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Mon, 16 Feb 2009 07:56:56
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In getting the Press Room together every other week, there have been clear scheduling issues, typically surrounding spreading everyone across too many time zones.  This is most significant when we throw our European denizens into the mix.

What I'd be interested in is seeing us get essentially a second podcast going on the Press Room's off-weeks for more time availability, primarily European-centric for timing.  Our scheduling is rather restrictive doing it North America / Australia, causing problems getting everyone else in, and then it all falls apart.  Just setting it up separately I think would work.

This of course doesn't bar non-Europeans from taking part--it's about a difference in priorities.  It would also open up more flexibility for those further west in North America.

On the technical side, it could actually be rather simple.  With the utilities I have now, I can stay logged into Skype with auto-answer calls and auto-record, so as long as my computer's on, you can just add me to the conversation and it will record right to me for the editing.

Do we have enough interest to make this happen?

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Mon, 16 Feb 2009 09:11:53
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Sounds liek a good idea.  I think the podcast adds to the site greatly and I enjoy each issue, but the cross-talk cut out does hurt the quality so maybe doing regional shows will help out.

But you'd need someone on the euro cast to do the circus rigmastery that Jamie does currently, and that's a big job.

if we need a third wheel for and AU version I'd be down for it, but I'd want to test my audio quality b4 doing a full show given my remoteness.

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Mon, 16 Feb 2009 10:10:46
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We could do an NTSC and PAL version - meaning that the the US one is...well, the US and Canada, while the Euro one is UK, Holland, Greece and Australia.

We could also try alternate hosts, and see who's the best at it.

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Mon, 16 Feb 2009 11:20:13
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sure that'd be interesting.  i'm GMT+2 here (eastern US time + 7)

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Mon, 16 Feb 2009 21:04:57
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Gaminggeek or bust.


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Mon, 16 Feb 2009 21:42:51
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Dvader said:

Gaminggeek or bust.


Indeed.

This needs GG.

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Mon, 16 Feb 2009 22:03:44
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darthhomer said:

Dvader said:

Gaminggeek or bust.


Indeed.

This needs GG.

 Someone will have to send him a headset first, I bet. Nyaa

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Tue, 17 Feb 2009 00:58:23
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Ravenprose said:

darthhomer said:

Dvader said:

Gaminggeek or bust.

Indeed.

This needs GG.

Someone will have to send him a headset first, I bet. Nyaa

He'll want to use his wii-speak conference phone.

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Tue, 17 Feb 2009 04:54:04
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So far all the interest in the Euro Podcast has not been from Europe. Except for Bugs I think.

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Tue, 17 Feb 2009 06:08:13

Foolz said:
So far all the interest in the Euro Podcast has not been from Europe. Except for Bugs I think.

So lets do a Euro podcast starring people not from Europe. It would be perfect.

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Tue, 17 Feb 2009 14:10:38

Dvader said:

Foolz said:
So far all the interest in the Euro Podcast has not been from Europe. Except for Bugs I think.

So lets do a Euro podcast starring people not from Europe. It would be perfect.

Let's do a spanish podcast, vader. LOL

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Tue, 17 Feb 2009 14:47:34
Still no sign of GG. He is avoiding it like a plague. So much for the Euro Podcast. 
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Tue, 17 Feb 2009 14:49:40

My nose is bleeding.

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Tue, 17 Feb 2009 23:55:25
I wonder how many seconds I can keep a convincing british accent going for...

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Wed, 18 Feb 2009 02:19:16

Yarcofin said:
I wonder how many seconds I can keep a convincing british accent going for...

Yes, we should all do the Euro podcast with bad british accents.  

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Wed, 18 Feb 2009 02:49:57
While I like the setup we've had on the Press Room, the concept of NTSC vs PAL has potential.  Already we have 2 regulars for each (Myself, Vader / darth, Foolz), and an irregular on each of Steel and Iga.

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Wed, 18 Feb 2009 09:58:16

Ravenprose said:

darthhomer said:

Dvader said:

Gaminggeek or bust.


Indeed.

This needs GG.

Someone will have to send him a headset first, I bet. Nyaa

That's what I was thinking Nyaa

For the same cost as a mic I can afford the next volume in the classic 80s TMNT dvds.  

Dvader said:

Foolz said:
So far all the interest in the Euro Podcast has not been from Europe. Except for Bugs I think.

So lets do a Euro podcast starring people not from Europe. It would be perfect.

Just fake all the accents. Steel could fake for Spanish, others could do British, German etc. There is this guy in Sam and Max who does this hilarious american/british accent.  

I will see if there are any mics in the local supermarket today.

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Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:41:05

gamingeek said:

I will see if there are any mics in the local supermarket today.

OMG exciting. Epic GG podcast coming. Nyaa

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Thu, 19 Feb 2009 05:27:10

gamingeek said:

Ravenprose said:

darthhomer said:

Dvader said:

Gaminggeek or bust.


Indeed.

This needs GG.

Someone will have to send him a headset first, I bet. Nyaa

That's what I was thinking Nyaa

For the same cost as a mic I can afford the next volume in the classic 80s TMNT dvds.  

Dvader said:

Foolz said:
So far all the interest in the Euro Podcast has not been from Europe. Except for Bugs I think.

So lets do a Euro podcast starring people not from Europe. It would be perfect.

Just fake all the accents. Steel could fake for Spanish, others could do British, German etc. There is this guy in Sam and Max who does this hilarious american/british accent.  

I will see if there are any mics in the local supermarket today.

Mate, Steel doesn't need to fake Spanish.

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Thu, 19 Feb 2009 09:33:00

I can do Irish or British accents.  Also after playing GTA4 I can do Serbian (or is he Croatian)?

But to restore this to the original point, I think there would be meirt in doing a EU, NA/CA/SA, & AU version, then we could go weekly without burning out anyone.

But from listening, hosting the podcast in the way DarthHomer does is not a simple thing, it requires a lot of prep.

I do think that this site has two major features:

1. The Big Board of News (ggweekly).

2. The cosmopolitan (or merely diverse) origin of those who post.

So given the later benefit I think having multiple region-based casts would underscore/ exemplify one of our strengths.

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