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TV Lore; Not a friends/enemies thread? Egad.
Topic Started: Mar 22 2011, 09:29 PM (1,579 Views)
Chib	Mar 22 2011, 09:29 PM Post #1
My burnt-face sense is tingling! Posts: 61 Group: Members Member #108 Joined: Feb 23, 2011	So in SOTF-TV, the eponymous show is pretty much the only good thing on, and almost every character watches it. And if they don't, they hear about it through their friends that do. So to avoid ass-pulls and weird contradictions arising, I figure it might be worth inventing some lore for the show. Some past winners, dark horses, particularly awesome scenes, the like. The sorts of things we as handlers remember from SOTF proper. Who are TV's Dodds, Calverts, Rizzolos, and dare I ask... Blood Boys?
	V5 Concepts James "Ford" Ford, an artist's soul, in search of fulfilment. Riley Moon, a free spirit, hunting for truth. Alister Taylor, a gentle heart, lacking in purpose. Ford's Production - Les Misérables Principle Roles: Jean Valjean (Edgar Tolstoff), Inspector Javert, Fantine (Tessa Blackridge), Cosette (Mia Long), Marius Pontmercy (Harry Hanley), M. Thernardier (Winston Evans), Mme. Thernardier (Luna Ganderweight), Eponine (Ruby Forrester), Gavroche Minor Roles: Enjolras (Owen Kay), Grantaire (Jesse Alston), Les Amis d'ABC, Thernardier's Gang, Bishop Myriel, Bamatabois, Chorus Production: Director (James Ford), Assistant Director (Claire Monaghan), Producer, Stage Management, Lighting/Sound (Casey Malkovich), Set Building/Design (Chase Rodriguez), Wardrobe, Front of House, Choraeography, Vocal Coaching, anything else I didn't think of This now has its own thread! All interest, ideas, advice, etc... welcomed! Les Misérables confirmed for the 2012 production, fated never to go on stage. Having one that went on in 2011 is just doomed to obscurity. The Past V4; The Broken, The Betrayed and The Beheaded G045 - Ema Ryan - Never made it home. Reaching out for someone who was never there, laying flat on her face in a pool of her own blood in the Residential Area; Maladjusted \|- -3 -\| \|- -2 -> -1 -\| \|- 1 -> 2 -> 3 -> 4 -> 5 -> 6 -> 7 -> 8 -> 9 -> 10 -> 11 -> 12 -> 13 -> 14 -> 15 -> 16 -> 17 -> 18 -> 19 -> 20 -> 21 -> 22 -> 23 -> 24 -> 25 -> 26 -\| Status - Dead: Succumbed to wounds inflicted by Saul Fetteralf and Raidon Naoko Weaponry on body - Falcata, Hunga Munga, Vektor CP1 - 0/10 (+ 2/10 & 10/10), Colt Anaconda - 5/6 + 12, Model 14 Nambu - 0/8 + 3/8 Taurus PT99 - 7/15 + 1x15, Model 176B - 5 darts [9/276] - 8 Kills - Died Day 13 B114 - Logan Reynolds - Told himself a little harmless lie. Laying under blood and broken glass in the Hall of Mirrors; Laisse tomber les filles \|- -1 -\| \|- 1 -> 2 -> 3 -> 4 -> 5 -> 6 -> 7 -> 8 -\| Status - Dead: Shotgunned by Bill Davis [153/276] - 0 Kills - Died Day 6 B152 - Steve Barnes - Found a little piece of heaven. Laying headless in the middle of the Fun Fair; Break Up And Break Down \|- 1 -> 2 -> 3 -\| Status - Dead: Decapitated by Hayley Kelly [245/276] 0 Kills - Died Day 2 TV; The Unrepentant and The Unlucky Brown #3: Eloise Winterburn told herself she wouldn't beg. Location: Somewhere out in The Open Plains - A Portrait Of Skin \|- -3 -> -2 -> -1 -\| \|- 1 -> 2 -> 3 -> 4 -\| Status: Dead - Shot by ~~Jacob Langston~~ Zachariah Johnston Weaponry: ~~Sledgehammer~~ [Taken by Jacob] Pink #5: Isaac King had ironic last thoughts, come to think of it. Location: The Cruise Ship - Magical Bunny Girl Warrior Sidney-Chan \|- 1 -> 2 -> 3 -\| Status: Dead - Shot by Vincent Sullivan Weaponry: ~~IMI Desert Eagle~~ [Taken by Vincent]


