Sorry about the long hiadus but I've been doing some soul searching to try find what it is that i want to do with my life. This isn't exactly an update to what I'm going to do, but more along the lines of what I've been doing. So far it's just shuffling :P
I'm starting to get more into raves and shuffling now. Specifically malaysia shuffling. Lost a cool 15 pounds thanks to it, and it seems that I can't get enough of it. For now, this is where my life seems to be heading.
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Friday, September 23, 2011
The 1st Rule of Fight Club is DO NOT TALK ABOUT FIGHT CLUB
But I can't help myself so I'ma spill the beans! Man, Capcoms latest fight club event held at the Belasco theater was really amazing. I had a lot of fun. When I 1st got there, I was pretty worried because me and my friend were running late to the event. So we didn't have parking yet, and we had to wait in line. But thank god for Abby!
She really saved the day. She grabbed extra wristbands for me and my friend so we skipped the line to enjoy the festivities ahead. We were expecting a crew but it was just down to me, Abby, Abby's friend, my friend Edgar, and my other friend Brandly. Fight Club was better than I thought it was going to be. I've seen previous fight clubs, and they seemed to just be a bunch of people playing on the booths, but it was more than that.
When you walk in, you are greeted by these incredibly talented, and professional cosplayers. I've talked with them for a little bit, and they all make there own costumes! That's pretty cool if you ask me. Lili was my favorite of the 4. In total, there was She-Hulk from Marvel, C.Viper from Street Fighter, Chun-Li from Street Fighter, and Lili from Tekken. I took a few pictures and they'll be up later.
After you enter the next room, you'll see a medium sized stage where the DJ lights up the sky! To the right of the doors, there's a bar where you can get free drinks (Sorry kids, no alchohol for you). You had to be 18 to walk through the door so I assume they weren't going to have alcohol. But that's beside the point. After the bar, you can't help but see loads and loads of arcade setups. Well, not exactly arcade setups, but concole setups that imitate an edgy basement type arcade cabinet. On one side, you had all Ultimate Marvel 3 setups and on the other, you had Street Fighter x Tekken. On the far end walls, you had Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition and Third Strike Online Edition (But I have both those games, so why bother).
My goal for the night was to meet up with some high level players, and chat for a little bit, and get my hands on SF x T. Did I mention they have Arcade setups? I walked upstairs and there was 8 more setups. I walked outside and guess what I saw :P
More Setups
So I 1st decided I'd take advantage of the super short lines since everyone was outside and play SF x T now. The rules were a little different. The general consensus was that you let players play whether you win or not. If you won, you left, if you lost, you left. Just so everyone can get their hands on it. After about 30 mins that all changed. I wanted to play some UMvC3 and the consensus changed to winner stays. I was fine with that. I ran into gootecks and said whatsup, and why mike wasn't with him today. He seemed busy but he responded like the person I knew him to be. Mike unfortunately couldn't make it because of family issues.
I wanted to talk with gootecks about a couple things but he had to run off and I was in desperate need of some UMvC3 action. I was drinking an ice cold drink for at least 20 mins. My hands were chilled so my execution suffered. Apparently, more so than I thought. I was literally bodied by someone who I thought wasn't so good. Wesker plays the same as he does in UMvC3. Very high damage output for little execution. I was a little salty at 1st, but I knew I was outplayed when he OCV'd me.
I was kinda hoping that we'd have a new build of UMvC3 and can confirm its the most recent build with Dr.Strange and nemesis. There was a really good nemesis player there. Saw some interesting setups with Hsein Ko. Phoenix Wright not being there made me unhappy, as I was looking forward to him.
After that, I realized that UMvC3 is essentially the same as MvC3 with a few balance changes and more characters. After this realization I decided I Was going to dedicate the rest of my gaming time to SF x T. Before that though, I grabbed some free food :P
I had some of the best pastries in my life here. Their strawberry danish is sooooooo good. After I re-fueled, I was ready for some more gaming. Ran into, Abby and the gang and I caught up with what they were doing. Edgar isn't much of a fighting gamer so he just walked around talking to people, Brandly was tearing it up in SF x T while I was away, and Abby managed to talk to Justin Wong. DeosX, was also in the building and he was rocking his signature doom. Seth was commentating on the DeosX vs JWong match. Along with these two high level players, there was also a few others like combofiend, alex valle, and a few others.
