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[Axass]

Great to hear Ben!

 

[GamingOblivion]

trying to list all the soul-crushing shit that's happened to Law

• banished from Emperor Dread's court
• Pepe
• *implied 100 years of unfortunate misadventure*
• ambushed by Nightinggales
• burned
• grain infection
• seen some shit
• bond with and subsuquently lose three friends
• jailed twice for his convictions
• that guy whose cat he almost killed and saved got killed
• lost faith in authority AND faith
• broke his damn arm
• nearly executed, awaiting trial

it's a wonder he isn't depressed by now

Most of that he did to himself, so I can't feel sorry for him

 

[Visceir]

I never had to fly a plane but it looks fairly easy to me, at least the technical side.

Would just need to have someone show the few basic tools for everything in your choice of plane, add in some trial and error testing on your own side and have the rest be covered by looking up specific tutorials for exactly the things you need to do, which there are surely plenty of on youtube already.

Seems also like a must-have skill for all on-board crew to be honest.

/end snark

Video editing is a real job and skill. Yes, anyone with the right software can cut a video and tadaaaa, but doing it right and delivering a good clip that is both technically smooth and paces well is not an easily acquired skill. I find it incredibly arrogant to consider it pedestrian.

Predictable response, haha. I was talking purely about learning the software as was pointed out in my post. Plenty of stuff that EZA does like the podcasts, TTE and Brandon Plays seem to demand the most basic editing.

Never really watch the reviews tbh, even less interested in them when the game has already been out for weeks.

 

[Hasney]

Predictable response, haha. I was talking purely about learning the software as was pointed out in my post. Plenty of stuff that EZA does like the podcasts, TTE and Brandon Plays seem to demand the most basic editing.

Never really watch the reviews tbh, even less interested in them when the game has already been out for weeks.

Ians doing TTE and there's quite a bit going on in both the podcast and Brandon Plays Pokemon, mostly around finding the timecode of when to insert mnusic and graphics (and it still impresses me how Ian can just look at a clock during recording and remember the timecode for when he has to edit something). I think we would have all be fine with Brandon Plays Pokemon not having the graphics and stuff in, but Brandon wanted to.

Other than reviews, it all seems OK now once the timng for Cup of Jones is sorted. Just hope he can dole out the editing training for reviews of games in this summer lull.

 

[Giever]

While I agree with everything else you said, I think Law needs to die and Huber to roll a new character for that to happen logically. Law all of a sudden turning into a team player again after essentially being Joker-levels of insane for a good while doesn't make any sense.

Like it or not, that character is pretty much an antagonist at this point.

I think, depending on how the trial goes, we could have a moment where he realizes the error of his ways. Maybe Emperor Dread appears to him in a vision (even without Law dying), and expresses disappointment, and reinforces his teachings. Tells him that he'll never get justice for Prince Ragnar's death if he rots away in this town, etc.

Also, I want that weird god-grain-cat to reappear. What the heck was the deal with that thing?!

 

[RedSnake]

trying to list all the soul-crushing shit that's happened to Law

• banished from Emperor Dread's court
• Pepe
• *implied 100 years of unfortunate misadventure*
• ambushed by Nightinggales
• burned
• grain infection
• seen some shit
• bond with and subsuquently lose three friends
• jailed twice for his convictions
• that guy whose cat he almost killed and saved got killed
• lost faith in authority AND faith
• broke his damn arm
• nearly executed, awaiting trial

it's a wonder he isn't depressed by now

Dude fights in his sleep (I need a T-Shirt with that) and has (had) a crowbar for a plan.
Plus I believe he got wrongfully thrown into jail. He was just helping the town's NPCs.

 

[sora87]

Just a lil nitpick for the streams, it'd be nice if they read the questions they're asked from chat and not just answer them so you know what they're talking about, youtube doesn't have the chat archive

 

[wiibomb]

Just a lil nitpick for the streams, it'd be nice if they read the questions they're asked from chat and not just answer them so you know what they're talking about, youtube doesn't have the chat archive

this is true... and even in the live stream on twitch the question just go by quickly with the fast moving chat

 

[AgentChris]

Just a lil nitpick for the streams, it'd be nice if they read the questions they're asked from chat and not just answer them so you know what they're talking about, youtube doesn't have the chat archive

Majority of the time they do. I was watching the archive of the RE: Nemesis stream and Huber, Ben, Kyle and Max would say Username asked favorite OST's or whatever.

