Monday, 31 March 2008

Uploading..

the vids are uploading now.. as i said in the first vids description, i hope yer sat comfy dudes, cos it's gonna be a long one.. it ain't even long cos of rambling either for once ;)

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MGS recording done...

jesus wept, well the recording for days MGS vids are done, but damn, its about TWO hours long, and the bloody emulator crashed at the first FMV sequence near the first hour mark.. suckage.

got it sorted in the end with some ninja like memory card/plugin copying to EPSXE, as PSXEVEN seems to throw a complete fit with MGS's FMV.

as i say, no worries though, got it done.. gonna take ageeeees to render and split all todays stuff though, and it's gonna be epic long.. probably the longest set of videos since i started doing the daily routine.

i'll let ya know once the upload starts.. videos usually appear on youtube about an hour after i say i'm uploading if you were curious.

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Morning Dudes..

morning dudes.. i actually woke up about 2 hours ago, but i've been eating then messing around with this audio blog stuff blah blah blah..

it's pretty nifty though i gotta say, and spices the old text up a bit.

anyway, short and sweet for the first one, cos i'm fuckin dying to play some MGS, and i still need to gather comments which usually takes 20-30 minutes, so i'll shut up and get started.. oh, i need to reconfigure my joypad in the emulator as well as it appears my shoulder buttons are a tad off.

later dudes, as always i'll let ya know when i've finished recording, and when i'm starting to upload.

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Sunday, 30 March 2008

G'Night..

Night dudes.. hope ya enjoyed the SSO vids, as well as a look through some of all the old vids i've done.. certainly made for a nice change of pace.

MGS goes into full swing tomorrow, and personally if the SSO vids hadn't run up close to an hour, I seriously think i'd have done another wave of MGS today, cos i'm dying to play more ;)

Don't be surprised if I run over the hour tomorrow anyway, hah.

Cheers for all the posters and stuff ya sent me as well, as always, appreciated and entertaining.

Night.

Uploading..

Uploading the Sunday Shout Out #1 video (SSO).. however, I HIGHLY suspect problems will arise with part 2 onwards, because it's using footage from all over my hard drives, in all kinda different codecs, so something is gonna go sour :P

First part seems fine, but as I say, the second part+ may be dodgy so they may trail behind.

*Update*
Man i've got Premiere pretty well sussed now.. as soon as part 2 gave me a problem, I switched the rendering method to one i'd setup a while back that I thought could probably handle it, and sure enough, it worked fine.. it made the filesize of each video slightly bigger, but still under YT's limit..

Every parts queued and uploaded/uploading now, enjoy dudes.. well, that's if you don't mine 3 parts of ramble. :P

1000 Hits

Damn, 1k already? nice.. I only set this up what, 3-4 days ago?

Cheers dudes.. not too long before 1k subs on YT as well (well, maybe another month or two), which is the milestone i'm after atm.

I've said a few times that i'm not overly concerned about the subscriber number, but I do want that 4 digit sub number for sure :] same goes for the video count, 4 digits please haha.

Sunday Shout Out #1 Done

Just finished the recording.. it's helluva long though by comparison to last weeks.

I ain't sure atm, but I think it's gonna be about 4 parts, daaaaamn son.

Gonna take about an hour or so before it starts uploading to YT i'd estimate, and another 40-60 mins after before it starts becoming available.

Looks like i'm gonna need an entirely new playlist just for these Sunday vids ;)

Morning Dudes..

Morning.. bit late posting on the blog this morning, i've actually been up a few hours, but i've been busy changing the YT BG pic, gathering/renaming all the posters for the Sunday vid and some various other stuff.

Bloody Firefox had a rare brain fart overnight and delayed part 7 as well.. growl!

Gonna go record the fore mentioned vid after i've had a quick smoke.. I need one after spending the last 40 odd minutes trawling through videos and comments, hunting down the names so I can credit people for their posters.. I still couldn't find names for 2 of them though :( i'll have to credit them in the video description if/when they comment taking credit for it.

That's mainly my fault though.. i'm gonna start putting people's name in the filename as I download the pics in future, easier for me, and makes sure people get the credit properly.

Saturday, 29 March 2008

G'Night..

Well, I had another part give me the same error as part 2, but once again, a re-render fixed it.. strange ass error really.

All the parts are rendered and uploading/queued as I type, and i'm gonna get some sleep :)

Quite a productive day really, got an entirely new PSX emulator working (and as anyone that's tried using a PSX emu will tell you, it ain't exactly 'load up and go' friendly) including a new set of video/sound plugins AND got hypercam to capture with Xvid even quicker than before.. i'd be surprised if I lose a frame ever again with the settings it's on now, and the apparent drop in quality isn't even noticeable.

