The Evangel Farewell Video - "Memories"
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Acroyear2,
Posted on: 2012-10-23 14:41 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
Wow! A real tear jerker. I really liked the walk through of cheering heroes.
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Very very nice work! (Had to watch it full screen to be able to read speech bubbles, my only real quibble, and a minor one at that)
Michelle
aka
Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
Dark_Respite's Farewell Video: "One Last Day"
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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!)
Lovely farewell ... loved the camera work too ...
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"Together we entered a city of strangers, we made it a city of friends, and we leave it a City of Heroes."
I agree, all the camera pans were great and the various memories of fights springing up around the Hero One memorial was well done.
Very moving.
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Amazing and so very beautiful. Not sure how it can be heartwarming and heart wrenching at the same time but it is.
Damn onions.
Mike
/Beautifully done, Evangel. Thank you.
//Now I something stuck in my throat too. 'scuse me...
August 31, 2012. A Day that will Live in Infamy. Or Information. Possibly Influence. Well, Inf, anyway. Thank you, Paragon Studios, for what you did, and the enjoyment and camaraderie you brought.
This is houtex, aka Mike, signing off the forums. G'night all. - 10/26/2012
Well... perhaps I was premature about that whole 'signing off' thing... - 11-9-2012
Well done, thank you.
edit: It reflects greatly how I feel about the game then and now. Something to be missed.
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Always here, there, and there again.
Amazing and beautiful.
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and many more!
Evangel.....I didn't think I had many tears left. I was wrong. What a beautiful tribute and so well done. The ache in my heart at the thought of not being able to go there again welled up, and I found myself tearing up. When I saw Statesman I began sobbing and didn't stop. Thank you for a video I will keep
�Many things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done.� Thank you so much, Evangel. I love your first video from years ago, and now this one is almost too painful to watch it is so beautiful.
If only i had a glimp of your skills making such video's, i probably could give my characters a goodbye.
But as your video says, they might take away the game, but they will never take my memories of the game.
Great video, i really love that hallway full of all the heroes.
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Beautiful.
@Kyuu
That was simply brilliant. BRILLIANT.
When I want to remember this great game weeks, months, or years from now, I will watch your video.
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Thanks so much for the words of praise, everyone! I'm glad people are enjoying the video and I hope it helps with closure for how things went down with Paragon Studios.
BTW, does anyone have contact with the devs, I would love to have them see this, as it is very much a tribute to them as it is the game they built. If anyone knows any way to contact them please forward this along, would love to have them see one hero's tribute to their hard and amazing work!
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Had to chime in - fantastic video, Evangel. The rotating scene in the Hero 1 capsule room was brilliant....and a very nice choice of music for the video as well.
You've outdone yourself, Evangel!! Beautiful tribute to our beloved game!
...and you kept your pants on the entire time 
<3
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Originally Posted by Apocalyptika
You've outdone yourself, Evangel!! Beautiful tribute to our beloved game!
...and you kept your pants on the entire time <3 |
Well a lot of the shots are above the waist. I can neither confirm nor deny that Evangel is wearing pants in those shots...
Well done, a touching and poignant tribute.
A Farewell Tribute - "Memories"
So when I heard City of Heroes was closing I decided the best thing I could do was make a tribute farewell video. I love the initiative here to save or rebuild CoH and I wish it the best of luck and have offered up my writing/editing skills if needed. But I didn't want CoH to die with me crying and screaming "plz don't go plz don't go!" I wanted to give it a proper and fitting farewell, and wanted to say goodbye to my online avater Evangel with a meaningful salute. I joined this game in beta and have been a proud subscriber for 8 long and exciting years. Evangel was more than a character he was a part of me - and I've chosen not to carry him into another game. If CoH is reborn I won't recreate an Evangel - he stays with Paragon.
So I made this (long) video to say goodbye and focus on the part of City of Heroes I will miss the most - the memories. 8 years is a long time to have a virtual family and cast of friends. It's a long time to play a game and stay loyal to a universe despite changes you may like or hate. So starting on the day that the sunset was announced I started filming and editing together this short video.
The video is a symbolic journey that provides a fictional reason for leaving as well as a lot of imagery and mood to close out this chapter of my digital life. Everything from the camera angles to the dialog to the color schemes to the settings all were chosen to represent things about this game that represent strong and emotional memories of my time in Paragon City.
I hope in watching it people can remember what CoH meant to them. And whether we save it or not I hope people will be able to view it and feel the joy/pride I have for being a hero in Paragon, and share in my idea to not tarnish CoH's memory but embrace it. All good things must end, and if this is truly the end then this video is my goodbye. Feel free to share it, forward it, email it, etc. It's about 50 hours of work that has made me cry, laugh, and smile. It's my City of Heroes legacy and I can only hope you all enjoy it as much as I enjoyed editing it!
It's set to the appropriately titled "Moving On" by the legendary God known as Michael Giacchino. I recommend viewing it in full screen and in HD quality:
Link --> http://youtu.be/5hWfkHa4cBI
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(note: this is also posted on CoH Titan, so sorry for those already reading this on that server, just wanted to spread the word to all CoH heroes!)
"Memories" - The Evangel Farewell Video