That could be why they reduce the amount of space above their heads with the camera angle, and in that case my point above is moot.I prefer it low, because the metal beam goes assimetric at the top!
It actually looked to me like he was hoping it would do well for Respawn. He would just rather have Titanfall 3 instead of Apex, which is understandable as he liked Titanfall 2 a lot and isn't the biggest fan of the Battle Royale genre (that's what I got from it anyway).His arguments seemed really misguided. If you're a big fan of Respawn and Titanfall, you'd think you'd be happy with them finding success with Apex.
I really didn't like Pro Strats at the beginning but it has grown into a great bit. Damiani and Brad made it work with their comments. Good job, Kyle.
I just wish Pro Strats wasn't contained to the beginning of the podcast. If there was some way to have a Pro Strats segment at the end of the podcast, too, that'd be the only way to make it even better.
Apparently they are not changing the main logo... its just for the podcast and groupstreams..
It doesnt make sense
I assume they are being cautious and having a slow rollout. But yeah it seems weird now, having them run concurrently. the new logo is so good it makes the old one look ms paint amateurish in comparison.Yeah with everything going SO well at the moment that is the only critique I have - I know that logo has served them well but I feel like entering a sort of "2.0" era it's time to update them all. The old ones aren't bad, but keeping the same branding style throughout would be a good thing I think.
Knowing this, I'd love to see them break the 9,000 patron number soon. Especially since it seems soon!While eating breakfast did some poking around on the EZA numbers.
The best takeaway though is they're seeing growth after the studio move in. It wasn't a bullish number and then dipped once the landmark was achieved
- From a year ago today they have grown by 2,910 patrons and $9,102
- In the last two days since the RE2 spoiler mode dropped they gained 138 new patrons in 2 days.
- I'm thinking when the KH3 spoiler mode drops its highly likely they will pass 9k patrons
- If they pass 9k and fill in the two empty podcast sponsors they will be real close to the 52k Full playthrough Friday goal
Based on the teases so far I expect another tier/goal shakeup heading into their March anniversary or shortly after it. And that has historically given them good boosts as well
Wait really? That's kind of bizarre.Apparently they are not changing the main logo... its just for the podcast and groupstreams..
It doesnt make sense
Yeah, i'm repeating what someone else said here though. Apparently it was said on CoJ?
Is this part of the bit?I really didn't like Pro Strats at the beginning but it has grown into a great bit. Damiani and Brad made it work with their comments. Good job, Kyle.
Their reactions are clearly part of the whole thing.Is this part of the bit?
I can't for the life of me understand why that is a thing. Maybe there's some deep EZA lore I'm missing?
Yeah, i'm repeating what someone else said here though. Apparently it was said on CoJ?
it sounds like it's kind of because "not everyone has weighed in yet". talking about needing to put a ton of time into it... but the live stream logo and podcast logo are already different...
Jones explained this. Podcast logo is Kyle's call alone. Ben is in charge of Frame Trap. Damiani is responsible for the stream presentation. Everyone has to be happy with the overall branding.
yeah, i was listening. which is why i said they should maybe have waited to do it all at once. right now there are at least 2 different brandings/logos of the words Easy Allies that are consistently in use. not a great move imo.
You were listening, but for the people who were not, it's only fair to add Jones reasoning no matter whether you agree with the result or not.
This is my opinion as well, but what can you do.My stance is, whatever. Like some of the other details people here are passionate about (pillars!), the logo / branding isn't a big one to me.
I really like the current "classic" logos. And regardless if they changed it I don't see it ever going away completely
I enjoy the new logos shown so far as well.
If they want to change them cool. If they don't, fine.
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I do think Ian designed the logo, so I guess that can be a reason.Not the first time Jones has mentioned Ian being the big holdout on a main logo rebrand. Didn't Ian design the original? I wonder if he's just offended that people want to change it, or does he think the new proposed versions aren't as good/much better? All seems odd to me and not something that should be just left for another year or two to address.
Everyone knows what the bit of Pro Strats isPeople who publicly hate on Pro Strats probably also wrote to Kyle how much they love The Princess Bride.
