Too Few People (Day 3399 - 3/16/19)

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The vlog starts out with Stephen saying that it is currently lunch time, so it's "Sandwich Time". There is then a clip of toast popping out of the toaster. He puts the toasted wheat bread on a plate. Then, he puts Delicatessen Mustard, 5 pickles, 1 slice of Provolone cheese, and 6 slices of ham and then says that is the way "Stephen Georg makes a lunch sandwich". Stephen then says that they need to record a VlogMail video today, so he needs to shave. There is then a time-lapse of Stephen shaving. Stephen says that they almost always record mail videos at night since they don't want the light from outside coming in through the windows. Since they are recording in during the day, they are going to cover the blinds to block the light so that they have as much controlled lighting as possible. He says that they couldn't record the mail video at night today because it's Saturday and they usually record group videos for Stephen & Friends on Saturday nights.

The video transitions to when they already finished filming the mail video. Stephen said that Mallory is busy enjoying one of the things that were sent in the mail, which is an old-school handheld video game device that has like 1,000 games all in one. He says that he likes that the handheld gaming device makes satisfying "beep boop" noises. Stephen then talks about how he usually exchanges unedited videos and videos that need to be edited with Dan through DropBox. However, when they shoot a video with the Black Magic camera they can't do that. Stephen says that they technically could put the video file into DropBox, but the files are so large that it would take forever.

He says that instead he usually puts the mail videos on an external drive and hand them over to Dan over lunch. Stephen mentions that the 500 GB Hard drive he is holding was given to him by Emile, who gave him this specific drive to use for external storage for the Wii U. However, it turned out that the external drive wasn't compatible with the Wii U, but they still have gotten a lot of use out of it. Stephen said that this time he had to use a different external drive that could hold 1 terabyte of memory since the file size of the mail video was larger than 500 GB. He then says that he loves the quality of the videos he films with the Black Magic camera. Stephen then says that one of the downsides of working with an editor is that trying to get footage to Dan is cumbersome.

They then have the dinner where they are heating up the Barbacoa they made on vlog Day 3387. Stephen says that they still have a lot of it left. He then says that the benefit of making tacos is that you have a lot of leftovers. The video then transitions to Stephen in his office where he says that they didn't end up recording anything for Saturday game night since there weren't enough people around. Stephen said that it is usually the opposite where they have too many people and have to find a game that can be played by lots of people. He said that instead they just chatted and a few of them played the Left 4 Dead 2 4-Player Campaign Mode. Stephen says that it was a lot of fun and mentions that this game has been out for 10 years now. He says that they have probably invested hundreds of hours into this game especially in the first 2 years when it was just released. Stephen says that they just played it for fun and didn't end up recording it. He said that playing it again made him remember how fun it was playing it with 8 players. Stephen says that now that Dan has nice computer that can capture his perspective, they might try and film a video where they play the Versus Mode. Then, they would put Dan and himself on different teams so they could film both teams' perspectives.