The Furious Angels
FA Discussion => General => Topic started by: Mercio on June 09, 2011, 12:54:12 am
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Hey guys,
People on the SWTOR forum are running a "2011 Recruitment Video Awards"
I'm not sure how legit or fair this contest is really going to be. But I know you guys have a great recruitment video. You should enter it in, and see what happens! If nothing else, it's free press. :P
Here's the url: http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=334127
- Mercio
Revan's Legacy
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Thanks Mercio, we'll definitely be looking into this.
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We've made so many - the question is, which video should we submit? We can only submit one, and they won't accept anything that's been done past June 5th. Should we just go with our "Are You An Angel?" video or use one of the Order ones?
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Are you an angel one.
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Instead of using the existing CGI.... I have to say it's already been done... by us and by others. I understand there are a number of you in the Maryland area, including Tbone. Is it presumptuous to ask if we have the ability to make a live action video? I mean yes at best it would be amateur. However, it is also something deeply ingrained in Star Wars fandom. Amateur fan made videos based in Star Wars lore is ingrained on not just internet geeks but star wars geeks as a whole. =p It's also something I haven't really seen in SWTOR yet. Knowing Star Wars fans though it's only a matter of time.
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I say we stop letting Manic have a life and force him to learn how to animate quality CGI films that rival SWTOR's 'Deceived', 'Hope' and 'Return' teasers.
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Instead of using the existing CGI.... I have to say it's already been done... by us and by others. I understand there are a number of you in the Maryland area, including Tbone. Is it presumptuous to ask if we have the ability to make a live action video? I mean yes at best it would be amateur. However, it is also something deeply ingrained in Star Wars fandom. Amateur fan made videos based in Star Wars lore is ingrained on not just internet geeks but star wars geeks as a whole. =p It's also something I haven't really seen in SWTOR yet. Knowing Star Wars fans though it's only a matter of time.
It has to have been made by June 5th and submitted by June 15th.
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If I had to pick one of the orders, I feel like Velox probably is the most crowd pleasing.
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I think we are going to have some problems with Jokerz... I mean, both of our endings have a spinning lightsaber... Judges could think we copied them...
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I think we are going to have some problems with Jokerz... I mean, both of our endings have a spinning lightsaber... Judges could think we copied them...
I'm not concerned about that.
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I say we stop letting Manic have a life and force him to learn how to animate quality CGI films that rival SWTOR's 'Deceived', 'Hope' and 'Return' teasers.
Because all of those teasers were also made by one guy. :P
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So let's decide on one as a whole and then send it in...
One of the trailers or the original one that was oringally done by Adad as a teaser trailer.
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I say we stop letting Manic have a life and force him to learn how to animate quality CGI films that rival SWTOR's 'Deceived', 'Hope' and 'Return' teasers.
Because all of those teasers were also made by one guy. :P
Oh, I know that; I've just decided that you must undergo some kind of penance. :P
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I think we are going to have some problems with Jokerz... I mean, both of our endings have a spinning lightsaber... Judges could think we copied them...
Torque admitted on his youtube he got the idea from us.
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We have to submit by the 15th. Can we keep this on topic please. I just need votes to see which way we are leaning. So far only two of you have actually suggested a video.
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Talked it over with some staff. We're going with "Are You An Angel?". Please view and Like it:
http://youtu.be/JRpvDnj403M?hd=1
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Done and done.
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Done and done.
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can you see who disliked it? bastard.
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can you see who disliked it? bastard.
I'm sure it was Darka. He's one of the judges and has hated us ever since we came out with FollowTheSignal. Heh
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can you see who disliked it? bastard.
I'm sure it was Darka. He's one of the judges and has hated us ever since we came out with FollowTheSignal. Heh
Oh good. Here I was hoping the judges were going to be impartial...
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Are we competing with http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ime8Xr5aCV8&feature=youtu.be ?
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Apparently, yes, they did enter it.. and Devs / Community Mods are tweetering it around. -_-
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Are we competing with http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ime8Xr5aCV8&feature=youtu.be ?
