Posted: 9/8/2013 6:51 PM
Post subject: Official TASVideos show?
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SmashManiac
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Whenever I look at YouTube encodes of TASVideos, I'm always disappointed by the number of views. Even for popular games, unless the movie is shared by a popular website, it takes a long time to break 10000 views, and when it does, comments are usually filled with ignorant people complaining that TAS is basically cheating. However, TAS can be something mainstream. For example, the French show Speed Game by RealMyop and CoeurDeVandale regularly showcase tool-assisted speedruns as part of their weekly show. They take great care to explain what a TAS is, what is going on while the movie is playing based on general game knowledge and the TAS author's comments, include definitions at the bottom of the screen for those not familiar with the terminology, and even invite authors directly to present their movie. For example, their episode about [2399] GBA Rayman Advance by got4n in 1:16:19.97 has gotten more than 120000 views in just a month, and got4n himself said that he became interested in making TASes because of their show. For those interested in watching Speed Game: http://www.jeuxvideo.com/chroniques-video-speed-game.htm The reason I bring this up is because I believe the TASVideos community would greatly benefit if they had a similar show for an English-speaking audience. What if there was an official TASVideos show on GameTrailers? Or a dedicated Twitch channel with live Q&A and special events? I believe that not only it would give more exposure to TASes and TASVideos, but also generate revenue that could either be used to make TASVideos a better website overall or to give to charity organizations. I probably won't participate in the rest of the discussion since I don't have the time for it. I just wanted to throw the idea in. What do you guys think?
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Posted: 9/8/2013 8:18 PM
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jlun2
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Well, for me, I don't exactly care about views all that much. I only TAS because either its fun, or because people keep pestering me noone else would. Although if you really want something like that to happen, prepare to get a whole bunch of comments of regarding TAS's being nonlegit or cheating. :P
LLCoolDave wrote:
This seems to be competing for the "Worst looking TAS of 2011" Award.
Posted: 9/8/2013 8:52 PM
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Patashu
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Having commentary available with the TAS is a huge draw for the TAS, especially for people not familiar with the game at a high level (which is, let's face it, 99% of people). So I think this is the way to go if view count is a concern. It works for speedrunners (xGDQs)
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Posted: 9/12/2013 4:41 AM
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SmashManiac
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To clarify, I'm not proposing this idea for the sake of having more views or being popular, but to make more people discover, appreciate and create TAS art.
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Posted: 9/12/2013 7:43 AM
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Nitrogenesis wrote:
Guys I come from the DidyKnogRacist communite, and you are all wrong, tihs is the run of the mileniun and everyone who says otherwise dosnt know any bater! I found this run vary ease to masturbate too!!!! Don't fuck with me, I know this game so that mean I'm always right!StupedfackincommunityTASVideoz!!!!!!
Arc wrote:
I enjoyed this movie in which hands firmly gripping a shaft lead to balls deep in multiple holes.
natt wrote:
I don't want to get involved in this discussion, but as a point of fact C# is literally the first goddamn thing on that fucking page you linked did you even fucking read it
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Posted: 9/16/2013 2:21 AM
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BadPotato
Joined: 1/26/2009
Posts: 558
Location: Canada - Québec
Yeah, I guess the TAS show with RealMyop & CoeurDeVandale is of great, as long as you speak/understand french(I do!). Not so long ago, I kinda disliked their new affiliation with jeuxvideo.com community tags. But I guess it's alright if they manage to get somekind of paid(and popularity) from it, in order to help them with their work continuation. That's said, would these kind of monthly nicovideo count as a show? If that's the case, would anyone be willing to *fan-translate* those, if the original author is ok with it?