Friday, June 29, 2007
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
The Shadow Word: Dance Series.
If you haven't checked out this series of shadowpriest movies yet, you should do yourself a favor and do so! In particular, the second and third installments, are very enjoyable.
The shadowpriest in question is only L67, but he takes on L70s in world PvP clips. Now, his opponents are not the best but his editting skills are beyond reproach and he certainly knows what he is doing. He is the Tosan of Shadowpriests.
Dance also adds a lot of humor (via in-game text) to his movies. I found myself chuckling more than once. The music was all unknown to me and very catchy and upbeat.
There is absolutely no way I have the time and patience to edit a movie like this. According to Dance his third movie took 18 hours to render. Imagine your power going out 16 hours into that or something. No, thanks.
Personally, I'm just going to try to keep my movies cleanly editted and synced to the music. And, I'll go with content as my main focus. Unfortunately, people are more impressed by keen editting skills than content. But, such is life.
Once again. Treat yourself. :)
Shadow Word: Dance 3
Shadow Word: Dance 2
Shadow Word: Dance
The shadowpriest in question is only L67, but he takes on L70s in world PvP clips. Now, his opponents are not the best but his editting skills are beyond reproach and he certainly knows what he is doing. He is the Tosan of Shadowpriests.
Dance also adds a lot of humor (via in-game text) to his movies. I found myself chuckling more than once. The music was all unknown to me and very catchy and upbeat.
There is absolutely no way I have the time and patience to edit a movie like this. According to Dance his third movie took 18 hours to render. Imagine your power going out 16 hours into that or something. No, thanks.
Personally, I'm just going to try to keep my movies cleanly editted and synced to the music. And, I'll go with content as my main focus. Unfortunately, people are more impressed by keen editting skills than content. But, such is life.
Once again. Treat yourself. :)
Shadow Word: Dance 3
Shadow Word: Dance 2
Shadow Word: Dance
Sunday, June 24, 2007
Busy Working on IWL2
I've been pretty busy the past few days recording material for Iwl2. I'm probably just going to keep on recording another week or two depending on how many good clips I can get.
I usually make my movies by music segments.
Here is one of those segments as a teaser. This is a L69 clip. Most of the movie will be L70 though.
http://files.filefront.com/Iwl2Awmv/;7856675;;/fileinfo.html
Iwl2A.wmv
(also - I'm going to turn pre-moderation off and see what happens. I'll put it back up if necessary)
I usually make my movies by music segments.
Here is one of those segments as a teaser. This is a L69 clip. Most of the movie will be L70 though.
http://files.filefront.com/Iwl2Awmv/;7856675;;/fileinfo.html
Iwl2A.wmv
(also - I'm going to turn pre-moderation off and see what happens. I'll put it back up if necessary)
Thursday, June 21, 2007
Venick's movie finally public!
He had to wait painfully through a slow WCM upload process, but Venick's rogue movie is finally public. To me, this movie has kind of an "oldschool" feel to it. Or maybe I'm just being nostalgic. Undead rogue running around in AV, anyone?
Most of the movie features 1vNs and back-to-back string kills in AV. There are a couple of world PvP clips, and a nice 1v1 duel against a tough orc resto shaman. Once again, I would like to see more 1v1s against tough opponents. The AV clips are great entertainment, but I really only learn anything new from watching top 1v1 duels anymore. A mixture of entertainment and education is best, IMO!
The music choices are pretty safe. Not my favorite music styles, but nothing irritating. Where did all the Pendulum go from the V&T probject! ;)
http://venick.blogspot.com/2007/06/video-venick-30031-fate-sealed_21.html
Be sure to check out the rest of Venick's blog and squash (report) people who downrate for retarded reasons at WCM. :)
Most of the movie features 1vNs and back-to-back string kills in AV. There are a couple of world PvP clips, and a nice 1v1 duel against a tough orc resto shaman. Once again, I would like to see more 1v1s against tough opponents. The AV clips are great entertainment, but I really only learn anything new from watching top 1v1 duels anymore. A mixture of entertainment and education is best, IMO!
The music choices are pretty safe. Not my favorite music styles, but nothing irritating. Where did all the Pendulum go from the V&T probject! ;)
http://venick.blogspot.com/2007/06/video-venick-30031-fate-sealed_21.html
Be sure to check out the rest of Venick's blog and squash (report) people who downrate for retarded reasons at WCM. :)
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Eviscerate 5 released by Akrios
EVISCERATE 5 LINK
Akrios has just released his second TBC movie. This one is all mutilate, while the first was all combat. The intro is short, but looks good. In fact, the video quality throughout is topnotch. The music is good and not overbearing. Although it doesn't have my favorite type of music nothing about it distracts from the movie itself.
As far as content, it's a mixture of world PvP, BG/Arena PvP, and some 1v1 duels against a couple very tough opponents. This is what rogue movies need, IMO. A mixture. It needs those 1v1s against tough opponents (win or lose), not just 1vNs against people who are outgeared.
