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Quote:Yes, "The". And thank you. I did do a teaser (the link's in my signature), and am working on four other teasers for I-21, plus hopefully a trailer. So hopefully that'll be sufficient?Originally Posted by Gary
not THE Samuraiko???
if so - YOU should have done the i21 vid!! shame on you!! (love you anyways
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Just got back from seeing it in 2d with hubby. I thought it was terrific, and yeah, the (1st) ending hit me a bit harder than I'd thought it would.
Thankfully I got my smarta** comment out of the way right off the bat...
"Wilkommen in Norwegen, Herr Anderson."
Hubby gave me a snarky look, people behind me quietly laughed.
Michelle
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After watching it a few times, while I still concede it's a good ad, I've finally figured out what bothers me. It's not the ad itself... well, only partially.
Presumably, the PS Dev team has been working on this behind the scenes for quite some time. Presumably, Marketing had to be on board for it or it'd never have gotten greenlit in the first place. And presumably, PS/NCsoft was going to have SOME presence at SDCC as per usual, a venue that has some 125,000 visitors.
But even with needing to keep some 'secrets' so as not to promise too much, or give away all the awesomeness... the trailer for COH:F should have been nothing short of balls-to-the-wall FANTASTIC.
THIS is the expansion that could bring countless numbers into or BACK into the game.
THIS is where COH, to borrow War Witch's favorite phrase, "takes it to the next level", or at least opens the door for it.
THIS is where COH can firmly put the kabosh on any crap that at 7 years old, it's a has-been. Two competitors have come (and in a lot of respects, gone), and still we stand.
Where is the ad that shows that? Because, unfortunately, this wasn't it.
EDIT: Inside Gaming posted an article of the "Best Trailers o' the Show" for Comic-Con 2011. This game DESERVED a trailer that should have made that list.
Michelle
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Quote:Yay, Creative Services team!Originally Posted by Von Krieger
Zwill gives shout outs to the team in Seattle that did the teaser trailer.
Now that I live in Seattle, can I join?
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Quote:/signedOriginally Posted by Melancton
My worst fear? They kill off Positron, Numina "ghostifies" him and they incorporally "go on patrol together" *snigger snigger* for the duration, *hee-hee*. What a revoltin' development.
Although, a new one has occurred to me. MISS Liberty (States' daughter, Ms Lib's mom) might be the one to buy it. Co-founder of Freedom Corps... and she may be the one helping 'keep the peace' b/w States and Ms Lib. If she goes, it could be enough to drive the permanent wedge between the two, Ms Lib goes off half-cocked with Longbow and does something astronomically stupid... can you imagine if Longbow as a whole went vigilante?
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Quote:I'm doing my best, D... assuming I can manage something up to scratch, that is.Originally Posted by DumpleBerry
I'm hoping there is a separate "Freedom" trailer for me to lure people into the game with.
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Quote:It doesn't matter whether or not I get a beta invite - to be in closed beta means NDA. NDA = no videos til the thing goes into open beta or maybe even live (if stuff is still being worked on right up to the 11th hour).Originally Posted by Redlynne
As spiffy as this trailer is ... I'm still sure that Samuraiko Productions could knock its socks off without breaking a sweat. I've seen Michelle's videos. Michelle does better work than just a bunch of fast cuts.
So I still stand by my contention that NOT giving Michelle a Beta Invite to make a totally kick ads trailer for 21 (yet) is a mistake on Paragon Studios part.
Although now I want to SEE even more of Time Manipulation getting animated!
And somebody's been watching Nausicaa before getting inspired to do all those floating spores in the Underground Trial!
I have ALWAYS said that invites to the initial rounds of closed beta should go to those players who are the numbers crunchers, the playtesting veterans, the graphics testers (will this cause migraines - an important thing for me coz I get them too), the lore experts (okay, maybe there I could claim a gimme), and so on. Leandro, Arcanaville, Zombie Man. If I got in and they hadn't, I'd switch with them in a heartbeat. If a zone doesn't WORK, I can't film in it. If a powerset is broken, I can't film it. Make sure this issue WORKS. THEN invite me in to film it.
If that means I don't get in til open beta, and my vid gets debuted when the issue goes live (which usually means everyone's seen it all already), then that's how it is. At least my vid is there for the folks who didn't have the opportunity to participate in the open beta.
*****
As for PS 'supporting' my vid making efforts, no one was more surprised than I was to find my video on the official COH Facebook page... but no one was happier, either. My efforts as a player to showcase and support a game I love are being recognized - same as Antoinette's with ROGUE magazine, or the City of Comics creators, or the PvP Boot Camp folks. That's the best I can hope for.
So... yeah.
Michelle
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Quote:Oh Gods, my husband loves that movie. (He collects films like that.)Originally Posted by Flarstux
Watch it again with the sound turned off on the video and play THIS MUSIC instead.
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Quote:Crap, and I DELIBERATELY checked all my arcs to make sure there were no errors!Originally Posted by Texarkana
Played through Cause and Effect, enjoyed it -- more comments to follow directly to you.
Dyne of the Times appears to have some sort of error -- can't get into it.
Note to self: go back in the game and check again.
Michelle
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Quote:My first thought was that it was like the Blackwand, but shooting flame... (right at 0:36)Originally Posted by Tenzhi
Did I see a character shooting fire blasts with a wand?
