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Rimfya said:
The 12 hour Skyrim thing makes no sense. I get upset when someone is Playing a game I want at a midnight launch. I don't want to see the first second, let alone the first 12 hours of any game.

Top page edit: YouTube is the best thing to happen to GB videos in forever. Now they actually *stream reliably*.
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Then watch it a few days later? It's basically a 10th of an ER available whenever you're comfortable enough to check out.
 
Rimfya said:
The 12 hour Skyrim thing makes no sense. I get upset when someone is Playing a game I want at a midnight launch. I don't want to see the first second, let alone the first 12 hours of any game.

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it makes no sense to you, maybe :)

It obviously will appeal to other people for different reasons. But I understand that people don't want to be spoiled.

for my sake, I'll be skipping the beginning since I like that first, linear experience to be fresh (plus I'll be at work) but once the stream is out there in the wild, in random dungeons and environments, I'll be checking in to see how things are going. I know that my experience will be different enough in this game that I won't mind seeing someone else play through parts of it.
 
I really think they should skip the intro, just start recording after it. Without context I'm sure I could watch 12 hours of the game, but if I saw the intro I'd be kicking myself.
 
Rimfya said:
The 12 hour Skyrim thing makes no sense. I get upset when someone is Playing a game I want at a midnight launch. I don't want to see the first second, let alone the first 12 hours of any game.

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When they were at gamespot still Greg reviewed Oblivion and streamed the first 12 hours of it there. So it makes a lot of sense in that context.
 
Mechanized said:
I really think they should skip the intro, just start recording after it. Without context I'm sure I could watch 12 hours of the game, but if I saw the intro I'd be kicking myself.
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Is the intro really something to be savoring? I remember the Oblivion intro was crawling through a shitty dungeon until you finally got outside, then ran to the big castle.
 
panda21 said:
i'm not quite sure what this skyrimming thing is going to be

like who is this Greg person? is he going to talk about it while he plays and thats it? or will the GB guys be watching and commenting and doing the talking, like a TNT? they said they would lock him in a room playing so if its just him on his own that would be kind of boring
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You're making me sad. :(
 
panda21 said:
i'm not quite sure what this skyrimming thing is going to be

like who is this Greg person? is he going to talk about it while he plays and thats it? or will the GB guys be watching and commenting and doing the talking, like a TNT? they said they would lock him in a room playing so if its just him on his own that would be kind of boring
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Greg is a pioneer, scholar and gentleman.

Seriously.
 
thetrin said:
You're making me sad. :(
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I had no idea who he was until they brought him in for Building the Bastion. Hell, out of the five guys Giant Bomb guys, I'd only heard about Jeff before I started visiting the site last year.

That said, Greg gets so many points for being one of the people behind Bastion. I might jump into the Skyrim session randomly once it gets going, but I won't spoil the beginning for myself.
 
IamMattFox said:
I had no idea who he was until they brought him in for Building the Bastion. Hell, out of the five guys Giant Bomb guys, I'd only heard about Jeff before I started visiting the site last year.

That said, Greg gets so many points for being one of the people behind Bastion. I might jump into the Skyrim session randomly once it gets going, but I won't spoil the beginning for myself.
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Greg was EIC of Gamespot and the GB crew's boss. I remember he was one of the first guys to do video reviews for games on GS during the site revamp before GT and IGN. It was innovative for me and his Oblivion marathon was something i've never seen before. Live and raw. So good.
 
I am out of Whiskey Media content to watch for first time in EVER. I event went to Comic Vine, to watch Sara read the news - and I don't think that feature is still going. I see no videos on the upcoming GB listing :/

.,,I am going to have to play an actual game for entertainment, aren't I?
 
Keyser Soze said:
I am out of Whiskey Media content to watch for first time in EVER. I event went to Comic Vine, to watch Sara read the news - and I don't think that feature is still going. I see no videos on the upcoming GB listing :/

.,,I am going to have to play an actual game for entertainment, aren't I?
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Anime Vice do video features? I never go there.
 
Keyser Soze said:
I am out of Whiskey Media content to watch for first time in EVER. I event went to Comic Vine, to watch Sara read the news - and I don't think that feature is still going. I see no videos on the upcoming GB listing :/

.,,I am going to have to play an actual game for entertainment, aren't I?
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Do what I did: sift through very beginning of the Features category and watch all the old mailbags.

Some good shit came in the mail back then!
 
