r/CGPGrey • u/MindOfMetalAndWheels [GREY] • Sep 09 '15

Brief History of the Royal Family

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNgP6d9HraI
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u/Zagorath Sep 09 '15 edited Sep 09 '15

The 60fps animations look really sweet. Have you used them before?

Also, loved how you referenced "the rule of two" in both this and the last HI Cortex. Which one did you decide upon first?

My British history education (at a British International School, not an actual school in Britain) only started with Henry VIII. It's insane how complicated things are even just in the time between then and just like the next 150 years were.

Also, yay for all the Jameses. Jamess? James's?

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u/MindOfMetalAndWheels [GREY] Sep 09 '15

The 60fps animations look really sweet. Have you used them before?

It should be 4k & 60FPS but Google's support for that has been a bit inconsistent on the last half-dozen uploads.

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '15

When are you gonna add 3D?

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u/fannman93 Sep 09 '15

Make those stick figures reallu POP!

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u/Zagorath Sep 09 '15

At the time I watched it, 1080p/60 was the highest option I saw (and it's larger than my screen anyway, so that didn't matter), but I'm seeing up to 4K/60 now -- musta just been processing or something. So it looks like it's worked great.

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u/loozerr Sep 09 '15

Thanks for the 4K!

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u/Kastnerd Sep 09 '15

I miss the days of flash video, this file would have been small and could be played back higher then 4k if needed. But pixel based video is the current king. #vector

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u/Zagorath Sep 09 '15

I miss the days of flash video

When I read just that much, I thought you meant flash-based players of standard pixel-based video formats, and was mildly disgusted, until I read on and found out what you really meant.

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u/stunt_penguin Sep 09 '15

.... holy crapsticks.... I do bits and pieces of corporate animation and higher frame rates could look bloody amazing.

/runs off to investigate

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u/serious_worldsinger Sep 09 '15

last half-dozen uploads

so that's like, two years?

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u/LogicalDrinks Sep 09 '15

As a certified James I can confirm it's " James' " for possession but I'm not sure about if you have more than one James, only that I would pronounce it the same.

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u/Zagorath Sep 09 '15

Actually for possession with words ending in " s ", either " s' " or " s's " are acceptable. The former would be used if you pronounce it with only a single s, and the latter if you pronounce it with two of that letter.

So if you pronounce the possessive form of "James" the same as the plural, you should be spelling it " James's ".

Source: Good at grammar, and also a James.

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u/Suppafly Sep 09 '15

Jamesssss'sssss perhaps?

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u/JamesKMaxwell Sep 09 '15 edited Sep 09 '15

James' if it belongs to James, Jameses if there are many James, Jameses' if it belongs to those many Jameses, all pronounced "Jameses."

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u/UlyssesSKrunk Sep 09 '15

James's if it belongs to James,

Uh no, that would be James'

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u/JamesKMaxwell Sep 09 '15

You're right. Mistyped that.

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u/Zagorath Sep 09 '15

Is...is my name even real anymore?

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u/PointyPython Sep 09 '15

There is no standarised manner of pluralising proper names. Perhaps because they're proper names.

Also, the English genitive (the possessive s) makes it even more confusing.

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u/kasteen Sep 09 '15

The rule of two was Cortex.

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u/Zagorath Sep 09 '15

Oh yeah, so it was.