Teaser Project

Just a teaser for a fan submission/dedication to the bard of the New World, Vicente Rio! :D I'll finish this by the time I get his costume and some helping hands! For now, enjoy it!

Project A3 revealed!

Yup! I've been busy leveling these three to get the levitation stance! This will also be a machinima project that God knows the deadline. Here's where I got the idea as well!

Oh yeah, I finished my Baron Quest already! :D

My experience at the i-Hooked Internet Cafe Buendia Branch

Looks like they opened up and it totally lured a lot of curious gamers. From what I can recall, i-Hooked is reputable for having lightning Internet speeds and Intel Duo Core PCs. Since I got the news that the Buenida Branch is opening and it's (kinda) near my workplace, why don't I give it try? Plus, it would do great during Colony Wars because of the setups here!

First day:
Saw some booths at the entrance and the e-Games booth is what caught my eye. Went inside and the place is great. Comes in favorite color, Orange! :D However, I was a tad disappointed that none of their PCs had their GE clients fully patched and ready to play. Some where patching and when other players saw it, they would just shut it off and play their game of choice. I went irate and blew all my disappointment to an attendant. After the attendant cooled me off a bit, another attendant decided to give me the excuse that they just opened up and since many people are taking advantage of the promos, it (somewhat) slowed down Net speed. Alright, I'll accept this excuse but it would be better if you updated all your games before you opened up to the public.

This day was not wasted since I met Device from the Outcasts Faction and he wanted to give this place a shot. We ended just having an impromptu film showing since I discussed with them the Reclusion Brothers' greatest triumph. He enjoyed "Not Another Love Story: The Musical" and "Le Blanc" to the max. To end the day, I showed this to him for an encore:


I just like it for it's campy value...

Second day:
I came in to this place like real late. Real late that I missed Veya but only met up with Device again. The place is packed with RAN Online, O2Jam and Audition players. I decided to do my blogging here on a workstation where GE is being patched right now. I just orded a couple of Taco Burgers and a C2 Lemon drink. Maybe I'll get another C2 or a Tropicana Twister instead. I'm right beside an ip-venture employee right now and an O2Jam Tourney is underway. Oh yeah! The GE client is ready! Let's see if I will die and go to heaven!

And the FFA goes to...

Wow?!?!?!?!? Really?!?!?!?!?!? Looks like all the stress was well worth it! The Reclusion Family made it to the number one spot with Not Another Love Story: The Musical! It was so great to find out that all my friends' hard work and determination finally paid off! Not only that, Le Blanc snagged second place! Yay! All of my contributions were really well appreciated!

First and foremost, I would like to thank IAH Games for this fantazzztic event. It really goes to show that Machinima is now beginning to be known in Asia. I'd like to thank the ircle of GE Bloggers and GE players for making this event a lively yet challenging one! Last but not least, my biggest thanks goes to the Reclusion Brothers for recognizing my talent and putting it to good use! I wanna cry when I see you guys. Never had I've been greatly involved in a project winning a major award!

I wanna make this post to show my appreciation to all the hard work we have all went through. Looks like I can't wait to spread the good word to many people and show them the flicks! :D Well, I wanna go to i-Hooked again and see if I can play GE, even for just an hour. Let's see if I can also do an impromptu film showing at i-Hooked Buendia and at work! :P

Toodles! I'll try to make an in-depth report on this event when I get the chance! I was in a state of uber happiness! I'd rather be naked right now but now I'm forced to wear garments!

Fantazzztic! It's a winner!

All that effort really paid off! Being the voice actor for Reclusion's Le Blanc was worth my time! Why? It's the winner for the Intel Scene and Heard week of the Fantazzztic Film Awards! I feel so happy to be part of a prize-winning entry! Woah! I can't stop using the exclamation point! I just can't stop to show how happy am I to know such news!

My biggest thanks for the Reclusion Family for recognizing my talent and putting it to good use. I am also thankful that they accepted my review as a constructive criticism for them to improve. I hope I'll be available in future because I also have to focus on my work! :P

In unrelated news, I have four new additions to my family! That's Clara (Angie), Chixun (Feng Ling), Klahan (Irawan) and Beaumont (Andre). Yes! The star of Le Blanc is finally part of my family! Also, my Angie is sponsored by Reclusion for my efforts in being their major voice actor. I seemed to have to noticed that getting Bok-Jo-Ris is easier before the maintenance. Well, at least I have the Male Fighter Korean Costume and a Rat Hat! :P I'll make sure to post pics!

