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Live 12-Hour Oblivion Marathon
HarvardFrankenstein writes "Gamespot's Greg Kasavin will be playing The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion for 12 straight hours tonight (Monday, March 20th) and the entire marathon session will be broadcast live. Kasavin will be 'offering commentary about the experience as it transpires. Subscribers will see a picture-in-picture view of Kasavin as he spends an increasing number of successive hours playing the game, and they will be able to chat with each other over the course of the event.'" The event starts tonight at 6pm PST, if they get started on time.
It's a sad, sad world when people will pay to watch someone else play a game over the internet.. ...unless of course it involves porn :)
12 WHOLE hours? Wow what a hardcore gamer...
But seriously, making this sound like an achievement is an achievement...
50 hours
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etc.etc.
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Seriously. I want to PLAY THE GAME, not watch some media guy play the game (and almost certainly ruin the plot for me in the process). What kind of masochist would watch this?
We've been watching sports for ages. It's only logical that the same happens with games.
Today it might seem strange. Watching someone play a game, I mean duuuuh? Can't do it yourself?
This might change. Let's go into the realm of sports, let's go to American Football. Sure, you can play it yourself. But will you ever catch a 80 yards pass? Will you ever kick a 50 yards field goal? Or baseball, will you ever throw a ball in curves like the pros? Or hit for a killer homerun?
Today's computer games don't really lend themselves well for "pro-gaming". They're too easy. Everyone can play them at a decent level. After all, that's what they're made for: For the general audience. They have to be playable for everyone, at a more or less decent level.
This might change, we might see the advent of "pro games". Games with a difficulty that scales up with the skill of the player, where the game doesn't "level off" at a certain point where more skill does not automatically mean better playing.
And a more interesting game. Watching a game can be more interesting when you actually get to see something you won't see at home, because the pro player can do stunts you won't ever be able to copy. Current games don't offer this kind of experience.
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because there is nothing more frustrating then watching someone else play a game you'd love to be playing yourself. It's a frustration and anger that can be tied directly to road rage. You just want to take a tire iron to someone who just can't make a certain jump or keeps shooting the enemy in the feet instead of the head. I think I'll wait until I can pick up the game itself, save myself the consternation.
Bethesda Nightmare Scenario #1:
T + 1:00:00: Oblivion.exe has experienced a problem and needs to close.
T + 2:20:54: Oblivion.exe has experienced a problem and needs to close.
T + 3:54:29: Oblivion.exe has experienced a problem and needs to close.
T + 7:32:47: KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED
Bethesda Nightmare Scenario #2:
T + 9:29:30: "Done!"
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I don't see how using a comfortable wireless controller that fits nicely in your hands while relaxing on the couch is less comfortable than hunched over a keyboard and mouse, less than 2 feet from the screen. Especially for 12 hours.
Wow, you and others are really bitter about this for some reason.
I don't think the point is that playing for 12 hours is an achievement of note. I think the interest comes from the fact that a game reviewer is playing a game and, essentially, demoing it for folks for 12 hours live on the Internet. I can see where people might find that interesting, especially if they're one of the people - the many people if online talk means anything - who are considering buying an Xbox 360 or new PC components specifically for this game. For those people, the cost of a month's subscription to the site in order to watch the proceedings (perhaps not all 12 hours) might be well worth the money. It could also provide some insight into the thinking of a professional game reviewer while he's actually playing a game.
Again, playing for 12 hours is no achievement at all. Like many, I've done 24+ hours stopping only to let caffeinated liquid out of my body. But that doesn't mean that this event isn't worthwhile or interesting.
12 hours?
My grandmother could play 12 hours straight... Get back to me when you've played Elite for 2 days straight you damn toddler!
I looked into it more.. The HDR lighting and AA combo restriction is only on older cards and nVidia cards because both functions use the same hardware. If you have a Radeon X1xxx you should be able to enable both.
The consensus seems to be that the maximum view distance is farther on a high end PC though.
Nobody will be comfortable in the same sitting position for 12 hours
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I want to discover the first 12 hours of the game myself, not let some game media bozo do it for me.
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As opposed to what, a decreasing number of successive hours?
Bethesda Nightmare Scenario #2:
T + 9:29:30: "Done!"
Morrowind 5 segment Speedrun in 00:07:30, and that for a game which you can play for days and weeks without ever touching a story quest.
The grass is always greener on the other side of the light cone.
http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/rpg/theelderscroll sivoblivion/news.html?sid=6146174
Takes you to the "We play Oblivion for 12 hours straight" page, with a big fat button to watch it. However, after signing up for the free service, I find that I'm still met with the "Only subscribers can participate in this special event!" text. =/ Looks like we're screwed, unless we wanna pay four bucks a month.
I for one, have been looking forward to Oblivion since I heard it's annoucnment, and the only picture was that silly little picture of the name.
I've been holding off watching videos because I remember running off the ship in morrowind and standing with my mouth agape looking at the fucking amazing water. I jumpped right in that, and ran around in it for a good 15 minutes watching it splash and move around different ways.
Then I remember picking up and throwing silverware and forks and all the "junk" all over the freaken world. It was as cluttered as an ultima game, but in 3d!
So I want that again with oblivion. I want to crawl out of the dungeon and just gape at the amazing world they created.
But, I cracked last night, and watched him play for a bit.
I enjoyed it a lot. I watched for maybe 15 minutes or so. This really reminded me of playing the game with my buddies. It was sort of like we all got the game, unwrapped it, and started plowing along with one guy driving and the rest of us commenting.
I honestly could see myself leaving the window up last night while I was surfing the web and doing other things and watching the wonderful game that is oblivion. I just wanted to save the exploring for myself, so I turned it off.
I enjoyed the reviewers little comments as he played, and I could see him really getting into it, and doing a great job showing off things in the game. It was probably the best type of review you could EVER get for a game.
So I think this was a really cool idea, and wouldn't mind seeing more of these types of things going on.