So it's the start of the second proper week of editing and here's an update on the next video:
- Cutting should be fully done now. I've decided to keep the planet exploring part in. Increasing the size of the video slightly.
- The first 5 minutes and 30 seconds should be done. I'm going to focus on just adding the text for the remaining 5 minutes. And then focus on the animation in several bulk sessions later in the week.
- I'm noticing that a lot of ...
2016-09-26 23:18:08 +0000 UTC
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Good evening financially-generous and physically-attractive patrons! :)
Another progress update for you (full image)
I'm currently working on the next Space Engineers video. Though this one isn't really a bullshittery (with lots of smaller clips from many different stream sessions). But is instead the (very late) exploration of the new planets update for Space Engineers, from a 2 hour stream with j...
2016-09-20 23:07:36 +0000 UTC
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New video done :) Early access for patrons with my thanks!
So this one took 3 weeks or so. The first week was mostly the cutting phase. I had a bit of a challenge in that rather than have a mixture of long, medium and short clips, it was a lot of short clips and two long segments: Cyanide's FAQ reading. And the game of CS that included a couple of guests. Overall structure was a bit difficult to get right. And I still think it's a bit odd.
I decided to sprinkle the F...
2016-09-12 21:51:45 +0000 UTC
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I was able to finish the QA for the latest bullshittery over Saturday and Sunday. Made the last set of corrections this morning and now finally it goes to render.
Now, I'll need to do some test renders first at reduced quality. But provided these are all okay, it'll go to upload at some point later today. With then early access to you kind folks as always :)
In the screenshot (direct link here so you can zoom - 2016-09-12 09:26:34 +0000 UTC
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Bit of a bummer this week. On Thursday I fell very ill.
Not sure what it was. Maybe food poisoning. But it left me bed-ridden all Thursday and Friday. Able to do little more than making groaning noises, with Lulu hovering by my bedside, putting on a concerned looking expression
Coming out the other side of it now though. But still quite leth...
2016-09-10 21:02:23 +0000 UTC
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Just a brief teaser this time. In which we mock Edberg's frequent try-hard-keyboard sounds - https://youtu.be/hENtKjUTmFc
The latest CSGO Bullshittery part 7 is coming along nicely and is approximately 7 minutes and 27 seconds edited out of 11 minutes total.
Very little else to report. This is the tedious bit to be honest, when there's lots of text animations, etc. I should totally outsourc...
2016-09-05 18:35:58 +0000 UTC
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Second week of work on the latest bullshittery :)
Last week was mainly focusing on making a video from beginning to end, which was a bit harder this time due to having lots of fragmented clips, usually 3-5 seconds in duration.
This week the main editing of text and animations. I'm 2 minutes and 18 seconds finished out of 11 minutes and 18 seconds total. So not ideal. But totally expected from Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Quite a lot of frame-by-frame animation d...
2016-08-31 17:40:21 +0000 UTC
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The somewhat delayed part 5 of the Womble's Soapbox - DayZ Standalone video. I hope you like it :)
As always, draft version, so kindly don't share. But I'd love to hear your feedback so I can make the appropriate changes where necessary.
In this chapter:
- I once again touch upon the points made in chapter 1, by trying to determine if Bohemia knew what sort of game DayZ had evolved into it during the standalone's development.
- And the...
2016-08-23 07:34:16 +0000 UTC
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Good evening folks. Due to arrival of this little rascal, my editing efficiency this week was somewhat reduced. But I managed to pull a bit of a weekend thing and I've nearly finished the next part of the Womble's Soapbox - DayZ critique. It's mainly on the QA phase now.
This episode mainly talks about the introduction of some features that, in my opinion, seem odd to have in a game like DayZ. And I vent ...
2016-08-21 22:34:47 +0000 UTC
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Next part is done. Sorry this took so long. Should have had it done by Friday, but that one last montage with the woman at the airfield was difficult to setup (finding all the items I needed).