Acidic	Mar 22 2011, 09:50 PM Post #2
Don't ya wish your girlfriend was hot like me? Posts: 390 Group: Members Member #95 Joined: Jan 30, 2011	Well in Fate Bash I pegged Season Five's winner as a Moon faced red head with a small nose (not exact quote). I guess her name will be Tina Jones. Also, from Suspension of Disbelief we have Johnathan Stone as a winner from an earlier season. Edited by Acidic, Mar 22 2011, 10:01 PM.
	SOTF-TV PRP1: Madelyn Conner: Starring in: Game Faces Prop(s): Glow Sticks (11/12), CZ 75, and Colt Anaconda .45 Magnum Past Scenes: Rock the Boat, Baby -> Hotel California -> Breathless -> The King in Yellow -> Columbines in My Eye -> The King in Yellow -> Foreshadowing/Hindsights -> A Generation Lost in Space-> A Rest -> A Day on the Water ->Clusterfuck -> Of Moons, Birds, & Monsters Bandanna: On her wrist. Contract: Ongoing Co-Stars Eliminated: Ferric Tam, Marcus Walker, Brennen O'Brian, and Mae St. Clair PRP5: Sterling Odair: Starring in: Clusterfuck Prop(s): Hatchet, MAC-10 Machine Gun [x7 clips (30 Round Capacity)] 30/30 (Taken from Jonas Jeffries) Past Scenes: A Cold and Lonely Road -> Establishing Shot -> Friendly Fire -> Shelter by the Lakeside -> Metanoia -> Wrong Direction ->Somewhere Bandanna: Around his neck. Contract: Finished Co-Stars Eliminated: Jonas Jeffries Character Art Madelyn Conner By Inly Madelyn Conner By Little Boy Sterling Odair By Little Boy Go give Little Boy and Inky some love for this art! SOTF Virtua Character Selected: F02: Vienna Gogh Stage Selected: How Not to Meet Weapon(s) Selected: Cowboy Hat Saved Games: Game One GAME OVER Game has begun. Loading... Character Selected: M10: Leo Raclaw Stage Selected: This Too Will Pass Weapon(s) Selected: Plunger Saved Games: Game One, Game Two, Game Three, Game Four Character Art Leo Raclaw as drawn by Diseased Bear Vienna Gogh as drawn by Violent Medic A wise man once said, "Fuck everyone, cuddle the survivors." ------------------------------------- I will always welcome constructive criticism through PMs.


FrozenSmoke	Mar 22 2011, 10:27 PM Post #3
Veteran Posts: 367 Group: Members Member #87 Joined: Dec 4, 2010	Well, Seeing as my character would be partial to looking previous versions for inspiration and tactics, I should probably chip in with the writing. So if anyone wants a specific character type done, I'll write a paragraph or two about them (as long as that's cool with everyone else). Heinous acts, dilemas, death (or how they reacted to winning), Etc. So, anybody see any holes in this? Or have any suggestions?
	The Resident Conspiracy Theorist twitch SOTF-TV Zachariah Johnston - Awkward Genius, Love Martyr - Team 13 Thread Chain - {-} {-} {-} {-} {-} - [<3] [<3] [<3] [<3] [</3] Armed With: Monkey Wrench [Kills=1] and a Corded Circular Saw [Kills=0] Blog Prizes: The Rosaline Award for Most Forgotten Love Interest ------------- Constructive Critism is always welcome! Hey, check out my blog; Unicode Prose - You know you want to! It covers computing and poetry.


