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A frag video with a twist - srkdy - 10-09-2015
It had been a while since I had made a xonotic video of any kind(1.5 years!) and I have been thinking of new ideas for videos for a while. I've done basic frag clips, basic frag videos, frag videos where the focus is surviving combat at low HP, rocket guiding things, etc. I wanted to do something a little different but I wasn't sure what. I thought of doing a frag video in third person or trying to emulate a sports broadcast with third person cameras, commentary, and instand replays over the course of a full duel... but that's hard and I'm lazy.
Then, about a month ago while I was playing Trackmania on a server with custom music, a song came on that gave me inspiration for a different kind of video. Hearing this song got the creative juices flowing and gave me the idea of a frag video from the victim's perspective. I didn't want to use old clips so I started playing a lot with thimo and antibody (and a few others, like splat who killed me a lot but was too damn routine and professional about it to have many 'special' clips... only map lockdowns and easy wins for him). While I was parsing through the last 3+ weeks worth of demos, I had enough clips of my own to do a normal "act 1" with my frags followed up by an "act 2" from the other side of the rockets.
This video could have used a bit more time for editing and polish(it just cuts to black when the outro happens, bad placeholder text between acts 1 & 2, etc) but I hit the "public" button on youtube with this cut, so here we are!
RE: A frag video with a twist - Mirio - 10-10-2015
Good stuff! Keep it coming..
RE: A frag video with a twist - thimo - 10-10-2015
thimo got so raped...!
Very nice srkdy, your gamestyle surely is good for eye and makes a lot of movie frags and moments. Also your this movie idea reminds me of a finnish UT movie made by clan [w]hiners, where they included a humour-part with their silliest mistakes and so, it kinda became their trademark and everyone waited for that part the most!
Hope you have time to put up more movies =))
All the best for you, may canada lose to finland since today!
RE: A frag video with a twist - KoalaBearScarf - 10-10-2015
Great video! I really liked the idea of showing it from the perspective of the victim
RE: A frag video with a twist - Halogene - 10-10-2015
Excellent choice of music. I really like how the clarinet in the first song emphasizes the non-serious, light and fun aspect of the game. Timing of the clips to the text of the second song is also very good. To me, both songs generate a really good atmosphere for the vid.
It's rare for me that I can identify with protagonists of a fragmovie, but the second part really connected. GOOD JOB!
RE: A frag video with a twist - SPLAT - 10-10-2015
nice vid
RE: A frag video with a twist - Smilecythe - 10-12-2015
Thimo gets fragged so much, unfair! I want some too!
RE: A frag video with a twist - thimo - 10-12-2015
I'am good at dying! Something i can be proud of man! Do not breach to my area of expertise, sire =)