Keyser Soze said:
I am out of Whiskey Media content to watch for first time in EVER. I event went to Comic Vine, to watch Sara read the news - and I don't think that feature is still going. I see no videos on the upcoming GB listing :/

.,,I am going to have to play an actual game for entertainment, aren't I?
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This is GAF. Playing a game should be the last thing on your mind.
 
I'm definitely watching the 12 hour stream after it gets archived i don't give a fuck, i bet it's gonna be great since all the crew will there. Also the chances of me owning a Xbox 360 sometime soon is low so whatever.
 
LiK said:
Anime Vice do video features? I never go there.
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I remember going there to see the weekly news video - as I have no knowledge of comics, and that was a good round-up. I have not went in ages, and the segment seems done now. It was good for a while - and this one had a super ending (
bonus Vinny
).

Thanks for the idea Banana Kid, after digging around I have decided to re-watch this now
http://www.giantbomb.com/quick-look-motion-sports/17-3469/
 
Scarecrow said:
Is the stream for everyone or just premium members?
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For long videos I usually split em up. I'll watch 20 minutes then finish it up later. Sometimes I have to split up the member only videos Into a lot more though since they are fuxking long.
 
Rlan said:
12 Hours of Skyrim featuring Greg Kasavin
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Great, that's the third personality to announce a Skyrim streamathon. First Trump (popular SC2 streamer) with his community-chosen 2-day Let's Play marathon, then Day[9] (popular SC2 caster) with an 8 hour stream, all on release day.

No intention of letting any of these guys spoil the first hours of the game for me, but yeah, there's obviously a lot of demand for that out there.
 
Haunted said:
Great, that's the third personality to announce a Skyrim streamathon. First Trump (popular SC2 streamer) with his community-chosen 2-day Let's Play marathon, then Day[9] (popular SC2 caster) with an 8 hour stream, all on release day.

No intention of letting any of these guys spoil the first hours of the game for me, but yeah, there's obviously a lot of demand for that out there.
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Never heard of those guys, I'll stick with Greg. Besides, Greg did Oblivion marathon which I think was a reason I think they're doing this. Like old times.
 
MW3 QL is up for people that... might be interested. I'll watch it because I love how Jeff plays SP shooter campaigns. Just charge forward, breaking the AI.


btw: people that watched the Oblivion thing. Does Greg talk much during the stream?
 
chickdigger802 said:
MW3 QL is up for people that... might be interested. I'll watch it because I love how Jeff plays SP shooter campaigns. Just charge forward, breaking the AI.


btw: people that watched the Oblivion thing. Does Greg talk much during the stream?
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Been years but iirc, you mainly hear his reactions. He didn't talk too much.
 
I'd watch 12 hours of Skyrim if the Giant Bomb guys were going to talk over it, but Greg Kasavin alone? From what I've seen in all their Bastion stuff and that one TNT he was on that guy just has the most unbearable monotone, and that was him talking animatedly to friends. If it's just going to be him commenting on a game to himself I don't think I could stand it.
 
Wow.... that Modern Warfare 3 quick look was uploaded at 240p on youtube for non-subs. Gee thanks for the excellent video quality GiantBomb.
 
Xanathus said:
Wow.... that Modern Warfare 3 quick look was uploaded at 240p on youtube for non-subs. Gee thanks for the excellent video quality GiantBomb.
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wow LOL

Giantbomb is really approaching this thing the wrong ass way.
 
Xanathus said:
Wow.... that Modern Warfare 3 quick look was uploaded at 240p on youtube for non-subs. Gee thanks for the excellent video quality GiantBomb.
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"We'll still be serving the same sorts of dishes we did before introducing our monetization plan for free. Keep in mind that we'll spit onto your meal beforehand, though."

EDIT: It seems this is only a temporary problem. Someone in the comments mentioned it takes time for YouTube to make higher resolutions available. Can anyone speak to that?
 
Woooow, say whatever you want about the 360p stuff, but 240p is literally unwatchable by any decent standard. Jeez.
 
I don't know what they're thinking about not 1080p'ing their vid content on YouTube. Subscriber content should be your main draw guys! Especially when you've just nerfed your standard vid content!
 
Goldmund said:
They just haven't figured out yet that you can delete archived videos.
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They've acknowledged the archives before, same with the Tested guys pointing people towards their video archives for oktoberkast. I imagine they see it as having little to no impact on the rest of the goings on.
 
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