Slayer	Mar 22 2011, 10:56 PM Post #4
Rookie Posts: 88 Group: Members Member #46 Joined: Jul 14, 2010	Guys, we should hang fire on this until Clu says it's okay. Or at least one of the staff.



Acidic	Mar 22 2011, 11:11 PM Post #5
Don't ya wish your girlfriend was hot like me? Posts: 390 Group: Members Member #95 Joined: Jan 30, 2011	Slayer, I PM'd Clu about this a while ago. As long as we aren't contradicting we're alright. Edited by Acidic, Mar 22 2011, 11:12 PM.
	SOTF-TV PRP1: Madelyn Conner: Starring in: Game Faces Prop(s): Glow Sticks (11/12), CZ 75, and Colt Anaconda .45 Magnum Past Scenes: Rock the Boat, Baby -> Hotel California -> Breathless -> The King in Yellow -> Columbines in My Eye -> The King in Yellow -> Foreshadowing/Hindsights -> A Generation Lost in Space-> A Rest -> A Day on the Water ->Clusterfuck -> Of Moons, Birds, & Monsters Bandanna: On her wrist. Contract: Ongoing Co-Stars Eliminated: Ferric Tam, Marcus Walker, Brennen O'Brian, and Mae St. Clair PRP5: Sterling Odair: Starring in: Clusterfuck Prop(s): Hatchet, MAC-10 Machine Gun [x7 clips (30 Round Capacity)] 30/30 (Taken from Jonas Jeffries) Past Scenes: A Cold and Lonely Road -> Establishing Shot -> Friendly Fire -> Shelter by the Lakeside -> Metanoia -> Wrong Direction ->Somewhere Bandanna: Around his neck. Contract: Finished Co-Stars Eliminated: Jonas Jeffries Character Art Madelyn Conner By Inly Madelyn Conner By Little Boy Sterling Odair By Little Boy Go give Little Boy and Inky some love for this art! SOTF Virtua Character Selected: F02: Vienna Gogh Stage Selected: How Not to Meet Weapon(s) Selected: Cowboy Hat Saved Games: Game One GAME OVER Game has begun. Loading... Character Selected: M10: Leo Raclaw Stage Selected: This Too Will Pass Weapon(s) Selected: Plunger Saved Games: Game One, Game Two, Game Three, Game Four Character Art Leo Raclaw as drawn by Diseased Bear Vienna Gogh as drawn by Violent Medic A wise man once said, "Fuck everyone, cuddle the survivors." ------------------------------------- I will always welcome constructive criticism through PMs.


Slayer	Mar 22 2011, 11:24 PM Post #6
Rookie Posts: 88 Group: Members Member #46 Joined: Jul 14, 2010	And I'm privvy to private messages, how? But all right. I was just worried she might object to us sorta "dictating canon" and whatnot.



MurderWeasel	Mar 23 2011, 03:38 AM Post #7
You say, "I may be guilty—yeah. that may be true—but I'd be lying if I said I was to blame." Posts: 1,727 Group: Admins Member #2 Joined: Mar 29, 2010	The show has also been around for quite a while, so you can avoid treading on toes by simply being vague as to season when specifying past stuff. Just be sure not to get too in depth about security measures/things that could lead to escapes or whatever, because that's the sort of thing that could very likely be hit with a staff override.
	Current characters: SOTF-TV: PRP3: Karen Ruiz - Glock 17 (0/17 +1 bullet), WASP Knife, Swordcane - Somewhere over Florida - ELIMINATED - "I don't find pointless death funny." SECOND CHANCES: Nicole Husher (thanks to Kyle!) Past characters: BR AU: B15: Shuya Nanahara - No Weapon - The School Building - DECEASED B20: Kyoichi Motobuchi - Bulletproof Vest - Tourist Association - DECEASED G01: Mizuho Inada - Grenades (0/2) - Clinic - DECEASED SOTF Evolution: Subject C01: Samantha Reynolds - Facial Morphing - The Cove - ELIMINATED - "But hey, if I can't win, you do your damn best, you hear me? Both of you." The Program: M06: Karl Chalmers - American Flag - The Mess Hall - DECEASED F09: Nichole "Nikki" Campbell - 6 Pack of Beer (0/6) - Open Ground - DECEASED SOTF-TV: W02: Renée Carlson - Straight Razor - The Resort Beach - DECEASED VIRTUA SOTF: M11: Richard Ormsby - Cowbell - The Corssroads Bridge - GAME OVER M22: William Lohman - Hockey Stick - The Corssroads Bridge - GAME OVER Character Art by Cool People: SOTF: Evolution By Little Boy: By Inky: Samantha Reynolds The Program By Little Boy:


