University of Trials (Class 8 - October 16 - FINAL CLASS) | Forums

[FatShady Live]

Really happy to say that the University is back in business. Class 3 was updated in the original post.

Thanks to the fantastic guys at Redlynx, the videos will now be hosted along side the other RLTV content on the Ubisoft channel and I really look forward to making these a little more regularly. As always, if there is any feedback please let me know.

[Deagle]

Really happy to say that the University is back in business. Class 3 was updated in the original post.

Thanks to the fantastic guys at Redlynx, the videos will now be hosted along side the other RLTV content on the Ubisoft channel and I really look forward to making these a little more regularly. As always, if there is any feedback please let me know.

Finally Does it mean that on your channel no more videos will be uploaded?

[RetiredRonin]

Your work is getting better each video. Half of your head didn't disappear this time! YAY!

Also, I would post these videos to the thread in reverse order, that way your newest content is always at the top.

[FatShady Live]

Finally Does it mean that on your channel no more videos will be uploaded?

I think so. I might still be able to do the extra credit classes through there if I get some more time but im not sure. But the official classes will only be released via the Ubi channel.

[FatShady Live]

Also, I would post these videos to the thread in reverse order, that way your newest content is always at the top.

What are you talking about. I've always done that because that sounds like a good idea and of course I am smart enough to have thought of that Have a look for yourself.

[RetiredRonin]

Silly me...

[NSP_I_VeNoMz]

Hey FatShady, I have recently just watched your university of trials class 3. It was a very good and helpful video, I just wanted to point out a couple tips, I know it's very ironic, someone teaching the teacher, but as a top rider I have found some things out that help I don't want to put you down at all because it is an amazing video and everything is pretty much correct.

One part of the video, if I'm right it's at: 2:45-2:50, you go on saying that when you hit the platform your wheels should be as close to parallel as possible, where as this is not the case, I know it works well and is probably the easiest way for beginners to learn but it isn't the best method. The best and most consistent way to land is by landing on your back wheel first then leaning forward and putting your front wheel down. I'm sure you can understand the logic as you said in the video the engine and all the power of the bike comes from the back. And by having your back wheel land first it allows the bike to stay as firm as possible, and by converting the weight onto the front of the bike just after landing, stops you from doing a big wheelie and flipping back. If you watch your video where you are on logging on around 2:50, you can see when you land parallel your bike still bounces and falls backwards. If you are confused I can gladly demonstrate it in a private match or if not you could possibly watch a replay of mine on any track that has it e.g. The Wreck, Inferno (on the big drop down and on the pallets). If you want to watch my replays then I'm #3 on Inferno and #7 on the wreck.

Another thing I noticed in the video is when you were showing the example on storm drain at 4:35-4:40, you show the first example and say it is the wrong way to do it, where as it is actually the fastest way to do the obstacle and I'm pretty sure that is in my replay 'm #2 on it if you want to watch it).

I know that for what you are showing that it is the easiest way to do the obstacle and some of the people watching are beginners and want to learn simple methods before advanced methods; I just wanted to point out those couple points for you I don't mean any offence and think the videos are all great, everything is spot on and you should keep it up! Just wanted to share my experience and knowledge with you I'm very picky and I'm sure you've helped a lot of people and I'm just splitting hairs Keep up the good work bud! , Venomz.

[FatShady Live]

Hey FatShady [insert post above] Venomz.

Yeah they are all very valid points. When I said to land as close to parralell as possible I did mean that the rear wheel should go first and I did mention that as you pointed out when i talk about it being a rear wheel drive bike etc but agree I could have been clearer. In hindsight I could have worded that a little better.

As for the second point, I've always intended for this class to be aimed at new riders and to make the game easier to even complete an extreme track. My goal is to produce a series to help every player, if they watch and learn, to be able to complete each extreme track and to possibly zero fault some of them. After that, I think most people will be good enough where they don't need a class like this but who knowns where I go with it.. For the first semester at least (about 8 classes) I want to focus on the basics up to completeing extremes but thats all.. speed running extremes and ninja's are not currently on my to do list just because that is such a small percentage of the players who want this and they are disproportionaly represented aroung here

I take no offence whatsoever and openly admit that I am not the best rider around here and everything you said was totally valid. I'm not even sure where I am ranked atm because I have not played recently apart from making vids, but when I have worked at it I was around top 300 or so. BUT as you all know the difference between top 300 ( I think I'm about 600+ now?) and top 100 and top 10 is amazingly huge and there is always tips I could get from other riders.

Perhaps what this is pointing out to me is that I may benefit from getting some people to review the video's before I release them just to make sure the techniques are being taught correctly. Let me think about that for a while. I make everything totally from start to finish including coming up with the lesson plans and the tips so there is always a risk with a game like this that I miss something and appreciate you taking the time to point that out.

[rlmergeuser]

I think you did a great job man. It's clearly aimed at beginners. The breakdown of the movements and the reasons for doing so were very well explained and understood. Your doing a great job with a great series that has, is, and will help a lot of people. Beginners AND experienced people.

I'm not super stoked about the series being moved to ubisoft's channel, BUT it will get you a LOT more exposure and that's always good.

Keep up the great work man. Look forward to the next lesson!!!

[FatShady Live]

I'm not super stoked about the series being moved to ubisoft's channel, BUT it will get you a LOT more exposure and that's always good.

I have been working non stop to use every possible avenue (reddit, twitter, facebook, twitch, forums, blogs etc) to get my subscribers up on my own channel and while it was slowly building, in 2 months I accumulated just over 6,000 views (all videos, combined total) and gained just over 440 subscribers.

In 12 hours on the Ubi channel, the latest video has been seen over 1,000 times.

I'm super excited about getting on the Ubi channel because it's the type of exposure I could never hope for. This is something that I have always seen as a great part of Ubi getting involved. Also, I see no negatives at all because as you would have seen, there has been zero change in the format apart from some cosmetic changes for RLTV. Absolute win/win for me.

Finally, On both the RedlynxTV and my UniversityOrTrials channels, we have embedded the UoT playlist so you can use whatever method you like to view the content