If I remember correctly Justin clutched the match. After the match S-Kill (Seth Killian) introduced a new nerdcore artist by the name of "A-Rival, The 8-Bit Pimp". I like the DJ more than I liked AR to be honest. It's not that AR was bad but he wasn't exactly my cup of tea. AR was a mix between hip hop and nerdcore and it didn't seem to mix well with his lyrics. I prefer Red Rapper any day of the week, but I guess they decided to go with AR because of the electronica feel.
In the end, AR was an okay choice, but he failed in a lot of ways trying to get the hype through the roof. Like it felt kind of awkward at one point. I do like his enthusiasm though. Even though he sometimes off key with the public, he went on like a pro. Because of that, I respect the guy.
So, I'm still waiting in line for SF x T while all this is going on. I just decided, hey, might as well chat it up with some of the guys here. So I begin talking to players about SF x T and to try and get some basics down, because I've only played the game once, and I don't feel quite as comfortable. Like, I didn't want to research anything before I left. I wanted to play the game without knowing what I was getting into if that makes sense.
I've seen videos before, but very briefly. Before all this technology was made available to us, this is how people used to share information. Through word of mouth. By the time I made it to my turn, I felt slightly more confident. Only slightly. Like the UMvC3 build, this was the same build of SF x T. Nothing new except for Pandora mode (Hold down + MP and MK while at red health/below 25% health). Pandora mode basically is a buff. It allows you to gain increased damage and infinite super for roughly 8 seconds. Pandora mode kills your partner character and after the 8 seconds is over, your other character dies. In a way, it's kind of like x-factor, but it's super toned down in comparison.
I had no intentions of ever activating pandora mode during the testing.
My original team that I started out with when I came in was Ryu/Kazuya. That changed to Ryu/Poison. The Tekken characters DO NOT play like street fighter type characters. Like, they have similar move sets but the behaviors of the moves are far different. It feels like you're sort of playing Tekken. Since I never played Tekken a lot, I decided I will pass on Tekken characters for now. Poison was definitely the right choice. She has zoning down to a science.
She's not a charge character like I thought she would be. Her s.MP has outrageous anti-air hitboxes. and her s.MK is good range. She can be a footsie character as well. She can create frame traps with her HP Fireball. Light travels the farthest, Medium travels short, and the heavy travels extremely slowly and goes almost no where. What makes HP fireball the best is it's great against those who try to jump at you or go underneath your fireball. It has a huge hitbox so you can only block or use a move that is invincible to projectiles to get passed it.
Ryu still feels the same. He has all his moves from SFIV and he also has his axe-kick from 3rd strike. EX-Shoryuken is shin shoryuken which is really cool.
SF x T however doesn't play like any game in particular. I can't say it's like SFIV and I can't say it's like Marvel either. It's not exactly in between. It has elements of both games, but it is its own game entirely. I'm happy to say this game doesn't play as defensively as SFIV does. There's almost no defensive options. Tick throws are extremely hard to do. You have to be outrageously close to perform them (THANK GOD!)
As for the button layout...
(LP) (MP) (HP)
(LK) (MK) (HK)
LP + LK = Throw
MP + MK = Partner Change
HP + HK = Cross Assault
Cross Assault is a new mechanic which can be used in mid combos. If you end a combo with a heavy attack and press that heavy attack again, you get the Cross Assault. When you perform a CA, you will hit your opponent and your partner will come out allowing to continue the combo further and further.
There will be some pretty crazy things going on with this mechanic, and its very fun to use.
The other interesting thing about SF x T is that it plays Tekken Tag Tournament style. You basically have 2 characters. If any of those characters die, you lose the round. You don't need to kill both characters to win the match, just any of the 1. Your life recovers pretty fast while you're tagged out.
