General Anime/Manga/Otaku Thread

[Combat Lobster]

Cool I think we've got enough interest to do a test run. Let me know what time is best for you guys. (I'm flexible time-wise.)

At the moment I've been looking for syncing sites to host this, but at the moment I've only found one that can sync youtube videos. (Which I don't think we'll be able to get the most out of.) Or we can do what my friends and I would do and preload a video and do a countdown over Skype and sync up that way. So here's what I propose for the test run; we either:

Find episodes on Youtube and use http://togethertube.com/ to sync up playback.

PROS

-Makes syncing up easier
-Videos can be added on the fly

CONS

-Limited to Youtube videos only
-If the video is blocked in your country, then you won't be able to see anything till the next video


Find episodes from external sites, send me the links (Through PM only) so I can compile a playlist for everyone and doing a countdown to sync up

PROS

-Video sources are limitless
-Viewers can preload the next video while watching.

CONS

-Manual countdown required.
-If you try to jump in while we're already watching a video; you'll have to either wait for us to set a pausing point to bring you in or you'll have to wait till the next video.
-We'll need to have everyone on Skype or something to coordinate playback.
-Ads may desync us. (Which I would recommend using Ad Blocker.)

If we're going with the second option, I'll need to compile a list of sites that can legally stream anime, so let me know if you know of some that we can work with.

Also I'll be editing this post with site information as I find them. If you have any questions or suggestions feel free to let me know.