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Giantbomb, What game should I LP?

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ok, just to sort it out, It was decided (by an overwhelming majority) that I would do Paper Mario 2 for my LP. and I've done Part 1, so have a look.
  
  
I will try to do voice commentary, despite what I said earlier, to make things easier to flow.



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SummerTime! it is awesome. Free time like mad, and I decided to make some use of my Time, by doing a playthrough of a game from my collection.
these are gonna be old-ish games, but definitely good ones, and Ive narrowed it down to these.

Prince of Persia - Sands of Time
Legend of Zelda - Oracle of Seasons
Donkey Kong Country (Game Boy Color version - yes, there is one, and it is the full game)
Pokemon FIrered
Wario Land 3
Ristar (eventually, wouldv'e done Comix Zone, but its not in the US version of Mega Collection
Paper Mario - Thousand Year Door - this will be, after the first boss, a blind run.

yes, seven to choose from. I'd do a poll, but the GB engine doesn't allow me to do polls in blogs >_<

oh well. I'll check up on this in a while, and might do impending parts of each to intice you.
so, what do you wanna see people?
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BIG EDIT

ok, just to sort it out, It was decided (by an overwhelming majority) that I would do Paper Mario 2 for my LP. and I've done Part 1, so have a look.
  
  
I will try to do voice commentary, despite what I said earlier, to make things easier to flow.



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SummerTime! it is awesome. Free time like mad, and I decided to make some use of my Time, by doing a playthrough of a game from my collection.
these are gonna be old-ish games, but definitely good ones, and Ive narrowed it down to these.

Prince of Persia - Sands of Time
Legend of Zelda - Oracle of Seasons
Donkey Kong Country (Game Boy Color version - yes, there is one, and it is the full game)
Pokemon FIrered
Wario Land 3
Ristar (eventually, wouldv'e done Comix Zone, but its not in the US version of Mega Collection
Paper Mario - Thousand Year Door - this will be, after the first boss, a blind run.

yes, seven to choose from. I'd do a poll, but the GB engine doesn't allow me to do polls in blogs >_<

oh well. I'll check up on this in a while, and might do impending parts of each to intice you.
so, what do you wanna see people?
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Uh, what?

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Paper Mario   is my vote.

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I also vote for Paper Mario.

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I'm assuming that this is a video LP (there are LPs that aren't video), so I'd say Wario Land 3. I'm never gonna beat it (Wario should not mix with Metroid), so somebody should.

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My personal choice would be to see Oracle of Seasons, followed by Thousand Year Door (if you haven't played that.)

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Paper Mario.

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I'd say Sands of Time. But it is the only game on that list I've beaten.

I think it was a 6 hour game the first time.

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Paper Mario.

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I approve of Paper Mario as a choice, so I vote Paper Mario.

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@Snipzor:@Hardgamer:@Valames:@TheKing:@Video_Game_King:@Little_Socrates:@Junior_AIN:@the_hiro_abides:@CL60:@Teleri: well, it's the overwheling majority saying Paper Mario 2, so I will do that! best thing is, its also mostly a blind run! if you wanna watch it, just follow me, and I'll put an update when I publish a part. now to get recording!
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This is an LP


No Caption Provided

Whoever stole the term and applied it to video games needs to be arrested.
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@Unknown_Pleasures said:
" This is an LP


No Caption Provided
Whoever stole the term and applied it to video games needs to be arrested. "
Well LP is just short for "Let's Play"
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@Unknown_Pleasures said:
" This is an LP
No Caption Provided
Whoever stole the term and applied it to video games needs to be arrested. "
Depends on who we're talking about; slowbeef should not be arrested, but the Something Awful community should. Experience has taught me that such pretentiousness should be jailed.
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1st you need to get a way better mic. Seriously. Your stuff on the podcast was hurting my ears. Once you take care of that you can choose a game. One thing a good LPer knows is to not do a game everyone does and has been LPed to death. You want to do a "smaller" game that you have some connection to or is good. Or take a good old game you heard about and blind run it. Out of the games you listed Wario Land and Paper Mario sound like the best choices for a good LP to me. Or this Ristar, which is good because I have not heard of it and you can introduce people to it. I have seen many many LPs in my day.

