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The GMLive team and I have been wondering if we should move the shows to 1PM EST instead of 11AM EST. Thus allowing more US listeners to wake up.
Please vote at the bottom of this post!


Next show: 21st Nov 09, 11AM EST

GMLive is a game maker radio, we produce shows on the 1st and 3rd saturday every month. With a range of content from game review to live Q&A with special guests.
We also accept live calls! You can ring us (In the UK) from 020-3286-6783 oi you can e-mail us at gmlive@gmvision.tv with your name, country and phone number. We can only call lanlines (except US, Chinese mobiles). Or you can add GameMakerLive to your contacts list.

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So basically you now have weekly video shows, monthly(?) "full" episodes, and now a weekly radio show?

*sigh*

We normally don't allow members to announce "upcoming projects". We insist they post their magazine/video/website first, and then announce it.

But since you're announcing a "live event", your early announcement seems fine. And I know you'll do your very best to insure this event takes place as scheduled. Right? Nothing short of a fatal heart attack will be a legitimate excuse for canceling/delaying.

Anyway, this sounds fun. I hope you're prepared for the high listener volume I expect you'll get.

you got a problem with that ?
The full episodes are not monthly, they are just whenever.
I bet you can't wait till we get our magazine out?

Oh we are sure it will happen. Yeah, I know people usually arn't allowed to announce their stuff (thats why I PMed you, remember?)
I am hoping for a large turnout.

We want to remind people that we will be having a live Chat room on our site for people to talk in during the show.

-Caniac

how do you get your game in the show?

Yea, I had that feeling as well for the first little bit of reading. I read it over again, and I'm impressed, because if anything I have to admire your ambition. Here are some words of advice. Just because your going on live, you should still practice your speaking and script. One more thing, please remember you are LIVE, and basically everything you will say will be heard. Other than that, have fun.


I marked my calender.

email gmlive@gmvision.tv


Lets just hope Robin's server can handle the demand

Yes, thats always a good idea to hope that
It supposed to be able to take the demand though, so we shouldn't have any problems.

If you are sure you will call in, can you please post saying so, so we know about how many people will call?

No, please don't do that. It's not really fair to use this topic for an "audience tally". Members can just PM you, or one of your co-hosts.

Okay.
if a member is sure he/she can call in, please post on our blog post for the show content (a few days before each show we will post, showing the content for the upcoming show, and you can post that you will be calling in there.)

Hey,

If you would like to be on the show please PM me or Caniac, This would help us alot for estimating numbers.

I would like to note that if anyone has any special requests for topics, or Games, please post them on our Blog, when we make the "Show Topics" topic there.

I personally don't think that's it's going to be as successful as your GMVision show. But it's going to be interesting

Its only as successful as people make it. If no one ever listens, and no one ever calls in, yeah, it will probably go under. On the other hand, if we get lots of listeners and lots of views, we will probably keep it going.

What I'm saying is that many people might not have time!

Your GMVision show has a PAUSE button on it. So when someone has to go do something it can be paused and continued later. You can't do that with the radio show unless you are going to record each broadcast and put it up for download so people that missed the show can download and listen.

some people don't ever read announcements do they? I would appreciate it if you would look before you post next time

(and that applies for all the live shows)

Sounds interesting I'll have to check it out. Oh wait, 11 AM? That's 10 AM for me. Are you crazy I don't get up that early! But I'll have to email my game, Zombie City for the show (it should be finished by tomorrow).

And will you guys post the show like on youtube or something for people who want to watch it later on?

Yea I'm having trouble finding out exacty what time "Eastern" is... I assume this is an American time-zone, so I'm guessing roughly 5-8 hours behind here, so time should be fine for me- can anyone confirm the time difference to GMT?

A live radio show? Like, the tune-into-a-channel-and-listen stuff?

...you do know what you're getting yourself into, right?

I mean by all means what you're doing is amazing, but it's much more than just talking. And then imagine a radio show based on games. Game design can be interesting, but I can't imagine how you'd put it in audio form and retain it's awesomeness. What I'm trying to say is you can't really describe the wonderful graphics of a game without showing it. You can't describe the sound effects without streaming them. You can't describe how interactive it is, or how long it is, or how stable or fluid or extensive it is without playing it. That's why most games are advertised via trailers.

