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So this never went anywhere but I wanted to bump it to see if the blue team or others are actually interested in seeing it. I'm thinking mainly of using live streaming as a form of podcast. Basically answer questions live instead of getting them and then just going through them in a regular podcast way. Assuming we wanted to allow this would people be interested in taking part in live podcasts like that? Could be gaming, could be sig making, could be anything really. Obviously we would need an audience so I'm curious both on the "is it something we could do" side as well as the potential viewers.

Probably not this week. However, since it has been brought up a few times, @Draper, if I actually did this could the live stream (and the accompanying VOD obviously) and the sig count as 2 different PT's?

So, this week kinda flew by and I didn't notice, planning on recording this tomorrow so could I get some quick questions perhaps? @eaglesfan036 @Shaka @ADwyer87 @boom @der meister @Victor @YEAH!stlemania @Phil @tfong @ChrisF @George Costanza @Molholt @Mr. Power @Draper @Banackock @gorlab @JardyB10 @evrydayimbyfuglien

It's simple, I apparently had a stroke halfway through the season and can't play for shit anymore.

I seriously don't get it. I went from having amazing stats to being sub .900 in every game and losing to the league's worst teams. What the ever loving fuck.

Wtf happened to me? I played amazing for the first half of the season and now I can't buy a win.

Looking up a porn star at work, probably a bad idea haha. But anyway, I looked at her wiki page. She was born in Antigonish, NS I guess. No specific mention of NB.

I can see where you were going with this but unfortunately it feels unfinished to me. The elements are all there and the colours are really nice but the exposure is just slightly different on a few things which makes it feel as if they don't belong. Add a few exposure layers to balance everything out and I think it will really help. With that all said, the render effects look great and the stocks are well used.

This is pretty dark but the actual style is very good. The colours are perfect, the text is great, the BG looks nice, the blending is perfect. I would like to see a little bit more light overall, and especially on the face, but it works pretty well dark so that's a minor complaint.

Render effects are really the saving grace on this one. The colours feel very disconnected and the text; while relatively okay, looks very LQ. I feel like not having the large stroke around it would help a lot. The Shawn text also looks very slapped on. Try to do more with the colours to make them match and give a little more to the BG so that it feels less flat. Your render skills have come a long way though so good job on that.

This is decently creative but I've definitely seen you do better than this. The grid in the BG looks very odd and distracting, the elijah text looks very plain and slapped on, the render effects and main text are really the saving grace for this piece. Lighting is also pretty decent which helps; I just can't get over how little everything seems connected.

While the yellow doesn't fit great with a Bears player I think it overall does look very good, it's a lovely splash of colour. Render effects, lighting, and text are all on point. The contrast does seem a little odd in a few spots though, mainly the white spot over his arm and in regards to the duplicate render in the BG. A extra exposure layer or two could have helped balance everything out.

Says image not found on my end.

Sorry for the processing time once again but it should be ready within the hour. I answer questions from @JardyB10, @Molholt, and @ADwyer87 and fight with technical difficulties.

Still looking for more, recording in ~2 hours. @ADwyer87, I'm like king at you specifically

Any questions are good questions, even if they are few. Besides, a few of year will take some time to answer.

Just got the surprise prepped (don't worry, it involves no dogs) so I should be good to go for a very special episode of the CoDCast. You don't want to miss this one so get your questions in now.

Apparently I never tag @JardyB10, let's fix that. Maybe he'll give me some questions as thanks for that sexy sig. P.S my phone tried to autocorrect sig to dog, that would have been awkward.

So...many...shots

The CoDCast returns this week; and with an extra surprise this time! Get your questions in now! @eaglesfan036 @Shaka @ADwyer87 @boom @der meister @Victor @YEAH!stlemania @Phil @tfong @ChrisF @George Costanza @Molholt @Mr. Power @Draper @Banackock @gorlab

There are very few that can pull off a clean sig quite as well as you can and this really exemplifies that fact. I'm not sure if the BG is a stock or custom built but I want it, the lighting and colours are perfect (aside from the actual white light above his head, based on the light on his face that should be on the other side). The text, while simple, really works well. Really well done.

With all the little lighting dots floating around I would like to see the face be a little brighter but that's not really a major complaint. Colours and contrast work really well and the text is very creative and fits the overall theme very nicely. Blending is also spot on. I think if the lighting were fixed up a tad this would really pop.

I like the idea you're going for here but it feels like I'm looking at 3 different sigs. The left side doesn't match anything (and is very bland), the render effects and right side are solid but then he text and scan lines don't really fit either. I think your effect work is quite on point but you need to play with some exposure a bit and get everything blended neatly together so that it has some flow. The left side completely needs to be re-worked as is unfortunately, I don't think there is saving that when it's a giant yellow blob that doesn't match the rest.

Render is over blended or just messed with too much as it is barely there at all, lighting isn't great, exposure is way under so everything just feels washed out; text doesn't match anything. Unfortunately the stock work, which isn't really great in itself, is probably the best part of this. I know you are an MS guy which is why this isn't really that great but you need to really practice the basics of what makes a good sig.

Scan lines are WAY too strong! Scan lines can be used to good effect sometimes but they need to be used sparingly. Covering the entire piece in them just makes it kinda hard on the eyes. Blending is simple but solid enough and I don't know if you re-coloured the render to match the BG but if you didn't then it matches perfectly on it's own. Text is the real star here though. Font choice, positioning, effects, it all looks spot on.