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EARLY ACCESS - Womble's Soapbox - DayZ Standalone - Intro 01 (Patreon)

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2016-12-03 14:39:29
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2018-09-02 16:12:08
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*whew* Finally done with that segment. Here is the re-done 01 - Intro section for the soapbox critique of the DayZ franchise.

As always, please don't share it yet. It needs all the other parts. 

Any and all feedback is very welcome. It helps me know what works and what doesn't :)

I've basically reworked the intro and added a whole extra ending babbling about early access. I wanted to clarify my stance on it sooner rather than later in the video (this segmented used to be in chapter 9 of 10).

One of the big things I'm struggling with is audio consistency. Individual sentences are often being recorded several days apart. I think this is going to be a recurring problem tbh. 

What I'll do is (when all parts are done) go through carefully with the Sony Vegas equalisation tool and level out all audio spikes in one big sitting.

Next week, I'll start making the next fresh chapter: Internal and external PVE threats. Basically an analysis of why zombies (or demons, or bears, or whatever) are super important for shaping how your audience behaves in a survival sandbox game. And should never behave reactively to the player but should force the player to react to them. 

To do :)

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Archer_796

This is great! Keep up the awesome work Womble! This adds a lot of depth to you and your work and is really entertaining

Dafko

Very good Womble! You could use this intro in the future for other than DayZ analysis. Audio was much better, even though I like your voice without any background music.

Norwin

Great video Soviet! Though I've one minor gripe, that is I'd say the WoW "Don't stand in the x" goes on just a tad too long. It's a funny shtick but I don't reckon it adds that much to the overall message you're trying to get across. Other than that, I love the enthusiasm you can hear in the way you talk! :)

Edgar

My question is: Why does Ace Rimmer Feature in this xD love the vid though

Hiroto

Great video. This may sound weird, but, the intro felt a little long for me. I was one minute into the video and was asking myself "why is he still explaining himself?". After that it was fine. Apart from the WOW thing for the "Dont stand in x". Felt a little too long.

The Ferret

Very interesting. I freely admit, I first followed you for the bullshittery, but this is really well thought out and presented and I'd love to see more. I know you were worried, but I don't think you need to be. This is really fascinating even for folks like me who haven't played DayZ

Maestro

It drags on a little bit.. the bit about WoW. Okay, dont care. Make your point and get on with it. I dont really know what it is, but I've been incredibly bored the first 5 minutes of the video. Maybe it's because I've seen the other cut of it.. but its like this: Okay, I went into the video knowing you were going to talk about DayZ and it took you 5 minutes to get there. That's it basically. It feels like a really long and boring intro.

Thammarith

I am not a fan of DayZ, never play it actually, so I did not get hyped when you announced that you were working on the series (I was waiting for Bullshittery, tbh.) Now, after watching this one, I got HYPED. It was detailed, informative, and interesting even for people who don't play DayZ. Some parts like audio, timing require only minor adjustments, imo. I love that. I cannot wait for the release (and also CS:GO Bullshittery, lol).

InfamousPeace

Very good. I liked the humour and the points were all well made i just have 1 thing i would like to bring up.: will there be any sort of captioning? Even optional closed captions written by you or a subscriber would be useful for people like me who have hearing issues. Other than that i thought it was great.

Kr1nglan

Wonderful! Not much to change, nothing actually that comes to mind that needs to be cut as you talk about the growth of games.

mivor

Pretty nice video you got there Womble! I really like the additions to the intro. Just one point that I'd like to make, be careful of spending too much time trying to polish every part of your videos. I noticed quite a lot of tweaks to the parts that you already made in the first draft version, and although they are usually improvements, I don't feel like the changes really add that much to the point you're trying to make or to the entertainment value. I completely understand that these videos might be like your little babies and you want to make them perfect, but reaching that point often takes a huge amount of time and sometimes removes some of the authenticity and spontaneousness of the earlier drafts. In the end it's still a - remarkably well documented, but still- a rant and it's going on Youtube, where people are already thoroughly entertained with the face of a gorilla floating dramatically in space.

sholder27

Moving early access was surely a good idea Womble as it fits the intro way more than the outro in my opinion. Can't wait to see it complete. One question, because I heard you nitpicking about this particular topic quite often during your streams - do you plan on doing similar video for Battlefield after you finish that one?

