General and Gaming => General => Topic started by: dashv on April 17, 2014, 03:54:03 am
Title: Please help me stop my wife!
Post by: dashv on April 17, 2014, 03:54:03 am
Folks,
I preordered a Retron5 last September. It was supposed to be a Christmas present for the family. Anyone that's kept up on the Retron5 knows it's still not released.
So I decided to leave my Christmas tree up until it arrives. My wife insists on taking it down.
So we decided to handle the issue like adults and take it to the internet.
We have two videos on youtube. One with my side. The other with hers.
For both videos thumbs down means you agree with her and the tree gets taken down.
Thumbs up means you agree with me and the tree stays up!
If you want to be mildly entertained and help me out please watch and thumbs up both videos! :)
My side of the story:
Her side:
We're just having some fun. So if you want to play along just vote how you feel and don't worry about us getting divorced or anything over it. :)
Title: Re: Please help me stop my wife!
Post by: soera on April 17, 2014, 09:06:19 am
Thumbs up brother! You have to keep the tree up and hopefully Hyperkin themselves will get wind of the video and release the damn thing. Ive had my pre-order up for a while too and have been disappointed a few times already myself.
Retron 5, where are you ?!?!
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Post by: argyle on April 17, 2014, 09:30:57 am
I voted for the tree to stay - keep hope alive!!! :D
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Post by: turf on April 17, 2014, 09:52:27 am
Thumbs Up! Don't give an inch!
Maybe that infernal Retron5 will ship soon and this will all be over.
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Post by: burningdoom on April 17, 2014, 12:13:52 pm
I'm at work, but I have to watch this when I get home. I'm sure me and the wife will get a kick out of this.
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Post by: stethebubble on April 17, 2014, 04:50:26 pm
bwhahaha that was amazing. loved it.
Title: Re: Please help me stop my wife!
Post by: dashv on April 17, 2014, 06:17:32 pm
Thanks for the support guys! My wife has gathered the support of folks from church. When I posted here we were tied.
We are tallying the votes Friday night at 9:00pm Pacific. That way if she wins the tree can be down in time for Easter.
I hope she does not win. I think it would be kinda cool to have Easter baskets under the Christmas tree.
Feel free to share the links on Facebook. I can't think of any other places that would be appropriate. I'm trying not to spam. But I don't want to loose. :)
Title: Re: Please help me stop my wife!
Post by: pacpix on April 17, 2014, 10:02:54 pm
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Are you going to allow yourselves to be manipulated by footage of sleeping children and grown men crying about their lost childhoods and ruined Christmases?
Yes.
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Post by: burningdoom on April 17, 2014, 11:15:00 pm
Viva la Retron 5, brother!
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Post by: 90snostalga on April 17, 2014, 11:22:46 pm
I gave you a like but unfortunately my wife is going to end up giving your wife a like
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Post by: soera on April 17, 2014, 11:39:01 pm
Check this recent development out :
UPDATE 4/17/24: Hyperkin has increased the price of the RetroN 5, saying "north of $100, between $129.99 and $149.99". Alll pre-orders from Amazon should be honored via their pre-order price guarantee. I believe Newegg has the same guarantee, I am not sure about Stone Age Gamer or 8 Bit Classics. Think Geek still hasn't opened pre-orders on the unit, instead offering a link to be signed up for email notifications as to when it will be available. Also on the Amazon front, they have sold out of pre-orders.
Also http://underratedretro.com/2014/04/overheard-at-pax-hyperkin-ready-to-launch-retron-5/
Title: Re: Please help me stop my wife!
Post by: dashv on April 17, 2014, 11:55:21 pm
Yeah, I heard about the price change in a podcast they did 2 days ago. Fortunately when I preordered from Amazon in September the price was $76.19 for the all black model.
So I am locked in at $82.86 after taxes. :)
Amazon is the only way to go when pre-ordering. You always get it at the lowest price it was ever listed for while it's on pre-order.
Title: Re: Please help me stop my wife!
Post by: dashv on April 17, 2014, 11:57:23 pm
Now I want to know what camera you guys used to film these, the quality and the production is great :D
Vote up for you, good sir! I've managed to win the battle of the "Christmas Slime" for three Christmases now, so I understand your pain!
Christmas slime? That sir requires an explanation! :)
I used 2 Canon 5D MK II's and a Sennheiser 416 for the audio. We shot both angles at once. :) The real secret to the video though is the Linco Studio light I used. I have a review of the Linco lights on my youtube channel where I show what you can get out of a consumer grade handycam with good lighting.
For these videos I used 1 Linco softbox at half power.
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Post by: anruiukimi on April 18, 2014, 12:36:05 am
Sir?! Hmph. 8)
That's some serious equipment! If I ever seriously start doing web vids, I at least need to get better lighting. My room has horrid light. :/
So, the Christmas slime...I moved back in with my parents back in late 2011 after coming back from 3 years in Japan. I'm still here, because I am trying to pay down my bills (the tentative plan is mid next year to get a new place, I think. I've been house-sitting a lot, so they aren't rushing me. :P)
So in about November of 2011, I blow this bad boy up, at some point he gained a hat, and there he has sat. In my mother's generally-formal living room. For over two years now. She complains about it, and both my dad and I laugh, and up he stays~
Thumbs up for your son and you, dashv! Also, pretty cool to know that you'll have a Christmas Tree on Easter. I hope you win...
Thanks for the support. Don't forget you can vote twice! Thumbs up on each video. :) That's how my wife got ahead of me. She had everyone in her churches youth group vote thumbs down on their smart phones. :P
anruiukimi, that's an awesome slime! Should my sir have been a "Miss" ? :)
Title: Re: Please help me stop my wife!
Post by: dashv on April 18, 2014, 05:17:48 pm