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The combos are nice.
The music is terrible.
Welcome to the world of "Combo Videos with Mediocre Music".

You might be inclined to say the music is less than mediocre.
Calling it stupid and awful.
I'd agree, but I like the alliteration "mediocre music".

This is a series I've started. I'll post every volume here. Feel free to share and stuff.

Volume 1

Volume 2

Volume 3​

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Just for lolz you should do a series of videos that intentionally breaks all of the rules stated here.
1. Shitty music

I don't care if you love Ayumi Hamasaki, or Nightwish, or Dragonforce, or Linkin Park, or whatever the fuck raver DJs you listen to. Point is, j-pop, j-rock, cheese metal, nu metal, trance/rave etc. have been done to death in combo videos and I don't wanna hear it any more. It'd be ridiculous to expect every video to contain music I like, but Christ, at least switch it up a little.

2. Long intros

I watch a combo video to see combos, not 5 minutes of logos or whatever. This should be proportionate to the amount of actual combo time in the video, but generally I think anything over a minute is just unreasonable, and even that's pushing it.

3. Long credits

Seriously, fuck your ego. A credits list should generally be simple, nobody watching gives enough of a shit about you to warrant a flashy sequence for every single random scrub who performed a combo in your vid. Do you think anybody even watches that shit? Just scroll the names and get the fuck out.

4. Anime clips

Just... why? Why would you think anyone wants to see this shit in a combo video? It doesn't look cool, it doesn't accentuate the experience of the video in any way, all I get from it is the knowledge that you're not just a fighting game nerd but a Wapanese **** as well. Please don't do this.

5. "Flashy" editing

"Flashy" is in quotes because the only people this shit looks "flashy" to are retarded kindergarteners. You know what I'm talking about; ugly-ass glittery shit flying all over the screen, random-ass overlays (generally used to credit the combo performer - that's what the credits are for, fuckface!), added hit effects, random filters, etc. It's fucking ugly, stop doing it.

6. Stupid sound management

Whether you like in-game sound with your vids is mostly a matter of personal preference, but if you choose to enable the sound, please keep it quiet. What's the point in including music if I can barely hear it because some underpaid Japanese voice actor is spewing shitty Engrish all over it? Always disable the in-game music, if you can't, don't have in-game sound at all. You aren't fucking Timbaland, and even if you were nobody would want to hear your 'Crawling'/'Is This True Love We're Making' remix.

7. Random variations in quality/volume

This kind of encompasses a few things. What I'm talking about is changing of sound levels/resolution/quality etc. between different clips in the same video. It just looks sloppy as fuck, and it's especially annoying when I turn up my speakers for one part of a video that's really quiet just to find the next part is REALLY LOUD. Don't do it.

8. Shitty text

If you're gonna have a fucking thesis at the beginning of your vid on how Nietzsche's thoughts on Morality relate to fighting games, at least spell check your shit, Jesus Christ. Actually, it'd be nice if you just wouldn't include any kind of quote or whatever that you think sounds "deep" or "cool", because while all that pseudo-philosophical bullshit The Matrix may have blown your neanderthal mind, those of us that aren't 15 year old Tool fans just find it laughable.

Also, can you PLEASE use some fucking decent fonts? I swear I've seen videos that use Arial and Times New Roman, for fuck's sake! That looks incredibly unprofessional. Use a font, size and color that is a) easily readable when overlayed on top of the game (seriously, I think some of you guys don't even watch your videos back when it comes to this) and b) makes your video look like a fucking video, not a Microsoft Word document.

9. Too much downtime

This is pretty much annoying in the same way that long intros are annoying. I want to watch a combo video, not whatever random crap you decided to squeeze in there (usually anime clips which we already addressed but sometimes random text or whatever). I appreciate that sometimes you need a break from the action, and I do like the little skits done in-game that some people do that showcase stuff that perhaps isn't technically impressive but just looks funny, because it doesn't disrupt the flow - you're still watching a game. Another thing that annoys me is when the characters are standing around doing nothing forever before/after a combo. It may seem like nitpicking, but it's just so easy to fix. You're already editing video, why not cut some of that shit out?
 
d3v said:
Just for lolz you should do a series of videos that intentionally breaks all of the rules stated here.
1. Shitty music

I don't care if you love Ayumi Hamasaki, or Nightwish, or Dragonforce, or Linkin Park, or whatever the fuck raver DJs you listen to. Point is, j-pop, j-rock, cheese metal, nu metal, trance/rave etc. have been done to death in combo videos and I don't wanna hear it any more. It'd be ridiculous to expect every video to contain music I like, but Christ, at least switch it up a little.

2. Long intros

I watch a combo video to see combos, not 5 minutes of logos or whatever. This should be proportionate to the amount of actual combo time in the video, but generally I think anything over a minute is just unreasonable, and even that's pushing it.

