12am(morning) to 11 pm. PST
We'd lose an entire day of primetime watching, I can't do that.
We'd lose an entire day of primetime watching, I can't do that.
We'd lose an entire day of primetime watching, I can't do that.
Well then. Let's keep the V2 schedule.
Sorry to bring this up again, but I haven't received a definitive answer yet:
I'd like to be a chat mod for the marathon (the internet's up and working and I'll be getting my own soon anyway) and I don't know what's required to do so. Do I just show up in the IRC during the marathon or how are we going to do this? I just know I'll be bored if I can't help with the marathon in some way (I may not be able to donate due to limited income.).
Thanks for any answers!
I'd like to be a chat mod for the marathon (the internet's up and working and I'll be getting my own soon anyway) and I don't know what's required to do so. Do I just show up in the IRC during the marathon or how are we going to do this? I just know I'll be bored if I can't help with the marathon in some way (I may not be able to donate due to limited income.).
Thanks for any answers!
What's your ustream name, I'll add you to the permamod list
Haha sorry BSR, I just gave everyone who was running permamod on /channel/zsr-marathon... You weren't online when I scanned the channel for familiar faces :P
Also, my question from my post on the last page still stands.
Also, my question from my post on the last page still stands.
What's your ustream name, I'll add you to the permamod list
BlueStar81089.
But if Blizz is being serious, I guess it's too late. Guess there's no point in me watching now :P
EDIT: I misunderstood Blizz's post. I thought he was saying that I couldn't be a mod when he was only saying that he didn't see me when he first assigned the mods to the channel.
Thanks for adding me, Ani!
Also, what will our chat rules be? We should discuss these so that we're not kicking people just because we feel like it.
Here's the rules that the Speed Gamers here as an example but we can change something if we're okay with it:
- Do not post the same thing repeatedly
- Do not type in all Caps
-Do not make very long posts
-Do not swear
-Be respectful
- Never give out or ask for any personal information
Last edited 13 Jun 2010, 19:28 by BlueStarReturns.
I'd definitely like being a mod for the chat. My Ustream name is the same name that I use on the forums.
This may be unnecessary with Ustream's auto-censor, unless we'd want to ban all forms of cursing outright. I'd be fine with that decision, but the commentators would have to live up to that same ruling if we banned all swearing.
QuoteDo not swear
This may be unnecessary with Ustream's auto-censor, unless we'd want to ban all forms of cursing outright. I'd be fine with that decision, but the commentators would have to live up to that same ruling if we banned all swearing.
I say we just try to make it kid-friendly for the charity's sake. Acting mature, at least in terms of language, seems to work well for The Speed Gamers, plus it helps bring in donations. People aren't going to want to donate if they see people cussing like sailors.
I ,personally, swear like this in offline life, but when it comes down to what we're doing this for (the charity), it's probably best to talk normally. We can express ourselves differently. God, I feel sappy after saying that, but I'm sure most will agree.
Also, I posted this on the SDA topic that SD2 made, but I'll ask it here, too:
I notice that the games each have their own time slot. My question deals with completing each game before the time slot is up. Are we going to be strict with the schedule or are we just going to play it by ear? If a game is not completed before the next game is scheduled to start, I think we should put the previous game on hold and start the next one. This could work as long as we don't have this happen for each game.
I ultimately think that the runners will do fine getting the games done on time, but we should make a backup plan, just in case.
I ,personally, swear like this in offline life, but when it comes down to what we're doing this for (the charity), it's probably best to talk normally. We can express ourselves differently. God, I feel sappy after saying that, but I'm sure most will agree.
Also, I posted this on the SDA topic that SD2 made, but I'll ask it here, too:
I notice that the games each have their own time slot. My question deals with completing each game before the time slot is up. Are we going to be strict with the schedule or are we just going to play it by ear? If a game is not completed before the next game is scheduled to start, I think we should put the previous game on hold and start the next one. This could work as long as we don't have this happen for each game.
I ultimately think that the runners will do fine getting the games done on time, but we should make a backup plan, just in case.
- Pick a charity
I thought we had decided on childsplay....
MARATHON SCHEDULE
V0.2
**starts Fri at 9PM EST
9:00PM - 10:45PM LTTP
10:45PM - 3:45AM ORACLES
---------------
3:45AM - 7:45AM PH
7:45AM - 2:35PM ST
2:35PM - 7:20PM TP
7:20PM - 8:20PM LOZ
8:20PM - 10:30PM MM
10:30PM - 12:10AM LA
---------------
12:10AM - 1:20AM AOL
1:20AM - 1:50AM FS
1:50AM - 5:20AM FSA
5:20AM - 7:45AM TMC
7:45AM - 3:15PM WW
3:15PM - 4:35PM OOT
4:35PM - 9:00PM races
**all times are EST
I thought we intended to start on a friday so peoplecan find us at work.Nobody is going to work at 9PM. It's the worst slot to start a marathon on, imo. It's called deathslot for TV shows for a reason.
And I still think we should play LA and ALttP with warpglitches.We want a great time to attractmore viewers. We can play them in full after the main marathon is through.
