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Kibouchi is still occasionally active, he's newer.

Also, guys, you've been great. There's only a few of us especially active here, and you really don't owe us anything. It's been awesome to chat and make stuff, and whatever work you've put into this site is appreciated. We aren't entitled to this, by any means. Thank you!

Blade 4: Runner

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I can't wait! smile

o_O

Just saying, I've never seen Tom and Kibs in the same room...

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Agreed. I'm also really pleased with the revamp and I'm not sure I would've thought to change anything if you hadn't voiced your opinion.

Libations for everybody!

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Incidentally, if anyone else thinks the opening scenes are too long, it would be helpful to know if it's "just Teague" or more of an issue.

As Brian said: If 1 or 2 out of 10 people say something, it may not matter much. But if 9/10 people say it, you've got a problem.

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I'd love to hear whatever details/suggestions you got sir. I can't say that I'll be able to redo that much of it, but if nothing else it may help edit some stuff to shorten the opening.
Another buddy of mine said the first scene with Blue was hard for him too, so it's not just you. Whether you wanna make more notes here or email them I'd be happy to take what you have.

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Yeah I've got that as feedback a few times now. I'll tighten it up more tonight and see how it sounds. Thanks all!

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Thanks! I agree with your assessment of the Grimm/Con conversation. I think I've got too much pausing in it. I'll work on it.

Yeah, the squealer I'm proud of smile

My guide for it was that I want the audience to be thinking, "What is the Squealer? Why do they call it that?.....Oh. That's why."

(Though if someone doesn't like it, I'm certainly open to your perspective)

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I really like the one that one with a bend in the road with trees in the center.

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Yeah, you're not allowed, Saniss.

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Hey, gents. So I'm halfway done with the last character recordings (Grimm). I did two and a half episodes yesterday, so I'm pretty sure I can get him done and edited in by sunday.

Next stage: sound. Lots of ambient spaceshippy stuff, along with clicks and beeps and radio interference.
If anyone is interested in giving a listen before it's fully, fully done, I'll send out a version with the basic radio/dialogue/ambience for feedback when the time comes.

RE: Art
Teague is working on getting the Hyacinth model updated, although it's already 90% there just in his upload above. Saniss has volunteered to help with the art once we have the OBJ files.

Which brings me to one more thing: I'd like a model for the "shuttle" that features later in the story. That's a thing that I simply cannot do myself.
If Saniss, or anyone is able to design something, I'd really appreciate it. It'd be nice to have it available for art later on. Let me know if you're interested. It'd be a fairly simple vessel, much much smaller than the Missus.
As in all your gracious help, I won't be able to pay you (unless the optional donations on the end product yield a lot of money, in which case I will happily tip all you fools!)

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Redwall. PG-13. This is a great story with badass visual potential. Especially with the current animal vfx. The main villain is described as a huge rat with scars, one eye, a stag-beetle-horn helmet, batwing cloak, and a tail long enough to use as a whip with a poisonous barb attached to the tip.

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There's a similar discussion on the Noah DiF about watering (heh) down bible stories for children, which I agree with.

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Flippin' well-written, sir. I enjoyed this movie and this essay elevated my understanding of it.

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This is hilarious, well-done, and incredibly weird.

I love it.

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Will do:
"test" is simply the once-per-week max pushups. Sunday morning is a good time for this. Just mark down your max each time next to each "test" on the corresponding date. This will help everyone see their progress.

"Goal" is simply 4x your first test. It is the number of consecutive pushups you are looking to be able to do at some point in the future. Mark it at the top so you know what you're aiming at. For me personally, I'm only shooting for 50 pushups before I change to more difficult variations.

the X on each day is to show you've completed your sets for that day: 4 sets of HALF your max pushups, with at least 30-minutes between each set, preferably 3 to 4 hours. On the 3rd week, each day will have 5 sets.

If I'm doing a terrible job explaining things, the links to the guide itself I posted above do a much better job.