Robots are taking over. | Table of Content Episode 31

Table of Content

TABLE OF CONTENT TALKING POINTS Episode 31

1/17/2021

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Zazz - Welcome to Table of Content. The round table show where we discuss all the happenings around streaming, gaming and entertainment. I am Zazzaboo your host and the Editor in Chief of TableOC.com. We have two great streamers here tonight ready to drop their opinions on us about the latest but first returning from Covid Standby The official guest co-host, OfficiallyRogue.

~Welcome Stump

Zazz - Stump will you reach over and grab my bag…. of male and read the latest hatemail. (tell about hate mail and tell them to send their own bold)

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It's your lovely SillyTatsu, coming in hot with this Encouraging Mail !! I Needed to change it up a bit !!!

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I like how well you research all this news zazz !! Keeping it fun and news-worthy !!! ^_^ I learn so much from this Podcast !!

I am so thankful you are all my friends !!! keep up the good work !! and those smiles tho !!! yes more smiles !!

No matter if there are Technical difficulties, its okay Things happen but hey all is not lost !!

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Get well soon Stump !!

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Silly Tatsu

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Intro guests - Joining us once again, and it is great to have you both here OdduckOasis and Symphonic313.

Streaming News

1. Twitch Rivals Partners with Samsung for Mobile Gaming Events -

Have you always wanted to pit all the world's moms against each other in a giant game of candy crush? Now we can.

From sportsrants-

Amazon’s Twitch most high profile teams, Twitch Rivals, have announced an official partnership with Samsung Electronics America on a one-year mobile gaming deal for a series of online competitions.

According to Deadline, the Samsung Galaxy will exclusively host regular mobile gaming challenges and events. Their new partnership agreement was formalized during one of Twitch Rivals live twitch streams during CES.

Twitch views the partnership will enable users to “fully engage in the unparalleled chat and interactivity that feeds the Twitch community” Lou Garate, global head of sponsorship sales at Twitch said. “As livestreaming and esports continue to grow exponentially, we look forward to working with Samsung to help the engaged and dedicated gaming audience access their Twitch Rivals content wherever and whenever they want it.”

Oasis - This seems like an obvious step considering the popularity of mobile gaming. What are your thoughts on competitive candy crush?

1. Minecraft Twitch Streamer Loses All His Followers at Once

In our first strange piece of news, A streamer did something so offensive that he lost all his followers overnight. His offense! Streaming on twitch.

From game rant

Nathan is a regular streamer on Twitch who mostly streams Minecraft. Over the course of two years, Nathan built up a respectable following streaming Minecraft that, while not equaling any of the titans of Twitch, is still a powerful thing to accomplish. Yesterday, on January 13, 2021, almost all of Nathan's Twitch followers vanished in the course of a single night.

It should come as no surprise that Minecraft is a popular game to stream, since a streamer can take it in any direction. Dedication to a single project, exploration, or just fun activities for when a streamer or their chat is bored. All of these helped Nathan get to around 21,000 followers throughout the last two years. Then, one morning, Nathan awoke to discover that number had dropped to seven.

The reason for this sudden follower loss is still unknown, but hopefully Twitch Support is looking into it. This is one of the more extreme manifestations of Twitch's technical problems, but certainly not the only one.

Symphonic - This almost seems worst than being botted. What should they do in a situation like this?

1. Twitch is sending out personalized 2020 recap emails starting today

Many have been receiving these personalized recaps from twitch about their twitch habits. Although there have been many reports of users only getting one of the several recaps.

From dot esports

Twitch is in the process of sending out 2020 Twitch Recap emails today, full of details on what channels you watched, how long you watched them, what channels you subscribed to, and even what your favorite emote was.

The email also includes your most-watched categories of the year, so you can know just how much time you spent in the Just Chatting section or flipping back and forth between multiple Among Us streams.

If you haven’t gotten a recap email yet, be patient. Twitch said they’ll be rolling out throughout the day.

Rogue - did you have any issue getting your recap?

Tech/Game/Social Media News

4. Mario Kart is the most stress-inducing video game: Study

Lastly, They must have been playing on rainbow road when they did this study. Mario kart has been named the most stress inducing video game.

According to a study commissioned by BonusFinder, one of Nintendo’s signature games, Mario Kart, was found to be the most stressful to play.

The commissioned researchers worked with 14 competitive gamers to play 16 of the most popular and challenging games out there.

While playing, the gamers’ heart rates were also measured. While playing a 30-minute Mario Kart session, players experienced elevated heart rates by an average of 21 beats per minute (BPM), which is a 32.8% increase over resting rate.

While Mario Kart generated the highest amount of stress among players, Dark Souls III (an action and role-playing game) contained moments that produced the largest heart rake spikes at 127 BPM during a boss fight with character Darkeater Midir.

Viral multiplayer game Fall Guys produced the second-most heart rate spikes at 125 BPM, particularly when players competed in the final rounds and were close to winning.

