HyperRPG Battletech Stream Tomorrow!

[Exemplar Voss]

Having seen the type of streams they do on their youtube channel, they couldn't pay me $6 to watch a few guys/gals stumbling around a game trying to imitate Pudiepie. No thanks, I'll keep watching Cohh.

It's unfortunate when the hype for BT is so high atm, they decide to keep the content (and not exactly high quality, expensive content at that) behind a pay wall. BT needs all the exposure it can get and as the only other streaming channel, they want to charge people $6?

So don't watch it. It wasn't very good, had a lot of noise from people chattering in the background, and various annoying sound effects.

There are other streams to catch if you don't want to spend $6. There isn't much point in continuing to advertise for them if you don't like it.

 

[shadojak]

I didn't watch it on account of my attempts to avoid spoilers but Darren (bombadil) did a stream on no guts no galaxy last night.

I could probably promise you, hand on bible that there would be no screaming and the man knows his battletech about as well as anyone does.

https://www.twitch.tv/ngngtv

The NGNG stream was fantastic. First one I've seen that showed game play the way I would do it.

 

[shadojak]

No one needs it, just not agreeing that a key is being handed to a company/streamer (/whatever) that charges the fanbase for viewing what they bought

Ummmm, don't know if its because I'm not using the app and viewing through my browser, but I watched the entire stream free.

 

[Fragilehardass]

Ummmm, don't know if its because I'm not using the app and viewing through my browser, but I watched the entire stream free.

You can watch the stream live, you just have to pay to watch their video's

 

[shadojak]

You can watch the stream live, you just have to pay to watch their video's

YouTube? Its free.

 

[kvetcha]

The most ironic point of this whole discussion is that HyperRPG probably had the most painful-to-watch of all the BT livestreams yesterday. You’d be better off watching NGNG (veteran perspective) or Cohh (newcomer perspective) videos for free.

 

[hewhoispale]

YouTube? Its free.

Hyper RPG's Twitch VODs are subscriber only. It's part of their revenue model.

 

[Cyttorak001]

Hyper RPG's Twitch VODs are subscriber only. It's part of their revenue model.

Which is why I wasn't able to watch it. With all the other streams coming out, I'll just watch those for free instead.

 

[shadojak]

Which is why I wasn't able to watch it. With all the other streams coming out, I'll just watch those for free instead.

I saw all three (plus a few minutes of @Prussian Havoc's Russian friend) and the NGNG was the one I enjoyed the most.

 

[hewhoispale]

Hyper RPG's energy level is very much not my thing personally, but I love their passion. It's great to see people that excited about doing fun things.

 

[Deaghaidh]

While gamer entitlement is annoying, I'm becoming more annoyed with every minor criticism being dismissed as entitled whining.

 

[Jamey]

Sorry to hear you didn’t like the stream.

HyperRPG is a community first channel and without those subscribers it would not exist. So thanking those kind folks, interacting with the chat, just being all weird and fun is their trademark.

There are plenty of other serious gamer streams in the world, I’m glad Hyper does it their way. Kind of makes them unique.

-Arislen

I've watched DFA and their Shadowrun game before and found the balance much better.

I'm trying to provide feedback because I enjoyed their streams in the past. It's been a while since I watched any of their videos, so I'm not sure if it was simply ShyGuy that I didn't care for, or if the channel in general has moved away from my tastes.

I saw all three (plus a few minutes of @Prussian Havoc's Russian friend) and the NGNG was the one I enjoyed the most.

I also saw part of the NGNG stream. It's my favorite stream so far. It looks like their video archive is free, so I'm watching it from the beginning now.

 

[Mojo Amok]

Everyone should watch the Bombadil stream over on No Guts, No Galaxy - https://www.twitch.tv/videos/244487616

Cohh is a lot of fun and keeps the banter going, but Bombadil actually knew what he was doing - plus there were multiple HBS devs in there answering questions and being fairly candid.

Bombadil stream is stronk stream. Very stronk.

 

[kvetcha]

Everyone should watch the Bombadil stream over on No Guts, No Galaxy - https://www.twitch.tv/videos/244487616

Cohh is a lot of fun and keeps the banter going, but Bombadil actually knew what he was doing - plus there were multiple HBS devs in there answering questions and being fairly candid.

Bombadil stream is stronk stream. Very stronk.

I've got it going in the background. He is a lot more well-versed in the universe and the mechanics, for sure.