I'm very keen to hear your feedback. Tell me if you think I've made my points. Which are:
- DayZ's was unique because it existed in a grey area between PvE and PVP.
-The standalone during development has not attempted to maintain that. Having PvP encounters as thei...
2016-08-17 14:59:15 +0000 UTC
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End of the week. Was hoping to finish part 4 of the video. So how did I do?
ONE LAST BLOODY GAP IN THE FOOTAGE!! AAAARGHHH!!
So part 4 of the Womble Soapbox series is about 90% finished. The audio is done (though there's a couple of bits I fancy re-recording because I fudged a word or two). But there's a small gap in the visuals.
I need to make a short montage of capture mechanics in the DayZ standalone. Therefore I've made two attempts this week to find these items. With no...
2016-08-12 22:42:08 +0000 UTC
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Thanks for all of your opinions on my next move, folks. Though I've not responded to everything I did read it all. And I probably won't go for a whopping 8 weeks to be honest. Might be overkill. But I'll see where I stand in the next couple of weeks.
During which I've decided to work on parts 4 and 5 of the DayZ Standalone Critique. Yesterday I made some changes to part 4's script. Today I finished recording the audio. And by Friday I'm hoping to have it ready for you to vie...
2016-08-09 18:45:50 +0000 UTC
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Good morning folks. Do you have a moment to give me your opinion on something?
With that Arma bullshittery finished, I'm likely going to create another couple of parts to that Womble's Soapbox video talking about the DayZ Standalone (drafts 1, 2 and 2016-08-05 08:59:46 +0000 UTC
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The fifth part of Arma bullshittery for your pleasure! Released to you as early access (please don't share it). Hope you enjoy :)
So it's been about a year since the last Arma bullshittery. The reason for the gap had a lot to do with there being so many people to play with. The necessity of trying to organised the games with people who may not have played Arma before, meant we had to split ZF members up into different squads to act as leaders.
Interesting enough, this is why so ma...
2016-08-04 23:35:53 +0000 UTC
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Codeword reminder: "Silver".
Remember to use the /w SovietWomble command during a stream. And not @SovietWomble. Otherwise everyone will see it :)
The bullshittery episode is coming along nicely :) About 4 of 9 minutes properly ready ready with only 1 minute still needing proper animation. Probably two to three days of work left :)
There are two scenes where I need to use Adobe After Effects though. Some animated text and some smoke effects, which I'm not sure how to do. I'll experiment for a bit and see how it goes.
There's also about 5-6 minutes of leftover funny clips to go to the next Arma bullshittery. W...
2016-08-01 18:54:11 +0000 UTC
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Thank you so much for the support this month!
2016-07-31 23:59:00 +0000 UTC
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So this week I've been starting the proper editing of part 5 of Arma bullshittery (quick teaser here for those interested). Last week was a little weird as I had some real life distractions that cut it a bit shorter. So I only really did light editing. The proper work started this week.
It's going well. 5:20 finished out of 9:21 minutes. A finish this weekend might be a bit optimistic, but I'll see what I can do :)
2016-07-27 18:48:21 +0000 UTC
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Hey there folks. So this is the finished Dead by Daylight video I was talking about. Released as early access to you with my thanks. This week I'll get cracking on another video and let you know which one it'll probably be :)
Some behind the scenes info for those interested:
- So the footage here consisted of about 5-6 games ZF played when we bought Dead by Daylight together. Predominantly the first 3 games where we really didn't know what we were doing.
2016-07-18 22:48:57 +0000 UTC
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So it's the end of the first week of work (though in truth it was only really 4 days, due to a birthday in the middle). The video didn't turn out to be a short one in the end. It's got a full run time of 10 minutes. Lots of running away from stuff and making squealing noises.
Also, I decided to go with the OBS recordings in the end. The bitrate is lower, so it looks blurrier than the full uncompressed DXTORY footage. But for some reason, the number of keyframes in the uncompressed footage ...
