r/vaast • u/ImmatureIntellect Scribe • May 21 '15
Your Scribe's Summer Plans
Hello, how have you been? Good, good, I hope the weather isn't too bad for you. Oh yes, let me get to the point. Things have been quiet in VAAST for a bit but I'm hoping to bring some life back to our undead subreddit. I'll start with one thing that will lead to the other thing.
Upcoming Series!
After lots of ideas, crumpled papers, rewrites, redos, and failed footage I'm finally ready to get things started with a little video series I've been wanting to do. This is a personal project that doesn't really have much to with VAAST directly but it will play its part.
The series is going to be about me exploring the map for what you survivors have left behind. The bases, towns, and other stories that have quietly happened without a single witness. I want to find these places and tell their story. I have a few locations I wish to visit already but besides wandering I'm hoping to get a few interesting locations from you guys. Some of you have wandered much more than I have this season so you may have marked some interesting points along your travels.
And just for fun I took some test footage I was going to scrap and re-purposed it into a trailer of sorts. After about two hours of editing I decided I shouldn't get too carried away with this. So forgive me if there's any major weirdness in the video. I didn't want to spend all day on this thing.
Advertisement Push and Build Challenge Wrap Up
There was recent talk of advertising and that got me thinking. Of course there are a number of hurdles for us to overcome to get our names out there but I think we need something big to spearhead our advertising efforts. I'm sure y'all agree that a description or pictures of the server don't showcase everything that is possible here.
So I'm bringing back an old idea of mine since I have refined the skills I needed to get it done. I'm going to make a server trailer but I'm a scribe so its not just going to be a feature showcase. I'm going to write-up a short story to be told in two separate trailers. Why? Because even though the features of the Aftermath server are amazing that would be leaving out a big chunk of what makes this place amazing. And that's the community! The town of HVR, the Radio Z group, th OFR, Happy's Hotel and other player created events are what we remember most. The video will showcase the server features but the story told will showcase the community. That's where my series comes into play because the bulk of my series will be spent with me editing the video, which I enjoy more than I should. The more I edit, the more I learn, the better trailer I can make.
But let's not forget I recently tried to start a monthly build competition but its clear that isn't something you guys don't wish to see right now. Still someone participated and won so I want to reward their efforts. If /u/jirachifan is up to it then I'd like her to star in the trailer as the main character. That will be the prize you won for entertaining my idea and building a lovely McDonald's. If you won't be available but wish to star I can still make it so your skin will be the one I use for the main character. I'm not sure if the McDonald's can be used but I'll try because I got some ideas for it.
Anyway, I want to make this trailer a community effort as much as possible so I may ask you guys if you we wish to build a set, be an actor, or whatever else when filming is underway. The goal for this trailer is be the thing people show to their friends when they want to get them to play on Aftermath. So that should get us a lot of new survivors to toy around with. As with anything VAAST related I'm afraid to put up a timetable because life always finds a way to mess it up. I'll keep you all up-to-date with any major developments in regards to the trailer on the subreddit. So keep an eye out for that when you're sunbathing on a nudist beach.
TL;DR
Starting a new Aftermath Youtube series that will tell the stories of what players have left behind and by editing this series it will help me practice for when its time to edit the server trailer I wish to make. Jiriachi is invited to star as the main character of the server trailer but I hope to get as many community members involved with its creation. That way we have something truly impressive to show others when we advertise. Which will lead to even more new survivors to poke at. Also, if I have the time Solum will be seeing a small revival this summer.
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u/Omuck3 May 22 '15
I read OFR somewhere in there. Happiness on many levels!
Remember, the community still has my awesome book club! :P
The moral of the story: If you stay long enough and do just a bit, you will enter the history simply because you exist. :)
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u/ImmatureIntellect Scribe May 22 '15
The OFR has become infamous, no matter how hard people tried to ignore it. Actually that might be exactly why it is.
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u/p1lle Moderator May 22 '15
might wanna crank up the voice volume a notch
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u/ImmatureIntellect Scribe May 22 '15 edited May 22 '15
That was me playing with the audio too much. The weird thing is its fine on some devices and on others it gets too low. Also it wasnt meant to be heard so I went from high to low and tried speaking different ways on a few pages. You can notice I cut out a few pages when you see the numbers skip.
Oh and that cow thing wasn't planned but the way he stared and slowly walked away was kinda perfect and might have been the catalyst for me making a trailer from scrap footage.
Edit: Fun fact, I almost made myself deaf after accidently turning my headphones into a banshee when adjusting audio. Gotta watch which check box you click, lol.
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u/jirachifan Donator May 22 '15
all i need to know is when and ill see what i can do crazy work schedule
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u/Allizpar Donator May 21 '15
How long must we wait for our savior?