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This was the original idea I proposed many moons ago.

Happy Hour
Basic introductory segment.
Can focus on what's new. What people have been playing, what movies or TV shows saw, what been reading.

Chugging
Basic news rundown.
News for anything and just quick opinions on it.

The Last Call
Outlook on the future.
What excited for. What's down the pipeline for you.

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BOZON! That's it. I knew it was someone from IGN. Aladuf sounds just like him.

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I knew I wasn't crazy! Hahaha.

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I still think we need to hammer down how many people we want on the podcast. I think it should be no more than four personally. If we have too many people it will become too diluted.

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Yeah, four is a good number. Then most people get their say in, and it keeps it going every week because it has the longevity of new faces all the time. And by faces I mean voices. :sneaky:

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So who will the 4 be? Me, flunkie, Dyne, and Bond with GM recording and BaB steering us in the right direction?

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If GM wants to participate he can take my spot.

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Any excuse for you not to speak with GTers eh. ;)

I shall you folks try different casts at first to see which works. Then go from there.

Because not everyone has chemistry.

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Chemistry eh? Then we need to at least have you or flunkie in there for me to work really well! I assume Dyne will be in there, which is good because we seem to work well anyways so that'll be fine.

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I just ooze chemistry.
But also and this will come off a bit.. shallow but when don't I.
I have a larger than life presence around here. And really if I was involved I'm sure it would focus too much on my end. :p

Anyhow since will be out of town most of this weekend. Here is what I should be some of the talking points.

-Start off by talking about GT community nights. I know Aladuf, Flunkie and Dyne have been around for the Kart, Smash and Dr. MArio ones. And more than enough stories to share. Who matches up. Who is good stuff like that.
-Bond did the GTA night with Fox, Swan and Combine. Stuff to talk about there.
-What is it like playing with GTers.
-Community events. Talk about current threads. What did you think of the pinecone thread. Did it live up to potential. What did you think about the challenge being changed at the last moment.
-Cross promote some of the blogs. Since Flunkie, Aladuf and Dyne are also 3 of the more active bloggers. I expect a special segment on Paper Mario.
-Member focus. Here you can pick a single member or differentt members each to shine the spotlight on for a bit. Some of their best moments and biggest goofs.
Tavern Talk: Favorite drinking game involving cards.

I think that's that.
Anything want to add? Anything not needed?

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Does GM have access to this thread? We should get him in here if not. We need to sort out the people participating for sure and get down exactly what we want to do off of BaB's list.

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GM has access as of yesterday.

I still can't get my bloody headset to work... very frustrating.

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Also I would suggest a cold run or general outline for each person.

Know what points you want to hit.
Make sure you are always looking for avenues to transaction conversations.

And for god's sake, try to minimize the dead air.

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Are you saying we should practice sometime?

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Pfff. Practice.

I say we should start singing or quoting things in dead air. :cool:

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I agree, I didn't want to practice this, then it would more than likely come off waaaay too scripted.

But, the main goal of this podcast needs to be: MORE TUROK RECRUITS! :D

I know we can handle co-op together, but more people is much easier as we found out. :lolz:

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No no not practice.
You folks need to know what the other is gonna talk about.
So if you feel a silence coming on someone could nudge you on.
Example.
"Yeah and that was our final mission in Turok"
"Oh Dyne didn't you also have to talk about PAPER MARIO"
"Oh yeah since BaB mandates it. So I got up to blah blah blah"

See so someone is keeping the conversation going. Sure, it has to sound natural doesn't mean you have to be surprised.

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I think it would be mega-funny if we talked as if we were reading off scripts and inserted several awkward silences.

I want everyone to think of this as a reality TV show of sorts, minus the visual part.

Think of it as The Real World: GameTavern Edition. 5 complete strangers are thrown into a podcast together and forced to discuss game-related topics... hearing each other's voices for the FIRST TIME!

And someone needs to make a little intro jingle, like the music that news studios play before they deliver the 11 o'clock news.

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:lolz: I love that idea actually GM. We should have a general idea of what we want to cover, but at the same time just let it flow imo. Because if we all just go in there blindly then we'll have a pile of unsuccessful jabber like we ended up with last time.

Somebody does need to get on that music.

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I can compose something quick after I do the beta-style banner. :D

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and we need to have a name other than just "GameTavern Podcast".

Something like Beyond, and have a catch phrase.

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TavCast...I dunno :lolz: JUST thought of that.

For the banner we should all take a picture of ourselves and then send them to someone to put them into a style like this:

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I was partial to
On The Rocks when we originally pitched the podcast.
Or Gaming Afterhours

or TavernTalk is a phrase I like to use

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Jim was here.

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100% agreed.

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So, I'd say we have three things left to decide before the podcast is recorded Tuesday night:

1. What time Tuesday night?
2. Will BaB be in the Skype call via the chat room prompting us or something else?
3. What should the name of the podcast be?

My recommendation for number 2 is that we put what we're going to talk about online as either a thread in this forum or as a Google document. That way we'll all be able to see it at the same time, live, so that we'll also be able to edit it.

Show Notes:
- Information on Podcast
- Recorded by GameMaster
- Edited by Dyne
- Planned by BreakABone
- Links
- http://majornelson.com/archive/2008/...-and-more.aspx

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Anytime after 7:30 EST will be fine for me, I think flunkie said he may have a baseball game that night but he'll have to post that for sure in here. If so, then we may have to record it a bit later.

I'm pretty sure BaB won't be around for that since he mentioned that he'd be out of town until Wednesday. But I agree with what you said about just making a thread here and going by it.. since we'll all be able to see it.

Lastly, I'm not too sure on the name of the podcast but BaB had a pretty good idea the other day when he said to name it something like Happy Hour since it'll be most likely around and hour in length and that's also the name of the forum.

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6:30 PST and later works for me. :)

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I've got a game Tuesday, so it'd have to be either really late or I can't be there.

I suggest moving it to another night. Aladuf has details.

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I won't be back until Wedn as Aladuf says.

And well not gonna install Skype on friend's comp just for a podcast.

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Yeah, flunkie suggested last night that we move the day back.. I'm not sure what day he would have preferred it been moved to, but any night is fine with me as long as it's after 7:30 EST.

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We could definitely push it back to Wednesday night, or whichever night would better accommodate everyone.

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Tuesdays in general aren't very good for my baseball schedule. I have a game on every Tuesday of June and July.

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Let's go for Wednesday night then.

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Sounds good.

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Wednesday's ok for me. I might be pretty strung out on the hype for MGS4 though. If they're doing a midnight launch then I'll DEFINITELY be pretty adrenaline-rushed. Hahaha.

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Speaking of MSG4, watch this funny in-game clip poking fun at Xbox 360

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v4...t=b150c0c3.flv

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:lolz: I saw that yesterday, that was pretty funny.