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Tested.com |OT| Lean Into It If It's Racist
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chickdigger802
Banned
Yeah... A lot of interesting written articles on tested the past few weeks... but with the lack of interest of Android from W&N will leave much to be desired... Pretty sure 60% of all tech news is a new android phone/tablet these days lol.
Good for them. However, I wasn't arguing against Bricked (even though it's not really my cup of tea). Just saying that when your video content is heavily skewed towards one thing (and let's be honest, it has very little to do with what Tested is about), it becomes kind of telling what the site is going through. For comparison (and maybe it's an unfair one), when GiantBomb is doing Endurance Runs, it isn't the only video being posted. Anyway, maybe they could take it to the community to see what people would like to see in a period of dry spell.
My being sick since last Monday has dramatically impacted the amount of video we have done too. On normal weeks during the amazing test we've had 5x app of the day + 2-3 product videos. This is the danger of running a site like this with so few people. Since most of our video content relies on having 2 people present, when one person is out, shit stops. When GB has one or even two people out, there are still 3 more to cover. We don't have that luxury.
We should be back to a fairly normal schedule next week. It takes a bit to ramp back up.
Just wondering what Norm's been up to outside of a handful of articles? I don't want to sounds like an ass, but I'd imagine he could show off a few iOS apps without you? It's a bit troubling that when one of you is out, the main point of the site dies.
(That's the danger of letting people pay for your content, us assholes feel like we have the right to question what you're doing!)
All those posts on the site don't assign and edit themselves. The reason they're interesting, have good photos, and are informative is that Norm spends a shitload of time working on that stuff.
Cool. Good to know he's not just your Robin. I kind of though Braga did a lot of that stuff.
Side note, apparently Canada has newspapers and Braga is writing for them.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/repo...land-website-needs-a-redesign/article2354334/
Gary Whitta
Member
New Podcast!
Episode 110 - L.E.A.H. - 3/1/2012
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Episode 110 - L.E.A.H. - 3/1/2012
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Gary Whitta
Member
Victory!
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Deleted member 30609
Unconfirmed Member
Tiniest problem in the world:
The segment break music is bad, but it's worst how it goes straight from loud music to a second or two silence before Will quietly starts again. Pacing, people. Pacing.
The segment break music is bad, but it's worst how it goes straight from loud music to a second or two silence before Will quietly starts again. Pacing, people. Pacing.
Guy LeDouche
Banned
I posted this in the bricked thread, but if will is reading this...
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Very good decision. This shit is dragging forever
Also, not as good as a GB:ER (because bricked is basically the podcast while building Legos, while the ERs create their own discussions and have storylines to follow). I found myself jumping through a lot of the episodes so I can just get to the end and see the progress they made. And will getting sick seemed to kill the momentum (nothing that's his fault, just true)
It was a good experiment, but will and norm should think hard about the next Amazing Test series. I was excited by the idea of a mame cabinet build, but it's still two guys shooting the shit while building something.
Also, will has to turn down the "haha I'm an asshole haha I do dumb asshole things because I'm an asshole get it?". It's a semi-amusing schtick but schtick burns bright and fades fast. I'm a day 1 premium member and will be for many years, but if I could pro-rate it, I'd want my money back for TAT:B. It's very mediocre content.
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Very good decision. This shit is dragging forever
Also, not as good as a GB:ER (because bricked is basically the podcast while building Legos, while the ERs create their own discussions and have storylines to follow). I found myself jumping through a lot of the episodes so I can just get to the end and see the progress they made. And will getting sick seemed to kill the momentum (nothing that's his fault, just true)
It was a good experiment, but will and norm should think hard about the next Amazing Test series. I was excited by the idea of a mame cabinet build, but it's still two guys shooting the shit while building something.
Also, will has to turn down the "haha I'm an asshole haha I do dumb asshole things because I'm an asshole get it?". It's a semi-amusing schtick but schtick burns bright and fades fast. I'm a day 1 premium member and will be for many years, but if I could pro-rate it, I'd want my money back for TAT:B. It's very mediocre content.
funkystudent
Member
Maybe tested should come up with a backup plan before someone gets sick again.
I guess they couldn't have had Norm doing app of the day by himself but its been over a week... he could have dragged Jeff over for a tested Vita video, Maybe do some behind the scenes video explaining how tested does stuff. Some "whats in your bag" videos with other whiskey staff....... you know.... probably not the hardest thing in the world to come up with some quick and easy videos instead of just doing none.
Also Windows 8 Consumer video is on the site. Our long no tested video nightmare is over.
