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Post by Cap on Mar 8, 2021 20:43:03 GMT -5
Hey Folks,
So I brought this up not long ago and a few people seemed into the idea, but I thought maybe I'd see who might be interested in getting together via zoom or something similar and chatting about great wrestling in real time. andylfc and I recently got together and watched a few matches together (well... from like 3,000 something miles apart) and chatted over a beer or two and it was a lot of fun.
We could watch matches in advance or watch together. If everyone is down to use zoom and is on a computer I can share my screen with everyone pretty easily and that might be an easy way to do the latter. Regardless, we can figure that out later.
So who is interested and what days/times might work?
Weekends are easily the best days for me. I'm on EST. While this weekend is a no go, most weekends i have a little flexibility.
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Post by marksman on Mar 8, 2021 20:45:49 GMT -5
I would be super-interested! Also EST, Zoom sounds good and my availability varies but is generally pretty flexible on weekends.
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Post by dkuchler31096 on Mar 9, 2021 11:12:50 GMT -5
Yeah I'm down for this idea, either Zoom or Discord would work
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Post by dkuchler31096 on Mar 9, 2021 11:13:48 GMT -5
Discord would be better because you wouldn't have to pay for the server
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Post by Cap on Mar 9, 2021 11:48:11 GMT -5
Zoom shouldn't be a problem. I have an account through work and I believe I can host a group meeting for up to 30 hours. Additionally google rooms or whatever it is called might be another option. I use that with my friends sometimes.
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Post by dkuchler31096 on Mar 9, 2021 13:28:55 GMT -5
Yeah Discord has a video/ share screen feature too. Ah ok
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Post by Kadaveri on Mar 9, 2021 13:36:19 GMT -5
You can share screen on Zoom as well. I've done that for watching wrestling with friends many times.
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Post by Cap on Mar 9, 2021 13:42:53 GMT -5
Kadaveri,
I have never used it for wrestling. Is it easy to keep the volume on the match at a level where you can talk about it still or is it easier to use the chat function while a match is going on with zoom?
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Post by mvz on Mar 9, 2021 20:10:42 GMT -5
I would give this a try. I am in EST. Sunday would probably be my best day, but I would show up as time permits whenever this is set up.
I have used zoom but not discord. I would be fine trying in though.
Watching the matches in real time together sounds like the most fun to me.
I wonder if it would be cool to have themes for these things, like we watch a few featuring one wrestler or they are all a certain style or territory.
Either way, this sounds like a good idea.
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Post by Kadaveri on Mar 9, 2021 20:19:34 GMT -5
Kadaveri, I have never used it for wrestling. Is it easy to keep the volume on the match at a level where you can talk about it still or is it easier to use the chat function while a match is going on with zoom? There's a Share Screen option to only share the screen of a specific program. What I do is play the match in VLC player, share specifically that, then you can control the volume in the player so it's at a good level if people want to chat over it.
Some people I've done this with talked over the match, some prefered to use the chat function for any comments and then we talked about the match properly once it'd finished. I guess just try it out yourself and decide what you like better.
If you do this over Zoom it's important everyone closes their videos when the match is playing or there's too much bandwidth going on and it'll make the match too choppy to watch properly.
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Post by bossrock on Mar 9, 2021 21:33:15 GMT -5
Weekend evenings work best for me. I'm on CST time.
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Post by Cap on Mar 9, 2021 21:35:08 GMT -5
Gotcha... makes sense. In the capacity I have used zoom I am rarely the one sharing screens and when I do it is pretty simple, but that tracks with what I know about it. Thanks!
Glad to see some people are into the idea. Like I said, this weekend weekend wont work for me, but I'll take stock of what we have here next week sometime and see what might be best to set up.
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Post by mvz on Mar 9, 2021 21:39:19 GMT -5
I like the idea of using chat while we watch and then talking about it after the finish.
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Post by Cap on Mar 9, 2021 22:02:08 GMT -5
I suspect that would be best as well.
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Post by witlon on Mar 11, 2021 14:30:34 GMT -5
Little late to the party here, but I would be interested, time permitting. Sundays are best for me, as well. (My work schedule fluctuates on other days, but I'm always off on Sundays.)
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