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Offline iPPi

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Add vuvuzela to your youtube video watching
« on: Wednesday, June 23, 2010, 09:21:09 PM »
There's a soccer ball button in the control panel of all youtube videos.  Clicking it will add a very loud vuvuzela to it. 
« Last Edit: Wednesday, June 23, 2010, 09:57:02 PM by iPPi »

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Re: Add vivuzela to your youtube video watching
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday, June 23, 2010, 10:01:23 PM »
I hold a deep affection for the vuvuzela. It doesn't matter whether an epic, professional match is taking place or a horrible amateur match is unfolding - the addition of the vuvuzela nullifies everything. It makes you hate everything taking place in the vicinity.

Also, obligatory Onion article.

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Re: Add vuvuzela to your youtube video watching
« Reply #2 on: Thursday, June 24, 2010, 06:12:05 AM »
This might be appropriate:

Stardock's Devuvuzelator

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If you are a fan of the World Cup, but hate the annoying sounds of the vuvuzela then check out the latest free application from Stardock in collaboration with the Centre for Digital Music at Queen Mary, University of London.

Just download and run the program below to filter your live World Cup broadcast in real-time (ESPN3, BBC, etc), choosing which level of de-vuvuzela'ing filtering you find most suitable. No installation required, just download and run!

Honestly, I don't find the vuvzela particularly annoying.. No more annoying than the standard noise of football i.e. air horn. Actually I find the vuvuzela way less annoying than those f*cking air horns.

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Re: Add vuvuzela to your youtube video watching
« Reply #3 on: Thursday, June 24, 2010, 08:17:04 AM »
Except the air horns don't play in unison for 3 straight fucking hours.

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Re: Add vuvuzela to your youtube video watching
« Reply #4 on: Thursday, June 24, 2010, 09:02:06 AM »
vuvuzela = kryptonite for white people.

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Re: Add vuvuzela to your youtube video watching
« Reply #5 on: Thursday, June 24, 2010, 09:12:46 AM »
Do you really want to make this about race?

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Re: Add vuvuzela to your youtube video watching
« Reply #6 on: Thursday, June 24, 2010, 09:25:02 AM »
No, it was a joke. Relax.

Teams and fans from all corners of the world (incl. members of my own extended family) are complaining about the vuvuzelas.

People familiar with sport in Africa are used to it however, so we probably don't find it as annoying.

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Re: Add vuvuzela to your youtube video watching
« Reply #7 on: Thursday, June 24, 2010, 09:35:52 AM »
No, man, I'm sorry.  I didn't mean that to come across as hostile.  I knew it was a joke.

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Re: Add vuvuzela to your youtube video watching
« Reply #8 on: Thursday, June 24, 2010, 09:50:20 AM »
haha sorry!

Let me balance the scales with some Argentina fans:



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Re: Add vuvuzela to your youtube video watching
« Reply #9 on: Thursday, June 24, 2010, 10:08:41 AM »
I now approve of this thread.

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Re: Add vuvuzela to your youtube video watching
« Reply #11 on: Thursday, June 24, 2010, 10:58:41 AM »
hahahah

edit:

That sound was very annoying. Doesn't seem as bad during the matches. Hmmm... I am watching the matches using my standard Samsung TV speakers. Do you guys have 5.1 setups on your TV?

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Re: Add vuvuzela to your youtube video watching
« Reply #12 on: Thursday, June 24, 2010, 11:24:45 AM »
Pure gold!

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Do you guys have 5.1 setups on your TV?

Yes, but it seems like the broadcasters (at least the CBC feeds I'm watching here in Canada) aren't using the surround channels that much (I can barely hear them) so it's not more annoying than standard stereo.

Having said I'm kind of used to the horns by now. Still wouldn't want to hear it outside of South Africa though. Also, supposedly the company that records the matches is filtering the sound a bit more now. The games in "Soccer City" are still damn loud though.

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Re: Add vuvuzela to your youtube video watching
« Reply #13 on: Thursday, June 24, 2010, 03:03:24 PM »
Haha!  I just now got it.  I have noscript going at home, so I heard nothing.  Here at Sandy's the noise gets to grate in all its glory.

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Re: Add vuvuzela to your youtube video watching
« Reply #14 on: Friday, June 25, 2010, 02:20:17 AM »
vuvuzela = kryptonite for white people.
Hahaha that explains apartheid!! :P

Thanks for the atmospheric special effect, Ghandi! ;D

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Re: Add vuvuzela to your youtube video watching
« Reply #15 on: Saturday, June 26, 2010, 08:59:04 AM »