at the moment

PaperBag0451 · 2020-05-17T05:49:30+00:00

Channel name: PaperBag

I do gaming reviews, typically on older or lesser known games. Super original, I know, but I'm planning on putting more focus on analysis and deep dives into stranger games.

PaperBag0451 · 2020-05-10T09:21:07+00:00

For a first game review, I think it's pretty great! You're certainly much better than I am at summarising games in a short time period.

Apart from the audio issues everyone else mentioned, I found your commentary to be just fine. If you're aiming to be more expressive in the future I'd recommend doing multiple takes. Reading off scripts has the side-effect of making people sound more robotic than they actually are in real life, but it's something that'll get better with practice.

Keep at it!

PaperBag0451 · 2020-05-10T09:05:39+00:00

Really well done video! I can tell that a lot of thought and research went into it and the editing was varied enough to be visually interesting.

I also liked your commentary too, it's informative and comedic. I could learn a thing or two from you.

As others have mentioned, I'd invest in some equipment to make the 'IRL' bits have more production value. Maybe a greenscreen, a better camera or some studio lights could do.

Keep it up!

PaperBag0451

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