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01-07-2015, 08:07 AM
OverDrone

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Originally Posted by EclecticGroove

I have this issue to my SCART to Component adapter as well (for Genesis/Sega CD and Saturn). I have to crack the thing open pretty often to readjiust the POT's inside to balance the color, and 99% of the time it's because the green has, for whatever reason, decided it's the king of all colors and needs to dominate all the rest.

Odd. When I got mine, the colour was off so after a bit of googling I adjusted the pots and haven't had to open the thing up since.

And yeah, I think Joe must be having a bad week or something. While I agree some people here can get a bit whiny, I didn't think this really qualified as something to have a meltdown over. I like the show and anything put forward to help improve it further should be taken as a positive.

Thief may well have pushed the poor bloke over the edge and this was the straw that broke the camel's back:)
01-07-2015, 09:11 AM
EclecticGroove

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Originally Posted by OverDrone

Odd. When I got mine, the colour was off so after a bit of googling I adjusted the pots and haven't had to open the thing up since.

And yeah, I think Joe must be having a bad week or something. While I agree some people here can get a bit whiny, I didn't think this really qualified as something to have a meltdown over. I like the show and anything put forward to help improve it further should be taken as a positive.

Thief may well have pushed the poor bloke over the edge and this was the straw that broke the camel's back:)

Not sure which one you have, but mine is the cheapo (but effective) CVS287. The thing certainly works, but it is soooo cheaply made, at least mine is.

I picked it up by the power chord (was in reach) last time to get hold of it and just that amount of weight cracked the casing apart into 3 pieces.

I'll be upgrading it eventually to something else, or just getting a Framemeister. Just hard for me to pull the trigger on that due to price,
01-07-2015, 05:50 PM
bmwsvsu

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Originally Posted by Joe Redifer

Here we go again. Now people are griping and whining if a certain color isn't EXACTLY R-173 G-255 B-173 and assuming I'm having issues. God damn I hate most of the members of this forum, I truly do. Also the Moby Games picture is wrong. I think I'm going to stop coming here because it's always bitching and whining. I know how much almost all of you guys like to bitch and whine because I used to see all of the posts that got reported. So my apologies if my video is off by a few RGB color values. I am not using Scart to component for my captures.

First and foremost, let me say that your show is easily in my top 5 favorite youtube series and I've been watching it for about the past 6 months. In fact, I had sold all my Sega possessions at least 10 years ago and only recently got back into it and joined this forum because of your show. I simply had no idea there were so many great Sega games out there. I had a Genesis and Sega CD as a child but only ever owned a few games for it.

One of the reasons I love your show is because of its production quality which is top-notch, I can only imagine how many hours go into producing each show. I also appreciate your decision to keep the show in rated PG territory as far as language and content as opposed to so much of the vulgar stuff that is on youtube, especially in the gaming community.

But then I come into this forum and see a totally different person. Here you seem bitter. Your youtube videos have a 98 to 99 percent thumbs-up rate with thousands and thousands of votes, why get all worked up over what a few people in an internet forum have to say? And even those people, I get the impression that they're fans of your show too, otherwise, why would they be posting in this thread?

And I think it may be unfair to generalize about "almost all" of the users of this forum. I suspect many of the people in this forum are some of the same people who watch, enjoy, and thumb-up your videos, myself included. And don't underestimate the number of lurkers in here who never post, those people read these posts too and for all you know may also be fans of your show as well.

Anyways, keep up the good work!
01-07-2015, 06:19 PM
Melf

I'm sorry you feel that way Joe. You've been a valued member of this community for years, and it's shame you want to leave.

That being said, if some comments by a few people make you want to leave, I assume you'll also be disabling YouTube comments, because they're usually worse. I also assume you'll never join any forum community again, because you're going to find people with opinion as strong as your own (and you can be VERY opinionated when you want to) wherever you go. I don't think it's fair to call the entire community shitty and whiny because you don't like some of the comments, but that's your decision. If you want to go out like that, then it's your call. Personally, I think you're being unfair and generalizing.
01-07-2015, 06:22 PM
retrospiel

Joe's quite a workaholic I'd imagine which probably is why he might come off bitter sometimes.

