The Outer Rim Smugglers upload their second live game video, this time featuring a scum v scum battle.
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Showing posts with label Outer Rim Smugglers. Show all posts
Friday, 3 April 2015
Saturday, 28 March 2015
ORS Covers X-Wing FAQ & Tournament rule changes (version 3.0/ Updated 3....
The Outer Rim Smugglers provide a pretty informative summary of the major changes in the new FAQ
Wednesday, 4 March 2015
ORS: Episode XX - X-Wing Battle Report - Tabletop game #1
After six months of publishing battle reports from vassal log files the Outer Rim Smugglers finally take the plunge into physical battle reports.
Here we see them adapt their onscreen interface to be used with a physical game using a fully top down camera angle and the squad indicators on the left and right margins.
They also substituted the lack of the dice roll window from vassal with their own dice roll animation and laser animations to help indicate attacks for the viewer.
as far as the video is concerned the only problem is the playfield used had some kind of a nebula or blackhole painted in the middle which creates a lot of noise and makes it harder to make out details in the play area.
The other downside is that the hosts themselves have become used to much shorter videos made from vassal logs where the pauses while players make a decision have been eliminated. In this case there are several moments that they are waiting for the game to progress and find them selves with little to say. hopefully with more videos of this kind under their belt they will start to find ways to fill the gaps and pauses to help keep viewer interest.
Here we see them adapt their onscreen interface to be used with a physical game using a fully top down camera angle and the squad indicators on the left and right margins.
They also substituted the lack of the dice roll window from vassal with their own dice roll animation and laser animations to help indicate attacks for the viewer.
as far as the video is concerned the only problem is the playfield used had some kind of a nebula or blackhole painted in the middle which creates a lot of noise and makes it harder to make out details in the play area.
The other downside is that the hosts themselves have become used to much shorter videos made from vassal logs where the pauses while players make a decision have been eliminated. In this case there are several moments that they are waiting for the game to progress and find them selves with little to say. hopefully with more videos of this kind under their belt they will start to find ways to fill the gaps and pauses to help keep viewer interest.
Friday, 6 February 2015
ORS: Episode XVI - X-Wing Battle Report - TCAces Round 4 - Sozin vs Dom
The Outer Rim Smugglers channel continues their coverage of the Team Covenant Aces tournament on vassal.
In this video they have completely revamped their graphics presentation, including a new way of condensing the squad lists, a targeting computer that gives crit descriptions and most importantly combat exchanges are now demonstrated showing laser beams beeing fired between the two ships involved. This just goes to show their commitment to the quality of their videos and their intent to make them as accessible by the widest possible audience.
The laser beams are not perfect yet, they are animated quickly and so it can be hard to tel which ship attacked, but this is definitely a step in the right direction.
In this video they have completely revamped their graphics presentation, including a new way of condensing the squad lists, a targeting computer that gives crit descriptions and most importantly combat exchanges are now demonstrated showing laser beams beeing fired between the two ships involved. This just goes to show their commitment to the quality of their videos and their intent to make them as accessible by the widest possible audience.
The laser beams are not perfect yet, they are animated quickly and so it can be hard to tel which ship attacked, but this is definitely a step in the right direction.
Saturday, 31 January 2015
ORS: Episode XV - X-Wing Battle Report - TCAces Round 3 - KeneticOpera...
The Outer Rim Smugglers review another TCAces match.
This match features a generic Y-Wing swarm using the most wanted expansion unreleased upgrades against a squad of sigma squadron TIE Phantom
This match features a generic Y-Wing swarm using the most wanted expansion unreleased upgrades against a squad of sigma squadron TIE Phantom
Thursday, 22 January 2015
Episode XIV - X-Wing Battle Report - TCAces Round 2 - Sozin vs Starsli...
Another Vassal report from the Outer rim Smugglers as they bring us a round 2 match from the Team covenant aces event currently taking place.
This game is interesting because it uses a great deal of unreleased content. The autothrusters upgrade makes an appearance on Soontir Fel and no less than 5 TIE Advanced on the playfield featuring both the advanced targeting computer and the accuracy corrector unreleased upgrade cards.
Take a look and see if the newly buffed TIE Advanced get a fair shake of it in this match up.
This game is interesting because it uses a great deal of unreleased content. The autothrusters upgrade makes an appearance on Soontir Fel and no less than 5 TIE Advanced on the playfield featuring both the advanced targeting computer and the accuracy corrector unreleased upgrade cards.
Take a look and see if the newly buffed TIE Advanced get a fair shake of it in this match up.
Thursday, 15 January 2015
ORS: Episode XIII - Battlereport - TCAces Round 1 - Morgan vs Scott final
Another Vassal Report from the Outer Rim Smugglers.
This is an excellent game between Mr Froggies from the Scum and Villainy podcast and Morgan Reid, world championship runner-up. In this video the guys have not included the dice roll sounds so keep a close eye on that dice roll box so as not to miss anything.
This is an excellent game between Mr Froggies from the Scum and Villainy podcast and Morgan Reid, world championship runner-up. In this video the guys have not included the dice roll sounds so keep a close eye on that dice roll box so as not to miss anything.
Wednesday, 7 January 2015
ORS: Episode XII - Battlereport Sigzog vs Luke
http://youtu.be/sK8keMkh1V0
The Outer Rim Smugglers channel runs battle reports from vassal log files. In this case one of the commentators was one of the participants. Speaking of the commentary the two individuals are chatty and agreeable although their accents may make it difficult for some viewers to understand them. Even so they do an excellent job maintaining the chatter and commenting with very little dead air. This of course is made easier for them by using a vassal log as the action moves along much quicker than a standard game.
With regards to the Vassall battle report it can be very informative and equally interesting. However I find that at times they seem to skip through the log file a little too quickly making it dificult to follow all the dice rolls.
The production quality of Outer Rim Smugglers is very good, with ship stats being prominently displayed on the screen at all times and animations and sound cues used to inform of shield/ hull hits. They also present the full lists played at the begining of the video in a very clear manner.
The Outer Rim Smugglers have produced about a dozen of these videos so far and the draw factor of their videos in my opinion is the insightful commentary, the down side being that they use vassall logs.
Score: 8/10
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