Monday, August 10, 2009

CCG's Guide To JTV

So you're new to JTV. You happen to stumble upon the glorious channel that is the Canadian Couch Gamers. You watch, laugh a bit, maybe call us fags, maybe move on. You also may do things like yell at chat when there's no one around, thinking we just aren't answering you. There's good reason for that. You might also feel inclined to say "This channel sucks." That's not very nice either. Unfortunately, noobs kinda suck. Everyone was one, so you don't have anything to say; but some are worse than others. In order to help those guys out, here's a small guide on "How to act on JTV, for noobs."
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Fucking Register.
It pains me more than ever to see 17 people in the channel, yet only 8 or so are registered. I let you even talk too, that's sometimes a risk thing because I can't ban or time you out. You also can't fave the channel if you like it...

Make a Good Username
It's pretty simple, teepea is not a hard name to pronounce (though Brad from 4PP happened to mess it up), don't make something like tjs41123200. It is annoying to look at, makes you look like some kind of robot, and has no catchy nickname I can make up for you to call on you. Keep it simple, keep it catchy.

We Aren't Always Broadcasting...
So you go into CCG, don't bother to check the user list to see if anyone is on, and immediately look at the video playing. Oh look, Tyler is laughing because it looks like those zombies are doing the dirty! "HEY GUYS! WHAT GAME IS THIS!" "HEY" "GUYS!?"
We're not fucking there. An easy way to tell you're talking to an imaginary wall is to see if there is a title on the video player, along with arrows that let you go left and right, as well as the fact you're the only one in the chat..Check the userlist.

Come Back Often.
200+ favourites. Thanks guys! You know what I would like even more than you doing us a favour and clicking the fave button? Visiting again after your one visit and fave. Don't just do it because we say so, do it because you genuinely like the channel and the people who broadcast. We have our regulars, and then we have about 190 other "fans" who I've only ever seen once.

Participate!
So you've come to the channel, awesome! But I haven't even seen you type "Hi!" Are you actually here, or is JTV just slow? Dillon and I can't always be reading chat and seeing what people are saying. We rely on our own regulars, mods, and chatters to keep the channel alive and welcome people to CCG. Don't be shy, the internet is the best place to do exactly that.

Don't Tell Us What To Play
I mean, suggestions are good, but don't yell at us and say the game we are playing is boring, or you don't like it. I care, but not really, if I feel like playing it, I will. This also goes for what music we listen to. Feel free to request a song, we listen to a variety of things, but don't call my music shitty because you don't like it. Unfortunately, I'll probably do that to you, I'm a HUGE music snob. Sorry, I'm working on it. I know, it's very hypocritical.

Use Your Common Sense
It's something that people think does not apply on the internet, but if people used it there would be a whole lot less arguments and stupidity. Think to yourself before doing something, "Should I do this? Would I do this if it was real life?" It will save everyone grief.

These are a few things you can do to elevate yourself from looking like the annoying new guy to looking like the less annoying new guy.

1 comment:

  1. I liked this, i agree about the not registering bit. It literally only takes 30 seconds to make a JTV account and when you are registered it makes finding channels easier

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