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By: deluxeicoff, Adrian Grey Marsden
Dec 29 2015 6:07pm
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Zero text. That's meta... :( by Paul Leicht at Tue, 12/29/2015 - 01:53
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Zero text. That's meta... :(

I often feel this way too by deluxeicoff at Tue, 12/29/2015 - 14:08
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I often feel this way too Paul - however my hands are time-tied, as there's only so much time in my day, and I'm focusing my efforts on producing top-notch videos for pauper to bring new eyes and excitement to the format. My main focus is quality. Hope you still give it a view, I think you'll like it :)

I did watch it all, despite by Paul Leicht at Tue, 12/29/2015 - 21:01
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I did watch it all, despite the fact that I don't tend to like to sit still for videos. Seemed like the BK pilot was having a bad day against you and didn't quite know what to do about it. Not that I am an kind of expert. I appreciate the work you put into this and that Josh is experimenting with presentation formats, however typically I would not have bothered (I usually don't even with content providers I like, but since you asked I did.)

A teaser or synopsis in the article itself since you have the space goes a long way.

Specific comments:
Voice was very clear. Background music is a matter of taste (not mine) and imho the vol was too high as it occasionally clashed with what you were saying. I'd much rather it be taken down a lot or not put in at all.

It probably would help if you paused the presentation at points where the game action gets thick. Especially recording off the poor UI of MTGO, it is not always obvious what happened.

That said it is a good video. The most interesting part was the stats notes you had at the end as I bet a LOT of players don't do that so meticulously. Perhaps going through the various notes would be something you include next time as well as maybe a primer on how to take good notes for competition.

Wanted to try things out with by JXClaytor at Tue, 12/29/2015 - 02:23
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Wanted to try things out with the last week of the year, since Starcity, Channelfireball and other sites present video only content, it seemed like a thing that we should at the very least check out :D

Can we edit it to say "A by deluxeicoff at Tue, 12/29/2015 - 14:41
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Can we edit it to say "A video tutorial" ? For sure I'll do this for the next one to avoid any confusion.

Would you like me to put that by JXClaytor at Tue, 12/29/2015 - 14:57
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Would you like me to put that in the title?

Sure - hate to mislead people by deluxeicoff at Tue, 12/29/2015 - 15:12
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Sure - hate to mislead people - I hadn't thought it would cause any confusion/critiques...that should fix it up. Thanks JXC!

Being a deaf peruser of by Grandstar13 at Tue, 12/29/2015 - 03:46
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Being a deaf peruser of PureMTGO, I typically am sad re: podcasts/videos, but I "get" it.
I did appreciate deluxeicoff's clear speech in the video- The captions still are not perfect, but your speech made YouTube's auto captions work much better!
Thanks!

Sorry by deluxeicoff at Tue, 12/29/2015 - 14:01
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I'll have to claim ignorance on that one Grandstar13...so sorry. I'd be happy to send you just the audio/VO if you'd like. Let me know - and thanks for watching anyways!

I usually look at videos by Rerepete at Tue, 12/29/2015 - 14:01
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I usually look at videos without sound, so I missed the loss of text as well. The video itself looked sharp. My only comment was I expected the grayed text of the rounds to highlight for each round, or at least title block announcing each round (perhaps with opponent/deck played against text).

I usually read comments by deluxeicoff at Tue, 12/29/2015 - 14:09
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I usually read comments without eyes ;) Seriously though - if you know how to do what your suggesting...please share.

Video Only by Plainswalker83 at Tue, 12/29/2015 - 14:18
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I see others complaints about the video only approach but I for one thought it was very well done. As Josh said Starcity and Channelfireball do it, so why not us. I know I have done video only in the past but have learned to at least include a decklist so others could see exactly what was in the deck. I enjoyed your content though and look forward to more.

Nice material. I find the by JMason at Tue, 12/29/2015 - 19:35
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Nice material. I find the backing music a little offputting.

The video was really well by AKMatt at Wed, 12/30/2015 - 05:38
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The video was really well made. Usually I do prefer articles, but the slick editing made this a lot more interesting than the 4-hour "delayed stream" recordings I've seen on other sites.

Thanks! by deluxeicoff at Wed, 12/30/2015 - 11:15
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AKMatt- that's exactly what I was going for - I'm going to aim for really high production value - I'm like you, I can't stand plodding through those boring, long videos...gotta step it up! :) Glad you enjoyed it.