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Joost Invites chain thread.

Recoil42Recoil42 Registered User regular
edited May 2007 in Games and Technology
So I read today that Joost has finally officially gone live, and anyone already in the beta now has unlimited invites:

http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/05/01/joost.goes.live/
http://digg.com/apple/Joost_goes_live_gets_unlimited_invites

Anyone around here in the beta? I'd sure like to try it out, and I'm sure a lot of other people would.





edit: Ok, so this thread has indeed, as fully expected, turned into an all-out gmail-style invite thread. So a couple rules to be layed down:

1. Pay it forward.
By posting your email into this thread asking for an invite, you agree that when your invites come in, you'll feed at least some of them (more than one) back into the thread. Don't be selfish: Someone was nice enough to send you an invite, have some common courtesy and feed the love back.

2. Don't clog up the line.
deadonthestreet wrote: »
those who get invites please edit their email out of the thread so that theres little confusion as to who does/doesn't have an invite yet


edit: Got mine!

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  • ben0207ben0207 Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Joost is the MS-run YouTube knock off, sin't it?

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  • LewiePLewieP Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    I would be highly interested in checking this out, olol viacom aside.

    No, Joost is potentially license-holders finally waking up to the internets.

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  • Recoil42Recoil42 Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    ben0207 wrote: »
    Joost is the MS-run YouTube knock off, sin't it?

    Nope, you might be thinking of Silverlight.

    Joost is built by the Skype/Kazaa guys, and it's their attempt to bring real, fullscreen, high quality TV-like content over the internet. Basically, a streaming TV program with actual quality. It's a program with it's own protocols and stuff, not just a website running flash/wmp/quicktime plugins.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joost



    The important stuff is the image quality and content:

    Quality:
    The program is based on P2PTV technology and is expected to deliver near-TV resolution images. It turns a PC into an instant on-demand TV without any need for additional set top box. News updates, discussion forums, show ratings, and multi-user chat sessions (often linked to the active stream/channel) are made possible through the use of semi-transparent widget overlays.

    The current version of the software is based on XULRunner and the audio management re-uses the ZAP Media Kit. The peer to peer layer comes from the Joltid company, which also provided the peer to peer layer of Skype. The video playback utilizes the CoreCodec, CoreAVC H.264 video decoder.

    Content:
    Viacom Inc. and Joost entered into a content provider agreement for the Joost platform on February 20, 2007. Under the agreement divisions of Viacom (including MTV Networks, BET Networks and Paramount Pictures) will license their "television and theatrical programing" to Joost.[5] This came shortly after Viacom requested 100,000 potentially infringing videos to be removed from YouTube.com, which showed a preference by Viacom for the Joost platform over YouTube.[6]

    Joost also currently has licensing agreements in place with Ministry of Sound TV, Warner Music, the production company Endemol[7], Diversion Media[8], CBS[9] and CenterStaging's rehearsals.com[10]. On May 1, 2007, Joost signed a deal to distribute NHL content, including full game replays of the Stanley Cup Finals, and vintage games.[11]

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  • DiannaoChongDiannaoChong Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Ill take a trial if there available :)

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  • superslothsupersloth Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    I have trial invites at home, I can give you guys some tomorrow evening if you haven't got them by then.

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  • ben0207ben0207 Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    That sounds pretty sexy. Count me in

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  • wobblyheadedbobwobblyheadedbob Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Hot damn, I want one!

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  • Kuribo's ShoeKuribo's Shoe Kuribo's Stocking North PoleRegistered User regular
    edited May 2007
    I would like to try this... joost

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  • ThreepioThreepio New Westminster, BCRegistered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Joost me! I have many Virgins to disseminate.

    Er. Inseminate.


    Er.

    Joost me!

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  • DusdaDusda is ashamed of this post SLC, UTRegistered User regular
    edited May 2007
    I would kill for an invite to this.

    EDIT: Apparently threatening does the trick. I'm Joost...ed.