Night dudes.. another Sunday shout out video tomorrow with all the posters etc, and I -may- even throw in another hour of MGS.. we'll see how it goes, no rush.

Too good to be true..

*Update: A re-render did fix things, and it's uploading now :P*
I knew things were going too well.. VirtualDub is like the most solid program ever, i've NEVER had a single crash or problem with it..

Well, it's crashing at 50 odd percent when converting the 2nd part of MGS.. apparently Huffy (im converting to divx, it rendered via Premiere as huffy just fine) is using out of bounds memory and blah blah blah whatever buddy.

Gonna try re-render part 2 again and see if that helps, if not, i'll have to output it as something different.. maybe trusty old wmv again.

Either way, part 2 -may- be a little bit delayed (uploading wise).. i'm hoping it's only part 2, and that it'll be sorted soon.

Oops?

I'm screwing around doing an idea someone gave me for a blog link in the videos (which I ain't even adding today lol).. and I kinda lost track of time ;)

I'm rendering the first part of todays video now.. soz about that haha.. it'll be uploading within the next 15 minutes or so, along with the rest following steady behind it.

As I said earlier, it's MGS, and it should be around 7 parts (it is).. bit of a trial run today, kinda glad I started Saturday rather than on Monday, cos it took me todays hour just to figure out the damn controls.

The votes are in!

Well, Metal Gear Solid took it, inching out RE3 by a incredibly small margin of 6 votes.

Cheers to everyone that voted, apparently 75 votes were registered.. helluva lot more than I expected being honest.

Y'know what? I think i'm just gonna dive in there today as well.. i've pondered and dithered about what game to do today, and being honest, there's no real reason I can't start a main new game on whatever day it currently is.

So MGS it is.. fear not if you didn't get the game ya wanted (PE1/SH1/RE3), as ALL those games are next in line..

Considering RE3 was so close, it WILL be done next, as I know a lot of ya want it. SH1 and PE1 were very close with each other, but both myself and some other people voiced their desire for PE1 slightly louder than SH1, so PE1 will be third in line, with SH1 bringing up the rear.

We'll see what comes after that, but that's the current schedule.

Time to get my ass utterly handed in MGS.. no joke, i've played MGS games no more than like 2 hours in my life, it really is gonna own me hard ;)

Alright Dudes..

Morning.. i've been playing around with a few games for todays videos.. there's no lack of choice, nor need to rush one game over another, but I think i'd prefer something that I can use hypercam with.

Granted, I can use hypercam with anything I can force into window mode, but I get the very strong suspicion that Fraps is the better tool for the job if normal 3D is involved (PSX emu doesn't count).. I just did a test run with hypercam on a 3D game, and it dropped about 10% of the frames.

Now, to cut it some slack, the game I tested was probably the most intensive game to record I can think of, in full detail :p But i'll stick with fraps when it comes to 3D stuff anyway.

Emu/Windowed stuff = Hypercam
Full screen 3D directx/opengl type affairs = Fraps

Problem with Fraps though, is it refuses to record FMV on some games.. I guess that could always be remedied by recording the FMV separately (with Hypercam) and dumping it ontop of the Fraps footage when it's blacking out the FMV sequence(s).

Oh well, i've still got about another 90 minutes before I start, and i'm gonna grab a breakfast pizza while continuing to mull over the options.

As I said to begin with, there's no rush, nor big deal to pick one game over another.. i'll just go with what records best, and what I think's gonna be fun for 60-90 minutes of play.

Friday, 28 March 2008

G'Night..

Gonna have a sleep and a think about what game i'll use as 'filler' for tomorrow.. I have a strong suspicion it'll be a snes/genesis game, but it could be something entirely outta the blue.. maybe TF2, maybe Dawn of War, maybe something completely random.. should be fun doing 1 solid routine game during the week like RE etc, a random filler Saturday, and the shoutout vid on Sunday.

Night.. though i'll probably wake up in 4 hours, sigh ;)

Ah way..

gonna be away now till very late tonight/early tomorrow morning (my time) while I visit someone in hospital again, then get some sleep afterwards.. but every part to today's videos are queued and uploading.

enjoy dudes, and i'll try reply to everything once i'm around again.

Uploading..

First part's rendered and uploading.. i'm working on the rest (i believe there'll be about 9/10 again) as I type this.

Man, I got back in about an hour ago, and the bus home kinda made me laugh/be disgusted.

