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Two words.
"Development Hell."
If I had the money, I'd buy the rights away from Tom deSanto and make the damn thing myself.
Michelle
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Quote:I got sooooo close once... running it with my Grav/Kin, I timed it so that just before she plowed Protean into the ground, she nailed him with Siphon Speed, then turned on Ninja Run, hauled A** up that elevator and through those cooridors, somersaulted off the catwalk, and landed on the floor next to her double. And just as I was mousing over the fallen heroine, and shouting (IRL, mind you), "GOT YOU!" - bang, teleport out...Originally Posted by jwbullfrog
I know I can't but... just once I want to get there in time...
... empty handed.
I cried in frustration.
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Quote:*laughing*Originally Posted by JAG-01
* Finishing that FREAKING HUGE bean burrito ten minutes before being awarded a medal by Statesman himself. Not sure if it was the gas or from laughing too hard, but for a moment I thought I'd killed Synapse.
Crap, now there's ginger ale all over my desk.
Michelle
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So I went ahead and counted up the votes up through Nylonus' post (#36). The tally stands:
*******Seer Marino - "Oh Wretched Man"
*******Special Agent Jenni Adair - "Looking Through the Glass"
*****Aaron Walker - "The Savage Man"
****Dark Watcher - "A Promise for a New Tomorrow" / "To Our Health"
****Leonard - "Good Villains Never Die"
***Anti-Matter - "No Survivors" / "View from the Other Side"
***Dark Watcher - "The Horrors of War"
***Ginger Yates - "The Terra Conspiracy"
***Lady Grey - "Task Force Mission: Apocalypse"
**Admiral Sutter - "The Sky is Falling"
**Colleen Nelson - "A Path Into Darkness"
**Crimson - "A Titan Called Joe"
**Crimson - "Project: World Wide Red"
**Dean MacArthur - "Me Myself and My Other Selves"
**Diviner Maros - "The Cult of the Shaper"
**Field Agent Keith Nance - "Twisted Reflections"
**Gordon Bower - "Piercing the Veil"
**Hero Alignment Mission - "You're a Cruel One, Mr. Phipps"
**Luke Larson - "Rescue Tunnel Rat"
**Madeleine Casey - "To Save a Soul"
**Penelope Yin - "My Best Friend Rusty"
**Seer 1381 - "You Can't Go Home" / "Mind Freedom"
**Vincent Ross - "Old Friends, New Enemies, and New Opportunities"
**Westin Phipps - "Miss Francine the Freakshow Teacher" / "The Rebels" / "The Bane of the Heart"
*[CONTACT UNKNOWN] - "Burning Dreck" (I could not find this anywhere on ParagonWiki)
*Angus McQueen - "Division: Line"
*Apex - "Alpha Strike"
*Chance McKnight - "Corp Wars" / "One Weakness"
*Doc Buzzsaw - "Die by the Freak" / "Heavy Metal Doctoring"
*Gordon Stacy - "The Revenant Hero Project"
*Hero Alignment Mission - "Miss Thystle's Plea"
*Hero Alignment Mission - "Your Life Story! Wait, What?"
*Hero Morality Mission - "One Good Spider"
*Hero Morality Mission - "The Unusual Suspect"
*Indigo - "Melvin and the Mysterious Malta Group"
*Janet Kellum - "The Evil Countess Crey"
*Maria Jenkins - "A Hero's Hero"
*Marshal Brass - "The Aeon Conspiracy"
*Maxwell Christopher - "The Eternal Nemesis"
*Mender Ramiel - "Power Overwhelming"
*Mortimer Kal - "The Fire and the Flames"
*Mr. Bocor - "The Book and the Burning"
*Penelope Yin - "I Lost My Daddy!"