I guess they couldn't have had Norm doing app of the day by himself but its been over a week... he could have dragged Jeff over for a tested Vita video, Maybe do some behind the scenes video explaining how tested does stuff. Some "whats in your bag" videos with other whiskey staff....... you know.... probably not the hardest thing in the world to come up with some quick and easy videos instead of just doing none.
Also Windows 8 Consumer video is on the site. Our long no tested video nightmare is over.
chickdigger802
Banned
I remember norm mentioning that he used Chrome because it was great for multi monitors and multitabs.
But I always thought Firefox did that better
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But I always thought Firefox did that better
.weekend_warrior
Banned
AH-pa-CHEW! AH-pa-CHEW! AH-pa-CHEW!
Will sneezes like my mom.
ZackieChan
Member
firehawk12
Subete no aware
There's a bit of a Lego sale in Canada today at indigo.ca.
Picked up the X-wing and Tie Fighter kits... but I can't believe they're 60 dollars each. When did Lego get so expensive?!
Picked up the X-wing and Tie Fighter kits... but I can't believe they're 60 dollars each. When did Lego get so expensive?!
Aruarian Reflection
Chauffeur de la gdlk
What's everybody's thoughts on Tested Piracy-gate? As far as I can remember, Norm has not ranted against pirates before so at least he's not a hypocrite. Will is fervently anti-piracy, and while apparently he's not the one who actually downloaded Photoshop, his questionable explanation dances around the fact that what they're actually doing is illegal.
I'm referencing the Photoshop torrent in the Win 8 video btw
I'm referencing the Photoshop torrent in the Win 8 video btw
firehawk12
Subete no aware
What's the controversy? They use pirated Adobe software?
shadyspace
Banned
They seem to use a torrented Photoshop as a benchmark, but own a copy of Photoshop intended to represent the one that they are using the benchmark for. It is a way of getting around having to constantly activate/deactivate installations and having to call Adobe. Or something.
Edit: But he seemed pretty eager to clarify in the comments section so I am sure he will probably clarify here too. I didnt really understand his explanation.
randomlyrossy
Member
Could've just been the easiest way for them to get a hold of it? Just cause they torrented the file doesn't mean they don't have a legal key for it.
Broder Salsa
Banned
You can explain it with activation limits making it hard or that it was just easier to download it from torrents than Adobe themselves, but it's still a torrent with a keygen and I am sure everyone in here knows how torrents work.It's obvious why they would just fucking download it when adobes activation stuff is bullshit, but obviously it's going to spark some debate when the site is usually as anti piracy as it is.
randomlyrossy
Member
Well they post in this thread so I'm sure they'll explain it.
shadyspace
Banned
Yeah. I don't care. The only one who goes into zealous territory about piracy is Gary anyway.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
I think all the PC benchmark people probably do the same thing, especially since no one makes it easy these days with all the DRM.
Gary Whitta
Member
And even I am trying to be more moderate these days.
shadyspace
Banned
And even I am trying to be more moderate these days.
Stop torrenting Big Bang Theory episodes, Gary.
Gary Whitta
Member
TBS gives me all I need, baby! BAZINGA!
Gary Whitta
Member
Nope! Your nerd rage only fuels my enjoyment of it!
shadyspace
Banned
I like BBT too *shrugs*
randomlyrossy
Member
People like to hate things, especially stuff about their culture.
I really enjoy BBT too, always makes me laugh.
Gary Whitta
Member
Yes that gets old fast. I love Wolowitz otherwise though.
shadyspace
Banned
Craziness. "Are you a sex criminal!?!!"
Yeah no kidding. I love LEGO (I used to have the original Star Destroyer http://ui01.gamespot.com/1441/dsc02920mod_2.jpg but I sold it last year) but there is no way I'll pay 60$ for small X-Wing model that will only take me 1-2 hours to build.
We discussed it at length in the thread on Tested. The TLDR is that we bought a legit copy to use for benchmarking, but activation prevents. Because it has to be moved from machine to machine as we test new machines, eventually normal copies stop activating properly. Adobe limits the number of times you can make that transfer, and there's also a fairly real chance that we'll fuck up and leave our real copy activated when we send a machine back make it too high risk to use a legit copy. We tried using demos at Maximum PC when Adobe changed the activation policy (Adobe used to provide copies with 50 activations for benchmarking purposes), but for some reason that I don't remember, Gordon said the demo was unreliable. Hence, torrents. FWIW, the license that we use for benchmarking has never been used for actual work. It's purely a benchmarking tool.
TLDR for the TLDR: activation is a hassle for benchmarking
chickdigger802
Banned
Activation is a hassle period.
I remember having to email them a picture of me holding up my student license as part of the registration process for photoshop student edition activation.