I sat down, and literally no more than 5 seconds after, some dude burped literally right over my shoulder from the seat behind.. not even an 'excuse me' escaped his uncouth mouth, infact I suspect he was actually quite proud.

Now, I don't have much room to talk, because i've been known to unleash many a burp with pride, but not around other people, and certainly not without an 'excuse me' if so.

I gave a sharp stare as I turned my head.. if the time had been a couple hundred years earlier, I would have demanded a duel to punish the bastard. I wouldn't have killed him, but i'd have injured him for enough days so that he could reflect upon his poor manners.

Upon standing up to get off at my stop, I came to a further realization.. it wasn't a dude, it was a girl.

Hard to tell around here sometimes, and people wonder why I don't even attempt to get a girlfriend with gems like that being 99% of the available pool here.

Resident Evil 2 finished

Well, it's been a great game, and a MUCH better experience playing it through fully this time than when I played it originally.. I seriously did enjoy it.

Bit of a beast of rambling at the end though guys, like 30+ minutes worth gah, I told ya not to encourage it ;)

I'm going down town atm while I convert the xvid to wmv (takes about 50 minutes), i'll be back not that long after, and i'll start splitting/uploading then.. a lot earlier than usual huh?

Here's todays comment notes:

SA8TER - Lol...The last hour of RE2 HTSF on my 18th birthday the 28th. :D
beverleysimpson - You're the best! Anyway! I just wondered if you'd give us a wee shout in one of your rambles! If not that's totally ok! I saw a guy with a wee green Ronnie pouch today on the underground, I had to elbow jambo and wink. Take care! Love!! Bev xxx
fitzybhoy/kieran - will you be covering resident evil 3 nemesis by any chance?? please keep attacking the resident evil genre as im fecking loving the videos. shame you cant cover the gamecube games as they are the best from the series.looking forward to watching some more!
NeonFiraga - p.s. some final questions. How do you finance your gaming lifestyle? How did you come up with a name like 'overthegun'? anf finally, did you see my comment on your page "[H2][P7](Leon) 'Get that scum, make him pay ... for my dry cleaning!(kaplow)'"? + Veoh TV
darthtenchi - What is Mr.X?
Termin - You know OTG if you're having trouble finding things on WordPad hit CTRL-F and then type in a key word, like in this case "Ada" (or however it's spelled) would have gotten you to the post quicker more then likely.
wam - ohh and give meh a shout out because i said something witty even though i didnt... shh the rest of the subscribers will never KNOW
russianky - ok, you wanna play rough? ok.. say hello to my little friend! - cool I got my name mentioned three times in one part, and btw its Russian ky, not Russian K, FYI ;)
linkslayer - o and btw, u pronounce herb like erb
monkeymac - OTG, I think you are a god considering the rate that you are producing your videos. KEEP EM COMING GRANNY!
obimikel - You didnt fool me with thinking about just the one death, i read your blog entry and ''i'm sure people will find these deaths entertaining anyway..'', so there were more lol
wam - fuck yeah im not gonna lie it kinda got scary in the end i though he was gonna punch through the secreen and say FUCKKING CALL MY VGLOGS A VANERIAL DISEASE WILL YAH" and start violently beating the shit out of me in the normal otg manner
PandaSquared - HA! I told you. The fact that you didn't have any problems uploading this set was entirely due to your death prone playing style today. Someone sapped your pr0 ninja skills, man.
Termin - The camera angles and poison were killing you OTG? Silly me I thought it was the monsters....
Pinkfurryone - 4 deaths in one 'hour'... Don't worry, OTG, we don't doubt your bill-paying ninja skills, though it'd be nice to see you use them on another video to prove you have them.
DrakeVonKat - But the last time he did that, he caused an earthquake in England...
darthtenchi - So OTG who is more "the man"? nemesis or wesker

shoutouts - weirdnamemike, skittleshot narutosensei, paladincs, gamecrunk, yunaofsnakes, finalfoo, kirk, actizn, tnno, lionheart, dragon, osaka, kyofoxfire, atomaround, lulzorking, gromph, 36kornbullets, spartanxc9, thequickdraw, link

Hope ya enjoyed this weeks videos dudes, and expect a random filler game on Saturday then the Sunday Shoutout video on Sunday (gasp!), before starting a new game on Monday.

Alright Dudes..

Dunno what the deal is recently, but im struggling to sleep more than like 4-5 hours.. it's weird, cos I used to sleep like 10-12 with ease. Ah well, all the more time to get stuff done I guess.

