Author Topic: [IC] Geekhack Movie Night!? (Poll Questions Added) (Read 14366 times)

YoungMichael88 · « **Reply #50 on:** Sat, 14 September 2013, 19:08:07 »

If the majority of people are apposed to Docs then that's fine too.

The_Beast · « **Reply #51 on:** Sat, 14 September 2013, 19:09:19 »

I'd be in for anything!@

noisyturtle · « **Reply #52 on:** Sat, 14 September 2013, 19:13:14 »

Would good quality stuff that's still in theaters be an option?

YoungMichael88 · « **Reply #53 on:** Sat, 14 September 2013, 19:14:18 »

Is anyone good at setting up polls? This might make things a lot easier. A poll for time/day would be helpful. Weekends do seem logical.

The_Beast · « **Reply #54 on:** Sat, 14 September 2013, 19:16:35 »

Quote from: YoungMichael88 on Sat, 14 September 2013, 19:14:18

Is anyone good at setting up polls? This might make things a lot easier. A poll for time/day would be helpful. Weekends do seem logical.

A google form is pretty easy to setup

YoungMichael88 · « **Reply #55 on:** Sat, 14 September 2013, 19:17:29 »

Quote from: noisyturtle on Sat, 14 September 2013, 19:13:14

Would good quality stuff that's still in theaters be an option?

Hmm I guess this depends on how we watch. I can only speak for myself here but Cam versions and poor audio drive me completely mad. What does everyone else think?

EDIT: again if everyone is on board I'm cool with it.

Tarzan · « **Reply #56 on:** Sat, 14 September 2013, 19:17:40 »

I haven't seen a single one of the blockbusters that came out this summer, so I'd be up for anything.

Photekq · « **Reply #57 on:** Sat, 14 September 2013, 19:21:11 »

Quote from: YoungMichael88 on Sat, 14 September 2013, 19:17:29

Quote from: noisyturtle on Sat, 14 September 2013, 19:13:14
Would good quality stuff that's still in theaters be an option?
Hmm I guess this depends on how we watch. I can only speak for myself here but Cam versions and poor audio drive me completely mad. What does everyone else think?

EDIT: again if everyone is on board I'm cool with it.

There are some films you can get in DVD quality while they're still in the cinemas. Not sure on the sources of them.. although sometimes they're screeners that someone has uploaded before the movie even reaches cinemas.

YoungMichael88 · « **Reply #58 on:** Sat, 14 September 2013, 19:29:48 »

As long as its not amateur video and you can find a good source to share with us then I don't see a problem with it. I'm not going to do quality control or anything like that so if people start busting your balls halfway through then just be ready for it haha. When I pick a name from a random generator I will announce it long enough beforehand that we can work as a group to find a good version. So it's up to you guys.

YoungMichael88 · « **Reply #59 on:** Sat, 14 September 2013, 19:30:32 »

UPDATE: it seems so far we are up to 24 interested members. Nice!

hashbaz · « **Reply #60 on:** Sat, 14 September 2013, 19:33:41 »

Sounds fun, I'm in if the timing works

Cafiend · « **Reply #61 on:** Sat, 14 September 2013, 19:59:31 »

haha cool idea

HoffmanMyster · « **Reply #62 on:** Sat, 14 September 2013, 20:05:52 »

Quote from: YoungMichael88 on Sat, 14 September 2013, 15:15:29

I'm pretty sure my connection would be too poor to stream. But that doesn't mean someone else can't do it.

My connection tests at 20 mb/s uploading. I think that's sufficient to get a good stream. I'd be happy to stream if people are interested in having one person stream consistently.

I already have a ton of "classic" movies on my computer, and I've streamed in the past so I have an idea of how to do it. That said, there's always room for improvement. I have used Livestream Procaster in the past. Does anyone know of a significantly better way to do it? I've even got a channel on there called "Movie_Streamer".

If someone else would like to take charge on the streaming end, feel free to do so, I don't mean to barge in and take control - or if we want to rotate who streams that works too.

And to anyone questioning stream quality: it's not perfect. But for a fun streaming event I generally don't tend to care about that, as long as I can see what's going on. Typically people chat and are talking anyway, so it's not an "ideal" environment in that sense to begin with.

