Extra Punctuation: Let's Talk About Let's Play
- Thread starter Yahtzee Croshaw
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CamboCombo [http://www.youtube.com/user/Cambocombo] is my favourite LPer so far, with Chuggaconroy as a close second.
He is funny, though acting a bit conceited on his videos and being a massive jerk to his viewers.therealtj said:
Care to elaborate? =/Lightcycle said:
I second that. =)Jamous said:
When LPs are done right, they are fun to watch. But a lot of the ones I end up seeing all have the same issues:
- They are heavily edited to try to make the viewer think they are God's gift to gaming and never make a mistake, even in a genre they admit they are horrible at. (some are so heavily edited they make TA runs look pristine. Worse still are the demo videos being played and the commenter making it sounds like he's playing)
- Half the dialogue is rambling about something that happened to them on that has no relevance to the game at all. (I don't give a damn if your girlfriend dumped you last week. If I wanted to hear that, I'd look up "emo video blog #6532" for f sake)
- The commentary volume is anywhere from 3-5 times the volume of the game. (look, I know you want people to hear you instead of the game, but when I'm trying to listen to the game in a dead sound period when you have the volume at 1 decibels, I don't like getting the crap scared out of me when you talk at 60db)
- They never goddamn shut up! (It's not "listen to me talk about my life while a game video runs in the background, it's Let's Play! A commentary about the game while you play. So when you have a major plot point going on, SHUT THE HELL UP SO I CAN CATCH IT!!!)
- They are heavily edited to try to make the viewer think they are God's gift to gaming and never make a mistake, even in a genre they admit they are horrible at. (some are so heavily edited they make TA runs look pristine. Worse still are the demo videos being played and the commenter making it sounds like he's playing)
- Half the dialogue is rambling about something that happened to them on that has no relevance to the game at all. (I don't give a damn if your girlfriend dumped you last week. If I wanted to hear that, I'd look up "emo video blog #6532" for f sake)
- The commentary volume is anywhere from 3-5 times the volume of the game. (look, I know you want people to hear you instead of the game, but when I'm trying to listen to the game in a dead sound period when you have the volume at 1 decibels, I don't like getting the crap scared out of me when you talk at 60db)
- They never goddamn shut up! (It's not "listen to me talk about my life while a game video runs in the background, it's Let's Play! A commentary about the game while you play. So when you have a major plot point going on, SHUT THE HELL UP SO I CAN CATCH IT!!!)
The best Lets Plays is MackAndMesh, they play scary games exclusively and Mesh is a real scardy cat. Probably the first time I've ever laughed so much seeing someone get so scared! not to mention they where the first ever to start doing Lets Plays, before youtube came along.
http://www.youtube.com/user/MackandMesh
One video of theirs in particular sort of says it all
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbAvsl405oI
http://www.youtube.com/user/MackandMesh
One video of theirs in particular sort of says it all
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbAvsl405oI