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


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A pleasure, as always. If I ever get my animations off the ground, you have a job with me.
Cool... coz this unemployment crap is depressing as hell.

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That gave me chills. Seriously, how is it you're not working for NCSoft?
Easy - I keep applying, they keep saying no.

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Have you not noticed that what NCSoft knows about marketing can be written legibly on the back of a postage stamp?

Great work Michelle
That's one reason why I make videos - SOMEONE has to get the word out that is CoH!

To everyone else, thank you very much - I'm glad you like it! Amazingly, since the video went live yesterday morning it reached #20 - Most Discussed (Today) - Film & Animation on YouTube!

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since the video went live yesterday morning it reached #20 - Most Discussed (Today) - Film & Animation on YouTube!
Congrats!


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BRAVO! D_R BRAVO! That was amazing! I can only imagine if you had the GR models to do the vids with,can't wait!





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Have you not noticed that what NCSoft knows about marketing can be written legibly on the back of a postage stamp?


Great work Michelle
^ This

Awesome and haunting, D_R. Great work =]


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Wow, Now I really can't wait for GR!!


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Absolutely beautiful, Michelle. The split-screen scene where they're approaching the portal gave me goosebumps.

I can't wait to see the videos you'll make when you have the shiny new Ultra Graphics engine at your fingertips!


 

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ahh you did get it out as you said

Awesome job!! - as usual -

Amazing what you did with the the game models :P
Yep - sorry I turned you into a Behemoth, but it was for a good cause.

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Absolutely beautiful, Michelle. The split-screen scene where they're approaching the portal gave me goosebumps.

I can't wait to see the videos you'll make when you have the shiny new Ultra Graphics engine at your fingertips!
Trust me, I was thrilled when Ken Morse (the art lead) assured me personally that the demorecord feature works in Ultra Mode. Mwahahahaha.

In other news, it seems that the video has peaked at #13 for Most Discussed (Film and Animation)! Woot!

In other other news, I already have the music for the GOING ROGUE full trailer. It was composed SPECIFICALLY for that video, btw, and it is an absolutely fantastic piece of work. So now I just have to get into the closed beta (which I'm due for twice over, once as HeroCon attendee, once as Loyal member), and then I get to make the uber-video.

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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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As my comment said, If this doesn't get people wanting to play then nothing will.
What you can do with the tools you have to work with, and consistently beat the people being paid to put the CoX videos together. But they still keep turning you down?

It just boggles the mind, it really does.

Oi!- NC - Employ Samuraiko/Dark Respite/Michelle.
From what we ALL have seen, this is the one person that can get the job done.


 

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As my comment said, If this doesn't get people wanting to play then nothing will.
What you can do with the tools you have to work with, and consistently beat the people being paid to put the CoX videos together. But they still keep turning you down?

It just boggles the mind, it really does.

Oi!- NC - Employ Samuraiko/Dark Respite/Michelle.
From what we ALL have seen, this is the one person that can get the job done.
It's funny... I talked to the NCsoft recruiter at HeroCon this past October (read: I monopolized the poor man's attention beyond all bounds of courtesy).

While my resume/portfolio is just about good enough to get hired for my REAL profession (tech writer - I'm the one who creates all the documentation on stuff a company needs, from procedures to policies to templates, etc), and while he admitted that virtually any company could benefit from someone like me (including Paragon Studios), in this economy, positions like mine are the first to go. So strike #1 - getting in on the job I'm qualified for.

Strike #2 - I don't have Sean (aka Dr. Aeon)'s experience with the MA to show off that I'm a brilliant writer to get in on Joe Morrissey's team. (Sure, I wrote a COH novel, but that doesn't count - it's not playable.) Still, I'm going for his Challenge to see if maybe I can pull a "Last Starfighter" like he did.

Strike #3 - Paragon Studios already has a qualified videographer who has YEARS of experience in the industry. Ergo, no place for me. (AND, btw, I was told by the NCsoft recruiter guy that my videos weren't "quite good enough". I guess I need more practice.)

So at this point... and God it hurts to even type this... I've pretty much given up hope. I'll keep making videos for the players as long as you guys want me to (and as long as I can afford to keep doing it), but doing it officially? I guess it's just not meant to be.

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Still, it's extremely gratifying to know that so many folks liked how this teaser came out. I wasn't sure what the reaction would be if I couldn't get Maelstrom and Desdemona 'just right'.

