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Got Netflix? Help us "break" Scener this Wednesday!

Hi there, Traxians! Erik here with a small request.

As you may already know, next Tuesday the 29th we're hosting a RiffTrax Live show thanks to the fine folks at Scener, with a live riff of Starship Troopers on Netflix US.

Before that, though, we're doing a quick Beta Test with Marvel's Daredevil - Season 1 Episode 1 - on Netflix, and we'd love to have you there with us! 

We know that our first Scener event didn't exactly start off as smoothly as we'd hoped it would (and you all got to see more of me than you probably ever expected), but that first mostly-successful attempt gave the Scener team a bounty of helpful data about hosting big watch parties with so many fans in attendance. Since then, they've worked on improvements behind the scenes to make it so that up to 1 million people can watch along, and their newest build was just launched earlier this afternoon.

That's where you come in. While we're confident this next event will go without a hitch, we want to help Scener tune their new version with another trial run. To that end, we'll be riffing a portion of the Daredevil show's pilot episode LIVE this Wednesday evening, and we want to get as many RiffTrax fans watching us as possible. Of course, I wanted to let you, our loyal Traxians, know first!

So, head on over to our snazzy new Scener profile here. Install or Update your Scener Chrome browser extension if you haven't already, and be sure to Follow us so you get a notification before we Go Live. (You can also create your own account, complete with a profile image! You'll need one if you want to participate in Chat, but it's not required.)

Then, at 5:30 pm Pacific / 8:30 pm Eastern this Wednesday, September 23rd, we'll go live on Scener for this super fun beta test of the updated Scener. And, if you show up a little early, you might even get to see a pre-show of sorts...

Hope to see you then! 

Erik

Got Netflix? Help us "break" Scener this Wednesday!

Comments

I was a few minutes late. It worked pretty well for me. I had to give the main window a refresh to get it to display the movie.

Bill Lemmond

Hi Pavel, how'd it end up going for you?

Erik at RiffTrax

I hope it showed up for you! There should have been a "Join Party" button that showed up once we went live, but that is not exactly intuitive. We'll ask them to make this more obvious for folks!

Erik at RiffTrax

Is it working? I'm stuck on connecting. [It worked for me the last time] [Still stuck. Good luck with the show!]

Pavel Matushkin

I don't see anything yet.

Moe Green

Same here. I came here hoping for an update or something.

NinjitsuPrincess

How early is "early" as I'm awaiting a way to "get into" whatever room you guys are offering.

Derek Levesque

You're welcome Erik...my pleasure!

NinjitsuPrincess

You're just trying to butter me up and I will allow it!

Erik at RiffTrax

Perfect timing, right? That issue was resolved pretty quickly (they are still massaging this new update) but this morning we did a tech rehearsal and it all went pretty well!

Erik at RiffTrax

ERIK I LOVED SEEING MORE OF YOU LAST TIME!! 💖

NinjitsuPrincess

Probably a bad sign that the Scener link gives an internal server error. Hopefully I can push dinner time long enough to test it.

Ryan Speck

Our issue was very specific, and had to do with thousands of people all hitting the chat at the same time! Due to the volume of chatters, it basically starved our riffers' computers of resources that it needed to stream video and audio. Not only has Scener put in some guard rails for our scenario, but if you're just watching with a group of friends, chances are you won't see the problems we had 😅

Erik at RiffTrax

Hmmm, we get to beta test it again? Half the fun is going to see if we can crash the damn thing! I hope it actually works well, because then I can watch movies with friends that I haven't seen in person since the Panda-D happened.

Derek Levesque

I'll be there for you, RiffTrax. I've got your back.

Keith Garrett

signed up. Can't wait. Also excited about Starship Troopers.

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