Editing Frequently Asked Questions

This page is where the oft-repeated questions that people ask will end up going. These most often occur in podcast chats.

==How did you guys get into ''Sgt Frog/Keroro Gunsou''?==
Thorn: Watched the anime at some point before Yoshi decided to make the abridged series. She has been a sporadic fan since, though she does not like the character of Keroro himself.

Yoshi: Picked up one of the manga at a Barnes and Noble once, but then put it back down immediately. A few years later he saw the anime and found it hilarious. As of 2012 he's no longer interested in either the anime or manga.

==How did ''[[Sgt Frog Abridged]]'' come about?==
This, as well as the rest of the series' and team's history, is covered in the [[TheMidnightFrogs#History]] page.

==Where did the channel name come from?==
[[TheMidnightFrogs]] comes from the team working on ''Sgt Frog Abridged'', and because their scripting sessions/best jokes often occurred late at night in the team's formative weeks. Alternately, it's possible that it was simply a random suggestion by former member [[DFatman]], as the name was his idea.

[[TheStrawhatNO!]] originates from Yoshi's Youtube handle, MugiwaranoYoshi, "Mugiwara" meaning "Straw hat" in Japanese as a reference to the manga ''One Piece''. Once he and Thorn split from Fatman, they decided to take the translated version of Yoshi's YouTube handle and use it for their Let's Play channel, because Thorn liked how it made no sense.

==What software do you use?==
For video editing: Thorn and Jacob use Sony Vegas Pro.

For audio recording: Thorn and Jacob use Audacity. Yoshi and Travis use Adobe Audition. Dialogue from live streams that isn't recorded natively is recorded with Open Broadcaster Software Studio.

For game capture: For consoles, Thorn and Yoshi have used AVer MediaCenter 3D, which comes with their Avermedia HD capture cards. More recently they use Elgato capture cards. Travis also used Elgato Game Capture HD and its corresponding software. For PC game capture, Thorn uses OBS. For 3DS capture, Thorn uses the capture card software in conjunction with OBS.

For live streaming: Thorn and Jacob use OBS Studio.

==Why is TheMidnightFrogs' website a Wiki?==
We originally hosted details on ''SFA'' episodes and the team on [http://abridgedseries.fandom.com the Abridged Series Wiki]. However Thorn wanted to make pages and give information about the team's other, non-abridging related projects such as ''[[TheMidnightFrogs Podcast]]'' and ''[[TheStrawhatNO!]]'', and she had used Wikia variously for several years and knew how to use it well. Thus she just made a website especially for the team using Wikia as the host.

==Who is your favourite character to voice?==
Thorn's favourite characters to voice are [[Giroro]] and [[Dororo]], hence the creation of the ''[[Ask GiroDoro]]'' blog.

Yoshi usually only voices [[Keroro]] in SFA (this excludes his various voices in his ''[http://askdeepdashandcrazytwilight.tumblr.com/ Ask Deep Dash and Crazy Twilight]'' blog), though he also loved voicing [[The Lesbos|Lesbo #1]].

==What is your favourite joke from SFA?==
Yoshi: "[[Sgt Frog Abridged - Episode 15|Touch my toes, then I cry at night]]."

Thorn: [[The Sgt Frog Abridged Movie|'''Fuyuki''': "Do you love me?" '''Corpse''': "...Yeh."]]

Travis: Anything from [[Joriri]].

==Why did you make [[Keroro]] and [[Tamama]]/[[Giroro]] and [[Dororo]] a couple?==
For Keroro and Tamama: Yoshi and Thorn did a lot of roleplaying as them in the early days, spurned on by the "[[Tamama Tits]]" inside-joke, and that solidified them as a couple without much other planning or intentions involved (it also helped to shape their personalities for much of the series).

For Giroro and Dororo: Thorn just liked the idea and thought they'd make a good couple, and that they'd also make for interesting commentary on relationships and sexuality (Keroro/Tamama aren't serious enough a couple for that, though they would eventually be used for relationship commentary as well).

==Why is [[Saburo]] mute?==
Saburo was originally voiced by [[DFatman]], who planned to voice him as a drunk Irishman. Yoshi and Thorn never liked this idea, so when Fatman was fired from the team, they decided to simply leave Saburo without a voice.

As an additional note, Saburo was very briefly voiced by [[MrFailGame]] in [[Sgt Frog Abridged - Episode 18]]. However, Matt passed away in September 2013, so Saburo will remain mute in any later appearances out of respect.

==How do I get good at voice acting?==
This particular question was addressed in extensive detail at the end of [[First Regular Podcast in Months|Episode 18 of the podcast]].

==Will you guys do X Abridged?==
No.

==Will you guys LP X Game?==
Only if it's a game that the members can access and are able to record, and will be games that Thorn, Yoshi or Jacob don't hate by the end of the LP. Generally the answer will be no.

==Can I be in the Abridged/LP?==
Don't ask them: they'll come to you.

==When is the next episode/Where is the next episode?==
Cabbage.

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