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Now that we know Endurance Runs are filmed at long intervals...

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#1  Edited By Peter

as opposed to one day at a time, why cant they release them on the weekend if they already have em done? Btw Endurance Runs are definetly one of the funniest things put out on the site

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#2  Edited By HandsomeDead
'Now that we know'? You actually thought they sat down and played it for like 20 minutes a day?
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#3  Edited By Endogene

One on Sunday would be nice.

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#4  Edited By BiggerBomb

*Sigh*

HandsomeDead said:

"'Now that we know'? You actually thought they sat down and played it for like 20 minutes a day?"

You didn't?
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#5  Edited By Sticky_Pennies

I would have to agree. It would get us to the end of the game, or the end of the endurance run, whichever comes first, that much faster. Plus, they're probably the best things to wake up to first thing in the morning on here.

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#6  Edited By Peter

I think it sucks that if they get a game over its done. Honestly Endurance Runs are so damn funny. Todays was the funniest by far

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#7  Edited By BiggerBomb
Peter said:
"I think it sucks that if they get a game over its done."

What does that mean? I've never played the game, so excuse my ignorance on the matter, but are you saying that the game ends if you die?
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#8  Edited By samcotts
BiggerBomb said:
"Peter said:
"I think it sucks that if they get a game over its done."
What does that mean? I've never played the game, so excuse my ignorance on the matter, but are you saying that the game ends if you die?"
I think he means that once they die they will end the Endurance Run. But they've already died and still continued, so that's definitely not the case.
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#9  Edited By jakob187

I haven't watched any of them.  Don't really care about Persona.

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#10  Edited By Peter
samcotts said:
"BiggerBomb said:
"Peter said:
"I think it sucks that if they get a game over its done."
What does that mean? I've never played the game, so excuse my ignorance on the matter, but are you saying that the game ends if you die?"
I think he means that once they die they will end the Endurance Run. But they've already died and still continued, so that's definitely not the case.
"
While that is true their pretending it never happened sort of thing. I guess we'll just have to wait and see
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#11  Edited By samcotts

I think they're starting to really like the game, and after putting 10 or so hours into it like they have, also knowing the fact it's become hugely popular on the site, they won't just give up after being killed. I can't see the Endurance Run finishing any time soon.

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#12  Edited By HandsomeDead
BiggerBomb said:
"*Sigh*

HandsomeDead said:
"'Now that we know'? You actually thought they sat down and played it for like 20 minutes a day?"
You didn't?"
No. That would be far too disjointed for a game like Persona. Plus, judging by the way they talk, it seems obvious that things are recorded in a block.
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#13  Edited By Coltonio7
jakob187 said:
"I haven't watched any of them.  Don't really care about Persona."
You don't care about ANYTHING Jakob D=
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#14  Edited By Big_D

it'd be nice if they cut out a lot of the grinding had just showed us the crazy bits and boss fights now.

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#15  Edited By Hamz

The beauty of the endurance runs is the commentary from Vinny and Jeff coupled with some humour from the game itself.

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#16  Edited By RHCPfan24

I am okay with the lulls on the weekends because that is actually when I watch the previous week's fill of ER's anyway. 5 in 2 days is a fine deal for me.

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#17  Edited By samcotts
Big_D said:
"it'd be nice if they cut out a lot of the grinding had just showed us the crazy bits and boss fights now."
That'd be horrible. The Endurance Run is all about going through the game with Vinny and Jeff, and knowing they had played parts of it off cam would ruin the whole feel of it. I wouldn't want to miss any commentary either, and some of the best comments are made during the grinding parts of the game too.
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#18  Edited By Tasus
jakob187 said:
"I haven't watched any of them.  Don't really care about Persona."
I don't really care about the game either, actually, just by seeing them play the game I can tell that I don't like the game. Still it's the "highlight" of my day, it's so fun to watch. Also, the game itself just makes it funnier.
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#19  Edited By keyhunter

I never played persona 3, I pretty much just watched my friend play it, and then we did a similar style of commentary as Vinny and Jeff which usually amounted to making fun of japanese culture. Now Vinny and Jeff can do that for me and I don't have to waste precious hours at my friends house.

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#20  Edited By Claude

I've watched a few episodes, but I think I'll wait for the DVD with the extra video of them playing it.