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Quote:*watches the video thoughtfully*Originally Posted by bAss_ackwards
It's here! Go watch!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSULtCXaMvg&hd=1
What do you guys think?
*watches it again*
*watches it again*
I wanna film that stuff.
Michelle
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Oh, now THAT was spiffy... First Ward looks like a combination of "Escape from New York" meets the Everglades... and Time Manipulation - WANT!
*blanches then mutters something about 'back to the drawing board'...*
Michelle
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Quote:That's more like everyone going after Reichsman during the BSF or something.Originally Posted by Hyperstrike
Maybe during the cut scene of the ITF.
{Romulus} C'mon shorty! What're ya? CHICKEN?
{Master Nictus} Boot to the head *FWOOSH-THUNK*
{Romulus} OW! YOU BOOTED ME IN THE HEAD!
Get Eddie Izzard to voice Vernon von Grun. He's got the bees thing down, he can do the evil laugh, he's just perfect!
Michelle
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Quote:*uses Propel to summon a forklift and chuck it at DumpleBerry*Originally Posted by DumpleBerry
Didn't you know? Yours pays for the Positron character's Match.com subscription.Quote:Originally Posted by Dark_Respite
Whereas I'm sure mine is being saved up for the restraining order. Or else the contract on my life.
Michelle
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Michelle
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Oh, wow, where do I start?
My personal favorite:
Cluster Flux (mind/ff controller) - she is the walking Pauli effect. She walks into a mob and tries to 'help', and everything just goes straight to hell. (I get more compliments on this ONE character than on all the rest I have combined, except for...)
Psychic Hotline (fire/psi blaster) - renegade Seer in Praetoria... I went for the name on a lark and got it. WHEE!
Then there's:
Mender Anomaly (en/mental manip blaster), my time travelling, troublemaking, techie pagan nun-turned-Mender...
Trouble Magnet (en/en blaster) - the name just speaks for itself.
Soulsteel (bots/dark MM) - she has creeped people out because her bots are each inhabited by a nanotech scan of various heroes she's fought... which has more than a few people creeped out when they see NUMINA 4.0 over the Protector bot, and STATESMAN 5.0 on the Assault Bot (the number goes up each time she fights one of them).
Rabid Spoo (I forget his exact powersets, he's sonic/something) - my Babylon 5 homage character. Short and blue, his battle cry is "sigh". And he walks everywhere. No running, no flight, no teleport (unless someone else gets him). Walks.
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I'd actually peg Cecity as Dual Blades/SR if the pair's allowed. The idea that one blade is always defending while the other is attacking has a certain symmetry to it that might work for her. Ninjitsu might be another neat one... Kinetic Melee?
Morten - yeah, Dark/Energy stalker - light and dark, sneak and plow enemies...
Michelle
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Quote:Oops, I stand corrected.Originally Posted by Oldeb
Slight correction. Those in Warburg are Rogue Arachnos, which is a seperate enemy group from Arachnos. They do not count towards badge credit.
Fly WAAAAAAAAY north up by where Babbage occasionally spawns. Following the northern wall, I find several.Quote:Originally Posted by Katze
I don't remember ever seeing Clockwork Princes [bosses] in Boomtown.
I also see that Vidiot's map of Boomtown mentions Lost bosses, which don't spawn there either.
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Couple others I forgot:
BP masks - Talos Island (Argo Highway area), Bloody Bay and Dark Astoria
Shivans - Bloody Bay
Toxic Tarantulas - Warburg/RWZ/Siren's Call
better place for Gears - Boomtown
DE emanators - Eden
Prisoners - Brickstown
better place for Rikti Monkeys - Monkey Island
Michelle
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To all of you who managed to get it - congrats!
Glad I was able to help at least a few folks score the awesomeness of the /facepalm. (See? I DO give back to the community that I continually harass.)
BTW, Coolio - if you see this - no, non-Facebook members cannot get it. But that's okay. I can just demoedit the thing as I need it.
Michelle
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*grins*
Scooped!
http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=266397
Yes, players DO actually read the main pages of the website.
Michelle
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PS - But I don't have Facebook. No matter. I have /demoedit. -
*sighs*
What would they do without me? I should have made a vid of this first.
Michelle
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Quote:Maybe they 'thought' that Statesman about to pound on a female (even if it is a robot) would send the wrong message.Originally Posted by Energizing_Ion
And I agree; if anything at least a "Vicki" would look cooler like she's about to slice him up or something.
Not that I agree with that notion in the least... him getting stomped on by a woman is JUST what he needs.
Michelle
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I had no idea there was an actual TERM for the whole "positioning yourself in a cutscene so you can do something wonky."
The things one learns on the forums...
Michelle
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Quote:Originally Posted by Djeannie
No my 15 bucks a month and your 15 bucks a month keep new materials coming. They pay the salaries of Paragon Studios. If everyone quits they go out of business or ncsoft tries to find them some other work or just fires them all.Whereas I'm sure mine is being saved up for the restraining order. Or else the contract on my life.Quote:Originally Posted by Arcanaville
I'm pretty sure mine paid for pizza last week.
Michelle
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Quote:Pics or it didn't happen... I can't demoedit that one.Originally Posted by Equation
But I also agree that Beastyle is playing with ponies on Ava and Zwi's desk...
Michelle
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