Man, the PGW results show was just what I needed this evening. A double dose of TTE too.
I've been watching the notifications too after all my fuss about last week's being on a Tuesday :(
Keep in mind next week is the bets punishment raps and the Sonic Forces character creation first, maybe don't get your bestest ideas nominated if you want a full 2 hours for them.
shoutout to Hoeg his insights on the eza podcast have been really interesting.
Group stream selection post is finally up. Allies be like:
Thanks for the tip. I was actually planning to skip this week and vote for Tregard's proposal, but maybe he'll want to hold off too.
3 of the top 4 suggestions so far are the defeated losers from last week.
We need a hard limit on how many times a game can appear in the vote.
3 of the top 4 suggestions so far are the defeated losers from last week.
We need a hard limit on how many times a game can appear in the vote.
That would defeat the purpose of the committee, imo. If these games keep getting votes it means a sizeable portion of the community still wants to see them played by the allies.
And if they keep losing, that means a sizeable portion would rather they play something else.
3 repeat losers + 1 new game isn't a working system. There are so many other ideas that don't get a look in because people feel they were hard done by last time, or that now last week's winner is gone, their pick must win.
And if they keep losing, that means a sizeable portion would rather they play something else.
I feel like Mandatory Update Ian could talk some crap. Maybe modern day Ian can channel GT-era Ian.
Ian and Brad for the PSX betting special has me hyped!
I genuinely love when Ian is improvising and getting raunchy
Oh man, I need to rewatch that. Do you remember what episode that was?Still one of my favourite ever jokes is the Need For Speed Paul Walker joke that floored Elyse in Mandatory Update
I have to agree with Damiani about that opening though. Man, what a rough ride. In media res rarely, if ever, works out right. Usually it just seems to pull me away from the story. Luckily, the game gets better as it goes on in the storytelling department.Oh man, I just started watching the AC: Origins stream and I just can't imagine coming into games with that mindset. Yikes. Honestly, that's kind of why I don't care for reviews at all or anybody's impressions. People just have different tolerances for different things. Myself, I'm usually one to adapt immediately to the game versus wanting a game to do something a certain way. I like playing within the confines of a ruleset, which I like to be different from game to game. I suppose it also ties into the Hottake on last week's Frame Trap- I feel like my mindset going in often DOES determine how much I like a given game. That's not to say I won't give games a fair shot, but I'm pretty good about determining just what I'll like before I ever get my hands on it. That doesn't mean I won't criticize parts of games that I do enjoy though.
Reading the comments takes me back, the fact that so many people thought they were unfunny/stupid made the show even more hilarious, especially when they acknowledged it and pushed it even further.
Reading the comments takes me back, the fact that so many people thought they were unfunny/stupid made the show even more hilarious, especially when they acknowledged it and pushed it even further.
3 of the top 4 suggestions so far are the defeated losers from last week.
We need a hard limit on how many times a game can appear in the vote.
It's certainly makes for a boring poll every week. I used to be excited to see the options...
I think losers at the poll stage should be banned for 1 month (maybe more). Makes things more exciting and creates tension.
While not a lawyer, I work in finance and negotiations and he did a great job explaining fiduciary responsibility. While not the same situation, fiduciary responsibility also ties into that I accurately reflect the finances and negotiations to Wall Street because I can go to jail if I hide or obscure stuff to make us look better.Damn, that Hoeg explanation was way better than anything I got in law school. That was broken down for a general audience really, really well.
No, because looking at the front runners right now, I want one of the repeats to win. I don't expect a poll to be fun, or exciting and I never will feel any tension voting, I expect it to lead to a good stream which I think the losing choices from last week would have.
Sure. But if losers keep always losing it shows a divide between the committee and the general poll voting audience.
The committee is in a more restrictive patreon tier ($2) and it's a smaller and dedicated group making the decision for what will get to the poll stage. If the general poll voters always reject their samey choices it shows that their interests are not aligned.
