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Mad Queen Malafide · Oct 29, 2008, 08:48 PM // 20:48

It is about to get even more crazy.
I have decided to enter in this lovely competition as well.

I've submitted the trailer for the Horrorween as an entry.

Good luck to all the contestants. May the scariest video win.

oggycheese · Oct 29, 2008, 08:50 PM // 20:50

It sure is a crazy comp, if my eyes don't decieve me, I believe there's some norton antivirus programs going for some of the lower place prizes, right? Sorry if that's already been said on here xD

counting down the days! This is going to be a very exciting revealing thingy!

oggycheese · Oct 29, 2008, 09:01 PM // 21:01

oh wow! Malafide that was incredible, what did you make that with??? bravo! *claps wildly*

Falin · Oct 29, 2008, 10:32 PM // 22:32

**SPECIAL UPDATE**
The winners prizes for the [RAIN] Alliance Halloween Competition have just been increased with generous donations from the following:
DJ Sardeth: 25k
Fossil Dragon: 20k & 2 Beetle Juice tonics

The countdown has begun with only a short time left to enter your videos for a chance at great prizes!! Good luck to everyone!

Dj Tesla · Oct 29, 2008, 11:55 PM // 23:55

To address some concerns...please read the following:

Malafide is not Arena net staff. Malafide is not Blade Radio staff. Malafide does not have the ability to modify the game more then any other gw user. This video was done as a trailer to the up coming events. Daniel is in association with Blade Radio. I apologize for any inconvenience this may cause anyone, but this video was disqualified from the event for not following all the Rain Alliance qualifications.

Wolfie-BladeRadio · Oct 30, 2008, 01:27 AM // 01:27

Hello Everyone!!!!!
First Official Post on You Tube!!! First and foremost Big Shout Outs to the Rain Alliance and Queen Kitiara. You guys Rock!!! A Big Shout Out to Daniel Frozenwind and Queen Malafied!!! HorrorWeen Love the EVENT, LOVE THE VIDEO!!

I realize that there might be some concern about the entrants. The Competition is just that, While I think Queen Malafied's Entry is Quite brillant and absolutely done beautifully there are and have been some complaints.

To address these concerns first allow me to preface Tesla's response which is absolutely correct. Queen Malafied is not A Net Staff nor is she Blade Radio Staff. She along with Daniel FrozenWind are doing their event aka Horrorween which is looking be a Huge success!

This should not disqualify her from being able to enter the contest. Now as I understand it the Video does not comply with the Rules of the Contest hence it's being removed.

I do however wish to recognize the outstanding work done on it, so it will be receiving a honorable Mention as to help inspire others of just what can be done. This is simply my choice as I truly am awestruck by the shear creativity of all of the Video Makers.

You all have expressed Massive amounts of Talent and I have shown some of the sponsors some of the entries

Please if anyone has any questions feel free to contact me via email at [email protected] P.S. This honorable Mention is totally apart and seperate from the Rain Alliance Contest

Queen Kitiara · Oct 30, 2008, 01:54 AM // 01:54

Yes Wolfie, upon review of the rules set by the [Rain] Alliance this video does NOT infact meet the rules which were set into place at the beginning of the competition and 3rd post on guru and the GWVM threads.

While as amazing a video as the submission was, Rain stands firm that "you can submit your vid using some non GW material but keep in mind the judges will be considering if the video captures the spirit of Halloween IN Guild Wars; your video must be dominately and unquestionably Guild Wars and Halloween themed".

As wonderful as a video it is; and I am so impressed with your skills and would love to see you educate the GWVM community. I was sad to see that your amazing video didn't adhear to the rules and standards set for the comp. In order for a competition that is made to unite and benefit the community it is imperative the the integrity of the rules remain steadfast and intact; no matter if Mr. George Lucas submitted an amazing video...I may favorite it; but I cannot allow it to qualify. <3

Mad Queen Malafide · Oct 30, 2008, 07:22 AM // 07:22

I respect that decission. Besides, the Queen entered not for the prize money, but simply for the sake of competition. Best of luck to everyone who did meet the rules and Grenth bless.