By the time I gained at least this information, I've been playing the game nonstop for 30 mins. Around this time, 1 person in the line got a little frustrated with my win streak. I didn't care because he's a hater, and I had no intentions of getting off. I was following the rules like everyone else was so I could care less. After every victory, I greeted the other player politely and said thanks for the match. The better players appreciated my humbleness and tried to take a run for the money.
I've played probably at least 29 different people that night. There were about 5 really good players out of that lot and it got fairly close. A lot of time passed that I didn't even realized passed. Brandly who was with my during my win streak had to leave early cause he had to drive to Las Vegas. Edgar even came by to get my wrist band so I could get my swag bag.
I ended up playing SF x T for about 1 and 1/2 hrs. I went undefeated the whole way through. I couldn't even believe I've been playing for as long as I did. It felt like only 20 mins passed. I wanted to play more but the bouncers turned off the power and kicked us out. We past by the lady giving away items, and we asked if there were extra posters. I swear this lady is awesome because she gave us a whole lot of posters. :P
I have like 10 extra posters that I will probably be giving away some time later. You can't find posters like these, I promise :P
I had such a blast at the event and I got to meet some pretty cool people. The games were awesome, and the music was awesome. My only regret is not getting Lili's number. There's no community like the fighting game community!
That's it for this review. Join me next time on my crazy adventures.
6ixx out!
She really saved the day. She grabbed extra wristbands for me and my friend so we skipped the line to enjoy the festivities ahead. We were expecting a crew but it was just down to me, Abby, Abby's friend, my friend Edgar, and my other friend Brandly. Fight Club was better than I thought it was going to be. I've seen previous fight clubs, and they seemed to just be a bunch of people playing on the booths, but it was more than that.
When you walk in, you are greeted by these incredibly talented, and professional cosplayers. I've talked with them for a little bit, and they all make there own costumes! That's pretty cool if you ask me. Lili was my favorite of the 4. In total, there was She-Hulk from Marvel, C.Viper from Street Fighter, Chun-Li from Street Fighter, and Lili from Tekken. I took a few pictures and they'll be up later.
After you enter the next room, you'll see a medium sized stage where the DJ lights up the sky! To the right of the doors, there's a bar where you can get free drinks (Sorry kids, no alchohol for you). You had to be 18 to walk through the door so I assume they weren't going to have alcohol. But that's beside the point. After the bar, you can't help but see loads and loads of arcade setups. Well, not exactly arcade setups, but concole setups that imitate an edgy basement type arcade cabinet. On one side, you had all Ultimate Marvel 3 setups and on the other, you had Street Fighter x Tekken. On the far end walls, you had Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition and Third Strike Online Edition (But I have both those games, so why bother).
My goal for the night was to meet up with some high level players, and chat for a little bit, and get my hands on SF x T. Did I mention they have Arcade setups? I walked upstairs and there was 8 more setups. I walked outside and guess what I saw :P
More Setups
So I 1st decided I'd take advantage of the super short lines since everyone was outside and play SF x T now. The rules were a little different. The general consensus was that you let players play whether you win or not. If you won, you left, if you lost, you left. Just so everyone can get their hands on it. After about 30 mins that all changed. I wanted to play some UMvC3 and the consensus changed to winner stays. I was fine with that. I ran into gootecks and said whatsup, and why mike wasn't with him today. He seemed busy but he responded like the person I knew him to be. Mike unfortunately couldn't make it because of family issues.
I wanted to talk with gootecks about a couple things but he had to run off and I was in desperate need of some UMvC3 action. I was drinking an ice cold drink for at least 20 mins. My hands were chilled so my execution suffered. Apparently, more so than I thought. I was literally bodied by someone who I thought wasn't so good. Wesker plays the same as he does in UMvC3. Very high damage output for little execution. I was a little salty at 1st, but I knew I was outplayed when he OCV'd me.
