The Sound Proof Booths of Silence
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The Sound Proof Booths of Silence
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#2Actual title:
"Between the Lanes: The Sound (Proof Booths) of Silence"
Is this actually by Valve employees? Or just with Valve's funding?
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#3I don’t understand the problem this solves - why not put the players in noise cancelling headsets?
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#4It was definitely an interesting article but the first sentence of the article proper really grabbed me.
The weird thing to me about the world is you can have an event that literally millions of people watch around the world, and if you had asked me “what’s the International” five minutes ago I wouldn’t have had any idea, and I’m a very online person! I play video games, even, and at one point played DOTA2!
The internet has totally fractionated our culture to subcultures within subcultures, to the point where when people meet in person they have nothing to talk about. Down with the monoculture and all that.
It’s astounding how much money and thought and effort went into building the booths too! This is the least surprising part: there is a lot of money sloshing around in the world. The amount of talent to build soundproof booths so people can comfortably play a video game in front of a bunch of people is wild.
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#5I don’t understand the problem this solves - why not put the players in noise cancelling headsets?
Two theories: 1. Noise cancelling headphones don't cancel everything 2. They needed to be able to use mics, which don't work well with a lot of ambient noise.
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#6I don’t understand the problem this solves - why not put the players in noise cancelling headsets?
would that work? that's like wearing noise canceling headphones to a concert.
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#7I don’t understand the problem this solves - why not put the players in noise cancelling headsets?
Uncomfortable for the players if I had to guess
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#8I don’t understand the problem this solves - why not put the players in noise cancelling headsets?
Read the article; The last couple paragraphs talk about how they tried that and it didn't live up to their standards
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#9This is a great article and I understand the need for the booths, but to me personally, they look horrible. It looks as if the players are sitting in a kiosk. Surely it would make for a much more enveloping experience for the spectators if the players were in an open space.
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#10I don’t understand the problem this solves - why not put the players in noise cancelling headsets?
Have you ever tried using ANC headphones? They'd be better described as noise-reducing. They can also be uncomfortable to some people when worn for long durations, and you presumably do want to let players in the same team communicate to each other.