I think the very next best thing to one's studly prowess with a spinfusor is the ability to show it off to other people. While demos are not critically important, they answer important questions about the fine and gentle art of tribal warfare such as:
How did that sucker manage to sneak up behind me and get my flag?
How high did my mortar spam make those body parts fly?
When I spammed behind that hill, did I hit anything?
Did that guy flop around on the ground for one or two seconds after I disc mined him?
And on a more serious note, what makes the really great players great?
I think the minimum is to be able to convert a saved game into an mpeg for extraction of the 'good parts' of a game. Beyond that, I think we get into an area of personal preferences vs. limits of what Sierra is willing to spend on enhanced capability.
What do you think would make for really kick-ass demo capability? How about if you're filming for bragging rights as an individual, game dissection as a tribe, or creating great game commentary as a shout caster?
How did that sucker manage to sneak up behind me and get my flag?
How high did my mortar spam make those body parts fly?
When I spammed behind that hill, did I hit anything?
Did that guy flop around on the ground for one or two seconds after I disc mined him?
And on a more serious note, what makes the really great players great?
I think the minimum is to be able to convert a saved game into an mpeg for extraction of the 'good parts' of a game. Beyond that, I think we get into an area of personal preferences vs. limits of what Sierra is willing to spend on enhanced capability.
What do you think would make for really kick-ass demo capability? How about if you're filming for bragging rights as an individual, game dissection as a tribe, or creating great game commentary as a shout caster?
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