*Peter Themari - "Breaking Bows" / "Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge"
*Recluse's Patrons - "Time After Time"
*Robert Flores - "Face to Face"
*Roy Cooling - "Bad People, Good Intentions"
*Slot Machine - "High Roller's Last Gamble"
*Steven Sheridan - "The Organ Grinders"
*Sunstorm - "The Peacebringer Saga"
*Technician Naylor - "Automated Villainy"
*Twilight Son - "Smoke and Mirrors"
*Unai Kemen - "Tau Delta 8-7 Missions"
Do keep them coming, this is proving to be fascinating...
Michelle
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Quote:Hmmmm. $2500 = 167 players subscribing at one month each for $15. Are my vids good enough that I either 'pull in' or 'keep in' 167 players for at least a month per vid?Originally Posted by Zombie Man
"Illegal streaming of copyrighted content is defined in the bill as an offense that "consists of 10 or more public performances by electronic means, during any 180-day period, of 1 or more copyrighted works" and has a total economic value, either to the copyright holder or the infringer, of at least $2,500"
I'd like to see NCSoft claim that a YouTube video of how a particular issue's emotes look is worth at least $2,500 in revenue.
The bill seems aimed at those things which get taken down anyway. Now, there is a penalty for those who do such stuff regularly.
*mock troubled sigh*
I dunno, Z_M... all it takes is one redname with a grudge and the Ko ends up in jail.
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Holy crap.
Thanks for the link - am getting the word out about this ASAP.
Michelle
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I'll admit, my personal feelings on the whole "Numitron" thing aside, I really enjoyed the Mortimer Kal SF... they went all the back to the first run of the comics, when Posi becomes the bearer of the Flame (and I've always loved that part where the Flame sweeps Paragon City and the heroes regain their powers), and now here he is, almost seven years later, and for all his geekitude, even I paused at:
Quote:Some of the tip missions are great, too... I'd forgotten about them. One of the ones that really sticks out in my mind is the Westin Phipps one, where it was SO... DAMN... TEMPTING... to beat the everloving crap out of him on national TV. I wanted so badly to just pummel him."I've had years to harness the power of the Flames. You've had that power for less than a minute."
The Leonard arc ending with my clone (especially since the first time I did it, I was on my Merc/TA MM, Profiteer) was great and TOTALLY unexpected - here I was, hauling a** thru a base exploding around me, and I trip over her-me-whatever. First thought through my head (in-character, mind you - OOC was "neat!") was "No bounty on me, no sense in killing me... and you could be useful." So, sure, off you go! Then she got in my way at the bank. No more Ms. Nice Guy.
(BTW - how many people actually high-five Dean?)
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Quote:No need to limit to just one.Originally Posted by Golden_Avariel
I could list more but I suppose I was only supposed to select one... if so just the one on top.
Michelle
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I know, a lot of people blitz through arcs without really reading them, but sometimes, you get some arcs that just make you want to cheer, or cry, or roar in defiance before charging in to beat the living snot out of someone. (I got to thinking about this after reading the "Which content do you enjoy?" and "Favorite bits of in-game writing" threads.)
Which ones do it for you? And why? (Redside, blueside, or Praetorian - I'm not picky.)
(And yes, there's a reason for me asking. I'll give you three guesses, and the first two don't count.)
If you're not sure of the arc name, swing by the ParagonWiki - safe bet it's there.
For example, one of my all-time favorites:
Dark Watcher's "A Promise for a New Tomorrow" arc in Praetoria. The entire Resistance>Warden storyline is incredible, but I couldn't help it, I got choked up at "THIS IS THE LAST, BEST, FINAL PROGRAM BY AARON WALKER HIMSELF." (Paired with the simultaneous ka-CHUNK of nine Dismantlers taking up position... oh, yes.)
EDIT: Another is Special Agent Jenni Adair's "Looking Through the Glass." The very first time I ran it, after beating Protean, I was actually saying, "No, no, no, nononononono..." while running hell for leather through that base and up the elevator to try and save my alternate self.
