Your critique is perfectly valid; I have no problem with it. Ben nicely expanded on my point. Like I said, if I wanted to serve your purpose, then yes, I'd make your video. Your critique would be very helpful.
This video didn't need a soundtrack either, but adding it made the video immeasurably better: Roassal3 <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2rLr7Z1b8Y> . Ditto for this video: We Are Smalltalk <https://youtu.be/pB0iI6ksW30> . This video has utter silence and it simply does not work for me: Virtual Reality Live at Thales with Pharo <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4nNtN7XBi8> . The purpose of my video is to drum up excitement for JRMPC. I'm trying to make JRMPC a special "event." I'm trying to make JRMPC look like a cool contest. I hope people will be drawn into exploring this event further and be exposed to Smalltalk. Perhaps then they'll give Smalltalk a try. If they know nothing about Smalltalk, showing them the Pharo IDE in action will have very little meaning. That's why I didn't do it. It didn't fit my purpose. I could be wrong, but I think a lot of people think this competition is pretty cool. Mission accomplished. Richard O'Keefe wrote > There doesn't need to *be* a soundtrack. Everyone can handle silence, > no? What purpose *does* the current video serve? > > On Mon, 24 Feb 2020 at 07:42, horrido < > horrido.hobbies@ > > wrote: >> >> My video serves one purpose; your video serves another. If I wanted to >> serve >> your purpose, then yes, I'd make your video. >> >> As to the sound track, the truth is, you can't choose one that appeals to >> everyone. Musical tastes vary. I have no doubt that regardless of my >> choice, >> somebody will always have an issue with it. >> >> >> >> Richard O'Keefe wrote >> > This is meant to be constructive, but won't seem that way at first. >> > >> > (1) The sound track very nearly drove me away in the first few seconds. >> > I'm deadly serious about that. I'm not on the spectrum, but my elder >> > daughter is, and sensory sensitivities are very common amongst ASD >> > people. I'm rather sensitive to noise myself. Now if the sound track >> > were *relevant* to the message, I'd put up with it, but I can't for the >> > life of me see any connection between the sound track banging away >> > and what's happening on the screen. >> > >> > (2) Above all, it was a *missed opportunity*. Here was the chance to >> > add a narration telling us what we are seeing and what it all *means*. >> > Something not unlike Code Bullet, maybe? >> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSW-5m8lRMs >> > >> > (3) I don't give a tinker's curse for the score. It's just a number >> > without >> > any context. The scores for *all* the teams might be more interesting. >> > The numbers that really matter are TIME, EFFORT, and SIZE. How >> > long did it take each team? How much code did they end up with? How >> > much were they able to re-use? How many false starts had to be thrown >> > away? >> > >> > (4) The other missed opportunity was the chance to show some of the >> > Pharo IDE in action. Click on a cell, bring up the halo, explore the >> > data structure, show some code, jump around in it. >> > >> > As it is, this clip shows me >> > - unknown code >> > - solving an unfamiliar problem >> > - written by people I know nothing about >> > - using unknown tools >> > - with no evidence that Smalltalk helped in any way. >> > >> > If I were a Blub programmer, I'd probably ignore this >> > completely. At best, I'd look for the problem specification, >> > then say "who cares, I can do that easily in Blub". >> > >> > If you want to show that Smalltalk is the best thing since >> > sliced cheese, you have to show that *Smalltalk* is relevant >> > in some way. >> > >> > >> > On Sun, 23 Feb 2020 at 03:53, Richard Kenneth Eng >> > < >> >> > horrido.hobbies@ >> >> > > wrote: >> >> >> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNyu-3Y2arg >> >> >> >> This time, the teams must deal with Jump cells, Warp cells, and Death >> >> cells. If you land on a Death cell, you die and the simulation >> >> terminates. >> >> >> >> Next week is the most exciting round yet. Multiple teams will be >> >> competing on the same board! This will look so damn cool on YouTube. >> >> >> >> Richard >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Sent from: http://forum.world.st/Pharo-Smalltalk-Users-f1310670.html >> -- Sent from: http://forum.world.st/Pharo-Smalltalk-Users-f1310670.html
