Chad: You picked the wrong day to mess with me, nerd.
Re: "The Video Archive"
Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2009 2:13 pm
by Nihillo
mswf wrote:
My favourite quote:
Hidden/Spoiler:
Chad: You picked the wrong day to mess with me, nerd.
Anything chad says is hilarious. I wonder if they will ever use that Force Ghost guy again, you know, that one who had to do silly dances or clap and scream very loud to disappear... it would bring back some of that "Star Wars" feeling of the first season, they kind of lost it along the way, but the show is still funny.
This video shows what happens if Deadeye Duncan actually beats you in the duel ring. Gave me a bit of a chuckle.
Haha, you have to be really bad to lose to Deadeye Duncan, he practically beats himself.
I remember reading that in the cut content from KoTOR, Duncan would have survived the destruction of Taris and could be found in Manaan, I wish they kept that in, it would have added a nice irony to this little story.
Re: "The Video Archive"
Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2009 3:57 pm
by RogueKnight
Nihillo wrote:
I remember reading that in the cut content from KoTOR, Duncan would have survived the destruction of Taris and could be found in Manaan, I wish they kept that in, it would have added a nice irony to this little story.
This video probably has the longest joke set-up ever. And it has some very nice music as well. (just watch the whole thing; you've got to believe me on this) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRPJh-LJ ... r_embedded
(there is only a little bit of strong language and one violent (not shown) moment. Just so you can be prepared)
Re: "The Video Archive"
Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2009 8:38 pm
by Nihillo
mswf wrote:This video probably has the longest joke set-up ever. And it has some very nice music as well. (just watch the whole thing; you've got to believe me on this) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRPJh-LJ ... r_embedded
(there is only a little bit of strong language and one violent (not shown) moment. Just so you can be prepared)
That was awesome! I was wondering by the end: "okay, what happened to the bus driver?"
Re: "The Video Archive"
Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 12:23 pm
by GangsterJawa
Nihillo wrote:
mswf wrote:This video probably has the longest joke set-up ever. And it has some very nice music as well. (just watch the whole thing; you've got to believe me on this) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRPJh-LJ ... r_embedded
(there is only a little bit of strong language and one violent (not shown) moment. Just so you can be prepared)
That was awesome! I was wondering by the end: "okay, what happened to the bus driver?"
Wow... that's the most depressing video with the funniest ending ever...
mswf wrote:BTW, has anyone else already watched "Chad breaks the internet"?
Yes, the Chad Vader series is hilarious! However, I like Season 1 and the Training Vids more than Season 2, which seems a bit off the mark with the whole "Baby Cookie" thing.
Ok, I found this to be intriguing: Magic or Math? He obviously has some sort of method, but it's still fun to play this two or three times to see the prediction come true every single time in this illusion: The Prediction (click)
Re: "The Video Archive"
Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 3:43 pm
by Nihillo
Devastator77 wrote:Ok, I found this to be intriguing: Magic or Math? He obviously has some sort of method, but it's still fun to play this two or three times to see the prediction come true every single time in this illusion: The Prediction (click)
"Manipulation" would be the proper term.
I see what he did there...
Long explanation:
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As soon as the game started I moved to the bored/unhappy face, I did that move subconciously because I was skeptical and that choice represented my mood, on the second time, I moved to the figure in the middle: the waves, I would not chose the happy face because that would be a contradiction of my previous subconcious statement of "bored/unhappy face", besides, the waves are in the middle, they are the first thing you see and the overall focus of your attention, on the third time, I moved to the Q but that was because I suddenly had an idea: I would try to fool him, I would keep going up and down, alternating between the waves and the Q, I quickly noticed that it would be foolish to choose the waves, because, as said before, they are the focus of the viewers' attention, so I moved away from them, I picked the arrows (again avoiding the happy face), however, he predicted that move and expected me to do so, I just did not notice he was one step ahead of me, I kept moving left and right until he trapped me on the Q by reducing the counting and removing the arrows, I had no choice but stay on the Q and the waves again (yet again avoiding the happy face), I felt like I was doing what he wanted me to do, and so I finally moved to the happy face and kept alternating between the Q and the happy face, in the end, he trapped me again my reducing my options and I was forced to stay in the happy face.
Of course, that is just one path, there are many other possibilities, he (or someone else) must have spent a lot of time planning this, matching the figures to induce the viewer to make certain logical associations and follow a predictable path, trapping him by limiting his options and time to think. Very clever.
OR
I'm just paranoid.
Re: "The Video Archive"
Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 3:56 pm
by mswf
I think that if you just look mathematically at it, you'll notice that there are no other options then end on that square. (he uses even/uneven numbers, whilst there is an even/uneven number of squares) It's simply impossible to end up on the house, the V etc.
Longified:
If there are only four squares left:
12
43
You start on 1 and you can only move an even number of steps. (it doesn't matter how big the number is)
It's now simply impossible to end on either 2 or 4. In this case, the maker of this video removes 2
1
43
Because of the earlier limitation, you have to stand on either 1 or 3
Now, when you are now told to move an uneven number of steps, you just have to end on 4.
Meaning, it's impossible for 1 or 3 to be occupied.
He removes 1
43
Since you were forced to be on 4, your only choice left when limited to one last step, is #3
The same principle applies to the larger field as well (even and uneven), but I think everyone gets the trick now.
Manipulating the audiences attention is for magic acts (though I'm not saying that's easy, it is a lot harder than this trick), this is just chromified fifth grade math
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Though it was cleverly made up
Re: "The Video Archive"
Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 4:16 pm
by Nihillo
To be honest, I suck at math.
Re: "The Video Archive"
Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 4:25 pm
by mswf
Well, to be honest, me too, but I somehow can see through simple abstract number ridles like these fairly easy. Making this is a different case however.
I am someone concerned that they are going to make another Indiana Jones movie! That cracked me up. Also, What am the sky, and How does eat food? Definitely one of my favorite PSA's.
Have you guys seen this? It's a fan-made short film about the events of Half-life 2: Episode 1, produced by a small team who apparently makes commercials.
I thought it was well done, they managed to capture the overall atmosphere of the game, the CGI looks alright (it came straight from the game afterall) and the costumes are actually pretty accurate and non-cheesy. I guess there will be more films in the future, there is a teaser for this series: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKffQO2UZBE.
Oh, yeah, before I forget:
ATTENTION
This film contains scenes depicting blood and harsh violence, and may not be appropriate for young audiences or sensitive viewers