Michelle
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Quote:Details, details... *waves her hand dismissively*Originally Posted by Zwillinger
I'm pretty sure I actually said "We're working on it" and Positron said something about SDCC
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I usually know better than to ever give a timeframe.
But we can always check the Ustream - pretty sure it was near the end of the cast.
EDIT: Damn him, he was right. Per the Ustream (56:48):
Zwillinger: "And Samuraiko, to answer your question about when you're getting your first Issue 21 COH Freedom trailer, uh, I know that it's 'being worked on.' *whispers* That's all I can say."
Positron: *whispering and crossing his fingers* "COMIC-CON!"
Zwillinger: "Yeah, fingers crossed!"
Positron: "Fingers crossed!"
War Witch: "Fingers crossed!"
Zwillinger: "We'll see, we'll see. Hopefully. Who knows?"
Michelle
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Quote:Yes - per Zwillinger on one of last week's Ustreams, it was their goal to be able to show the first trailer at San Diego Comic-Con 2011. Here's hoping a) they meet the goal, and b) someone at the 'con films it and puts it on YouTube!Originally Posted by BasilAcid
I believe it was said somewhere those attending the con in July might see the first videos of I21. So there's your answer.
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Quote:*bampf*Originally Posted by Residentx10
I was on Youtube trying to find good videos to send to my friends to pull them to the game when COH: Freedom rollsout. To my great surprise, I saw Samuraiko video and it says "Winter 2011" Are we going to have to wait that long for this issue. I thought it would be Sept/October.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZ7GxkPi5_A
Sam's video was good but it was like Alice in Wonderland. I hope the official video will be nonstop fighting. The clean environments are a nice but MY friends won't come here unless they can see how good the combat is.
Finally, the issue has to be done BEFORE Christmas. It would be nice to get some taunting from Marcus Cole too. It wouldn't hurt to have Recluse and Statemen put a few words too.
To address this one, in order:
1) "Winter 2011" for me spans October - December. I would rather OVERESTIMATE how long it takes them, and have a couple dozen people mocking me on my YouTube channel for being wrong than UNDERESTIMATE how long it takes, and have HORDES OF ANGRY PLAYERS baying for my blood and Paragon's because "HER VIDEO SAID 'FALL 2011' WHICH MEANS AUGUST!!!!!!! YOU LIED RAGEQUITRAGEQUITHASSLEHASSLEHATEMAILETCETCETC"
2) This is a teaser, meant to hint at the possibilities when the Mother of Mercy Psychiatric Hospital makes its appearance in the game. My other teasers will also pick features or content that the devs had made public and do the same. Anything more would require me being in the beta, and if that were the case, the NDA wouldn't allow me to post more info without getting banned, sued, etc. So back to square one there.
A full-on, "here's what's REALLY in the issue", balls-to-the-wall-AWESOME trailer (assuming I can reach such a lofty hope) has to wait until the issue goes into open beta and I can film it. Sad but true.
3) See 1 and 2.
Nope, all my recording was done using the /demorecord feature. It helps I have a fast rig and a really good video card that can hack me cranking the Ultra Mode settings "up to Eleven", as it were. Then when I play it back, I set my playback speed to 60fps and voila, neat, smooth, and awesome. The shakycam effects are done in post production.Quote:Originally Posted by Residentx10
This question is for you Sam. In some of the scenes in this video the scenes were extra clean(:16-:35). How did you do it? Are these shots taken from the game recording tools or are you using third party stuff?
This whole video (finding music, doing vocals, recording in-game, editing, vid conversion, etc) took me about... fourteen to sixteen hours total. I'm not sure exactly how long I took running around in-game to find certain shots. Oy.