2016-07-08 18:55:38 +0000 UTC
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So this week, I'm taking a crack at Random Dead by Daylight Bullshittery.
Currently still going through the footage, trying to assemble a complete video. Then I'll do the text.
Probably won't be a super-long one, as it seems that the more we played, the fewer interesting moments came out of it, as we became familiar with the killer. But at the beginning, we were running around like headless chickens. Which is an interesting watch.
Will let you know how...
2016-07-05 18:53:17 +0000 UTC
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The third part is ready. The links to parts 1 and 2 should be in the description if you've missed them before.
I'd love to hear what you think. The parts that really worked for you and especially bits that didn't. That way I'll be able to modify my arguments to try and present the most convincing case I can.
Please don't share this! It's not ready for public release. All nine parts need to be together, as individually each point is quite weak.
Next week, bac...
2016-07-02 07:47:28 +0000 UTC
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Super-duper. Part three of the Dayz Standalone critique is finished. All rendered and ready.
I'll just get that uploaded to Youtube for you and AAAAAAAAAGGGGHHHHH!!
Okay, I may have gone a little overboard. Looks like I'll need to wait until later this evening before starting such a monster upload, as it's going to throttle my internet for hours. Yay for Virgin Media.
But next week, I'll jump straight back...
2016-07-01 18:29:40 +0000 UTC
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Thank you so much for the support this month!
2016-06-30 23:59:00 +0000 UTC
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Last week, with the completion of Random GTA Bullshittery, I decided to return to that DayZ standalone critique series that I had previously started in April.
This is a new format of videos that aren't really related to the bullshitteries. And I've given them the working title "Womble's Soapbox".
For those not up to speed, they're analysis videos, where I'm hoping to go into great depths talking about DayZ and it's themes, development problems etc. And I'm hop...
2016-06-27 18:10:39 +0000 UTC
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Happy Sunday folks. The latest episode of bullshittery for your evening entertainment - https://youtu.be/PCgdfPaWeB0
So this one is about 15 minutes long. Edited between the 1st and 19th of June. Showing some recent GTA antics with the ZF clan.
The frame rate dips a few times, sorry about that. Will try to avoid Shadowplay in the future. I'll stick to DXTORY or Fraps.
Feel free to ask questi...
2016-06-19 18:47:15 +0000 UTC
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Hey there folks. Things look on-track for a weekend release. As always, with early access to you fine folk with my thanks :)
Things with the video went well, though the frame rate does dip in a few places. I'm learnt my lesson there! The video is a bit of a mix in editing styles. Fast cut funny moments (as shown in the preview attached) sandwiched between longer segments where we do races, stunts, visit strip clubs, etc.
After this video I was thinking of returning to the <...
2016-06-17 09:20:37 +0000 UTC
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It's now week two. Things are looking pretty good. The video is almost fully cut and in the right order. Currently 5 of 15 minutes finished. Still aiming for completion at the end of next week.
I went back to do a lot of tidying up, as I didn't really like how I had animated some of the text. I thought it would be cool to make the text roll with the cars as they flip over. But it looks kind of gimmicky and just makes it harder to read as the text changes orientation. Horizontal...
2016-06-08 18:19:16 +0000 UTC
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Hey there folks. Quick thing, could you please remember the following codeword: "Silver". Please don't share it.
Recently I've been playing Total War: Warhammer. And like X-Com and Kerbal Space Program before it, there are opportunities to name things after viewers during gameplay. Such as the various playable hero characters. And even individual ...
2016-06-07 17:21:59 +0000 UTC
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Three days of work done so far. Most of the cutting is finished and I'll do that last section later as I'm not sure whether to include it or not.
Soon I'll assemble it together in the right order and begin adding the text, animations and other post-production effects. It's looking like a 15-18 minute video. So at my normal rate that's a couple of more weeks to complete.
Fun video though. Lots of great moments. Cyanide is (as always) a massive retard throu...
2016-06-02 18:46:02 +0000 UTC
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