Put a webcam in the UWE office

BCSephBCSeph Join Date: 2005-02-24 Member: 42384Members, Constellation
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<div class="IPBDescription">That'll shutup the naysayers</div>A webcam should be put somewhere in the UWE office and update every few minutes or so. This could help give people an idea of what <i>really</i> goes on at UWE.
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  • AtoneAtone Join Date: 2009-09-21 Member: 68839Members
    But if the team has to stop working naked, that might slow down production.
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  • MathBRMathBR Join Date: 2007-12-21 Member: 63226Members
    <!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->But if the team has to stop working naked, that might slow down production.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    <b>LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL</b>

    indie big brother ? o.O
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  • schkorpioschkorpio I can mspaint Join Date: 2003-05-23 Member: 16635Members
    you know - it probably wouldn't be a bad marketing gimmick
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  • JAmazonJAmazon Join Date: 2009-02-21 Member: 66503Members
    You do know that this is not the first web cam in UWE thread? The last one degenerated into "lets put a web cam into their bathroom" territory. Lets see what happens here :P
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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu Anememone Join Date: 2002-03-23 Member: 345Members
    If there's no webcam in their office then who are the men I've been watching continually for the past 4 weeks?
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  • nirvanaXOnirvanaXO Join Date: 2010-02-26 Member: 70747Members
    That's the way of the world, you cant know.
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  • Dalin SeivewrightDalin Seivewright 0x0000221E Join Date: 2007-10-20 Member: 62685Members, Constellation
    Something like Fridays with Flashbang will do.
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  • schkorpioschkorpio I can mspaint Join Date: 2003-05-23 Member: 16635Members
    how about instead of webcam, they can install a siren that goes off everytime a new post is created on the forums?
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  • slayer20slayer20 Killed a man once. Join Date: 2007-12-13 Member: 63157Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    Like the Silent Hill Siren.

    But yeah, a camera that updates every 15 seconds seems to be pretty normal for some places.
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  • TheMatrixTheMatrix Join Date: 2008-11-02 Member: 65358Members
    i actually thought about a web cam before ^^ make a day were we see what the heck they are doing in your office ^^ like chris pirillo (http://chris.pirillo.com/live/) or something xD
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  • GISPGISP Battle Gorge Denmark Join Date: 2004-03-20 Member: 27460Members, Playtest Lead, Forum Moderators, Constellation, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue, Squad Five Silver, Squad Five Gold, NS2 Map Tester, Reinforced - Onos, WC 2013 - Gold, Subnautica Playtester, Forum staff
    Even better, a screen cap of one of the "mapper machines" taking a new screenshot every so offen :)
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  • Chris0132Chris0132 Join Date: 2009-07-25 Member: 68262Members
    "Here is a blurry image of lots of people sitting at computers."

    "Here is another blurry image of lots of people sitting at computers in slightly different postures."

    "Here is an additional blurry image of lots of people sitting at computers except that dude in the corner isn't there any more because he went to the toilet he will be back in a few minutes."

    Riveting stuff.
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  • schkorpioschkorpio I can mspaint Join Date: 2003-05-23 Member: 16635Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1775452:date=Jun 19 2010, 08:19 PM:name=Chris0132)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Chris0132 @ Jun 19 2010, 08:19 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1775452"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->"Here is an additional blurry image of lots of people sitting at computers except that dude in the corner isn't there any more because he went to the toilet he will be back in a few minutes."<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->