I love that video. I still want to go back and redo it now that I've had a couple more years experience under my belt. But I still laugh each time I look at it because I predicted the Incarnate issue two years before they released it.Quote:Originally Posted by Residentx10
I knew I shouldn't have done this. Sam, this video was nice. I love the Furies and chest of the well. This reminded me of Novel, Web of Arachnos. Nice Job with this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MY6g0G93LtM
Ha ha ha... oh, you poor deluded soul. Allow me to remove the scales from your eyes.Quote:Originally Posted by Residentx10
Sam's videos are nice but I want official stuff. I want action videos. This thread comments on Sam's stuff but this thread is really a request for hard-hitting stuff in the next video when they make it.
Thank for your time....
There is nobody, NO-BO-DY, on these forums, in this game, on this planet, who screams more loudly and relentlessly for more videos from the marketing team than I. Not no-body, not no-how. I beg. I plead. I threaten. I make mine hoping to appeal to some sense of competitiveness that "well, if that wannabe dev hack can make stuff with a half-a** rig and no budget, imagine what WE could do!!!!"*
Anyway, if you were to ask Black Pebble his definition of "hell", I'm sure I feature in there somewhere.
And that's all I've got to say about that.
*bampf*
Michelle
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*Actually, that's not entirely true. I also make mine because a few players like them, and because I still hold out the vain hope that one day I will be good enough to do this professionally. Not at Paragon Studios, mind you. I finally gave up on that. But someplace else might be nice. Just not Cryptic. Even I have standards. -
Quote:And of the three, it has the best cutscene.Originally Posted by Doc_Reverend
I really enjoyed the Keyes. It requires more teamwork and communication, but it's frantic and fun and felt like more of the good kind of challenge without the squishy punishment of the Lambda.
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Here's one for you... especially in light of what we've learned about Issue 21.
Something about the destruction of Galaxy City.
Michelle
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Quote:I wish I could say I had thought of that aspect when I'd started... but I hadn't. And you're right... in retrospect, it makes it damn funny.Originally Posted by Impish Kat
Then... that last phrase....
"They're coming."
And I burst out laughing.
Because, due to the doomity doom all over the forums regarding the inevitable influx of F2P'ers, the whole thing suddenly seemed VERY tongue in cheek.
I know that you started work on this project before the massive paranoia hit here, so my reaction was simply a case of ... timing, I guess.
I think it was very well done. Nice timing with the music. Nice job on the vocals. I can definitely see a progression of improvement with your vids. Keep it up.
And as far as the 'well thought out explanation' thing, that's more for folks who DIDN'T like it and why. Like a discussion Emperor_Steele and I had way back when about the credits on my vids. He was 100% right in his opinion about how I could improve things, and he laid it out in a way that made total sense, plus suggestions on how I could do it. At first I was irked like, "who are you to tell me how to do these things?" but after reading his response, there was nothing I could say but, "yeah, you're right" and make his suggested changes. Which turned out for the best.
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Quote:Nope, not unsettling. Check your PMs - I had a question for you.Originally Posted by Clawstriker
Is it unsettling that I was not unsettled by this video?
Just became less enthusiastic for CoH: Freedom?
You're just mad because my videos are not in the best interest of the Cole administration.Quote:Originally Posted by Golden Girl
This about some of the content in I21, not the new free-to-play option and in-game store
Not everyone who saw this was creeped out - if they were, great. If not, did I at least pique/maintain their interest in its intended subject (COH:F)? In Clawstriker's case, no. Oh, well. No ad is perfect. In M_F_A's case, not sure - I know he likes my vids, just not sure if he's onboard with COH:F or not.Quote:Originally Posted by Man_From_AUNTIE
DR I love the video, reminds me of the beginning of Tales From the Darkside. That being said, I am with Clawstriker, I wasn't creeped out, just grinning from ear to ear.
Of course, most of that was just seeing that you're making some more videos about Co*. If this was a movie trailer, I would be making plans to see the movie, at midnight, alone, by a graveyard, with a electrical storm raging outside, with the lights off, and a baseball bat with nails through the head in my hands.
