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Post by Let's Get Sweaty! on Jun 17, 2012 18:50:22 GMT
Just when they thought it was safe to go back on YouTube!
I have to admit, I think your first video was better overall, but both have their strengths and I'm glad you're back in action.
The Tweetathon's still on the 3rd of every month, so glad to hear you're still on Twitter too. No one gives @sega a sterner talking to than you do.
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Post by Let's Get Sweaty! on Jun 13, 2012 12:58:39 GMT
Better off using a dead pigeon.
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Post by Let's Get Sweaty! on Jun 10, 2012 13:21:42 GMT
Exactly. That's the $40m question. Today is Yu Suzuki's birthday, if you haven't heard. 54 years young. Sega could have given him and his fans a great gift this week but alas the fight goes on. I'm going to try going back to my original strategy of tweeting anyone who mentions Shenmue, but only using unofficial accounts so that Team Yu doesn't get banned again. Far fewer people have been following on Twitter or liking on Facebook since I stopped doing that. |
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Post by Let's Get Sweaty! on Jun 9, 2012 14:11:57 GMT
So, rather than making a rough tally of tweets and judging other things by memory, you know what I've gone and done? I've gone and made a fucking spreadsheet is what I've done. Shenmue and Excel, what a staggering combination. It's still not an exact science, mind. For instance the guy who posts the same tweet 50 times, I've only counted him two or three times so as not to skew the figures and give a false impression of overall activity. I doubt he's making any difference to whether the hashtag trends or not, as Twitter's algorithms surely must ignore that kind of spamming. The results differ a little from what I'd expected. From each monthly event to the next, there are areas of growth and areas of reduction. The overall pattern (based on four events, which is not a great sample) is that the number of unique accounts posting tweets is very gradually reducing, but those who aren't dropping off are becoming more persistant. This is not what's needed, as a small number of dedicated tweeters is less likely to trend than a large number of casual tweeters. A hardcore foundation is definitely important, but their efforts will only pay off if their enthusiasm attracts more individual participants. Draw your own conclusions from the graph here: s17.postimage.org/5y4zrm1lb/Tweetathon.pngOne thing I'd like to have included is the number of unique retweeters, as that might tell a different story, but Twitter doesn't make this easy as beyond a certain total there's no way of seeing who retweeted the message. |
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Post by Let's Get Sweaty! on Jun 5, 2012 18:28:19 GMT
According to YouTube's helpful stats, the 23,000 views on that Impossible Dream video are attributable to a website called Facebook.com. Maybe I should contact this Facebook.com and ask which page on their website they've put a link to my video? I'm sure one of them will remember.
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Post by Let's Get Sweaty! on Jun 5, 2012 15:53:17 GMT
Right, here's the playlist: www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL58FD3F5CA96F686B10 hours of content there, so pace yourself. But try to watch it all in sequence, as there's a lot of context being built up which would harm your enjoyment of later sections if you skipped ahead. Sadly some of the YouTube titles contain spoilers, which I always find stupid of the people uploading them, but there's nothing we can do about that now. See you in three weeks. |
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Post by Let's Get Sweaty! on Jun 4, 2012 19:29:50 GMT
Better say this now: No spoilers, GinfnersAddict! Careful what you say in case it kills the suspense of certain matches in my upcoming mixtape playlist for mue. In fact I'll try and get that put together ASAP so as not to stifle/censor conversation for too long.
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Post by Let's Get Sweaty! on Jun 4, 2012 19:25:27 GMT
Pat, you've let the forum down, you've let Shenmue down, but most of all, you've let yoursel... no, actually, Shenmue most of all.
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Post by Let's Get Sweaty! on Jun 4, 2012 18:25:50 GMT
My favourite wrestler of all time is Shawn Michaels, and has been for the past 20 years. He just "gets it" like so few have ever seemed to.
I agree with you about The Rock. He did everything he could in wrestling, and got out when the getting was good. He won.
I think the reason he came back is because he does genuinely love the business. He doesn't need WWE anymore but it's in his blood, literally - his father and grandfather were wrestlers, he grew up hanging out in the locker room with Andre the Giant. He can make a lot more money in Hollywood, but there's a certain fulfillment that I think he can only get from a wrestling crowd.
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Post by Let's Get Sweaty! on Jun 4, 2012 13:41:55 GMT
Ryo before hoes, Pat!
