Video guide for hunting gods - good idea?

[Cisz]

Hi guys, I'm new to this board.

I was checking out the great information here and it taught me how to hunt false gods successfully, thank you so much people. Now I was thinking, how can I add to the knowledgebase?

Maybe I could do a video guide that shows how to use a small unpgraded deck (something like kurona's 30 card godkiller) against different gods. I like youtube, and I think videos would explain the basics pretty easily.

I think I mastered the deck sufficiently to teach some tricks, like making a mutate-devour-skeleton-mutate-devour-skeleton circle, or the proper use of rewind to heal, unfreeze and unlobotomize creatures, or how to rewind mutations to gain the base card (like an elf card with 3/5 and dive that turns into a regular elf).

What do you think?

I allready recorded wins agains chaos lord, fire queen and morte, all with an identical unupgraded deck (mark of time, deck attached).

[Evil Hamster]

Sounds like a great idea!

Go for it

[Cisz]

I uploaded a first example vid. It has some minor mistakes (like devouring before mutating, or forgetting to dive).

The framerate is pretty low (allthough I recorded at low quality). I will add comments (loads of em) to explain the moves, and a nice tune to entertain the ears.

Elements the game - Small unupgraded deck - Fire Queen (

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[Scaredgirl]

Yes, that's a great idea. If you have the time/energy then go for it. Videos like that are good sticky thread material.

Also good thing you posted that video because now I can see that it shows up as too small and I can fix it.

[Cisz]

Hey, thanks, great I can help.

Once I've got some videos up, maybe you people could check if my deck/strategy has some obvious problems, so I don't waste my time making a guide for a flawed method. I'm only playing for a week, you know..

Edit, 2 more videos (if you click very fast, they may not be uploaded yet). I want to use the same deck for all videos, to make them easier to understand, so could you check the first three if my strategy is valid? Did I make any mistakes that need to be adressed?

Your advice would be very welcome, and sorry for making you watch 30mins of laggy video w/o sound.

Elements the game - Small unupgraded deck - Chaos Lord (

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Elements the game - Small unupgraded deck - Morte (

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If that material is ok, I'll try to get a set of all more or less beatable false gods, comment them, and do an introduction vid to the deck I use. I'll probably end up with several versions for the easier ones.

[Scaredgirl]

I have some feedback.

1. It should be shorter because gamers have a very short attention span. 5 minutes max.

2. Your footage has too low frame-rate. You need to record it with a higher frame-rate and then speed it up about +200%.

3. It needs text/speak explaining some of the key moves because newbies won't understand what is happening and why. If you have the right software, stop the video while giving the explanation.

4. I would use some very easy-listening background music so it wouldn't be so "dead". Something you might hear in an elevator.

[Cisz]

Hey, thanks for the feedback Scaredgirl.

You are totally right, that video needs explanations. I left it un-speeded-up on purpose, because I will do massive move by move explanation with captions, and I need the reading time. That also should take care of the attention span.

About the framerate, my comp won't deliver better material. I have had that problem with gemcraft, bloons td and other games. When I increase the recording speed, all I get is loads of identical frames.

I probably will use J-Punch - Temple (Tribal Mix) as a soundtrack, it's repetative enough not to pull to much attention, but has enough tension and drive to entertain. Oh, and it's a loong track. Audioswap is cool.

[Scaredgirl]

What software do you use to record the footage?

[Cisz]

I use CamStudio 2.0.

[Scaredgirl]

I use CamStudio 2.0.

Ok, that's pretty good.

Fraps would be better, giving a smoother video, but the free version only lets you record 30 seconds at a time I think.

[Cisz]

There is another free version of fraps, but that has a limited resolution (640). Is it possible to use fraps to record the desktop (of which firefox is a part, of which the flashplayer is a part)? I thought it only records .exe output.

Edit: So far I've got Miracle, Morte, Chaos Lord, Fire Queen, and Graviton.

[Delreich]

Fraps is for D3d and OGL only (maybe DDraw as well), so it's no good for recording Elements.