YoungMichael88 · « **Reply #63 on:** Sat, 14 September 2013, 20:13:03 »

Quote from: HoffmanMyster on Sat, 14 September 2013, 20:05:52

Quote from: YoungMichael88 on Sat, 14 September 2013, 15:15:29
I'm pretty sure my connection would be too poor to stream. But that doesn't mean someone else can't do it.

My connection tests at 20 mb/s uploading. I think that's sufficient to get a good stream. I'd be happy to stream if people are interested in having one person stream consistently.

I already have a ton of "classic" movies on my computer, and I've streamed in the past so I have an idea of how to do it. That said, there's always room for improvement. I have used Livestream Procaster in the past. Does anyone know of a significantly better way to do it? I've even got a channel on there called "Movie_Streamer".

If someone else would like to take charge on the streaming end, feel free to do so, I don't mean to barge in and take control - or if we want to rotate who streams that works too.

And to anyone questioning stream quality: it's not perfect. But for a fun streaming event I generally don't tend to care about that, as long as I can see what's going on. Typically people chat and are talking anyway, so it's not an "ideal" environment in that sense to begin with.

Great! I think we were all waiting for someone to take the reigns and offer streaming service.

YoungMichael88 · « **Reply #64 on:** Sat, 14 September 2013, 20:32:11 »

I think I should also set up a countdown timer each week for those of us who would prefer to find the movie on our own and hit play at the same time.

jdcarpe · « **Reply #65 on:** Sat, 14 September 2013, 20:39:01 »

I'm also in if the time is right. This sounds fun.

YoungMichael88 · « **Reply #66 on:** Sat, 14 September 2013, 20:46:02 »

Quote from: jdcarpe on Sat, 14 September 2013, 20:39:01

I'm also in if the time is right. This sounds fun.

Glad to have you on the bridge Mr. Spock

Photekq · « **Reply #67 on:** Sat, 14 September 2013, 20:49:04 »

So.. how about the chat? Voice or text? Skype/IRC?

HoffmanMyster · « **Reply #68 on:** Sat, 14 September 2013, 20:50:53 »

Quote from: Photekq on Sat, 14 September 2013, 20:49:04

So.. how about the chat? Voice or text? Skype/IRC?

I like text because having 10+ people talking at the same time would be really confusing.
There's a built-in chat interface in all streaming programs that we can use, unless you see benefits to skype or IRC (are there any?).

acantha · « **Reply #69 on:** Sat, 14 September 2013, 20:51:16 »

my vote would be chat/IRC, personally, but i'm biased as i have to be on skype half my day, so i'm not exactly in a hurry to do it when i get home.

TheFlyingRaccoon · « **Reply #70 on:** Sat, 14 September 2013, 20:56:22 »

This sounds fun! I'm up for any movie, including documentaries. And I would prefer chat on the stream like HoffmanMyster suggested.

YoungMichael88 · « **Reply #71 on:** Sat, 14 September 2013, 21:14:44 »

Is there any way to participate in the stream chat while not watching the stream? For those of us who download our own copy of the film that want to participate in the chat?

Also my vote is for typing. I don't really want to listen through headphones and I would echo your audio through a voice chat with my speakers. Also the voices would conflict with the movie.

HoffmanMyster · « **Reply #72 on:** Sat, 14 September 2013, 21:24:26 »

Quote from: YoungMichael88 on Sat, 14 September 2013, 21:14:44

Is there any way to participate in the stream chat while not watching the stream? For those of us who download our own copy of the film that want to participate in the chat?

You would be able to pause the stream and still chat.

YoungMichael88 · « **Reply #73 on:** Sat, 14 September 2013, 21:33:19 »

Quote from: HoffmanMyster on Sat, 14 September 2013, 21:24:26

Quote from: YoungMichael88 on Sat, 14 September 2013, 21:14:44
Is there any way to participate in the stream chat while not watching the stream? For those of us who download our own copy of the film that want to participate in the chat?

You would be able to pause the stream and still chat.

perfect!

hashbaz · « **Reply #74 on:** Sun, 15 September 2013, 13:57:34 »

Stream chat is pretty terrible. I'd prefer Skype or IRC.

jdcarpe · « **Reply #75 on:** Sun, 15 September 2013, 14:01:50 »

Quote from: hashbaz on Sun, 15 September 2013, 13:57:34

Stream chat is pretty terrible. I'd prefer Skype or IRC.

IMO it worked pretty well during the live stream of Keycon.

