Playing the Game of Life

Interesting doc...How are the 3 guys related other than being gamers? Do they know each other? The 2 guys were together in the living room in one shot.
A shorter, more condensed version would be great or something to show why they are so addicted or how & when they got started. I like the opening shots & VO. Gamers are cool...Good Job! ~MBS~

Hahahahaha. Justin Ratliff is the most hilarious guy in this pod. Priceless.
Its hilarious.

Uh. Yeah, it's a good topic. I've been thinking of exploring it too. I haven't seen much on the subject yet.

As for this particular piece, it's a rough draft. I'd like to see more focus, more drive toward a point. And get a shotgun mic...having the first guy wake up with a visible lav mic on his shirt got things off to a bad start. (You could even have used the onboard for a shot that close.)

There are some good ideas, but as others said, it drags too much and it needs a better focus rather than just "here are some gamers..." But keep at it! It takes practice to get good, and it takes a lot of work to practice.

scary.

It was great. This could get real funny. The best line was "Eww,I think I just touched its B-Hole".....priceless

Is this a mockumentary? Tell me that this couldn't have all been said in straight seriousness. Have we all just spent too much time looking at a screen??

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Excellent!

Nice shots. I'm a novice cameraperson and documentarist, so I'm paying attention to see how to make one-on-one interviews look more visually interesting.

I really liked how you drew their stories out, and organized them. I felt more depth and personal detail as it went on.

Good job on directing, shooting and editing yourself, too. GL.

I like the way you spec out your gamers with the spinning head shots.

Bravo.

I can see how this Pod could have been a lot longer than it was. Seems like you just scratched the surface with the whole stereotype thing, but I think it was good to limit it to just 6 minutes and stick with the one topic. I love the intro, makes it seem like a movie, and I love the "spinning heads". Greenlight.

I think this POD is too long. It isn't engaging enought to last six minuites.

Nicely put together.

Great editing.

geat use of camera and great audio. I think My Mom would love this one

Good video - nice mix of shots and characters, and some real pathos!

I like how you give good insight into each personality. I liked it...I feel as though you do get to know each "character". I would have liked for it to be longer though.

Sparticus, job well done. I'm interested to see your next pod cast.

First off, thank you to anyone who watched this and gave a comment, whether you gave it a greenlight or not. Some have commented that they would have liked to have seen how these three gamers interacted with one another. One, that would have been next to impossible with work schedules, and two, I wanted to keep the focus on the individual and present it as three separate profiles, yet tie it all together with a theme. But yeah, I agree, it would have been cool. Maybe next time? I shot a lot more footage for this pod and could have easily made it 20 minutes and included more topics, but I decided to pick stereotypes as the topic that tied all three gamers together. Thanks again for all your comments, that's why I'm here.

Very nice, I enjoyed it. I need Justin more than ever now! Keep up the good work Spartacus!

classy indeed

Very Cool. Definately TV worthy.

Cool Pod. I especially liked the music. hahaha
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Very interesting. I wish it could have been longer.

I like the clip. It accurately portrays gamers as real people who have a hobbie the same as someone who likes to fish or whatever. I love the spinning heads. I have to agree with some of the other posts that seeing the gamers interact together would have been cool. But definately a good quality piece. Hope it makes it to air. GOOD LUCK!

Nice work Chad!

Wow really great i enjoyed it! Mike is such a hottie! Woo Hoo! Anyways great film and hope to see more of them from u soon!

Loved the intro with the pizza and oreos and the accurate presentation of gamers as "normal" guys. 19 and married for 2 years...! The spinning head "select player" animation was a great touch! Well done. I look forward to more from this new film maker.

Justin is a hottie.

nice graphics, but come on dude 6 mins of this , you shoulda broke it into at least 3 pieces. get it toghter baby.

Good work!! When's the next one comin'???

Mogers :)

I really want those 6 minutes of my life back.

Pretty cool documentary. MOGERS!!!!!!!!!

Matt Rogers is adorable!

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This was fun(ny). Well done :)

You're my boy, MattPRogers.

nice flick ilu matt rogeRs! see you at w2z cutie ;o

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LoL

very nice, too bad im FAT lol j/k goodjob pimp

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Just as some constructive criticism, next time you should show each of them playing their specific game. Most people who are not gamers do not know what Day of Defeat is, or World of Warcraft, or any of the rts games. So show some clips of the people playing their games.

Nice job. Matt Rogers is the next Jackie Chan of movies (minus the kung fu).

mogers doin it big, it's your boy s0v holla at me 3h #clan3h u know what it is, keepin it movin i'ma go ahead and give this a green light mogers u nice son

Very good movie. Interesting and informative.

very smart movie. Matt Rogers is a very stunning, very up and coming actor.

OMG that's HOT! (hot, meaning 'hot'; not hot as an acronym like 'OMG' was before it. I put hot in caps to mean _really scorching_.)
I bought mogers a froster today because i knew i'd be really proud of him later for something.

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i heard that mogers kid is pretty amazing at dod, and making sandwiches

Although the introductions to the gamers are fun, they are quite long. I would rather get more actual content and information about these people. I would like to see them play together. How do they interact? Show me more about their home and life. Show us the wife! Wow how different and unexpected! I want to know more about that. Interview them together. How does marriage and games fit together? And I think that the fast cutting to different angles during the interviews is really distracting. At least maintain the same screen direction if you are going to do that. Good subject though. Good graphics. Like the turning heads.

N64 controllers and Dr. Evil cameo, excellent

Very well done. Can't wait to see the next one you do!