I was kinda hoping that we'd have a new build of UMvC3 and can confirm its the most recent build with Dr.Strange and nemesis. There was a really good nemesis player there. Saw some interesting setups with Hsein Ko. Phoenix Wright not being there made me unhappy, as I was looking forward to him.
After that, I realized that UMvC3 is essentially the same as MvC3 with a few balance changes and more characters. After this realization I decided I Was going to dedicate the rest of my gaming time to SF x T. Before that though, I grabbed some free food :P
I had some of the best pastries in my life here. Their strawberry danish is sooooooo good. After I re-fueled, I was ready for some more gaming. Ran into, Abby and the gang and I caught up with what they were doing. Edgar isn't much of a fighting gamer so he just walked around talking to people, Brandly was tearing it up in SF x T while I was away, and Abby managed to talk to Justin Wong. DeosX, was also in the building and he was rocking his signature doom. Seth was commentating on the DeosX vs JWong match. Along with these two high level players, there was also a few others like combofiend, alex valle, and a few others.
If I remember correctly Justin clutched the match. After the match S-Kill (Seth Killian) introduced a new nerdcore artist by the name of "A-Rival, The 8-Bit Pimp". I like the DJ more than I liked AR to be honest. It's not that AR was bad but he wasn't exactly my cup of tea. AR was a mix between hip hop and nerdcore and it didn't seem to mix well with his lyrics. I prefer Red Rapper any day of the week, but I guess they decided to go with AR because of the electronica feel.
In the end, AR was an okay choice, but he failed in a lot of ways trying to get the hype through the roof. Like it felt kind of awkward at one point. I do like his enthusiasm though. Even though he sometimes off key with the public, he went on like a pro. Because of that, I respect the guy.
So, I'm still waiting in line for SF x T while all this is going on. I just decided, hey, might as well chat it up with some of the guys here. So I begin talking to players about SF x T and to try and get some basics down, because I've only played the game once, and I don't feel quite as comfortable. Like, I didn't want to research anything before I left. I wanted to play the game without knowing what I was getting into if that makes sense.
I've seen videos before, but very briefly. Before all this technology was made available to us, this is how people used to share information. Through word of mouth. By the time I made it to my turn, I felt slightly more confident. Only slightly. Like the UMvC3 build, this was the same build of SF x T. Nothing new except for Pandora mode (Hold down + MP and MK while at red health/below 25% health). Pandora mode basically is a buff. It allows you to gain increased damage and infinite super for roughly 8 seconds. Pandora mode kills your partner character and after the 8 seconds is over, your other character dies. In a way, it's kind of like x-factor, but it's super toned down in comparison.
I had no intentions of ever activating pandora mode during the testing.
My original team that I started out with when I came in was Ryu/Kazuya. That changed to Ryu/Poison. The Tekken characters DO NOT play like street fighter type characters. Like, they have similar move sets but the behaviors of the moves are far different. It feels like you're sort of playing Tekken. Since I never played Tekken a lot, I decided I will pass on Tekken characters for now. Poison was definitely the right choice. She has zoning down to a science.
She's not a charge character like I thought she would be. Her s.MP has outrageous anti-air hitboxes. and her s.MK is good range. She can be a footsie character as well. She can create frame traps with her HP Fireball. Light travels the farthest, Medium travels short, and the heavy travels extremely slowly and goes almost no where. What makes HP fireball the best is it's great against those who try to jump at you or go underneath your fireball. It has a huge hitbox so you can only block or use a move that is invincible to projectiles to get passed it.
Ryu still feels the same. He has all his moves from SFIV and he also has his axe-kick from 3rd strike. EX-Shoryuken is shin shoryuken which is really cool.
SF x T however doesn't play like any game in particular. I can't say it's like SFIV and I can't say it's like Marvel either. It's not exactly in between. It has elements of both games, but it is its own game entirely. I'm happy to say this game doesn't play as defensively as SFIV does. There's almost no defensive options. Tick throws are extremely hard to do. You have to be outrageously close to perform them (THANK GOD!)
As for the button layout...