I'm gonna go record what I hope is Leon's final hour.. after which i'll set it off converting to wmv and go down town and treat myself to a fry up, think i've earnt one recently.. mmm breakfast.

Better get a move on anyway, considering I still need to gather notes/record, it could be like 10am before i'm getting ready to go down town, and I ain't missing that breakfast :P

Oh, it looks like MGS is ahead on the poll.. surprisingly, RE3 is giving it a run for its money outta nowhere though.. when I recorded yesterdays video, it wasn't even close.. tis now though.. should be interesting to see what happens.

G'Night..

Title says it all, vids are up/uploading, enjoy.

Thursday, 27 March 2008

Uploading..

Well, some parts are going available already, and the rest bar the last 2 parts are queued up (which are rendering atm)..

Certainly took a while today hah, but I guess 10 or so parts is gonna take a while :P I would say it makes up for yesterday's lateness but based on what happened, I ain't sure ;)

Then again, dying is usually entertaining.. i'm sure people will find these deaths entertaining anyway.. not a happy chappy ;)

At least everything rendered without a hitch today.. 100% perfect first time, yay.. hopefully it's the end of any screen capture shenanigans, so I can focus my attention on other things instead of trying to get correct renders.

Hour 4 done..

Sigh, get to the roflcopter, cos I ran over hardcore today.. not via rambling either, but you'll see soon enough :p

Expect something like TEN parts, jesus ;)

After RE2 gets done, i'm gonna stop using the H1 / H2 / H3 etc naming conventions.. it'll be D1 / D2 / D3 etc, for 'Day' rather than 'Hour'.. it means if I run over wildly like today, the hour stuff doesn't appear weird.. I mean technically, this ain't hour 4, it's probably more like hour 5.5, and with todays shit, it puts it into like hour 7 for tomorrow, despite the fact it'll be called 'Hour 5' ;)

Here's todays comment notes as well;

36KornBullets - I have been playing Resident Evil for the DS and it seems like the ammo for it is rubbish been around the place only got like 1 bereta clip and it gave me 2 for the beggining + wanted shoutout
SkittlesShott - lol ada makes erotic noises when hit XD also lulz the zombie barf part only further proves my theory that otg is a sadist XD
PandaSquared - Son of a...I paused the video RIGHT, like half a second before you revealed your treachery and checked my set up. CURSE YOU, OTG, CURSE YOU!
darthtenchi - OTG...to tell the truth it killz me a bit when you DO save. When i play games i will save once in a blue moon or when i just stop playing. Never while im playing im a fast pace kind of guy saving only slows me down lawlz
russianky - thanks for the shout out,what took you so long, lol - Ada, the only bitch in RE2 that knows how to stay with OTG
SkittlesShott - lulz the zombie barf part only further proves my theory that otg is a sadist XD
Actizn - You n' Annete would make a great couple. Fountains of sympathy.
SA8TER - Oh if it helps. Theres a cancel button on the Resident Evil controls so when you pick up a file all you need to do is press the cancel button and the file is picked up and no need for scrolling. It can also be done when you want text to go by faster.
Termin - I can't believe the used the Jaws maneuver on the croc....this just proves "guns don't kill people maneuvers kill people" as Eddie Izzard said.
Link - Shout out to Greyshot for me OTG? I got him watching the videos and he calls you a modern genius.
lionheart / linkslayer - 'Spliting headache', oh sweet life and her witty puns. -
lionheart - From the way your talking OTG, it sounds like your the 1 who wants to get a room with Ada. We wont judge you m8.
TheQuickdraw - That shotgun is practically an artillery piece now. Did it just blow up part of his upper body along with his head?
LukeDShadow - Nice to see you cower behind Ada shouting "Ada. Ada. ADA! Shoot!" Roflmao. At least it saved ammo huh? - It seriously does count tho. It's not like the game hears you say "that doesn't count" and gives you your life/health back.
narutosensei - Hi Liam I just wanted to add I think you lose points too your rank when you reload your gun in the inventory screen, so I have heard. - Ment to say that the Weapons box is in the Lab basement area. Actually I think it is a locker There is a room that connects to the Labratory where you finish Sherry's Vaccine.
Pinkfurryone - I have a suggestion for an RPG... Golden Sun for the GBA. It's got a good storyline, and the only fault is the RNG thing which you can exploit to get items over and over.
crunchbiteness - i found that the pc verions of ff7 was really fast for me. the only bad thing is that ur music is all midi bullshit but i patched it and downloaded the real music for it and it was sweet. - another excellent ramble, cept i still didnt get a shoutout :( *goes cries in corner*
SkittlesShott - that OHHHH YEAHHHH was fucking hilarous even if it didn't fit XD
russianky - fucking Sonic games rule and thanks for shouting out to me twice mate, and btw I first came across your HTSF vids on portal, fucking funniest shit, Ball what you do'en?? ;)
obimikel - Hey man, Reading your blog and i see the poll for the next game, it would be nice to see a metal gear playthrough, cause some bits have just totally confused me in recent years, i for one would enjoying watching but you got some good contenders for other games, tricky mate.
YunaofSnakes - and the best Resident Evil game is nemsis just becuse the town gets nuked lol`` <-- didnt paste that last time
lionheart - OTG a ps3 fanboy?! Uve lost a subsriber m8!!
linkslayer - dont forget about the fingerprint, and when u get in there are 2 lickers in there. if i remember correctly there is a machine gun clip it has like 50% or something?

