Dark_Respite

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  1. No idea... I just wish it wasn't so damn disappointing.

    And no, I did not get the next chapter written yet.

    Michelle
    aka
    Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
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    Heres another interview, from Allakhazam, some nice insights and apparently the devs will be using the MA to make missions in the future (and that when they get new tools for it, they will be passed onto the players).

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    Thank you Hero 1 for mentioning the Demorecord feature that some of us have been USING FOR AGES. Does this mean you guys will iron out some of the kinks in the thing?

    Michelle
    aka
    Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
  3. After watching that video, I can't help but be profoundly reminded of some of the people I work with. It's more than a little frightening, actually.

    Michelle
    aka
    Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
  4. No. I asked for one, didn't get an answer.

    Michelle
    aka
    Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
  5. Hopefully they'll make it searchable by either character name or global name. If not, depending on what we can put in descriptions, I'll probably put my global or forum handle in there so people can find my stuff.

    Michelle
    aka
    Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
  6. Oh believe me, I TOTALLY intend to use the MA for filming purposes. Especially depending on which maps are available for use. The video possibilities are ENDLESS at that rate.

    *sighs*

    Although it is now official... I did not get the NCNC Associate Designer position I applied for back in December. Now I get to wait another year before trying again.

    Michelle
    aka
    Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
  7. *adopts a slight Russian accent*

    "A story! About great deeds... about armies of light, and soldiers of darkness. About the places where they lived and fought and loved and died. About great empires... and terrible mistakes. A true story..."

    I am going to have a field day with the MA. I just hope folks like the stories I intend to tell...

    Michelle
    aka
    Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
  8. Well, since work today is bound to be DIRT FRICKING SLOW, I might be able to get the next chapter written there.

    I had hoped to make a little 20-second video teaser to have you all frothing at the mouth, but I can't get onto the map I wanted without taking a full team through the Dark Watcher's arc, which I don't really want to do. Bleh.

    Michelle
    aka
    Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
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    After seeing that CoX has just opened a whole new door in MMORPGs, not sure if anyothers have this feature, but I am pretty sure that it is going to be a hard one to top. Can't wait for i14 thanks for the vid D_R.

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    You're welcome, Da_Captain.

    Michelle
    aka
    Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
  10. Because the original thread has become rather bogged down with commentary and whatnot (some useful and appropriate, others not), at Khellendrosic's recommendation, I'm creating a separate thread for its discussion or related topics. This includes questions about the Star Patrol and the Nova Dominion, whether Raymond might ever work up the courage to propose to Sorina, if Synapse and Andrea will ever actually become a couple, and other similar ideas.

    The occasional foray into weirdness is still allowed, but I'd still prefer not to have this thread clogged with "it's a nemesis plot"/"no it isn't" posts. Those are boring.

    The original thread for THE COURSE OF SUPERHERO ROMANCE is to be limited to the story itself or IMMEDIATELY relevant questions (you catch mistakes, links to earlier chapters, etc).

    Same goes for the story thread of the story thread for TCoSR II: COURTSHIP AND CRIME FIGHTING.

    Okay?

    Michelle
    aka
    Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
  11. Thanks Mike, glad you like my work!

    Michelle
    aka
    Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
  12. Actually, if I *DID* have Spielburg's budget to make a video, I would:

    a) Hire Aralcox to finish writing his program on calculating those awesome camera sweeps of his
    b) License whatever piece of music I WANT
    c) Take enough time off from work to have pure 'video-making' time, instead of just snatching a few minutes here and there as I can
    d) Start a massive viral marketing campaign
    e) Pick up not one but THREE full-blown, state-of-the-art, videographer's-wet-dream computers (one for John, two for me, so I know he can keep up with me when we film together, and I have a backup just in case something happens to one of them)

    Hyperstrike, I don't know if I'd pay someone to code stuff for me because for him to know what I want, I'd have to show him myself. And if I could do that, what would I need him for? Besides... I've always been primarily a one-woman operation (granted, my husband comes on to help me film, but I virtually always do all the recording, I do all the editing, etc). It'd feel weird. Not necessarily bad, just weird.

    As for the ray of sunshine and heavenly choir... if ever I land that job with NCNC, THEN I expect that sort of divine response.

    Michelle
    aka
    Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
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    great video, was curious from your comments though, how did you actually put the splasher to use in this vid?

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    Modified a room in the base to give me an all white background. How exactly it all works, I don't know - I didn't write the program.

    Michelle
    aka
    Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
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    THAT'S RIGHT young man!

    ***GUARDIAN!***

    Where all your dreams can be made into shiny and fat-free REALITY!
    -On Guardian, there was never a Bush Administration!
    -On Guardian, Nemesis doesn't plot... he KNITS!
    -On Guardian, Uwe Boll is a short-order fry chef, and Dark_Respite is Steven Spielberg!

    And the BEST PART? Today through Forever, we've slashed Guardian prices to the bone! You can now have that same winning Guardian experience we all know and enjoy for the same price as rolling a toon on Freedom!