There's something about Cohh's newbie enthusiasm that I really enjoyed, though. Looking forward to seeing how he tackles his next contract today.

 

[Cyttorak001]

Everyone should watch the Bombadil stream over on No Guts, No Galaxy - https://www.twitch.tv/videos/244487616

Cohh is a lot of fun and keeps the banter going, but Bombadil actually knew what he was doing - plus there were multiple HBS devs in there answering questions and being fairly candid.

Bombadil stream is stronk stream. Very stronk.

Like bool.

 

[Cyttorak001]

I've got it going in the background. He is a lot more well-versed in the universe and the mechanics, for sure.

There's something about Cohh's newbie enthusiasm that I really enjoyed, though. Looking forward to seeing how he tackles his next contract today.

People complain about him not knowing the system, but I was surprised at how quickly he adapted. He even guessed a game mechanic or two correctly that he didn't know for sure (although he also guessed one or two wrong).

 

[kvetcha]

People complain about him not knowing the system, but I was surprised at how quickly he adapted. He even guessed a game mechanic or two correctly that he didn't know for sure (although he also guessed one or two wrong).

And honestly, it's a fun little dynamic to have people in the chat helping explain things to him. It feels more interactive.

 

[Kyuui]

The three battletech streams I got to watch yesterday were all pretty awesome. I'm kind of sad I didn't get to know about a couple of the other ones earlier (and thus missed them; like someone said previously, I usually don't have extra time to watch previously live content not-live)...

The Paradox stream with Mitch and Kiva was wonderful in that I got to see a lot about the game itself in a walk-through fashion of what you can do. Maybe I'm a little kid at heart because I loved the entire path routing on the starsystem maps. Or maybe like a handful of chat members, I just want to find Zathras and go there first, hahaha. Overall, it was great to see Mitch and Kiva showcase something they've been working so hard on. (P.S. Kiva you did great for being so nervous! I read your twitter sometimes. )

Cohh's stream was a great "newbie playing BT" experience. I loved his voice overs too, haha. But maybe it's because this is the first time I've watched him, when I had something else to do, I actually just got up and did it. Made me feel kind of bad, but what I got to see from his stream was great. It was really fun seeing his take on the character creation.

HyperRPG's stream was the one I connected with the most because I regularly watch these dorks play games and stay hyper (Matt) or salty (Zac). After watching Zac salt his way through FC5 for a few nights, it was refreshing seeing Matt's hyperoptimism trying to play the game. Like Cohh, Matt is a BT newbie; he's only played the early access beta once or twice before. I am not at all surprised that he failed to do some of the things a seasoned veteran at these games would do (i.e. immediately hover over bolded, differently coloured words to see if there was information there). His reasoning for the character background, like Cohh, was amusing to watch.

I hear Matt did okay at the mission that Cohh failed at first (but then got to do over and succeeded!). I kind of want these two newbies to play with each other just to see which newbie succeeds. Bracket of the newbs?

It really does seem to me that HBS did a great job creating a game that newbies and veterans alike can enjoy!

 

[Deaghaidh]

I'd say of the two I enjoyed the HyperRPG somewhat more. He was a bit more on the ball, and he had an infectious enthusiams. Plus there was a cameo appearance by a dog.

I initially didn't like Cohh as much, and his inability to follow basic cues the game was giving him was kind of frustrating. "Here's the primary objective. But destroy this first, seriously." "I guess I march straight in front of these turrets then. Aaaah! The intro was confusing!"

He did ultimately win me over with his very palpable excitement over all the options on the drop ship. "What's this do? OMG guys this is so cool! I can change this thing, and look at all the options here, and wow all these stars have different missions? That's nuts!"

I'd note that both had trouble understanding how to use morale abilities and the multi-shot skill at first, so that's something that might warrant some more explanation in the tutorials.

 

[Kyuui]

I think that's something I love from ANY newbie streamer. I love that they see these things that maybe veteran streamers (of the IP) look at and go, "Ah yeah, that thing. Gotta optimise..." and the people new to the IP go "OH MY GOODNESS THIS IS AMAZING!" It really puts the wonder back into your eyes about all the cool stuff that has kind of become commonplace if you're used to the IP. (This is in general and not just for BattleTech! I'm sure HBS has created a game that will give new and veteran players a sense of wonder about different -- or even the same -- things!)