*******
FWIW, I really don't mind it when people don't like my work - I just prefer an honest, well-thought-out explanation and constructive criticism to "ur work sux" (which yes, I still get). If there's something more you'd rather see (as long as it's POSSIBLE), I'll keep it in mind for a future attempt. I still have a LOOOOOONG way to go on my videography skills.
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Quote:Three problems with this otherwise-delightful idea:Originally Posted by Redlynne
This makes it official.
Black Pebble needs to MAN UP and buy Michelle LUNCH!
And then over lunch they can discuss what kind of support Paragon Studios can offer Samuraiko Productions in the way of making the most awesome CoH Advertising to be had on youtube in advance of Issue 21.
1) Black Pebble's in Mountain View, I'm in Seattle.
2) If you're hoping he's read this thread or seen the video, vain hope. (In fact, considering he's not in this video either, safe bet is he won't watch it.) Zwill has seen it. War Witch has seen it. As far as I know, they're the only rednames who have.
3) Black Pebble may be the brand manager for PS, but that doesn't necessarily give him any control over their advertising budget, or who they can allocate any of it to for contractual purposes.
So I appreciate the enthusiasm, but it is not happening. I hate the thought, it hurts like hell still, but I've accepted it. Mostly.
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Quote:Oh that's right. It's *MY* job to scare the s*** out of the DEVELOPERS. Got it.Originally Posted by VoodooGirl
That's my job. Thank you. I don't need to be outsourced.
Heh heh heh. You're welcome.Quote:Originally Posted by Major Deej
Once again, Major Kudos, DR!
...still can't get that music outta my head...or the chill down my spine...
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Quote:But then the thread gets trunkated.Originally Posted by Golden Girl
If you don't like a branching discussion, you can always leaf the thread.
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Woot, WW and Zwill have both seen it now and liked it... but I don't think this one has made the rounds at PS like mine used to. They're probably waiting for the full trailer.
(What'd be AWESOME is if WW goes to Protean and Co. and says, "Okay, John? For the Mother of Mercy hospital? Watch this... okay, now go scare the living s*** out of the players.")
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Quote:It's a refererence to this comic.Originally Posted by 2short2care
Oh come on people help me out, can anyone think of the name of the game, it was in one of the Ustreams, it may not have been Positron talking about it, but someone did. It was a game (probably a mmorpg) that you could ride the free players as a mount.
http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2007/5/11/
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Quote:Okay, I'm sticking THAT in one of my upcoming teasers, just to see if anyone notices.Originally Posted by SarelFox
That is all.
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Quote:Which is why for this vid, I turned off the music (but left on the sound effects) and walked into a group of four Seers, then recorded what I heard. Then I layered it into the teaser, with the volume slowly getting louder and louder.Originally Posted by Golden Girl
I think one of the creepiest things about the Seers is that whispering you can hear when you're close to them.
*sighs*
I REALLY wish they'd fix the sound problem in demo files.
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Quote:As horrifying as the CoT's background is (although for me, the Carnival of Shadows is right up there along with them), there's just something about the Seers that terrifies the hell out of me.Originally Posted by Melancton
The Circle of Thorns has a gruesome backstory (kidnap and murder of children) and makes no secret of its servitude to Hell. They easily rank Number One on my list of groups to eliminate. (I will stop and throw an AoE on any green bonfire as I pass, even on my level 50s.)
These folks in your video are clearly challenging for that top slot.
Nicely done.
As I described it in another post of mine elsewhere, "the burden of adhering to and enforcing moral and humane behaviour should be borne by each individual, not forced onto the shoulders of a select few, some of whom didn't want that burden to begin with."
And they remind me of BABYLON 5's Psi Corps.
Never mind Lord Recluse and the Arbiters... God help Cole and Praetoria in general if the Seers ever collectively turned on their handlers.
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And teaser #1 is done:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZ7GxkPi5_A
Moving right along to teaser #2...
Michelle
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