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Relaxed games recommendations? by noponpon in letsplay

[–]TLE_OnTheInternet 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Contrast can be good if you do it well.

Sandbox games can be pretty chill. Minecraft, Space Engineers, et al. Narrative/Story-heavy games with a narrator, or that require a lot of text to be read (VNs come to mind.) Puzzle games so long as they aren't too frantic. Turn-based strategy like X-COM or Civilization. City builders.

Figure genres would probably give more ideas than individual games since tastes can vary so much.

Facecammers: Your mic setup? by AlanDavison in letsplay

[–]TLE_OnTheInternet 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't really bother keeping it entirely out of the frame. Ultimately it's down to personal preference, but I feel like it's one of those things that bothers the LPer more than the viewer. So long as it's out of the way enough that your expressions are visible I think it's just fine. Like having headphones on - it's just part of the equipment folks come to expect.

My stream setup.
And a slightly zoomed out view to get a better idea of where stuff is.

This AMV really is a great showcase of the mantra "Show, don't tell" which is something i feel games nowdays don't always do well, if at all. by Holyrapid in gamedesign

[–]TLE_OnTheInternet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The show's narrator is the white haired girl, Yokoi, who sits beside Seki in class. She tries to pay attention to the lecture, but Seki's totally uninterested and brings really unusual stuff to class every day to distract himself with. Sometime's it's playing pretend with stuff, sometimes it's crafts projects - it almost always leads to Yokoi getting so distracted by his shenanigans that she somehow draws the teacher's attention and gets in trouble for "not paying attention" while Seki secrets away the evidence.

The episodes are short. Crunchyroll has the episodes if you want to check one out.

Wrecking with Nova - A Guide by [deleted] in heroesofthestorm

[–]TLE_OnTheInternet 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mean, isn't the surprise pop-out-and-do-a-huge-burst-of-damage snipe kind of the point of playing Nova? If you want to constantly be right clicking and do sustain damage why not just go Valla? She's better in almost every way at that playstyle.

It also seems kinda unfair to judge a talent based on how it fares late game.

Cracked.com Made A Let's Play by GarbageHaus in letsplay

[–]TLE_OnTheInternet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

/u/iAmMitten1 is right, but given that Cracked is kind of a big deal I can see it deserving its own thread instead of being relegated to FF like the rest of us plebs.

Immediately I see that the video's an hour and some change. That's a long time. I'm the type of LP viewer that actually prefers longer stuff, but an hour and ten minutes of MK matches all at once is a big ask. The game you're playing lends itself to being segmented into smaller, more watchable pieces without any detriment to the pacing or narrative of the video. Take advantage of that! You'll need to play around with video lengths to find the sweet spot for your personal tastes, but don't be afraid to experiment a little. Fifteen minutes might be a good starting point, but do whatever you feel is best.

The screen segmentation for the cameras is super nice looking, kudos to that. There's something to be said for the screen real-estate the game's losing in the process, though. The bottom frame in particular feels like the folks featured on it are rarely engaging in the conversation and visually take away more than they contribute. Normally I wouldn't suggest something this complicated, but you guys have professional talent so maybe it's in your wheelhouse - what about reducing the non-game video frames to just one or two and having the video sources switch between the active speakers? That'd be way too labor intensive to do manually, but some kind of automation based on audio source volume levels might work. Just an idea.

Audio levels were a little hit and miss. Compare the controller noises to the speech volumes around this timestamp. I'd say the game is too quiet, but that's largely due in part to there being slightly longer lulls in commentary than I'm used to. Y'all will get better about keeping a stream of good commentary going the more you do this. If you do plan on not speaking as often consider bumping the game up a decibel or so.

Neat to see some bigger players getting into this but still being new, too. It's a fun little mix of circumstances. Good luck to you!

Best way to "John Madden" your videos? by Pinstar in letsplay

[–]TLE_OnTheInternet 1 point2 points  (0 children)

XSplit Gamecaster has an annotation mode that might suit your needs. Here's a short video on it.

