I don't buy that for a second.KaiserNeko wrote:True, but it's hard for us to tell them to buy mics for our production.
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Well, Megami and Whiteash are our friends first and we wouldn't want to go about giving them such a stern ultimatum. Furthermore, do you know how hard it is to find decent amateur female VAs?VegettoEX wrote:I don't buy that for a second.KaiserNeko wrote:True, but it's hard for us to tell them to buy mics for our production.
It shows in the final product. If you don't want it reflecting poorly on you, you demand that higher-quality equipment be used, or those individuals are not used in the show. Period.
Thus my ban of Herms from our podcast until he got a better mic. Which he did
That's fine and dandy, but then you need to continue to expect the same types of criticisms going forward. All they hear is a shitty recording; they neither know (nor care) about who's friends with each other behind-the-scenes.KaiserNeko wrote:Well, Megami and Whiteash are our friends first and we wouldn't want to go about giving them such a stern ultimatum. Furthermore, do you know how hard it is to find decent amateur female VAs?
To geek out a little, you're like Piccolo as a teacher! xDVegettoEX wrote:That's fine and dandy, but then you need to continue to expect the same types of criticisms going forward. All they hear is a shitty recording; they neither know (nor care) about who's friends with each other behind-the-scenes.KaiserNeko wrote:Well, Megami and Whiteash are our friends first and we wouldn't want to go about giving them such a stern ultimatum. Furthermore, do you know how hard it is to find decent amateur female VAs?
Shit, ask for $50 in donations and get someone a decent Shure mic. You have how many subscribers? Problem solved!
I bitch because I love.KaiserNeko wrote:To geek out a little, you're like Piccolo as a teacher! xD
We've mostly given up on taking their collars off. They start out each episode asleep, so I assume they'll just keep their plopped-asses... well... plopped.Conan the SSJ wrote:And I notice more cameos by the kitties' bells.
.I think the problem here is that I read your post - the "There's about 179 other episodes you can get good examples of how they fill their time if you wanna take a look" thing - and *didn't* just take it at face value. To me, the implied meaning here was "Stop being so ungrateful. There's hundreds of hours worth of material out there. Quit your whining." And that's why I reacted the way I did.Kendamu wrote:You: "Got anything better than this?"
Me: "They have a bunch of episodes. Check 'em out and see for yourself."
You: "Well, just because they did good before doesn't mean that they should get a free pass when they do something I don't like! I can criticize them if I want and you shouldn't be calling me out on it like that."
Me: "Wait, what?"
See where things kinda got off track?
I never said that they couldn't - or shouldn't - celebrate your work. I'm just saying that for a podcast that tries to be fair, this episode didn't really deliver.KaiserNeko wrote:All I can say is this: If you don't like our show, that's fine by us. If you wish our show was something else, that's fine by us. But, I personally find it very annoying when you complain about other people enjoying and celebrating our work.
I have a little bit of a problem with this.KaiserNeko wrote: Sorry, but I have to talk about this.
Not a single joke? Really? Because, all things considered, 7-9 were ripe with a lot of similar humor to Episode 5. Sure, they were battle heavy episodes, so the humor was different in it's context, but I just refuse to believe you couldn't find those episodes funny if you enjoyed the first five.
Not just that, but reliable ones. My Misty and Jessie for my own Abridged series ("Pokémon: Gotta Watch it Y'all") kinda fell off the face of the Earth when I asked for stuff for episode 3, thus it's officially on hiatus.KaiserNeko wrote:Furthermore, do you know how hard it is to find decent amateur female VAs?
You have entertained me. I love the show. And this is just something you guys are doing for fun. I can't understand all the attacks.KaiserNeko wrote:Sorry, but I have to talk about this.Captain Awesome wrote:While I don't agree in terms of the podcast, I found it to be a great listen, I do kind of share your sentiments about the quality of DBZ Abridged, in my opinion they seem to have kind of lost the balance between comedy and narrative that they had down so perfectly for the first five or six episodes, I find the show enjoyable enough to continue to watch it, but I haven't laughed at a single joke since the Arlia episode (which was a fucking masterpiece).