I'll go ask Reclusion if it's alright if I can disclose some info regarding about this flick. Of course, I'd like to share my experiences on being part of the project as well! :P



That's what the main team looks like now. Pretty neat, huh?

Le Blanc: Discovering Andre Janzur (4 of 4)

Andrew indeed won the competition and is now appointed as the fashion consultant for this year! But wait! Something happened! What is it? Find out in the final part (not chapter! This whole movie is actually 32 minutes long!) of this flick!


Alright, Lastinka was the declared the winner of the event but she gave Andrew the pot of flowers. Looks like the audio is weak again. I'll make a discussion on that part. Moving on, the scene on where Andrew gets attacked is great. Nice dramatic soundtrack to show his persistence in staying alive and the intro was cute too (taking advantage of the "ride" in Bahia Island). Just one suggestion for this scene: make the screen flash red when Andrew finally dies.

The final scene of the movie had a weak audio. Again, I will discuss that later. Of course, it doesn't stop at the credits! After the credits, we are treated to an epilogue that wasn't in the script! This was an unexpected turn but at least it reinforced the fact how Andrew Janzur came to be!

Now... Time for the overall review!

The common problem I notice here is the audio. Although my voice files have clarity in it, it seems the music always overpowers the spoken dialogue. My advice right now is to control the volume of the background music and try to notch up the soft-spoken lines (like Lastinka's scene with Andres right after Andrew gets killed). The effects were really surprising and creative in using as well. There are many details that needs improvement like Andrew and Lastinka getting the blow of the Gay Lingo Elementalists, the two protagonists facing the levitating-wizard-in-a-bear-suit monster and more.

If I were to rate this in a scale of 10 (being the highest), I'd say that it would be...

8.5

Many improvements can be done in this movie but the substance is what keeps this movie very enjoyable. This also gives many viewers the idea who Andre Janzur is. Although I have his character card (and not adding him yet), I am surprised on how I was able to deliver the character himself. Filipinos may entirely enjoy this but this has potential to appeal not just to the players, but also to audiences outside of the game and around the world. May lack a little something here and there but this flick is definitely worth your time!

That's it, folks! Discuss the movie here! Oh wait, fellow bloggers have also covered up this flick too!

NineMoons: Notes before maintenance
NineMoons: Talkin' 'bout the man in white: "Le Blanc"!
Reclusion: Le Blanc - Discovering Andre Janzur
Fiksdotter: Intel “Scene and Heard” Week: Le Blanc (White)
DeSanggria: Fantazztique!: Zeh FFA entry of dreamzz & fantazziezz

Enjoy the flick and I hope it wins the Fantazzztic Film Awards!

Le Blanc: Discovering Andre Janzur (3 of 4)

The showdown between Andrew (with Lastinka) and Las Passion is on the way! Who will prevail? Find out by watching this part now!



We left off when the levitating-wizard-in-a-bear-costume monster unleashed its "Bear Bomber" attack upon our hero and heroine. If you want to read about my view for this scene, check out the previous entry.

On the next scene, where La Passion comments how ridiculous it is for Andrew to acquire the Mahgorp Fur, was really well executed for La Passion to be an antagonist. I have nothing much to say for the following scenes and let's skip straight to where Andrew, Lastinka and La Passion are exchanging wits. I'd say La Passion took quite a while for him to finish his "White... Fat... Carbonara!" line.

Moving on, the pageant scene was okay. Too bad they didn't move the models but I understand they would run and that's not what you see on the runway. However, since they held it at Bahia, they should have taken advantage of making the elementalists' walk but of course their idle poses would make them look ridiculous. If only there was a way to make all your characters walk in non-combat zones... Is it possible? Here's my proof!



Continuing on, I noticed that the director used the full file of one of the bureaucrat's lines. Since I'm the voice actor, let explain why there are three lines. Since me and the director live in different places, live recording isn't that possible. In order to make sure the director won't have to ask for repeat recordings, I repeated every line assigned to me at least three times. Why three times? It's because each "version" has different stresses in each sentence. You learn this during English classes and get the chance to practice this when you're attending Call Center Training. Recalling this really gave me a chance to improve my English!

