Whoops- UNOH Pilot

Okay so it's the 29th - the last day for submitting entries for the Next Gen Machinima contest. Contest closes at 12:00pm that night. I was up late the night before working on my machinima and up early that morning. Production is fast, the machinima is practically done. My girlfriend and I go see the 3:45pm Dark Knight show at the movie theatre (great movie btw), since I'm sure the machinima will be complete within another 2 hours. Dark Knight turns out to be a little longer than I expected, I get home around 7:30pm. My computer is running slow as shit from being on all day. Our internet temporarily goes down. I decide to publish a rushed version of the machinima to make sure that I get it in on time. 11:00pm - I'm done and still have a whole hour ahead of me- whew, that was a close call. I hit the publish button to save the movie as a file (this normally takes 10-15 minutes), then I will upload it to Machinima.com as a contest entry (another 10-15 minutes). My girlfriend and I watch Supernatural to pass the time. My computer has other plans. It's 11:50pm and the damn thing isn't done saving the file. I stress a little. 11:59 - the file is saved. I go on to machinima.com to upload it and watch with my own two eyes the "Submit" link disappear. :(

Ah well, no use crying over spilt milk. I will upload a final version to Youtube and Machinima in the near future so keep a close eye on the blog as that's probably going to happen today. Actually sure, I'll put the link at the bottom of this post and update when the machinima is ready. Enjoy- I'm very happy with the way it turned out.


UNITED NATIONS OF HALO: PILOT EPISODE

Youtube

Machinima




peace
-Mander

News and More

Alright, so the first episode of my major machinima series, and entry to Machinima.com's contest is currently in production. The script is golden, and I believe that this one will really take off. My other videos and my "Parenting Tactics" machinima were mere warm ups in preparation for this. I don't think I can emphasis enough that this is going to be a must-watch.

Anyways, on a lighter note- I've made a quick vid to keep you guys occupied in the meantime. This video, titled "Worst Doubles Partner", is a collaboration of clips explaining why my friend is the worst Halo 3 Team Doubles partner there is. So basically it's a minitage of some noob mistakes he's done while in my presence. Enjoy, and I hope you get a kick out of it.

Worst Doubles Partner

-Mander

Get This

While browsing Youtube I found that somebody made a video walkthrough of my map Mind Snare. I was pretty shocked as they had not asked my permission or even told me about it. But I wasn't sure whether I should be angry or just flattered as it is actually a pretty good video. They give a step by step tutorial of how to beat my map using more than one person (They didn't figure out how to do it alone).
They messaged me later though, and their intention was clearly honest so instead of being a jerk and telling them off for making it, I will provide a link here so that you all can see it.

Halo3 Mindsnare Walk through

Please note that this is not the proper way to beat the map. They created a few shortcuts by taking advantage of playing the map with more than one person. The map is beatable by one person, as will be shown in my machinimated walkthrough of the map (coming soon).

-Mander

Yee Man's Video

Well I fininshed my friends video and threw it up on Youtube. In exchange he has kindly given me a lv 50 account which I can use for my machinimas. So now that is out of the way and I can begin work on the pilot episode for my main series. I want to make sure it's perfect before I enter it into that contest so I know that I did my best and have no regrets.
So if your interested heres the video I made for Yee Man:

Yee Man - Puzzle Legend

(He came up with the title and I got a kick out of it)

Peace,
-Mander

Montage

Well I finished my montage and it's up on Youtube. I'm now starting Yeeman's video for him in exchange for a level 50 account. The video should be done within the next couple of days hopefully, and then I will start on my machinima for the $5000 contest.

Enjoy!

Mander's Massacre Montage

Peace,
Mander

Important Update

Okay so here's the deal: Machinima.com is having a contest where you submit a machinima and the best one picked either by jurors or the audience can win up to $5000 US. I am completely eligible for this contest being over 18 and all so I am entering it. Because I want to see the 5 grand under my name I am entering my best material. That means that since the last day for entries is July 29th I will have to post-pone previously mentioned projects for this. This is not bad news, becuase instead you will get the pilot episode for my main planned series "United Nations of Halo". This comedy has the best of my ideas worked into it and is my best chance of winning the contest.

There is something else though. In order to produce this ultimate machinima, I require more than one character on a local network to have a large amount of armour perms to be unlocked. Which means I need another account since I don't have the time to create another one myself and unlock all the achievements again. It just so happens that I have a friend who is willing to give me a level 50 account if, in return, I make him a movie about him and his maps. So we made a deal and thats how it's going to happen.

So some projects are being post-poned while others are jumping ahead. To avoid any confusion here is the new list of which order the projects will appear in:
1. My montage (it is all captured and ready to go so expect it very soon)
2. Yeeman's video of his puzzle maps.
3. United Nations of Halo - Pilot Episode
4. Mind Snare Machinima

Also there are a few projects that I might fit in between the above list if I find the time:
- "Worst Doubles Partner Ever": A short comical video of numerous mishaps I've experienced in the 'Team Doubles' playlist with a certain friend.
- "Chief's Journey": This is another one of the major series I have planned, so if there is time I will also make this to submit into the contest to help improve my chances(Multiple entries are allowed).
- "Infection Colliseum": This is map that I've had planned for a long time and am very enthusiastic about making. This will most likely come after the 'Mind Snare Machinima'.

And that pretty much wraps it up. Remember: Two wrongs don't make a right, and two rights make a u-turn. That's my quality advice for the day.

peace
-Mander