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Caniac

Oct 10 2009, 02:31 AM

QUOTE (siper games @ Oct 9 2009, 10:03 PM)

I sent in my beta of my game in last night, I hope it wasn't too late. But nevertheless, I look forward to listenng to the show!

well, unfortunatly we already picked out the games for tomorows show, but we can possibly talk about it next week.

-Caniac

Details about the show schedule and duration are posted here:

http://gmvision.tv/gmvision/home/2009/10/game-maker-live/

Caniac

Oct 10 2009, 02:29 PM

Excuse the double post ;-)

Soulsnatcher

Oct 10 2009, 02:48 PM

15 minutes til the start good luck everyone!

Edit... 30 secs!

Caniac

Oct 10 2009, 05:00 PM

Revel

Oct 10 2009, 05:02 PM

You don't need to post an image every time...

grimmjow

Oct 10 2009, 05:39 PM

That was a great show - quite entertaining, Well done guys

I'll try to get the GMCG leaders to participate with the discussion on the next broadcast.

Frederick

Oct 10 2009, 06:02 PM

Whoops I forgot it's another time zone.. It's 11:00am here and I came on at the correct time but wrong time zone

So I guess I missed it.

I'll try not to make the same error next week.

NakedPaulToast

Oct 10 2009, 06:48 PM

I thought this was an excellant first effort.

With this first run, as expected, there were some bugs and glitches that needed to be ironed out as well as format issues that need to be addressed.

In future episodes, I would concentrate on a more targeted focus. Pick some topics, prepare your opinion ahead of time and discuss, invite callers. I would also consider trying to line up specific guests ahead of time.

DPoole

Oct 10 2009, 07:22 PM

Man, my mic was bad, wasn't it.

Was quite fun to listen to and talk on; it certainly burned a solid two hours.

There's a lot of room for improvement, but I expected that. It's a good start.

Caniac

Oct 10 2009, 08:14 PM

QUOTE (Revel @ Oct 10 2009, 01:02 PM)

You don't need to post an image every time...

Yeah, probably right (but its more fun

)

QUOTE (grimmjow @ Oct 10 2009, 01:39 PM)

That was a great show - quite entertaining, Well done guys

I'll try to get the GMCG leaders to participate with the discussion on the next broadcast.

Thanks, glad you liked it

. Yeah, it would be really cool if you could do that

QUOTE (Frederick @ Oct 10 2009, 02:02 PM)

Whoops I forgot it's another time zone.. It's 11:00am here and I came on at the correct time but wrong time zone

So I guess I missed it.

I'll try not to make the same error next week.

I thought I was pretty clear on the time but I guess not. Sorry 'bout that.

QUOTE (NakedPaulToast @ Oct 10 2009, 02:48 PM)

I thought this was an excellant first effort.

With this first run, as expected, there were some bugs and glitches that needed to be ironed out as well as format issues that need to be addressed.

In future episodes, I would concentrate on a more targeted focus. Pick some topics, prepare your opinion ahead of time and discuss, invite callers. I would also consider trying to line up specific guests ahead of time.

Glad you liked it. I was expecting a lot of negative feedback, I was surprised that on the other hand, we got pretty much the opposite. We will probably ditch game discussions, since its harder to interact with members on that subject.

QUOTE (DPoole @ Oct 10 2009, 03:22 PM)

Man, my mic was bad, wasn't it.

Was quite fun to listen to and talk on; it certainly burned a solid two hours.

There's a lot of room for improvement, but I expected that. It's a good start.

Yeah, your mic was so so bad

. Yeah, I was expecting to just burn through that list in 25 seconds, but I was surprised we talked so long on those later topics.

thanks,
-Caniac

KC LC

Oct 10 2009, 08:18 PM

I thought it was a very good first start. Orchestrating live chat, radio, and call-in guests takes some effort. Admittedly, there were some bugs you could (should) have worked out ahead of time. But when they arose, you forged ahead without getting flustered, so that was admirable.

The two co-hosts seemed energized and managed (mostly) to keep the conversation going. But some of your guests seemed half-asleep.

Next time, I hope you can pre-arrange some call-in guests that have more energy and something worthwhile to say.