Red Earth

This feels like a better intro that what you had before. Excellent work

Vogelfreier

I quite enjoyed this Intro. I can imagine that it will be a good video when everything is at the same niveau.

HankJMoody

Wow. That was not what I was expecting, to be honest. Colour me very pleasantly surprised. I thought you were just going to tweak some things, not the whole video. Great job Womble! Also, personal note, that bit about the irony where you use a Chinny-esque shout from across the room had me pissing myself. I love that kind of gag. Thanks for your continued hard work, you bastard!

Gamerdude32

Sweet, now we get to hear the inquisitive side of womble and not just the bullshittery side. Too bad the other members can't add their input to these as an added backing and whatnot.

Gordon O'Brien

I'm delighted to see the Soapbox is still being worked on. After becoming a Patreon and finding the orginal cuts of these videos I searched all the rest out and found that out of all things you make this was the type of video I most wanted to see. One of the more important parts that jumps out for me is that while your talking about your favorite game (Standalone vs Mod) it still has the emphasis of EA, what that entails and what it can turn out to be. Of equal or possibly more importance is that DayZ EA is not not singled out, references to other popular EA games in both the success and failure categories gives an objective take on EA in general. I'll echo what a couple of others have said, the WoW comparison goes on a bit to much and given the message your sending might not even be relevant. Mod to Standalone compared with WoW is a bit like comparing Michelangelo to a painter trying to break into the same catigory of artist, extreme example yes but it does feel like taking the best as a marker and holding your soapbox up to that. Please keep these up, you hit on another part that struck me in the video and that was other peoples thoughts on games. I enjoy your funny Youtube work and from time to time your Twitch stuff but this is a combination of both aspects I enjoy, the funny and serious.

Atoc

*butthurt intensifies* But in all seriousness, this is great to see. Although, I kinda expected you to tear standalone a new one. I remember you were talking about it in another bullshittery, and to be honest, the developers of DayZ have lost almost all of their credibility.

Shuanstaiger

I really liked the Intro since it's pretty smooth all the way, but I have a weird headache about you're reviewing a game from the core to the animation which is the ideal thing to do, saddly I see yourself explaining marketing to the audience and from your past experience which is redundant. But since this is early and everything can change is up to you to make a 30 mins about yourself and others games and after that it start the review. well that's it! ps. lower the mic!

Nondescript_Brit

My immediate reaction was that this made me think of the YouTuber 'I Hate Everything', which is definitely not a negative comparison! Insightful, analytical and logical whilst also being amusing, witty, puerile and cutting when necessary. If you do something similar for gaming that he does for movies and things he's interested in, obviously with your specific personality and traits there then you could be onto something really interesting; perhaps a YouTube career of some kind. Diversifying your content beyond the things that made you well known is definitely a good idea, and in no way stops you from doing the bullshitteries. I wholeheartedly support you in this endeavour.

Amanda Chavez

Great video. Any critiques have been covered from other users here, but honestly all I can say is, overall it flows well and keeps my interest. Visually it's on point and you never cease to amaze me with how well you work every scene for comedic timing or to simply enhance the points you are making. Looking forward to more.

Pteradion

If you're not satisfied with the consistency of the audio quality, wouldn't it be better to record most of it over again rather than going through it all and editing it hoping it sounds better? I have no experience making videos but that seems less time consuming to me.

James

Keep up the good work Soviet. Your our favourite Womble 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

GritzTheMarker

I think this is a great intro, the connection to other games (yeah i'm talking about wow, what about it?) makes it seem more accessible. It makes me want to show it to my friends that have never played dayz because it shows that this conversation is about more than just this one game.