STARNEWS23 EPISODE ONE: Bring me your candycane shards

TRUEgamer

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2005

New Hampshire, USA

none

25 Jan 2007 at 15:17 - 1

EDIT: For some reason, probably because I'm dumb, the link on the front page for episode two of STARNEWS23, titled "Freelance Elves For Hire," points to this thread, the original thread for episode one of the same series. To see the thread for the second episode, click the link below.

THIS LINK GOES TO EPISODE TWO
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...php?t=10117420

Oh god guys

I'm pleased to present to you the SEASON ONE PREMIERE of STARNEWS23, cleverly titled, "Bring Me Your Candycane Shards." There are three ways to watch this so far, namely because YouTube decide to overhaul their Directorship program just as I needed to sign up for it...

GWGuru 256k stream
GWOnline 256k stream
256k download
High-quality download

Here's the gist of SN23, if you guys haven't seen this yet. I'm assuming most of you have.

STARNEWS23 is a Guild Wars machinima series, which is fancy talk for saying "I make movies while playing the game." The series represents a mock news production set in the Guild Wars universe, where a group of reporters and anchors report the news as they see fit.

Episode one is the premiere episode of what I'm calling the first season of SN23. In this episode, the guys (and girls, as it turns out) report on Wintersday 2006. Episode two, respectively the second part to episode one, will be released within the next couple weeks (once I finish it

).

A few episodes have been released previously, and they can all be found at the OFFICIAL SN23 website, http://www.starnews23.com.

Additionally, as is always the case, please post your gripes or applause.

Free Runner

Forge Runner

Join Date: Oct 2005

GW2G

Knights Of The Sacred Light [KSL]

25 Jan 2007 at 17:58 - 2

That was great. I nearly fell of my chair laughing at the Melody The Mesmer bit.

Excellent work

Smurf Minions

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jun 2006

Somewhere you can't see

Limburgse Jagers [LJ]

25 Jan 2007 at 18:11 - 3

Brilliant! You did it really nice

. But the text in the top may be a bit slower

Inde

Site Contributor

Join Date: Dec 2004

25 Jan 2007 at 18:13 - 4

That was awesome. Loved it.

ForgeWhelp

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2006

TGW

N/Mo

25 Jan 2007 at 18:41 - 5

Double woot!

Mistical miss

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2006

The Netherlands - Hattem

[RR]

25 Jan 2007 at 18:51 - 6

Yeah sweet!! had to watch it twice to check the titles :P

noir0

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Oct 2006

25 Jan 2007 at 19:04 - 7

Just awsome. Cheese hating canthans beware.

Kityn

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Mar 2005

Michigan

Heroes of the Horn [HoH]

25 Jan 2007 at 19:13 - 8

Excellant Job!

nothing special

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Dec 2005

Bad Wolf Corporation [WOLF]

25 Jan 2007 at 19:23 - 9

That was incredibly funny, I wish I could monitor the scrolling news and pay attention at the same time.

TeeJay

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Aug 2006

The Netherlands

OBE

25 Jan 2007 at 19:24 - 10

That is freakin hilarious, great video

ravensong

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2006

Croatia

Me/

25 Jan 2007 at 19:44 - 11

...omg great!

MasterPatricko

Academy Page

Join Date: Mar 2006

Aberdeen, Scotland

Liars, Cheats and Thieves [LIAR]

25 Jan 2007 at 19:49 - 12

Great show!

Just as an FYI there is a (real) Indian news channel called Star News ... dunno if you knew that or not. http://startv.com/

Sir_Darc

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Jan 2007

25 Jan 2007 at 20:02 - 13

Yes, great job! Only suggestion I could think of was perhaps working in some more emotes into the footage, but that's all. Very funny!

Seren!ty

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2006

[iDum]

R/E

25 Jan 2007 at 20:38 - 14

omg XD That's great man! Very funny!

Moiax

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2006

Pink Animal Clan

25 Jan 2007 at 21:01 - 15

Great stuff, the ticker was hilarious. Looking foreward to more.

Arcador

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

R/N

25 Jan 2007 at 21:12 - 16

Imba

The news line upside kicks as_s!

Liberations

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Nov 2006

Azeroth (shhh)

Ryders of the Sword [FrNd]

25 Jan 2007 at 21:33 - 17

That was really funny... I dunno but I think they bashed ANet a little bit more than they should of. W/e it was funny, that mesmer is an idiot.

Kayrel

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Nov 2006

Akki

Rt/Mo

25 Jan 2007 at 21:44 - 18

Loved it. From the news bar on top (which I had rewind and watch again to get them all) to the actual news, it was all awesome. Speach was al ittle fast for me sometimes but still great. True about bashing ANet lol but no possible way anything wont get bashed on the news.

eVeRt

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2006

Netherlands

25 Jan 2007 at 21:45 - 19

That was one of the funniest guild wars things I ever saw. Great job!

Lalita

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jan 2006

The Mountains

[LaZy]

25 Jan 2007 at 22:02 - 20

That was soooooo funny! I didn't know wether to watch the video or read the scrolls on the top and bottom. Very orignial and creative, if you ever need another female reporter(besides that bitchy Meoldy) give me a holler in game

GWsketchies

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jan 2007

25 Jan 2007 at 23:38 - 21

Absolutely hilarious, the ticker is priceless. Pity it was a bit dark in certain parts, but that's probably due to the location choice. (underworld and LA wintersday decor). Note that it's mostly funny because we do "live" in the guild wars world. (no one would get the [Korean letters]'s team has won... other than a guildwars player)

Tea Girl

Banned

Join Date: Jan 2007

Mo/Me

26 Jan 2007 at 00:24 - 22

Wow very nice!