3. Long credits

Seriously, fuck your ego. A credits list should generally be simple, nobody watching gives enough of a shit about you to warrant a flashy sequence for every single random scrub who performed a combo in your vid. Do you think anybody even watches that shit? Just scroll the names and get the fuck out.

4. Anime clips

Just... why? Why would you think anyone wants to see this shit in a combo video? It doesn't look cool, it doesn't accentuate the experience of the video in any way, all I get from it is the knowledge that you're not just a fighting game nerd but a Wapanese **** as well. Please don't do this.

5. "Flashy" editing

"Flashy" is in quotes because the only people this shit looks "flashy" to are retarded kindergarteners. You know what I'm talking about; ugly-ass glittery shit flying all over the screen, random-ass overlays (generally used to credit the combo performer - that's what the credits are for, fuckface!), added hit effects, random filters, etc. It's fucking ugly, stop doing it.

6. Stupid sound management

Whether you like in-game sound with your vids is mostly a matter of personal preference, but if you choose to enable the sound, please keep it quiet. What's the point in including music if I can barely hear it because some underpaid Japanese voice actor is spewing shitty Engrish all over it? Always disable the in-game music, if you can't, don't have in-game sound at all. You aren't fucking Timbaland, and even if you were nobody would want to hear your 'Crawling'/'Is This True Love We're Making' remix.

7. Random variations in quality/volume

This kind of encompasses a few things. What I'm talking about is changing of sound levels/resolution/quality etc. between different clips in the same video. It just looks sloppy as fuck, and it's especially annoying when I turn up my speakers for one part of a video that's really quiet just to find the next part is REALLY LOUD. Don't do it.

8. Shitty text

If you're gonna have a fucking thesis at the beginning of your vid on how Nietzsche's thoughts on Morality relate to fighting games, at least spell check your shit, Jesus Christ. Actually, it'd be nice if you just wouldn't include any kind of quote or whatever that you think sounds "deep" or "cool", because while all that pseudo-philosophical bullshit The Matrix may have blown your neanderthal mind, those of us that aren't 15 year old Tool fans just find it laughable.

Also, can you PLEASE use some fucking decent fonts? I swear I've seen videos that use Arial and Times New Roman, for fuck's sake! That looks incredibly unprofessional. Use a font, size and color that is a) easily readable when overlayed on top of the game (seriously, I think some of you guys don't even watch your videos back when it comes to this) and b) makes your video look like a fucking video, not a Microsoft Word document.

9. Too much downtime

This is pretty much annoying in the same way that long intros are annoying. I want to watch a combo video, not whatever random crap you decided to squeeze in there (usually anime clips which we already addressed but sometimes random text or whatever). I appreciate that sometimes you need a break from the action, and I do like the little skits done in-game that some people do that showcase stuff that perhaps isn't technically impressive but just looks funny, because it doesn't disrupt the flow - you're still watching a game. Another thing that annoys me is when the characters are standing around doing nothing forever before/after a combo. It may seem like nitpicking, but it's just so easy to fix. You're already editing video, why not cut some of that shit out?
Oh GOD no. I want something people will watch. LMAO

Only white text on black background, the only downtime was between the long first clip and the bonus clip, the volumes were the same for all the clips, simple fade effects... I pretty much attempted to do everything as close to watchable as possible.

But wasn't there a MvC2 combo vid that did everything you just said as a parody to let people know their combo videos were terrible?

edit: Also, anime clips? Geez.
 
guitalex2007 said:
Oh GOD no. I want something people will watch. LMAO

Only white text on black background, the only downtime was between the long first clip and the bonus clip, the volumes were the same for all the clips, simple fade effects... I pretty much attempted to do everything as close to watchable as possible.
But the comedy value...
guitalex2007 said:
But wasn't there a MvC2 combo vid that did everything you just said as a parody to let people know their combo videos were terrible?
I forgot the link, though I think @Mike_Z has it somewhere on Google Docs.
 
The music is the one thing that, well, is really a preference thing. (Don't ask me why but a few people have said they liked it so far. I think they're legally deaf.)

I like the second song muuuuch better than the first one for comedic value.

The first song was me pretty much going "OK here's a beat, here's a drum fill, here's a baseline, here's a sax part, here's two piano solos, let's just copy/paste/mute them creatively and change the bpm so it fits the video's length aaaand export to mp3".

edit: HA, found it!
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9WWpSmK2zuSbHNwQy1OUGRrTWM/edit

edit: Oh man, Ayumi Hamasaki...
 
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I haven't been aware of the FGC for relatively long (Just before SF4 when I discovered it). I'm guessing I missed a lot of terrible early combo video editing. But... anime clips? Did people really do that?
 
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Zidiane said:
I haven't been aware of the FGC for relatively long (Just before SF4 when I discovered it). I'm guessing I missed a lot of terrible early combo video editing. But... anime clips? Did people really do that?
I'm guessing with Street Fighter clips? I don't know.
 
I was imagining just like inserting some scene from a random anime. Like, putting this in the middle of a combo vid.
 
