Comments on: Dizzee Rascal Home Party Tonight!

By: smokeypsd

smokeypsd — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 07:53:56 +0000

Been into the space, and it’s seriously cool guys, i just wish the launch wouldnt have been on at 5 am.

I hope u guys collaborate more with muso’s and other groups on this level as this is what I think will really get home happening.

By: elephant_stone

elephant_stone — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 07:34:26 +0000

I got into the space fine at 8pm but just got the trailer over and over again, which drove me bonkers (excuse the pun).

Then I read this blog and re-started Home to find the performance video was then live!

I didnt stick around long enough to see if the actual Dizzee turned up as I guessed he would be in one instance of the room, possibly hopping around, spreading his time around the different servers.

Technically I’m very interested in how this worked. Did you get Dizzee to log into HOME at SCEE UK HQ in Soho, and was it with a special avatar that no one else could imitate? Also, how many servers were hosting the SingStar VIP rooms, and did Dizzee move between them? If so how long was he in each one, and is it an admin tool only that lets you do this knowingly (I know I can re-locate to the same location but where a friend is for example).

Sorry for the nerdy post. This VIP Room event was a great idea…just needed a bit better planning in its execution. You should have foreseen the servers getting hammered

By: Dante_Zero

Dante_Zero — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 02:55:57 +0000

lame u lied about dizze rascal being in home. MOD moshi kept saying he’s coming for about 2 hours then the moderator disappeared and dizzy rascal didnt come. singstar space is great but the event organisation when the main guest dont turn up says it all really. ive been a dizzy rascal fan for a long time and i was gutted as there were some genuinely interesting questions i would have like to ask him. cant believe hiw bad this was, late loadung video performance and then a no show.
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By: James Gallagher

James Gallagher — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:57:37 +0000

Right now, Dizzee is entering Home.

By: James Gallagher

James Gallagher — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:30:29 +0000

In fifteen minutes, Dizzee will be in PlayStation Home.

By: James Gallagher

James Gallagher — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:24:57 +0000

Yes, definitely still happening. I’ll give you a more details shortly (in the next few minutes).

By: ijeffers

ijeffers — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:18:32 +0000

So we know that the video didn’t start playing until home was quit and the reloaded, now fair enough maybe the refresh structure isn’t working correctly and that could be a big, but should probably have been tested with a smaller private space or something to make sure that it would work.

The other story that I heard was that the video wasn’t uploaded ready for 8pm and that the upload was taking longer because of the number of users on home. If thats the case then there’s a pretty big question here. We all know that the infrastructure isn’t in place to allow live media streaming from within home, so if the upload was taking longer then expected, why wasn’t the video uploaded in advance so that the playlist for the screen could be altered to display the video, to me that seems a logical and fairly simple preperation task to allow it to go smoother.

But hey, what do I know. :p

By: Apnomis

Apnomis — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:06:42 +0000

@ flf4sgam3r mine didn’t buffer once I was in?

I think Sony will have to give away tickets next time to limit the numbers, mind you if MAG can manage 16,000 beta testers playing 128 vs 128 matches, surely getting a few avatars in a room to watch a video can’t be that hard? Look at how much content the BBC pump out of iPlayer at peak times…

I fear it’s down to cost though, maybe there could be an entrance fee next time? LOL

By: cjiggy

cjiggy — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:00:40 +0000

it worked fine for me no dizzee to talk too though is that happening still

By: flf4sgam3r

flf4sgam3r — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:58:42 +0000

Sorry James…but the constant buffering ruined it…its just not good enough.And i dont think its live either…you guys really let me down..i thought this was gonna be memorable. Guess not.

By: AHMED1991

AHMED1991 — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:58:37 +0000

wonka118.. hounestly m8 its not worth the hasstle.. if you get in tell me wah yu rekon..

By: wonka118

wonka118 — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:56:17 +0000

I still cant get into the space

By: AHMED1991

AHMED1991 — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:54:24 +0000

Guess me && SiRobertson on the same page.. sony really needs to buck up now coz they are not jus falling behind they are also starting to p**s people off.. and if Dizzie has any sence he will notice his fans ain gunna be happy with him also coza sony (even tho the vid looped and wasnt much copp anyway)..

By: SiRobertson

SiRobertson — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:48:41 +0000

Finally got the Dizzee video here… what a complete waste of time.

After a delay of no less than one hour, and a load of predictable PS3 crashes if you leave the SingStar space too soon after entering it, the much hyped “event” turns out to be nothing more than a streaming video.

Not impressed in the slightest, and a nice looking Home space doesn’t compensate for any of this fiasco.

By: Apnomis

Apnomis — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:48:17 +0000

Ok, so after the initial teething troubles this actually turned out to be quite a fun event! It’s good how it’s streamed live so everyone is watching the same bit at the same time. No sign of the Dizzee avatar on the server I was on though

Hopefully there will be more of these in the future, and hopefully you’ll have learnt from experience

By: wonka118

wonka118 — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:40:53 +0000

James can you like do something about the people waiting in the space and not leaving because i reckon they’re causing the problem

By: wonka118

wonka118 — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:25:42 +0000

I really do’nt want to say this james but its not working, sorry

By: James Gallagher

James Gallagher — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:18:48 +0000

See the messages at the top. So sorry. I just came along to speak to the blog so I don’t know the specifics of what happened, but the video is now live. You just need to quit home and then log back in immediately.

By: wonka118

wonka118 — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:18:42 +0000

Not working at the moment

By: James Gallagher

James Gallagher — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:16:17 +0000

To all the people trying to check Dizzee in PlayStation Home, We need you to log out of Home, log back in and then head to The SingStar Rooms VIP. Then, I promise the video will be live and Dizzee himself will be there soon.

Massive apologies once again, but we are live.