I <3 Melody

jademonkeyx88

Academy Page

Join Date: Jan 2007

N/Mo

26 Jan 2007 at 03:49 - 23

"selling wintergreen candy canes 400 gold!"
"where are PEPPERMINT candy canes!?"
"selling wintergreen candy canes 300 gold!"
"USE THE TRADE CHANNEL DICK!"

that was pure gold.

Paul Mahdi

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Dec 2005

Fort Worth, Texas

[HS]

N/Me

26 Jan 2007 at 04:30 - 24

Very well done. The commercial was priceless.

arcanemacabre

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Feb 2006

North Kryta Province

Angel Sharks [As]

26 Jan 2007 at 04:47 - 25

Best Guild Wars video EVAR!!

Seriously. This beats out even the original, which was pretty damn funny. Make more videos! I am amazed that it took less than a month to put this together, too. Only complaint I have, if I were to have one, is that there was less Hurtz, and he was my favorite character from the first one. Next one you make simply must have more of him, though the new girl made up for that.

TRUEgamer

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2005

New Hampshire, USA

none

26 Jan 2007 at 05:52 - 26

Quote:

Originally Posted by MasterPatricko

Great show!

Just as an FYI there is a (real) Indian news channel called Star News ... dunno if you knew that or not. http://startv.com/

Actually, yeah... I noticed that when I first started abusing YouTube... you'd search for STARNEWS and my two vids would pop up but... there'd be all of these other ones too. I haven't watched any of them though... because judging from the screenshots that YouTube dragged onto the site, they looked like stuff taken from old 80's VHS tapes.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lalita

The dominance of female reporters (there are three of them) was an end result of my girlfriend saying, "there needs to be more female reporters!" after I put out a special "Dragon Festival" video last year. So... the following one, about the Nightfall PvP preview, featured "Chemo Ethiopian" - voiced by her. When it came time to make more correspondents, surprised by how well she did with Chemo and how the community accepted the character (all but a few people anyway... some took offense to the name), I decided to make Chemo a regular and have the two other new correspondents (Melody the Mesmer for Tyria and Betsy Crapshot for Pre-Sear) be female as well.

In any case, thanks everybody for the intensely positive feedback... you're all giving me incentive to stop playing WoW so much.

Envious

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Dec 2006

13N/144E FoKai

26 Jan 2007 at 06:19 - 27

Very nice, 5/5.

Arcador

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

R/N

26 Jan 2007 at 07:22 - 28

Quote:

Originally Posted by TRUEgamer

... you're all giving me incentive to stop playing WoW so much. :P

Actually it is cool game if you not play it for grind, items, grind, items, grind, items, grind and items, but for fun...until you get tired of it. For me it worked 5 days.

but lets not go off-topic.

daraaksii

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Oct 2005

26 Jan 2007 at 07:51 - 29

Very well done!

bg_solidsnake

Academy Page

Join Date: Sep 2006

Bulgaria

26 Jan 2007 at 09:27 - 30

OMG I LMAOed all the time!!!

Jecht Scye

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Dec 2005

Lucky Crickets[Luck]

N/Me

26 Jan 2007 at 11:07 - 31

Awesome video, can't wait for more

FeuerFrei

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2005

In the middle of WWIII

Airreon Grievers[AG]

R/Mo

26 Jan 2007 at 12:21 - 32

lol....melody has something against elves.....O.o

eightyfour-onesevenfive

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2005

7??13'35" E - 50??06'27" N

Servants of Fortuna [SoF]

26 Jan 2007 at 14:07 - 33

You should offer subtitles for the video, because many non-native speakers of english will have a very hard time understanding all of it. Which is a pity.

Bale_Shadowscar

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2005

Manchester, England

New Dragons [NDR]

26 Jan 2007 at 14:14 - 34

That was Fantastic; absolutely awesome video.
Can't wait for the next one.

Jeremy Untouchable

Wow Stole my freetime

Join Date: Mar 2006

Arkansas

None

W/E

26 Jan 2007 at 15:17 - 35

ROTFLMAOWITCCOTFFTLOLBITWMBWTPG................... .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................(rolling on the floor laughing my arse off wile injesting the cracker crumbs off the floor from the last overlong lunch break i took wile my boss wasnt looking to play guildwars)..great job on the vid, man it was to funny. The afk ele cracked me up

Chilly Ress

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Oct 2005

Kinetic Fusion [kF]

Me/

26 Jan 2007 at 20:36 - 36

omgdm. that was great.

SPIRIT OF THE SEA

Banned

Join Date: May 2006

26 Jan 2007 at 22:15 - 37

Over tyria and elona are wonderous snow and holiday items /cheer /dance /rank9 this is cantha the land a-net hates /yawn

Mehtis

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2006

26 Jan 2007 at 22:17 - 38

Loved it, full points

That afk ele was hilarious. But it was hard to read the textes and listen to that fast speaking.

pinoycliff

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Jan 2006

The God Brothers

W/N

27 Jan 2007 at 00:12 - 39

Can't wait for the Moe bird Special... I know those things were trouble from the start.

Halona

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Jan 2007

where its cold

AEHE

W/N

27 Jan 2007 at 03:48 - 40

I laughed so hard I had tears! Excellent!! Can't wait for more.