(LP) (MP) (HP)
(LK) (MK) (HK)
LP + LK = Throw
MP + MK = Partner Change
HP + HK = Cross Assault
Cross Assault is a new mechanic which can be used in mid combos. If you end a combo with a heavy attack and press that heavy attack again, you get the Cross Assault. When you perform a CA, you will hit your opponent and your partner will come out allowing to continue the combo further and further.
There will be some pretty crazy things going on with this mechanic, and its very fun to use.
The other interesting thing about SF x T is that it plays Tekken Tag Tournament style. You basically have 2 characters. If any of those characters die, you lose the round. You don't need to kill both characters to win the match, just any of the 1. Your life recovers pretty fast while you're tagged out.
By the time I gained at least this information, I've been playing the game nonstop for 30 mins. Around this time, 1 person in the line got a little frustrated with my win streak. I didn't care because he's a hater, and I had no intentions of getting off. I was following the rules like everyone else was so I could care less. After every victory, I greeted the other player politely and said thanks for the match. The better players appreciated my humbleness and tried to take a run for the money.
I've played probably at least 29 different people that night. There were about 5 really good players out of that lot and it got fairly close. A lot of time passed that I didn't even realized passed. Brandly who was with my during my win streak had to leave early cause he had to drive to Las Vegas. Edgar even came by to get my wrist band so I could get my swag bag.
I ended up playing SF x T for about 1 and 1/2 hrs. I went undefeated the whole way through. I couldn't even believe I've been playing for as long as I did. It felt like only 20 mins passed. I wanted to play more but the bouncers turned off the power and kicked us out. We past by the lady giving away items, and we asked if there were extra posters. I swear this lady is awesome because she gave us a whole lot of posters. :P
I have like 10 extra posters that I will probably be giving away some time later. You can't find posters like these, I promise :P
I had such a blast at the event and I got to meet some pretty cool people. The games were awesome, and the music was awesome. My only regret is not getting Lili's number. There's no community like the fighting game community!
That's it for this review. Join me next time on my crazy adventures.
6ixx out!
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Bye facebook, hello google+?
Don't know if you guys noticed but facebook is looking a lot like google plus. If I honestly had to choose, it'd be the original over the knock off.
This scenario seems so familiar. I believe the staff/developers of myspace, facebook, and google+ share some common ground. I see a complete takeover by 2012.
Google plus here I come. Come say hey!
https://plus.google.com/109026932949955751458/posts
This scenario seems so familiar. I believe the staff/developers of myspace, facebook, and google+ share some common ground. I see a complete takeover by 2012.
Google plus here I come. Come say hey!
https://plus.google.com/109026932949955751458/posts
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Mind of 6ixx Podcast: Episode 1
Just started up my very 1st podcast. I guess you can say it's a vlog, but it isn't since it's just audio :P
So anyways, join me and my crazy shannigans as I talk about stuff. This weeks episode talks about fighting games and what it is that I love and hate about them. Everyone should get 3rd Strike Online Edition if they already don't have it. Comment, rate, and subscribe :P
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Classics are good!
I'm really pumped! I don't know if you guys ever played "Resident Evil 4" like I have, but I can't get enough of that game. RE4 originally came out for the Nintendo Gamecube and then it made its way onto Sony Playstation 2 (I hated this ver). Resident Evil 4 takes place in Europe where the U.S. Presidents daughter is kidnapped and her life is threatened. The terrorist don't want money, but her life. They want to teach a lesson to the Americans, so they figured why not the presidents daughter?
The plot of the story is really good, and the dynamics of the game are very well crafted. If you played previous RE games, you'll know right away it doesn't play anything like them. The originals play more like games like Tomb Raider and the early GTA series. RE4 has those elements, but they are renewed, and they add in the FPS element to their game (Which I loved).
Capcom decided to take it a step further and make a lot of items more interactive, as well as have signature boss fights. Like, you knew when you were fighting a boss, and all of them were different but have similar backgrounds.