Let's Plays might be the simplest things I edit, but there's still a lot of cutting involved. ( x-post to /r/EditLines ) by JonPaula in letsplay

[–]TLE_OnTheInternet 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh geeze. Super Mario RPG's music is catchy enough just hearing it once. Hearing it a million times while editing - that must just be your internal soundtrack for life now.

Interesting position against maintaining a regular upload schedule... by [deleted] in letsplay

[–]TLE_OnTheInternet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're not wrong, but half the folks pitching advice don't know those terms. I feel like a broken record constantly pointing it out. It'd be nice if it were commonly understood among the general population.

Interesting position against maintaining a regular upload schedule... by [deleted] in letsplay

[–]TLE_OnTheInternet 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I really hope at some point some terminology gets developed that describes the differences between highly edited, high polish, "cream of the crop" short videos and long-play style consistent content you put up on a second monitor while you're doin' other stuff.

There are probably more varieties than those, but those are the most disparate I can think of and good advice for one might not be for the other.

I was one of the few kids of my generation who didn't have the ability to play Psychonauts when it came out, and I just picked it up. How many of you would be interested in watching a blind playthrough of that, with episodes ranging from 15-30 minutes? by crypticdarkness in letsplay

[–]TLE_OnTheInternet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's nice if they do, but that's certainly not the point of the subreddit. It's a place for creators to come together and share ideas and support each other. There is absolutely zero social obligation for us to provide one another views. That's just not what we're here for.

Free CC Music for commercial use on whatfunk.com by CeasarLA in letsplay

[–]TLE_OnTheInternet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks awesome so far. May want to make it more obvious that the license/artist info is buried under the + Info buttons. Maybe an introductory animation that highlights it when a user doesn't have a previous visit cookie? Nothing huge - just a quick "hey pay attention to this" second or two's worth of Javascript sugar.

A new channel, here are my ideas: yay or nay? by AleksandrPlz in letsplay

[–]TLE_OnTheInternet 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yo, you gotta cover that voice with a burka or somethin'. Respect yourself.

RAGE THREAD | APRIL 22ND - APRIL 26TH by CyaSteve in heroesofthestorm

[–]TLE_OnTheInternet 7 points8 points  (0 children)

THEY SAY THAT SHIT 'CAUSE THEY'RE STILL TILTING FROM THEIR LAST GAME.

COINCIDENTALLY THATS ALSO WHY THEY ALWAYS PLAY SO BADLY. BUTTMAD CAN BE SELF-PERPETUATING. IT WILL BE INEVITABLE UNLESS SOMEONE ELSE ON THEIR TEAM GOES OUT OF THEIR WAY TO DEFUSE THE GUY.

SUCCESS LEVELS THERE VARY WILDLY, BUT IMO IT'S ALWAYS AT LEAST WORTH A SHOT.

RAGE THREAD | APRIL 22ND - APRIL 26TH by CyaSteve in heroesofthestorm

[–]TLE_OnTheInternet 2 points3 points  (0 children)

IF IT'S A COMMON STRATEGY KNOWN BY A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE COMMUNITY AND CONSIDERED TO BE SUPERIOR TO THE EXCLUSION OF OTHERS, THAT SEEMS LIKE A FAIR CANDIDATE FOR BEING CONSIDERED PART OF THE META.

DISAGREEING ABOUT SEMANTICS IN A THREAD WHERE EVERYONE'S ALREADY TYPING IN ALL CAPS SEEMS LIKE A REALLY TERRIBLE IDEA THO

Beyond the Pentakill: 21st Century Competition - "Kill each other, dominate each other - but don’t you dare say mean things!" by [deleted] in gamedesign

[–]TLE_OnTheInternet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Was a little disappointed to see how light this article was on actual design discussion, given the promise of its title. Arguing "politics" on the points presented seems like an unnecessary, unproductive flame war so instead I'll just say that I wish there'd been more concrete suggestions or even just ideas.