Back on the topic, it seems that the applause sound effect causes the voice to muffle a bit. Must be some feature in the video editing software of the director. The "Nooooooo!!!" part of La Passion wasn't that audible enough plus it didn't have anything of great disappointment. At this part, you should know who won! :D

We're 3/4 done! I'll finish it by tomorrow and my overall/summarized review also be part of the last installment of this review! Hope you're still watching!

Le Blanc: Discovering Andre Janzur (2 of 4)

Let's go, mga Mudra! Let's make walalachaka-what?!?!? Boy, that part was sure amusing! :P Anyhoo, let's continue on...



The part where we left off is when Andrew narrated about Lastinka, being chased almost everywhere. When Ms. DeSanggria offered her talent for one particular scene, I was curious on what part was it. According from Reclusion, she portrayed as the female elementalists wearing the Robes of Fire, Ice and Wind speaking in Filipino Gay Lingo (here's what I can pull up so far). If you ask me, it sounded like a total foreign language that I'm not aware of! Too bad, it would be better if Andrew and Lastinka got surprised of the three elementalists who reacted on what Andrew earlier commented about their clothes. Also, the execution of the part where Andrew and Lastinka got hit by the magic spell.

I am impressed that Fiksdotter's character as La Passion. Meeting La Passion is the best scene that this part has to offer. The big bodyguards where also good as well as they sounded like brainless buffoons but loyal to their master.

For the pre-fight scene between our hero (and heroine) and the levitating-wizard-in-a-bear-costume monster, the execution of the "Eeeek!!!" wasn't good. I was surprised when you made the battle into a ATB-style. I was shocked when the director made the monster sound like a Pokémon. I decided to bear with this spoof, since I was in a mix of laughing and "what in blazes?" sort of thing. If the director wanted to spoof it better, he should have included the numbers coming out. Want a reference? Check this out.



The review is half done! Just wait for more!

Le Blanc: Discovering Andre Janzur (1 of 4)

Looks like it's done! Even though I'm already working (taking in calls and attempting to make sales), I still did a favor (really big one) for my good friend Reclusion. That favor would be doing voice overs for their movie, Le Blanc. Don't worry, because I'll be putting the low-resolution version here since it's already available. Okay, to set your expectations, I'll be making a review of this entry even though I am a voice actor. Of course, I want to see the end product to see if my talents were put into good use. Since there are four parts of the YouTube version, I'll review each part so I can focus on what specific detail I will be reviewing about. Oh yes, I will be doing separate entries for the readers to be able to focus on what to talk about. To start off, here's part 1:



Looks like we started off with a news report on Andre's "Dreamz and Fantazzies" collection. I enjoyed this part. I am amazed how the director pulled it off. He really thought out of the box for this. For the intro, it was really funny because he had to burn all those dolls to oblivion! :P For the backstory, it was funny in a way but since we lacked VO's for it, I can't seem to fully grasp that part.

Getting into the part of selling Cabosse, I gotta say it was kinda messy when Andrew and Andres were beating and arguing each other out. It was too noisy for me to make out some of the lines. It was also... bland. During the "fight scene," Andres just sounded like he was talking normally rather than stressing his point. I have to admit that I didn't expect the scene to be like this. Although I sounded I was already arguing with Andres, it didn't fit well because I didn't talk like I was in a fist fight. But then again, I hope there's a chance to improve this one!

I have nothing to say after that part because I felt satisfied of my delivery of Andrew lamenting about the day and meeting Lastinka for the first time.

That's all for part one. Expect the other three parts soon! :D

Strive to be the best!

It seems my Machinima Entry isn't a prize winner. Damn, I really wanted that PC so bad! I was gonna throw a tantrum but I remembered something from a recent job orientation:

"Strive to be the best of the best"

In my job, it pays to be the best of the best. It ain't the end of the world and there's always a next time, to be the best! If I want to keep my job, I have to strive! If I want to reach Veteran (or maybe Expert), I must strive! If I want to make better Machinima, I have to strive! I must, I will, I have to STRIVE!!!

Seriously guys, that what I learned from my job orientation. Surely I won't be able to go online to play often but this job could help shape me as a better person. Well, I hope play again tomorrow morning! I came from my job before sunrise (5:30AM) ! Some self-psyching up I did there! :P

My congratulations to Darrick and Little Nate! They are examples of striving to be the best!