Plus you can get the gist of the question by the answers.

 

[Kneefoil]

Also, I want that weird god-grain-cat to reappear. What the heck was the deal with that thing?!

Oh yeah, I totally forgot that the spell was supposed to change the grain and the cat in some way. So much has happened in the town, some of which we'll probably never get any payoff.

 

[sora87]

Majority of the time they do. I was watching the archive of the RE: Nemesis stream and Huber, Ben, Kyle and Max would say Username asked favorite OST's or whatever.

Plus you can get the gist of the question by the answers.

It's pretty 50/50 from what I've seen in the EZA solo streams, like I said just a lil nitpick, no biggie anyhoo

 

[Bloodworth]

It's pretty 50/50 from what I've seen in the EZA solo streams, like I said just a lil nitpick, no biggie anyhoo

Good to keep in mind, just hard to keep up with chat and play. Pretty impressed with how well Ben does with it.

 

[Burt]

Dude fights in his sleep (I need a T-Shirt with that) and has (had) a crowbar for a plan.
Plus I believe he got wrongfully thrown into jail. He was just helping the town's NPCs.

That just reminded me of

And now I will forever

Spoiler

until he dies

picture Law as Dwarf Swanson

 

[Panda Rin]

Enjoyed the podcast. Didn't mind Damiani's attitude too much.

 

[UmbraeCruxis]

Just finished this week's tabletop. Ben, I just wanted to say that the last 15 or so minutes with the cat races was absolutely wonderful and gave me huge trouble trying not to crack up at work. Keep it up, man!

Spoiler

of course everyone else did a wonderful job as well ^^

 

[Auctopus]

Finally got a chance to watch the podcast.

Didn't notice anything annoying by Damiani. Also Mr. Hentai Lord saving Jones was hilarious.

 

[Vinc]

Finally got a chance to watch the podcast.

Didn't notice anything annoying by Damiani. Also Mr. Hentai Lord saving Jones was hilarious.

The only thing I noticed is how much I've missed him being on podcasts after he left GT.

This was a really, really fun episode. I love episodes with special segments like this, they tend to be my favorite.

 

[Par Score]

Late getting to the podcast, but man alive does the EZA crew's total lack of familiarity with (and sometimes respect for) classic PC gaming bum me out sometimes :c

Yup or Nope was overall fun though.

 

[Ray Down]

Finally got a chance to watch the podcast.

Didn't notice anything annoying by Damiani. Also Mr. Hentai Lord saving Jones was hilarious.

Honestly, didn't care him bring up Zelda in every game of the show discussion they were talking about or maybe more so in how he did it.

 

[sora87]

Finally got a chance to watch the podcast.

Didn't notice anything annoying by Damiani. Also Mr. Hentai Lord saving Jones was hilarious.

Mr. Hentai Lord is one of the great EZA moments so far

Good to keep in mind, just hard to keep up with chat and play. Pretty impressed with how well Ben does with it.

Yeah I can imagine. Ben does seem to have it locked down though!

 

[ito007]

It isn't. Look at how good the lower-budget EZA reviews are compared to other video reviews on YouTube and I'd much rather quality be maintained. Anyone can clip out clips and string them together, but making it a decent end-product that Ian, Don and Brandon can do is something very different. I have done it which is why I always looked up to the GT/EZA standard.

For the line of work they were in, it wasn't required as they had full time editors plus Brandon chipping in. It's only now it would be more useful. Like they said on Q&A, Brandon is going to find some time and show Ben/Huber how he edited one of their reviews to show how the process got to that finished article which is a good approach. Should keep a consistent quality.

On the note of editing. I think the overwatch review is my favorite video in terms of editing thus far. Just joy to watch

 

[Elfforkusu]

Predictable response, haha. I was talking purely about learning the software as was pointed out in my post. Plenty of stuff that EZA does like the podcasts, TTE and Brandon Plays seem to demand the most basic editing.

