Spookin' With Scoops: Penumbra 'n Scratches

Build a PC Patrick, it must be a write off at this point

Also why is Jeff a ghost?

@Bourbon_Warrior said:

Build a PC Patrick, it must be a write off at this point

Soon, man. :)

Too bad about the quality...hopefully you redeem yourself next week ;) Look forward to it.

@patrickklepek: still looking forwards to more of these this month.

oh man i had to close fullscreen it was waaaayyyy to pixely. hurry up and finish that pc patrick! i like this but the resolution and frame rate need to be better for me to really get into it!

on a side note: i posted my comment at 10:27 why does it say 7:27?

@patrickklepek: Thanks for this Patrick, I appreciate the effort and look forward to more! =D

I'll take this first part as an audio-only feature ;-) Can't wait for the feature to continue!

A+ for effort. Been looking forward to this feature since the liveshow. I know what a pain it is to setup a livestream that looks and sounds good and this video has ALL of the usual streamingquality problems. Really too bad =/ Actually unwatchable. Still, looking foward to seeing this feature take form.

I appreciate the effort of this and I look forward to more- but only after you've started playing on a rig that isn't torture to watch streamed.

I don't want to beat a dead horse, but I just hope that you can fix all or most of the issues for next week, as in my opinion, this feature has really great potential. Keep it up Patrick, but yeah, hopefully next week it's sorted.

@patrickklepek: The very first post on the entire thread and you've covered every single critique I had. Hope you don't stop with this feature; it was fun even with all the technical issues.

About the PC thing - why are you waiting? It's pretty damn good pickings right now for desktop parts. I think for $600-800 you'd be able to run most new games maxed at 720p or at high at 1080p. Just hop on NewEgg and build that shit!

Damn, I don't think I can watch this. Really looking forward to the next episode though once the kinks are worked out.

Really looking forward to this feature Patrick!! I appreciate all the hard work.

@Smokey_Earhole said:

@mbr2 said:

Why is this a premium video when the quality is total garbage? Better question, why the fuck was this even green-lit to get on the site in the first place?

The best question though would be...why are you such a colossal dick?

On the other hand, he is a fellow premium member. So thank you, @mbr2 , for subsidizing garbage for the rest of us to enjoy!

That logo image is freakin' adorable, hats off to the creator!

This never should have been uploaded. Maybe a link to the stream archive or something but my god. Unwatchable.

More of these please :)

Awesome stuff @patrickklepek and as a fan of you and the genre I love what you're doing here. Never even knew about a predecesor to Amnesia, and just want to say thanks.

I WAS LIVE WHEN I SAW THIS. I WAS THERE!

Thanks for uploading this lost livestream from 1999, funny how low quality internet videos used to be!

just kidding thanks for uploading it. You know more about this than I would! glad to be able to watch it!

It kind of makes it scarier with the video quality being so low.

looks cool, but a macbook air?! Come on tricky..

Great stuff Patrick. I'm a big fan of the segment.

Quality sort of gave it a cool feel (aside from the blur).

This is unironically the greatest video on GB. Voted 5, thumbs up, liked, fav'd, 10/10. Keep them coming Patrick.

I think the low quality kind of makes it a bit more scary. Its really hard to know what's going on and that's actually makes things pretty freaky. hah

@patrickklepek: Steaming issues I can handle. PBR?

Now that I can't abide. :D

The quality of the Penumbra bits are spOOooOooOooOky!

Really really enjoyed this last night Patrick, looking forward to the next one. Like I said before, now is the best time of any to figure out the whole streaming thing, and I think once you started playing Scratches it was going really well.

Bring on more spooks! I watched the Slender test and jumped multiple times throughout. Stupid tall, detail lacking, sneaky, beast of a man-thing.

Time to build yourself a tax deductable work expense gaming PC there Scoops.

@Maginnovision said:

This never should have been uploaded. Maybe a link to the stream archive or something but my god. Unwatchable.

Pffffffffffff, humbug! This is the greatest video in 2012! I loved every second of it.

It was a ton of fun being there, experiencing it live. Thanks, Trick.

@Korwin said:

Time to build yourself a tax deductable work expense gaming PC there Scoops.

I wish my PC was a tax deductible work expense! Would be a great excuse to go all bananas with it.

@D_W said:

I think the low quality kind of makes it a bit more scary. Its really hard to know what's going on and that's actually makes things pretty freaky. hah

I don't know, to me it just makes it harder to get into the spooky mood. I mean I really tried hard to figure out what the hell was going on with Penumbra, but couldn't make out any details.

@Maginnovision said:

This never should have been uploaded. Maybe a link to the stream archive or something but my god. Unwatchable.

I agree, but you are being too mean. It really is unwatchable at times :/.

@patrickklepek:

Thanks for the video.

Ghosts don't care.