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Post by Let's Get Sweaty! on Jun 3, 2012 9:00:48 GMT
Well GameCentral seem to have gone with a review of Stunt Car Racer on the Amiga instead of my article.
I wasn't taking anything for granted when I submitted it, but yesterday's choice got my hopes up that they were going for a yin/yang approach. Instead they're either letting "Don't Listen to the Fans" go unchallenged, or they're waiting until after the 3rd of the month, which is just cruel.
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Post by Let's Get Sweaty! on Jun 2, 2012 23:41:04 GMT
I'll compile a must-see playlist on YouTube for you to catch up on the very best bits that you've missed. Is Vince really the exploitative bastard I've always assumed he was? He's said to be fairly ruthless, albeit with a softer side. Most reports point to the Mr McMahon character being only a slight exaggeration of the man himself. He eats, sleeps and breathes WWE and is extremely driven, suffering fools nor competitors gladly. What do hardcore wrestling fans think of Rock? Is he viewed as a turncoat or rather as one of few wrestlers who really made it on his own? Opinion's been mixed. I think a lot of people who felt bitter towards him changed their minds when he returned, especially as his feud with Cena was an inter-generational thing and The Rock was basically fighting their corner against someone they loved to hate even more. I saw an advertisement for the Rock vs John Cena, was the match any good? It wasn't the best match on the card, but it was pretty good. And lastly, not be a mysoginist but Stephanie Mcmahon, would you? Does the Pope shit in the woods? |
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Post by Let's Get Sweaty! on Jun 2, 2012 23:02:21 GMT
I knew ma boy D-Bry would be on board.
The YouTube thing's getting stranger - now the video page itself is confirming the same huge view count as the channel page. I still wanted to assume it's a glitch because I didn't understand how else it would suddenly have so many views without the likes and comments increasing as well, but I guess that would make sense if it's been embedded on another (very popular) website, as the likes/comments are only accessible on YouTube itself. Now I'm desperately curious to know which site's given it this much publicity, if indeed it's not a glitch.
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Post by Let's Get Sweaty! on Jun 2, 2012 18:20:21 GMT
As far as WWE goes, if you've been out of the loop since 2003 then I'll have to link you to some must-see stuff that's a long way from the Katie Vick angle. Inbetween the mundane, some of the best matches of all time have snuck onto our screens in the past few years.
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Post by Let's Get Sweaty! on Jun 2, 2012 18:16:38 GMT
YouTube just about gave me a heart attack.
Last time I checked the number of views on the Team Yu videos, the Impossible Dream one had around 650. I just went to the channel now and it said over 12,000.
I thought maybe a huge website had picked it up or something, but alas, clicking through to the video itself shows the real count of 662. YouTube either has a glitch or was deliberately toying with me...
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Post by Let's Get Sweaty! on Jun 2, 2012 17:06:26 GMT
Hear dat. Never thought I'd see the day that I'd be cropping screenshots of endless tweets in Photoshop when I should be watching Raw. Still has its moments though, and I'll never not be a fan. It runs through my veins, and I've come here from spending the last nine years running trying to run a wrestling forum. Tomorrow should be interesting if GameCentral does publish my feature. I'm prepared for a lot of flack in the comments section.  As always though it's worth it for the sake of those who might join in with the Tweetathon regardless. |
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Post by Let's Get Sweaty! on May 31, 2012 18:03:35 GMT
I got ya wife! I got ya kids! I got ya wife and ya kids!
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Post by Let's Get Sweaty! on May 31, 2012 6:51:39 GMT
Here's another link for promoting the Tweetathon to a general audience: t.co/r2J4qCWYThis Sunday! Only on pay-per-view! |
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Post by Let's Get Sweaty! on May 27, 2012 21:43:28 GMT
500-600 words. I ended up with just over 800, but they ran one last week that was 1200, so there's hope. If they don't publish it I'll copy and paste it here, but I'm sure before selecting any Reader's Feature they're bound to run it through Google to see if it's been posted anywhere else first, so I'd better hold off on that for now. The jist of it though follows this Facebook post from the Team Yu page. Just not as dramatic. |
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Post by Let's Get Sweaty! on May 27, 2012 15:03:15 GMT
I played the gamers versus publishers angle, referencing a lot of recent talking points on that particular site, before introducing the Shenmue licensing issue and (hurriedly, due to already exceeding the word limit) tying it all together. It's still clearly an advertisement for the Tweetathon but I'm hoping they see some value in it as a general opinion piece as well, and one that should generate further discussion.
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