    i think i saw a fade in the background!!!
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  • ObraxisObraxis Subnautica Animator & Generalist, NS2 Person Join Date: 2004-07-24 Member: 30071Super Administrators, Forum Admins, NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, NS2 Developer, Constellation, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Silver, WC 2013 - Supporter, Subnautica Developer, Pistachionauts
    "Flayra's entered the Diary room"
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  • Renegade.Renegade. Join Date: 2003-01-15 Member: 12313Members, Constellation
    [quote name='Chris0132' date='Jun 19 2010, 05:19 AM' post='1775452'
    Riveting stuff.
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    Meh, that's how they all are, it's expected. It's not meant for lively entertainment, it's meant to provide a closer connection between the community and the people who are making this game.
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  • steppin'razorsteppin'razor Join Date: 2008-09-18 Member: 65033Members, Constellation
    edited June 2010
    Compromise with a videocast thing?
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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu Anememone Join Date: 2002-03-23 Member: 345Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1775642:date=Jun 20 2010, 05:05 PM:name=steppin'razor)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (steppin'razor @ Jun 20 2010, 05:05 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1775642"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Compromise with a videocast thing?<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    That's not a compromise, that's a waste of time for the team compared to the work they could be doing.
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  • IronFistIronFist Join Date: 2006-12-01 Member: 58805Members
    <!--fonto:Courier New--><span style="font-family:Courier New"><!--/fonto--><!--sizeo:1--><span style="font-size:8pt;line-height:100%"><!--/sizeo--><b>8:00 AM</b> - Camera set up; streaming. News post made.
    <b> 9:00 AM </b> - 1,450 viewers.
    <b> 11:00 AM </b> - Someone makes a thread on 4chan with UWE's address.
    <b>11:25 AM</b> - Pizza delivery.
    <b>11:31 AM</b> - Pizza delivery.
    <b>11:38 AM</b> - Party caterers arrive.
    <b>11:40 AM</b> - Pizza delivery.
    <b>11:45 AM</b> - Lumber truck arrives.
    <b>11:48 AM</b> - Escorts arrive for one Matt Regan.
    <b>12:00 PM</b> - Pizza delivery.
    <b>12:05 PM</b> - Homey the clown arrives.
    <b>12:06 PM</b> - Animal Control arrives in response to frantic calls about a large elephant-like horned beast on the premises.
    <b>12:08 PM</b> - SWAT team arrives to investigate reports of armed individuals constructing "infantry portals" on the premises.
    <b>12:10 PM</b> - Camera is taken offline.<!--sizec--></span><!--/sizec--><!--fontc--></span><!--/fontc-->
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  • Dalin SeivewrightDalin Seivewright 0x0000221E Join Date: 2007-10-20 Member: 62685Members, Constellation
    <!--quoteo(post=1775659:date=Jun 20 2010, 05:29 PM:name=TychoCelchuuu)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (TychoCelchuuu @ Jun 20 2010, 05:29 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1775659"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->That's not a compromise, that's a waste of time for the team compared to the work they could be doing.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Really though? Let us not forget that the Videocasts were fun, interactive and fullfilled the communitys desire for updates far greater than just text did. Likewise with podcasts. I would argue that they probably pulled in a lot of old NS1 fans as well as new NS2 fans. It is something that not a lot of game companies, indie or otherwise are doing and it sets UWE apart from the others.

    A polished videocast isn't required either. Get a video camera and shoot it Guerilla-style going around the office and just talking to some of the UWE team about whats going on in the office and what they're working on right now. Everyone talks about "the work that they could be doing" but making weekly posts on Friday take time away from the work they they could be doing. Maybe they should stop those too... the time that they would save would mean we would get our Alpha a couple of hours sooner. And don't say this because I'm not grateful for the fact that they do try to push out weekly updates, and that they make the occasional twitter posts, but there is no reason why they can't take some time to make the odd videocast everyone once in awhile again.
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  • DrownDrown Underwater Join Date: 2002-12-02 Member: 10392Members
    I'm not sure I want to see that. Just wait till one night when Cory forgets about it and plays "the gorge puts the lotion on its skin" with the plushies they are keeping secret.
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  • Chris0132Chris0132 Join Date: 2009-07-25 Member: 68262Members
    edited June 2010
    <!--quoteo(post=1775631:date=Jun 20 2010, 09:05 PM:name=R_e_n_e_g_a_d_e)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (R_e_n_e_g_a_d_e @ Jun 20 2010, 09:05 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1775631"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Meh, that's how they all are, it's expected. It's not meant for lively entertainment, it's meant to provide a closer connection between the community and the people who are making this game.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    It'd be cheaper to just take 20 pictures with a camera phone and build a gif out of them, then post it on the front page.

    <!--quoteo(post=1775662:date=Jun 21 2010, 01:16 AM:name=Dalin Seivewright)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Dalin Seivewright @ Jun 21 2010, 01:16 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1775662"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Really though? Let us not forget that the Videocasts were fun, interactive and fullfilled the communitys desire for updates far greater than just text did. Likewise with podcasts. I would argue that they probably pulled in a lot of old NS1 fans as well as new NS2 fans. It is something that not a lot of game companies, indie or otherwise are doing and it sets UWE apart from the others.