For those of you wondering how this video was made, first of all not a single modification of the GW client was involved. It all started with the Miya and Malafide episode 3 teaser. Back then we didn't have TexMod yet, so we took raiding parties into FoW to take dozens of screenshots of the bonedragon there. We then Photoshopped all of those screenshots back into workable textures for not only the Bonedragon, but also for myself, Miya, Regurgitator and Mad King Thorn. After that we remodelled and rigged all of the characters by using lots of examples, and tried to get them as close to the originals as possible (Yes this is hellish work). The Malafide and Miya models even got quite a complicated face rig to make a wide range of emotions possible, and Mad King Thorns cloak uses the cloth reactor simulator from 3dsmax. Everything was hand animated using 3dsmax and combinations of small pieces of footage from inside GW itself using Fraps.

For this video, we really could not start on it till a few weeks ago. I had to wait for a new pc that was able to even run 3dsmax and Adobe Premiere decently. With barely 3 weeks to spare, it was a race against the clock to get this thing done in time. I never was satistied with the face of the Malafide model in the Miya and Malafide 3 teaser, so we used a program to directly rip the models from the directx buffer. Basically anything being rendered by the game can be extracted using the right program. We placed all of the characters in their "attention-emote", because this makes them easier to rig. We ripped Malafide, Daniel, Regurgitator, and various props from the guildhall (like the storage chest) and Cathedral of Flames this way. But because the ripping program refused to work on my new pc, I was forced to use Texmod to also extract some textures and hand model the rest of the environment. All the models were then rigged again, and Malafide got a more simple face rig this time around. We used some of the bone textures from the Crystal desert to make the bonebridge, which was also hand modelled.

For the big vortex in the sky we used a blue screen, and simply used footage from the Tomb of the Primeval Kings. The tunnel at the end was actually from a loose piece of footage I once made for a fan who was attempting a GW movie. Oddly I never saw any of it, so a lot of wasted effort, or so it seems. Still, I don't mind helping out occasionally.

I spend a full weekend trying to get the whole environment right and lighting it. And to think a large part of the mainhall of the Cathedral of Flames is right behind the opening shot, behind those doors. Another weekend was lost rigging all the characters. The rest was animated over the course of the last few days.

I used music from the soundtrack Wallace and Gromit, Curse of the Wererabbit. I plundered my collection of soundeffects for this video. It contains samples from a multitude of sources, including various games such as BFMEII, Half-Life 1, Jurassic Park Operation Genesis (Demo) and 1 sample from the Warnerbrothers sound library (for Daniel's nose, hehehe). Oh, and the sample you hear when the Mad King appears is actually from the old Dungeons and Dragons cartoon. I just had to put that in there.

oggycheese · Oct 30, 2008, 08:45 AM // 08:45

Malafide that sounds like an incredible amount of effort you put in to making that, well done! Sorry to hear about it being withdrawn from the contest, but I totally respect the decision. I'm sure the movie/series will be a huge success anyway, I'll definitely be promoting it if you don't mind

Well done again!

Queen Kitiara · Oct 30, 2008, 12:44 PM // 12:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by oggycheese

Malafide that sounds like an incredible amount of effort you put in to making that, well done! Sorry to hear about it being withdrawn from the contest, but I totally respect the decision. I'm sure the movie/series will be a huge success anyway, I'll definitely be promoting it if you don't mind

Well done again!

Yes Oggy I will certainly be looking forward to seeing what Malafide does next, the work is so impressive! I hope u keep us all updated Malafide on your upcoming projects

Thank you so much for giving us all some insight on the huge amount of work you did as well as enlightening us on what it took to make such an awesome video.

PS Looking forward to your Horroween Event and seeing you and Daniel in action ! It's going to be epic!

Calaval · Oct 30, 2008, 01:31 PM // 13:31

Brilliant work as always Mad Queen Malafide, after reading the up on the amount and time and effort you put into it, you deserve a huge pat on the back!

Queen Kitiara · Oct 31, 2008, 01:24 AM // 01:24

The submission portion of the competition is officially closed!

