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For the fans... D_R's GOING ROGUE teaser is now live

Arkyaeon

By Arkyaeon,
Posted on: 2009-11-23 11:56 in CoH and CoV General Discussions

 

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Originally Posted by Dark_Respite View Post
Except when someone starts publicly crucifying me in front of a crowd in Pocket D on a rather large server (three guesses as to which server and the first two don't count) for having "the largest ego they've ever seen," and my "obvious need for gratification and public adoration."

Michelle
aka
Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
Psychologically, that's some people's reaction to fame and popularity. They don't know anything about you, just that people like you, so they fill the opposite role of not liking you. They can get really adamant and aggressive about their opinion, and end up trolling you.

People do the same thing with mainstream media. Some television show or movie is too popular, so they dislike it on principle and not because they actually dislike the content. Maybe they haven't even SEEN it; they dislike it because other people like it.

It's kind of like not doing what your parents want. They want to be "cool" or gain attention by going against the grain. Or they make assumptions like "people only like it because it's popular, but I can see past it," or "I refuse to give into peer pressure! I will make my own decisions."

In other words, you're too mainstream, Michelle.

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Dispari has more than enough credability, and certainly doesn't need to borrow any from you.

 

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In other words, you're too mainstream, Michelle.
Oh, now THEM'S fighting words! I am NOT mainstream. I'm... more like a cult classic. A guilty pleasure that only like-minded people ever admit, usually by secret handshakes and whispered quotes.

Michelle
aka
Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

Dark_Respite's Farewell Video: "One Last Day"
THE COURSE OF SUPERHERO ROMANCE CONTINUES!
Book I: A Tale of Nerd Flirting! ~*~ Book II: Courtship and Crime Fighting - Chap Nine live!
MA Arcs - 3430: Hell Hath No Fury / 3515: Positron Gets Some / 6600: Dyne of the Times / 351572: For All the Wrong Reasons
378944: Too Clever by Half / 459581: Kill or Cure / 551680: Clerical Errors (NEW!)

 

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Dispari speaks truth. That's the same reason I can't STAND Transformers. Cause everyone else likes it.

 

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Well, the teaser peaked on YouTube at:

#12 - Most Discussed (Today) - Film & Animation (Nov 23rd, when it debuted)
#88 - Most Discussed (This Week) - Film & Animation (that's a new one for me!)

Not a bad showing, all in all. Especially since this is the first video I've done as a trailer that the rednames haven't acknowledged in some way, thus driving up the traffic.

Michelle
aka
Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

Dark_Respite's Farewell Video: "One Last Day"
THE COURSE OF SUPERHERO ROMANCE CONTINUES!
Book I: A Tale of Nerd Flirting! ~*~ Book II: Courtship and Crime Fighting - Chap Nine live!
MA Arcs - 3430: Hell Hath No Fury / 3515: Positron Gets Some / 6600: Dyne of the Times / 351572: For All the Wrong Reasons
378944: Too Clever by Half / 459581: Kill or Cure / 551680: Clerical Errors (NEW!)

 

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Dispari speaks truth. That's the same reason I can't STAND Transformers. Cause everyone else likes it.
I cant stand BAYformers because of what he did to good story and good characters...
Its a passable movie and adrenalin fest, with some pretty good moments (RotF this, not the first turdball) but its not proper Transformers.

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GG, I would tell you that "I am killing you with my mind", but I couldn't find an emoticon to properly express my sentiment.
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NOTE: The Incarnate System is basically farming for IOs on a larger scale, and with more obtrusive lore.

 

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No I really can't stand Transformers at all. In any incarnation.

 

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You know what gets me?

That DR's stuff always leaves me more hyped for a release than the "official" trailers ever do...always.
This is my opinion as well!

Lovely video considering you had no access to the Going Rogue content!
Lovely use of music as well!

I loved it!

The final line of a post by Sweet_Sarah on Liberty
"Together we entered a city of strangers, we made it a city of friends, and we leave it a City of Heroes."

 

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As always, Michelle, I envy your talent, and have to say that you rock...with REAL ROCKS! Thanks for that (and Happy Thanksgiving!).

Troy Hickman - So proud to have contributed to and played in this wonderful CoH universe

 

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No I really can't stand Transformers at all. In any incarnation.
Well there really is no hope for you then.
I jest.

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GG, I would tell you that "I am killing you with my mind", but I couldn't find an emoticon to properly express my sentiment.
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Originally Posted by Captain_Photon View Post
NOTE: The Incarnate System is basically farming for IOs on a larger scale, and with more obtrusive lore.

 

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Another great piece of work, might just have gotten me to come off my short hiatus.....after I watch ot a few more times (watched it 3 times now :P )

 

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Originally Posted by Dark_Respite View Post
Well, the teaser peaked on YouTube at:

#12 - Most Discussed (Today) - Film & Animation (Nov 23rd, when it debuted)
#88 - Most Discussed (This Week) - Film & Animation (that's a new one for me!)

Not a bad showing, all in all. Especially since this is the first video I've done as a trailer that the rednames haven't acknowledged in some way, thus driving up the traffic.

Michelle
aka
Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
Thats pretty cool, well deserved!

 

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Another great job, very very well done.

 

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Interesting... YouTube's Insight feature lets me track how people find the video. Tracked it back to a Guild Portals forum, where my video has been reviewed as such:

"Extremely lame video, don't bother watching it. No new footage. Just plain boring. Probably her worst work."

