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Easy Allies |OT2| Love & Reset
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Yep, this personally has been a big bummer for me as well. The EZA podcast was always something I looked forward to during the work week. The move to Thursday would be fine if they'd get the podcast released by early Friday morning for Patreon. But now I'm having to choose between "fresh" news or weekend plans/football and whatnot and more often than not it means I'm waiting until Monday. Not really sure if/why the podcast takes a long time to edit, but I really hope they takes steps to reduce the time it takes to get it uploaded to Patreon.
Not to invalidate anyone's point because I don't think there's a wrong answer but just as another pov, I slightly prefer the podcast being released on Friday, given how vg industry news seem to come out during the week, and listening to it on Friday night or Saturday around noon works well in my schedule
I like it on friday because I get off work, put on my pjs and turn on the podcast, just like I used to do way back when I wasnt a patreon. It's kinda nostaligic.
I liked the side content. If they make a sequel I'd kinda want them to delve more into the future cop stuff, flesh out the rest of the crew, make more in depth side stuff that acts like proper investigations. Bascially i want Astral Chain: Stand Alone Complex edition lol.
I don't think it's really taking all that long. The podcast finishes recording Thursday night. Jones cuts overnight then sets it to start uploading while he goes to bed. And Kyle sets it up and posts when he starts working in the morning. There's maybe a little downtime while people are still asleep, but for much of that, the video has to upload and process anyways.
Finally got around to watching the Don's Design Lab episode. I don't normally care for Super Mario Maker-related content but I actually really dug how the video was put together. Great editing, showing each person's contribution to Ian's initial design. I also like that the level was balanced and not too easy or difficult; something that anyone could pick up and try without TOO much frustration.
Looking forward to the next one!
Looking forward to the next one!
I think my dislike of it has more to do with the actual game design then the content itself. The content was fine, the problem is how it is dolled out. If the game had a proper open world and I could tackle side content whenever I wanted Ala spiderman ps4 I think I sould have enjoyed it a lot more.
They record the podcast after the Pokemon Silver streams, which end at 7 PM PT. The podcast is usually up by 11 or 12 PT the next day. That seems like a pretty good turnaround time to me, considering they have to shoot the podcast (and potentially any other shoots happening that night), go home, edit the podcast, upload, and sleep.
It just depends on where you live. It's up around 8 - 9 pm on Friday my time, so that means it's up around noon their time on Friday.
I don't see how they can make this quicker except if Kyle would't sleep either until it's done (which isn't something we can expect them to do, crunch and all that).
I complained about the Thursday time from when it was announced and I do still believe Tuesday/Wednesday is a better day (for me) as far as release day goes, but I can't deny that the shift to Thursday did help them covering newer items compared to recording on Tuesday. They would have to shove a lot of the things they covered to the week after if they stayed on Tuesday.
I personally don't mind that at all as it's the same imo (I probably discussed this enough on here), but I do understand why a lot of people were asking to move the podcast and I understand why they changed it (even if I still don't completely agree). I do have to admit that I was probably wrong and that as far as new newsitems goes, Thursdays are probably better. I still like Wednesdays better to watch it myself, but what can you do. It's fine imo.
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Aye the pacing was bad, i had the most fun in the early parts of the game. Later on i just tuned out of the "story" and had what fun i could with the battles.
Hah, it seems I'm in the minority here. I guess I'm used to Giant Bomb's and Kinda Funny's pods going up the same day they are recorded (and EZA's past release schedule didn't really effect me as it was still during the work week). For instance, Kinda Funny's daily pod that starts recording at 1pm my time just went live on youtube around 4:15pm. I'd also sort of question why two people need to edit the podcast and if things like sound effects/other minor edits can't be done on the fly by Ian live.
It seems to be working out for most and that is great. Just personally, the EZA pod has always been a happy part of my work week and it's been quite the bummer of a change. If somehow they could work it for Friday morning release on Patreon, I'd be 100% happy, but I understand sometimes it just doesn't work out.
I understand where you are coming from as it's the same reasoning I had that it would be worse for some patrons when the Thursday podcast was announced. It all depends on how and when you watch/listen to the podcast and where you live. If you like to listen or watch it during work and you don't live in the America's, you either have to wait until monday and change when you consume the podcast. The same is true for people who were used to watch or listen to it during the weekends. If they aren't a patron, they will now get it sunday evening to monday morning instead, so they will have to wait until the next weekend (or change the way they consume the podcast).
The thing is that it release around Friday morning for them. It releases around friday noon pacific time, which means 7pm UK, 8pm mainland Europe, but 5 am saturday morning in Sydney for example. I don't know where you are from, but it's for sure impossible for all patrons to release in the "morning" their time.
That's just how timezones and how the world works. There is no solution for this except if they have a way to roll it out with a staggered release (so depending on timezone) and even then people won't understand why people in Sidney can already watch the podcast while people in Berlin can't.
There just isn't a way to make this work for everybody since EZA's content is watched from all over the world and there are a lot of ways people watch or listen to their content. It's unfortunate, they are going to win and lose some $5 tier patrons because of this change, but I just don't see how it's possible for any outlet to fix this. You just have to be lucky that the time they choose works out for your timezone.
