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ArkantiArkanti pub baddie Join Date: 2011-07-22 Member: 111781Members, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue, Reinforced - Shadow
edited May 2012 in NS2 General Discussion
<div class="IPBDescription">A round in the life of "x"</div>Hey guys!

A while ago, I made this : <center><object width="450" height="356"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/j7M4cS43QEY"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/j7M4cS43QEY" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="450" height="356"></embed></object></center> The intention was showing off how Scotty and Klevertommy worked together and with their team as skulks and lerks, and it was supposed to be the first in a series of videos following other prominent players. Well, I finally want to follow through with that idea.

I'll most likely be getting in contact with the first few of you who I'd like to record, but this thread is for opening up suggestions from you guys who may be more aware of some of the better players in other regions that aren't involved with any teams right now(or even perhaps just the most popular votes of those amongst teams will be the first to fall victim to my FRAPS :) ).

I'll be trying to gather footage from multiple games and pick out the best of them, but these won't be "frag videos" or anything of the sort playing to vanity, they're to be rather uncut and raw, provided as a learning tool as much as entertainment. So they'll be showing near whole games, including your deaths(so be awesome!). I'll discuss key points of the games with you afterwards before editing, to better express why you play the way you do in particular scenarios.

Should be fun.
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  • ArkantiArkanti pub baddie Join Date: 2011-07-22 Member: 111781Members, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue, Reinforced - Shadow
    Pubs, PUG's and PCW's are all viable I think.
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  • ImbalanxdImbalanxd Join Date: 2011-06-15 Member: 104581Members
    Do one of me! Everyone would be able to see how fast I type.
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  • peregrinusperegrinus Join Date: 2010-07-16 Member: 72445Members
    Cool, can't wait to see more. They're really instructive + fun to watch.
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  • TimMcTimMc Join Date: 2012-02-06 Member: 143945Members
    Had to jump forward a few minutes before it gets good (first minutes are just 3 skulks killing lone marines), but yeah nice video.

    I really need to learn to lerk.
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  • ArkantiArkanti pub baddie Join Date: 2011-07-22 Member: 111781Members, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue, Reinforced - Shadow
    edited May 2012
    <!--quoteo(post=1935786:date=May 13 2012, 10:42 AM:name=TimMc)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (TimMc @ May 13 2012, 10:42 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1935786"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Had to jump forward a few minutes before it gets good (first minutes are just 3 skulks killing lone marines), but yeah nice video.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Yep, that game was regretfully uneventful through large portions of it and I was lazy enough to just use the first recording I had, they are great players though. A lot of things will improve in the upcoming ones.

    <!--quoteo(post=1935786:date=May 13 2012, 10:42 AM:name=TimMc)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (TimMc @ May 13 2012, 10:42 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1935786"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->I really need to learn to lerk.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    I need to do something for that again as it has changed in every facet since this video was made.
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  • BicsumBicsum Join Date: 2012-02-27 Member: 147596Members, Reinforced - Gold
    I have seen the video some time ago, and now I'm a huge Puscifer fan.

    more of this pls
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  • MaximumSquidMaximumSquid Join Date: 2010-07-20 Member: 72593Members
    <u><b>Arkanti:</b></u>

    Does the comm ever nano or drop health?

    That looks like it was a very frustrating game for marines. . .

    Do you know how old the footage is <i>(what patch?)</i>
    If it was a few patches ago the mass Lerks might not be viable anymore

    <strike>Also do you know what the player count was? I didn't see any shots of the scoreboard</strike>

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    Those details asides I loved the early teamwork

    I sometimes try to make noise too as a skulk, but I work alone so I'm never expecting backup

    Servers aren't stable enough for me to take lerk seriously, but I always give praise to people that can hack it

    Lerk team is also rare. . . Usually it's almost always 2 fades, 2 onos, or some other cross combo
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  • ArkantiArkanti pub baddie Join Date: 2011-07-22 Member: 111781Members, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue, Reinforced - Shadow
    edited May 2012
    This was back in 199(you can see the version number in all gameplay captures in the top left of the screen), and as noted above the Lerk has changed greatly since then and is somewhat less powerful(although this was before the stage when they were widely considered overpowered, the video was originally for people who were saying the Lerk was impossible to play well).


    <!--sizeo:4--><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:100%"><!--/sizeo-->I do not want that video to be the focus of this thread though please, it's posted here as a basic example of an idea that will be expanded upon.<!--sizec--></span><!--/sizec-->
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  • MaximumSquidMaximumSquid Join Date: 2010-07-20 Member: 72593Members
    edited May 2012
    <u><b>Arkanti:</b></u>

    It's a rare day I reply to thread before finish reading it, but I guess I get to eat it once again =/

    You want to do long uncut footage?
    I'd recommend you make two versions then; I was getting really bored watching the majestic lerks fly around without any ingame sound effects to clue me in on the fight

    Also first person view is king. . .

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  • ArkantiArkanti pub baddie Join Date: 2011-07-22 Member: 111781Members, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue, Reinforced - Shadow
    edited May 2012
    <!--quoteo(post=1935799:date=May 13 2012, 11:35 AM:name=MaximumSquid)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (MaximumSquid @ May 13 2012, 11:35 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1935799"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec--><u><b>Arkanti:</b></u>

    It's a rare day I reply to thread before finish reading it, but I guess I get to eat it once again =/

    You want to do long uncut footage?
    I'd recommend you make two versions then; I was getting really bored watching the majestic lerks fly around without any ingame sound effects to clue me in on the fight<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->


    Music will not be as prominent in the new vids, but I will not be cutting the videos down. At most I may be speeding up some sections of travel between locations but I think what players are doing in between fights is important as well.

    <!--quoteo(post=1935799:date=May 13 2012, 11:35 AM:name=MaximumSquid)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (MaximumSquid @ May 13 2012, 11:35 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1935799"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Also first person view is king. . .<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Perhaps it would be, if it existed for spectators right now.
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  • kingmobkingmob Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 3650Members, Constellation
    Entertaining.
    please make more.

    I would vote for game sounds over soundtrack.
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