As far as the screen capture / Moby Games comparison goes: I haven't noticed anything to be honest, but that's not to say that there isn't anything, just that I didn't notice whatever the difference might be (aside of the obvious: one being captured from real hardware and the other being taken via emulator)
01-07-2015, 08:04 PM
Lan Di

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Originally Posted by Joe Redifer

Here we go again. Now people are griping and whining if a certain color isn't EXACTLY R-173 G-255 B-173 and assuming I'm having issues. God damn I hate most of the members of this forum, I truly do. Also the Moby Games picture is wrong. I think I'm going to stop coming here because it's always bitching and whining. I know how much almost all of you guys like to bitch and whine because I used to see all of the posts that got reported. So my apologies if my video is off by a few RGB color values. I am not using Scart to component for my captures.

Hate most members? Really? I can definitely understand your frustration, but hating most of the members? I dislike and condemn the character and attitude of certain members but I don't hate anyone here. Yes people tend to be dysfunctional and the human race is a flawed species, but hatred is not the answer. I'm not trying to preach, but I think you are letting emotion override astuteness.

Game Sack is the undisputed king of classic gaming channels in my opinion. And you and Dave are assets to the classic gaming community. Don't let a few OCD imbeciles ruin your day.
01-07-2015, 09:41 PM
Bloodreign

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Originally Posted by Joe Redifer

Here we go again. Now people are griping and whining if a certain color isn't EXACTLY R-173 G-255 B-173 and assuming I'm having issues. God damn I hate most of the members of this forum, I truly do. Also the Moby Games picture is wrong. I think I'm going to stop coming here because it's always bitching and whining. I know how much almost all of you guys like to bitch and whine because I used to see all of the posts that got reported. So my apologies if my video is off by a few RGB color values. I am not using Scart to component for my captures.

Damn it man, sucks to see you go. Haven't been here that long, but have watched all the episodes, will continue to do so as normal, but it'll still suck knowing you aren't here anymore. :(

PS: Don't disable Youtube comments if you're thinking about it, was fun interacting and talking with Dave about 3 Wonders in the last video. I don't care about colors in the video, I do enjoy the game coverage and tidbits you guys throw in for the viewer.
01-07-2015, 10:20 PM
Barone

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Originally Posted by Joe Redifer

Here we go again. Now people are griping and whining if a certain color isn't EXACTLY R-173 G-255 B-173 and assuming I'm having issues. God damn I hate most of the members of this forum, I truly do. Also the Moby Games picture is wrong. I think I'm going to stop coming here because it's always bitching and whining. I know how much almost all of you guys like to bitch and whine because I used to see all of the posts that got reported. So my apologies if my video is off by a few RGB color values. I am not using Scart to component for my captures.

Dude, I never made any complaint about any technical aspect of your show except for that one post.
I honestly just thought that a guy who pulls off such a pristine show in terms of audio, editing, presentation, etc; would be interested to know when people who have followed his show since the very first episode notice that there's something weird with the video capture of a given console.

But, anyway, I've always enjoyed the show for the information and entertainment that you guys provide to me rather than anything else and if I knew you'd blow it like that, for whatever reason, I really wouldn't have posted anything about that.
01-07-2015, 10:28 PM
True Grave

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Originally Posted by Joe Redifer

Here we go again. Now people are griping and whining if a certain color isn't EXACTLY R-173 G-255 B-173 and assuming I'm having issues. God damn I hate most of the members of this forum, I truly do. Also the Moby Games picture is wrong. I think I'm going to stop coming here because it's always bitching and whining. I know how much almost all of you guys like to bitch and whine because I used to see all of the posts that got reported. So my apologies if my video is off by a few RGB color values. I am not using Scart to component for my captures.

Pay no mind to the whiners, Joe.

You have to realize there are some that'll always complain and whine, and using your good judgement on which complaints are worth addressing, and which aren't worth bothering with and ignoring.

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Originally Posted by Lan Di

Don't let a few OCD imbeciles ruin you day.

Amen! Don't let the "Barones" of this forum get ya down.
01-07-2015, 10:54 PM
Lan Di

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Originally Posted by True Grave

Amen! Don't let the "Barones" of this forum get ya down.

Hey, do not take what I said out of context. I was not referring to Barone when I made that coment.
01-08-2015, 01:18 AM
old man

I just wish Joe would use the proper video mode for Dave ™ . I can't believe how fuzzy his face looked in that last video.

Seriously though, Joe is just one guy putting these videos together in his spare time, so I don't think people should be too hard on him if he doesn't use the right video cables for your favorite system.
01-08-2015, 01:50 AM
The Coop

Doing a scheduled project that gets put out for public consumption is always a double-edged sword. On the one hand, you'll find people who enjoy it for what it is, as it is. On the other hand, you'll run into people who feel the need to tell you how to do this or that, give constant suggestions on how to improve things in their eyes that you don't agree with, ask why ___________ wasn't included, etc., etc. Sometimes, it's easy to let things roll off your back and just go forward. At other times, it really gets under your skin and you just want to tell anyone and everyone to go fuck themselves.

