Cup of Jones - 01/16/18

Hey Jones, I was wondering if there are any plans to have any of the Allies specifically engage with the community on Reddit? The subreddit for EZA is a bit sparse with content, but I feel there’s room to really grow it as a platform for community engagement. Kinda Funny took the impetus to start posting fairly regularly on their subreddit last year and it’s done wonders for the community. Greg, Tim and Andy all post daily and it’s really fostered a healthy community outside of just the Twitch chat, which I understand can be tempting to put all the focus on. Anyway, just a thought – L&R! Doug

Doug

Hey Jones. No question this week, but thought you might like to know that as you're shooting this, I'm sitting here starting Red Dead Redemption for the first time. :)

BeatenDownBrian

Good tidings to you Mr Jones and may your cupeth runneth over with boundless satisfaction knowing how many appreciate these videos. (seriously these are the bees knees daddy-o) First thing I wanted to mention that needs your attention asap is one of the latest humble bundle deals happening right now. Get this it's twenty e-books all about the worlds national parks for a ludicrous 15 bucks. Though I'm not expecting a cheque from humble anytime soon I simply had to drop a mention since it seems right up your alley. Secondly I was curious if you've heard of an online service called Canny. I've seen a couple of game devs using it to keep track of player feed back and it seems pretty neat in the way it seems to organize conversation within communities. Again not expecting a check or anything just thought I'd drop a mention if it helps. Here's the link ===&gt;<a href="https://canny.io/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://canny.io/</a> And finally I'll end with a riddle to tickle the old noodle: The person who buys me doesn't need me, the person who makes me doesn't want me, and the person who uses me can't appreciate me. What am I ? Answer: In the next cup of jones ep or if live chat guesses it :P

Christian Thomas

Hi, me again. How’s that whole anniversary meetup timeline going? Do we have a definitive span of time yet? Specifically like a 5-7 day window? And is Disneyland happening? I don’t mean to rush (much) but I’m eagerly awaiting some solid info. Have a good Tuesday!

Tony

Hi Jones, By the time you read this on-stream, the Oscar nominations will have been announced. Do you find yourself comparing them to the Game Awards in any way, particularly in light of Josef Fares' comments? Thanks!

DaleBastion

Hi Jones, can't wait for you to play the next episode of Telltale's Batman. It's fun to watch because we almost never make the same choices. Anyways was the story DLC Harley Quinn's Revenge any good?

bjørnar haraldsvik

Jones! I have a very important question! Will you ever grow a beard? Cheers!

Hello Jones, For merchandise, is it possible to expand the inventory of items? From brainstorming, some items you guys could add are beanies, tank tops, lanyards, and enamel pins. Also, several Cup of Jones ago there was mention of a logo change, would the Allies consider having a mascot? I would love to see a plushie of an EZA mascot or if the merchandise items could have characters from Box Peek or TTE or even Reindeer Academy. Love &amp; Respect!

Hi Brandon. I'm loving the content from EZA. Two questions for you: 1)Would EZA ever consider doing a Zelda timeline update? The GT Zelda timeline got me into the Zelda games and I am now slowly working my way through all the main games in timeline order as best I can. 2)Im curious as to how you personally would rate the 4 main Arkham games. Which is your favourite which is your least and why? For me, best to least good, it would be Asylum, Origins, City and then Knight. This is mostly due to the strength of story, then gameplay (Knight just over complicated the combat). Thanks Kearn

Kearn Grisdale

This weekend a new type of video showed up on the main YouTube page “Checkin out”. Where it was a twitch stream Kyle did of a game condensed into 16 minutes. What twitch streams do you envision getting this treatment? I think getting the group streams on the main page as these 15-20 min highlights would be great.

Greg Kettering

Last minute question about the 2017 deliberations... any chance for an audio version or soundcloud upload? It just a but too long for watching on youtube or converting on the web. I really want to hear the discussion on 2017's best. L&amp;R Morgan Mohalla

Morgan Mohalla

Thanks for taking the time, Jones! I must have confused where I heard all the praise come from re- small world. HOWEVER, I feel like I’ve almost certainly heard you commend WDW’s Haunted Mansion in the past.. Similarly, I thought it was impressive, but I’d be interested to hear specifically what you love about it if you’ve got the time this week! Cheers, Cam Smith

ScentThick

Have you read the Song of Ice and Fire prequel book, A knight of the seven kingdoms?? If so, what are your thoughts on that? If not, do it, it's great ^^

Tim Bechen

Thoughts on the live action sword in the stone announcement? I don't usually care about Disney's recent live action adaptations but this time they're doing my most favorite disney film of all time.... I'm worried...

