Cubecast Season 2: Episode 4 Released!

[StachuK1992]

Am I really the only one with negative views about this?
I got 20 minutes in before quitting, and this was my experience;
-Both of your voices sound entirely uninterested. This alone made me not want to listen.
-Content was very unorganized
-The whole thing just felt like it was being BS'd to such an extent that it was clear that near nothing was planned. I expect that Thom made it better when he came in, but the hosts definitely need to at least fake being interested in doing it.

 

[MaeLSTRoM]

Am I really the only one with negative views about this?
I got 20 minutes in before quitting, and this was my experience;
-Both of your voices sound entirely uninterested. This alone made me not want to listen.
-Content was very unorganized
-The whole thing just felt like it was being BS'd to such an extent that it was clear that near nothing was planned. I expect that Thom made it better when he came in, but the hosts definitely need to at least fake being interested in doing it.

I'll be honest, this is more the response I was expecting from people.
It's hard to sound interested when you're not really sure what you're doing, and especially when you haven't organised that much in terms of content. I know that it isn't really an excuse, but yeah. Part of the problem is that we lost some of the content due to recording errors. Some cuts had to be made so that it would even make sense, but unfortunately it was hard to make it sound good without cutting out entire sections.
I do think that we can get better at it, but I never claimed for it to be perfect at the first episode.

 

[StachuK1992]

Get a really interested guest (who's known for that? Idk)
Have them start the next episode WITH you guys. Let them keep up the pace. Keep that feeling for the next episodes.

Really not sure who'd be best at this.

 

[CubeRoots]

Am I really the only one with negative views about this?
I got 20 minutes in before quitting, and this was my experience;
-Both of your voices sound entirely uninterested. This alone made me not want to listen.
-Content was very unorganized
-The whole thing just felt like it was being BS'd to such an extent that it was clear that near nothing was planned. I expect that Thom made it better when he came in, but the hosts definitely need to at least fake being interested in doing it.

I think that it's early days to heavily criticize, for first ep it really wasn't that bad. Though I would hope, and i'm sure it would, get better with time... I just think it's good that something like this is actually being made

 

[googlebleh]

Glad we've got a cubing podcast again

Does anyone have the files for episodes 21-24? I might make a montage for it.

I knew saving all the episodes would come in handy one day. I PM'd you a link.

 

[waffle=ijm]

vote waffo for guest for no reason

 

[Brest]

I vote for Waffo to be a guest, because he's King of Waffletopia!

Edit: zomg epic ninja!

 

[Ranzha]

The cast was all right. You both seemed very disinterested, as it has been said before. If you prepare what you're going to talk about, then it makes the cast run more smoothly and at a higher pace.

Also, Waffo or Justin. Justin would be boss at Team BLD.

 

[AustinReed]

I think I seemed disinterested simply because my skype connection was getting really crappy and I could barely understand what the other two were saying.

 

[irontwig]

Am I really the only one with negative views about this?
I got 20 minutes in before quitting, and this was my experience;
-Both of your voices sound entirely uninterested. This alone made me not want to listen.
-Content was very unorganized
-The whole thing just felt like it was being BS'd to such an extent that it was clear that near nothing was planned. I expect that Thom made it better when he came in, but the hosts definitely need to at least fake being interested in doing it.

I agree, though I managed to get through it. I would say have Thom co-host if he can be arsed.

 

[tx789]

I agree, though I managed to get through it. I would say have Thom co-host if he can be arsed.

wasn't Andrew the one who was too lazy to do it

 

[5BLD]

Cubecast Season 2: Episode 1 Released

Am I really the only one with negative views about this?
I got 20 minutes in before quitting, and this was my experience;
-Both of your voices sound entirely uninterested. This alone made me not want to listen.
-Content was very unorganized
-The whole thing just felt like it was being BS'd to such an extent that it was clear that near nothing was planned. I expect that Thom made it better when he came in, but the hosts definitely need to at least fake being interested in doing it.

Indeed, i agree with this but not so strongly. I wanted to hold back from negative comments because of fear of whiners. Hence, my first comment was "ummmmm.... Errr..... Ok.... So....", which pretty much reflected why i didn't enjoy this episode this much. I am glad someone has pointed the not so good bits out...

 

[stoic]

I made it through to the end, but only because I was on a long car journey.
This was my first time listening to one of these, and I had been looking forward to it all day but was massively disappointed. It definitely picked up when Thom arrived, but apparently very little content had been planned.
I'm glad someone is taking the time and making the effort to do something like this, but this was a dire experience.

 

[AustinReed]

We realize that this wasn't as good as previous episodes of the Cubecast. However, this is our first episode. This was pretty much just a "trial run" with all of us together. Granted, it sucked. I agree with that. You'll have to give some time though, as now we know all the issues that are present and what we need to do to fix them.

 

[Kirjava]

Granted, it sucked.

Speak for yourself, I was awesome.

 

[AustinReed]

Speak for yourself, I was awesome.

okay, besides Kir. But that's not excluding your team-bld.

 

[waffle=ijm]

As mentioned, it's a pilot and most people have already pointed out flaws. I really look forward to more energized episodes. (cocaine)

 

[~Adam~]

Try not to assume any knowledge of previous events, explain everything to the listener to avoid confusion.
When there are mic issues just cut, sort the issue out and start from where you left off.
I think the additional people in the later cubecasts helped the flow so maybe have 3 hosts (please be the 3rd Thom) and bring the guest on immediately.
Have a clearly laid out structure which you give to everyone in the episode.
If you are willing, note down the time of any silences as you go and cut them out.

I enjoyed the episode and hope that you continue with them.
I'm only making suggestions to help improve the show and if you are happier with it as a result you are more likely to continue making them.
I think a lot of the teething issues will resolve themselves with time and as you get more comfortable recording yourselves.
The best of luck for future episodes.

 

[tx789]

So it has been 2 weeks. It the next episode going to be released April next year?

 

[bobthegiraffemonkey]

One of the hosts is at a comp this weekend (Chris Wall, UK Open), so I guess he's been busy with that. I'd guess the next episode will be soon.