You feel rested...

Damn I felt the burn yesterday.. some decent sleep has rested me up nicely though.

Gonna grab some quick breakfast, then dive into Leon's Hour 4.. there's enough comments now to do it, albeit not quite as many as usual, obviously due to the lateness of uploading the vids yesterday.

I gotta say, it's a huge relief knowing I can record the videos with next to 0 dropped frames (hence no desync), and have a good certainty that Premiere will accept the xvid-->wmv conversion and output correctly.. that is, until it decides to throw me some random weird error ;)

I mean, i've gone through about 5 or 6 different capture/editing codec configurations over the past month, all of which worked fine until one day it decides not to.

Annoys me does that, because pcs should never do random stuff, they do what they're told, hence randomness should never be a factor..

but it is ;)

Oh..

and now everythings queued to upload, i'm gonna get some more well earned sleep :]

it'll give people time to comment as well, otherwise if i start recording H4 within the next few hours, it's gonna be a sparse amount of stuff to mention..

i really don't like the idea of doing stuff the old way anymore ;)

Success, and the video capture/edit/upload routine

My god, finally.. I resorted to my old tactic of converting footage to .wmv..

Despite .wmv being from Microsoft's loins, you have to give it credit.. it's fast, non bloaty, good quality and incredibly compatible with every single video editor out there.. you can edit it, package it as .wmv, or like i've done, convert the master footage of a codec that Premiere will outright refuse to play ball with to .wmv.

I'm of the belief that Satan himself programmed Premiere, because despite how much i've become comfortable in Premiere and enjoy it's insane power gap from itself and Vegas, the damn thing acts like a teething baby.

The only thing that will stop Premiere's loud and violent crying is either raw .avi (even Huffy, one of if not THE best lossless codec, still gets bowled over), or strangely, .wmv files.

I've no idea why Premiere does such a horrific job with EVERY codec almost.. even if you get everything into Premiere with no problems (such as audio not showing or wild desync), that doesn't guarantee the damn thing export correctly.. it'll either error at some random point, or say it rendered fine when in reality, it was nowhere even close.

Give it a .wmv though, and it's as happy as a pig in shit.. renders quickly and perfectly every time..

So, hopefully, i've got the codec routine down now.. it's taken a while, but I think it's as good and as fast as i'm gonna get if i'm wanting to use Premiere to edit, but not spend decades converting/exporting in raw uncompressed .avis.

The routine from start to finish;
1:Hypercam Capture - Using Xvid on TURBO mode.. my god, could turbo mode be any better? there's like zero loss of quality, and even after like 90 minutes of solid recording, it'll only skip about 3 frames.. 1 tenth of a second. That's pretty much zero desyncing (desyncing being the BANE of video capture, easily sorted, but takes time and ain't quite as true as it should be), as 3 seconds over the space of 90 minutes is hard even for a computer to notice, a human couldn't tell even if it was 5x+ that, and even then, it'd be barely noticeable, and ONLY noticeable as the video nears completion.. you rule Xvid, no birth control for us, i'll have yer kids.

2: Xvid to wmv Conversion - Funnily enough, you could use (and I have many times in the past) Windows Movie Maker to convert any footage to wmv.. i'd recommend downloading the codec itself (wmv9VCMsetup.exe) and using VirtualDub or a similar program though, as they'll be slightly quicker and you'll have a lot more control.. but for a program shipped with Windows by default, that'll convert your Premiere killing (Premiere's fault not the footage) footage to something it'll happily chew on, it's all good.

