The Alert System - Revision history

Koop: Added links and image of first iteration of The Alert System

2020-02-28T03:02:37Z

Added links and image of first iteration of The Alert System

Koop: Added initial content

2020-01-10T03:32:04Z

Added initial content

Koop: Created page with "be right back"

2020-01-04T06:38:07Z

Created page with "be right back"

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-Even before starting the official show, Koop imagined it being as interactive as possible.  As the first season transpired, he quickly got to work creating a means of viewers to interact with the show via the show's website.  The first iteration of "The Alert System" was based off of 2 buttons found under the streaming video displayed on the site's landing page:  "Don't Be THAT Stream" and "It's Time For Sweet Cinamonz!".  Clicking on either of these buttons during the show would have a resulting response.  Koop enlisted Jason to pretty-up the appearance of the buttons as well as the resulting responses.
+[[File:Alert System version 1.0.jpg|thumb|400x400px|Alert System Version 1.0  (2019)]]
-The "Don't Be THAT Stream" button would instantly display on the stream a short animation (lasting just a few seconds) of Anna Kendrick seemingly repulsed and/or confused by something, which was intended to steer Koop back on course should he start to get off-off-topic or started saying something that some would deem inappropriate for the stream.
+Even before starting the official show, Koop imagined it being as interactive as possible.  As the first season transpired, he quickly got to work creating a means of viewers to interact with the show via the show's website.  The first iteration of "The Alert System" was based off of 2 buttons found under the streaming video displayed on the site's landing page:  "[[Don't Be THAT Stream]]" and "It's Time For [[Sweet Cinamonz]]!".  Clicking on either of these buttons during the show would have a resulting response.  Koop enlisted Jason to pretty-up the appearance of the buttons as well as the resulting responses.
-For "It's Time For Sweet Cinamonz!" each viewer's click would go towards a vote towards a goal number of votes.  Once the target votes have been reached, the show's feed would include another animation of Jason's design in which a bottle of Sweet Cinamonz danced around the screen and blew up in a loop.  This animation let whoever was on the show that night to feel free to take part in a shot of Sweet Cinamonz ("Fireball" brand) cinnamon whisky.
+The "[[Don't Be THAT Stream]]" button would instantly display on the stream a short animation (lasting just a few seconds) of Anna Kendrick seemingly repulsed and/or confused by something, which was intended to steer Koop back on course should he start to get off-off-topic or started saying something that some would deem inappropriate for the stream.
-As time went on, Koop continued to used his software programming knowledge (his day job) and minimal electronics expertise he had to create a means for a more physical notification system for the folks behind the camera.  This led to Koop using an old Raspberry Pi pc in collaboration with it's built-in IO ports to trigger the lighting of a colored LED strip (Red for Don't Be THAT Stream and Blue for Sweet Cinamonz).
+For "It's Time For [[Sweet Cinamonz]]!" each viewer's click would go towards a vote towards a goal number of votes.  Once the target votes have been reached, the show's feed would include another animation of Jason's design in which a bottle of [[Sweet Cinamonz]] danced around the screen and blew up in a loop.  This animation let whoever was on the show that night to feel free to take part in a shot of [[Sweet Cinamonz]] ("Fireball" brand) cinnamon whisky.

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−	~~be right~~ back	+	Even before starting the official show, Koop imagined it being as interactive as possible. As the first season transpired, he quickly got to work creating a means of viewers to interact with the show via the show's website. The first iteration of "The Alert System" was based off of 2 buttons found under the streaming video displayed on the site's landing page: "Don't Be THAT Stream" and "It's Time For Sweet Cinamonz!". Clicking on either of these buttons during the show would have a resulting response. Koop enlisted Jason to pretty-up the appearance of the buttons as well as the resulting responses.
		+	The "Don't Be THAT Stream" button would instantly display on the stream a short animation (lasting just a few seconds) of Anna Kendrick seemingly repulsed and/or confused by something, which was intended to steer Koop back on course should he start to get off-off-topic or started saying something that some would deem inappropriate for the stream.
		+	For "It's Time For Sweet Cinamonz!" each viewer's click would go towards a vote towards a goal number of votes. Once the target votes have been reached, the show's feed would include another animation of Jason's design in which a bottle of Sweet Cinamonz danced around the screen and blew up in a loop. This animation let whoever was on the show that night to feel free to take part in a shot of Sweet Cinamonz ("Fireball" brand) cinnamon whisky.
		+	As time went on, Koop continued to used his software programming knowledge (his day job) and minimal electronics expertise he had to create a means for a more physical notification system for the folks behind the camera. This led to Koop using an old Raspberry Pi pc in collaboration with it's built-in IO ports to trigger the lighting of a colored LED strip (Red for Don't Be THAT Stream and Blue for Sweet Cinamonz).