So I am thinking that once I get some more money I'm going to become a premium member here.
Worth it?
So I am thinking that once I get some more money I'm going to become a premium member here.
Worth it?
You should totally premium your membership. Then you can premium your content and get on the Jar Train.
There's a lot of really good premium content, and I like being able to watch archives of TNT and other live shows in HD, since I don't watch them live.
There are currently two things making me consider not resubscribing later this year:
The crew themselves and the content both regular and premium are totally worth supporting. Sure sometimes Jeff is overly cynical, Ryan is an asshole, Brad is too indecisive, Patrick is too long winded, and Vinny... well Vinny and Drew are perfect human beings and should represent the species when we make first contact. The community here is surprisingly respectful overall as well. I really like it here and I hope those two problems get sorted out so I can continue feeling good about throwing money at the site.
My 2 cents.
@villainy said:
There are currently two things making me consider not resubscribing later this year:
- A not-insignificant portion of users (myself included) have been having serious issues with the video player and overall video performance for quite a while now making it difficult to partake of the premium content. The bug reporting forum is full of reports. If you watch everything on YouTube now you may not be aware and I suggest testing the site player during peak hours to see if you are currently affected. This will hopefully be resolved with the impending site redesign and change in video hosting.
Here's what I do: hover your mouse over the "Download" icon under a video, right click "HD" (or whatever quality you want) and copy the link, open VLC, press Ctrl+N (i.e. open network stream), paste it, and then BAM!, you favorite Giant Bomb video, playing in VLC. I only wish all internet videos could play in VLC (thankfully you can do it with YouTube, just copy the YouTube URL into VLC).
Describing it makes it sound more complicated than it is, it takes two seconds, and then you have the best possible media experience.
EDIT: Also: yes, totally subscribe! The content is so worth it, you haven't lived until you've seen Vinny and Dave play through Phantasmagoria.
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