Never really watch the reviews tbh, even less interested in them when the game has already been out for weeks.

Your comment makes more sense in this context, since the reviews/retrospectives/D-files are the most "produced" content they do (and it shows, IMO. They're great).

But yeah, even the simple stuff is a little harder than it looks...

 

[Wagram]

That podcast was certainly something. I'll leave it at that

 

[luchadork]

you could teach someone how to 'edit' in a weekend. especially something like huber syndrome. hardest bit would be then figuring the little tricks and stuff out on your own. stuff that youd pick up working in an office. easiest solution would just be to have to guys go over to brandons and watch him edit a few videos. you could even just record the process so they could rewatch it. and then all theyd have to do is follow along.

honestly, having worked with editors for years, the most important skill is speed. i'm sure theyd hate hearing that but thats what separates the good from the bad imo. just being able to churn out an 'alright' video at light speed. and thats something that just comes from experience. you're not making barry lyndon. just churn it out.

 

[MrMette]

I enjoyed that podcast to be honest.

I expected it to be completely different because of some of the comments here, but to be honest, I didn't see anything wrong with it. It was a group of friends having a conversation about videogames, like it always has been.

 

[IdreamofHIME]

The Dragon Quest and Street Fighter streams are two of the best streams in a long time. Just brilliant.
I know none of you are neighbours, but having at least two people engaging each other on a stream makes all the difference. Hope for more.

 

[aadiboy]

I just realized that the Furby toy Kyle has is from Happy Meal toyset that I got a toy from as a kid. That has to be at least 18 years old now!

 

[TheDarkKnight774]

Oh man Ian's game stream. I love when the crew does voice acting. It's always gold

 

[Tankard]

Ian's game seems very fun.

 

[GamingOblivion]

I feel bad getting it for free. I might throw ten bucks into this

 

[deltacanuckian]

Predictable response, haha. I was talking purely about learning the software as was pointed out in my post. Plenty of stuff that EZA does like the podcasts, TTE and Brandon Plays seem to demand the most basic editing.

Never really watch the reviews tbh, even less interested in them when the game has already been out for weeks.

It might seem that way, but you show the average person a timeline in Premiere (or especially AVID, if you wanna get real fancy) or the export window and they won't have a clue what they're doing. I know film students that can't grasp this stuff. There's a lot more to editing than you probably realize. For example, if you wanna try and explain different types of compression, how they work, when to use them, and why... Well, have fun haha.

Throw in codecs while you're at it if you really want to see them lose their minds.

 

[GamingOblivion]

It might seem that way, but you show the average person a timeline in Premiere (or especially AVID, if you wanna get real fancy) or the export window and they won't have a clue what they're doing. I know film students that can't grasp this stuff. There's a lot more to editing than you probably realize. For example, if you wanna try and explain different types of compression, how they work, when to use them, and why... Well, have fun haha.

Throw in codecs while you're at it if you really want to see them lose their minds.

While that's all true, I doubt Brandon is doing anything fancy with the exports.

 

[Barajas_201]

Just watched this weeks podcast and I just want to confirm to Brad that there is indeed a kid (11 year old) that plays Souls games and his my little brother. He loves Bloodborne (I finished the game and judged it to be appropriate for him since it had no sex, ketchup blood and was not spooky), he even has Platinum it (with some help in the Chalice Dungeons) and now he's started playing Dark Souls 2. And as a plus, he is actually really good, he even defeated the Cleric Beast in his first try, saw it live and my jaw dropped because it took me at least 5 tries.

 

[deltacanuckian]

While that's all true, I doubt Brandon is doing anything fancy with the exports.

Probably not, hard for me to say as I don't know all the details of their recording setup. The point I'm trying to make is that editing isn't as simple a process as a lot of people think it is.

 

[sora87]

Your little brother is braver than me, Barajas. Some parts of Bloodborne creeped me the hell out, definitely podcast time during some of those sections

 

[Barajas_201]

Your little brother is braver than me, Barajas. Some parts of Bloodborne creeped me the hell out, definitely podcast time during some of those sections

Well my brother also really got into Five Nights at Freddy so maybe he got some immunity to spooky environments.

