We still need a test stream.
<Strong_Bad> thorn: sounds good, set up dat account and let's test it out say sunday?
<Thorn> I'll be at work Sunday, may be available around 9 PM EDT but definitely not much earlier
Can anybody else make it at this time? The idea will be for us to convene on Skype (can meet in IRC first if that's more convenient) and to each stream a game we're doing for the marathon within a short time window. The window would be 20 minutes or so; this is too short for most people's runs, so it'll be a good gauge of how well people can look at the clock during the game and cut it off when their time is up (as if they were running late during the actual marathon due to a bad run or technical issues). This is also too long for Strong Bad's run, so he can show us how to provide filler if the next person isn't ready.
I've had some people ask me why I'm trying to get a test run with a few people instead of just scheduling a date and starting to advertise. There's a few reasons. I want to make sure that everybody can set up their stream quickly without screw-ups, starting right when the previous streamer is done if they have to cut it short. During the real marathon, having to stop the stream because your video capture is set up wrong or you screwed up the audio (e.g., missed the game or Skype audio or both) is precious time wasted if your time window is short. I want to make sure that people have the level of skill that they think they do. I also want to make sure that everybody can stream to the TSC Marathon channel (will be set up by the time of the test stream). Once the test stream is over, there will only be two more steps before we schedule dates and times: we'll need to know how long each game should take to get a real time window, and we'll need to see what games can be streamed that nobody's volunteered for.
Reply here if you can make it at 9 PM EDT on Sunday (for reference, it's 9:10 PM EDT on Tuesday at the time of this post).
