MadDjinn
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I'm sure we'll have someone try to find them all (not sure if everyone was obvious with the titles though).
Calling all Let's Play creators, readers and viewers!
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I'm sure we'll have someone try to find them all (not sure if everyone was obvious with the titles though).
)Raven-sb
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Personally I have no problem with the proposed changes? However I can see where those who make the point about LP's having a place in the Strategy and Tip's forum are coming from. As a compromise, would creating an LP forum as a subform to Strategy and Tip's work?
On a completely different note, I'd just like to say thank you to the content team for their work. It's made my enjoyment of this game a hell of a lot better.
On a completely different note, I'd just like to say thank you to the content team for their work. It's made my enjoyment of this game a hell of a lot better.
If you like to watch them, would it really be that hard to go to another part of the forum?
Wading thru something called stories and tales to find them? I've been a member here since 2003 and can say I don't think I've ever looked in a stories and tales sub-forum. Not in CiV for sure. No clue if anything like that even existed or exists for IV or III.
So, I just took a look at that forum. Yeah, no interest in what's going on over there. I think it's pretty likely that I'll end up fading from the list of LP viewers.
Now if you made a Let's Play sub-forum of Strategy and Tips? I'd check it out regularly.
Like I said, I may be a very unusual viewer, but on that chance that I'm not, thought it might be info you'd be interested in.
I would like to encourage the people who makes the let's play threads to keep some standard information in thread name, like what civilization you play, the difficulty and maybe some special setup or premise of the thread.
I would also suggest that some of the experienced LP makers write a small guide on how to make a good LP.
I would also suggest that some of the experienced LP makers write a small guide on how to make a good LP.
svett89
Chieftain
Sure, do it! It's nice to be able to access many different LPs in one place. 
Bandobras Took
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So long as there's a link in the Strategy & Tips forum to wherever they end up . . .
MadDjinn
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that's possible. We could try a sticky link with a title of 'find Civ 5 LPs here'. Or some such thing. It would have to be dropped after some time, but it might help people shift to viewing that part of the forum.
MadDjinn
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What type of thing are you thinking about? A thread with the technical mechanics of recording/uploading? Or more generally about how to act/what to show or say?
wannabewarlord
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As long as you read/watch LPs, or make them, your opinion counts
Yay!
But ultimately I agree with your notion that if I like to watch/read them, I will go wherever I know I find them. So giving them their own, prominent space is actually a good idea, in whichever forum that may be.
I was refering to the thread name, not the LPs opening post, having somewhat standerdised threadnames will make the forum easier to read, and easy to find the type of LP you want to see.
Civilization, difficulty level, a full game or a particular strategy...
Actually all of the things you mention, maybe devide it into a technical section, and a presentation section.
I truely have no idea what it takes to make a LP, but I like watching them.
A guide about this could also open a discussion about good procedures to think over when making a LP.
buzzdowan
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I recently joined the community as an author of LPs. You have my vote. I support this. Let me know where to submit my work, when the platform is ready.
MadDjinn
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ok, only another day or so left for giving feedback.
So far, it seems the take away is:
1) Go for it, make the changes.
2) Have some sort of link from the Strategies section to the S&LP section, at least for a few months.
3) Maybe allow LP creators to have discussion threads in the strategy section.
Anything else?
So far, it seems the take away is:
1) Go for it, make the changes.
2) Have some sort of link from the Strategies section to the S&LP section, at least for a few months.
3) Maybe allow LP creators to have discussion threads in the strategy section.
Anything else?
MadDjinn
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that's on the list.
MadDjinn
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on the topic of what people would like to see in the OPs of the LPs (lol):
Check this one and state what other information would be desired (in this thread). Obviously the thread Prefix will come once those exist, but we can use it as a starting point for discussions.
Right now it has:
Author, Difficulty level and civ in the title.
patch #, PC/Mac, Mods/no mods at the top.
- Map type, size, game speed and other settings in the 'comments'.
And of course a link to the video (ok, it's embedded, but you know what I mean).
Check this one and state what other information would be desired (in this thread). Obviously the thread Prefix will come once those exist, but we can use it as a starting point for discussions.
Right now it has:
Author, Difficulty level and civ in the title.
patch #, PC/Mac, Mods/no mods at the top.
- Map type, size, game speed and other settings in the 'comments'.
And of course a link to the video (ok, it's embedded, but you know what I mean).
since im already watching lets play videos, it would not be a problem for me if they where moved, i would look for them
but if i joined the forum in a few months time and there was no link on the strategy forum i would never find them
i have played games for more than 25 years now, and i have never opened a stories and tales subforum
but if i joined the forum in a few months time and there was no link on the strategy forum i would never find them
i have played games for more than 25 years now, and i have never opened a stories and tales subforum
MadDjinn
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we will have a link up for some time.
though, to be fair, it won't be called 'stories and tales' anymore. It will be called "Stories and Lets Plays".
So it should be obvious where they are
If you're playing at deity level -- and having interesting things to say and show at that level -- then, in my mind, your "let's play" belongs in "Strategy and Tips" forum.
As a viewer, I don't care about Prince, King, or anything lower than Deity LPs. Relegating those over to the stories and tales forums I am fine with -- but not because I want to see them, but rather because I don't want to see them. What I do want to see: the greatest challenge Civ 5 offers taken on by the best players with the most cogent rationales and the most daring strategies.
So, I'm against this move, since it means that excellent strategy threads -- like the ones about your LPs or those of wainy -- will move over to another forum that I will not check.
Somewhat self-involved, but there you go. "No."
As a viewer, I don't care about Prince, King, or anything lower than Deity LPs. Relegating those over to the stories and tales forums I am fine with -- but not because I want to see them, but rather because I don't want to see them. What I do want to see: the greatest challenge Civ 5 offers taken on by the best players with the most cogent rationales and the most daring strategies.
So, I'm against this move, since it means that excellent strategy threads -- like the ones about your LPs or those of wainy -- will move over to another forum that I will not check.
Somewhat self-involved, but there you go. "No."
