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WCDT 10-14 May 2021 (strips 4521-4525)
oddtail:
--- Quote from: Oenone on 11 May 2021, 05:21 ---
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--- Quote from: Emperor Norton on 10 May 2021, 20:36 ---
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--- Quote from: Oenone on 10 May 2021, 11:40 ---Why is vtubing even a thing in a world with AI? Wouldn’t an AI be able to perfectly run through a speed run or whatever?
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While I have no interest in video games personally, I would assume the main reason people watch is for the personality of the individual playing.
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This. Very rarely do people get big from just being good at a game. It's about the personality of the person streaming. In fact, there are successful streamers that aren't particularly great at the games they play.
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I confess to being bemused by this thread of conversation. Though it's a variation on a recurring topic. QC AIs aren't computers; they are emergent lifeforms; and they do in fact have personalities.
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That’s on me not understanding the appeal of speed runs — I assumed that watching people play games was about skill. I guess it’s like cooking shows — it’s about personality as well as technique.
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Skill can factor into it as well (it can be amazing to watch the world record speedrun, especially of a game you've played yourself), but generally I think most people will take their favourite streamer playing any old game than a random streamer playing a game that personally appeals to them.
Shjade:
--- Quote from: Farideh on 10 May 2021, 19:12 ---I didn't know what a pop filter was (thanks for explaining it to me :D)
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Yeah, if you ever see behind the scenes recording studio stuff, that big disc between the singer/speaker and the microphone that looks like someone cut a hole out of a screen door? That's the pop filter. It's basically there to block certain sounds created by speech (generally "pops" on hard P and B sounds) so that they don't create spikes and disrupt the audio. The sound of the consonant still gets through, but the air being blown forward is diffused by the screen so it doesn't hit the mic so hard.
Pilchard123:
--- Quote from: Farideh on 10 May 2021, 17:26 ---I was talking about speedruns done by AI which sounds boring to me. I like watching people do speedruns.
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I could imagine a world where AIs could do the equivalent of a TAS, if they were able to do frame-perfect inputs. In such a case the interest might not come so much from the personality of the streamer, but from exploring the theoretical limit of whatever game they're running, like it does IRL.
--- Quote from: Emperor Norton on 10 May 2021, 20:36 ---This. Very rarely do people get big from just being good at a game. It's about the personality of the person streaming. In fact, there are successful streamers that aren't particularly great at the games they play.
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There are some (the Yogscast network comes to mind) that have got big almost on the back of being actively bad at the games they play, although there is a lot of first-mover advantage in their rise as well.
thegreatzappadooie:
I think would be Gary... the perfect choice for a face reveal. :-D
Farideh:
New comic.
Oooh, interesting development! May would be a good choice, provided that she doesn't start bossing Marigold around, or making rude noises while Marigold is streaming. May would be good at keeping Marigold's identity a secret: she respects privacy.
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