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Butterfinger Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: Sinking with my ship
#551: Jun 15th 2013 at 10:55:40 AM

Achievement Hunter is so crazy that it's pretty hard to get burned out, though.

I read a post from Geoff about how they edit Lets Plays (Minecraft in particular, which also has the added work of making the challenge to begin with), and there is such a process involved that it really does seem like it could be an energy drain.

I've bolded some of the relevant quotes:

Next, we film the actual Let's Play. This takes a lot longer than you would think. Shopping List took four hours to film. Trying to maintain our energy and enthusiasm for four straight hours is not easy, it's actually pretty exhausting. It's also not the easiest thing in the world to come up with shit to talk about for that long.

(...)

Now, Gavin has to synch up 6 audio and 6 video files into his Final Cut multiclip. That can be a real bitch, but usually it's not. he then has to sit through the entire video in real time, selecting "angles" (who's screen to cut to during the video). If it's a four hour video, it takes four hours.

Then, he goes through and actually edits it. This is the shitty part. Shopping List is a two-parter (possibly three), as are a lot of our L Ps are these days. Gavin has to do an editing pass across the whole thing, to be able to see how long it's going to end up being, and where to end each part. That takes a lot of time and effort. It's all front loaded work.

(...)

Once he has an idea where to end the video, he has to go back and do another edit, tweaking and revising, making sure everything fits and flows well.

THEN he has to do an audio pass. Audio is easily the worst part. Balancing audio is boring and tedious and annoying, and, at this point he's already watched the video for about 8-12 hours. So watching it again, not so much fun.

Once it's done, we watch the whole fucking thing again, just to make sure we didn't miss something in the editing process, or the encode was bad (which happens sometimes unfortunately).

I believe Ray handles some of the Monday and Wednesday LPs so I think it is reasonable to assume that this is how Ray works as well, and while Rooster Teeth does seem like a fun place to work, I wouldn't blame him at all if he's feeling a bit drained.

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theLibrarian That all you got? from his own little world Since: Jul, 2009
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#552: Jun 15th 2013 at 11:03:45 AM

So it isn't just "LOL WE'RE PLAYING GAMES IT'S SO FUN :D"

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Serocco Serocco from Miami, Florida Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
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#553: Jun 15th 2013 at 2:20:14 PM

And that's just the technical stuff. Lord knows how much the actual gameplay drains them.

I'll wait to see how Ray's like during the next Minecraft LP. If he's as bored/tired then, we have a problem.

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FrozenWolf2 Horni Demon LORD from HORNI LAND Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
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#555: Jun 17th 2013 at 9:03:47 PM

I like how they're making more GTA 4 L Ps.

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Thnikkafan ? from Faroe Islands (not really) Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
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#556: Jun 17th 2013 at 9:08:26 PM

Honestly, if they just did GTA on Monday, Worms on Wednesday, and Minecraft on Friday, I'd be happy.

Anyone who assigns themselves loads of character tropes is someone to be worried about.
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#557: Jun 18th 2013 at 5:17:22 PM

These make me want to buy GTA IV just for the multiplayer.

theLibrarian That all you got? from his own little world Since: Jul, 2009
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#558: Jun 18th 2013 at 5:18:51 PM

Same XD

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Serocco Serocco from Miami, Florida Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
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#559: Jun 19th 2013 at 1:07:02 AM

Worms, Minecraft and GTA 4 are pretty clearly their favorites to play through.

It's a joy to watch all the crazy, random, unpredictable stuff in all three.

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theLibrarian That all you got? from his own little world Since: Jul, 2009
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#560: Jun 19th 2013 at 10:44:31 PM

No Wednesday Let's Play? D:

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Serocco Serocco from Miami, Florida Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
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#561: Jun 20th 2013 at 1:09:33 PM

Ray vs Geoff.

It's come full circle; Ray began his streak after beating Geoff.

edited 20th Jun '13 1:10:01 PM by Serocco

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FrozenWolf2 Horni Demon LORD from HORNI LAND Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
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#562: Jun 20th 2013 at 3:07:50 PM

Geoff pretty much did what you should have been doing...

Ray admits he isn't good a specific games

YOU CHEAP SHOT HIM TO DEATH WITH THAT!

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theLibrarian That all you got? from his own little world Since: Jul, 2009
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#563: Jun 20th 2013 at 4:34:16 PM

I've never even heard of Gorillas!

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TheFoxsCloak Since: Mar, 2011
#564: Jun 20th 2013 at 6:14:04 PM

Stop the bullying!

Fucking hilarious.

edited 20th Jun '13 6:16:35 PM by TheFoxsCloak

theLibrarian That all you got? from his own little world Since: Jul, 2009
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#565: Jun 20th 2013 at 7:37:46 PM

I wish that they'd done a conventional race, but the soccer was hilarious too XD

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FrozenWolf2 Horni Demon LORD from HORNI LAND Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
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#566: Jun 21st 2013 at 9:48:53 AM

How did the lads not see the Humvee thing coming?

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#567: Jun 21st 2013 at 11:07:20 AM

They really should've, it's quite big.

They do have medals for almost, and they're called silver!
FrozenWolf2 Horni Demon LORD from HORNI LAND Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
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TheBatPencil from Glasgow, Scotland Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: I'm just a hunk-a, hunk-a burnin' love
#569: Jun 22nd 2013 at 9:00:01 AM

Been on an Archive Binge of the Achievement Hunter Let's Plays lately. Great fun. Their GTA IV LP's has made me much more excited for when V comes out!

edited 22nd Jun '13 9:00:54 AM by TheBatPencil

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theLibrarian That all you got? from his own little world Since: Jul, 2009
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#570: Jun 22nd 2013 at 9:00:52 AM

So Ray finally won the Tower of Pimps again. Took tons of victories on Michael and Jack's part and even Gavin won, but he's got it back XD

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strawberryflavored Since: Sep, 2010
#571: Jun 22nd 2013 at 9:05:09 AM

I was kind of hoping that Achievement City would blow up at the end.

Thnikkafan ? from Faroe Islands (not really) Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
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#572: Jun 22nd 2013 at 9:31:36 AM

I was surprised that Dark Achievement City didn't have a Plan G. Then again, it would have been toast anyway, what with the Ghasts and all.

edited 22nd Jun '13 9:31:45 AM by Thnikkafan

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#573: Jun 22nd 2013 at 12:37:58 PM

Dark Achievement City was the greatest surprise ever!

Serocco Serocco from Miami, Florida Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
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#574: Jun 22nd 2013 at 12:42:14 PM

Ray now has won the Tower of Pimps 8 times. Be warned - he's gonna go on a streak soon.

Jack and Michael are tied at second with 6 Tower wins.

Geoff has three. Ryan and Gavin are tied at last with two.

In RWBY, every girl is Best Girl.
FrozenWolf2 Horni Demon LORD from HORNI LAND Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
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#575: Jun 22nd 2013 at 2:04:12 PM

His longest streak has always been 2 wins in a row

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