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| StoptheInsanity | Jul 21 2013, 08:57 AM Post #1 |
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Well you can add one more to that list! I literally just started recording let's plays a couple days ago and just got my first video on youtube a few hours ago, so i'm hoping to get it some attention. When these "let's plays" started catching on I always thought "That's lame. Who would actually want to watch one of those?" After some time I found some really cool videos of creepy/horror stories read aloud called "Cry Reads" As it turns out he is the popular lets player Chaotic Monkey. I watched a couple of his LP's and enjoyed them more than I expected. Then, when Simcity came out and I was too anti-DRM to buy it, I decided to check out some youtube videos of the gameplay and found a guy doing a lets play. I really enjoyed watching him as well. That was Sips from the Yogscast network of lets players. Shortly after I stumbled upon NortherLion while looking up The Binding of Isaac on youtube. I really liked his commentary as well. I became a fairly regular viewer of these guys and after a while I decided I want to give it a shot myself. And so, here I am! So far I just started with The Binding of Isaac. I'm going to start an LP of Rogue Legacy very soon, and Teleglitch: Prepare To Die Edition when it comes out. As you can tell, I like the indie games. I also like AAA games and will do them too. I also hope to put together some helpful and informative strategy guides and tips and trick videos on a variety of games. Here's the link to my channel. Feel free to check out the few videos I have and subscribe if any of my proposed future content sounds like something you'd like! Also, check out the sweet Isaac Let's Play thumbnail I made. I happen to think it's great. ;p Not my art mind you, but I spent a bit of time in photoshop on it. http://www.youtube.com/user/Thisnameistaken Cheers! |
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| Y2860 | Jul 21 2013, 02:41 PM Post #2 |
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Welcome to the site man hope you enjoy your experience and meet some awesome people here
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| CaptainMarkKa | Jul 21 2013, 08:35 PM Post #3 |
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Welcome to LPS! I hope you meet some friends here, as well as get all the feedback you need. Have fun! |
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| StoptheInsanity | Jul 22 2013, 12:15 PM Post #4 |
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Well thanks, guys! |
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| PokeCrysis | Jul 23 2013, 11:55 AM Post #5 |
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Cheeeesseee toooaaast.
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Welcome to the forums! |
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| YoMma | Jul 23 2013, 12:01 PM Post #6 |
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Glad to have you on board! Welcome! I'm at work currently but I'll be sure to check out your channel properly later. I like the video thumbnails you're using for the Let's Plays. |
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| StoptheInsanity | Jul 23 2013, 10:31 PM Post #7 |
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Well double thanks, guys! And thanks YoMama. I have been just figuring out photoshop but i'm having quite a bit of fun with it. I really like making them, though it's a bit of a slow process. Several hours per thumbnail. But I happen to think mine look rather good. Not to brag lol. |
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| EmperorZelos | Jul 24 2013, 01:50 AM Post #8 |
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Welcome onboard matey!
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| Aavak | Jul 24 2013, 02:17 AM Post #9 |
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A downy black feather, dancing on the wind.
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Hi StoptheInsanity, and welcome to the Sanctuary ![]() I agree, your thumbnails are really great, do you draw the images personally or use stock images from about the internet/recolour them etc? |
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| StoptheInsanity | Jul 24 2013, 06:32 AM Post #10 |
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Hey Aavak. I wish I drew them! I just search up cool art for whatever game it is on google images. I sift through till I come across one I really like, then I throw it in photoshop and play with the brightness/contrast, crop the image if needed and add some text overlay thingers that are fitting. That's about it. That probably sounds pretty simple but 2 - 3 hours probably fly by per image in photoshop if I had to guess, pretty much without me even noticing. I get kind of absorbed into the whole process. I made 2 Rogue Legacy ones. The first one was a mish-mash of different pixel art from the game. I did some cutting and adding transparency effects so I could layer everything on top of one another well. That one took a bit more time, and it looked alright but I found it didn't pop enough. Then I found the one i'm using now. Very soon i'm going to make a post containing all my thumbnails, and then having a picture of the original image. Because I think that would be pretty neat lol xD |
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