December 21 2006 AskLRR

The following is the AskLRR Q+A for the December 21st, 2006 LRRcast: Is Paul's Boyfriend Cheating?

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Q: When will you guys have normal shirts available?

A:

  Uhh, when we can find a way of making them on demand and not crap. We definitely want to have shirts available in all sorts of
  beautiful shapes and colours and sizes and if anyones been with the site for a fairly long time they'll know we've basically gone
  through every possible different way to deliver shirts and we've only had medium success with all of them. Like nice shirts but
  medium success with either selling them or making them. Either the shirts are crappy or it takes way to long for us to make them or
  we have to do a certain run and they don't all sell. But in the new year we are definitely gonna be looking into what can be done
  for that and we are most definitely behind bringing shirts back.

Q: Follow up question from forum member number nine - "Where is my LoadingReadyLive shirt?

A:

  Umm, I'm going to assume by that question that you actually ordered one. Cause if you didn't then can't help you there. If you did
  order one then you should have recieved it, and if you didn't then send me an email with your real name and your order number and
  we'll get that sorted up for you ASAP.

Q: Boxes or briefs?

A:

  James: Boxer-briefs   Graham: Boxer-briefs          Morgan: Straight boxers
  Matt: Boxers          Jer: Boxers or Boxer-briefs   Paul: Boxer-briefs
  Bill: Right now nothing, in general boxers

Q: How many forum goers can you name without cheating?

  Paul would like to point out he has a vague idea of the names of the other people in LRR 

A:

  Bill, Morgan, Jer, Matt, James, Paul and Graham.... ok well Number 9, The Hitman, Dana, Kathleen, Tensen, botman, Exclamation Mark,
  Head Bomb, Bill's Ninja Guardian, Lavos, Squiddy, AmazingPjotrMan, Rhinome, Amerovy 2, Melendwr, Lord Crusher, Misty Ladybug, Magic
  Toaster of Destiny, Tapir12, Wraith, Random, Don't Panic, AndrewTVP, Dark Realm, The Pace, Castle, Team A, Grifta, Jeff ED, Patty,
  Brinson, Johny, Johny_lunchbox, Andy, Human Shield, and that's enough

---I missed maybe three in the above list, sorry to the people involved and to the people who's usernames i spelled horribly---

Q: Pie or Cake?

A:

  Matt and Paul go cake, to a certain extent, everyone else is all for pie. The only problem is with cheesecake, cheesecake is
  the only thing leading towards cake... and Matt's Marie Antoinette cake. But there's far more types of pies that are awesome, on
  the average pie is better than cake.

Q: Pirates or Ninjas?

A:

  The fictionalized ninja could kick a fictionalized ninja's ass. But dread pirate Robert wins because he's a pirate ninja. As to
  ninjas or pirates.... Ninjas... Dread pirates.

Q: What are your favorite web comics?

A:

  Sexy losers, Aura of the Stick, Questionable Content, Penny Arcade, Scary go round, White Ninja, Sam and Fuzzy, Diesel Sweeties,
  Questionable Content, Adventures, VG Cats, Sin Fest, Bob The Angry Flower, PA, Order of the Stick, Married to the Sea, Gone with the
  Blast Waves, Perry Bible Fellowship, Spamusement, Chugworth Academy

Q: What has the experience of creating LRR's videos for the past three years taught you about video making?

A:

  A lot of things. In some ways it's not as hard as it seems. When you get there and you have all of this stuff prepared making a
  video is not actually that hard. However, making videos consistently and the logistics of it is actually the most difficult thing.
  If we just had to sit here and write videos it would be so much easier, the main thing that causes us problems with LRR is not
  actually coming up with ideas it's figuring out how to shoot the ideas. And getting stuff together. That's not so much a video
  specific problem it is the problem that happens anytime you're trying to do some big thing. The thing Graham has learned that is
  the most important in getting things done quickly and on time is something he's picked up from the videos but was one of the big
  things that stuck with him from the Robert Rodriguez from the 15 minute film school from the original DVD release of 'El Mariatchi'
  and that is "Be your own editor". What that means is that when we are shooting a video I'm often saying "Alright now we need this
  shot.... Now we need this shot" because I'm mentally editing the video while we're shooting, So i know exactly what we need to
  shoot. It also means that when I'm doing the editing it goes together really fast because I know exactly what we shot and that we
  shot what we need to. You also have to try to shoot your videos, and write your videos in such a way, like we know that when we're
  shooting a story guy video all of the story guy videos are shot in two shots, a wide shot and a close shot. That's partially for
  visual interest but mostly because there's no way Graham can remember all of this stuff and so the cut is so that he only has to
  remember one paragraph at a time and that happens a lot in our videos where we put a cut in the middle of difficult speeches. Audio
  is vastly more important than video. If you something that looks amazing but has crap audio it is unforgivable. Music is also very
  important. Especially on the internet you can have crisp audio and muddy video and people will watch it. you also edit by audio not
  video you edit so that something sounds good, not so that it looks good. Lighting is important, and having a camera that can see
  lighting. Lighting is fun but alot of work. Making a video look professional isn't that hard thanks in part to all the cool
  technology out there now a days. Try to keep it short, only show what you need to, you don't need to show ever step of someone
  getting up and going to the bathroom. If you're starting video and don't have a good eye for editing then limit yourself to around 5
  minutes of video it forces you to learn. If your film is short then even if it sucks people will forgive you.