Michelle
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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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Great stuff, keep it up please

Even if there random vidoes, there still great


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I say fire the whole marketing department and hire on D_R alone to replace them. Because honestly - what GOOD have they really done since CoV was released? Seriously?


I know Paragon Studios is all one big happy family and me saying that this person or that person should get fired will tick off a lot of people in the company... but with people here like D_R and half the people in the Fan Creations and Multimedia forums being rabid fans and TALENTED to boot... there's a lot of talent that is open and available to the company probably for MUCH cheaper than the marketing department is getting paid for right now.

So I say, fire them all and hire D_R and the freaks in this and that forum. Not only will you get MORE great work done for CHEAPER, but you'll make a LOT of rabid fans happy to boot that want their 15 minutes of pseudo-fame.

Hell, I know that my ego was set for life when I went onto the test server for some game-wide celebration (the one where the devs were releasing GMs in Pocket D) and one player came up to me and said "WOW, you're THE Philotic Knight? Can I get a screenshot with you?"

That literally made my year at the very least. Giving CoH fans the ability to get $5, $10, $20 bucks or even just GIVE advertising work away for the devs to use would make them THRILLED. I can guarantee it.


 

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As my husband John (aka Bloodspeaker) has pointed out, ironic, isn't it, that given that players have donated money to me via my website (ostensibly to keep the site ad-free, but also to help out because making videos isn't cheap)...

... the "best" advertising for the game is actually being purchased by the playerbase?

*shrugs*

Though, really, the 'best' advertising is that which either a) draws new people into the game (or brings former players back), or b) keeps current players playing. I don't know exactly how well my videos do in either capacity.

Michelle
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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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You know what gets me?

That DR's stuff always leaves me more hyped for a release than the "official" trailers ever do...always.


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Even better in HD.

Hurry up GR.


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Probably because it shows the game as it is played. Not some pre-rendered, super sharp graphics that we are never going to be able to play - no matter what spec our machines are.

It just shows that the reality works better than the fiction.

This IMO is why it works.

A bit like This Link

A little something my much better half did with her then, new video program as one of her first. It shows the game as it is being played, not something that will never be.

We are all in awe of you, D_R you have shown us how to do it in your vids, but no one can make it look as good.


 

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Probably because it shows the game as it is played. Not some pre-rendered, super sharp graphics that we are never going to be able to play - no matter what spec our machines are.
That's not quite fair to David (the PS videographer)... yes, the GOING ROGUE teaser and some of the other official trailers were CGI instead of in-game footage. But he's done some impressive ads still using the game engine.

(Not to mention that I can't do spiffy CGI vids coz I don't know Maya/3dStudio, nor do I own them.)

But I know what you mean about hating it when a game company releases some awesome trailer and then you see the actual game and you're like, "Um... was this the same game?"

Michelle
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Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

PS - *grin* BTW, tell Mrs ? that when she posts vids to YouTube, always include the full list of music used in the video (in either the tags and/or the description) for geeks like me who go, "Wow, that sounds neat, what was that?"


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THE COURSE OF SUPERHERO ROMANCE CONTINUES!
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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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That was a fun watch, Dark. Don't give up on your talent to bring a great story to a visual medium.

If it's making you feel good, keep on keeping on, I say.


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Another fine video!

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That gave me chills. Seriously, how is it you're not working for NCSoft?
Have you not noticed that what NCSoft knows about marketing can be written legibly on the back of a postage stamp?
They know that not paying for D_Rs time gets the the videos made within their apparently limited marketing budget.


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Another great video! Love it! Ooohh can't wait for Going Rogue.


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Still, it's extremely gratifying to know that so many folks liked how this teaser came out.

Michelle
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Okay, what is the cure for goosebumps? God I love your work, Michelle!

With your level of talent it's not a question of 'if' you'll get a break, it's just a question of 'when'. And you don't seem like the type of person who gives up.


 

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Not fair! I was perfectly accepting of Going Rogue's not being available until next year until this video!

Your videos are always so good, I can't wait to see how they'll look post-GR with the new shiny. I hope your system can handle it!


 

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Okay, what is the cure for goosebumps? God I love your work, Michelle!

With your level of talent it's not a question of 'if' you'll get a break, it's just a question of 'when'. And you don't seem like the type of person who gives up.
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
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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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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
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Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

They were actually talking about me. You just misheard.


 

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They were actually talking about me. You just misheard.
Oh, no... s/he was quite specific it was me. Though when I suggested simply putting me on /ignore, s/he admitted to preferring being able to tell me what an a** I am.

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!)