Play Smarter *updated Feb 08th 2017*

Hello everyone,

I have part 3 of the series rendering on my computer as I write this. It will take another hour so I wanted to use the waiting time to ask a favour of those that have the time to reply. (After watching the video) 

This is simply regarding feedback on some changes I've made, more specifically the use of slow and fast motion to match the clips to my narration to maintain a consistent chatter throughout the video. I feel I may have overused this but can't be sure until it's out in the wild.

I'm uncertain whether the positive feedback I initially received was due to the constant frequency of my talking throughout the entire normal speed clip , or the content of the speaking itself. So I'm a little worried I've overly compromised what made the video well-received to begin with. 
I've experimented with this a little by adding longer pauses of silence in the later part of the third clip. If you dislike or like/prefer that, please let me know.

I've also tried different narration styles per clip.
#1 - Regular style
#2 - (second half when Galahad comes in) More aggressive, energetic.
#3 - Relaxed, light hearted, higher pitch of voice.

My primary concern is the fast/slow motion usage though, so if you watch the video and have a moment to tell me your thoughts, I'd really appreciate that. Thank you.

Regardless, I hope you can take some learning from it still.

I should have it live in a couple of hours, I will update the thread accordingly.

Sincerely,

Ace 

Has been uploading for the last 2.5 hours now. Internet is painfully slow today. I'm dying to go to the gym but I want to make sure everything is well before I do.

It's at 85% now and estimates 30minutes to completion.

Video 3 is more a focus on awareness and pressing against losing odds rather than tricky tactics. But I did include a couple of tricks in there of course 

Thank you, and no problem at all 

The first moment I saw the meme I knew I had to put it in the next video!

I have no idea what bot I would put in a fifth slot. I tend to adapt my hangar to the opposition I face or when I get tired of a particular setup.

I'm now using Vegas Pro 14 steam edition. 

My Feedback

1# Love your style here was pleasing to watch with your narration.
2# I actually thought your pitch was higher here, It was good but I think as a continuous style it wouldn't be as effective.
3# Your humour in this one came through and I it actually made me chuckle.

I liked the sped up parts as you cut to the action quicker, I din't like the low mo as it made it look like your hardware was struggling and didn't add anything to the clip.

Overall I would personally like you to use all three style in your videos, your standard narration style interspersed with the more energetic style when the action allows and some good subtle humour used to lighten it

Thank you very much for the feedback thus far. It's really appreciated!
I hold my hands up in admittance of being lazy in a part of clip 3 with the long slow motion, I had stuff to say but I couldn't match it in time with the footage so I took the easy way out and slowed down the footage to make it match. I won't do it again ;-)

It can't be understated what a great little community it is here, friendly, supportive, intelligent. You guys are great.

You forgot to mention, how charming and full oft humor we are. ?

I think what that is doing... is tricking the Aphids into acting like there is a structure that it must go over... since it seems the way they are coded is to arc higher when close to an obstacle, and almost fly straight when there isn't.

Am I watching Discovery Channel?

Ace,
Another great video.
Hope you keep the series going for a long time

So, basically the whole forum...

acethunder great video as usual! I thought the bullet-time for 1) tulum fujin taking down griff in mid air and 2) gary dodging tulums in the corridor were v tastefully executed, well done!
Speaking of firing rockets at jumping griffs, when I'm piloting griff or rhino with orkans (i know you sometimes use orkan rhino) and a griff jumps on me, I am horrible at shooting at them in mid air (anybody who sees me in battle now knows how to kill me easily, doh!). Sometimes I empty whole salvo of orks without doing any damage! Any tips on how to shoot orks at airborne targets?

Gary on canyon was also very satisfying That trident carnage was probably getting super frustrated at you and was throwing a tantrum LOL

Great stuff and keep them coming!

Wow! It's like watching a BBC documentary!

How close are you to getting your 5th slot? I'd like to support your channel with some Au

... oh, and can you please say "Make it so" in your next vid? LOL

B30RLL
Thank you very much!

denzark
Without meaning to blow my own trumpet I can generally agree with your observation, a lot of the footage out there is dominated by Furies and Griffins especially. For me personally it's not entertaining to watch due to the limited scope of play, however I don't use the Gareth in my videos because of that reason and wanting to be 'different', I just...love the damn thing, and how it can allow me to play, ha!
I am thinking that it will have diminishing returns though. So I'm in the process of levelling a Jessie and later a Rogatka and will see what I can do with them once levelled high enough. I have very low hopes for the Jessie and have planned a critique video for the robot (or rather, how light weapon selection and the Patton invalidate him) if he performs poorly as expected.
Thanks as always for your support, and nice job with those damage numbers!  

couchtrader
Interesting name you have...do you trade couches for a living?
I bought my 5th slot (reluctantly) yesterday, but thank you very much for the offer anyhow, that's very kind of you to offer! I'd saved 4000 but I got impatient and caved so bought the remaining 1000 with real world cash.
I will make your request so, if, it can fit in well with future scripts :-)

loop_Stratos
Thank you sir!

EDIT: Loop, it won't let me capitalise the L in your name, when I save changes it reverts to lower case...so I can't tag you, apologies.

if you check his actual profile his username is 'loopstratos', so if you put an '@' before 'loopstratos', it will quote him.

Edit: beat me to it Dredd77