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#1 Posted 29 March 2012 - 02:16 AM By DrZealotTV

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Hello Ladies and Gentlenerds!

I'm DrZealot. Nice to meet all of you handsome Diablo nerds. <3

I do show where we do experiments to game by. Regular labs are on Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday at 6pm PST. Every other day is open to commentary, analysis, and viewer co-op.  Come hang out in the lab! I promise you'll learn something new about Diablo! Even if experiments fail sometimes, it's the failures that we learn the most from!

DrZealots Lab is a place where gaming and science come together to explore the world of games. David "DrZealot" Echols plays games and executes experiments you can game by.

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#2 Posted 29 March 2012 - 11:39 AM By rwhite2366

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I only watched your #26 review of the auction house currency.  My initial thoughts are:

1) Your video is incredibly too long, and moves very slow, in an attempt to explain a concept that should take ~30 seconds
2) Know your target audience.  The game has a mature rating, which doesn't necessarily mean you'll be dealing with people 17 and older, but a substantial amount of your audience will be at least 15+.  You're explaining a very basic concept of economics that would easily be understood by someone 14-15 (30 seconds).  Get rid of the bulk of your story, and just explain the concept of supply and demand, if this is what you're going for.  But IMO, no one is going to waste time sitting through a diablo video to learn about economics.  Those who plan on maximizing their profits on the RMAH are already going to understand this concept.
3) Be concise and too the point.  Do some research about social media.  You'll learn that the average information consumer is going to spend approximately 10 seconds on your video to see if they are going to be able to get the information they are looking for, which very few will do anyways, because you're explaining an elementary concept.
4) Why are you calling yourself Doctor?  I can understand that it's from a facetious perspective, but either stop calling yourself doctor, or go get a white lab coat and at least play the part.
5) You're going up against big game reviewers, such as ForceStrategy, who already dominate the market.  You either need to be much more like them, or go a completely different direction.  Somewhere in the middle won't cut it.  I'm not going to waste 10 minutes on a video, when I can go watch 4 videos from Force and get a lot more information

I know this comes of as extremely harsh and critical, and it should.  This is for your own good.  Do your research about how to be a proper game informant and social media blogger, and you'll be a lot better off.

Now I leave you with a smiley face, because no one can get upset at someone who puts a smiley face at the end of their post :)

#3 Posted 29 March 2012 - 02:28 PM By DrZealotTV

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<3 Thanks for your well thought out feedback. I love it!

I'm evolving the show over time and making it better. Thanks so much for your help in making things more awesome. <3

Also, there will be labcoat action soon, I assure you. :D
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#4 Posted 30 March 2012 - 08:51 AM By DrZealotTV

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I did a show about how you can make a risk free profit through the real money auction house with arbitrage. <3

DrZealots Lab #27 - Auction House Arbitrage:

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#5 Posted 30 March 2012 - 02:34 PM By Gusher

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I enjoyed the Arbitrage video alot, and am probably going to use this method quite frequently when the game comes out.
There are a few things I would recommend. If you are doing the face time(Show yourself in a corner) you may want to invest in a better webcam.  Also, try and make your videos, especially tutorials and whatnot, short and to the point. Don't drag it out, unless you are doing a lets play or whatever. Thats pretty much it.
Subscribed ^.^, hope to see more eco tips and tricks videos :)

Oh and a quick question, what do you use for your whiteboard stuff? How do you connnect it to the screen? Is it just paint and your mouse?
Thanks
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#6 Posted 01 April 2012 - 07:54 PM By DrZealotTV

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I do a full detailed guide through every aspect of the inventory, attributes, and details panels in Diablo 3 beta!


DrZealots Lab #28 - Inventory, Attributes, and Details Guide


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#7 Posted 01 April 2012 - 07:55 PM By DrZealotTV

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View PostGusher, on 30 March 2012 - 02:34 PM, said:

Subscribed ^.^, hope to see more eco tips and tricks videos :)

Oh and a quick question, what do you use for your whiteboard stuff? How do you connnect it to the screen? Is it just paint and your mouse?


Thank you so much! <3 I subscribe to your nerd love in return! :D
I am using a wacom tablet and SmoothDraw (which is a free application). :D
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#8 Posted 02 April 2012 - 03:45 AM By Narako

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It is a very good job! Keep it up.
I am following your video with great interest!!

Bye

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#9 Posted 03 April 2012 - 03:57 PM By Gusher

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You have 28 labs, yet only 11 videos?

#10 Posted 05 April 2012 - 04:22 PM By DrZealotTV

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View PostGusher, on 03 April 2012 - 03:57 PM, said:

You have 28 labs, yet only 11 videos?

I've learned so much trying to start streaming and doing the show. :D Many of the first shows weren't even recorded or something went horribly, horribly wrong.

The show is smooth like butter now. :D
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#11 Posted 05 April 2012 - 04:24 PM By DrZealotTV

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By the way, DrZealots Lab #29 returns tonight at 6pm PST. Reply to this tweet before the show and I will retweet the funniest reply. :D
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#12 Posted 06 April 2012 - 07:41 PM By DrZealotTV

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DrZealots Lab #29 vod is now up! Watch it here:

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#13 Posted 06 April 2012 - 07:42 PM By DrZealotTV

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Tonight I am streaming Diablo 3 live from 6pm PST for 30 minutes! I'll be doing Q&A and any requests. <3 :3



See you there!
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#14 Posted 07 April 2012 - 07:38 PM By DrZealotTV

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Streaming tonight at 6pm PST (in 20 minutes!) See you there!
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#15 Posted 10 April 2012 - 09:21 PM By DrZealotTV

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Live in 40 minutes with DrZealots Lab #31 - Frozen and Knockback Elite Monsters.
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#16 Posted 12 April 2012 - 07:43 PM By DrZealotTV

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DrZealots Lab #32 - Blacksmith Crafting Guide will be live in 20 minutes!
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#17 Posted 28 April 2012 - 09:46 AM By DrZealotTV

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Back up and live with more Diablo 3 End of Beta weekend! Come join! http://i.imgur.com/CHEMG.jpg
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#18 Posted 29 April 2012 - 07:50 PM By DrZealotTV

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Hello everyone,

Today is a bittersweet day and it will be a bittersweet lab tonight. It's the end of the Diablo 3 beta! I will be doing naked (no item) Skeleton King runs for the show tonight, the ultimate test of skill in the beta. :) The show goes live at 6pm PST (40 minutes from this post time).

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