I watched like 10sec of that video and two things happened
face + desk
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and Devs / Community Mods are tweetering it around. -_-
Yet showing props to FollowTheSignal would be too controversial. Heh..
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I lasted to 1:34 seconds. Did I miss anything? No?
That video makes me want to roll a sith, go to their server, and wage a war.
That is all.
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Are we competing with http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ime8Xr5aCV8&feature=youtu.be ?
That made my eye twitch come back...
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and Devs / Community Mods are tweetering it around. -_-
Yet showing props to FollowTheSignal would be too controversial. Heh..
just goes to show if its cute, funny, and a ripoff of an internet meme you can get lots of popularity.
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Am I the only person that watched the whole thing and enjoyed it?
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Am I the only person that watched the whole thing and enjoyed it?
Yes, you are. You should feel ashamed of yourself.
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Rofl... proof that there are trolls everywhere and anything in this world.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kr0FUG63AxI
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just goes to show if its cute, funny, and a ripoff of an internet meme you can get lots of popularity.
So we should do it right. (http://www.collegehumor.com/video/40471/pbj-on-family-guy)
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LOL. like one of the best.
unfortunately they capitalized on the current popularity of Nyan cat.
you are right that we should do it right. FA isnt one for doing comedy sketches or videos, but if we do, it should be original and not some rip off. instead of capitalizing on an internet meme, we become an internet meme instead.
at least my theory on it.
But you cannot deny the popularity these funny videos do generate for their creators. user created content like the Leeroy Jenkins video did more for WoW in advertising than blizzard did for its first few years. (they didn't start advertising to mass media until after BC was released) Nyhm's music videos were also a big draw as well.
People these days are drawn in more to comedy (even pathetic comedy) over serious effort anymore. I wont be suprised "NyanBot" will be the winner.
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Not sure if this was followed up anywhere.
We placed third on the one judge I found who posted his scores.
http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?p=7181262
Winners Of The 2011 Guild Video Contest
EMPIRE
Best Empire video and Best PvP video
GUILD NAME: Chimaera
GUILD SERVER TYPE: PvP
GUILD VIDEO: http://www.chimaera-swtor.com/guilde/charte/
Best Empire PvE video
GUILD NAME: Dread Pirate syndicate
GUILD SERVER TYPE: PvE
GUILD VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ir9w_g9Tsek
Best Empire RP video (was REALLY close)
GUILD NAME: Bane
GUILD SERVER TYPE: RP
GUILD VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwouvGXdfAk
REPUBLIC
Best Republic video and Best PvP video
GUILD NAME: The Guardians
GUILD SERVER TYPE: PVP
GUILD VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7hVb...el_video_title
Best Republic PvE video
GUILD NAME: Semper Danica
GUILD SERVER TYPE: PVE
GUILD VIDEO:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6c5rxo9TkY
Best Republic RP video
GUILD NAME: Hand of the Republic
GUILD SERVER TYPE: RP
GUILD VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3h7L8tsZkx0
Thank You
Special thanks goes out to the judges for judging the videos and putting in countless hours to mark them as accurately as possible.
To all who participated, this contest would be nothing without you. Thank you to all those who have participated!
To the rest of the community, thank you for all your posts in keeping this thread up and successful.
As far as my scores go, I've no problems showing how I scored. However, this isn't Dancing with the Stars so I'm not going to try and justify each of my decisions. Some people clearly excelled, but I was far from bowled away by the majority of people just cutting up and showing the Official Trailers without adding anything particularly different to it.
The highest mark in any field was The Guardians with their Originality with a score of 18, but most crashed and burned with their efforts for the most part.
What can I say, I'm a hard guy to please.
Scores are marked:
Originality / Presentation / Inspiration
From highest overall score to lower:
GUILD NAME: The Guardians
18 / 17 / 16
Overall Total: 51
GUILD NAME: Principal Gods
17 / 17 / 14
Overall Total: 48
GUILD NAME: Furious Angels
15 / 14 / 13
Overall Total: 42