Tales of Heroes is BACK!

For those who don’t know, Tales of Heroes started up again at the begining of june. As of now there are 6 new ToH video replay reviews and 5 new “Training” videos available on the Sound Strategy Network youtube page: http://www.youtube.com/user/SoundStrategyNetwork

You can also find updates at sound-strategy.net

Why is this page still number 1 in the Google Results?  Who knows.

Vitensby’s New Site

Hey guys (if anybody is still coming here) I thought i’d point you to Vitensby’s new site: Vitensby.com He has a bunch of Starcraft II videos and some World of Warcraft Videos as well.   Check it out!

Tales of Heroes, Tales of Deception, and the Sound Strategy Network

Hello anyone who still visits this site.  I have recently created a new home for Tales of Heroes and my own blog (Tales of Design).  You can find us at www.sound-strategy.net.  I will try to continue posting some CoH best of videos when I have the bandwidth availible.  In addition, I’m looking very hard at starting a new podcast entitled “Tales of Deception” about the new game “Ruse.”  Anybody interested, send us a shout in the comments section at sound-strategy.net.

Having Problems with the Transition?

If you guys would like to see our thoughts on the new changes, or if your having problems with the flash player, see this blog post.

That way i can keep everything in one place, instead of spread out in email/comments here/comments on site/forum posts on 3 sites, etc.

Edit: Full Screen Now Availible! Check out 42a and 42b posts on gamefire.com for links to full screen

Tales of Heroes Officially Moved to Gamefire – And other updates

So this is one of the last posts you’ll see on this blog here.  Check out www.gamefire.com for all the latest Tales of Heroes updates.  Oh and did i mention that Tales of Heroes Video Replay Review 42a is out?  42b will be out later today and the audio show will also be up later today.

After some discussion we’ve decided to keep the audio show in download and podcast format available to everyone.  It’s not nearly as big as the videos and i’m sure a lot of people would like to listen to it on the road.  So we’ll put up audio show #42 later today in MP3 downloadable form (podcasts links coming soon!).

The player for the video files does have a full screen feature in it, we’re just working on enabling that at the moment, so you’ll be able to watch the shows the same way you always have, except in full high quality   If you still have problems with these changes, send me some feedback @ talesof@gamefire.com

Update On This Week’s Shows

We got all the recording done for this week done last night, and we’re simply in the process of encoding everything correctly. We now have to go through 2 steps of encoding to get the finished product on the gamefire page, and with 2 video shows this week (w00t!) everything is taking longer than normal.

So here’s the deal. From now on shows will be out on Tuesday for the public (Monday for subscribers). Shows will be available in High Quality for EVERYONE, with the caveat being that non-subscribers will not be able to download them, and will have to watch them in an embedded player that has small unobtrusive advertisements (and i mean you see it for 5 seconds, then it’s gone for the rest of the show). Subscribers will be able to download the show with no ads. Also, ALL the old shows will be available to everyone in this new format.

So, with that having been said, I’m trying to get some part of the shows uploaded today. Oh, and did i mention that gamefire.com is up and is where all the new shows will be? So get over there and check it out! Give us feedback!

David Sirlin’s “Playing to Win” Now Availible For Free!

If you recall, we interviewed David Sirlin back in Tales of Heroes 28: Playing to Win.  David’s Book “Playing to Win: Becoming the Champion” is now available in full for free online!  I highly recommend that you check it out and if you like it donate a few bucks or buy yourself a copy of the physical book.  It could really change your whole perspective on competitive gaming.