ZyloWolfBane

Hey Jones, on the subject of game sleuth and retrospectives; I think it's weird to have patreon goals that do not have any sort of time frame or promise behind them. Every show you guys have is on a schedule except for those two and that seems weird to me. If your asking for money to produce that content then you should have a schedule for said content. I felt the same way about cup of Jones before you went to the live format to make the show more manageable. L&amp;R klastical

klastical

I could be mistaken, but I recall the context of the podcast ending clip was "No one ever says 'I am enjoying these microtransactions' ", or something like that?

Hey Jones Have you seen the custom Podcast Scoreboards by Kevboard Arts on the forums? It would be amazing if you guys could collaborate and implement them into the podcast.

Olf Himself

Hey Jones, I wanted to talk about fitness and workout. As someone that has always struggled keeping up with a workout routine, what would you suggest could help people stay in track. Also what types of changes have you noticed in your body during your fitness journey? Do you think taking pictures of the progress could lead to better motivation? Thanks!

Hi Brandon, I just watched the Binaural 3D audio explanation video of the Verge (Link: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd5i7TlpzCk)." rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd5i7TlpzCk).</a> It would be very cool if you record the weekly podcast or reaction videos with such a binaural microphone setup. It might not be in the immediate budget, but maybe something to consider for a later date. It would feel like the listener is sitting right in between you guys. Love what you guys are doing. I hope EZA grows a lot and you can get the studio. Thanks for all your work, L&amp;R, Fabian Winkler

Fabian Winkler

Greetings, Jones! I enjoyed hearing your thoughts on KOTOR and wanted to ask what your thoughts are of it's sequel, KOTOR 2. While I respect what the first game did to successfully convey a compelling narrative in both a universe and game genre I love, KotOR 2 has, despite being unfinished and deeply flawed, remained my favorite game ever made. I love how it uses a meta-narrative to contextualize the force in its RPG mechanics, taking a step back to wonder the ethics of gaining strength by killing enemies and forcing your morals on your party members, as well as its overpowering and weighty sense of dread. It probably has my favorite writing of any game I've ever played, and something about its unfinished nature has kept it at the forefront of my mind all these years, like it's haunted by something huge and sinister that's desperately trying to break through at every moment. Obviously this is an uncommon opinion, so I'm curious how you felt about it, and if any of those strengths spoke to you to. I think of all the EU material I've consumed, KotOR 2 does the best job of making its stories, characters, and ideas feel like long forgotten and ancient myths in the Star Wars cannon (or ex-cannon, nowadays). Despite my love, feel free to say whatever's on your mind, I'm used to being the only one in the room with a positive thing to say about this game :)

Travis Johnson

Would you consider uploading to spotify?

Dragonhunter

Toy Story is my favorite trilogy. I think all of those movies came out for me at the perfect age when I wasn't the same age as Andy, but a few years older and could really look back and relate mentally and emotionally. The last 30 minutes of Toy Story 3 wrecks me. I have only cried 2 times in theaters and both are Pixar haha

GW Fawkes

If you can create any superhero give us a brief summary of what his/her powers would be and what the backstory is.

Joey and Cait

Who's idea was to start Game of the Year stream with "It's now or it's never, and I've got to make my decision" from Persona 5 soundtrack? It was brilliant!

Alexander Zyryanov

Mr. Jones 1- How did that meeting go with the Allies? We have been hearing about it for quite some time and it sounded like some big issues, and future planning was in the works. 2- I recall you said the suggestion box might get revisited. Any Updates? Recently I was thinking it might be fun for the Allies to do a once a year best suggestion show from Patrons as a way to have some fun with the community. Respectfully, Morgan Mohalla

Morgan Mohalla

I don't know if the news has spread to you yet, but some Chinese sellers have their hands on production tests or something of the Peter Pan Infinity character. Some that people have gotten had defects, but they're dirt cheap so probably worth ordering one or two. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Disney_Infinity/comments/7o7ipj/hundreds_of_peter_pan_figures_are_being_sold/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.reddit.com/r/Disney_Infinity/comments/7o7ipj/hundreds_of_peter_pan_figures_are_being_sold/</a>

SIX min WHISTLE

'Sup Jones, I wanted to ask you a question about something that you talked about in last week's CoJ that I thought was a little odd. You mentioned how you would love all new logos &amp; visual packages for all EZA content/shows/streams, but that you weren't sure if it was the right time to go for it or push for it because of the thousands of dollars it would inevitably cost. I'm curious. Why would you not maybe reach out to those in the EZA community who have already done some of that work for you in their free time? I know that there was at least one person (Joe Ellis) who had setup an entirely new mock website with new logos and visual representations of all the EZA shows in the 1st Community Showcase. I'm not saying they shouldn't be compensated for their time and efforts, but I am positive that you couldn't get a better deal, or more bang for your buck, than through the community and by availing yourself of their talents. Maybe just put it out there and see what people can come up with on your behalf?