There are dozens of reasons to check this game out for yourself, but I suggest you wait until the HD re-release of Resident Evil 4. It will hit the XBLA and PSN on September 20th 2011. The new release offers all of the extra content from the original game and it also adds a lot of new content to the game. I'm sure after the games release, there will be DLC planned for the future. There's also online features for Mercenaries, but lets hope they have some sort of co-op story mode planned for the future.
The price will be between 15-20 bucks. Lets hope for less!
The plot of the story is really good, and the dynamics of the game are very well crafted. If you played previous RE games, you'll know right away it doesn't play anything like them. The originals play more like games like Tomb Raider and the early GTA series. RE4 has those elements, but they are renewed, and they add in the FPS element to their game (Which I loved).
Capcom decided to take it a step further and make a lot of items more interactive, as well as have signature boss fights. Like, you knew when you were fighting a boss, and all of them were different but have similar backgrounds.
There are dozens of reasons to check this game out for yourself, but I suggest you wait until the HD re-release of Resident Evil 4. It will hit the XBLA and PSN on September 20th 2011. The new release offers all of the extra content from the original game and it also adds a lot of new content to the game. I'm sure after the games release, there will be DLC planned for the future. There's also online features for Mercenaries, but lets hope they have some sort of co-op story mode planned for the future.
The price will be between 15-20 bucks. Lets hope for less!
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Well, me and my friends got together to do a tutorial vid on how to mod your Hori Real Arcade Pro VX SA. In this video we show you how to properly mod your stick so that you can have your own customized arcade stick.
I've got a lot of great tips on shoryuken.com but I know people would still prefer to have some sort of visual aid. It was my 2nd run at modding arcade sticks and my 1st art mod. I think it went very well, but I know some things on how to do it smoother the next time.
Check out our video!
And here's part 2!
Comment, rate, and subscribe!
I've got a lot of great tips on shoryuken.com but I know people would still prefer to have some sort of visual aid. It was my 2nd run at modding arcade sticks and my 1st art mod. I think it went very well, but I know some things on how to do it smoother the next time.
Check out our video!
And here's part 2!
Comment, rate, and subscribe!
Thursday, September 8, 2011
A full day of filming!
Today was pretty rough. I woke up today with great optimism but things change on the fly later along the road. I had a few bumps I had to endure with today but like anyone coming into the film industry, you have to work with what you have. I've done quite a bit of preparation for today's event, and Russ can testify to that claim. With new things come new opportunities. So I had to quickly adjust to the situation.
So before I left out to Russ' house to go film I had to make sure I had everything ready to go so there would be little room for error.
TIP #1 : Always prepare for the worst possible situation
Here's what I brought!
HDV Camera
32 gig SDHC Card
Tripod
Xbox 360
Super Street Fighter 4: Arcade Edition
Marvel VS Capcom 3
Custom HRAP VX SA
Madcatz SE (Slightly Modded). I call this the B!@#% stick, lol.
Studio Headphones
Blue Yeti Condenser Microphone
5x USB 2.0 Cords (You can never have enough!)
Hauppauge HD PVR
Laptop
Xbox Live Headset
Microsoft Xbox Controller
So yeah, oh whole lot of stuff! I think I managed to list everything down, but I probably missed a few things.
So, I happen to be walking to Russ' house ON THE HOTTEST DAY EVER! I was sweating buckets. Don't forget to bring your towel and a spare shirt. Last thing you need is to smell on the set. Always have spare stick of deo or body spray.
So I'm at Russ' house waiting for Russle because well, he's just getting off of school. I didn't wait long but I was occupied by his house guest who were very nice and offered me a drink while I waited. Be sure to always say thank you to those who're kind to ya. No one likes a rude guest.
So me and Russ are chillin' in his room as I unpack. To his surprise, he was shocked at all the equipment I brought. The setup was pretty legit to as it took up a decent amount of space in his room. After we got to setting everything up, we began to do equipment test right away!
Tip #2: Always test your equipment before starting any project. If you have a deadline to uphold and people need to be places after the show, you need to make sure that you make time so that you test the equipment and not take up any more time that you need to!
