I love Google and what they do so don’t take this as Google/YouTube bashing, but their new innovation on YouTube is, as the cool kids say, FAIL. What is it if you haven’t seen it? Closed Captioning – or subtitles to us in the UK. They’re designed for people with hearing difficulties, by printing out the dialogue on screen. I use them, not because I’m hard of hearing, but when you have kids/babies in the house it’s the best way to watch the telly because the kids are asleep, or are awake and playing LET’S MAKE AS MUCH NOISE AS POSSIBLE EVERY TIME SOMEONE SPEAKS ON THE MAGIC BOX.
Anyone who regularly uses subtitles or close captioning will know a couple of things about them:
1 – On pre-recorded programmes and films they are great
2 – They’re not always word for word with what is being said
3 – They are typed by deaf illiterate chimps for live programmes like the news
So here’s the thing, YouTube/Google have implemented a beta Closed Captioning service on the videos, I tried it on mine……hilarity ensued. You’ve got to try it – choose any video at random. It’s like when the first speech recognition came out…..
KEN
In Ken Burton’s QA video he answered the question about what can actually be done about online douchery. Here is his answer:
Obviously it’s not a perfect solution, but this is not a perfect world, otherwise there wouldn’t be any douchebags to mute, thus rendering the KEN campaign moot. What the KEN tag really means is that the person wearing it is not going to indulge douchey bullshit. That’s it.
Hauppage Update
Okay, I know from experience that people who buy on ebay have a real problem with actually reading the title, description or even looking at the pictures, but there is only so much you can do to make it as clear as possible what you are selling. So when I put my surfboard on there I put in MASSIVE RED LETTERS collection only, the P&P section said collection only, so I was surprised when a guy from the other side of the country was the winning bidder and then emailed me to ask how much delivery would be…….yup.
Anyway, hopefully that’s sorted, and as long as he pays and doesn’t mess me about it means that I’m about two thirds of the way to the Hauppage which I will now be getting from Play.com. I can get it for a couple of quid (literally) cheaper from some other supplier, but I’ve never heard of this other company and I have dealt with Play before.
In other news:
Gameplay tonight – Mercenary Team Death Match. Using mainly the blinged FAL with silencer and holographic sight, Spas with grip, claymore, stun grenades, Stopping Power Pro and Ninja Pro. Although on the last game on Underpass I had to change to my Anti-Air class as my team was totally outclassed and had to shoot down the enemy air support to stop it being a complete rout. I was also using my Cheap Freaks on sensitivity 7 and was playing fairly conservatively as I need to get used to this new set up.
Maps and outcome -
Underpass – Win – 6-2
Karachi – Win – 7-2
Estate – Lose – 6-6 (stupid sniper in the garage)
Underpass (again) – Lose – 6-3
Definitely not beast scores, but apart from Estate I think I upheld my Two Commandments fairly well.
And so it was written, on the third day he descended from the mountain, and in his arms he carried two tablets. And on those tablets were the words of wisdom, the tenets by which all should live or be cast into the outer darkness where there is much weeping and gnashing of teeth. And he read from the tablets and it is written that these were his words: “Thou shalt not die, for to die gives the enemy team an easy victory. Therefore to die is to commit a sin against all that is holy and attract the wrath of all those who scream “NOOB!” into their mics with great vengeance and furious anger. And also thou shalt kill the enemy team, for the only way to victory is by the demise of the enemy team – unless you’re playing Domination in which case capture some flags you camping puke!”
At the moment there a number of vids on YouTube for MW2 loosely related to the topic of hating their team. Although strictly speaking it’s not about hating your team, because in order to have a team you all have to work together rather than simply be on the same side. I could use some political examples right now, but you know what, politics and gaming don’t mix – even if it does allow for some great analogies. Plus most people don’t like politics. If you are a gamer, and do like politics then leave a comment whether or not you’d like to read some more indepth analysis over the usual “w00t headshot” type posts.
Anyway – the issue is not hating the other people who happen to be on your side. The main issue is that the other people on your side make your job more difficult. Your job in the game is to get kills and not get killed. Every time you die you allow the other side get one step closer to winning (this applies more to TDM rather than Domination – but is especially true in Search and Destroy).
Usually I avoid my team as much as possible – there’s no relevant comms anyway so what they’re doing is pretty unimportant as long as they are abiding by the Two Commandments: get kills, don’t get killed. Now my two main perks are Cold Blooded Pro and Ninja Pro which means that I don’t show up on radar, heart beat sensor and am pretty much silence (unless the other side is using Sit Rep Pro). There are two problems I have.