@patrickklepek Yeah, it didn't go off quite as planned. Mistakes happen. You obviously know what went wrong and have plans in place to fix it for next time. Yeah, I didn't make it through this one, as it's kinda unwatchable. But the next one, though? Can't. Fucking. Wait!

@Phatmac said:

@patrickklepek said:

Hey guys, I want to make a few things clear before the comments dig in.

1. I’m sorry for the quality of the video. Despite my technical test last week, I clearly wasn’t prepared for hosting a livestream, and hadn’t taken into account everything necessary. You guys are paying subscribers, some of you paid up in order to watch this feature, many of you were up very late, and it’s my fault for not being better prepared. Your patience is super appreciated. Thanks to the chat, we did figure out most of the issues, which should make next week’s show much better. For example?

2. I didn’t take bitrate into account. It was set at an astoundingly low 300, despite my 4MB+ upload connection at home capable of spitting out much more. That’s why the video suddenly becomes pretty watchable towards the very end, even if the video is slightly out of alignment at that point.

3. I should have lowered the resolution, rather than maintaining the native resolution of my laptop.

4. I didn’t have my laptop connected over Ethernet, it was over wi-fi. Yeah, yeah, I know, I know.

5. I didn’t save a local version of the capture, which means the version on Twitch is all we have.

6. I'm going to build a PC eventually! This year probably!

A bunch of excuses? Totally! But I wanted to make sure people knew I’d taken note of everything that now seems perfectly obvious, and to underscore the learning process. Part of the reason I just went ahead and pulled the trigger was to make sure that Spookin’ With Scoops actually happened. Even if I crashed and burned, at least there was progress, right? And you got to watch me flame out!

Again, thanks for your patience, we should have something much better next week, and if you have suggestions for future games, leave ‘em here or send me a PM on the site. Thanks for your support.

I'll still watch this! Good luck with next week's show!

Cool idea for a premium feature! Looking forward to more. :D

@Bourbon_Warrior said:

Build a PC Patrick, it must be a write off at this point

Steal parts from Gamespot. They won't mind.

Hey, it's all good Tricky Scoops. I'll just pretend it's a podcast or something and just listen to it in the background. Can't wait for an actual working video next time; I think this series has potential.

This feature has great potential. I can't wait until the technical aspects have been sorted out.

Holy cow, it looks like he's playing a Sega CD game!

you can say what you want about the quality of spookin with scoops, I'm gonna watch it anyway!

Kessler and Steve would have went ape shit over the working vending machine at the beginning. I miss those guys.

Nothing stops the Fear Gauntlet!........Oh......nevermind. :(

Been said many times, but looks like a great feature once the technical difficulties are sorted.

@patrickklepek: No worries. It's just cool that you did this.

Regardless of the poor video quality, I still enjoyed watching and listening.

I can't wait to see your reaction to what it's like to game on a new, high end PC.

@BD_Mr_Bubbles said:

@Phatmac said:

@patrickklepek said:

Hey guys, I want to make a few things clear before the comments dig in.

1. I’m sorry for the quality of the video. Despite my technical test last week, I clearly wasn’t prepared for hosting a livestream, and hadn’t taken into account everything necessary. You guys are paying subscribers, some of you paid up in order to watch this feature, many of you were up very late, and it’s my fault for not being better prepared. Your patience is super appreciated. Thanks to the chat, we did figure out most of the issues, which should make next week’s show much better. For example?

2. I didn’t take bitrate into account. It was set at an astoundingly low 300, despite my 4MB+ upload connection at home capable of spitting out much more. That’s why the video suddenly becomes pretty watchable towards the very end, even if the video is slightly out of alignment at that point.

3. I should have lowered the resolution, rather than maintaining the native resolution of my laptop.

4. I didn’t have my laptop connected over Ethernet, it was over wi-fi. Yeah, yeah, I know, I know.

5. I didn’t save a local version of the capture, which means the version on Twitch is all we have.

6. I'm going to build a PC eventually! This year probably!

A bunch of excuses? Totally! But I wanted to make sure people knew I’d taken note of everything that now seems perfectly obvious, and to underscore the learning process. Part of the reason I just went ahead and pulled the trigger was to make sure that Spookin’ With Scoops actually happened. Even if I crashed and burned, at least there was progress, right? And you got to watch me flame out!

Again, thanks for your patience, we should have something much better next week, and if you have suggestions for future games, leave ‘em here or send me a PM on the site. Thanks for your support.

I'll still watch this! Good luck with next week's show!

@Narosp said:

This feature has great potential. I can't wait until the technical aspects have been sorted out.

This.

This is great, as I just don't get time to enjoy the atmosphere of these games anymore. I can have it on in the background whilst I do other things.

Yep this is "premium" content.

Great feature. The video quality reminded me of old times when i used to watch stuff on super low res.