What should we do, let the committee insists till their choices inevitably get in or push them to be creative?
I generally don't want creativity unless there's a theme idea from the group or a really good idea like The Mole. I want them to sit down and play a multiplayer game, preferably 4 players or more, and hear some fun banter. If games were DQ'd due to the misfortune of being popular but not popular enough to win the vote, then that would really suck and I'd have to campaign to ask people to remove their hearts from Game X because it's likely something else is going to win because it's either just much more popular, or meme game of the week (Thanks Sonic Forces!) and we wouldn't want to burn that option because of some arbitrary rules.
Sure. But if losers keep always losing it shows a divide between the committee and the general poll voting audience.
The committee is in a more restrictive patreon tier ($2) and it's a smaller and dedicated group making the decision for what will get to the poll stage. If the general poll voters always reject their samey choices it shows that their interests are not aligned.
What should we do, let the committee insists till their choices inevitably get in or push them to be creative?
Damn, that Hoeg explanation was way better than anything I got in law school. That was broken down for a general audience really, really well.
While not a lawyer, I work in finance and negotiations and he did a great job explaining fiduciary responsibility. While not the same situation, fiduciary responsibility also ties into that I accurately reflect the finances and negotiations to Wall Street because I can go to jail if I hide or obscure stuff to make us look better.
Seriously I do like the tidbits you drop from time to time that helps deflate what can be very emotional situations for people who don't typically understand law and corporations. A basic business law course usually helps makes sense of these situations (not the nitty gritty nuances but at least the jist of the situation) but not everyone obviously has had those opportunities. Your input regarding fan remakes of games was especially well done.For the record, my wife thinks you all are sockpuppets I use to buoy my ego. She jokingly asked last time, "Just how many YouTube accounts do you have?". :) But seriously, thanks again for the kind words. I'm glad my description of what is absolutely a difficult concept (for lawyers as well) worked for you. I believe the disclaimer I gave to Kyle was that whole semester-long courses can be (and are) taught on the topic, so I broke it down to what I called a "podcast summary edition".
For the record, my wife thinks you all are sockpuppets I use to buoy my ego. She jokingly asked last time, "Just how many YouTube accounts do you have?". :) But seriously, thanks again for the kind words. I'm glad my description of what is absolutely a difficult concept (for lawyers as well) worked for you. I believe the disclaimer I gave to Kyle was that whole semester-long courses can be (and are) taught on the topic, so I broke it down to what I called a "podcast summary edition".
For the record, my wife thinks you all are sockpuppets I use to buoy my ego. She jokingly asked last time, "Just how many YouTube accounts do you have?". :) But seriously, thanks again for the kind words. I'm glad my description of what is absolutely a difficult concept (for lawyers as well) worked for you. I believe the disclaimer I gave to Kyle was that whole semester-long courses can be (and are) taught on the topic, so I broke it down to what I called a "podcast summary edition".
"Spoiler" regarding the podcast team bets.
So the Red Eagles are ahead of the Purple Platypi by 7 now. By my count there are 7 Tuesdays left this year (and they're probably going to do at least one L&R only episode). Unless the platypi start putting in the same bets and tie-win for 2 points, I think they're boned.
Gave you my vote just gotta be persistent def think this idea will win at some point.Dang, you really don't stand a chance if you miss the first few hours of the Group Stream Suggestions post, do you?
First posts have 30 - 60 likes, then it tails off to about 5 - 15
Gave you my vote just gotta be persistent def think this idea will win at some point.
It's a somewhat common YT error that happens every now and then. The few Youtubers I follow on Twitter tend to ask people every few months to check their subs in case YT unsubscribed them automatically.Yoo, YouTube somehow unsubscribed me from both EZA and EZA Plays??? No wonder I wasn't seeing any of their content of my feed lately. WTF
edit: Yeah, so a bunch of my subscriptions are missing for some reason. How does that even happen?