CoTCast : Episode 000 : Show Notes

[Zeli]

Episode 000: This is the introduction podcast for Circle of Trust, an mmorpg guild.

cotcast.podbean.com/

Show notes:

Circle of Trust : www.circleoftrust.org

Email: [e-mail]

Other Podcasts mentioned:

• EA Mythic Official Warhammer Online website: www.warhammeronline.com/
  
• Warhamma : www.warhamma.com/
  
• WARTalk Podcast : We couldn’t find a link, but if you use iTunes, search WARTalk and it is the one by Jared Boyce.

Please feel free to share your comments here.

[Thrakus]

very excellent. Good work you two.

I loved it. I hated it. I wanted to take it out to dinner, have a one night stand, and never call it again.
Coyote Ugly ftw!

seriously though great great job can't wait to hear the next one.

[Tye]

That was cool!

I want more! ;D

we had a newsletter?

[Odie]

ABB... i think the words you used were "...or whatever they do in their pathetic lives"?!?!?!?

Um... let's think about that for a moment

Ok, times up!!

I just want to point out who was doing the Podcast?

Just Kidding!!

Great Job you two!

I think we should do i segment where you ask everyone a random question that catches them off guard and they have to answer with the first thing that comes to mind. Maybe you could record it off TS or something and add it in. I Always thought those kinda things were funny as hell!!!

[Zeli]

Nice!

Yep, we have lots of plans for the podcast. As Wrasse, Ab and Thrakus can verify, I’ve bombarded them with show outlines and episode topics and random other ideas already. I've got some intro and outro music for the first episode as well. We’re working on getting more people involved through TS, maybe some “celebrity” bumpers, and we’ll be doing some in-game TS outtakes once WAR is actually released too. People say that teamspeak is problematic for podcasts because the sound quality is pretty bad and there is a lot of latency that makes conversations confusing and jumbled, but we’ll be testing that out in a couple weeks. We’re not really going for a professional sound so we’ll have to see how it works for us.

We may do one more with just Ab and I but that is only because we’re heading on vacation this Friday and we won’t be able to get people together, test TS and coordinate more people in the podcast before that. When we get back, we’ve already tortured Wrasse & Thrakus into being in the next one. It will probably be impossible to always get the same 4 people in the podcast so we’ll be open to having other members take part in this as well. We want to keep it to 3 or 4 people per podcast though because any more than that and keeping the voices straight can be confusing for the listeners (all 3 of you!) and any fewer than that and it’s just not a very engaging conversation. Ab and I do not have good voices so no one wants to hear us for an entire podcast either.

[Odie]

Add me to the list!!

Maybe we should assign people certain topics or departments.

Someone does new WAR updates, guild info, tech news, things like that.

Just some ideas.

I will look around to see if there are better avenues that support multiple voice recording. I will let you know my findings

[Zeli]

I'm really glad people are interested in it! We already have a plan and format for the podcast, so listen to about 4 or 5 episodes and then we'll see how we're doing and look at what we need to change. I'm sure we'll make many adjustments as we go. They say the first 4 are where you learn what you want. We’ve got a lot in the works but I really didn’t expect such a warm welcome to the podcast so I wasn’t going to bore people with details this early on. I am a freak and I have main discussion topics for the first 20 episodes already and an outline with who’s doing what and things like that.

The only reason for the podcast is because it's more fun to do, more fun to listen to and easier, less time consuming and more accessible than the newsletter was. Once WAR launches we'll have much less time to invest in the podcast so we don't want to set the bar too high. As we said in the intro-cast, this is a one-take deal. We want it to be very natural and fun. This is a casual guild. We want the podcast to be reflective of that. Often times, our teamspeak is very entertaining (to ourselves anyway) and I’m hoping to capture that vibe with the podcast.

I know of better voice recording stuff but I don’t want to add too many different items right away. We have TS, it's free and everyone has it downloaded so we'll see how that goes. if it sucks we'll try out Gizmo (which is recommended by a couple of “how to podcast” sources I’ve found and it’s free).

I do want an initiate in each podcast if possible to kind of give a different perspective to the discussions. I think 2 oldies and a newb will make for interesting perspectives (with the 4th being whoever we can drag into joining us). Most guild topics are simply known and unspoken between the Core Members and doubt that will make for interesting discussion if any discussion at all. I don't want disagreements, but a fresh point of view will be good.

We will also be doing some guildie interviews as well so everyone will have a chance to get into the podcast if they want to.

Currently I’ve bugged Wrasse and Thrakus into doing the podcasts with Ab and I. I was shocked that they were interested! Like I said, there will be times when one or maybe even both are not available. What I’ll do for those shows is post the topic and ask if anyone is available for the recording time.

If people want to get involved right away, we do need celebrity bumpers! Simply record yourself saying something like, “Hi, this is Odalus and you’re listening to CoTCast.” Or something similar. Feel free to elaborate. And we’ll stick those on as part of the intro to the podcast. I’ll welcome as many of these as people want to send! Email the recording to [e-mail]

[falconrye]

Great job, can't wait till next episode.

[Aberrant]

ABB... i think the words you used were "...or whatever they do in their pathetic lives"?!?!?!?

Hey...I am the one whose life is so pathetic that I want to hear about the lives of others.....

[Shenro]

That was pretty neat. Now if only I could get my BlackBerry to automatically download the podcast for me as it comes out I'd be all set.

[Thrakus]

Jun 2, 2008 18:57:43 GMT -5 Aberrant said:

ABB... i think the words you used were "...or whatever they do in their pathetic lives"?!?!?!?

Hey...I am the one whose life is so pathetic that I want to hear about the lives of others.....

no really it is....I mean....he plays Wii

oh and for the podcasts, once the game hits I could be the class reviewer.....since I will be playing all of them in the first month up to lvl 10 before I get bored and move on.

[Odie]

We need to have a intro song.

Any ideas?

I would be happy to work on it

[Raizir]

Very nice guys well i will certainly listen in... though getting me to say anything... might be tough hehe i am a... man of ... umm ... action yeah thats it... I am a bit suprised that you didnt call it something like the Taint cast or something like that.

[Maeve]

Jun 3, 2008 15:26:04 GMT -5 Odie said:

We need to have a intro song.

Any ideas?

I vote for this...

[Kaarenyth]

We'll I'm way Behind on listening to these but I got a giggle of hearing Ab and Zeli on Epis:000 and wanted to chime in there a little bit, I never had a lot of free time and just decided to play one during a very boring conf call so 5 minutes later I wanted Epis: 002 (hey what happens when you hit Epis:999? going to A00-A99? or are you going to go hex the whole way up like 000-00F, 010-01F, etc...


Anyway - Makes we want to get an MP3 Player so I can listen on the way home.


Ohh - and for a song, the Folks at blind ferret entertainment (Least I could do - just released a parody clip and re-worked called "Where is the Head" I think could work