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Paper or Ristar (Dont even know what that is BUT THATS GOOD) Playing something not a lot have played is a good way to keep interest.

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Looks like most everyone else is thinking what I'm thinking, Paper Mario.

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If voice commentary is not an option, have you considered doing a text/screenshot LP? I have found them to be quite effective when the LP is a good enough writer.

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@Beforet said:
" If voice commentary is not an option, have you considered doing a text/screenshot LP? I have found them to be quite effective when the LP is a good enough writer. "
I've been thinking of doing one, so let me ask if there are any specific rules, like there are for video LPs? (It looks like this guy's aiming for a video LP, to answer your question.)
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@CL60 said:
" Paper Mario. "
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@Video_Game_King: Sorry, I'm unfamiliar with the rules for either kind of LP. I assume you mean rules for posting them on Something Awful? I have only just begun lurking there so I'm unfamiliar with the standard practices. All I know is that you need a three month buffer period between the game's release and when you start the LP, except in special circumstances like you've gotten the permission from the IP holder or something.
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@Beforet:

No, I meant rules of execution. For example, some rules for video LPs are "be informative, or at least entertaining", "make some significant progress in each installment", and "for the love of god, don't just point a camcorder at your TV, because there's very little chance you'll actually get something that looks professional."
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Oracle of seasons! I loved that game sooo much , I would definitly watch it.

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Oh, I see. I thought you meant something more formal. I still don't really know what to tell you. I could recommend a good text LPer as an example, though I can't recall anything he specifically did or did not do. I would imagine they wouldn't be much different: be funny or informative, make each update a significant length and post high quality screen captures. Keep a regular schedule. I guess you should have a balance of text to shots. The guy I'm thinking of would actually type out most of the dialog instead of posting a series of screenshots having all of the subtitles. Just thinking about it though, it would seem that you would have a bit more freedom in regards to what you can do with screenshot LPs than with video.

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@Beforet:

Fair enough. I imagine I could just summarize lengthy cutscenes/gameplay progress that isn't in screenshots and just post all the cool stuff.
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I do suggest you check out the stuff by The Dark ID. They are really funny, especially his more recent games like his Drakengard and Nier playthroughs.  You can find most of them on the lp archive. If you want an idea of what makes a good text LP, those are it. In the sort of way the Endurance Runs are good examples of what makes an entertaining video LP.

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@Beforet: also, this is not  a LP is the full sense of how people do it on youtube generally, I don't have the equipment or software to do a proper LP with live commentary while recording or all that, so might do what CarlitonSP does and have all the points he wants to mention in the description, or I'll make annotations as I go along.
@Beforet: I'll see what I can do with that. the issue is finding a way to render that, though, although If pinnacle has something in it, I'll use it. I don't want to be stuck using movie maker .
as for scheduling, I'd probably stick it once every 3 days or so. this is mainly going to be running off my YT channel (look in my mini-bio for a link), so there won't be many blog updates here for it. but I will definitely notify when a part is out via a status update, so follow me if you're interested.
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I love the crap out of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.  Just be aware that Chuggaconroy already completed his LP two years ago:   

  


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Pokemon

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Paper Mario
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PoP I guess, though none of those games I'd be particularly interested in seeing a LP of because I don't see the potential for entertainment.

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@Video_Game_King: If you are still taking advice on screenshot LPs...
Less is better, Try to get as much information as possible in the smallest amount of space. Most people don't want to read wall after wall of text. Also don't spam screenshots, stick to one per area/event, if possible an overview over the environment together with shots of the most "important" parts should be enough. Also vary the writing a lot, sticking to a form an do every update the same way can get incredibly repetitive expecially in longer games, throw in some twists and turns in the layout of the updates.

And to recommend a favorite screenshot LPer "you probably have heard of him" the DarkId from lparchive.
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There is only one answer and it's Ultima 7. So that's the game you should LP. If You choose a different one, boo to you good sir, boo to you!

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Daikatana N64 version along with a blog of how you lost your sanity.