HoffmanMyster · « **Reply #76 on:** Sun, 15 September 2013, 14:18:52 »

Quote from: hashbaz on Sun, 15 September 2013, 13:57:34

Stream chat is pretty terrible. I'd prefer Skype or IRC.

I'm curious what you dislike about stream chat. I keep seeing people mentioning possibly using Skype or IRC but not offering any reasons that they are better or that the stream chat is insufficient. Can you expand a bit?

CPTBadAss · « **Reply #77 on:** Sun, 15 September 2013, 14:30:02 »

We have a mumble for voice too I believe. As well as Skype and IRC

IvanIvanovich · « **Reply #78 on:** Sun, 15 September 2013, 14:32:39 »

Voice is not a good idea in my opinion. Also it would be best to avoid using things that require accounts, as some of us might not have them or any interest in signing up for them.

Dubsgalore · « **Reply #79 on:** Sun, 15 September 2013, 14:43:11 »

Quote from: IvanIvanovich on Sun, 15 September 2013, 14:32:39

Voice is not a good idea in my opinion. Also it would be best to avoid using things that require accounts, as some of us might not have them or any interest in signing up for them.

was going to say, speaking during it..wouldn't be good
I think IRC would be fine..maybe a new channel?

YoungMichael88 · « **Reply #80 on:** Sun, 15 September 2013, 15:55:15 »

Well if you're all (or most of us) going to have the stream open anyway, why not just chat in there? And this is going to happen more than once so creating an account shouldn't be that big a deal. Unless of course there IS something wrong with the stream chat service as suggested before. I will be downloading the movie for myself but syncing it with the stream so we are all on the same page. Tomorrow I will attempt to make several google polls and stream chat vs Skype chat vs IRC will be one of them. As well as a Friday vs. Saturday poll (unless someone expresses interest for during the week before tomorrow). I've never used google Docs so this should be interesting to say the least. I'm hoping we can do the first movie night in 2 weekends from now. (Sept 27th or 28th). This way everyone has time to submit their movie picks.

YoungMichael88 · « **Reply #81 on:** Sun, 15 September 2013, 16:00:44 »

Also if more than one person picks the same movie do you want to be given a second pick or increased odds for that movie?

Cafiend · « **Reply #82 on:** Sun, 15 September 2013, 16:44:58 »

Increase the odds maybe? I also like the streaming chat idea.

noisyturtle · « **Reply #83 on:** Sun, 15 September 2013, 17:28:32 »

What time? I would propose Fridays at 8pm PST

HoffmanMyster · « **Reply #84 on:** Sun, 15 September 2013, 17:50:32 »

Quote from: YoungMichael88 on Sun, 15 September 2013, 15:55:15

Well if you're all (or most of us) going to have the stream open anyway, why not just chat in there? And this is going to happen more than once so creating an account shouldn't be that big a deal.

You don't actually even have to create an account to chat in the stream. You simply give it a nickname you'd like to associate yourself with, very similar to how IRC works. So the only reason to not use the stream chat would be if many people won't be streaming it at all and they don't want to have the stream open and bother with that.

Unless of course there's another reason to prefer IRC, but I haven't heard anything so far. So in my opinion, if most people are streaming anyway, it's a bit of a no-brainer to use the stream chat.

YoungMichael88 · « **Reply #85 on:** Sun, 15 September 2013, 17:58:57 »

Quote from: HoffmanMyster on Sun, 15 September 2013, 17:50:32

Quote from: YoungMichael88 on Sun, 15 September 2013, 15:55:15
Well if you're all (or most of us) going to have the stream open anyway, why not just chat in there? And this is going to happen more than once so creating an account shouldn't be that big a deal.

You don't actually even have to create an account to chat in the stream. You simply give it a nickname you'd like to associate yourself with, very similar to how IRC works. So the only reason to not use the stream chat would be if many people won't be streaming it at all and they don't want to have the stream open and bother with that.

Unless of course there's another reason to prefer IRC, but I haven't heard anything so far. So in my opinion, if most people are streaming anyway, it's a bit of a no-brainer to use the stream chat.

