DarkestLink
Darkest of all Dark Links
- Joined
- Oct 28, 2012
I'm curious, for you guys what are some of your pet peeves when it comes to LPing? What makes a bad LP bad?
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For me there are two main things...
They suck at the game: To me, watching someone play a game is like watching someone play a sport. You watch professionals. I don't want to watch someone suck at a game unless it's a blind run and they have good reason to struggle. I don't need insanely skilled players or speed runners either, but the LPer should know what they are doing and if they are on a blind run, not listening to the tips or tutorials is not a valid excuse. This brings me to a subcategory
Time wasting: You do not need to show me all of your deaths. If you think it's interesting or potentially funny, then keep it, but otherwise, please cut it out of the final video. If you're stuck on a puzzle, fast forward all the pointless parts. I'm fine with seeing your ideas on how to solve it, even if they don't work, but when you've done the same thing over and it's not working, you've reached the point of insanity and I don't wanna watch.
Off Topic Commentary: Let's say the game you're let's playing is Super Mario 64.
Talking about Super Mario 64: Fine
Talking about Super Mario Sunshine: Fine.
Talking about Super Mario 64 compared to other games: Fine.
Talking about Nintendo in general: Fine.
Talking about video games: OK.
Talking about your childhood experience with Super Mario 64: Fine.
Talking about your childhood. No.
Talking about your political views: No.
Talking about some movie you saw the other week: No.
Talking about your privates: Hell no.
It annoys me when someone is talking about something that has nothing to do with the game. That's like football commentators just ignoring the game and then talking about how their recent fourth of July was and what they're thinking of having for dinner that night. It's not interesting and I don't know why these people bother LPing when all they do is talk nonsense. May as well start a podcast because you really aren't doing the game justice and that's what I came for. And this brings me to another subcategory.
Filler commentary: This is generally when an LPer has ran out of things to talk about and is simply talking for the sake of commentary itself. Often times this is off topic, but other times it remains on topic, but completely pointless. Examples of this include:
Reading the game text.
Screaming randomly over nothing.
Smack talking the computer when you really haven't done anything remotely impressive or cool looking.
But how about you? What annoys you on LPs?
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For me there are two main things...
They suck at the game: To me, watching someone play a game is like watching someone play a sport. You watch professionals. I don't want to watch someone suck at a game unless it's a blind run and they have good reason to struggle. I don't need insanely skilled players or speed runners either, but the LPer should know what they are doing and if they are on a blind run, not listening to the tips or tutorials is not a valid excuse. This brings me to a subcategory
Time wasting: You do not need to show me all of your deaths. If you think it's interesting or potentially funny, then keep it, but otherwise, please cut it out of the final video. If you're stuck on a puzzle, fast forward all the pointless parts. I'm fine with seeing your ideas on how to solve it, even if they don't work, but when you've done the same thing over and it's not working, you've reached the point of insanity and I don't wanna watch.
Off Topic Commentary: Let's say the game you're let's playing is Super Mario 64.
Talking about Super Mario 64: Fine
Talking about Super Mario Sunshine: Fine.
Talking about Super Mario 64 compared to other games: Fine.
Talking about Nintendo in general: Fine.
Talking about video games: OK.
Talking about your childhood experience with Super Mario 64: Fine.
Talking about your childhood. No.
Talking about your political views: No.
Talking about some movie you saw the other week: No.
Talking about your privates: Hell no.
It annoys me when someone is talking about something that has nothing to do with the game. That's like football commentators just ignoring the game and then talking about how their recent fourth of July was and what they're thinking of having for dinner that night. It's not interesting and I don't know why these people bother LPing when all they do is talk nonsense. May as well start a podcast because you really aren't doing the game justice and that's what I came for. And this brings me to another subcategory.
Filler commentary: This is generally when an LPer has ran out of things to talk about and is simply talking for the sake of commentary itself. Often times this is off topic, but other times it remains on topic, but completely pointless. Examples of this include:
Reading the game text.
Screaming randomly over nothing.
Smack talking the computer when you really haven't done anything remotely impressive or cool looking.
But how about you? What annoys you on LPs?