On the opposite end, popular games such as Animal Crossing, The Sims and Skyrim lowered heart rates below their resting rates, according to the study.

Symphonic - what would you guess is the most stressful game for you?

5. Instagram's Testing an Option to Unhide Total Like Counts on Posts

Cyber bullying is back. Just kidding but like counts on posts are making a comeback. Maybe

From social media today-

According to a new discovery by app researcher Alessandro Paluzzi, Instagram's currently testing a new option which would enable users to hide or unhide like counts on their posts.

That would enable users to display their total like counts for each post once again, which Instagram removed for most users back in 2019 as part of an initiative to support audience wellbeing.

The theory, at the time, was that by removing like counts on posts, that would reduce competition over vanity metrics, which would in-turn lessen social comparison, and its associated negative impacts.

No data has been released to show how effective this was.

Oasis - Do you think this is a positive change?

6. PewDiePie reveals why he's taking another break from YouTube

As far as bad omens go this one couldn't be much worse. Much like at the beginning of 2020 Pewdiepie has announced he will be going on a content hiatus.

From Dexerto

Fans will have to go without his content again in 2021, as he announced on January 8 that he is taking another leave of absence from making videos. When will he back?

PewDiePie made the announcement on January 8 in a community post on his channel. “I FORGOT TO MENTION A FEW THINGS! I’m taking some time off to chill, epic,” the entertainer wrote at the beginning of his update.

Fans of YouTuber shouldn’t be too surprised with his second break as Kjellberg told his community on numerous occasions that he planned on taking a second vacation in 2021. “I feel like it’s fair. Any other job you get holidays and I don’t do that. And this year has been pretty crazy. It’s good for my mental health,” he explained in June.

Fans will no doubt severely miss him. In 2020, his popular r/Pewdiepiesubmissions subreddit hilariously turned to chaos and made hilarious jokes about his absence from YouTube. If nothing else, we can look forward to the memes.

Rogue - what will we do without PEWDS?

Entertainment News

7. Clerks 3 Update: Kevin Smith Finishes First Draft

He wasn't even supposed to be here today but he got work done any way. Kevin Smith has announced he is done the first draft of clerks 3.

From the piece

In a Facebook post published on Thursday, writer/director/pop culture enthusiast Kevin Smith revealed that he has "just finished" the first draft of Clerks 3. He also shared that he started writing on December 28, and that this is technically the second version of the film he's written, adding that he's "now very happy we never made" the previous version from six years ago.

Smith also shares that while his own mortality was very much in mind for the script, he promises "this script to Clerks 3 makes me laugh out loud." He also credited the realities of living in quarantine and overall "the real world lately" were a major catalyst for Smith to hold still, sit down, and bang out a draft--noting that "the writing doesn't begin when you start tapping the keys: I've been stirring this stew in my brain pan for a while now."

No release date for the film has yet been set, but Smith indicates he wants to "spend some of 2021… in New Jersey where it all began"

Symph - What do you think about smith choosing to hold off on his original script?

8. The Office Showrunner Says Revival is Now More Likely with Peacock

Does your life need a little hopium in it? Well here is something to get your hopes up. The Office Showrunner Says Revival is Now More Likely with Peacock

From geek feed

With the show coming to NBC’s streaming service, Peacock, showrunner Greg Daniels has implied that a revival is now more likely.

“I think it’s probably more likely now the show’s on Peacock, but no plans right now certainly. People are more open to it now, it seems. The issue is, what is left to be said about the characters. There’s been some talk of maybe a Friends-style reunion kind of thing. I don’t know. It’s still kind of vague.”

When asked what a reunion could be about, Daniels said that maybe they could just shoot something in the vein of a ‘lost episode’ and just shoot it like it was still 2010. With a lot of The Office characters having moved on from Dunder Mifflin by the finale, it wouldn’t make sense for all of them to still be together 10 years later.

Oasis - what do you think of this strategy if they do decide to bring the show back?

9. Tom Cruise Reportedly Buys Robots to Enforce COVID Safety on Film Set

What can you say about this next story other than I welcome our robot overlords

After he was recorded shouting at film set employees for breaking COVID-19 restrictions, Tom Cruise has reportedly purchased two robots designed to patrol the set of Mission Impossible 7 when it resumes film next week, The Sun reports.

The robots, which can reportedly administer on-the-spot COVID-19 tests, were purchased by Cruise. It’s unclear what kind of robots they are, but The Sun cites a source who describes them as “really sophisticated and rather intimidating. It’s like the Terminator only not as violent.”

Cruise isn’t the only person employing COVID-19 testing robots in Hollywood. CBS has reportedly expressed interest in renting or purchasing lab-certified disinfection bots used in more than 500 hospitals worldwide.

Rogue - Should the police employ these sort of robots or should we allow private Karens to buy them?

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