Greetings, fellow Armchair Imagineers!
So far we only have one video under our belt recapping contests for you guys, but I can't tell you how thrilled I am at the warm reception it's received. For those who haven't been caught up...I'll be hosting video recaps of each and every individual project from every Imagineering contest held on these boards throughout the year. I'm embarking on this project to give these boards a true new interactive feature and to fully bridge the gap from the text-based format you're all used to into bolder, multimedia based territories.
The idea of all these videos is to provide critiques, compliments, and constructive criticisms for every presented project during any given round of a contest. In addition to critiquing the actual work we'll also be taking long, hard looks at the team dynamics, twists and strategy taking place, giving our two cents as people get eliminated, as well as provide our predictions for what will happen in each comp moving forward. This should provide a fun and very engaging new addition to the gameplay format you're all used to.
In addition to this I'll also be striving for bonus coverage such as Exit Interviews with players as they're eliminated from their respective games, perhaps "career retrospectives" interviewing some of the more high profile members of this community on their portfolio of ideas and personal style. Really, the sky's the limit for how for you guys want to take these videos, I'm just going to start with the project-by-project recaps and see how things naturally evolve from there.
On the technical side of things, LittleGiants will be joining me for as many recap videos as he can given his schedule and will be considered my main cohost. There will definitely be times where I might need other guest people to fill the spot of the second person (I'm willing to do solo shows...but only as an absolute last resort...) This is where I'll need you guys to start to step up if you're at all interested in being considered as part of the regular roster. Right now we've got myself, JokersWild, and LittleGiant who will be coming on for the cast assessment of the next game as his first video. Joker will be away at college most of the Spring so I'm definitely looking for potential guest contributors wherever I can find them. The only basic requirement for this is that you have a working microphone and are comfortable broadcasting your voice on air. I totally understand those who wish to keep a level of unanimity so don't sweat it at all if you're uncomfortable with that prospect.
Between now and the time the next competition starts, Joker and myself will be doing a recap of season three of Sorcerer's Apprentice over the next several weeks broken up into multiple videos. This is where we really hope to dive into the individual styles of everyone in the community and get a sense of individual people's strengths and weaknesses moving forward.
One last thing...In addition to video recaps, JokersWild and I have also been floating an idea for a series around that never got off the ground called "Park Builders Unite". The essential idea is Armchair Imagineering in the form of a podcast. Take a panel of 3-5 people, give them a general challenge to work with, and see what they come up with in an hour or so. It would be myself as the main host with a rotating panel of guests joining me. Again, it could really add a fun new layer to the Armchair Imagineering going on here.
For now I'll let this post serve as a general intro to what were doing with the videos until everything's up to speed and we have all the details sorted out. Please refer to the second post for an archive of content.
So far we only have one video under our belt recapping contests for you guys, but I can't tell you how thrilled I am at the warm reception it's received. For those who haven't been caught up...I'll be hosting video recaps of each and every individual project from every Imagineering contest held on these boards throughout the year. I'm embarking on this project to give these boards a true new interactive feature and to fully bridge the gap from the text-based format you're all used to into bolder, multimedia based territories.
The idea of all these videos is to provide critiques, compliments, and constructive criticisms for every presented project during any given round of a contest. In addition to critiquing the actual work we'll also be taking long, hard looks at the team dynamics, twists and strategy taking place, giving our two cents as people get eliminated, as well as provide our predictions for what will happen in each comp moving forward. This should provide a fun and very engaging new addition to the gameplay format you're all used to.
In addition to this I'll also be striving for bonus coverage such as Exit Interviews with players as they're eliminated from their respective games, perhaps "career retrospectives" interviewing some of the more high profile members of this community on their portfolio of ideas and personal style. Really, the sky's the limit for how for you guys want to take these videos, I'm just going to start with the project-by-project recaps and see how things naturally evolve from there.
On the technical side of things, LittleGiants will be joining me for as many recap videos as he can given his schedule and will be considered my main cohost. There will definitely be times where I might need other guest people to fill the spot of the second person (I'm willing to do solo shows...but only as an absolute last resort...) This is where I'll need you guys to start to step up if you're at all interested in being considered as part of the regular roster. Right now we've got myself, JokersWild, and LittleGiant who will be coming on for the cast assessment of the next game as his first video. Joker will be away at college most of the Spring so I'm definitely looking for potential guest contributors wherever I can find them. The only basic requirement for this is that you have a working microphone and are comfortable broadcasting your voice on air. I totally understand those who wish to keep a level of unanimity so don't sweat it at all if you're uncomfortable with that prospect.
Between now and the time the next competition starts, Joker and myself will be doing a recap of season three of Sorcerer's Apprentice over the next several weeks broken up into multiple videos. This is where we really hope to dive into the individual styles of everyone in the community and get a sense of individual people's strengths and weaknesses moving forward.
One last thing...In addition to video recaps, JokersWild and I have also been floating an idea for a series around that never got off the ground called "Park Builders Unite". The essential idea is Armchair Imagineering in the form of a podcast. Take a panel of 3-5 people, give them a general challenge to work with, and see what they come up with in an hour or so. It would be myself as the main host with a rotating panel of guests joining me. Again, it could really add a fun new layer to the Armchair Imagineering going on here.
For now I'll let this post serve as a general intro to what were doing with the videos until everything's up to speed and we have all the details sorted out. Please refer to the second post for an archive of content.
