04-28-2012, 03:56 AM
I started watched this and then stopped 10-15 minutes in. I didn't really look at the time, I just know it was somewhere near the start. It was just boring me to death so I stopped and did something else for a bit. Knowing the people involved on various personal levels made me decide to go back and finish it that same day. (This was when it was first posted so it has been a little while now) I skipped past some of the start and let it play for a bit and then when I started being bored again I'd skip forward some more. I did eventually finish it and overall feel like I'll listen to more, but that is probably largely influenced by knowing the people involved. Skipping past bits seems a bad sign.
I've been thinking about what was boring me and I think it is when any one person had a big chunk to say. It's like when raiding in WoW and somebody spends 5 minutes explaining the strat. Invariably half the raid ends up missing a bunch of the explanation cause people just tune out when it is the one voice going on and on. I think it is the same with netcasts. (Tis what I call a podcast when it incorporate video of some type. I mention this since you questioned what to call it.) It is really tough to have a block of only one person talking and keep it entertaining. In some bits the conversation was more back and forth and that is where it was better. I'm sure that will improve with time and getting used to doing it together. Something to keep in mind though. To try to steer things toward the interactivity rather than the one person relating their whole view/experience and then another person doing the same.
I've debated whether or not to post my experience with it, but figure it is probably useful to hear more than just people saying they loved it.
I've been thinking about what was boring me and I think it is when any one person had a big chunk to say. It's like when raiding in WoW and somebody spends 5 minutes explaining the strat. Invariably half the raid ends up missing a bunch of the explanation cause people just tune out when it is the one voice going on and on. I think it is the same with netcasts. (Tis what I call a podcast when it incorporate video of some type. I mention this since you questioned what to call it.) It is really tough to have a block of only one person talking and keep it entertaining. In some bits the conversation was more back and forth and that is where it was better. I'm sure that will improve with time and getting used to doing it together. Something to keep in mind though. To try to steer things toward the interactivity rather than the one person relating their whole view/experience and then another person doing the same.
I've debated whether or not to post my experience with it, but figure it is probably useful to hear more than just people saying they loved it.