Crazy idea, or crazy good idea?

[Cal_kashi]

So, i haven't been on gotwoot much at all, but recently discovered the joys of IRC for a cs class, and thought this up. There's a number of people who DL the new episodes of bleach and naruto when they first come out, what if we organized a synchronous time to all watch the newest episodes silmultaneously then either all be on IRC or in a thread saying whatevers gotta be said interactively. It would add a new element to watching these horendous Naruto fillers, and could potentially reinstill awesomeness into that magic period of time that thursday night used to be. You know, a reason to look forward to the naruto releases again.
What do you all think?

[DB_Hunter]

Hmm I did a similar thing with a friend of mine. We both used started watching at exactly the same moment, in sync, and we had Skype on in the background. It was pretty cool, and were doing this during the whole Lee Vs Kimimaro thing, and also I think when Sasuke fought Naruto after that. The downside of it was that when something good happened someone would speak and it would kind of take away the immersion you had in the episode. I don't know why we stopped in the end, I think one of us had exams after that or something.

Its up to you guys really, but thats my experience of watching anime in sync with a friend. Oh, and be prepared to keep hitting the pause/play button in the beginning to get it exactly right. It was a bit bothersome between two people, can't imagine what it would be like with a load of people.

[Ryllharu]

I imagine over IRC there would be some more allowance for slow reaction time, but if everyone wasn't off by more than a second or two it would work fairly well. As DB_Hunter said, its hard to sync two people perfectly, and especially so when you have different hardware configurations, use different players, etc.

It's a nice idea though. It would probably make the fillers marginally less horrible, and probably add some fun to it with the chat. It's like going to a old B-movie. The crowd goes to it expecting to yell things out loud, and let the rest of the crowd add to the experience.

I'd say give it a shot (not that I watch either of those shows anymore). If it doesn't work out, no real loss either.

The logistics of it would have to be worked out though. Download times and speeds taken into consideration, etc. You'd more likely end up watching the eps a day or two after it was released rather than right away, but you get the idea.

[Assertn]

then lies the problem of waiting till everyone had a copy at the same time.

[Cal_kashi]

i think if we used irc or a thred here it wouldn't matter mch if it was up to 10-20 seconds off, and we could certainly be better than that if everyone is already logged onto irc and we all start when someone says to, given that we will all have the same DB copies

[Winged Dancer]

I think it's a fairly neat idea. Watching stuff in-synch can be pretty amusing, and it doesn't have to be perfect synch... and besides, if we do it with the Naruto fillers it's not as if we'll ruin or spoil anything.

I've done it a few times with some friends and it works pretty well via MSN, never tried with a forum though.

[xDarkMaster]

It is a good idea, however, as previously mentioned it will be extremely hard to get everyone together and with the episode at the same time. So, at best there may be 10 people doing it.

On the other hand if too many people are part of it, it will be difficult to follow the anime and the conversation at the same time. Sorry to sound negative! I think it's a good idea, it will just be extremely hard to carry out and make it work.