/afk - The Movie: Part 1/2

This is Halloween (World of Warcraft)

It has arrived! This is Halloween by the Machinima Community!

/afk - Trailer

Erunno's "Not So Kind" Thoughts

So I got an email today from Gigi regarding some rather nasty things messieur Erunno had to say regarding our Emerald Dream production.

I must say, if anyone was blatantly looking for a fight or at least to start one it was certainly this guy.

Erunno Quote: Yeah, I missed the Sunday deadline, again. But you know what? It was damn worth it! Why? Because I got something to review that will surely spark some flame wars or complaining. Can't wait! This is Emerald Dream, by... a bunch of people.

Gigi asked me did I even know this guy and I did not. Never even had a chance to say hello to the guy. I mean if he wanted my attention so badly all he had to do was knock on my door(email) and say "Hey! I'm a fellow neighbor and was hoping to get to know more people. Up for some cupcakes and muffins?"

I'd have been like, OH YOU DAMN right muffins and cupcakes! You are my new best friend! *Squee* =D

Instead he had to blatantly throw out a statement that clearly suggests he was looking for a fight(or tried to anyways.)

Gigi's reply to him was sweet and informative where as mine simply humored his 'attempt' at such a blatant "zero punctuation"esq criticism. And by humor I mean I simply smiled at him. Nothing says Fuck You and the rubber horse dildo you rode in on then a simple smile. That's really all there was to say. Just smile ^_^.

So, yeah, dunno about you guys but I don't think I have any interest in celebrating this year's coming Christmas party with Erunno. Sorry Erunno, Santa says you've just been too Naughty ^_^

Emerald Dream Complete!

The Emerald Dream is at last complete! The production will air in 4 days via Lady Gigi's YouTube channel and will also be aired in an upcoming film festival. This production is truly a masterpiece and is a paragon example of how truly great a production can be when multiple Machinimator's and Creator's can work together to bring forth the dazzling creations of their thoughts.

Working with Gigi, WoPairs, Sharm, Kam and David was amazing and I hope we will all continue to work together on future projects in the near future. For the time being I am taking a week off from Machinimating to take care of some personal matters and some business.

Wicked Wood Studios is undergoing a few changes this week and along with the changes is coming the hope of a new community supported by some truly amazing Machinimators who are banding together.

The Grinch Project will be picked up within the next week and finished before any further productions are done and again I am truly sorry for it's incredibly long delay. My adivce: NEVER---EVER---buy an HP computer.

Keep in touch for more updates via this blog. See you all soon!

-Teagen

Machinima Update

Emerald Dream

Recently my good buddy Gigi (PvPGurl) asked me to join her and WoPairs (Paris) on a new project she will be placing in a coming film festival titled, Emerald Dream. The beautiful and fun paced song has many "Alice in Wonderland" twists and themes to it with a touch of "Avatar" mixed in for backgrounds.

The song follows Gigi in her trip into The Emerald Dream of World of Warcraft where she is dazzled and amazed by the rich life and colors of the untouched paradise. A friendly, mischievous Druid 'chesire cat' leads Gigi further and deeper into the reaches of the Emerald Dream and as the song unfolds more dazzling creatures and familiar faces appear.

Joining in on this wild and exciting production are myself and my studio (Wicked Wood Studios), Kamuraki of Baka Savant Productions, Gigi (PvPgurl), WoPairs (Paris), Sharm of Azeroth and a talented 3D effects gentleman named David.

The official release date as stated by Gigi is April 10th 2010.

The Grinch Christmas Special is on brief hold while we finish this production due to it's upcoming release date but rest assured it will be quick to follow and finish being released when this joint project has finished. My apologies on it's continued delay, the computer I bought a year ago has been a nightmare (Never EVER buy from HP) but thanks to my buddies at Geek Squad it finally is in working tip-top shape.

Keep a look out for more updates!

-Teagen

Grinch Update!

Parts 2-4 are being done all in one fell swoop so they all can be set out at the same time. Part 3 has finished rendering and Part 4 is being touched up and finished. My apologies again on this taking so long to finish, the huge undertaking of this project was a bit much and I will make sure to better plan these kind of specials in the future.

Thank you all again for your continued patience.

-Teagen

R.I.P. My Beloved One

Yesterday, my beloved companion, Lula, died after having been with me for 17 years. Since I was ten years old this beautiful little dog has been by my side and I finally had to say goodbye to her. Lula, her mate Katushka, and her puppies, Sophia and Cloie, all lived and died in our arms.

I know many of you have been waiting for the next parts of the Grinch Special and I apologize for it's delay. I will be taking the next few days off to mourn my beloved companion's passing but I promise to get the next parts out to you all soon.

Thank you for your continued patience and understanding.