I look at reviews like that and think, "why didn't you post that on the YouTube video where I could see it and respond to it?" (Like asking "what would you have done differently, considering closed beta hasn't even started and this is to capture the flavour of the release, not document it?")

Not all my work is stellar - personally, I consider "The Etiquette of Assassination" my 'low point' work for COH.

I don't expect mindless fawning and grovelling for my videos - I welcome suggestions on improving things, provided they CAN be improved. (Telling me, "you used the wrong models" when they don't exist in-game yet, is not a valid criticism.) Case in point - Emperor_Steele and I got into a long discussion about the opening/closing credits on my video (he said they were too long, and in retrospect, he was correct). He was quite helpful in his suggestions, and the ones you see now are the result of his input.

*sighs*

I guess I need to grow a thicker skin.

Michelle
aka
Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

Dark_Respite's Farewell Video: "One Last Day"
THE COURSE OF SUPERHERO ROMANCE CONTINUES!
Book I: A Tale of Nerd Flirting! ~*~ Book II: Courtship and Crime Fighting - Chap Nine live!
MA Arcs - 3430: Hell Hath No Fury / 3515: Positron Gets Some / 6600: Dyne of the Times / 351572: For All the Wrong Reasons
378944: Too Clever by Half / 459581: Kill or Cure / 551680: Clerical Errors (NEW!)

 

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Better to think of it this way DR - It was POSTED for people to NOT SEE IT. The fact that you tracked BACKWARDS through that post means that people didn't listen to the OP and decided to see for themselves.

Which means, my friend, that many of those people thought the OP that insulted you was full of:



Hope that makes you feel better, even a little.

 

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Oh, the person who POSTED my video liked it just fine. Just someone responding to him/her that hated it.

Michelle
aka
Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

Dark_Respite's Farewell Video: "One Last Day"
THE COURSE OF SUPERHERO ROMANCE CONTINUES!
Book I: A Tale of Nerd Flirting! ~*~ Book II: Courtship and Crime Fighting - Chap Nine live!
MA Arcs - 3430: Hell Hath No Fury / 3515: Positron Gets Some / 6600: Dyne of the Times / 351572: For All the Wrong Reasons
378944: Too Clever by Half / 459581: Kill or Cure / 551680: Clerical Errors (NEW!)

 

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Either way, people didn't listen to the person that said not to see it. Are you really trying to be your own worst enemy here?

 

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Absolutely fantastic.

Every artist has detractors. Not every artist has fans. Congrats on being in the smaller of those two categories.

My postings to this forum are not to be used as data in any research study without my express written consent.

 

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Thanks, you guys.

BTW... Now #73 - Most Discussed (This Week) - Film & Animation.

Michelle
aka
Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

Dark_Respite's Farewell Video: "One Last Day"
THE COURSE OF SUPERHERO ROMANCE CONTINUES!
Book I: A Tale of Nerd Flirting! ~*~ Book II: Courtship and Crime Fighting - Chap Nine live!
MA Arcs - 3430: Hell Hath No Fury / 3515: Positron Gets Some / 6600: Dyne of the Times / 351572: For All the Wrong Reasons
378944: Too Clever by Half / 459581: Kill or Cure / 551680: Clerical Errors (NEW!)

 

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And, for the record, I personally enjoyed the hell out of "Etiquette of Assassination"

There is no such thing as an "innocent bystander"

 

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Awesome teaser vid, Michelle.

And yes... don't take the e-tards personally. Your lone critic probably uses iMovie to showcase his dog's 'unique' snoring sound.


"City of Heroes. April 27, 2004 - August 31, 2012. Obliterated not with a weapon of mass destruction, not by an all-powerful supervillain... but by a cold-hearted and cowardly corporate suck-up."

 

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As you know, I have your Vids on my phone. Etiquette of Assassination is the one I would always play first. It will always raise a smile, no matter what.

 

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Awesome teaser vid, Michelle.

And yes... don't take the e-tards personally. Your lone critic probably uses iMovie to showcase his dog's 'unique' snoring sound.
Actually... *sobs* I'm up to 2 negative comments on the teaser now on YouTube (never mind what's on other sites). *weeps*

Though I do have to admit, if I (and my almost 500 YouTube subscribers) were of the same submoronic intelligence as my detractors appear to be, I'd love to organize a movement to bombard their actual channels (not their videos, just their channels) with one witty, scathingly eloquent putdown after another until they collapse crying in a corner from their own inferiority.

If we were.

Thankfully, we're not.

Michelle
aka
Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

Dark_Respite's Farewell Video: "One Last Day"
THE COURSE OF SUPERHERO ROMANCE CONTINUES!
Book I: A Tale of Nerd Flirting! ~*~ Book II: Courtship and Crime Fighting - Chap Nine live!
MA Arcs - 3430: Hell Hath No Fury / 3515: Positron Gets Some / 6600: Dyne of the Times / 351572: For All the Wrong Reasons
378944: Too Clever by Half / 459581: Kill or Cure / 551680: Clerical Errors (NEW!)

 

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Any time I feel like my faith in humanity has risen to dangerously high levels, I read the comments to a youtube video. Any youtube video will do. All it takes is five or six comments and I'm back to my regular cynical self.

 

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This just makes the wait till GR that much harder.

Awesome work.