Lastly (as NPT said in the chat room), radio doesn't lend itself to game reviews without some images to go along. So if you continue to do them, maybe you could provide a page of screenshots to accompany each review.

Caniac

Oct 10 2009, 08:27 PM

QUOTE (KC LC @ Oct 10 2009, 04:18 PM)

I thought it was a very good first start. Orchestrating live chat, radio, and call-in guests takes some effort. Admittedly, there were some bugs you could (should) have worked out ahead of time. But when they arose, you forged ahead without getting flustered, so that was admirable.

Yeah, its harder then I thought actually. Its also very stressful. My heart rate was about 118 just before I went live. (Of course, Jonos counting didn't help that much)

QUOTE (KC LC @ Oct 10 2009, 04:18 PM)

The two co-hosts seemed energized and managed (mostly) to keep the conversation going. But some of your guests seemed half-asleep.

Next time, I hope you can pre-arrange some call-in guests that have more energy and something worthwhile to say.

Yeah, we are going to try to find a list of people to call in and have a predecided topic. For some of our guests, it is pretty late actually

QUOTE (KC LC @ Oct 10 2009, 04:18 PM)

Lastly (as NPT said in the chat room), radio doesn't lend itself to game reviews without some images to go along. So if you continue to do them, maybe you could provide a page of screenshots to accompany each review.

We will probably ditch them, but we may just suffice to post screenshots and have had users play the games in advanced.

-Caniac

tamper2

Oct 10 2009, 08:42 PM

I'm really impressed with you guys!
At the beginning, it was a bit rough, but you guys went through and got better and better, got more confident, and it was really fun to sit back and listen.
Please do this a weekly show, not a monthly one... if you need extra help to make this weekly, I can try to join and help

Anyway, there were some parts you just talked about the spammers in the chat, and you should less focus on that, just deal with it without talking about it.
Also, you can add some things to the website that will help against spammers and such.
First of all, login system, people register, also they say what time zone they are, they get email update when the broadcast will be (at their time zone), and also, you couldn't impersonate anyone that way.
Maybe they could even put in the Skype ID, and the Phone number or something, so if they ask you to add them in, you can just see they're information (as admins only).
I think that if nobody calls in at that moment, just talk to the people through chat, if they don't want to talk in public, they can talk through the chat, and you answer, or comment.
When you know your topics, and you have organized them, publish some of them, so people can go, play that game, read that article, instead of doing it during the show.
And maybe while talking about some game or article, have some place on the side with some pictures of it, or something of that kind.
You should also organize how you want to wrap up, and maybe put some time at the end to let people give you topics to talk about (as you did this time), but make a whole corner for it, but have a decided time to go off air.

Overall, I REALLY liked the broadcast, and I REALLY want you to do it weekly!
It'll really annoy me if you'll do it monthly, so please don't

So again, good job guys, next time, just let josh's brother call in

Tamper

Frederick

Oct 10 2009, 08:48 PM

Well the staff of GMS finally decided to put together an article reviewing most of the show. It can be found on GMJ right here: http://gamemakerjournal.blogspot.com/2009/...live-radio.html

I thought you did an awesome job. Keep up the good work!

DPoole

Oct 10 2009, 08:58 PM

QUOTE (tamper2 @ Oct 10 2009, 09:42 PM)

I'm really impressed with you guys!
At the beginning, it was a bit rough, but you guys went through and got better and better, got more confident, and it was really fun to sit back and listen.
Please do this a weekly show, not a monthly one... if you need extra help to make this weekly, I can try to join and help

Anyway, there were some parts you just talked about the spammers in the chat, and you should less focus on that, just deal with it without talking about it.
Also, you can add some things to the website that will help against spammers and such.
First of all, login system, people register, also they say what time zone they are, they get email update when the broadcast will be (at their time zone), and also, you couldn't impersonate anyone that way.
Maybe they could even put in the Skype ID, and the Phone number or something, so if they ask you to add them in, you can just see they're information (as admins only).
I think that if nobody calls in at that moment, just talk to the people through chat, if they don't want to talk in public, they can talk through the chat, and you answer, or comment.
When you know your topics, and you have organized them, publish some of them, so people can go, play that game, read that article, instead of doing it during the show.
And maybe while talking about some game or article, have some place on the side with some pictures of it, or something of that kind.
You should also organize how you want to wrap up, and maybe put some time at the end to let people give you topics to talk about (as you did this time), but make a whole corner for it, but have a decided time to go off air.