As my luck would have it, my laptop ran into a few problems with recording footage from the hauppauge. Rather than take up time trying to diagnose the problem, I figured out that it'd be less time consuming to just install it onto Russ' desktop. Windows XP did it right the 1st time around! Once we installed everything on the Desktop, everything ran smoothly. During the installation, we played a few matches of AE to gauge were me and Russ were at in terms of skill level, and I was happy with our performance.
So we went through a mic check, a haupp check, and a camera check. Everything was on point and we were ready to go. We discussed what we should open with 1st and what small things we should talk about before we started. Doing this ensured a higher quality product. After we made our opening statements, we agreed that we would try to keep a natural feel to the show so it was left unscripted. We have an outline for the episode, but we figured scripting it would be un-ideal.
So we started great with the show, and we immediately went to online matches. We figured we try to be funny and down to earth as possible without sounding cheezy, cheap, or unprofessional. It was tough getting our 1st few matches, because it almost seemed like the players didn't want to play. Couldn't find a game for like the 1st 1-2 mins, lol. :P
Like with all online games, we got good games and we got bad games. We however, managed to win all of our matches online. It came down to the wire sometimes, and we even lamed it out with a time out victory! But without spoiling the episode too much, I'll cut it off there.
After we spent about an hour or so recording the footage, it was time to transfer files. This is the one thing I didn't take into account. How was I going to transfer files from the desktop to my laptop. Russ cpu is pretty old, so it didn't have an SD slot. He didn't have a card reader. I didn't bring my flash drive and he doesn't own one. So how do you transfer files then? Hosting sites of course!
So I decided to upload to my Mega Upload account. Sadly enough, the max file you can upload on MU at one time conveniently is 2 gigs. The capture footage was about 2.24 gigs, so it was too much. MU has a service that uploads higher than 2 gigs but the amount of time it takes to upload it was unknown. So we ran into a really tough spot. We decided to try and upload it and hope it works, but we both agreed that I should always carry my flash drive and 2, I should come download the files on my flash drive when we're both available.
I'll be going to his house to get the capture files. In the mean time, I'll be working on the intro for the show, as well as other things regarding the show.
As a film maker, you have to know how to manage your time well. A lot of your time will be eaten up with working with editing software all day long. Any editor will tell you how long it takes to edit videos. It takes even longer if you want to have a quality video. The best thing you can do when it comes to making shows, or even small video series, is to decide whether or not how you want it to look. There's things like intros, outros, cut offs, host bars, and a whole bunch of stuff. Almost too much to describe. If you do a good job, you can use what you learned on your future projects and you can also try to learn other avenues of the industry as well.
So yeah, I've been doing a lot of stuff today, and guess what I have to do when I get home? Work! The life of a film editor is never truly over. If editing is something you have a passion for, you'll have to understand that it's not a job that is easy, time-friendly, or appreciated. Some people do understand the need for film editors and respect them and their decisions, but in the general publics eye, they assume it's an easy job. News flash! It isn't.
It does pay really well and it's a highly sought after field, so you can't go wrong here! :P
I love my job and the people I work with, so I got really lucky! Stay tuned for my next blog and keep an eye out for
So before I left out to Russ' house to go film I had to make sure I had everything ready to go so there would be little room for error.
TIP #1 : Always prepare for the worst possible situation
Here's what I brought!
HDV Camera
32 gig SDHC Card
Tripod
Xbox 360
Super Street Fighter 4: Arcade Edition
Marvel VS Capcom 3
Custom HRAP VX SA
Madcatz SE (Slightly Modded). I call this the B!@#% stick, lol.
Studio Headphones
Blue Yeti Condenser Microphone
5x USB 2.0 Cords (You can never have enough!)
Hauppauge HD PVR
Laptop
Xbox Live Headset
Microsoft Xbox Controller
So yeah, oh whole lot of stuff! I think I managed to list everything down, but I probably missed a few things.
