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I don't have a headset, but I think I can get away with headphones / internal mac laptop. It's worked before.

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Well, let's all get Skype (I have to re-download it too), and post our usernames.

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skype name: synthoid

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Is there anyone else who has skype that can help us to see if we can easily fit more than three?

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Hey, I DO have it. Awesome.

username: dynendal

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I have Skype, and I've had 4+ people on it at a time flawlessly.

Skype: flunkie44

I..I want to be included in the podcast toooooo. :(

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It really depends upon how all of our connections interact with eachother. So, we're going to have to test and see.

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Gotcha.

Ok my name thingy is: Aladuf23

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You'll get your chance like the rest of us.

btw mine is: the_birdman1

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for anyone who's trying to "call" me, hold on, I'm trying to untangle my headset.

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Post your handle Bond! Three of us are on now.

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Ok, four of us are talking without issue. It's pretty sweet. Get on, the rest of you!

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flunkie wouldn't tell me what he was wearing :-(

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I neeed to get a head set.


How much does a semi decent one cost?

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Sorry, I was playing TF2. Downloading Skype now.

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Our power went out - sorry about the crash.

It's not like it was a big deal anyways. Our recorder left and the podcast was more of a happy house than anything. :lolz:

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So... it looks like I ended up recording 24 minutes of silence. I'm going to have to figure out how to get my headset and Audacity to work tomorrow...

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Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaah that was interesting.

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Bah! My internet messed up. But that wasn't bad, we know that we can handle that many people. We definetly need to make up an itinerary or whatever because that was incredibly random, all of it.

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We need a list. Organization is a must if we even want to plan on doing this, lol.

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Probably for the best. :lolz:

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I'm recording right now, it works

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Hahah, that's great it works.

Just don't post that recording, Gamemaster. :sneaky:

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Needs a defined structure, at least until a more natural kind of flow is worked out. Dyne was right: about an hour is the ceiling on what would probably be feasible, allowing for some variability on either side of sixty minutes.

First half on community news and topics of interest from the board, as well as usual bullshit to work into a rhythm for the second half focused on what everyone is playing and what happened during the weekly gaming night, if one was held.

There should also be a limit on how many people participate in a given session. Rotating two or three chairs to allow everyone a chance to get in is great, but it shouldn't be any more than five in one podcast, because even at that, its going to be difficult to coordinate and not speak over one another when you don't have the luxury of being in the same room together to play off one another and easily mediate discussion.

This part could be made easier if, when possible, members that live close to one another could get together in the same room to minimize the amount of separation.

Last, it could use someone filling a producer role who can coordinate some form of discussion moderation through a Skype chat room that everyone can view; again, part of keeping things from becoming confusing with so many disparate voices going off.

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So we get our own section in House Specials now, huh?

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Yeah! Right now you, myself, Dyne, and Aladuf can view this forum.

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Awesome possum! (ok, that sounded a little gay.)

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Oh! Our own special subforum :D

Edit: just listened to our recording from last night... pretty entertaining for just a normal conversation.

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Did you record it, Aladuf?

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No, GM PM'ed it to me, shall I post it? He said to in the PM but I didn't yet.

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Sure.

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BaB now has access to the forum.

So if BaB is going to organize our content, who is going to record and edit this? GM? Dyne? Myself?

I will volunteer to do a Show Notes for every episode, like Major Nelson does.

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Oh dear. Let's see how much I hate my voice in a podcast situation. Hahaha.

I have sound design experience; I can do edit it if you want. :)

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GM had a clear, good recording so I think he definetly should.

:lolz: I thought I would hate my podcast voice too but I didn't cringe too much.

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Yeah, your voice is good. You remind me a lot of Mark Bozon. (In a complimentary sort of way, hahaha)

EDIT: Wow, my voice sounds washed out. Hahaha.

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:lolz: Nice.

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I think Dyne needs a headset, and you can hear someone typing and using a scroll wheel in the background, haha.

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Hahaha, yeah. I'll look into it.

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I got to say listening to it again there is some chemistry, but there was a lot of dead silence and stuff.

Granted, I know this was off the hip and most conversations have weird periods of silence.

There is also someone who is breaking up near the end of it.

I think we should avoid a structured gaming podcast though. I think a greatest focus on the community and just talking. Sort of like a Shooting the Breeze/Hangin at the Bar conversations.