Overall, I REALLY liked the broadcast, and I REALLY want you to do it weekly!
It'll really annoy me if you'll do it monthly, so please don't

So again, good job guys, next time, just let josh's brother call in

Tamper

Some good ideas there. I agree.

Jono20201

Oct 10 2009, 08:58 PM

QUOTE (tamper2 @ Oct 10 2009, 09:42 PM)

It'll really annoy me if you'll do it monthly, so please don't

Its a real shame some of us have to lead lifes.

. Thanks for the idea about the website, ill start work on that soon i hope.

Desert Dog

Oct 10 2009, 09:56 PM

Awww, I missed it?

Caniac

Oct 10 2009, 10:27 PM

QUOTE (tamper2 @ Oct 10 2009, 04:42 PM)

I'm really impressed with you guys!
At the beginning, it was a bit rough, but you guys went through and got better and better, got more confident, and it was really fun to sit back and listen.
Please do this a weekly show, not a monthly one... if you need extra help to make this weekly, I can try to join and help

Anyway, there were some parts you just talked about the spammers in the chat, and you should less focus on that, just deal with it without talking about it.
Also, you can add some things to the website that will help against spammers and such.
First of all, login system, people register, also they say what time zone they are, they get email update when the broadcast will be (at their time zone), and also, you couldn't impersonate anyone that way.
Maybe they could even put in the Skype ID, and the Phone number or something, so if they ask you to add them in, you can just see they're information (as admins only).
I think that if nobody calls in at that moment, just talk to the people through chat, if they don't want to talk in public, they can talk through the chat, and you answer, or comment.
When you know your topics, and you have organized them, publish some of them, so people can go, play that game, read that article, instead of doing it during the show.
And maybe while talking about some game or article, have some place on the side with some pictures of it, or something of that kind.
You should also organize how you want to wrap up, and maybe put some time at the end to let people give you topics to talk about (as you did this time), but make a whole corner for it, but have a decided time to go off air.

Overall, I REALLY liked the broadcast, and I REALLY want you to do it weekly!
It'll really annoy me if you'll do it monthly, so please don't

So again, good job guys, next time, just let josh's brother call in

Tamper

Yeah, it was a bit rough cause we have never done it. We do have a life, so Im not sure how possibly a weekly show is. However, if other users can come up with something good enough, they could do their own show and we could all alternate. Sorry if we talked about the spammers too much, we just didn't want people to think we didn't care. We are working on a better site and design, its just taking a little while

we had planned to be more organised in terms of show topics, but we were unable to get the post out till thursday/friday, so thats why it was sort of un-organised. Glad you liked it. Again, we are not sure how possible weekly is going to be.

QUOTE (Frederick @ Oct 10 2009, 04:48 PM)

Well the staff of GMS finally decided to put together an article reviewing most of the show. It can be found on GMJ right here: http://gamemakerjournal.blogspot.com/2009/...live-radio.html

I thought you did an awesome job. Keep up the good work!

Thanks, glad you liked it!

QUOTE (DPoole @ Oct 10 2009, 04:58 PM)

QUOTE (tamper2 @ Oct 10 2009, 09:42 PM)

<snip>

Some good ideas there. I agree.

Yes indeed.

QUOTE (Jono20201 @ Oct 10 2009, 04:58 PM)

Its a real shame some of us have to lead lifes.

. Thanks for the idea about the website, ill start work on that soon i hope.

Yes it is, isn't it?

QUOTE (Desert Dog @ Oct 10 2009, 05:56 PM)

Awww, I missed it?

Yeah, it was several hours ago, but don't worry, we will be posting the archive on our site in just a few minutes

Archive for 10-10 broadcast Now Availible!
Link: Here

-Caniac

siper games

Oct 11 2009, 04:12 AM

Well, I missed the start, but caught in later. It was a fun and very entertaining show. It was quite successful and I will enjoy listening to it in the future!
The only thing I will say is, you need to have a conversation going at all times, sometimes all the hosts would all stop talking and we had no discussion for a bit. but it was your first show and I thought it was great!
Good job.