Q: What has it taught you about comedy?

A:

  Everything is Ironic, thank you Andy. Someone will find anything funny and everything has been done, "The Simpsons" have already
  done it probably. Just do it, even if you know it's been done before and just make it your own. Show your own stuff in your own
  light. We like basically all kinds of comedy, and no we weren't suggesting we steal jokes every joke has been done, but you have to
  establish an internal consistency. You need a reasoning, even a stupid one, for every bizarre silly situation. We have people
  hacking systems back and forth but you can't go from that and cut to say an outside shot of someone whacking someone else in the
  nuts. While that would be funny it wouldn't mess together. Things need to take itself seriously cut the fat off so that you have
  just pure comedy muscle. the best comedy is delivered seriously. Watching someone laugh at their own jokes isn't funny, Mike
  Bullard, unless your Eddie Murphy in the 80's. 

Q: Do you feel your experiences with LRR have made you more creative?

A:

  It allows us to express our creativity but it doesn't make us more creative. It allows us to flex our creativity muscle. It allows
  us to put our minds into a certain area. We always see things and think about how we could make them into a video.

Q: What is Bill's first name?

A:

  Bill: "Fredrick" (objections that that isn't his real name) "No shut up" (More objections this time with a southern US
  drawl)Morgan then tells Bill's last name (but it is bleeped out) and they then discuss how they will have to bleep it or
  Bill will kill Morgan. Morgan's official last words are "Dude that was so close to my balls".

Q: What is your least favorite video?

A:

  Bill: the Girly Magazine Quizzes (all of them), Celestial Sea (to long)
  James: Stuff from Season 1 
  Morgan: Girly Magazine Quiz
  Paul: Some of the Sheer Stupidity Stuff, Dungeoneers
  Graham: Drive Through
  Matt: Bill Eats Gross Things (Because I'm a pansy), Celestial Sea
  P.s. Ways to Make Someone Leave a Room is awesome 

Q: Which comedian or comedy (music or televison) is the biggest inspiration to the site.

A:

  A wide range, theres no one thing. Paul watches a ton of sketch comedy that leaks in through his subconcious. Monty Python, red
  Dwarf in terms of writing. Spaced in terms of camera work and editing. We watch all kinds of comedy and it all inspires us in some
  way, a weak answer but it's the truth. To say otherwise would take way to long.

Q: Wii, 360, or PS3?

A:

  Right now X-box 360, when it has games Bill thinks a PS3, but Matt and Jer think that the cost of developing any PS3 game
  will come out on the 360 at some point to offset the cost of development. It would be to expensive for them to fully take advantage
  of the PS3 hardware as it currently is to high to max out the hardware of the 360. Also the Wii will be the sleeper system. It
  shouldn't be anyones first system but it should be everyone's second system. Wii bowling is a family affair, people who are getting
  laid have the Wiis. Wii60 is a good way to go. Wait for games to come out on the PS3 then judge it. Also neither the PS3 or the 360
  has maimed Paul's hand, but he does like the Wii.

Q: What game have you lost your souls to? (limit 2)

A:

  Bill: Goldeneye, Final fantasy Tactics, baldur's Gate 2, heroes of might and magic (pretty well all of them), Dota
  Morgan: Goldeneye, final fantasy 6, Smash brothers, chronotrigger, heroes, minesweeper, Civ 2, Tony Hawk 2
  Paul: Escape Velocity, Prince of Persia
  Jer: Escape Velocity, Chronotrigger and Castlevania Symphony of the Night(Beaten approximately 12 times)
  Graham: Final Fantasy VII, Chronocross, Tony Hawk 2, Riven, Legacy of time, Journeyman project 3, Escape velocity nova
  Bill and Morgan: Art of Fighting all the time for 6 months
  Matt: Final Fantasy 11, almost WoW, Goldeneye, Smash Brothers, Super Metroid

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