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#21  Edited By Endogene
Claude said:
"I've watched a few episodes, but I think I'll wait for the DVD with the extra video of them playing it."
  Reallylooking forward to the little window in the corner of the screen where you see a close up of Vinny's thumb hitting X during the whole thing.
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#22  Edited By HazBazz

Has anyone else come to the conclusion that the endurance run is much more entertaining when they aren't fighting? When the game takes control away from you and makes you hang out with your friends and foxes, thats where the stupid dialog comes in to play, and is where Vinny and Jeff have the most fun

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#23  Edited By LordAndrew

Fighting just isn't fun to watch. That's the problem, and that's the reason why I was skeptical at first. Even though they have managed to keep battles entertaining (it helps that they still don't really know what they're doing) I've noticed that episodes that have a heavy focus on battles tend to get less interest in the comments.

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#24  Edited By prinny_god
HazBazz said:
"Has anyone else come to the conclusion that the endurance run is much more entertaining when they aren't fighting? When the game takes control away from you and makes you hang out with your friends and foxes, thats where the stupid dialog comes in to play, and is where Vinny and Jeff have the most fun"
yeah grinding videos are boring as hell
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#25  Edited By Jayge_
Peter said:
"samcotts said:
"BiggerBomb said:
"Peter said:
"I think it sucks that if they get a game over its done."
What does that mean? I've never played the game, so excuse my ignorance on the matter, but are you saying that the game ends if you die?"
I think he means that once they die they will end the Endurance Run. But they've already died and still continued, so that's definitely not the case.
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While that is true their pretending it never happened sort of thing. I guess we'll just have to wait and see"
I think that was the case originally, but now that it has become one of the most (if not the most) popular thing on the site, and the most popular video series (acknowledged on Whiskey's main blog), I don't think that still stands.
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#26  Edited By NukeGoBoom
HazBazz said:
"Has anyone else come to the conclusion that the endurance run is much more entertaining when they aren't fighting? When the game takes control away from you and makes you hang out with your friends and foxes, thats where the stupid dialog comes in to play, and is where Vinny and Jeff have the most fun"
Yeah but its more interesting than a RPG with no story at all like a Dragon Quest or a Etrian Oddysey
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I can't believe there was some people who had thought they actually sat down and played it everyday. Did people just think they never turned the game off or something when they didn't reach a save? But regardless, they don't post them on the weekends because they want to prolong it. And, believe it or not, not everyone visits the site everyday. So if someone miss a day or two, they have a few episodes to catch up on. The empty weekend gives people who were busy during the week time to catch up.

P.s. You can see too when a lot of the other videos on the site we filmed. For example, a few videos of Jeff may have him wearing the exact same clothes, yet the videos might be spread out over a week, or maybe even more. Point is, they don't decide to post all the videos they film in one day. They want to spread them out. Gotta keep that traffic consistent. After all, believe it or not, they are a business.

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#28  Edited By Jayge_
TripMasterMunky said:
"I can't believe there was some people who had thought they actually sat down and played it everyday. Did people just think they never turned the game off or something when they didn't reach a save? But regardless, they don't post them on the weekends because they want to prolong it. And, believe it or not, not everyone visits the site everyday. So if someone miss a day or two, they have a few episodes to catch up on. The empty weekend gives people who were busy during the week time to catch up.P.s. You can see too when a lot of the other videos on the site we filmed. For example, a few videos of Jeff may have him wearing the exact same clothes, yet the videos might be spread out over a week, or maybe even more. Point is, they don't decide to post all the videos they film in one day. They want to spread them out. Gotta keep that traffic consistent. After all, believe it or not, they are a business."
I liked your old avatar.
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Hm? You mean the one that's my profile picture? Lol. Maybe I'll go back.

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#30  Edited By Jayge_
TripMasterMunky said:
"Hm? You mean the one that's my profile picture? Lol. Maybe I'll go back."
It was classy. Both of them are cool though.
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#31  Edited By pause422

I don't know how anyone ever thought otherwise, but okay....

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#32  Edited By Wildfire570
Hamz said:
"The beauty of the endurance runs is the commentary from Vinny and Jeff coupled with some humour from the game itself."
Quite true! I never thought watching someone play a game would be so damn funny! It makes watching people play games actually fun. By the way, ever notice ever since they met Funky Student they always made at least one reference to him in every Endurance Run they made?
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#33  Edited By CrimsonArmy
prinny_god said:
"HazBazz said:
"Has anyone else come to the conclusion that the endurance run is much more entertaining when they aren't fighting? When the game takes control away from you and makes you hang out with your friends and foxes, thats where the stupid dialog comes in to play, and is where Vinny and Jeff have the most fun"
yeah grinding videos are boring as hell "
Ya I'd have to agree. Although how much grinding have they done so far? Not a whole lot. And if Persona 4 is anything like Persona 3, then the amount of dialog/S-link stuff, will out-weigh amount of grinding.