Jono20201

Oct 11 2009, 08:44 AM

Thanks for all the good comments guys.

If anyone has a game they would like us to touch on please email a link to gmlive@gmvision.tv. I think we will review our reviewing system so that the Ajax updater shows screenshots of the game.

I wish we could do a show EVERY week but it all depends on me getting to my dad’s house to do the streaming on 2 computers and a better internet connection, I will try get something sorted so we can do a live show as soon as possible. If you'd like to be on the show please send your county (NOT STATE) and phone number to gmlive@gmvision.tv so we can call you before the show.

Thanks,
Jono

Soulsnatcher

Oct 11 2009, 10:43 AM

QUOTE (tamper2 @ Oct 10 2009, 09:42 PM)

I think that if nobody calls in at that moment, just talk to the people through chat, if they don't want to talk in public, they can talk through the chat, and you answer, or comment.

I'm not sure if thats such a good idea- it would like be watching TV and only seeing half the screen, or playing a game with only half the controls available. If you're trying to communicate with someone via speech-to-text, theres going to be alot of times the speaker is waiting for an answer to questions and such, which is going to result in alot of awkward silences, and its not going to be interesting to listen to at all for listeners.

Edit: Oh and nice one on the first show =)

Jono20201

Oct 11 2009, 05:47 PM

How does the 1st and 3rd Saturday of every month sound? (With the occasional cancel or change)

DPoole

Oct 11 2009, 07:53 PM

QUOTE (Jono20201 @ Oct 11 2009, 06:47 PM)

How does the 1st and 3rd Saturday of every month sound? (With the occasional cancel or change)

That sounds both realistic and practical. So, like I suggested, that's pretty much once a fortnight.

Jono20201

Oct 11 2009, 08:28 PM

QUOTE (DPoole @ Oct 11 2009, 08:53 PM)

QUOTE (Jono20201 @ Oct 11 2009, 06:47 PM)

How does the 1st and 3rd Saturday of every month sound? (With the occasional cancel or change)

That sounds both realistic and practical. So, like I suggested, that's pretty much once a fortnight.

Yes, It does. Thats why we hae suggested it. We maybe able to do a show on the 24th Oct 2009 if Joshua is avalible (He thinks he is), I am able to do it.

Any topic suggestions for callers to talk about?

Caniac

Oct 12 2009, 03:01 PM

The Next GMLive Show will be:
10-24-09
11:00 AM ET (GMT -5)

Jono20201

Oct 13 2009, 11:39 AM

Has anyone got any suggestions for topics, games or how we can improve the show?

pixelpig

Oct 14 2009, 09:03 PM

Nice show guys..

I still think ad's in the designer is a good idea

JoshALB

Oct 15 2009, 12:09 AM

I liked the show, though I wasn't able to sit through it all. I went back and listened to the archive, and I found the show a little unorganized, but a very good start.

QUOTE (pixelpig @ Oct 14 2009, 04:03 PM)

I still think ad's in the designer is a good idea

I disagree, ads would get very distracting. Maybe put ads in the lite version, but DEFINITELY not in the Pro version. That's just enough to make me quit using Game Maker altogether. I'd rather learn C++ than have to deal with ads all over the place while I'm trying to work.

Frederick

Oct 15 2009, 12:50 AM

QUOTE (JoshALB @ Oct 15 2009, 12:09 AM)

I liked the show, though I wasn't able to sit through it all. I went back and listened to the archive, and I found the show a little unorganized, but a very good start.

QUOTE (pixelpig @ Oct 14 2009, 04:03 PM)

I still think ad's in the designer is a good idea

I disagree, ads would get very distracting. Maybe put ads in the lite version, but DEFINITELY not in the Pro version. That's just enough to make me quit using Game Maker altogether. I'd rather learn C++ than have to deal with ads all over the place while I'm trying to work.

I think that would depend on the size of the ads. If they are only the size of affiliate buttons, I'm sure you would change your mind... Maybe.