Related to that, it's weird to me how slow they've also been with Youtube uploads. I think Blood usually takes care of that, and I'm not meaning to criticize him one bit as I'm sure he's swamped, but it just seems like the easiest thing to do and anyone can do it. I think I've heard making thumbnails is sometimes the issue and I just think that seems like a waste of time for the Easy Allies Plays section. It's a Twitch archive dumping ground, just take a generic shot of some point during the stream so we can see who is playing along with the game and get that thing uploaded ASAP.
Anyone interested in keeping up with their streams should follow them on Twitch and enable email notifications.-Other minor things I hope they improve on: Twitter. Like, it is still bonkers to me that they go live without an announcement anywhere, especially because besides Kyle on Friday nights and the Tuesday group stream, all are usually very random times. Like we had two amazing multi-Ally studio streams this week (Ian and Don Jurassic Park insanity and Huber and Damiani speedrunning RE 2) and Easy Allies didn't say a word. It's like Easy Allies is allergic to common sense promotion. The % of people who stick around 2+ hours to the end of the Tuesday night streams to hear usually half baked streaming announcements and/or check the website daily has to be a stupidly small number.
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Twitch barely works on Android TV and using it on my tablet with a Bluetooth speaker, the sound eventually goes out of sync. I'd grab more VODs if their apps weren't shit, and I can't watch live because of my timezone.
But what lofty number do we need to hit to get final bosman back!!??While eating breakfast did some poking around on the EZA numbers.
The best takeaway though is they're seeing growth after the studio move in. It wasn't a bullish number and then dipped once the landmark was achieved
- From a year ago today they have grown by 2,910 patrons and $9,102
- In the last two days since the RE2 spoiler mode dropped they gained 138 new patrons in 2 days.
- I'm thinking when the KH3 spoiler mode drops its highly likely they will pass 9k patrons
- If they pass 9k and fill in the two empty podcast sponsors they will be real close to the 52k Full playthrough Friday goal
Based on the teases so far I expect another tier/goal shakeup heading into their March anniversary or shortly after it. And that has historically given them good boosts as well
It's probably never going to happen imo (and that's ok). Kyle doesn't want to do it any more and that's more than reason enough reason to not do it.But what lofty number do we need to hit to get final bosman back!!??
Have to imagine it's frustrating for him to have this amazing new opportunity to do WHATEVER he wants, and everyone wants him to do the thing that stressed him out big time. Don't get me wrong, I'd welcome it, but I've given up believing it'll ever happen and that's fine. If Box Peek is a sign of things to come, I think we'll be okay.It's probably never going to happen imo (and that's ok). Kyle doesn't want to do it any more and that's more than reason enough reason to not do it.
It would also be a bad thing to let him do it against his will. It will probably make it not as good as it once was and it will burn out Kyle, which is the worst thing of all.
There is no good reason for them to do shows they don't want to do.
But what lofty number do we need to hit to get final bosman back!!??
But what lofty number do we need to hit to get final bosman back!!??
Blood is out on his wedding anniversary road trip (check the photos on twitter - they're nice!), but I've also wondered what's keeping the Allies from having a Vice Easy-Allies-Plays Uploader. Maybe it's just the fact you already alluded to that the views aren't really worth taking a second person away from their duties.
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Yeah the only reason the archives are up late this week is because I'm out. I may try to get someone to back me up in the future, but as mentioned, I try not to let it get in the way of other priorities, which often ends up happening anyway. I'm also trying to avoid it take over my weekends so I'll ordinarily try to catch Kyle's Friday night stream on Monday.
Thumbnails are pretty much never the issue, but as simple as it should be, there are times when it can just be an utter pain. Large multi-hour videos take hours and hours to transfer and then have more potential for failing. Sometimes even a couple dropped frames can tank the whole thing and I have to go through multiple experiments and attempts to isolate the issue and cut around it, and each step of the process can take hours. And obviously I don't have to sit around waiting for it, so I may not be there as soon as YouTube's processing randomly finishes.
I'm also a bit of a librarian with this stuff so I try to make sure that the end screens, playlists, etc. are all set up. Not that it really adds a lot of time, but there are just a lot of little details that may not always be noticed.