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    and this sig. and this twitch stream.
  • SolSol Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Sounds kinda cool, I guess.

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  • ben0207ben0207 Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Dusda wrote: »
    I would kill for an invite to this.

    I'm willing to give mine up if it stops Dusda killing again.

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  • ÆthelredÆthelred Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    J'aussi bitte.

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  • IncendiusIncendius Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Sounds pretty great, better than poor quality youtube videos at any rate.

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  • CamuiCamui Sogekidan Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    If anyone has a way for an invite, I'd love to try it out.

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  • deadonthestreetdeadonthestreet Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    If we find one person with this, we should start a chain on invites.

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  • DusdaDusda is ashamed of this post SLC, UTRegistered User regular
    edited May 2007
    ben0207 wrote: »
    Dusda wrote: »
    I would kill for an invite to this.

    I'm willing to give mine up if it stops Dusda killing again.

    How frugal of you.

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    and this sig. and this twitch stream.
  • TrevorTrevor Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    So, this is a legal way to watch TV on my computer machine? I would be awful grateful if someone had an extra invite to throw my way.

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  • JedivaderJedivader Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Send me a pst and i'll send some invites out, I've been using Joost for a while now


    and by pst I mean PM...damn you WoW

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  • rayofashrayofash Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Gimme some Joost plz.

    Edit: OP needs link to main website: http://www.joost.com

    Watch the video on the "What's Joost?" page, it's awesome.

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  • NinjacratNinjacrat Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    An invite would be nice if there's one going spare.

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  • harvestharvest By birthright, a stupendous badass.Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Huh, sounds like it's worth a look at least. Someone pm me an invite? :)

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  • FaricazyFaricazy Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    i want one too

    it's basically gmail again - if you sign up you in turn get unlimited invites

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  • rayofashrayofash Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    I wonder if it will get a StarCraft channel.

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  • MonoxideMonoxide Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited May 2007
    I was in the beta since it was Venice Project, but I've only got 5 to give for some reason.

    First 5 to post their email gets them.

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  • LewiePLewieP Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    I am satisfied

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  • XagarathXagarath Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    I;d like an invite if there's one going.

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  • LinksvilleLinksville Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Oh man, please someone throw an invite my way. <3


    EDIT:
    Got mine. <3 Mono

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  • MonoxideMonoxide Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited May 2007
    Post your current emails. I don't want to shoot an invite to someone who's changed their email since they registered and were too lazy to update their profile.

    If you're worried about bots or something just do e.mail AT place DOT com

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  • Kuribo's ShoeKuribo's Shoe Kuribo's Stocking North PoleRegistered User regular
    edited May 2007
    kuribosshoe@gmail.com

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  • rayofashrayofash Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Uh... Uh... Post my e-mail or wait for Jedivader to respond to my PM!?

    WHAT SHOULD I DO!?

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  • ben0207ben0207 Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    [Hooked up by Mono]
    Do both

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  • CamuiCamui Sogekidan Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    meowth_ds@hotmail.com

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  • LewiePLewieP Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    <3 Monoxide

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  • DuoRCNDuoRCN Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    I'd like to try this out.

    Got it! Thanks Martin S!

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  • FaricazyFaricazy Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    faricazy@gmail.com

    i don't think the new unlimited invite thing went into effect quite yet

    but sooner or later todayGOT MINE

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  • LuqLuq Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Let's get the chain going.

    coolhandluq [at] gmail.com

    EDIT: Got mine! Thanks Martin!

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  • LewiePLewieP Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    the download instructions are designed for Firefox. I think I'll love this.

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  • Recoil42Recoil42 Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    <3 monoxide


    recoil[@]gmail.com


    remember to spread 'em, guys.

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  • MonoxideMonoxide Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited May 2007
    Hit 5 with Camui. Keep this going, I'm changing the thread title to reflect the invite chain.

    If you guys want to discuss Joost, start another thread, this'll be too cluttered with emails.

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