Thirty Second Stories (.com) is ALIVE

Yes looking great!

http://38.media.tumblr.com/d6043387c1c692a87efc103f5b04195d/tumblr_nir56wX1ey1qdmmiqo1_500.gif

11am U.S. eastern time to be specific.

Pumped!

ugh, why does TSS have to be toxic shock syndrome

i don't want people to get the wrong idea about these xxx sec. stories

they'll be fine if they follow the instructions on the tampon box

...better make it noon eastern rather than 11am.

so, mobile isn't going to work, at least not today. I think we have a work around, but for now it's only going to work on desktop/laptops.

YAAAAYYYYYYYYYY

THIS LOOKS AMAZINGGGG <333333

OK, it's up.

ThirtySecondStories.com

omg nearly crying... this is the best Zach!

And how immaculate you gave mine video... it fits so magnificently!

wow

These are brilliant Zach. Congratulations.

amazing work, there is so much potential for this idea, laughing my head off.

who is the table man? i laughed hard at that.

do you want us to use a hashtag?

table man is horseebooks

re: hashtag: you can if you want: #thirtysecondstories

Teacup! OMG

yeah, that's my niece. :)

I also really like the one about the guys throwing dollars - good deadpan ending.

Teacup one is hilarious. Zach this is great man. All that hard work def paid off.

:) thank you. These videos are some of my first, so I'm learning as I go.

ILXors have some great sounding voices.

The sound effects are a great touch!

"She won't pick them up... She won't pick them up..." <3

And Tom Petty hating kitty. And omg Xelerator asshole. And staring insect. 524 Tuba. <3

oh, one more thing: there are high-quality versions of each video on this playlist. in some caes, much, MUCH higher-quality versions! if you like a particular video, you can also use the youtube playlist to share individual stories with others.

oh man this is excellent, excellent stuff

thank you! :)

oh, minor thing, but you can pause the videos with space bar or skip to the next one with the right arrow.

Is L from DC one of us? That $20 story is terrifying, good god

whoa did not expect ronan to sound like that, or abbott!!!

The $20 one is Laura Warman. Not an ilxor but an amazing artist.

oh, minor thing, but you can pause the videos with space bar or skip to the next one with the right arrow.

I'll let my cat know.

whole project is awesome of course!

these are really enjoyable
my favorite by far was the praying mantis
for some reason the website played it 2x and i watched it 2x

My guesses were that the cat story was carl and the tuba story was LL. whoops! Can't wait to not be in class so I can listen to this all again.

ILXors have some great sounding voices.

^^

haha! omg lol. who was the tuba? i didn't even submit a story. i might now, if i can think of something i want to share.

abbott!

wow i had no idea that's what abbott sounded like either!
my voice is way lower, and much less fun

something about the intonations in abb's voice made me feel an LL vibe! I wasn't too surprised to find out it was abbs though
both times I've recorded something for Zach (mine isn't up yet) I've been sick so I sound way huskier than I am IRL

damnit i won't be near a laptop/desktop for a few days maybe

yeah, me and the benevolent coder guy are going to work on mobile support (again) later this evening. for now, though, don't forget you can always check out the youtube playlist, which should work on your phone: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtnDNzhDcq9sxH2LlcDATCyzLPtlF3kG9

beautiful URL! but yeah, the mobile/tablet thing is a bummer. right now i have a redirect in place that detects if it's a phone/tablet, then redirects to sorry.html with a message saying that mobile doesn't work yet, check it out on a computer. about a 1/3 of the visitors have been redirected to sorry.html so far today. :(

who found the body by the side of the road? that one was v dramatically delivered.

just a suggestion but maybe you should make a new ThirtySecondStories youtube acct?

these are really enjoyable
my favorite by far was the praying mantis
for some reason the website played it 2x and i watched it 2x

― groundless round (La Lechera), Monday, January 26, 2015 11:27 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

otm. did not play twice for me, but I would have enjoyed it.

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that's Ronan!

There are a few more ILXor contributions coming in the next batch, too. Grady's was actually the very first one I completed, but I'm going to re-do it. I'm still at the extreme beginner's end of the final cut pro learning curve, and his was the very first one I did. I tried my best and was happy with it at the time but now it looks pretty bad compared to some of the newer videos and I wanted to do a better job. same deal with silby's story.

do i recall him doing some acting or something? he should record audiobooks.

RE: setting up a new youtube account, we'll see. It's tough to tell how much interest there will be. If someone ends up writing about it and it gets a big boost in traffic I might try to sharpen things up a little on youtube, but it's more likely that it will just fade into the halls of the forgotten internet. either way, i'm going to keep plugging away at new stories for the forthcoming weeks/months.

this is mostly very relaxing, but the mantis gaze made my heart race a little

I'm excited about this!

Videos aren't loading consistently for me though (Mac OS X/Safari). Let me know if you want me to check for JS errors or something

OMFG how did I completely miss all this!? I saw the (original) thread title and assumed it was a TV show so I havent looked :( I missed out!

Whose is the praying mantis tale?

nah, you're right on time. :)

xpost hmm, that's weird - other than the obvious mobile/tablet thing i haven't heard of anyone having any problems loading the video yet.

when you say they're not loading consistently, what do you mean? there's a long pause before one starts? or does it ever get completely stuck between videos?

praying mantis tale is an ilxor, but i'm actually not sure who he is on ilx! credits here

he has an amazing speaking voice as well.