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Year 7 needs a video... but what?

Airhammer

By Airhammer,
Posted on: 2011-01-18 24:58 in CoH and CoV General Discussions

 

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I'd like to see the opening cinematic from the original game CD redone as a machinima.

--NT

They all laughed at me when I said I wanted to be a comedian.
But I showed them, and nobody's laughing at me now!

If I became a red name, I would be all "and what would you mere mortals like to entertain me with today, mu hu ha ha ha!" ~Arcanaville

 

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Originally Posted by MajorDecoy View Post
The vault is in Galaxy City, blame the guy there.
I just want to mention your avatar is too dang fast to be funny/readable. All I can tell is its various pictures of Satchel.

Oh and I liked that Vanguard gone wrong idea earlier.

 

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Originally Posted by NuclearToast View Post
I'd like to see the opening cinematic from the original game CD redone as a machinima.

--NT
Ooooh. Now that would be a challenge... but since I still can access the old Rikti models, that might not be a bad idea! I'll have to rewatch 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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The obvious choice is you-- armed with a camera, of course-- chasing down Posi throughout some of the greatest events of the last 7 years-- Rikti Invasion, Rularuu Invasion, Halloween Event ... etc....


With "Paparazi" playing in the background.

My COX Fanfiction:


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Originally Posted by BlueBattler View Post
The obvious choice is you-- armed with a camera, of course-- chasing down Posi throughout some of the greatest events of the last 7 years-- Rikti Invasion, Rularuu Invasion, Halloween Event ... etc....

With "Paparazi" playing in the background.
*laughs and nearly snorts a chocolate chip cookie up her nose*

Owowowowowowowowowowow...

*****

Actually, with the way people are carrying on over in the Developers Corner thread, they make it sound like the game won't survive til the 7th anniversary. Which means I'm off the hook!

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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Originally Posted by Dark_Respite View Post
Thank you for the helpful response. Next?

Michelle
aka
Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
Two of them.

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Virtue (blue) - Wes The Mess
Virtue (red) - Jess The Best
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QFT:

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Originally Posted by Captain-Electric View Post
Whatever you do, I'm looking forward to it. I hope you'll please resist the urge to compare the value of your work with that of the official videos. They are excellent for what they are-- snappy, brief affairs that cover all the points at a minimum. Your videos are often much more subjective, pulling us into another world for a few minutes. Yours get more replays by far.

Now that that is established...

It's hard to top BlueBattler's idea. Hmm.


5th Anniversary Video was a recap of in-game history.

6th Anniversary video was a recap of game/issue history.


Do you still want to go with something immersive, as if getting a highlight's glimpse at game events? Then maybe highlights of major story arcs/TF/SF, especially ones that parallel between Primal and Praetoria. Maybe the 7 top/biggest, to go with the theme, but that might skew things artificially.

Or perhaps another step outward from the screen, which would be your personal experience of the game over the years. Again, something along BlueBattler's idea, maybe chasing a different featured hero/villain for each landmark time/event instead of just Positron.

On the dry humor side, could do a "respec across the ages" type, where with each new update a Respec was done to allow for the game changes. (Recent example: Respec when Fitness pool became inherent.) I suggest a /regen scrapper, as there is boundless material there. Probably with a narrative of the hero periodically needing vacation time from his SG to adjust for his latest mutation.

 

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I like the idea of involving the community somehow, finding out what everyone's "Top 7" Hero arc/villain arc/AT/villain group/etc would be. Others would be polling the community for 'wonky stuff you enjoy doing in the game to keep it fun'. But not everyone reads the forums, and safe bet someone would scream 'favoritism' if I didn't include their response.

If I could, I'm sorely tempted to shoot my live-action commercial ideas (I have four of them), but they're actual ADs for the game (which I kinda promised myself I wouldn't do again), rather than celebrating 7 years of COH.

Blergh... my muse is still on vacation.

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!)