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The Ready Room => General => Topic started by: Doobie Dan on October 06, 2004, 10:28:18 AM

Title: A Request
Post by: Doobie Dan on October 06, 2004, 10:28:18 AM: I've got a request to ask the community. Next time one of you is playing marines with me commanding, could you record a demo? I've always wanted to see this to improve my game, and to see how understandable I am over voice comm and if I voicespam too much. Preferably a real game, not some silly 2v2 :)

Thanks folks! <3
Title: A Request
Post by: Satiagraha on October 06, 2004, 08:54:42 PM: I'll record one if I remember :p
Title: A Request
Post by: Dark on October 06, 2004, 09:03:21 PM: Quote
I'll record one if I remember :p
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as will i, doobeh
Title: A Request
Post by: BobTheJanitor on October 07, 2004, 09:03:17 AM: You know you can record your own comm demos as well if you want to review things from your point of view. But I can understand wanting to see how it works from the field.
Title: A Request
Post by: Grimm on October 07, 2004, 09:23:27 AM: Better make sure it's a marine who won't be dead for half of the game, unless you want to make sure you've got enough IPs constantly. :lol:
Title: A Request
Post by: Legionnaired on October 07, 2004, 09:41:32 AM: I'll record one the next time I finally get back on lunix.

Also, if you get a demo made from comm perspective, I'd be happy to look it over with you, give you pointers. It's usually helpful getting another comm's input, even if you don't really need it.
Title: A Request
Post by: Doobie Dan on October 07, 2004, 09:54:23 AM: Quote
You know you can record your own comm demos as well if you want to review things from your point of view. But I can understand wanting to see how it works from the field.
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My main reason for wanting this is to hear myself comm. Unless there's some way to record that yourself without voice_loopback (that always makes me trail off midsentence...).

Thanks guys ^_^
Title: A Request
Post by: That Annoying Kid on October 07, 2004, 10:28:31 AM: Quote
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You know you can record your own comm demos as well if you want to review things from your point of view. But I can understand wanting to see how it works from the field.
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My main reason for wanting this is to hear myself comm. Unless there's some way to record that yourself without voice_loopback (that always makes me trail off midsentence...).

Thanks guys ^_^
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yeah for some reason it gets really confusing when you talk with loopback on :blink:
Title: A Request
Post by: Legionnaired on October 08, 2004, 03:25:12 PM: Quote
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You know you can record your own comm demos as well if you want to review things from your point of view. But I can understand wanting to see how it works from the field.
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My main reason for wanting this is to hear myself comm. Unless there's some way to record that yourself without voice_loopback (that always makes me trail off midsentence...).

Thanks guys ^_^
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Could always get a 3rd party voice recorder. Search Downloads.com for one.
Title: A Request
Post by: Grimm on October 10, 2004, 11:22:27 AM: The voice_loopback is odd at first, but if you use it enough you can adjust to hearing yourself consantly.
Title: A Request
Post by: Satiagraha on October 10, 2004, 05:33:04 PM: Adjusted or not, it's still odd. :p
Title: A Request
Post by: Grimm on October 10, 2004, 06:10:39 PM: It's helpful if you're trying to determine how you sound in game, so you don't have to sit there "How's this, can you hear me any better?". It doesn't have much other use unless you want to hear yourself constantly, and it does feel like you're interrupting yourself, but it isn't too hard to adjust to it.
Title: A Request
Post by: Doobie Dan on October 12, 2004, 10:57:41 AM: Thanks to fatty for coming through!

The game the demo was recorded on was actually (lucky for me) a pretty amazing game on Nothing. Aliens had Powersilo hive, and we battled for possession of Viaduct for a very tense few minutes, until the hive finally went up and we got it down very soon afterwards. Close one. Later on during an attack on Powersilo, Cargo hive was snuck up, and the battle for that one was fierce, with the PG almost in the hive, hordes of skulks rushing and ebnarfade attacking, we were saved thanks to the PG being covered by mines. The main reason we won was the team's ability to be in multiple places at once while not really ramboing - lots of people breaking off into groups of twos and threes - which kept our res flow high and alien RTs down. Definitely worth watching; from the perspective of an excellent player too. Even if it's only to see ebnar typefragged as a fade. :lol:

Also shows that I don't text messages much while commanding - poor fatty with no mic often got ignored for requests while the rest of the team get JPs and stuff. :D Sorry fatty!

Doobiecomm demo - recorded by fatty (http://locker.uky.edu/~dacrow0/doobiecomm.zip)
Title: A Request
Post by: fatty on October 12, 2004, 03:13:13 PM: *shakes fist*

other comms ignore me much longer though, doobie, you are one of the better ones.

yesterday i was sitting in hayao rt for 4 minutes (i counted) waiting for a node. i called for meds even though i was at 100%, did the 'in position' thing, typed it several times, and seth dropped it after 4 min. luckily the teams were crazy stacked and seth didn't need me to actually do anything for marines to win.
Title: A Request
Post by: Niteowl on October 12, 2004, 03:35:47 PM: i need you to do stuff for me when i comm fatty, unfortunately, you're always on the other side!! :blink:
Title: A Request
Post by: GrayDuck on October 12, 2004, 04:01:51 PM: Quote
*shakes fist*
other comms ignore me much longer though, doobie, you are one of the better ones.
Where do I rank?

And you do know what the solution is, don't you? GET A NEW MIC!!!!
Title: A Request
Post by: Isamil on October 12, 2004, 05:21:03 PM: See fatty, thats why I made this topic a while ago.... http://www.lunixmonster.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=1994 (http://www.lunixmonster.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=1994)
Hasn't gotten much better.
Title: A Request
Post by: fatty on October 12, 2004, 05:21:58 PM: Quote
Where do I rank?
i'd say you could use some work, but not NEARLY as much as seth and a few other commanders. some people completely zone out and forget they are not playing single-player starcraft.
Title: A Request
Post by: Doobie Dan on October 12, 2004, 06:33:03 PM: Quote
See fatty, thats why I made this topic a while ago.... http://www.lunixmonster.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=1994 (http://www.lunixmonster.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=1994)
Hasn't gotten much better.
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Honestly, between watching battles, checking med/ammo/order calls, listening to voicecomm, and ESPECIALLY the general banter between teams it's extremely easy to miss important messages. It'd be nice if there were a different place on the screen to put messages to the commander, but oh well. I mean, if one were to watch the generally full text section constantly - that's time you're not watching marines on the field, scanning the minimap for RTs or base under attack, etcetc.

It sucks, but the best solution is to use the voicecomm - that's why it's there!