Anyways, however it ends up, I wish you the best of luck.

@Soulsnatcher: It's GMT -5.

It is audio only and they have already said that they will post it online for playback afterwards

Thanks, I'm going to try and tune into this almost historic event just to see how it turns out.

I'm excited to see how this is going to work out, though I probably won't join in. Just listen.

For those of you confused about the timezones, the show will start at 3:30:00 PM (GMT), aka 15:30:00 (GMT). Take your timezone (ex. mine is -6) and add/subtract from that time. 15-6=9. So 9:30.

Audios can be played on youtube. And oh I didn't see that.

Yes, so in the UK, it will start at 16:30, because it's currently British Summer Time (BST).

Will there be a live comment thread so we can post our thoughts and feedback throughout the show?

Wow, this topic just exploded in about 15 minutes!

Yes, like I said before, we will be uploading archives of all the episodes.


thats -5 GMT. (Eastern time standard).


Yes, we know what were getting into
its going to be about reviews, news, games, and all sorts of GM Related stuff.


thats right.


glad you'll be there


thats fine, for those of you who just want to listen, we want to remind you there is a text chat as well

we may archive some on youtube, and again, we may not.

@DPoole:
Yes, or for those of us that use a 12-hour clock, 4:00 PM.

Sorry I didn't see that. When I first read about GMLive I was very tired. Now that I am awake...

I was glad to see the phrase "Free Music" on your site... care to share where you're getting your tracks from?

thats always good. Yeah, it was mainy a reminder to everyone incase they thought I wasn't clear enough ;P

most likely the Newgrounds Audio Portal. We will also most likley be linking to most of the songs we play.

This sounds pretty interesting! I just did some math, and where I live, the show would be on at 10PM, so I will most probably be able to listen! (If I remember!) But I have a game that is finished, and I might send it to you so you could review it! I haven't posted it anywhere yet, but I would like to see what you think of it.

Will there be a live comment thread so we can post our thoughts and feedback throughout the show, without the need to call in?

That'd be pretty neat. You can email it to us, or PM Jono or I.

Yes, we will be using a live chat system that we have on our site.

Oh, sorry. I just realised that you've added one.

Don't let us down.

well, its all up to how many people listen

if anyone would like an audio advertisement played part-way through the show for their site or game (or whatever) please PM me.

There is 1000 slots on the streaming radio server so we shouldn't have any problem with space. We will hopfully be able to upload the recorded version by wednesday the following week at the latest.

Just 4 and a bit days to go

Interesting... never thought anyone would actually do this! I'm not sure if I'll be able to listen or not, but I will if I can!

just out of curiosity, what are you guys using to stream it?

We are using Icecast to stream, and Audacity to record the shows. http://icecast.org/

I found out my streaming software can record it, i think that'd be better.

Ok.

We would like to note that we will also be posting/announcing each archive episode here, for members to discuss and talk more in-depth about.

I am right in thinking the link has not been issued yet?

a link for what? the episode archive?
considering that we have not started the show, there is no link.

hmm... looks like Icecast streams through shoutcast. (Which is what my dad uses for his internet radio station)


I would still use audacity as a backup make sure you get the lame_emc dll so you can export mp3's

Yeah, it does use shoutcast. I installed the lame_enc dll the first day actually (Not sure about Jono)

yeh i did.

No I mean like, the link which will go to the live show, or will there not be one until the show is actually broadcasting?

go to www.gmlive.org
and click Listen

The chat and flash player doesn't seem to be on the site at the moment, we are working on it.

For whatever reason, the site reverted its self and removed the chat box and audio player. Fortunately, I had a back up copy and it is all working fine now.

We have fixed a bug the site had with firefox so all firefox users should be able to listen on saturday.

In other news:
We are in need of a host for this Saturdays show! This is urgent as we have realized that we may not be able to cope with just two hosts.
(requirements; Skype, Good mic and can speak good English)

Read the full post here:
http://gmvision.tv/gmvision/home/2009/10/g...s-a-third-host/

Official list of show topics now posted: http://gmvision.tv/gmvision/home/2009/10/g...on-topics-2-10/
We have also chosen our two new hosts: Dan Eggers, and "Dan" (Two Dans )

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!