commodoreHUSTLE 03 - Critical

[Evil Jim]

Do I get another guess?

Fiiiiiiiiiiine.

- Multiple takes + lucky rolling
- Split-screen photography
- Stop-motion animation
- Computer re-imaging
- Sheer force of will
- The Coriolis effect
- Encouragement from a licensed dice wrangler
- The mysterious power of magnets
- Unintentional planetary re-alignment
- Dolly zoom
- Vaseline
- The threat of Morgan's hip-thrusting
- A pact with Elder Gods
- Bribes
- Desert Bus

[White_Poet_Warlord]

Hi guys, big fan, but this is my first post.

I have to ask, did Ryan write his own lines? Or did Jer write them with Ryan in mind (now that I know that that is his actual DnD group). Having gamed with Ryan, I just gotta say that that is EXACTLY how he would react.

Other than that, I just want to say that I really enjoy the Hustles, I thought cH 1 was by far the best video you've ever done and the next two have not dissapointed. I really enjoy the Seinfeld/Arrested Development-esque interlinked plots (the first ep was especially good for this).

[Misty]

Yay HUSTLE!
(I feel so spoiled this week, two videos in a row!)

[arallyn]

Also, there is one instance of Jer having "bad luck" before the dice thing, but perhaps we presented it poorly. Maybe we should have made a bigger deal of it? It's the thing with Bill's cup.

I don't know, I really saw that as something that Morgan and Bill set up somehow, or something like that. It was too close to him grabbing the rigged dice for it to not seem set up.

[Jer]

It turns out, by the way, that decapitating an undead doesn't make it stop attacking you with anything other than its bite.

I'd have given it some Con damage too . . . if it had Con .

[Tim]

Do I get another guess?

Fiiiiiiiiiiine.

- Multiple takes + lucky rolling
- Split-screen photography
- Stop-motion animation
- Computer re-imaging
- Sheer force of will
- The Coriolis effect
- Encouragement from a licensed dice wrangler
- The mysterious power of magnets
- Unintentional planetary re-alignment
- Dolly zoom
- Vaseline
- The threat of Morgan's hip-thrusting
- A pact with Elder Gods
- Bribes
- Desert Bus

O_o

No more guesses for you!

[Lyinginbedmon]

Also, there is one instance of Jer having "bad luck" before the dice thing, but perhaps we presented it poorly. Maybe we should have made a bigger deal of it? It's the thing with Bill's cup.

I don't know, I really saw that as something that Morgan and Bill set up somehow, or something like that. It was too close to him grabbing the rigged dice for it to not seem set up.

Look closely, Bill was messing with that cup before he put it down.

[Evil Jim]

O_o

No more guesses for you!

But am I right??

[Graham]

I have to ask, did Ryan write his own lines? Or did Jer write them with Ryan in mind?

Both. Jer wrote with him in mind, and he added more while we were shooting (such as the "portable hole" line).

[Zombaholic]

OH HELL YES! Metal Arms: Glitch in the System

[Tim]

O_o

No more guesses for you!

But am I right??

Bordering on it.

[Daco]

O_o

No more guesses for you!

But am I right??

i dont think so
i call dices that only have 1 as numbers

and lol @ sheer force of will

EDIT: nvm my idea, the 20 side dices show other numbers...
glue maybe?

[zico]

AWESOME!

I WANT AN NESBOX 360, TOO! PAUL, BUILD ME ONE.

But really nice video. I really enjoy how the series evolves. Guys, watch out: In a year this runs on TV.

What I am really interested: HOW did you do this with the dices? Really used modified dices, tried until always rolled 1?
I am interested in how it works. And no, I do not want to guess - I demand to know.

[tbug]

I'd have given it some Con damage too . . . if it had Con .

I guess I should just be grateful that the tentacles only each attacked once.

[Kroze]

I am gonna guess that as soon as the top side of the rolled dice is shown, you threw a image layover on the top side of the dice that would read 1 thus allowing it to be shot as normal and the dice to be "fixed in post"

What? No love for my guess Tim?
</3

[mosespippy]

Did you set up the camera on the tripod, and roll each dice individaully into shot. Then took all the clips of a 1 being rolled and split screened them into a single shot, then rolled all the dice to get a proper dice rolling sound to add to the split screened shot?

[Master Gunner]

I'm with Kroze on fixing it in post, possibly combined with tiny stickers, changing what numbers would show up.

[Emperor Gum]

Anyways, this is the best cH yet; it still annoys the hell out of me you haven't established that you guys make videos: someone watching just the cH wouldn't understand. Please establish it at some point.

They've established this in just about every CH video so far. "Doing something more with the site." "That would make a great video." Paul in front of the greenscreen going through the iterations of "pwn." Etc. Plus, since Commodore Hustle is already on the LoadingReadyRun website it should be pretty obvious that they make videos.

If you came into the kitchen whilsting a tune and I said that would make a good jazz hook, and then ten minutes later said that my friend and I are meaning to redesign our website, would it be clear that we were in a band? Anyway, it a pointless arguement because no one else cares, and it is really just me nitpicking. If I said you had a beautiful body, Evil Jim, would you hold it against me?

[Tim]

Kroze--an interesting guess, but nope.

Did you set up the camera on the tripod, and roll each dice individaully into shot. Then took all the clips of a 1 being rolled and split screened them into a single shot, then rolled all the dice to get a proper dice rolling sound to add to the split screened shot?

O_O

[CommanderKeen]

Cursed to wait until I get home from work. Silly conservative workplace.

[mechabuddha]

In the shots where the dice were shown rolling, they stop really abruptly.

my guess, stunt dice with a hole tapped and a metal bearing glued in. then under Jers battle mat, a thin sheet magnet.

[Daco]

In the shots where the dice were shown rolling, they stop really abruptly.

my guess, stunt dice with a hole tapped and a metal bearing glued in. then under Jers battle mat, a thin sheet magnet.

lol
i was just going to say magnets XD

[Lissette Arevalo]

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAA! My new fave by far! For the following reasons:

1. Matt's usage of the word "Offside..." for obvious reasons to the crew.

2. Continual inside joke of Benjew being and NOT being Jewish at the same time.

3. Adam is dope. Can't wait to hang out at James'. More Adam please.

4. Graham's tracksuit makes me pee myself laughing.

And lastly, Bill would say how he's fucking over Jer as Jer is standing there just to be a total douchebag. I can't believe you won't be here when I visit douche.

I'll see YOU guys at Sunday Dinner!

[Dominic Appleguard]

Did you set up the camera on the tripod, and roll each dice individaully into shot. Then took all the clips of a 1 being rolled and split screened them into a single shot, then rolled all the dice to get a proper dice rolling sound to add to the split screened shot?

Yeah, I was thinking that too. It would take a while, but the probability of getting six individual ones would be much higher than one roll that yields six simultaneous ones. Then again, I don't know a lot about Final Cut so I don't know how easy/possible that would be.

@the person who complained about the Bad Dudes gag:
I actually really liked that bit. It's such an unassuming little joke as well. He pulls it out as if from the hammerspace, and nobody mentions it or reacts in any way.

This is also the second consecutive video where Matt rewrites a song. Is this a hobby of his?

[YourBlankFile]

Jess is wearing a Questionable Content shirt! : ) I hella approve enough to say hella