Alex Castellanos

Jones! Let’s talk more about Predator! You said you tried to explain how good it was to your Mother in Law, keen to hear what you think. Brilliant eye acting by Arnold!! Best eye actor in the biz ;)

You mentioned that you know some Spanish and teachers have commented on your accent, as someone who is 50% and speaks it sort of fluently I’m interested in hearing it.

Kian Jahromi

Can you ask Don to name his personal 2017 GotYs next time he is on the group stream? I would love to hear it even if it just one game I never heard of.

Alexander Zyryanov

Hey Jones, with GOTY deliberations now behind you, did you or any of the other Allies have any plans for what you would change or do differently for 2018's version? What went particularly well and what do you think could have been better? Are you guys still down to give it another go after this?

VGJunky

Not a question, just wanted to mention that I absolutely adored the Game of the Year discussion stream. Every second of that stream captured exactly what I love about Easy Allies and I thought you all did a fantastic job. L&amp;R

Cash

Hey Jones, could you please say the name of my 2017 GOTY (Nier:Automata obviously) in a hyped NJPW announcer voice? (NJPW = New Japan Pro Wrestling) Give me your best attempt, please!

In case this isnt asked on the gaming news podcast, I want to know how all the allies did in their GameTrailers interview. If you were present in the interviews, what did they say that won you over? Were their personalities (that you know of now) evident at the time or were they revealed at a much later date?

Hey Jones,

Victor Ko

Also, serious question: i thought about in hall of greats, the 3rd spot has been inducted twice now, (street fighter 2, and castlevania sotn), why not just put the 3rd most voted game in immediately, as to avoid repetition? I know you are probably not the one making the rules for HOG, but i was thinking you might discuss it with the allies? Last HOG 3rd place was tied at 7, so maybe only if the 3rd place game gets 9 votes or more it gets in? Idk, i think it would make the streams more fun if we could avoid the salty runbacks. But i'm just an idiot, so take my opinion with a grain of salt

mikkel hervel nemmøe

Fiduciary duty FTW.

Łukasz Wizła

Hi Jones! Is there a reason you didn't mention Marcus Beer's heart attack he suffered a year ago? He's still slowly recovering from it and last I heard he didn't have much interest in returning to the forefront of commentary in games, sadly. I wish him all the best. L&amp;R Shellburn

Not a comment for next episode, just FYI. You mentioned thinking wii mote lightsaber not happening was unfortunate. I wonder if you've t ried "Trials on Tatooine" on your vive? Though it's unfortunately just a short thing, it kind of realizes that DREAM of motion control lightsaber. THAT would be a great direction to take star wars, VR.

Matt Brookbank

hi Jones. Since you talked a bit about the craziness of the star wars lore from Kotor or the old republic in general I have a question for you. How familiar are you with the different class storys from star wars the old republic (the mmo)? In case you have not seen any of them, i would strongly recommend watching a play-through of the imperial agent story. I also liked the jedi consular a lot. L&amp;R Alex

Alex_AI

How do you feel the live GOTY awards went? Were there any games you felt was a sure lock that lost? Any longshots you were secretly hoping for that won? (last name pronounced Cow-in)

AC

Hey Jones, I have a question about that backlog. All the entertainment you currently own, between books, games, TV shows, and movies there is bound to be a lot of it. My question is not what is next, but what is last. Say you somehow had the time to get to everything single thing you have. At the very end of that road, what would be the very last thing you experience?

Parasitepaladin

I can't think of anything similar between the 2 games lol Did not watch the video but I guess it's an over hype thing.

Jones I can not believe in one episode you managed to describe your dream Star Wars game as some dumb AAA Galaxy of Heroes and then immediately besmirch KOTOR, the best Star Wars game ever made. You're a monster Anyway, how'd that meeting go?

The difference between NMS and Sea of Thieves is that people played Sea of Thieves EDIT: I didn't want to make another comment, I seem to do that a lot so I edited this old comment to try to annoy you less. :) I thought a suggestion that's probably too late for your meeting. I think you should get Faris/SomeGameNews some money so he can edit for the EasyAlliesPlays channel. I was thinking once a video a month and a best of EZAPlays about the previous month would be a good ad for EZAPlays youtube channel and Twitch. If you don't have the budget I think you should try to make it maybe when you hit $45K or $50.

