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Postby sixflagspr on April 6th, 2007, 12:03 pm
Who doesn't have a Podcast these days? Well Six Flags Great America certainly doesn't want to be left behind. Point your iTunes or other RSS readers to: <a href="http://www.switchpod.com/users/sixflagsgreatamerica/feed.xml" target="blank" class="news1">http://www.switchpod.com/users/sixflagsgreatamerica/feed.xml</a> to check out our new Podcast series. Or, download the 1st editon directly by pulling up: <a href="http://media.switchpod.com/users/sixflagsgreatamerica/SFGAm040907.mp3" class="news1" target="blank">http://media.switchpod.com/users/sixflagsgreatamerica/SFGAm040907.mp3</a>

This week's edition explores a bit of operations and a great deal of information from entertainment. We hope you enjoy it!
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Postby LaTiNoObSeSeDSFGAm on April 22nd, 2007, 1:59 pm
For the second epidode of the podcasts...does any one know if they got the answer right for the trivia question?
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Postby coastercrazy on April 22nd, 2007, 4:40 pm
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Postby FParker185 on April 23rd, 2007, 5:10 pm
Hurray for me!, I won. I have been crowned co-Ultimate Chi-Nerd :)
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Postby Danhockey04 on April 23rd, 2007, 11:43 pm
It was you and Carlo, it said that in the third podcast, which is now available, just update on iTunes.
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Postby FParker185 on April 24th, 2007, 10:40 pm
hence the Co :)

it was up yesterday (mon) but the itunes link wasnt working for some reason, had to use the MP3 link and change the date
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Postby Bob O on May 3rd, 2007, 9:18 pm
I listened to the 4th on from 04/30/07 and what a waste of time!!, and why couldnt they get a female who can speak english without a accent??
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Postby Director_Guy on May 4th, 2007, 4:04 am
^I think the accents hot, whatchu talking?

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Postby Bob O on May 5th, 2007, 12:15 pm
The accent might be hot if she hot lying next to me, but not on this podcast!!
Maybe she works cheap which will help to reduce costs???
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Postby sixflagspr on May 5th, 2007, 12:52 pm
The female you refer to is a highly skilled public relations practitioner from South Africa. Her accent is slightly different as are many North American English accents.

English is spoken in many countries other than our own. The language actually originated from a place called "England" where is was born from Saxon and Germanic influence.

Today there are 390 million native speakers of this language and over 600 million speak it as a second language. English can be heard primarily in Australia, Canada, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Liberia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Nigeria, Philippines, South Africa, Singapore, United Kingdom, and the United States where it has flourished and grown the most.

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Postby CoasterDave316 on May 6th, 2007, 12:06 am
^ Well said.

Bob O, can you please keep personal attacks off these forums.
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Postby w00dland on May 6th, 2007, 8:57 pm
I'd just like to take this post to say.

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Postby Viper 06 on May 7th, 2007, 2:05 pm
^I second that.
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Postby Rusty888 on May 7th, 2007, 5:07 pm
:lol: that's all i have to say....
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Postby Bob O on May 7th, 2007, 11:04 pm
So I guess one isnt free to give there opinions about the quality of the podcast???
There was no personal attack, just a comment/opinion of the quality of the podcast.
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Postby FParker185 on May 8th, 2007, 10:53 pm
well, generally the absolute worst and most screwed up form of English is spoken in the United States. If you go to say Great Britain most Americans cant even understand true English as spoken there, I know I sure as hell couldn't. :)

I personally think she speaks English quite well despite an accent, which most people I've talked to can understand perfectly fine.

And..

Bob O wrote:The accent might be hot if she hot lying next to me, but not on this podcast!!
Maybe she works cheap which will help to reduce costs???


I think that sounds like an attack and then some. If you were her what would you think of that statement? You do know people from the park read this, is that something you would say to her face, if not I suggest refraining from posting that sort of trash here.
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Postby Cryptkeeper on May 8th, 2007, 11:19 pm
Bob O wrote:So I guess one isnt free to give there opinions about the quality of the podcast???
There was no personal attack, just a comment/opinion of the quality of the podcast.



Bob, I think you're a bit confused. Let me give you a few examples regarding possible comments you could have made about the podcasts that would have been actual opinions about the quality of said podcast:

Positive -

I loved the interviews and the behind the scenes features.

The podcast really flows, is edited well, and overall enjoyable.

I like the trivia, and hope there is more of it!

Negative -

The podcast is a bit too long. Cutting out the fat would be good.

I think they spend too much time on trying to "upsell" more expensive park offerings.

John Curty. (I kid, I kid, Mr. Curty...Sorry, but I had to get you back for last weekend :))


The above feedback might have been of interest to other sfgamworld.com forum readers, including perhaps, the public relations department of Six Flags Great America. But instead of actually providing your opinion on what you thought of the podcast's content, you posted an inflamatory statement regarding the accent of the podcast's co-host & Great America Public Relations Specialist. That comment, sir, does not constitute an opinion on the quality of the podcast.

Next time you want to state your opinion on a matter, try to keep it defined to the conversation at hand and don't make any personal attacks, there's a good fellow.
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Postby RagingBullFan on May 9th, 2007, 9:17 am
Getting a bit back on topic here....

I can't wait to hear the Maintenance podcast. I hope to hear either Gary or Mark... Especially Mark... :)
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Postby sixflagspr on May 13th, 2007, 10:10 am
Good idea! Maintenance... That's one we haven't gotten to yet. It's coming...

Putting the final touches on GAB v6 right now. Not as pleased with it as I'd like to be. Trying out some new mic equipment and the content went a bit too long. Trying to cut it up. There is some trivia though, and some decent little prizes. We're going to try and work that in most every week now.

Bad news on v7. It will be conducted entirely by Marissa in Afrikaans. So if you're not one of the 10 million speakers of that Low Franconian language... it might be a struggle. I will do v8 entirely in French, v9 in Spanish, and v10 in English but with my best Aussie accent.

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Postby Director_Guy on May 13th, 2007, 10:35 pm
^ I like this guy. He makes laughs. :D
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Postby Cryptkeeper on May 14th, 2007, 12:56 am
Before anyone else throws out a suggestion... if possible, I would like to hear V11 in Narn, V12 in Gallifreyan, and V13 in Elvish.

And no, I don't watch too much television or see too many movies. :wink:

Also, could you start distributing the podcasts with English subtitles for those who don't understand the non-English languages that will be featured in future podcasts? TIA. :)
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Postby sixflagspr on May 16th, 2007, 6:28 pm
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Postby Cryptkeeper on May 16th, 2007, 11:37 pm
Hann'yyo qaH!
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Postby blueviola on May 30th, 2007, 3:25 pm
Has there not been an update since the 13th or is my computer just not liking me?
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Postby FRD714 on May 30th, 2007, 9:00 pm
Nope, haven't seen anything new in iTunes either. Kind of dissapointing since it's a good show.
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