Official State of the Game Podcast Thread - Page 834

On April 24 2011 22:43 Alver wrote:
i think annas interviews at lans at the best interviews because shes such a good speaker and asks good questions in general but i hate the interruption aspect of her call on the show.

id be 100% fine with a weekly 'anna asks' part of your show but interrupting people, and the 2 minutes of intense awkwardness before she asks her questions every week is awful. i wouldent even mind if shes on the show for twice as long every week if it wasent super awkward.

On April 24 2011 22:36 Dystisis wrote:
hot bid as guest would be earth shatteringly magnificent.

On April 24 2011 19:41 legatus legionis wrote:
My feelings:
First two times the calling in was funny. After that it felt staged and wasn't that fun, the questions suddenly become really good though, perfectly on topic what a major topic on the forums has been that week. That makes for a good segment. But I can't understand what she's saying what it's through Geoff's phone -> mic (where's your webcam btw, don't leave your friends hanging, get webcamming).


A proposition:
So what I would propose is to keep Anna but make it an actual segment, have her call in through skype or use Geoff's mic when she get's home. Formulate one really good question to start up the "forum topic of the week". Allow everyone to talk about that a bit before going into the other users questions. I feel that's a fair way of doing it, has high quality, and removes a lot of the things that are hindering about the seemingly random call ins.

Expansion:
To further expand, when it interrupts someone that is talking, that makes me cringe. I want to hear the person finish his points. And with the webcams looking at that persons face, you can see he is atleast not enjoying it, nobody would, you want to be heard. Put in a different way, if anyone else called anyone else, there is no way you would pick up. It's like a meeting, emergency's only otherwise you just wait until the end of the meeting for a call back. We don't have to be available 247, it's perfectly fine to ignore, especially since she's totally aware of it.

Summary:
So to summarize because I'm ranting like mad.
Make Anna's part into a segment just before the user questions start, where she asks one "hot forum topic of the week" question. And have her call in through Skype or use Geoff's mic, because the audio quality makes it really hard to understand her.

Edit on topic of professionalism:
The criticism has nothing to do with professionalism, obviously we don't care and the podcast will always be casual and fun. It's just that the segment is very poor quality and many people can't enjoy it anymore. Don't throw it on professionalism. It could be an unprofessional,but high quality segment and the opinions would be a lot different.

On April 26 2011 12:31 KevinIX wrote:
New patch out. Can't wait for show! Gotta know what's going on under Tyler's thinking cap.

On April 24 2011 18:57 HwangjaeTerran wrote:
It seems to me some people have an obsession with professionality.
Haven't you guys seen how dull things get when there's too much of it.
It almost becomes like work. I don't listen to people working, that is retarded.
The moment SoTG becomes this dry, uptight bullshit I'm done with it.

That said, Anna can call anytime - even thought I can never hear her that well - she even has the best questions.

On April 26 2011 19:24 Eeevil wrote:


This! I'm glad that the show's main pillars ignore most of what's said in this thread.
SotG has not become this popular beause it's constant professional factual SC2 newscasting.

On April 26 2011 22:49 Nivyan wrote:
I propose idrA becoming a fifth pillar - his contribution and strong knowledge of the game should validate his position as a pillar. Besides, he's been on many times and fits in greatly with the cast.

On April 26 2011 12:31 KevinIX wrote:
New patch out. Can't wait for show! Gotta know what's going on under Tyler's thinking cap.