STARNEWS23 returns with report on Canthan New Year

TRUEgamer

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2005

New Hampshire, USA

none

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16 Feb 2012 at 15:42 - 1

It's been a while, guys, but we're back. Raise your hand if you remember us.

Really? There's two of you?? Awesome!!!

I present to you EPISODE NINE of our series, titled Who The $@%# Are These Guys?

The link is here: youtube.com/watch?v=6DIYz1r1l-k, screenshot below (duurrr).

STARNEWS23 is a mock-news machinima based in the Guild Wars universe. Imagine if the game had a 10 o'clock news broadcast covering the weekend events, except the team were all a variety of impatient, mean people, including a noob who can't read, a woman who's mean to everybody, and all kinds of other character-driven stereotypes.

We started this series in 2006 during weekend events and launched a "season" of eight episodes in 2007. Then, I ended up transferring to a state university and pretty much lost all free time to work on the series. My girlfriend at the time, who worked with me on this project, graduated with me in 2010, and we now have jobs, are getting married (no, really) and have been watching Guild Wars II grow with the goal of starting the series back up when beta news started to hit.

Now that this has happened, we are making our official return. We hope you like the episode - our first one since August of 2007. We're officially back, we have more people now, and we intend on being a regular facet of the Guild Wars community, as we were back in 2007 when we were at our prime. On that note, if you like this video, please spread it everywhere you think Guild Wars fans might watch it.

Spiritz

Forge Runner

Join Date: Apr 2007

DMFC

16 Feb 2012 at 18:02 - 2

Try fixing the link - its wrongly added :P - gd start
Err first one since 2007 ? starnews23 episode 3 uploaded in 2011 and thats a link from the youtube page.
Being english it shows me why i never liked usa sports coverage - reporters like that dont exist in uk ( thank god lol ).

Unlucky Slayer

RAGE INCARNATE

Join Date: Apr 2006

Sitting at The Guild Hall 2, being happy.

Nerd Clan [NK]

R/

16 Feb 2012 at 18:24 - 3

The date says uploaded in 2011 because that's when their Youtube channel was started. If you look all the other episodes are on the same date.

TRUEgamer

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2005

New Hampshire, USA

none

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16 Feb 2012 at 18:25 - 4

Originally Posted by Spiritz

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Try fixing the link - its wrongly added :P - gd start
Err first one since 2007 ? starnews23 episode 3 uploaded in 2011 and thats a link from the youtube page.
Being english it shows me why i never liked usa sports coverage - reporters like that dont exist in uk ( thank god lol ). Bad link? Looks like a mod fixed it, but damn, I could have avoided that.

Also, I recently uploaded some of the episodes that we couldn't put on YouTube back in 2007 due to the lengths (back then, I was limited to ten minutes per video, so only three or four of the videos ever got on YouTube). In May of this year, in response to my 2 million hit video, I got approved for unlimited upload sizes, so I've been slowly getting the old episodes in excess of 10 minutes up there.

Check my post history to confirm - particularly threads that I created. You'll see the threads for the episodes all go back to 2007, and that this is my second created thread since 2007 (the other one I created was in 2011, looking for a guild).

Spiritz

Forge Runner

Join Date: Apr 2007

DMFC

16 Feb 2012 at 19:02 - 5

Sorry - wasnt meaning to cause trouble just pointing it out - quite a few times ppl reupload vids which they have not helped with.

Mouse at Large

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Dec 2005

Scotland

Fuzzy Physics Institute

E/

16 Feb 2012 at 19:24 - 6

Nicely done and quite funny - good work

KZaske

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jun 2006

Boise Idaho

Druids Of Old (DOO)

R/Mo

16 Feb 2012 at 20:06 - 7

Welcome back, My wife and I really missed the laughs.

` Marshmallow

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2009

Canadaa!

Last Friday Night [TGIF]

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16 Feb 2012 at 22:24 - 8

xD omg lmao that was great

GeminiJuSa

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2009

BhLd

E/Mo

17 Feb 2012 at 00:34 - 9

This was actually funny! No "when's the fun gonna happen?"-wait either. Yaaay! Moar, moar!

LanaDarkess

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Aug 2011

Australia

N/

17 Feb 2012 at 02:37 - 10

I love John J. John John John's name. Every time it was said, you got a laugh out of me.

Will be watching the rest when they get uploaded!

Sierraa

Supastar~ ???

Join Date: May 2006

USA [GMT -7]

Sierraas Asian Harem [love]

Me/

17 Feb 2012 at 03:31 - 11

This made my night.

TRUEgamer

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2005

New Hampshire, USA

none

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17 Feb 2012 at 05:27 - 12

Thanks for all the awesome feedback. I was talking to "Melody" on the way home and she was reading some of the comments. The fact that not only here, but also on GWOnline, so many people recognized us was really heartwarming.

Our current plans are for more episodes to come out as events give us stuff to work with, but as soon as we get into the beta (probably when you get in via preorder) we'll be bringing the cast over to GW2 in - almost - its entirety. Betsy Crapshot stays in GW1. The rest move forward.

Anything you guys didn't like? That way we can tailor these things to what you want.

Nabru Yar

Academy Page

Join Date: Jan 2006

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17 Feb 2012 at 06:20 - 13

that was great!

welcome back

Krazy Kat

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Oct 2007

The Rejected Sins/The Remaining Sins [SOF]

17 Feb 2012 at 06:46 - 14

This is awesome

Keep up the good work!

Nikhera

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2011

Canada

Everlasting Sacred Path [ESP]

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17 Feb 2012 at 20:31 - 15

I missed you guys. <3

Kada

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Oct 2011

Reykjavik, IS

[Hero]

R/Rt

18 Feb 2012 at 09:38 - 16

This was seriously awesome and I was laughing really hard at the "neeeeer, neeeeer, neeeeer" MOXing at the outtakes.

AngelWJedi

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Sep 2008

orlando,florida

Society of Souls [Argh]

Rt/E

18 Feb 2012 at 15:41 - 17

loved this videos! so glad you're back i missed you guys!

BlackXI

Academy Page

Join Date: May 2011

In a house

Me/

21 Feb 2012 at 15:18 - 18

The video was hilarious, I hope you guys continue to do more! Welcome back and John J. John John John is the best name ever!

Konig Des Todes

Ooo, pretty flower

Join Date: Jan 2008

Citadel of the Decayed

The Archivists' Sanctum [Lore]

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22 Feb 2012 at 03:38 - 19

What... the heck did I just watch? o.O

I loved those scrolling bits. Didn't get to read it all, but what I saw? Hilarious.

I demand more. NOW.

TRUEgamer

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2005

New Hampshire, USA

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23 Feb 2012 at 16:51 - 20

Originally Posted by Konig Des Todes

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What... the heck did I just watch? o.O

I loved those scrolling bits. Didn't get to read it all, but what I saw? Hilarious.

I demand more. NOW. You'll get more! We're not sure what the next few episodes will hold, namely because I think what we do depends on 1) if we get into the GW2 beta and 2) if releasing video will be possible at the end of the event, like it was with the recent beta weekend for the press.

We're definitely planning on being around for the birthday weekend (when the seventh year presents hit), and we might be around for the St. Patrick's Day/Easter weekends if something is going on.