Dark_Respite

<------ Videographer. Duh.

Who gives a crap if it's feasible or balanced? If it looks amazing, I wanna film it!

BRING ON THE VISUAL AWESOMESAUCE!

Michelle
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Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

Assuming I weren't immediately fired upon getting said job:

1. ALL existing storylines, at a bare MINIMUM, get the textual revamp treatment - contradicting information gets fixed, canon information gets organized, grammar and spelling get corrected, and BORING storylines get reworked. Mobs, maps, and mission locales are updated and modified for variety as appropriate.

2. Working off the above, zone/level balancing for content. A quick numbers crunch will show where there is the least and most content based on zone and level. New stuff will be added to bring those zones/levels up to par with the rest of the game. And to the intense relief of redside, at least two new zones are added, justifiable as either a) Arachnos annexes nearby turf, b) another villain group takes control of an area (ie Striga being owned by the Council), while c) a third 'zone' becomes accessible... the Shadow Shard becomes co-op.

3. Bases and bugs. A "half" issue is devoted to NOTHING BUT BASES AND BUGS. In the event that it turns out the best way to fix the base issue is to scrap the system and start over, the next "half" issue (set approximately three months in future) will implement it, since if an SG can't get its act together in 3 months to get ready to build the base they've been grousing about for YEARS, I don't want to hear a word. Get all the alts on to hold all the salvage they can carry, and then go to town.

4. AE. New search, review, and recommendation methods, first and foremost. As far as available AE resources, EVERYTHING goes into it, unless there is something so heinously broken about it that it just won't WORK. Powers? There. Costume parts? There. Mobs? There. Maps? There. Custom placement (albeit a bit limited)? There. Customizable NPCs? There. Spiffy dialogue mechanics? There.

5. Assign myself a little cubicle, a really fast rig with dual monitors, and the title Associate Producer, then resign as lead designer, and spend 60 underpaid-but-totally-happy hours a week in my cubby doing tech writing and making vids for COH.

Michelle
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Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

I want crepes.

Michelle
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Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

Then there was his role in the original run of DOCTOR WHO as the Celestial Toymaker... (he was also in the episode "Arc of Infinity", but not nearly as good an ep as CT)

Michelle
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Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

Damn, I've been wondering the same thing. It'd be nice (although I could see how it might be confusing for a select few). Maybe a QoL feature for a later issue.

*claps her hands over her ears to avoid the howls of derisive laughter*

Michelle
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Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

Hey, as long as we've now got a Navy admiral as a contact, we need an aircraft carrier in-game that routinely launches planes into the sky. Not just coz it would look cool (and the ULTIMATE in escort missions as you fight off hostile planes to lead a damaged plane back to safety), but because I'd be trying to time my hero outracing the plane off the catapult/runway.

*hero gives the thumbsup to the control tower* "ALL RIGHT, GO!"

ZOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMM!!!

Michelle
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Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

Just sent you an email, TonyV. Unfortunately my vid skills won't be much good, but I've got 10+ years as an editor/technical writer.

Michelle
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Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

Is anyone else amused by the fact that the most-talked-about feature for I-20 (the NA/EU server list) is something NOT mentioned in the trailer?

Hey, Zwill, Black Pebble, this was just the teaser, right? Like those 30-second TV spots instead of the full preview-before-a-movie deal? We're gonna get a full-on trailer, too?

Michelle
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Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

The HD version of the I20 trailer is now up on the ncsoftnorcal YT channel:

http://youtu.be/FHerDKOQxBE?hd=1

*I* think it looks neat, at any rate. (And they use one of my favorite pieces of Praetorian mission music, so that's a bonus.)

Michelle
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Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

Very spiffy, and Skyway gets levelled! WOOT!

(I was just happy you used one of my favorite pieces of Praetoria music for the trailer!)

*heads out to retweet the link and spread the word*

Michelle
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Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

This is what happens when I start messing with the ragdoll code in the game...

(I tried to get the graphic to embed, but no luck.)

Michelle
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Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

*loud whistles and applause*

Congrats on your latest team addition and the newest Sonic/Mental blaster in the family. Glad to hear you're all doing well! And remember, start teaching the important things early.

Michelle
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Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

Finding neat little places to film in-game, or NPCs doing emotes that I can use for stuff.

My latest personal favorite was zooming around north of Talos and finding an island with a little swim-into-it cave with a stone 'staircase' leading up to the top of the island, like its own little pirate cave.

And since when have there been 'hussies' and 'tarts' in Port Oakes catcalling you from balconies?

Michelle
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Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

You know, I think TCoSR needs a new banner. Maybe I'll have a contest - whoever designs the winning banner for TCoSR will win a t-shirt like the ones I had custom made for the COH Seattle M&G. (Three people have TCoSR shirts - I have one, one of my best friends has one, and Mod08 aka Ocho has the third.)

Black t-shirt with white block lettering:

(Mine)
"My OTP (One True Pairing) is Positron and Tava."

(Friend's)
"Fighting Evil. Finding Love. Saving the World."

(Ocho's)
"'Did you kiss her?' 'No.' 'Did she kiss you?' 'Steve...' 'Not even a hug?' 'STEVE!'"

And then in red letters underneath, SUPERHEROROMANCE.COM

So, yeah. I may hold a contest. Design a banner, and the winner gets a shirt with one of the above quotes (or if you have a favorite quote from TCoSR I or II, I'll put that on it instead). Typical banner sizes can be found here (and unfortunately, the vertical ones do not do well on forums, so the 120x240 and 160x600 sizes are right out).

Would you participate if you could win a t-shirt?

Discuss.

Michelle
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Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

Next time they may just say 'to hell with it', nab a pizza or something from CITY OF GYROS and eat in the park.

Michelle
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Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

... nearly cried because my demofile got borked and I'd lost some serious awesome footage of my teammates.

Michelle
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Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

My very first character was Johanna Sinclair, an en/en blaster - the timebending, troublemaking, techie pagan nun. Absolutely LOVED that character (created her on every server, in fact), and en/en remains one of my favorite sets. She was also my first 50. Not my first Incarnate, though.

Michelle
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Samuraiko/Dark_Respite