    Of course, if you're not "into" ThunderClapSuperCool flavored Ice Cream COVERED in Awesomesauce, then Guardian might not be for you...

    But don't take MY word for it!
    YOU BE THE JUDGE!!!




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    *laughs*

    I can only dream of what I would do if I had Spielberg's budget for movie-making...

    Michelle
    aka
    Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
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    Quick question...

    How did you do that walk on white right at the beginning if you don't mind letting us know? Which map did you use? Or is it a Trade Secret? However you did it, it looked cool.

    Shader

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    Through judicious use of demo-editing and Leandro's Splasher program. For information on how to make a character walk, check out Part V of my TOONS ON FILM presentation from HeroCon.

    Michelle
    aka
    Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
  16. I guess Blake's not cool enough for the Foo. Oh, well, curious to see whose character will end up immortalized!

    Michelle
    aka
    Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
  17. No, Johanna has appeared in my other vids:

    Issue 10 - she appears all in black and dressed like a priest several times (including the last shot of her poised in front of a War Wall before a dropship nails her at the end of the video)

    Issue 11 trailer - she appears in both her priest look and her Mender look throughout the entire video

    Issue 12 trailer - she appears in the shot with a mixed hero/villain group in front of the Sybil guarding the door in the ITF, as well as in Roman armor doing the Unstoppable gesture

    Issue 13 trailer - she appears in her Mender form very briefly during the Day Jobs montage floating in front of the Pillar of Ice and Flame

    Michelle
    aka
    Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
  18. Dark_Respite

    Evolution

    You posted it! YAY!

    Michelle
    aka
    Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
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    1) "My origin, aren't I so awesome" architect missions will be the most annoying new content since "We're Vanguard, aren't we so awesome."


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    Interesting that you pair those, Kent... the origin of one of my characters is that she was a Vanguard soldier for five years during (and after) the initial Rikti invasion, and was so traumatized by her perceived failures during her service that Gaussian helped her relocate to a division of the Freedom Corps. So if I do create the arc of her origin, it's not going to paint her as "aren't I awesome", it's more like seeing the difference in perception of what it means to save a single life (for most heroes, if you save even a single life under impossible odds, it's a victory... for her, it was failure because she couldn't save everyone).

    But that's just me.

    Michelle
    aka
    Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
  20. Fine...

    YOU ALL SUCK! Except for Foo.

    Can I haz my artz now plz?

    Michelle
    aka
    Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
  21. Dark_Respite

    Sketches by Alex

    Beautiful work, although I agree that Radioactive Ruby's... assets... are quite impressive.

    Michelle
    aka
    Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
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    Nice!

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    Thanks!

    Michelle
    aka
    Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
  23. I'd like one, but I'm on my way out the door right now. I will post screenshots and character bio when I get back!

    EDITED NOW THAT I'M BACK...

    Okay... character in question is the irrepressible Andrea Blake.

    Agent Andrea Blake joined the Star Patrol for the simplest reason of all - the excitement. However, not being the physically strongest meant that she had to learn to leave the frontline combat to those better suited to it. Not the easiest thing in the world for the headstrong Andrea.

    After her sixth stint in the hospital (and her third coma), her constant visits to death's door paid off. Her body might not be the strongest in the Patrol, but her spirit is certainly the most resilient, and her repeated near-death forays means that she can tap into the Netherworld and the depths of the human mind at will. Now as long as she remembers to stay near the stronger members (and keep them and herself healed), she can enjoy the excitement of being a Star Patrol member to her heart's content, and her body's relief.

    (Andrea also on-again-off-again dates Steven Berry, aka Synapse, though neither expects the relationship to become serious.)

    Here are pictures of Andrea in casual clothes in Pocket D or in full uniform. Either look will work, but however you draw her, it must be with ENTHUSIASM! (Andrea never does anything halfway.)

    EDIT, PART TWO:

    This links to the part of my uberstory "The Course of Superhero Romance" where Andrea does something astronomically outrageous to Statesman in the middle of a crowded party. Just to give you an idea of what she's like.

    Michelle
    aka
    Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
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    HERO con attendees are still getting a pass in beta? I thought that was only for i13- but I could be wrong?

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    Hero Con attendees will be getting into Issue 14's Beta "Soon"...fuzzy date is that by this time next week Hero Con attendees (+ some additional folks) will be in the Closed Beta. It may be sooner, but within a week.

    That's as close of an update that I'm allowed to give right now.

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    Much obliged for the heads-up, G_F.

    Michelle
    aka
    Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
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    *wonders how many more free trailers for the game she has to make to qualify for permanent closed beta access*

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    i wonder what makes you think you are entitled to something more than the rest of the playerbase

    your videos are pretty good, but they do little to show the features of the new issues in action

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    Well, at least you're true to your name, D_C. I feel so much better now.

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    And by the way, rednames, where's YOUR trailer for Issue 14?! Come on, how am I supposed to know what my benchmark is?


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    Look down, its obviously beneath you.

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    Thanks, Cat.

    Michelle
    aka
    Samuraiko/Dark_Respite]