Post-event post of the Intel Machinimasia Workshop

Articles found:
Veya
NineMoons
paulvr137cm


Movies found:

GE Fun Video


Machinima Asia 2007 "Granado Espada Fergalicious"


Rabbits in the town: My Machinimasia Entry


Lady Veya's First Video


The Power of Quad
Have fun! Looks like we're gonna have a VERY LONG maintenance period! :D Bahia Island, here I come!

The Intel Machinimasia Movie-Making Workshop

I was able to reserve a seat at the Intel Machinimasia Movie-Making Workshop to be held at the Ascott Towers nearby Glorietta 4. I left real early from the house and decided to wait since I made a reservation for the second batch. It seemed I arrived early and decided to shift to the first batch. Also, a Granado Espada booth was nearby but it was empty. It was really a great experience to use Intel Core 2 Quad PCs but if you ask me, my cousin's PC was still the best experience!

However, this experience very different from the workshop I attended at the Hataw Hanep Hero 3 event. We were all learning here, since a majority of those who attended are not Granado Espada players. When we got to the part of making movies, that's where I had to think of an impromptu story. With my (diverse) character selection, I came up with the idea of Catherine being new to the outside world. To "spice" things up, I decided to do voice-overs since the earphones had microphones and it's top class (unlike my PC!). After capture numerous in-game footages, I now had to compile them into a 2-minute movie. I had 2 scenes omitted because it was getting past the 2-minute mark. I didn't feel embarrassed in voicing FEMALE CHARACTERS! Yes, I voiced my Female Elementalist and Catherine myself! :P While making the movie with Windows Movie Maker, they handed the attendees (including me) a free 1GB USB Flash Drive to save the movie with! Oh yeah, that's one freebie I'll never forget and forever treasure. Of course, I had to make a copy of the movie in the desktop of the PC I was using. Well, I was so happy that I was able to finish and save my movie. That's when DeSanggria arrived to attend the workshop as well!

My batch was already over and the organizers were getting ready to welcome the next batch. I helped myself for some snacks (or what's left on the table). Boy, those Spring Rolls and Danish Pastries were really yummy! I also got my other freebies from Intel, Globe and e-Games. NineMoons made an appearance and so does Philippines Community Manager Veya! While NineMoons waited for her batch, we conversed about Granado Espada and I even asked her opinion about Senator Antonio Trillanes IV's actions. Can't say anymore because it would be too dangerous for me to publicly share others' opinions in Philippine Poltics (worse, I or anyone involved could get in trouble!). Oh yeah, I asked her about it since the Ascott Hotel was formerly the Oakwood Hotel where Trillanes staged a mutiny. I also got my chance to converse with Veya every now and then.

DeSanggria wasn't able to finish her movie through the course of the workshop but she was very satisfied with the experience she learned. NineMoons was next to go and attended her batch with Darrick of the Reclusion Family. Poor little Nate didn't get to go since he wasn't able to get a slot. Little Nate ended up with me, DeSanggria and Veya outside Meeting Room 10. I decided to stay longer since I was in the company of my fellow bloggers. It seems Welling couldn't make it because of classes and Fiksdotter had to focus on his thesis (although he will attend tomorrow). When we noticed that the food was being "refilled," we helped ourselves with Spring Rolls, Siomai, Danish Pastries and Petite Fruit Pies! Oh yeah, were we happy! Little Nate was really nice to save some food for his brother Darrick. Well, the food ran out real fast (well, the Siomai ran out but there was still some Spring Rolls)! :P It also nice for the hotel staff to register for freebies at the Granado Espada booth. We talked a lot of issues in Granado Espada but I choose not to elaborate on it. Well, I can "divulge" that Selwyn isn't the Malaysian Community Manager for Granado Espada. No wonder why the Malaysian players have no... events? Also, some of the lecturers were leaving already and I got the chance to have a photo op (thanks to DeSanggria).

Little Nate was able to sign up for the last batch but this will make his older brother Darrick wait for him. Well, looks like he wants the 1GB USB Flash Drive freebie! :D When Darrick and NineMoons exited the event, they got whatever food was left at the table. I spent some time with them and Little Nate attended the last session. It seems to come to my attention that mostly of the attendees are not GE players and a majority of them are college students. Looks like the website, in-game announcement and e-mail wasn't the only medium of getting the word out. It was getting late for me, so I had to leave and say my goodbyes to my fellow bloggers. This is one experience I will never forget! :D



My Machinima Entry!
Hope I win that PC!!! I want it!!! Wait a sec, where's my Bear Package? I did make a reservation! :P