Agreed

YoungMichael88 · « **Reply #86 on:** Mon, 16 September 2013, 18:57:26 »

I added some polls to the OP. Date poll, Time poll and Documentary (Yes/No) poll. If you can think of any other polls that I should make please let me know.

demik · « **Reply #87 on:** Mon, 16 September 2013, 19:13:31 »

first movie marley and me.

first one to cry has to leave geekhack

YoungMichael88 · « **Reply #88 on:** Mon, 16 September 2013, 19:15:26 »

Take note of your Time Zone and adjust accordingly in the form. (it was created in EASTERN - Ontario, Canada Time)

CPTBadAss · « **Reply #89 on:** Mon, 16 September 2013, 19:16:25 »

This is awesome YM88. Hoping you guys dont have this over the next two weekends since I'll be AFK but I'm still game as long as it keeps going

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YoungMichael88 · « **Reply #90 on:** Mon, 16 September 2013, 19:21:10 »

Quote from: CPTBadAss on Mon, 16 September 2013, 19:16:25

This is awesome YM88. Hoping you guys dont have this over the next two weekends since I'll be AFK but I'm still game as long as it keeps going .

It all depends on how fast people submit their choices. I think I will let voting continue until ...... next Friday I guess (sept 27th) over a week to vote.

CPTBadAss · « **Reply #91 on:** Mon, 16 September 2013, 19:21:43 »

My first vote is for Jiro Dreams of Sushi

YoungMichael88 · « **Reply #92 on:** Mon, 16 September 2013, 19:29:02 »

Quote from: demik on Mon, 16 September 2013, 19:13:31

first movie marley and me.

first one to cry has to leave geekhack

FINE!!!.... I NEVER LIKED IT HERE ANYWAY!!!

Photekq · « **Reply #93 on:** Mon, 16 September 2013, 19:31:16 »

Quote from: CPTBadAss on Mon, 16 September 2013, 19:21:43

My first vote is for Jiro Dreams of Sushi

I hate totally forgotten about that. It's pretty great!

demik · « **Reply #94 on:** Mon, 16 September 2013, 19:33:07 »

Quote from: YoungMichael88 on Mon, 16 September 2013, 19:29:02

Quote from: demik on Mon, 16 September 2013, 19:13:31
first movie marley and me.

first one to cry has to leave geekhack
FINE!!!.... I NEVER LIKED IT HERE ANYWAY!!!

i'll bring the tissues and we'll cry together

YoungMichael88 · « **Reply #95 on:** Mon, 16 September 2013, 19:35:30 »

Quote from: demik on Mon, 16 September 2013, 19:33:07

Quote from: YoungMichael88 on Mon, 16 September 2013, 19:29:02
Quote from: demik on Mon, 16 September 2013, 19:13:31
first movie marley and me.

first one to cry has to leave geekhack
FINE!!!.... I NEVER LIKED IT HERE ANYWAY!!!

i'll bring the tissues and we'll cry together

Share a blanky?

korrelate · « **Reply #96 on:** Mon, 16 September 2013, 19:37:33 »

I've got to propose "Something, Something, Something Dark Side." I just don't get tired of this thing.

demik · « **Reply #97 on:** Mon, 16 September 2013, 19:37:52 »

Quote from: YoungMichael88 on Mon, 16 September 2013, 19:35:30

Quote from: demik on Mon, 16 September 2013, 19:33:07
Quote from: YoungMichael88 on Mon, 16 September 2013, 19:29:02
Quote from: demik on Mon, 16 September 2013, 19:13:31
first movie marley and me.

first one to cry has to leave geekhack
FINE!!!.... I NEVER LIKED IT HERE ANYWAY!!!

i'll bring the tissues and we'll cry together
Share a blanky?

^.^

korrelate · « **Reply #98 on:** Mon, 16 September 2013, 19:39:04 »

Quote from: korrelate on Mon, 16 September 2013, 19:37:33

I've got to propose "Something, Something, Something Dark Side." I just don't get tired of this thing.

"You're gonna attack them!" That's what you sound like. Imagine listening to that all day, "You're gonna attack them."

Gets me every time.

YoungMichael88 · « **Reply #99 on:** Mon, 16 September 2013, 20:07:47 »

someone should pick "This is Spinal Tap" .... just do it. I will make an official Thread soon and start accepting movie choices Via PM. if you really want to you can send your picks to me now but you should think about them a bit first (I will change your pick at any time if you wish) just remember to use the format "Username - Movie Pick" in the body of the text

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Author Topic: [IC] Geekhack Movie Night!? (Poll Questions Added) (Read 14366 times)