Occasionally I’ll end up either with a shadow – which happens on those rare occasions when I get incredibly lucky and like totally pwnerz the other team – or happen to be headed in the same direction as an orphaned team mate. We round a corner and kablammmmoooo I get wasted by an ACR with heart beat sensor – except I don’t show up on heart beat sensor. The other guy was targeting my shadow, but I got there first! Ok, big deal, I’m dead – my team mate will surely avenge me……9 times out of 10 no they do not. They either run for it or end up as hamburger as well. Graaaah!
Okay that’s slightly annoying and easily rectified by just not going anywhere near my teammates – which is what I normally do. But when the opposing team crack out some Killstreak reward I am left face palming in disbelief as the same names pop up on the screen being killed by a sentry gun/harrier/pavelow/AC130. Bloody hell people – what’s the problem? It’s not rocket science – STAY INSIDE UNTIL THE REWARD EXPIRES – it’s only about 40 seconds at most! Or if you do get splattered across the map, respawn with cold blooded on, or even better, respawn with an Anti-Air class and take out the Kill Streak reward.
When I see my team being decimated I fall on my own nade/claymore and respawn with my own Anti-Air class which consists of an LMG, Stinger, Scavenger Pro, Cold Blooded Pro and Ninja Pro and take out the air support. If there’s a sentry gun I just run up to it and take it out with the knife. I’m such a hero, I deserve a medal.
The problem is that most players only care about their own stats. If I cared about my K/D spread I wouldn’t be so quick to kill myself in order to save my team. It’s annoying to see the end score board where the top guy on the “team” has a 19 – 2 – 22, I’ll have 10 – 0 – 2 or something and we lost – why? Because Mr Topspot broke the Second Commandment – Thou Shalt Die. When there are only 75 kills needed to get victory and one guy is giving up about a quarter of that amount then you have a pretty dumb teammate – go play Domination dumbass!
YouTube CC, KEN, and Another Hauppage Update
March 5, 2010YouTube CC
I love Google and what they do so don’t take this as Google/YouTube bashing, but their new innovation on YouTube is, as the cool kids say, FAIL. What is it if you haven’t seen it? Closed Captioning – or subtitles to us in the UK. They’re designed for people with hearing difficulties, by printing out the dialogue on screen. I use them, not because I’m hard of hearing, but when you have kids/babies in the house it’s the best way to watch the telly because the kids are asleep, or are awake and playing LET’S MAKE AS MUCH NOISE AS POSSIBLE EVERY TIME SOMEONE SPEAKS ON THE MAGIC BOX.
Anyone who regularly uses subtitles or close captioning will know a couple of things about them:
1 – On pre-recorded programmes and films they are great
2 – They’re not always word for word with what is being said
3 – They are typed by deaf illiterate chimps for live programmes like the news
So here’s the thing, YouTube/Google have implemented a beta Closed Captioning service on the videos, I tried it on mine……hilarity ensued. You’ve got to try it – choose any video at random. It’s like when the first speech recognition came out…..
KEN
In Ken Burton’s QA video he answered the question about what can actually be done about online douchery. Here is his answer:
Obviously it’s not a perfect solution, but this is not a perfect world, otherwise there wouldn’t be any douchebags to mute, thus rendering the KEN campaign moot. What the KEN tag really means is that the person wearing it is not going to indulge douchey bullshit. That’s it.
Hauppage Update
Okay, I know from experience that people who buy on ebay have a real problem with actually reading the title, description or even looking at the pictures, but there is only so much you can do to make it as clear as possible what you are selling. So when I put my surfboard on there I put in MASSIVE RED LETTERS collection only, the P&P section said collection only, so I was surprised when a guy from the other side of the country was the winning bidder and then emailed me to ask how much delivery would be…….yup.
Anyway, hopefully that’s sorted, and as long as he pays and doesn’t mess me about it means that I’m about two thirds of the way to the Hauppage which I will now be getting from Play.com. I can get it for a couple of quid (literally) cheaper from some other supplier, but I’ve never heard of this other company and I have dealt with Play before.
In other news:
Gameplay tonight – Mercenary Team Death Match. Using mainly the blinged FAL with silencer and holographic sight, Spas with grip, claymore, stun grenades, Stopping Power Pro and Ninja Pro. Although on the last game on Underpass I had to change to my Anti-Air class as my team was totally outclassed and had to shoot down the enemy air support to stop it being a complete rout. I was also using my Cheap Freaks on sensitivity 7 and was playing fairly conservatively as I need to get used to this new set up.
Maps and outcome -
Underpass – Win – 6-2
Karachi – Win – 7-2
Estate – Lose – 6-6 (stupid sniper in the garage)
Underpass (again) – Lose – 6-3
Definitely not beast scores, but apart from Estate I think I upheld my Two Commandments fairly well.
Peas and loaves.
Find me on PSN – evaDlivE
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