    A polished videocast isn't required either. Get a video camera and shoot it Guerilla-style going around the office and just talking to some of the UWE team about whats going on in the office and what they're working on right now. Everyone talks about "the work that they could be doing" but making weekly posts on Friday take time away from the work they they could be doing. Maybe they should stop those too... the time that they would save would mean we would get our Alpha a couple of hours sooner. And don't say this because I'm not grateful for the fact that they do try to push out weekly updates, and that they make the occasional twitter posts, but there is no reason why they can't take some time to make the odd videocast everyone once in awhile again.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    If someone did that to me every week while I'm trying to model I would end up digging a spiked trench around my desk by week four.
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  • Renegade.Renegade. Join Date: 2003-01-15 Member: 12313Members, Constellation
    <!--quoteo(post=1775742:date=Jun 21 2010, 03:45 PM:name=Chris0132)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Chris0132 @ Jun 21 2010, 03:45 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1775742"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->It'd be cheaper to just take 20 pictures with a camera phone and build a gif out of them, then post it on the front page.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    A live webcam stream can be set up faster and easier than you can type out "Graphics Interchange Format".
    Web2.0. Embrace it.
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  • TheGivingTreeTheGivingTree Join Date: 2003-01-09 Member: 12070Members
    No one else thinks this is borderline creepy?? Let the men work.. no reason to start stalking.
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  • Squeal_Like_A_PigSqueal_Like_A_Pig Janitor Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 66Members, Super Administrators, NS1 Playtester, NS2 Developer, Reinforced - Supporter, WC 2013 - Silver, Subnautica Developer
    <!--quoteo(post=1775790:date=Jun 22 2010, 05:23 AM:name=TheGivingTree)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (TheGivingTree @ Jun 22 2010, 05:23 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1775790"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->No one else thinks this is borderline creepy?? Let the men work.. no reason to start stalking.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Yes, this whole cam thing is borderline creepy.

    Now this:

    <!--quoteo(post=1775740:date=Jun 21 2010, 08:16 PM:name=Drown)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Drown @ Jun 21 2010, 08:16 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1775740"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Just wait till one night when Cory forgets about it and plays "the gorge puts the lotion on its skin" with the plushies they are keeping secret.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    That's way past the border, into Creepyland.

    --Cory
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  • xposed-xposed- Join Date: 2007-09-23 Member: 62412Members, Constellation
    <!--quoteo(post=1775740:date=Jun 22 2010, 04:16 AM:name=Drown)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Drown @ Jun 22 2010, 04:16 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1775740"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->I'm not sure I want to see that. Just wait till one night when Cory forgets about it and plays "the gorge puts the lotion on its skin" with the plushies they are keeping secret.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    lol'd, hard. hard.
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  • MotherGooseMotherGoose Join Date: 2002-03-12 Member: 308Members, Constellation
    <!--quoteo(post=1775661:date=Jun 21 2010, 10:07 AM:name=IronFist)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (IronFist @ Jun 21 2010, 10:07 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1775661"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec--><!--fonto:Courier New--><span style="font-family:Courier New"><!--/fonto--><!--sizeo:1--><span style="font-size:8pt;line-height:100%"><!--/sizeo--><b>8:00 AM</b> - Camera set up; streaming. News post made.
    <b> 9:00 AM </b> - 1,450 viewers.
    <b> 11:00 AM </b> - Someone makes a thread on 4chan with UWE's address.
    <b>11:25 AM</b> - Pizza delivery.
    <b>11:31 AM</b> - Pizza delivery.
    <b>11:38 AM</b> - Party caterers arrive.
    <b>11:40 AM</b> - Pizza delivery.
    <b>11:45 AM</b> - Lumber truck arrives.
    <b>11:48 AM</b> - Escorts arrive for one Matt Regan.
    <b>12:00 PM</b> - Pizza delivery.
    <b>12:05 PM</b> - Homey the clown arrives.
    <b>12:06 PM</b> - Animal Control arrives in response to frantic calls about a large elephant-like horned beast on the premises.
    <b>12:08 PM</b> - SWAT team arrives to investigate reports of armed individuals constructing "infantry portals" on the premises.
    <b>12:10 PM</b> - Camera is taken offline.<!--sizec--></span><!--/sizec--><!--fontc--></span><!--/fontc--><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    lulz for ironfist.