 

[GamingOblivion]

Probably not, hard for me to say as I don't know all the details of their recording setup. The point I'm trying to make is that editing isn't as simple a process as a lot of people think it is.

Oh for sure. Hell, I edit as a job for the summer so I totally get it.

 

[GamingOblivion]

I'm surprised people aren't talking about Huber's pro voice acting in the Charity stream. Holy shit lolol

 

[openrob]

Your comment makes more sense in this context, since the reviews/retrospectives/D-files are the most "produced" content they do (and it shows, IMO. They're great).

But yeah, even the simple stuff is a little harder than it looks...

It not even so much hard, it's that when you are a beginner, basic things can take such a big chunk out of your day. I mean I posted a video of mine a couple of pages ago. Basic video, couple of cuts, and some backing tracks and it took me quite a while to do everything right.

That's why I said hiring someone could actually be more productive than taking the time to learn because it can just eat away at your hours haha

 

[Kinyou]

I finally remembered the picture that really encapsulates the trial of Bosman

 

[Hasney]

you could teach someone how to 'edit' in a weekend. especially something like huber syndrome. hardest bit would be then figuring the little tricks and stuff out on your own. stuff that youd pick up working in an office. easiest solution would just be to have to guys go over to brandons and watch him edit a few videos. you could even just record the process so they could rewatch it. and then all theyd have to do is follow along.

honestly, having worked with editors for years, the most important skill is speed. i'm sure theyd hate hearing that but thats what separates the good from the bad imo. just being able to churn out an 'alright' video at light speed. and thats something that just comes from experience. you're not making barry lyndon. just churn it out.

Oh for sure on the last part, Brandon has mentioned it before that he's slightly jealous of Ian and Don since they can just churn it out while keeping a high quality. He said during the GT days that he laboured over things to get them just right, but I think he's learning speed as a necessity while he's been under pressure. That podcast was out relatively quick and was the most complex outside of the Patreon roll call.

 

[MatParker1711]

you could teach someone how to 'edit' in a weekend. especially something like huber syndrome. hardest bit would be then figuring the little tricks and stuff out on your own. stuff that youd pick up working in an office. easiest solution would just be to have to guys go over to brandons and watch him edit a few videos. you could even just record the process so they could rewatch it. and then all theyd have to do is follow along.

honestly, having worked with editors for years, the most important skill is speed. i'm sure theyd hate hearing that but thats what separates the good from the bad imo. just being able to churn out an 'alright' video at light speed. and thats something that just comes from experience. you're not making barry lyndon. just churn it out.

Depends on the program being used, certification in Premier or Final Cut can take up to a week of classes and cost $1000. Big reason why Rooster Teeth picked up Don is he's good, quick and now familiar with the Funhaus style, a good editor makes all the difference. As for Don he gets Health and Dental!

 

[DMiz]

I'm surprised people aren't talking about Huber's pro voice acting in the Charity stream. Holy shit lolol

Totally forgot that the Charity stream was going on! Hope to catch the VOD today to have a few good chuckles.

 

[Confused Cheeseburger]

Damiani on this latest podcast is making me want to demolish my head on a wall.

 

[TheDarkKnight774]

Ahhhh Kyle. You had it! but your TET addiction got you in the end.

 

[sora87]

The music in Charity is delightful

Oh and Huber's Sofe voice reminded me of this - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2vBZuLI3oI

 

[ArkhamFantasy]

So apparently Kingslaive is surprisingly good. I'd like to see the allies impressions of it when they watch it.

 

[Burt]

Been a busy week, time to sink into some DQVIII backlog stream

Fake edit: No love for Krampus?!?!?

 

[TheDarkKnight774]

Been a busy week, time to sink into some DQVIII backlog stream

Hubers DQ8 streams are comfort food. Such good vibes.

 

[IdreamofHIME]

Been a busy week, time to sink into some DQVIII backlog stream

This weeks is great, I've never seen a stream on just blood and Huber before. Great combo.