So, I happen to be walking to Russ' house ON THE HOTTEST DAY EVER! I was sweating buckets. Don't forget to bring your towel and a spare shirt. Last thing you need is to smell on the set. Always have spare stick of deo or body spray.
So I'm at Russ' house waiting for Russle because well, he's just getting off of school. I didn't wait long but I was occupied by his house guest who were very nice and offered me a drink while I waited. Be sure to always say thank you to those who're kind to ya. No one likes a rude guest.
So me and Russ are chillin' in his room as I unpack. To his surprise, he was shocked at all the equipment I brought. The setup was pretty legit to as it took up a decent amount of space in his room. After we got to setting everything up, we began to do equipment test right away!
Tip #2: Always test your equipment before starting any project. If you have a deadline to uphold and people need to be places after the show, you need to make sure that you make time so that you test the equipment and not take up any more time that you need to!
As my luck would have it, my laptop ran into a few problems with recording footage from the hauppauge. Rather than take up time trying to diagnose the problem, I figured out that it'd be less time consuming to just install it onto Russ' desktop. Windows XP did it right the 1st time around! Once we installed everything on the Desktop, everything ran smoothly. During the installation, we played a few matches of AE to gauge were me and Russ were at in terms of skill level, and I was happy with our performance.
So we went through a mic check, a haupp check, and a camera check. Everything was on point and we were ready to go. We discussed what we should open with 1st and what small things we should talk about before we started. Doing this ensured a higher quality product. After we made our opening statements, we agreed that we would try to keep a natural feel to the show so it was left unscripted. We have an outline for the episode, but we figured scripting it would be un-ideal.
So we started great with the show, and we immediately went to online matches. We figured we try to be funny and down to earth as possible without sounding cheezy, cheap, or unprofessional. It was tough getting our 1st few matches, because it almost seemed like the players didn't want to play. Couldn't find a game for like the 1st 1-2 mins, lol. :P
Like with all online games, we got good games and we got bad games. We however, managed to win all of our matches online. It came down to the wire sometimes, and we even lamed it out with a time out victory! But without spoiling the episode too much, I'll cut it off there.
After we spent about an hour or so recording the footage, it was time to transfer files. This is the one thing I didn't take into account. How was I going to transfer files from the desktop to my laptop. Russ cpu is pretty old, so it didn't have an SD slot. He didn't have a card reader. I didn't bring my flash drive and he doesn't own one. So how do you transfer files then? Hosting sites of course!
So I decided to upload to my Mega Upload account. Sadly enough, the max file you can upload on MU at one time conveniently is 2 gigs. The capture footage was about 2.24 gigs, so it was too much. MU has a service that uploads higher than 2 gigs but the amount of time it takes to upload it was unknown. So we ran into a really tough spot. We decided to try and upload it and hope it works, but we both agreed that I should always carry my flash drive and 2, I should come download the files on my flash drive when we're both available.
I'll be going to his house to get the capture files. In the mean time, I'll be working on the intro for the show, as well as other things regarding the show.
As a film maker, you have to know how to manage your time well. A lot of your time will be eaten up with working with editing software all day long. Any editor will tell you how long it takes to edit videos. It takes even longer if you want to have a quality video. The best thing you can do when it comes to making shows, or even small video series, is to decide whether or not how you want it to look. There's things like intros, outros, cut offs, host bars, and a whole bunch of stuff. Almost too much to describe. If you do a good job, you can use what you learned on your future projects and you can also try to learn other avenues of the industry as well.
So yeah, I've been doing a lot of stuff today, and guess what I have to do when I get home? Work! The life of a film editor is never truly over. If editing is something you have a passion for, you'll have to understand that it's not a job that is easy, time-friendly, or appreciated. Some people do understand the need for film editors and respect them and their decisions, but in the general publics eye, they assume it's an easy job. News flash! It isn't.
It does pay really well and it's a highly sought after field, so you can't go wrong here! :P
I love my job and the people I work with, so I got really lucky! Stay tuned for my next blog and keep an eye out for
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