I notice that the games each have their own time slot. My question deals with completing each game before the time slot is up. Are we going to be strict with the schedule or are we just going to play it by ear? If a game is not completed before the next game is scheduled to start, I think we should put the previous game on hold and start the next one. This could work as long as we don't have this happen for each game.
I ultimately think that the runners will do fine getting the games done on time, but we should make a backup plan, just in case.
That's not how marathon works. In a marathon one game should be played after the other. The shedule is just a guideline. So if we are 3 hours in front of the shedule on day 3 that's just the way it is... we could slide games around to keep more popular games in arimetime slotbut that's about it.
Last edited 14 Jun 2010, 15:33 by Slowking.
MARATHON SCHEDULE
V0.2
**starts Fri at 9PM EST
9:00PM - 10:45PM LTTP
10:45PM - 3:45AM ORACLES
---------------
3:45AM - 7:45AM PH
7:45AM - 2:35PM ST
2:35PM - 7:20PM TP
7:20PM - 8:20PM LOZ
8:20PM - 10:30PM MM
10:30PM - 12:10AM LA
---------------
12:10AM - 1:20AM AOL
1:20AM - 1:50AM FS
1:50AM - 5:20AM FSA
5:20AM - 7:45AM TMC
7:45AM - 3:15PM WW
3:15PM - 4:35PM OOT
4:35PM - 9:00PM races
**all times are EST
Central time would be one hour behind this, right? I'm just asking because I'm in Central time and I want to make sure I start watching at the right time. Anybody who's also in Central time or who knows the time difference, please answer.
Thanks!
Central time would be one hour behind this, right? I'm just asking because I'm in Central time and I want to make sure I start watching at the right time. Anybody who's also in Central time or who knows the time difference, please answer.
Thanks!
I'm Central Time. 4:00pm EST = 3:00pm CST.
Slowi:
We can't start the marathon any earlier, or we put Ocarina of Time in a terrible timeslot. And I don't know about you, but I'd prefer to go out with a bang instead of with some game that nobody wants to watch. We could start later, but we go too late and we lose viewers in EST and AST timezones.
I know Tompa plans on doing both a glitched run and a regular run with his aLttP timeslot (if he still runs them), but LA is so damn luckbased it'll be pretty much impossible to do a decent run. You go a frame late on one screenwarp and you're done, simple as that. I could do attempts after the marathon, but it'll likely take well over an hour to pull out a completed run, let alone a good one.
Just FYI: my testrun for the LA screenwarping run took over 100 attempts to finish because I would die to the boss, get stuck trying to screenwarp, or messing up some other screenwarp, causing the final boss to not play the way I want it to.
We can't start the marathon any earlier, or we put Ocarina of Time in a terrible timeslot. And I don't know about you, but I'd prefer to go out with a bang instead of with some game that nobody wants to watch. We could start later, but we go too late and we lose viewers in EST and AST timezones.
I know Tompa plans on doing both a glitched run and a regular run with his aLttP timeslot (if he still runs them), but LA is so damn luckbased it'll be pretty much impossible to do a decent run. You go a frame late on one screenwarp and you're done, simple as that. I could do attempts after the marathon, but it'll likely take well over an hour to pull out a completed run, let alone a good one.
Just FYI: my testrun for the LA screenwarping run took over 100 attempts to finish because I would die to the boss, get stuck trying to screenwarp, or messing up some other screenwarp, causing the final boss to not play the way I want it to.
QuoteThat's not how marathon works. In a marathon one game should be played after the other. The shedule is just a guideline. So if we are 3 hours in front of the shedule on day 3 that's just the way it is... we could slide games around to keep more popular games in arimetime slotbut that's about it.
Slowi:
In the first place, I wasn't talking about being ahead of schedule. I was talking about being behind schedule. If one game is taking too long to finish due to problems outside our control (stream going out, connections dropping, etc), we'll never get to the next game. We have to stay on time or else we won't make our 48-hour goal. Not to be rude, but I really wish you would've read what I wrote more carefully.
Of course, if we finish a game early, then we move on. It's a good thing if that happens. I'm just saying that we should allow for inconveniences that might happen.
Slowi:
In the first place, I wasn't talking about being ahead of schedule.
That is, in fact, what you said:
My question deals with completing each game before the time slot is up.
Regardless, I would say deal with those issues as they come. The person running the next game should be prepared to play both early and late.
In my opinion, things I see as important still:
1) Getting a charity to accept us (hopefully Child's Play)
2) Means having the site be organized completely; the charity is probably going to want to check us out and they don't want to see pages that aren't complete.
3) Testing people's streams to make sure all technical aspects are fine, as well as finalizing backups, commentators, and stuff (Zelda II still needs a runner I think).
4) Practice...
Oops. You're right, RG. Sorry about that! I guess I made a mistake in my typing and apologies to Slowi if I came across as being rude.
I agree with your other points as well. There's still a lot to be done before the 9th-11th.
I agree with your other points as well. There's still a lot to be done before the 9th-11th.
Can you guys translate the V2 marathon times to PST?