Anyway, as negative as my comments are I am still looking forward to seeing what they do with the Namek and Freeza stuff.
Not a single joke? Really? Because, all things considered, 7-9 were ripe with a lot of similar humor to Episode 5. Sure, they were battle heavy episodes, so the humor was different in it's context, but I just refuse to believe you couldn't find those episodes funny if you enjoyed the first five.
All I can say is this: If you don't like our show, that's fine by us. If you wish our show was something else, that's fine by us. But, I personally find it very annoying when you complain about other people enjoying and celebrating our work.Dogasu wrote:Yes, you brought up the whole "sometimes it feels like I'm watching a straight-up dub" (which is something I, myself have had a major issue with), but it seemed more like a "I dig the show either way" thing than a "could you please add more of the funny?" thing.
The way we handle our show is the way we want to handle it. It's our show, it's our style, and we like what we have going. If we didn't feel like we were entertaining the people we *want* to entertain, we would consider doing things differently.
There are no "attacks" that I've read in this thread at all.tlsmith1963 wrote:I can't understand all the attacks.
You're right, I had no place in saying that to you. I was very frustrated yesterday and that really effected my judgement on a lot of things. I apologize for calling you out like that, it wasn't mature or appropriate.Captain Awesome wrote:I have a little bit of a problem with this.
I was giving my honest opinion, Yeah I do feel like you need to tighten up your scripts and editing, because you're sacrificing entertainment value for exposition, to the point where I feel like I'm watching the FUNimation dub at times, I don't think the episodes are by any means bad, I just feel like the jokes are spread a little thin for my tastes, and not as well thought out as they were in previous episodes.
But telling me you "refuse to believe" that I find something less enjoyable than your previous work comes off as a little arrogant, as an audience member either I find something funny or I don't, it's like people telling me I have to enjoy the latest Simpsons episode because I loved seasons 1-9, it doesn't really work that way.
Anyway, I think you are all really talented guys and will keep up with the show in the future, I just think you seem to be struggling a little to walk that fine line between comedy and drama that you had down so perfectly in the beginning.
I realized what you were saying not too long after I'd responded to it and Chances are, Mike and Meri have some issues with the show. Sorry about that.dogasu wrote:I never said that they couldn't - or shouldn't - celebrate your work. I'm just saying that for a podcast that tries to be fair, this episode didn't really deliver.
I mean, look at the live action movie. The Daizenshuu EX guys could have filled their hour plus review of the film ranting about how absolutely horrible it is and how it'll ruin the franchise forever, but they didn't. They dug around and, eventually, came up with a number of positive things to say about the movie because to not do so would have been unfair.
I think the same thing can be applied here, only in reverse.
No problem. I figured it was some kinda misunderstanding. That's why I clarified. It's all gravy over here!Dogasu wrote:I think the problem here is that I read your post - the "There's about 179 other episodes you can get good examples of how they fill their time if you wanna take a look" thing - and *didn't* just take it at face value. To me, the implied meaning here was "Stop being so ungrateful. There's hundreds of hours worth of material out there. Quit your whining." And that's why I reacted the way I did.Kendamu wrote:You: "Got anything better than this?"
Me: "They have a bunch of episodes. Check 'em out and see for yourself."
You: "Well, just because they did good before doesn't mean that they should get a free pass when they do something I don't like! I can criticize them if I want and you shouldn't be calling me out on it like that."
Me: "Wait, what?"
See where things kinda got off track?
Sorry if I thought you were trying to say something that you weren't. Sometimes it can be hard to tell what people mean when we're all talking to each other via text.
Which is painful, btw ;pKendamu wrote:I even have downloaded copies of the YouTube videos on an external hard drive so I can watch them through my PS3 on my HDTV.