Akrios makes a few mistakes (nothing huge) in those duels, but that is what happens when you fight tough opponents who you aren't sure you are going to beat. Things get close, you get tense, bad things happen. Once again, bad players can not make good players look bad. Only good players can make good players look bad.
The duels are against a well-geared orc warrior and a resto shaman. The orc warrior is pretty damn tough and actually knows how to use his shouts. Showing a win and a loss is a nice touch, IMO. Oh, and what the hell broke that vanish in the second fight? I can't see anything. Akrios uses some grenades in the duels, but that is fine, IMO. Besides grenades and mutilate just scream for each other.
As far as I am concerned, this movie is a step in the right direction for rogue movies. My only complaint is that I would have liked to see maybe one or two more quality 1v1s against a couple of other classes. Hey, but making a movie that leaves people wanting a little more isn't bad.
Overall: nice job and hopefully this gets rogue movie-makers pointed in the right direction again.
Akrios has just released his second TBC movie. This one is all mutilate, while the first was all combat. The intro is short, but looks good. In fact, the video quality throughout is topnotch. The music is good and not overbearing. Although it doesn't have my favorite type of music nothing about it distracts from the movie itself.
This video is made to entertain, so please keep that in mind and try not to over analyze. - AkriosGod damn it, and I had just gotten the anal probe kit out of the closet. /sighs and puts the kit back. :(
As far as content, it's a mixture of world PvP, BG/Arena PvP, and some 1v1 duels against a couple very tough opponents. This is what rogue movies need, IMO. A mixture. It needs those 1v1s against tough opponents (win or lose), not just 1vNs against people who are outgeared.
Akrios makes a few mistakes (nothing huge) in those duels, but that is what happens when you fight tough opponents who you aren't sure you are going to beat. Things get close, you get tense, bad things happen. Once again, bad players can not make good players look bad. Only good players can make good players look bad.
The duels are against a well-geared orc warrior and a resto shaman. The orc warrior is pretty damn tough and actually knows how to use his shouts. Showing a win and a loss is a nice touch, IMO. Oh, and what the hell broke that vanish in the second fight? I can't see anything. Akrios uses some grenades in the duels, but that is fine, IMO. Besides grenades and mutilate just scream for each other.
As far as I am concerned, this movie is a step in the right direction for rogue movies. My only complaint is that I would have liked to see maybe one or two more quality 1v1s against a couple of other classes. Hey, but making a movie that leaves people wanting a little more isn't bad.
Overall: nice job and hopefully this gets rogue movie-makers pointed in the right direction again.
The Debater (episode 1): A Fowl Plot
As mentioned in one of my first blogs I played City of Heroes. My CoH days ended coincidentally about the same exact time I got a WoW beta invite. ;)
I didn't like the game play in CoH much, but the enviroment was good: the street sounds and doppler effect on music in cars as they passed by were excellent. It was also a great setting for HUMOR! Ah humor, how I love thee.
I made a series of very tongue-in-cheek comics while in CoH, 8 episodes in all. One of the things I wanted to do with this website was make it a central location for all of the work I've done. Whether that be the WoW movies I've done, the CoH comics I did, or the movies I'll be making for Warhammer or AoC.
I always look back in regret that I didn't finish this series of comics. I had a full storyline all laid out, and IMO some of it is kind of funny. Then again, some have said my sense of humor is not.... quite... right.
I didn't like the game play in CoH much, but the enviroment was good: the street sounds and doppler effect on music in cars as they passed by were excellent. It was also a great setting for HUMOR! Ah humor, how I love thee.
I made a series of very tongue-in-cheek comics while in CoH, 8 episodes in all. One of the things I wanted to do with this website was make it a central location for all of the work I've done. Whether that be the WoW movies I've done, the CoH comics I did, or the movies I'll be making for Warhammer or AoC.
I always look back in regret that I didn't finish this series of comics. I had a full storyline all laid out, and IMO some of it is kind of funny. Then again, some have said my sense of humor is not.... quite... right.
Without further adieu, I present The Debater (Episode 1):
Sunday, June 17, 2007
Changes to Posting Permissions
Due to the recent spam attack and invasion of childish, crude, and dishonest posters from WoM, I'm changing permissions as follows:
What that means is that all replies will get moderated before being published rather than after. I can't keep my eye on this blog 24/7, so this has become necessary. My apologies to the mature and well-behaved people out there.
And, once again, for the record the vast majority of people posting as Oozo on World of Ming are not me.
This blog does not allow anonymous comments. Comment moderation has been enabled. All comments must be approved by the blog author.
What that means is that all replies will get moderated before being published rather than after. I can't keep my eye on this blog 24/7, so this has become necessary. My apologies to the mature and well-behaved people out there.
And, once again, for the record the vast majority of people posting as Oozo on World of Ming are not me.
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