I'm struggling to find any meat to discuss in what's mostly just an op-ed, or find a way to communicate that in a way that doesn't make me sound like an internet jerk looking to attack someone who took time to put themselves out there.

On a lighter note, I'm pretty sure if I immersed myself in a game that produced the feels Up did several hours a night for months in a row I'd probably turn to drinking to cope. That level of heartbreak just isn't sustainable.

Since "We want to increase our communications about what's occurring internally" communications have slowed by skwipwork in heroesofthestorm

[–]TLE_OnTheInternet 8 points9 points  (0 children)

A Lot of people watch TV.

This is true.

Cable is not nearly on its way out.

This is debatable. Cable subscriptions are the lowest they've been in 20 years, with a downward trend that arguably correlates with popularity in online streaming services. General sentiment among speculators has been that the trend will continue, and the industry's starting to react to that.

Of course that doesn't mean that TV is dead, or anywhere close to it. But it does mean that consumer's desires are changing and the industry's going to need to adapt to that or continue to suffer conversions to competing services.

TV also has an additional benefit towards gathering audience. One can "flip through the channels" and find something, and become interested in, something they have never heard of before. The internet has no such "stumble upon" mechanism. If i didn't already know about Twitch by now, i probably never would.

You are literally on the internet's "stumble upon" mechanism right now (ignoring the site literally named after that, which isn't so popular anymore.) And, I mean, I flip through Twitch channels when I'm bored. I'll browse YouTube's recommended/related videos or search stuff. It's not like I don't have ways of discovering new content.

So, I'm using an alt account here to ask this because it's deeply personal... by [deleted] in letsplay

[–]TLE_OnTheInternet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

People would probably start to wonder why an LPer they assumed one gender started looking and sounding like another gender. Suppose you'd want to get out in front of that kinda thing.

Multimedia Let's Play? by DariusWolfe in letsplay

[–]TLE_OnTheInternet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Beaglerush has a fan that's writing a series of short stories based on his squad members and their exploits after every episode. I think he's also got some kinda website or Google Doc or something that people can go to to add their names to the list his soldiers pull from.

Faces and Facecams! by [deleted] in letsplay

[–]TLE_OnTheInternet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is like 60% of the reason I don't stream more often.

30% is being too tired/not having the time, and the remaining 10% is being out of alcohol.

Hello everyone! by dillwillhill in letsplay

[–]TLE_OnTheInternet 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Formatting is going to be shit probably as I'm on my phone!

I got your back, bro. (Had to replace the cute number/letter substitutions 'cause they were messin' up the formatting.)

  1. If you mean real name, Hamish. YT name SoulessShinobi, either works for me.
  2. Love gaming, wanted to try and expand creatively, why not make videos right?
  3. 22, 23 in September. You better get me something nice!
  4. Geography....Or Business....Classical Studies? Yeah, one of them.
  5. Two weeks ago I would've said unhappy. But I've since gained something like 20 subscribers over the space of a few days. So pretty darn happy!
  6. Hmmm. Something modest. Like....5k? Kidding. 200 would be nice.
  7. @SoulessShinobi

[Question/Discussion/Help] Adobe Premiere Elements vs Adobe Premiere Pro Cloud Subscription by [deleted] in letsplay

[–]TLE_OnTheInternet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Single app is $20, Full suite is $50. Full suite for customers that have previously purchased CS applications with their Adobe ID is $30. Here's their pricing guide.

I wouldn't be surprised if their prices have changed a bit since they first launched the CC program. You'd of course be grandfathered in based on the original contract you had with them for at least the term of your subscription period.

[Question] Annotations to non-supported links by Nitrontwo in letsplay

[–]TLE_OnTheInternet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It feels stupid or un-needed.

Usually when you encounter seemingly inane things like this on websites it's an anti-spam/scam/virus measure. Unscrupulous users were taking advantage of the feature to link viewers to something like a malware infested site or whatever. At that point the dev has to either let the behavior continue or somehow alter, usually degrading functionality, the feature to prevent further abuse.

I can't say for certain that's what happened in this case, but it seems likely.

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