3: Premiere editing, splitting and exporting - So we've finally got footage that Premiere likes, and will export without concern.. add in the intros, fades, end of parts, adjust the volume upwards, and bam, yer ready to split the footage into 10ish minute chunks (cut at points with no talking, feeling free to cliffhanger mercilessly if possible) and render out using Huffy.
Huffy is a belting codec.. in it's full mode, it's lossless (no loss of quality), in it's fastest mode, the difference is near impossible to distinguish and BLAZINGLY fast.. you would not believe footage could be that big, looking that good, yet rendering that quickly. If there was an award for best codec, Huffy would be a top 2 candidate, and if it was for a lossless codec award, Huffy would destroy the competition without breaking a sweat.
The way I like to go about splitting/rendering the 6+ parts every day is to get the first 10 minute part, and jump directly to step 4.. this allows you to get a part uploading onto YouTube as fast as possible, leaving you free to render the rest of the videos whilst you're gaining upload progress. I'll do this with both parts 1 and 2, and once they're step 3 and 4'ed, and queued to upload, i'll split the entirety of the remaining footage into parts in one shot, then start to render out each part one after the other before proceeding to step 4.

4: Converting the parts so they'll fit on YouTube - There's a 1 gig limit on YouTube now, but i'd not recommend uploading like 400-1000 meg videos, when the main restriction is the 11 minute time limit. You'll waste your own time, just to have YT butcher down the video (and there's still no clarification on what videos are eligible for the high quality mode switch yet) and that's not factoring in the insane uploading times (if you've got a good connection fair enough, but my max upload speed is 30kb/sec).
Divx, Xvid, and Wmv are the weapons of choice here.. personally, I use Divx as you can easily configure the bitrate up or down to generate the exact file size you wish. For a 10 minute video, anywhere between 60-99 meg is what i'd usually shoot for, depending on the footage type and whether it needs that slight boost in video quality or not.
The application of choice to do this in is up to you, but id NOT recommend Premiere, as it's output in ANY of those codecs is horrific at best.. I would again recommend VirtualDub though.. get used to that program, it's your survival knife and will always be trusty and faithful if you keep it sharp.

5: Uploading to YouTube - Ironically, after you've got all your videos all nice and finished, this last step is the most time intensive, and depending on your connection, could bring your net browsing to a grinding halt while your upload chokes the shit outta stuff.
Use the multi part uploader (goto upload, goto multi part uploader at the bottom right, install what it tells you if you haven't already), it'll save you a LOT of time and effort AND it'll stop you slitting yer wrists if you accidentally close the window, as it's like a download manager in retaining your upload progress.. without a doubt the best feature added by YT in a long time for people like me.
I use a .txt file, with the basic template for each videos name, description, and tags, so that it makes things a lot quicker and painless, for example:

tags: resident evil one re1 directors cut chris psx pc capcom
description: *Contains Strong Language*
[Set 3, Part 6/6, of How To Successfully FAIL at Resident Evil 1 (Chris)]

Enjoy!
title: [SET3][P6] Resident Evil 1 (Chris) [HTSF]

obviously changing each set/part number per video.. it just makes things a lot quicker/cleaner when you're simply changing a number, rather than retyping the damn thing every video. Edit, then copy paste ftw.

6: Playlisting and video response linking - An absolute must, playlists make things a LOT easier for new people that come across your videos, and video response linking in the logical order through the parts makes it easier for everyone, including yourself when checking comments.

Well guys, there ya go.. i've missed out a few bits there, such as me spending time taking notes in order to do shoutouts/mentions, but that's entirely down to your own style rather than a general practice.

As i've typed this incredibly lengthy post, i've managed to render all but one of eight parts of Leon's hour 3..

I mentioned earlier that Premiere was now as happy as a pig in shit.. well, so am I.

Wednesday, 26 March 2008

Late Vids

I would say IRL commitments knocked me off schedule, but I woke up early to make sure everything was rendered/queued to upload BEFORE I had to go, as I knew i'd be tired now..

Unfortunately, Premiere decided to throw some insane wobbler for hours on end, refusing to render out the first part correctly.. sync was the least of the issues, this was serious hardcore fuck uppery.. but it'd wait the full 15 minute duration, say it was complete, but when you went to view it, it'd be knackered.. so the 3-4 hours i'd planned to use getting everything rendered/queued got entirely destroyed, leaving me with serious wasted time, no time left today before sleeping to get them out and still not even a first part rendered.

So, the vids will be very, very late today, meaning if I do manage to get them out later on, there's a good chance that I might have to start Thursday's videos before a lot of people even get to comment Wednesdays..