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I'm in the US but under EST, so unfortunately a 2pm EST podcast is just a little bit too late on a Friday for me to catch it.
Ah well, I'm not a fan of most of the podcast changes in general.
Ah well, I'm not a fan of most of the podcast changes in general.
I'll probably get one when it releases on the EU store, but that doesn't seem the case yet.
It still says, currently unavailable. That's at least better as before as it showed "sold out" until two days ago or so even though I don't think it was for sale before, but I only checked the day after the announcement, so who knows.
I don't know about Giant Bomb's podcast, but I'm pretty sure KF Games Daily is just a youtube direct upload from their Twitch stream, that's not really the same thing. Whenever we've seen EZA do the podcast live, there's always issues with the sound effects and such. Starting too early, cutting off to early, way to loud, etc. I don't think Kyle or Jones want to trade the production value for getting it up a few hours earlier. I mean, we're talking about Friday Morning vs Early Afternoon, it's not like it's going up Friday at midnight or something currently. Based on what you said for Games Daily, I assume you're EDT, the podcast is probably going up at 1 or 2 PM for you on Friday (it went up at 1:46 PM EDT last week). Obviously I don't know how your work days are structured but that's still most likely hours before most people (in the Americas) leave work.
I actually ordered that 8BitDo SN30 Pro+ controller Kyle mentioned on last week's podcast, he should get some commission or something. I think that'll be good enough, plus it'll be useful for other games still if I need another pro controller (or a controller with a good D-Pad).
Yeah, I'm thinking of grabbing that instead because it looks far more useful for only $20 more. I love the SNES controller and maybe I'll grab one at some point, but for functionality, I need real ZL/ZR triggers rather than buttons.
So good! I cant believe he went for it!
Another fantastic episode of mysterious monsters. They have really found there groove with this episode.
Easily the best episode. The players cared about the trivia, knew a lot of answers, and used the different abilities in logical ways.
That was the best episode of monsters yet. All 3 were very knowledgeable and I love how for once we saw people use the uneasy alliance the way it should be used. People should be thinking about when they should help someone or not and whether it can help them or hurt them to do so.
It depends on the game for me, i think with something like The Last of Us 2 you really basically just ruin every scene you show off.
anyone else noticing framerate stuttering issues with the close-up cameras in the latest Mysterious Monsters? i feel bad bugging the Allies with tech stuff all the time. not sure how best to report these issues.
Need to watch the new Mysterious Monsters but it's nice to hear that they didn't abuse the uneasy alliance this time. I always thought that aspect should be nerfed somehow.
That was definitely the best episode of Mysterious Monsters yet (I feel like I say this every episode but it's true).
It seems like Justin kinda got screwed at the end? The final question at the end only gave him credit for 15 box smashes or whatever, but you see him hit it at least 20 times, and probably a few more when the camera wasn't on them. I mean, he still would have lost even if he was mid or high 20s, but it being imprecise could be an issue for closer ones.
Feep Did he mention anything, or did y'all notice that? Seemed like he started to mention it at the end then realized it probably didn't matter.
Feep Did he mention anything, or did y'all notice that? Seemed like he started to mention it at the end then realized it probably didn't matter.
All episodes of Mysterious Monsters have been great, but this episode has to be one of my favorites. Close all the way through, fantastic contestants, and a Top 10 Anime Betrayal.
I posted this in the YT comments:
This was immediately noticed by me and Ian. Upon further review of the footage, Justin was hitting the box way off center and with insufficient force, which led to only about half of his hits being counted. We confirmed with him after the show what he attempted to input, and had he done so successfully, it would not have changed the outcome.
We do instruct our players to really whack those things; we added a lot of padding so that they would be protected for a long period of time. But Justin had a lot of fun, and jolly vibes all around. ^^
We do instruct our players to really whack those things; we added a lot of padding so that they would be protected for a long period of time. But Justin had a lot of fun, and jolly vibes all around. ^^
I'm not sure if the boxes already have this but would it be possible to put a bullseye on the cushion to remind people where they should be hitting?
I'm glad someone finally used an uneasy alliance to fuck someone over, what a fantastic move.
Uli was only living up to expectations and did so magnificently.
A true champion.
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It really is great when the contestants all really get into it.
Just saying some people might want to be unspoiled. The video did JUST go up.
EDIT: No worries, I caught myself doing the same thing minutes earlier.
Just saying some people might want to be unspoiled. The video did JUST go up.
EDIT: No worries, I caught myself doing the same thing minutes earlier.
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The Groundhog Day review is a delightful surprise, well written and edited, but gets a -0.5 for only one repeat of "again" at the end and not repeating a paragraph or even putting the whole review on loop.
9.5 - Shoulda been a Easy Update
9.5 - Shoulda been a Easy Update
It's like Gundam never went away. Straight back into that chill vibe and already some laugh out-loud moments. So happy it's back.
Super chill and entertaining stream so far.
Kyle "White Boy" Bosman is just a chefs kiss meme
Kyle "White Boy" Bosman is just a chefs kiss meme
Don't have the exact timestamp to hand but midway through his last Tetris stream he got teary at the FF9 song 'You're not Alone'.
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