Subtract 3 hours you nub.
We need to contact a charity ASAP and then ADVERTISE A LOT. Like email Kotaku, Penny Arcade, Joystiq, or whoever else. Everyone who likes gaming should know about this before it happens.
Considering that no one else wanted to do this, I mocked up the letter that we would send to the charities. It's a little rough around the edges, and my writing is a bit rusty from not having to write essays for a while, but it should be a good starting point:
Dear [Charity],
We here at ZeldaSpeedRuns are going to be raising money in a gaming marathon and would like to benefit a charity. We have looked into your organization and were wondering if you would like to sponsor us. We will be speedrunning the entire Zelda series for 48 hours straight, and we expect to finish well within the established timeframe. The marathon will begin at 9 PM EST on Friday, July 9th, and will end at 9PM EST on Sunday, July 11th.
This is not the first time that ZSR has done a marathon; we have previously completed the four 3D Zelda games in less than 20 hours [Don’t we have the videos saved somewhere? We should link to them if we do]. We have also taken great care not to schedule our marathon haphazardly; by using the results of a Youtube poll [should we provide the link?], we have carefully constructed an itinerary that will maximize the number of viewers and, consequentially, maximize the number of donations.
As you should be able to see, we are taking this marathon very seriously, and we would deeply appreciate your cooperation. If you would like more information on the marathon, visit http://marathon.zeldaspeedruns.com/ [BLIZZ, FINISH THESE PAGES]; if you have any additional questions, [insert some way for them to contact us]. With your help, we can make this an entertaining and beneficial experience for all.
With regards,
The ZSR Team
Dear [Charity],
We here at ZeldaSpeedRuns are going to be raising money in a gaming marathon and would like to benefit a charity. We have looked into your organization and were wondering if you would like to sponsor us. We will be speedrunning the entire Zelda series for 48 hours straight, and we expect to finish well within the established timeframe. The marathon will begin at 9 PM EST on Friday, July 9th, and will end at 9PM EST on Sunday, July 11th.
This is not the first time that ZSR has done a marathon; we have previously completed the four 3D Zelda games in less than 20 hours [Don’t we have the videos saved somewhere? We should link to them if we do]. We have also taken great care not to schedule our marathon haphazardly; by using the results of a Youtube poll [should we provide the link?], we have carefully constructed an itinerary that will maximize the number of viewers and, consequentially, maximize the number of donations.
As you should be able to see, we are taking this marathon very seriously, and we would deeply appreciate your cooperation. If you would like more information on the marathon, visit http://marathon.zeldaspeedruns.com/ [BLIZZ, FINISH THESE PAGES]; if you have any additional questions, [insert some way for them to contact us]. With your help, we can make this an entertaining and beneficial experience for all.
With regards,
The ZSR Team
Last edited 16 Jun 2010, 00:59 by darkeye14.
We will be speedrunning the entire Zelda for 48 hours straight...
Zelda Series* perhaps?
Just letting you guys know that I have some good news.
I will be setting up my internet account with the local phone company either sometime this week or early next week, so I should be set for the marathon and able to help with the chat. Thing is, I haven't heard back from Ani with word if he's added me as a mod yet or not. No worry, I can be very patient.
If there's anything else that you guys think I could do to help with the marathon (like make a promotion video, as I'll be downloading my recording stuff once I get my own internet), let me know here or send me a PM and I'll see what I can do.
Let's keep up the good work, guys!
I will be setting up my internet account with the local phone company either sometime this week or early next week, so I should be set for the marathon and able to help with the chat. Thing is, I haven't heard back from Ani with word if he's added me as a mod yet or not. No worry, I can be very patient.
If there's anything else that you guys think I could do to help with the marathon (like make a promotion video, as I'll be downloading my recording stuff once I get my own internet), let me know here or send me a PM and I'll see what I can do.
Let's keep up the good work, guys!
Slowi:We have to stay on time or else we won't make our 48-hour goal.
Well if we don't meet the goal we don't meet the goal. Cutting out parts of games would be cheating.
Btw. what does it really matter with what game we end? It's important with what game we start and when. We are doing this for charity,which means atracting as much people as possible. Not giving them a bang at the end. You can't start this marathon in the death slot.
Well if we don't meet the goal we don't meet the goal. Cutting out parts of games would be cheating.
Btw. what does it really matter with what game we end? It's important with what game we start and when. We are doing this for charity,which means atracting as much people as possible. Not giving them a bang at the end. You can't start this marathon in the death slot.
I'm sorry, why don't you make the schedule then?
I'm sorry, why don't you make the schedule then?
Just ignore Slowking, SD2. He's just bitching and moaning to get a rise out of you. I, and many others, think you did fine with the schedule and that there's no need to make changes. I say we go with the schedule as planned but, in regards to what you told Slowi, I feel if someone doesn't like it, they should either try to make a better one or just shut up and accept it.
I was giving you facts. Fact is nobody but us will tune in on a friday evening. But if you don't want to listen to me that's your problem.
To say it in german: Macht doch euren Scheiß alleine!
To say it in german: Macht doch euren Scheiß alleine!