That said, when you have an online show that continues to be popular, you have to balance telling people that you're doing things the way you want them done in a way that shows you're not half-assing anything, and wanting to tell them to mind their own business and go suck a goat dick in hell. If you don't find that balance, it can be really easy to turn an entertained audience into an online mob aiming their pitchforks at you. So perhaps telling an entire site you hate virtually everyone there was a bit much, but at the same time, having been at that point of screaming "SHUT UUUUUUUUUUUUUUP!" ala Schwarzenegger myself on past other-forum projects, I can understand the frustration and annoyance.

Hopefully this all won't bite him in the ass, considering how much effort goes into Game Sack.
01-08-2015, 02:22 AM
j_factor

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Originally Posted by Melf

I'm sorry you feel that way Joe. You've been a valued member of this community for years, and it's shame you want to leave.

That being said, if some comments by a few people make you want to leave, I assume you'll also be disabling YouTube comments, because they're usually worse. I also assume you'll never join any forum community again, because you're going to find people with opinion as strong as your own (and you can be VERY opinionated when you want to) wherever you go. I don't think it's fair to call the entire community shitty and whiny because you don't like some of the comments, but that's your decision. If you want to go out like that, then it's your call. Personally, I think you're being unfair and generalizing.

You're right about Youtube comments. Just switch out of "top comments" view on any Game Sack video. Not that it's all crap. A good amount of it is fine. But you'll also see some really lame trolling, bickering, comments that don't actually say anything, etc. Way worse than anything you'll see here, or almost any gaming forum for that matter.

Anyway, I hope Joe comes back. He's been a mainstay of this forum for eons. I can see how the last bit of discussion might have been irritating, but I don't know where this anger came from. All we do is bitch and whine? And hating most of the members here? Ouch. Over 9 years and 12,000 posts, and just like that?
01-08-2015, 03:31 AM
Barone

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Originally Posted by j_factor

I can see how the last bit of discussion might have been irritating, but I don't know where this anger came from. All we do is bitch and whine? And hating most of the members here? Ouch. Over 9 years and 12,000 posts, and just like that?

Yeah but maybe we shouldn't take that so seriously and literally.
That's what?! 1 post out of 12,900? How representative is that?

About the rest you said, j_factor, if you go see the comments of the Nintendo 64 episode you'll find stuff like personal threats due to their comments about the games, seriously. That kind of stuff makes me sik and I'm just a subscriber.

We don't know exactly what crossed his mind when he wrote that post but there's surely no shortage of annoying shit either here or there, especially if you consider the amount of effort it takes to release a new episode every 2 weeks like a Swiss clock.
01-08-2015, 08:32 AM
True Grave

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Originally Posted by The Coop

Doing a scheduled project that gets put out for public consumption is always a double-edged sword. On the one hand, you'll find people who enjoy it for what it is, as it is. On the other hand, you'll run into people who feel the need to tell you how to do this or that, give constant suggestions on how to improve things in their eyes that you don't agree with, ask why ___________ wasn't included, etc., etc. Sometimes, it's easy to let things roll off your back and just go forward. At other times, it really gets under your skin and you just want to tell anyone and everyone to go fuck themselves.

That said, when you have an online show that continues to be popular, you have to balance telling people that you're doing things the way you want them done in a way that shows you're not half-assing anything, and wanting to tell them to mind their own business and go suck a goat dick in hell. If you don't find that balance, it can be really easy to turn an entertained audience into an online mob aiming their pitchforks at you. So perhaps telling an entire site you hate virtually everyone there was a bit much, but at the same time, having been at that point of screaming "SHUT UUUUUUUUUUUUUUP!" ala Schwarzenegger myself on past other-forum projects, I can understand the frustration and annoyance.

Hopefully this all won't bite him in the ass, considering how much effort goes into Game Sack.

Something tells me that even if you subtracted Sega-16's subscribers, the show would feel little impact, if at all. And this place certainly has its share of fools (ex: barone)who are willing to complain about dumb crap all day long, like slight differences in color capture, as if its a dramatic misrepresentation of the games (its not. Get over it).

Joe, please don't ever feel like you're somehow "obligated" to stick around this dump because you're the "Sega Guy" of gamesack or anything.

These forums are not the be-all, end-all of the classic gaming community. Honestly, you're too good for this place as it is.