    i can sooo see this being the outcome.
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  • yourbonesakinyourbonesakin Join Date: 2005-08-06 Member: 57682Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1775661:date=Jun 20 2010, 07:07 PM:name=IronFist)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (IronFist @ Jun 20 2010, 07:07 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1775661"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec--><!--fonto:Courier New--><span style="font-family:Courier New"><!--/fonto--><!--sizeo:1--><span style="font-size:8pt;line-height:100%"><!--/sizeo--><b>8:00 AM</b> - Camera set up; streaming. News post made.
    <b> 9:00 AM </b> - 1,450 viewers.
    <b> 11:00 AM </b> - Someone makes a thread on 4chan with UWE's address.
    <b>11:25 AM</b> - Pizza delivery.
    <b>11:31 AM</b> - Pizza delivery.
    <b>11:38 AM</b> - Party caterers arrive.
    <b>11:40 AM</b> - Pizza delivery.
    <b>11:45 AM</b> - Lumber truck arrives.
    <b>11:48 AM</b> - Escorts arrive for one Matt Regan.
    <b>12:00 PM</b> - Pizza delivery.
    <b>12:05 PM</b> - Homey the clown arrives.
    <b>12:06 PM</b> - Animal Control arrives in response to frantic calls about a large elephant-like horned beast on the premises.
    <b>12:08 PM</b> - SWAT team arrives to investigate reports of armed individuals constructing "infantry portals" on the premises.
    <b>12:10 PM</b> - Camera is taken offline.<!--sizec--></span><!--/sizec--><!--fontc--></span><!--/fontc--><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I lol'd :)
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  • JibrailJibrail Join Date: 2009-04-16 Member: 67200Members
    edited June 2010
    ill visit them bringing cookies and milk and while they are so busy eating ill install spycams ALL over the place, and yes including the mens room..

    seriusly thou I dont like a the idea a bit, well maybe a video/voice chat upon the release but nothing more than that.
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  • KamakazieKamakazie Join Date: 2002-11-25 Member: 9958Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1775661:date=Jun 20 2010, 07:07 PM:name=IronFist)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (IronFist @ Jun 20 2010, 07:07 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1775661"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec--><!--fonto:Courier New--><span style="font-family:Courier New"><!--/fonto--><!--sizeo:1--><span style="font-size:8pt;line-height:100%"><!--/sizeo--><b>8:00 AM</b> - Camera set up; streaming. News post made.
    <b> 9:00 AM </b> - 1,450 viewers.
    <b> 11:00 AM </b> - Someone makes a thread on 4chan with UWE's address.
    <b>11:25 AM</b> - Pizza delivery.
    <b>11:31 AM</b> - Pizza delivery.
    <b>11:38 AM</b> - Party caterers arrive.
    <b>11:40 AM</b> - Pizza delivery.
    <b>11:45 AM</b> - Lumber truck arrives.
    <b>11:48 AM</b> - Escorts arrive for one Matt Regan.
    <b>12:00 PM</b> - Pizza delivery.
    <b>12:05 PM</b> - Homey the clown arrives.
    <b>12:06 PM</b> - Animal Control arrives in response to frantic calls about a large elephant-like horned beast on the premises.
    <b>12:08 PM</b> - SWAT team arrives to investigate reports of armed individuals constructing "infantry portals" on the premises.
    <b>12:10 PM</b> - Camera is taken offline.<!--sizec--></span><!--/sizec--><!--fontc--></span><!--/fontc--><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    This is the only outcome possible.
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  • Renegade.Renegade. Join Date: 2003-01-15 Member: 12313Members, Constellation
    You guys do realize this information is already publicly available right? and that a webcam doesn't automagically give away your address?
    UWE is listed on several business indexes for the San Fran Bay area, not in the least detailing office address, phone numbers, contact names, CEO, number of employees, map directions, etc. the works. If they were going to get swatted, I'd expect San Fran police would have already seized a copy of the alpha and it would have been leaked by now.
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