-Teagen

The Grinch Christmas Special is Out!

Hey everyone, just announcing that my Holiday Special, WoW How The Grinch Stole Christmas, is finally out! Check it out at Machinima.com

http://www.machinima.com:80/film/view&id=44616

Big thanks to Ariel for her awesome Movie Poster for the Christmas Special. You can check out her works at her DeviantArt space:

http://terralynde.deviantart.com/

New Doctor Who = Doctor NO

Well, I just finished watching Doctor Who Part 1&2: The End of Time. While the story and episodes were absolutely amazing, the new Doctor is just a big NO.

I cried at David Tennant's final performance as the Doctor spent his final moments saying a silent goodbye to all the people who have journeyed with him these past three seasons. Each moment was more heart breaking than the next and I wonder if David Tennant himself was feeling even a bit remorseful at his decision to leave the show.

Seeing the 10th Doctor agonize over the idea of changing into the new 11th Doctor truly did not help my feelings in the end for the new 11th Doctor when he finally happened upon the scene and perhaps I am being too critical as I am, like many others around the world, truly attached to David Tennant as MY Doctor, but I can't help but think and feel like the new 11th Doctor, Matt Smith, was trying far too hard to be like David Tennant.

Granted it is only Matt Smith's first appearance as the Doctor and hardly one worth making a huge judgment upon but he did not connect to me the way David Tennant did when he made his first appearance. Yes I wasn't very attached to David Tennant either when he first joined but his introduction was quite amazing, he reminded me sort of a British Jim Carrey, very fun loving, funny and adventurous.

Well, either way, I do not like the new Doctor and I imagine it will take me some time to get into the new series when it premieres in Spring of 2010.

Matt Smith, I hope you are ready to fill those shoes you've stepped into, I know this must be a pretty big role to fill and you are probably doing your best to live up to the great name of Doctor Who but the best advice I can give is: be your OWN Doctor, not David Tennant's.

David Tennant, you will be deeply missed as the Doctor, you truly made my introduction to the Doctor Who series worth while and I look forward to future productions you take part in. Keep up the awesome work and god bless.

-Teagen the Rogue

Christmas Special--10 Days to GO!

Well everyone, the Christmas Special is on it's way and I am hard at work along with all my fellow Machinimators to get this project finished and out for you all!

Two surprise guest voice actors have joined the project but their time may or may not allow for them to get lines in to me. If they do I will announce them to you.

On board with me this year are even more Machinimators and talented actors and we all look forward to presenting this fun and exciting musical production to you.

Joining me this year are:

Myndflame (Illegal Danish)
Oblivious Studios (The Grind)
BakaSavants Studios (Chronicles of the Annoying Quest)
Nyhm (Madcow Studios)
Summergale (Madcow Studios)
Olibith
Baron Soosdon
Selserene
Gigi (PvPgurl)
Abandonation (Druid Boyz)
Candace Holly (Vlada from Chronicles of the Annoying Quest)
Falcon Studios (Snacky's Journal)

And lending additional vocal talents to the project are:
Dj Spin
Jesse Cox
Bolderov

And many more possibly to come!

Take care and Happy Holidays!

Here Comes Santa Claus!

Hey everyone, I know it's been a while since my last post---ok so it's been hella long! >.<

Anyways, productions for the rest of this year are keeping me busy and I am proud to announce that the Christmas Special will be posted this year and I look forward to getting it ready and out for all of you.

Many more Machinimators and well known people working in the Machinima field have joined up with me for the production as well as past contacts have returned to lend their talents to the production.

Keep an eye open also for the first episode of my new and first ever Machinima series called "P.W.N.ed".

-Teagen

MERRY CHRISTMAS ALL!

Hey all, sorry for not keeping up with often updates, I am still new in the Machinima community and have been hard at work on several new productions while still picking up some more skills thanks to tutorials.

At the last second I pushed aside the two music videos and 3-Part mini movies series I've been hard at work on to do a very special WoW Christmas Special, a WoW Retelling of Dr. Seuss's classic "How the Grinch Stole Christmas."

The Machinima community has come together to help me with this project so look forward to seeing a lot of your favorite Machinima Directors and their characters in the production like Puff and Lilpuff from Myndflame, Drewbie and Macheath form Oblivious Films, Vlada and Golaith from "You Crash Ship", Guy and Ellers from Chronicles of the Annoying Quest and many MANY more!

I am aiming to put the video out on Christmas Day so keep an eye open for my next production coming out in the next couple days!

-Teagen

FEATURED FILM!

I am completely beside myself... I am in shock and dismay and overflowing with sheer joy and happiness. So there I am chatting with friends on vent about the fun times that have passed and what future plans we have for our gaming experiences and while chatting with them I was surfing some websites.

