While doing some research for some upcoming shows I came across some very cool Quest tracking sheets made by ripchi from a website called Council of the Five. (http://www.ripchi.com/cotf/index.htm)
These are very useful and will be mentioned in the upcoming Podcast.
Thanks Ripchi!!
Well another week has gone by and I have made some progress with the podcast. I was able to record a 15 minutes segment just to find my podcast voice and practice my audio recording/editing. It seems I had a number of common mistakes and I am glad I spent the weekend recording these test casts.
First I was struggling with finding the right levels on the mixer. I had either too much reverb or bass. While listening to the playback in my Zune I started to hear more mistakes such as too much breathing sounds, pops and the S’s were very noticeable. I also expected I would have a lot of uhmss and ahhs but I found out that editing them is not all that bad. I had some lip-smacking as well. This too was editable.
I did some research on how to reduce these common mistakes so I feel very confident that I can get this under control. I seemed a bit nervous at first so I had to record several times before I started to get a good flow for the content. All in all I learned a lot this weekend that should improve the final recordings. I will make the necessary adjustments and try to get a complete show recorded here soon. I am still on track for the June 1st release date I set for myself. I will see you soon.
I have decided to open the forums. I have had a few people register and I figured since I am getting very close to recording the first shows I should open up the boards for feedback and suggestions. I have never posted this but my original plan was for the 1st show to be up and running on June 1st. I am very glad that I set that date as a goal since it has taken me a bit of time to get everything setup and stay on track without too much pressure. I have written topics for 7 shows and have been researching many topics for those shows.
It may not seem like I have done much other than post a small update each week but once the shows start flowing I hope you will all have a quality show that was well thought out. Then again that’s why I want to open the forums so I can fine tune the shows before my June 1st date. I will post a more detailed listing of the show format in the forums to get things started.
Stay tuned in the next few weeks as there will be a lot of activity here at the EQ2-Guides.
It’s been over a week since I last posed and no I have not faded yet. Very much has been done behind the scenes to solidify the show. I have now planned out 6 shows and been doing much research on the content. I have also decided on the format. The shows will start off at least as a series of podcasts. Each show can be one of any of the following series and more.
Deity Quest Series
Learning Series
Class Series
Zone Series
Tips Series
Quest Series
RAID Series
Social Series
Tradeskill Series
PVP Series
Etc…
Shows will follow the naming format for the RSS feeds as follows:
EQ-IQ Show#6 – Tips Series (Making Gold)
I wanted to be more focused within each show instead of having segments around these same topics. This list is not all inclusive and there will be more series to come. If this format does not work out or is not found to be very popular I can always incorporate these series shows into segments of a single show. I have listened to many podcasts and really haven’t found many shows that focus on one topic. Instead I here a lot of shows that are segmented which is quite fine however with so much information I have on various topics I don’t want to short change the listener when my goal is to be a podcast of information and practical guides. I want to go deep into some of these topics. So by electing to go with shows based on Series I can be quite flexible with my topics. I hope this will allow me to keep the information fresh. This also gives the advanced listener a choice if they do not want to listen to shows based on the newbie topics or the noob the choice of not listening to the topics on RAIDS etc.
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This weekend I installed a new hard drive with 500 GB of extras space. I need this extra space for the PodCasts among other things (games). While I was at it I decided to rebuild my entire machine so that pretty much shoot my entire weekend. It was well worth it since it gave me a chance to organize my computer more efficiently.
I also created a copy of the website on my local computer. I can now use this to test out changes to the website with out messing with the live site. I also upgraded the site to the new Wordpress 2.5. It was not as difficult as I suspected and everything seems to be stable with the site so far.
I am very much still planning and researching for some shows that will be recorded soon. I am trying to stock pile the content so when I get things up and running I will be able to account for issues that arise at the same time keeping the flow of shows moving. There will be some guides that I will post soon as a result of my research. Stay tuned.