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Dead link.
 
Accidental period in the link. Fixed it.

Also, seen the vid you found. That was too funny. I'm going to imagine that it was an extreme parody and no one actually got nearly that bad.
 
Mike_Z said:
O ye doubters
Oh why... Why cut to the Japanese woman in a bikini...

You know, somehow I expected you to give me your opinion on my video but it hasn't happened. Based on these videos... It's not as bad as it could've been?
 
Mc.Rad said:
I got ya music right here..
I can't use copywritten music. That's why I'm using my own crap.
 
guitalex2007 said:
You know, somehow I expected you to give me your opinion on my video but it hasn't happened. Based on these videos... It's not as bad as it could've been?
You ain't seen bad until you seen the stuff I seen.

Yours I watched on mute, and I really HOPE the "like for blah" and "subscribe for blah" were ironic. Cuz I HATE those.
 
Mike_Z said:
You ain't seen bad until you seen the stuff I seen.

Yours I watched on mute, and I really HOPE the "like for blah" and "subscribe for blah" were ironic. Cuz I HATE those.
You didn't like the "Download on iTunes" either?

Well those are easy to remove if they really are annoying.
 
Peacock combo and hard tag double snap were cool
 
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Now the song links are in the description for all 2 of you who enjoyed my musical stylings.
 
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@guitalex2007
For your next video in this series, I challenge you to use this.
 
d3v said:
@guitalex2007
For your next video in this series, I challenge you to use this.
Would love to.
Can't.
 
Colossi said:
if you can somehow download this and use the audio...
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=266562343541896
Would LOVE to.
Can't.

I'm going to say it just once more. I CANNOT USE MUSIC FROM OTHER SOURCES. It's not that I don't have the appropriate software (just use a downloader and use Vegas to use a clip then ungroup video and audio and delete the video track), it's that I'm now a Youtube partner. As a partner, they put ads on my videos and in order to do that I have to comply 100% with copyright laws. Anything that would be considered a violation of copyright by law OR by Youtube standards I can't do.

If it's a viral video especially, it's probably also being monetized so I am not alowed to use any part of it without the author's consent. And if it's being monetized, without money.
 
Did I start something terrible?
 
Volume 2 is up, now with 100% more Jojo's.
 
Ninja said:
YO man you took mah convertion with item drop and Nehknet Breaker. Thanks.

:PUN:
You didn't do Steam Roller like I asked you to, even when Mike allowed it :p So whatever, good sir.
 
I just didn't bother. I'm not mad that you took two of my videos and smushed them into one combo. (I'm quite glad really) It's just that u gonna need more mediocre music if you want to make more, Yah Know?
 
I didn't take two videos. I took two things out of two videos. Clarifying.

edit: Actually, for further clarification, I took one thing out of one video. I hadn't even seen the other one.
 
I=^) You learn something new every day.

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Volume 3 is out, now with 300% more Peacock and lots of explosions.
 
Ah good, someone finally noticed that Head Over Heels rescales you to 200% no matter what the scaling was before. :^P I was waiting for that.

Also I'd like to formally request that you stop making neato videos with awful music, they don't make people want to watch them and I can't in good conscience recommend them as SG viewing.
For example, if these were not intentionally awful I'd have submitted at least this volume to both SRK and EH.
 
Mike_Z said:
Ah good, someone finally noticed that Head Over Heels rescales you to 200% no matter what the scaling was before. :^P I was waiting for that.

Also I'd like to formally request that you stop making neato videos with awful music, they don't make people want to watch them and I can't in good conscience recommend them as SG viewing.
Sad face. Well I'll have to see my options. Can't use music protected by copyright because youtube will probably mute the thing... And youtube's free music is awful... Ill check it out though...

So.........besides using Youtube's music, ideas?

(also if I use swype on my keyboard to say youtube then type s it autocorrects to titties. Should I be concerned?)
 
guitalex2007 said:
So.........besides using Youtube's music, ideas?
OCRemix? (Really now.)
There are hella combo videos that use real music, I rarely see anything get muted. :^P
And I sincerely doubt YouTube would ding you for using SG's music.

Also, you probably could have killed on the undizzy hit with Squigly/Peacock if you had a Lv3 item drop after the last Argus.
 
Isn't it possible to email certain creators/publishers/etc. asking if it's okay to use the music?

Also in general, I most appreciate combo videos that use actual video game music or video game music arranges. I think part of the reason why "real" music can be so divisive for video games is because with their emphasis on player focus and other audio sound effects, they are not built with lyrics in mind and are better suited to instrumentals.

For example, of the Mvc2 Meikyousisui videos, my favorite by far is part 7 for using an utterly amazing cut Thunder Force ost theme.
 
yo yo G. I got some Music that you can put in there. Just talk to me if you want to spice this stuff up.
 
Is the video being monetized?
 
CaioLugon said:
Is the video being monetized?
Yes, so I'm already looking into royalty free music. I'm set for now.
 
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