Beta Feature: Simulcast Lounge

Wow dude, I was seriously JUST whining to myself that it's been a while since there's been any refinement to the Crunchyroll "service". The timing of my thought and seeing this is more than just coincidence. I guess the timing was simply well matched for neededing something new.

I'll give this a try. However I'm not enthusiastic about the idea, as I'm a very anti-spoiler guy, and this sounds like a risk to that.

A suggestion I immediately have that I think would do wonders for this: for this lounge mode, run it in multiple distinct rooms/"sessions" starting every 10 or 15 minutes. The idea would be to have a room full of viewers watching the episode at a synchronized rate, so that discussion is purely "in the moment", and there will be no people "ahead" to spoil the current episode. On-demand simulcasts will of course remain unaffected.

KanaMinami 29549 cr points Send Message: 33 / M / Idaho Offline	Permalink Reply Quote Posted 4/5/11 , edited 4/5/11 I probably wont be using it. I mostly watch in fullscreen...
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knives7 49831 cr points Send Message: 28 / M / California Offline	Permalink Reply Quote Posted 4/5/11 , edited 4/5/11 Sounds cool I'm interested
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TerraGamerX 88908 cr points Send Message: 29 / M / Colorado, USA Offline	Permalink Reply Quote Posted 4/5/11 , edited 4/5/11 Wow dude, I was seriously JUST whining to myself that it's been a while since there's been any refinement to the Crunchyroll "service". The timing of my thought and seeing this is more than just coincidence. I guess the timing was simply well matched for neededing something new. I'll give this a try. However I'm not enthusiastic about the idea, as I'm a very anti-spoiler guy, and this sounds like a risk to that. A suggestion I immediately have that I think would do wonders for this: for this lounge mode, run it in multiple distinct rooms/"sessions" starting every 10 or 15 minutes. The idea would be to have a room full of viewers watching the episode at a synchronized rate, so that discussion is purely "in the moment", and there will be no people "ahead" to spoil the current episode. On-demand simulcasts will of course remain unaffected.
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rikku456 51886 cr points Send Message: 29 / M / Australia Offline	Permalink Reply Quote Posted 4/5/11 , edited 4/5/11 this will be interesting
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Tethler 64250 cr points Send Message: 35 / M / Oregon Offline	Permalink Reply Quote Posted 4/5/11 , edited 4/5/11 Cool idea but I will probably never use it. I always watch in fullscreen.
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Gokuchu 63121 cr points Send Message: 29 / M / Santa Rosa, CA Offline	Permalink Reply Quote Posted 4/5/11 , edited 4/5/11 I agree with TerraGamerX about potential spoilers. It'll be great to have separate sessions every 10-15 mins. It'll be really cool if the video would start when your friends join the room.
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	Permalink Reply Quote Posted 4/5/11 , edited 4/5/11 I think it is a great idea, look forward to trying it out.
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WilyamShiekia 56077 cr points Send Message: 28 / M / Durham, England Offline	Permalink Reply Quote Posted 4/5/11 , edited 4/5/11 You guys never stop amazing me with your ideas Love it
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firethorn 11653 cr points Send Message: 30 / F / PA Offline	Permalink Reply Quote Posted 4/5/11 , edited 4/5/11 Sounds good; will try it out. Agree spam feature is a must.
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mitamaking 3406 cr points Send Message: 30 / M / Goldenrod City, J... Offline	Permalink Reply Quote Posted 4/5/11 , edited 4/5/11 Wouldn't there be a major problem with spoilers considering people would be starting the show at different times?
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	Permalink Reply Quote Posted 4/5/11 , edited 4/5/11 Sounds really good but as everyone here mostly said that they watch fullscreen so that's a problem. Also I mostly watch anime on my IPod Touch :/ so I wouldn't be using the chat much.
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Khaltazar 90964 cr points Send Message: 29 / M / Louisville, KY Offline	Permalink Reply Quote Posted 4/5/11 , edited 4/5/11 DarkOne wrote: That is cool. But not alot would chat tho. Wait until Naruto Shippuden is launched on Thursday and try saying that again.
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Fen_Star 53301 cr points Send Message: 30 / M / My own little world Offline	Permalink Reply Quote Posted 4/5/11 , edited 4/5/11 Good news for trolls! But, crunchylabs? You need to be more creative than just copying hulu. http://www.hulu.com/labs
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grinebidderen 75052 cr points Send Message: 30 / M / Denmark Offline	Permalink Reply Quote Posted 4/5/11 , edited 4/5/11 A little thing i noticed. It is using the American keyboard layout for symbols, but can write letters like danish "æ ø å" not sure if it is something to actually worry about, but now it's been said.
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Catnap 41108 cr points Send Message: 26 / F / In your head Online	Permalink Reply Quote Posted 4/5/11 , edited 4/5/11 This is an awesome idea, but you have a lot to fix i guess. tried using the chat, but i couldn't use the shift button to get the different symbols like ? ! etc
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