Caniac

Oct 15 2009, 01:17 AM

QUOTE (Frederick @ Oct 14 2009, 08:50 PM)

QUOTE (JoshALB @ Oct 15 2009, 12:09 AM)

I liked the show, though I wasn't able to sit through it all. I went back and listened to the archive, and I found the show a little unorganized, but a very good start.

QUOTE (pixelpig @ Oct 14 2009, 04:03 PM)

I still think ad's in the designer is a good idea

I disagree, ads would get very distracting. Maybe put ads in the lite version, but DEFINITELY not in the Pro version. That's just enough to make me quit using Game Maker altogether. I'd rather learn C++ than have to deal with ads all over the place while I'm trying to work.

I think that would depend on the size of the ads. If they are only the size of affiliate buttons, I'm sure you would change your mind... Maybe.

no, absolutely no ads! that would be just ugly. I should never have suggested it. You remember the days when Yoyogames.com used to be a nice site?

Frederick

Oct 15 2009, 01:38 AM

haha! I know what you mean...

*throws ad idea away*

Jono20201

Oct 15 2009, 03:08 PM

QUOTE (Frederick @ Oct 15 2009, 02:38 AM)

haha! I know what you mean...

*throws ad idea away*

Looks like it,

Ontopic:

Remember:
GMLive: 24/10/09 11:am EST!!

October 24, 2009 at 11 am EST

dadio

Oct 19 2009, 06:26 AM

Congrats.
Seems like it went down well

I missed it tho & can`t seem to stream it or download...

Anyway, kep it up... (how are you thinking about the TV stuff now, thinking of letting it go or....?)

Caniac

Oct 19 2009, 12:35 PM

QUOTE (dadio @ Oct 19 2009, 02:26 AM)

Congrats.
Seems like it went down well

I missed it tho & can`t seem to stream it or download...

Anyway, kep it up... (how are you thinking about the TV stuff now, thinking of letting it go or....?)

http://gmlive.org/index.php?act=arch-10-10-09
http://gmvision.tv/gmvision/home/2009/10/g...chive-10-10-09/
http://gamemakerblog.com/2009/10/10/gmlive...w-listen-again/

thats weird, there's three sites that have it right there.

Frederick

Oct 19 2009, 05:23 PM

I recommend the one on Game Maker Blog. It seems to work the best.

Caniac

Oct 19 2009, 05:32 PM

QUOTE (Frederick @ Oct 19 2009, 01:23 PM)

I recommend the one on Game Maker Blog. It seems to work the best.

Yes, they do have the best copy. However, we are going to in the future, record a High Quality version of the show and release it later in the day. We also request that in the future, other game maker sites not archive or upload our shows, (although since I know Phil very well, he asked, and we get a lot off his blog, I suppose he can get away with it for now.

)

dadio

Oct 19 2009, 11:54 PM

For some reason the only one that works is the GameMakerBlog one (so I`m thankful it exists this time!)
I`m in Japan right noe (possibly some conflict with where your server is?)...
neither of your links start at all...
the GameMakerBlog one works (but quite bad quality)...
I`m on a killer connection here (about as fast as you can get) so doubt it`s a problem with the line, must be some kinda conflict (Vista 64, IE).

Anyway, pretty good... pretty good.
Could be a whole lot better, but nice first attempt.
I think this could go places

Pity there`s no way of kinda combining this with GMVision, & making a visual broadcast/program weekly/biweekly-ish.

Caniac

Oct 20 2009, 09:14 AM

QUOTE (dadio @ Oct 19 2009, 07:54 PM)

For some reason the only one that works is the GameMakerBlog one (so I`m thankful it exists this time!)
I`m in Japan right noe (possibly some conflict with where your server is?)...
neither of your links start at all...
the GameMakerBlog one works (but quite bad quality)...
I`m on a killer connection here (about as fast as you can get) so doubt it`s a problem with the line, must be some kinda conflict (Vista 64, IE).

Anyway, pretty good... pretty good.
Could be a whole lot better, but nice first attempt.
I think this could go places

Pity there`s no way of kinda combining this with GMVision, & making a visual broadcast/program weekly/biweekly-ish.