Ibrahim Sozer

Hey Jones, you were talking 2 episodes ago about some of the Allies not being involved as much as others (Ben and Kyle v. Brad and Don was an example you gave), it made me wonder, how do you determine who makes how much money in their salary? Not asking for specifics of course, but since multiple Allies are full time, I was curious about how you figure/figured it all out. Do you do it hourly, by average workload no matter the time it takes, even splits, etc.? Love and Respect! P.S. Simple merch request: Love and Respect shirt available in EZA colors, please? Right now you can only have 2 colors, not 3, and I won't buy it without repping the colors (which I love so much).

Joseph La Russa

TurboChickenMan was nice enough to mention missing my comment, along with his, in the last episode, so I thought I'd try once more in case you did actually miss it. If you already answered or didn't want to answer the question, then no worries! Hi Jones! I hope this isn't a weird question, but what's the best way to approach you at a meet up? I went to the PSX meetup, but I struggled to find a way to get "in" the groups as every ally was busy with their own group and having a great time. It may be overthinking, but I just didn't want to step on anyone's toes while they were talking to you. How would you suggest to approach you, or any ally, at a meetup? Love and Respect!

Hey Jones, What do you think of Disney/Lucasfilm’s handling of the Solo movie? It concerns me that we haven’t seen anything for it except for the poster/synopsis and it releases in May. The handling of Solo is also leading me to have concerns about the potential Kenobi movie.

Best game= ocarina of time. Best movie= citizen Kane. The Brandon Jones lore is building. What is the best song?

mikkel hervel nemmøe

Hey Jones, I'm sure you're probably tired of the merch stuff, but I thought of an idea that could possibly help raise Patreon numbers. There are some other podcasts that I follow closely that have a special Patreon tier that includes an exclusive shirt for anyone that pledges that amount. This could be a fun way to make shirts of specific bits that have come up over a month, without the worry of "will this design actually sell". It could be a fun way to engage people, and make something unique to Patrons similar to the limited release of the anniversary shirt. I know this is something that will probably have to wait until a shirt distributor has been found, but I thought I'd throw it out there. Keep up the great work. Love and respect.

Kate Bishop

Good Day, I remembered your most wanted question, about favorite president and I thought of a question based on that. What video game character do you think would make for the best President of the US?

Mr.V

Hey Jones, I've brought this up before i think but i wanted to articulate a little better. The Final Bosman was the first show i discovered on GT years ago and is part of what got me hooked on all the rest of the Allies. I was let down when Kyle decided not to continue his show. I know and understand the reasons but I think you are underestimating the effect that bringing his show back would have. I'm sure a lot of allies would raise their pledges at the prospect of getting a weekly installment from Kyle back and I'm willing it would put you very close to your studio goal finally. Perhaps a poll on the main Patreon page to see what the interest is. I think you'd be surprised.

Chris Georgaras

Hey Mr. Jones! I'm writing this shortly after you finishing up today's episode and before tonight's GOTY deliberations. With that said, how do you and the other Allies feel those deliberations went? Favorite parts? Things you would like to see improve in some way? Also, your comments on Mr. Olbermann's comments: A++ and MAJOR thumbs up. Thanks as always for taking my submission and I hope you have a great day! P.S.: Freeze would take Bane. =-) P.P.S: I heard it was your birthday recently, and if it was, a very happy (yet belated) birthday!

Brandon K Gann

Oh this would be amazing.

The Hashtagonist

Hi Jones! Can you enable the DVR function on YouTube for the Cup of Jones livestreams? I always tune in too late and have to wait till the show is over to watch it from the beginning.

Dennis M.

I bet $10 Jones brings up the Davos story from Comic-Con. :P

Alec Church

Good afternoon Mr. Jones, As we treat these meetings as investors meetings, I have an investor question for you. Why is EZA casually leaving money on the table? During our last meeting, you mentioned that the previously highly popular show "The Final Bosman" is something that you bring up with Kyle every now and then, but so far has not been made a reality. Now, of course you cannot force people into creativity, but as a company, how is "I don't feel like it right now" a viable excuse to not grow your revenue. As Kyle mentioned during Easy Allies Live, he probably could have started a Patreon on his own based on The Final Bosman alone. As a fake shareholder, I feel you are not doing your fiduciary duty. If the carrot approach doesn't work, maybe it's time for the stick. Kind regards, Shareholders that really have no say in whatever you do, but still enjoy asking you difficult questions.

The Hashtagonist

Hey Jones! Living in CA, i'm sure you cross paths with a bunch of celebrities. How do you handle seeing a celebrity that you are a huge fan of? Do you approach them for a picture/signature, do you shout their name from afar, or do you let them be? bonus qustion: how would you prefer a fan of EasyAllies to approach you in public if a fan happens to see you?

Andrew Left

Hello Jones Will there be an Anniversary Mega Stream this year too?

Olf Himself