Sorry dudes, believe me, it wasn't intentional ;)

Leon H3 recording done

Title says it all.. i'm in the process of splitting it up in Premiere, but i'm gonna have a test first and get those 'End of Part' bits back :p

Can't fuckin believe they vanished yesterday.. damn you Huffy.

I seriously screwed up today though with finale rambling, like 10-15 minutes wasn't bad enough, I went on for 25 god damn minutes today at the end.. jesus!

What started as a 5 minute filler ramble got outta control and lasted 25.. oops.

Not that anyone really complains (though they might/should today), but it's like an extra 45 minutes work for me lol ;)

Here's todays comment notes:

LukeDShadow - I've enjoyed all your videos. I've watch like, all 219 in 5days :-) Can you give out a shout out to "Skillasaur" for putting me on to your brilliant videos :D
LukeDShadow - So don't go Rambo but kill what you need. In between todays kill fest and your normal ammo heavy self. :P
Ow and I love the fact you always get hit and say "That doesn't count" always makes me think.. Well, actually it does. :)
darthtenchi - OTG it would be easy to forget lurker from licker. plus the lickers lurk around.
Osaka - In RE2 Ada Wong is a spy working for the man himself, Albert Wesker. She got close with an Umbrella employee, John, and became his girlfreind so she could get her hands on the G Virus for Wesker. She gets it, and escapes the city before the nuke hits.
Termin - Oh, and I played it back. Not only does the zombie change his shirt and pants but he also changes his hair color too.
Termin - I also think it's funny when he says that he's not afraid of Mr. X but whimpers when he thinks he's coming. :p
Sukichi - wants FF7
Russianky - love you vids mate, can I have a shoutout? ronyes or roll ups, lol got to love a good Brit with a sense of homour
Pinkfurryone - OTG, I'd like to request a shoutout, with this message: To all people who are JUST going to say 'First, whoo' or something similar, don't even comment.
Kirk06 - Bring back HTSF. VFuck the VGlog
Obimikel - Alright dude, love the videos man, Shout out for me (Lukas)
Jambo - yea it was me that was saying about, it being 6 options for that puzzle
Wam - not even close.. lol and vglog sounds like some sort of vanerial disease dude htsf is the shit
Daskraut - not an IE fan
Babakova - Ive done the otg voice as well, ' yes I WILL eat the lasagna' -- 'yes I WILL shampoo my hair' etc.
YunaofSnakes - me i find your rambles most enjoyable it really makes a differents to hear something real and not scripted other than the notes you make lol and the best Resident Evil game is nemsis just becus the town gets nuked lol
Weirdnamemike - Gimme a shoutout. I'ma see if OTG can give 3 in a row.
narutosensei77 - gave a lot of info on RE2 in PM
Actizn - I hate how Ada gets to deal with near harmless zombies while Sherry has to deal with dogs, who chase you mercilessly and are a bitch to dodge.
Lionheart - Hmm, these OTG rambling moments are quite amusing, totally off topic, but still pretty cool.
DrakeVonKat - Poor OTG, another woman who won't stay near him and likely get owned by Lickers...
Link - Yeah. I liked it when you pr0 dodged around groups of zombies. save your ammo.
SA8TER - loads of herb info
Fetteroy - You can change the setting of your gun if you don't wanna waste away all of your handgun bullets with the burst fire
SpartanXC9 - ha, the spider started laughing at you once is spitted on you

Video icons on YT

I dunno how it happens so often, but with RE I kept getting black screens/doors as the icon for quite a few videos.. now you can select from 3 (unlike a while back where it was only 1), but the damn things haven't been updating recently regardless of what I do.

They finally updated an hour ago, yay :p better late than never I guess, though it'd be nice if they'd update a few hours at most after you change them.

Gonna grab a shower/nip out 30 minutes, then i'll record todays vids.