Thank you EVERYONE for so many great videos that really show some major hard work & great originality; videos that are currently uploading & processing will still be considered valid entries so don't fret; if you have a problem keep us updated by posting in the comments of the promo vid

Voting will be accepted starting in one hour send them to QueenKitiara via youtube mail with your top 3 choices in order in the subject line! BEST WISHES TO OUR ENTRANTS!

We will post the announcement time for the winners (on Nov 1st) as soon as we receive the DJ schedule! In addition we will be posting a video as the last response to the promo video that will reveal the winners for those that miss the on-air announcement from Blade Radio

*UPDATE*
The approximate winner announcement time on air for
Saturday, November 1st will be around 8pm Mountain Standard Time!

So come join the fun in Lion's Arch International District One for the last night of the "Night of the Mini-pets" event, and tune in to BladeRadio.com to be first to hear the results!

Voting DUE:

Corresponding UTC (GMT)Saturday, November 1, 2008 at 21:00:00

California (U.S.A.) Saturday, November 1, 2008 at 2:00:00 PM UTC-7 hours PDT
Whyoming (U.S.A) Saturday, November 1, 2008 at 3:00:00 PM UTC-6 hours MDT
Texas (U.S.A.) Saturday, November 1, 2008 at 4:00:00 PM UTC-5 hours CDT
Kentucky (U.S.A) Saturday, November 1, 2008 at 5:00:00 PM UTC-4 hours EDT
Australia (Victoria) Sunday, November 2, 2008 at 8:00:00 AM UTC+11 hours EDT
London (U.K. - England) Saturday, November 1, 2008 at 9:00:00 PM UTC GMT

FossilGW · Oct 31, 2008, 08:05 PM // 20:05

Awesome! Good luck to all Contestant ! ! =)

Queen Kitiara · Nov 02, 2008, 04:58 AM // 04:58

-GRATZ TO THE WINNERS!!!!-

1st) Fossil Dragon
2nd) Toxo 007
3rd) MewMewQuiche
4) Hatari Samaki
5) Pantsama Storm
6)Calaval

Honorable Mentions
(1) Most Clever Use of GW Halloween Consumables - Hatari Samaki
(2) Best Special Effects - Haunted house of guild wars - daveyboywoof
(3) Creepiest Video - jazzbunny
(4) Best use of Sync Dancing - MasterX11111
(5) Best Use of GW characters to match music lyrics - mewmewquiche
(6) Most Original Submission - doombox
(7) Most Compelling Storyline - HatariSamaki
(8) Coolest Alliance Submission - Avecess (SNM Alliance.)
(9) Funniest Halloween Submission - Pantsama Storm
(10) Best Use of GW Halloween Locations - oggycheese
(11) Best at Featuring Armor as Costumes - xoxardnekoxo
(12) Best spookiest shots of GW before Halloween - Salafor
(13) Coolest Use of GW Npc's or Monsters - Klyanf
(14) Most Rocked out Halloween Music - ibbooton

Gratz winners! So glad to see such a huge turn out in LA and so many tuned into BladeRadio! It was such a blast with you guys! I will send an email late tomorrow to coordinate handing off of prizes

I'm sooo tired and got the interview tomorrow at 12pm noon CST so I need to go pass out LOL /signing off at midnight zzzzZZZZzzzZZZzzZzzzz

Calaval · Nov 02, 2008, 09:01 AM // 09:01

Well done to the winners and all those who entered! And thanks once again to Rain Alliance and Blade Radio for hosting a great comp that inspired so many!!!

Queen Kitiara · Nov 05, 2008, 04:50 PM // 16:50

Thank you everyone that came out to LA to be with us at Nights of the Minipets event as we announced the winners live on air! We passed out over 250 Trick or Treat Bags and bags upon bags of unidentified low req. gold weapons! It was lots of fun shouting out GWVM's names on air that showed up as well as ones that won Honorable Mentions! I was overwhelmed with spam and juggling speaking on air but managed to get a group shot of the GWVM's that stood with us on the stairs...I know they all aren't in the shot so guys if u have party pics please post them!

Again thank you everyone for the participation and support! It was exciting contest and I am honored that so many joined in!

Sincerely,
The [Rain] Alliance