Earlier I had heard a song that I really wanted to find and I remembered one of my favorite Machinimators, MacHeath from Oblivious Films, had featured the song in one of his videos. So I scurried over to Oblivious Films website, watched the video and found out the name of the song and suddenly I wondered if the crew of Oblivious was still active on their forums. So I clicked into the forums and was shocked at the very first thing I find........

Quote: "I'm Too Pally" by Teagen the Rogue - Drewbie

Drewbie: "Figured I'd give this one it's own thread. This is apparently Teagen's first machinima ever and he does a pretty decent job. The reason it's here rather than the random WoW videos thread though is that he put in many familiar characters from popular machinima, including quite a few characters from "The Grind". Check it out."

I told my friends how happy I was that Drewbie had enjoyed my production as well as seen it when another friend, Sin, told me my film was FEATURED on Machinima.com!! It had a five star rating and over 1700 views!! I couldn't contain myself. I text all my friends to tell them the incredible news despite it being 5am, I'm sorry guys! XD

I am filled with such incredible desire to push forward even faster now and really lunge deep into the field and show what I can really do but I still need to finish my tutorials and learn a few more tricks of the trade. Soon guys, I'll be there in time but I am gonna continue my steady pace and just keep my hopes high. I really love doing this.

Thank you Drewbie and the people at Machinima.com for featuring my film. Your praise and recognition means a lot to me. -bow-

At Long Last!

Finally, after a year and a half of researching and playing around with programs and learning on the fly from both practice and tutorials, my first ever Machinima is out! I'm Too Pally was created as a fun little project in name of my friend Candace and Rob's characters, Golaith nd Vlada, from a radio drama they did over a year ago.

I had a lot of fun with this project, it took me a month but that was because from the moment I started editing I had to learn everything as I went along. Sometimes it took entire days just researching and practicing with little tricks and effects just to get it right.

The end of I'm Too Pally was the hardest part, where virtually every frame is animated or blue-screened. Making the characters look like they are coming right at the camera or even getting the movement and time down was very difficult.

I know it could have been more flashy and animated but I love the in-game engine and I personally like to make great use of it since not many seem to. That is just my preference though, I like to give people that connection to the game.

I received a call from Candace (the voice of Vlada, Golaith’s wife) the day after I’m Too Pally came out while I was playing on WoW with some buddies and I was completely taken by surprise when she told me to look at WeGame and see the recent posts. When I went to look I was stunned in awe. One of my favorite Machinimators, and one of the best, had posted a reply. Mr. Oxhorn himself!

I was so excited and so honored that he had accepted me placing his characters in the video as a tribute to him. There are many other characters from various Machinima whom I still watch today or inspired me a year ago to do what I have finally started to do. I really do owe a big thank you to Oxhorn, Myndflame, Baron Soosdon, Martin Flach, Oblivious Films and so many more. Without their inspiration I wouldn't have picked this up at all.

I've uploaded "I'm Too Pally" to a couple more locations as well. Here are some links where you can find it.

WeGame
http://www.wegame.com/watch/I_m_Too_Pally_4/


Machinima.com
http://www.machinima.com/film/view&id=30240


YouTube.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29G4X6-H-0g


-Teagen

The Beginning at Last!

Hey everyone, thanks for visiting my Blog and tuning in to this lil' Rogue's adventures as I finally make my climb into the open world. I have officially climbed out of my hidey-hole and started production on not only my Machinima works but also my Podcasts as well as my art and animation.

I'm basically learning everything I do as I go along but with the support of my friends in the many fields at my side encouraging me along I hope to be bringing many of my works for all of your viewing pleasure in the near future.

So some of you might be wondering a bit about me and who I am. For those of you reading who know who I am and what I do well--hello! For the friends of those friends or just complete random strangers I am (I am going to sound egoistical here, forgive) a great creator!

I hope to be a screenplay writer for several movies and a TV series I am working on at the moment but I am also working towards being a Novelist, an Artist and a Voice Actor. Quite a bit it would seem, eh? I really love to create and through my work I love to inspire and dazzle.

Oh! but back to what I was saying earlier, I am officially starting work on several Machinima as well as my first ever Podcast which will be called "Vault" which will be a World of Warcraft themed podcast. I plan to do another Podcast at a later date but I'll tell you more about that one later.

I am a big time supporter of The Geek Media and I am hoping to join as an affiliate of their's where you'll be able to get regular updates for my Podcast. Eventually I hope to be going to many conventions as well and set up a booth on their behalf and meet with many of my friends and perhaps future community supports.

Anyways, back to working on my productions! I look forward to showing you all my first ever Machinima "Too Pally" and Podcast "Vault".

See you all again soon!