Comment Notes for H2 Leon

Actizn - Herbs and Mixed herbs don't count, IIRC. Just F-aids.
russianky - hey if you don't mind but in any of the next parts can you say"say hello to my little friend" if and when you ever get the machine gun, I'll mail you a pack a smokes + wanted shout out
Jambo - hey why is this not down a HTSF video, just wondered :S keep up the good work, can i have a shout out plz :P
KyoFoxfire - It's not called "How To Successfully Fail" anymore? :(
Skittleshot - lol sometimes i think otg is a sadist XD also i think leon can use headshots
Weirdnamemike - Gimme a shoutout yo! Double O-G Gangstaz! But, it's not called HTSF?
WarkillerX - That would also make sense to why the bullets would be in the middle of no where in the fire xD. By the way, i just finished yesterday's viewing, of 5 hours straight of vids, from hour 1 to hour 6.5. I got to say, i love how you try to give us all th e possible recording. I thank you a lot and i say, keep them coming they are amazing vids.. and now to finish this hour up. BTW don't forget to shout me out ;) and answer my question about how they use the green herb. Do they eat them?
Termin - Ugh, OTG you're killing me because you don't save. I'm a very careful gamer so I save like every 15 minutes or so just in case something happens and every time you pass a save point I die abit more...
Darthtenchi - RCPD: All our cops look the same ;)
Osaka - Sorry for the shit advice OTG, I didnt realize that there was THAT much difference between the PS1 version and the N64 version. But now that you mention it, the N64 version does seem a lot easyer now. Anyway, sorry again dude.
Actizn - Files give you rankin' points.
Gamecrunk - A roll-up? I heared that when u on a smoke break:P
DaLigger - At :24 secs your ammo was 13:37 =O! Just wanted to point that out (:
SA8TER21 - I don't think that Herbs effect rank. Im 90% sure they don't. And I mentioned the Deagle parts like 5 times. :P
KyoFoxfire - If you're interested, you can get the special key for the locker by going out the front door of the police station and going to the right. There's a staircase there, and at the bottom is a zombified Brad Vickers from RE1 (He was the helicopter pilot at the end).
Nicholas - i'm surprised the zombie cops still have their hats on...
monkeymac3 - You shit ur pants? :D + wanted shout out
Pinkfurryone - Hey, OTG. Want a challenge? Play the REmake of RE1, it's DESIGNED to mess with people who're used to the original. That'd mess with ya, alright. lmao.Termin - Oooh "torso zombie" I thought you've been calling them "tosser zombies".
LukeDShadow - I think thats the first time I've ever heard you say your low on bullets. What happened to saving them all? :P
Link - Has anyone else found themselves talking like Liam IRL? Today i was moving the trash can, and a pot was in my way and i said, in my best subconscious OTG voice, "Fuck off, Pot"
Metafour - Your uploads are getting quicker - Not that I'm complaining of course. :D
SA8TER - Those plugs go into a panel that is in the sewers
Atomaround - I have a tip. When you play RE3. DO NOT play easy mode. Prefers HTSF as does WarkillerX
LukeDShadow - I've enjoyed all your videos. I've watch like, all 219 in 5days :-) Can you give out a shout out to "Skillasaur" for putting me on to your brilliant videos :D
Lionheart - The main problem with utube is theres so much bollocks with originality, who did something first, are people actors, then others who just scream out for attension in any form.Thats why I like OTG's vids, there just simple, very entertaining, and most od all he doesnt have anything to prove. (If the dick munching gets to much just lemmie know and ill shut up like).
Overtures - The RE ones were more of a 'VGlog' and I agree with the logic behind the renaming. Maybe a further separation in naming? If we see VGlog we know its a play through, and HTSF is more of a, 'alright lets see a horribly crash and burn'.
Finalfoo - what you said about the subscibers is true. Chris crocker has a legion of subscribers but most of them watch his vids just to laff at him. And his videos are shit.
Darthtenchi - hmmm How do i picture OTG......no clue i think he must look like a male.....Watch him turn out to look like a female just because i said that lawlz
Atomaround - Heh.. I see him as a guy with glasses and a goatee. Short hair..I dunno...
DrakeVonKat- ...man, YouTube needs an edit function for these comments.Can I get a shoutout, please? =D
Fugeboy - anyway could you turn the contrast up pleese so its far more easy to see things (p.s i have dcd disorder I:E bad spelling pleese forgive me)
Wam - No mention in last hour nothing meaningful to say

Let Battle Commence

Well, I started a blog ages upon ages ago, but never really bothered to keep it updated, which annoyed me a little.. at the time I was being distracted with progressing in Vegas, and the blog just skipped further and further down the old priorities..

However, with the recent change to the format of my YT videos, I figured a blog would make a good addition.. there's a lot of extra crap that I don't really go into detail about because not everyone's really interested, but some are, and i'm interested in writing it, so here we are.

I'll also be posting the updates of when i'm starting uploading etc, as well as details on the days videos (before and after) including a full list of the exact notes I took from the comments on the previous days videos (used when doing the current day's video for mentions/shoutouts etc).

There'll also be extra stuff, such as the crap i've got up to, which normally i'd not really mention during the videos too.

Should be interesting to see if anyone actually wants to read mountains of text upon the already incredibly lengthy daily videos.. we shall see :)