Works fine for me? http://gmlive.org/index.php?act=arch-10-10-09
Onto weekly "video" shows: don't speak too soon

Unfortunatly, all the copies are bad quality. However, this week, we will be recording a high quality version.

Jono20201

Oct 23 2009, 10:33 PM

Topics for tomorrows show where posted earlier on both our blog and GMB.

Our Blog.

Snail Productions

Oct 24 2009, 02:29 AM

AH, GOD I MISSED IT!

Listening to it through the archive now. Amazing work; to be honest I had my doubts, but really this was done well. Great ideas, great speech... really, good job. Handled the problems really well too. All praise here; thumbs up!

Only annoyance with me is the choppiness of the audio, but that might just be my speakers or the archive buffering or something. Also try to avoid putting the mic too close to your mouth. Occasionally I heard your breath getting into the mic and making that muffling sound.

Looking forward to the next one.

Frederick

Oct 24 2009, 06:51 AM

I'm looking forward to it. This time I hope to actually be there at the show.

8:00am PST | 11:00am EST

Caniac

Oct 24 2009, 01:36 PM

QUOTE (Snail Productions @ Oct 23 2009, 10:29 PM)

AH, GOD I MISSED IT!

Listening to it through the archive now. Amazing work; to be honest I had my doubts, but really this was done well. Great ideas, great speech... really, good job. Handled the problems really well too. All praise here; thumbs up!

Only annoyance with me is the choppiness of the audio, but that might just be my speakers or the archive buffering or something. Also try to avoid putting the mic too close to your mouth. Occasionally I heard your breath getting into the mic and making that muffling sound.

Looking forward to the next one.

No, you didn't miss it, its today!

QUOTE (Frederick @ Oct 24 2009, 02:51 AM)

I'm looking forward to it. This time I hope to actually be there at the show.

8:00am PST | 11:00am EST

Glad you will be joining us.

GMLive is today, at 11:00 AM Eastern (GMT-5)

Frederick

Oct 24 2009, 05:52 PM

It was a nice show

Caniac

Oct 24 2009, 05:56 PM

QUOTE (Frederick @ Oct 24 2009, 01:52 PM)

It was a nice show

thanks, Im glad you enjoyed it.

Frederick

Oct 24 2009, 06:01 PM

At least I didn't miss it this time

DPoole

Oct 24 2009, 06:11 PM

I felt it went very well.

Caniac

Oct 24 2009, 06:12 PM

@Frederick, Glad you were able to come.
@DP, glad you liked it

Next Show: November 7th, 11:00 AM Eastern (GMT-5)

Jono20201

Oct 24 2009, 11:28 PM

QUOTE (Caniac @ Oct 24 2009, 07:12 PM)

@Frederick, Glad you were able to come.
@DP, glad you liked it

Next Show: November 7th, 11:00 AM Eastern (GMT-5)

I'd revise them times.

Hach-Que

Oct 24 2009, 11:57 PM

Hey, guess what? November 7th is RoketGames 1st Birthday

[/plug]

I'd listen to the recording but my study timetable doesn't give me an hour and 50 minutes of free time

. Can anyone fill me in on opinions, etc. that were discussed about the commercial games system?

Caniac

Oct 25 2009, 01:00 AM

QUOTE (Jono20201 @ Oct 24 2009, 07:28 PM)

I'd revise them times.

eh?

QUOTE (Hach-Que @ Oct 24 2009, 07:57 PM)

Hey, guess what? November 7th is RoketGames 1st Birthday

[/plug]

I'd listen to the recording but my study timetable doesn't give me an hour and 50 minutes of free time

. Can anyone fill me in on opinions, etc. that were discussed about the commercial games system?

Is it really?

we have a knack for doing it on peoples birthdays.

Robin gave us a nice commentary. Also, NAL called in and talked to us a bit about it, which was cool.
Yeah, if you plan on eventually listening to it, I recommend you wait for our archive, which is coming soon, since the one on GMB is inaudible

ps, @ James Rhodes, I found out, the part we talk about Rocket Games is at the 29 minute mark. (On our archive)

-Caniac