The Bearded One	Mar 23 2011, 02:21 PM Post #8
One of the Larpaajilta Posts: 232 Group: Members Member #103 Joined: Feb 8, 2011	I would imagine that deliberate suicides are vanishingly rare in more recent seasons as the participants know that they are on SOTF-TV and that they are part of a popular mass medium. Those few who do commit suicide are almost certainly derided and vilified on web forums and analysis shows. Likewise, becoming a player of the game is probably somewhat less of a public relations disaster.
	SotF-TV: Spoiler: click to toggle Bobby Goldman - track star & wannabe firefighter from Detroit Central HS. Wpn = ~~Shopping Cart~~ (abandoned), ~~1x plastic rod, 2x~~ (destroyed) 1x metal rod, 1x copper pipe Pregame: Party Hard -> Doorways Grey #1 -> Cold & Lonely Road -> Establishing Shot -> Friendly F ire -> Walking Dead -> Peers -> Metanoia -> Transitive Bodies -> As Cold as Silence -> The Wild Hunt -> Wrong Direction -> Bagman's Gam bit. and: Alicia White - fairy-obsessed former gang girl from Detroit Central HS. Wpn = Remington 870 Shotgun [7/8] Pregame: Lunch Line Gold #3 -> Lucidi ty -> Partly Cloudy -> King of the Jungle -> Time to Pretend -> Of Elves and Men. Virtua-SOTF: Spoiler: click to toggle Warren Davies - fan of hockey, history, & games. Wpn = Sawed-off Shotgun [12/12] The Saloon is Open -> The Good, the Bad, and the OMGWTF


peregrineink	Mar 23 2011, 07:50 PM Post #9
Veteran Posts: 431 Group: Members Member #82 Joined: Nov 28, 2010	I have a degree in film, so I'm going to throw my hat into the theoretical part of the ring. (My apologies to the people in the sandbox I haven't posted back to yet, I am so working on it) Okay, we're in an entertainment dystopia, where everything's been done and the last final frontier of entertainment is SOTF-TV. That is understandable, it's possible, however as a person who has studied media in college, I'm trying to paint a picture of how everyone's day to day life would possibly be if it's dictated by this murderous sport. (I'll use my characters as examples only because I know them the best) Ok. So it's been established that liking things not having anything to do with SOTF-TV is fine, albeit a little old fashioned. Mae's ballet dancing is pretty much like if a person in this time loved throwing tea parties while plucking on a harpsichord. At least, that's what I'm getting from this. However, here are my questions: 1. What about literature? Or music? I can picture the new "pop" music being entirely about killing people in the arena. "True Love Be True (Until I Murder You)" stuff like that. But books? Are all books set in SOTF-TVland? Would a world where the entertainment industry isn't horrible be considered science fiction, or is not one thinking like that because it's too boring to contemplate? 2. Movies. Are most movies just fancy versions of the original tv-show with a higher budget (better weapons, etc.) maybe with different age groups? Or are movies, since SOTF-TV is reality tv and therefore a film like that would be considered a documentary, are there face games? Basically mockumentaries or even high budget films of fictionalized games? 3. Awards. To people get posthumously awarded with "coolest death" or "best backstabbing (LITERALLY)" and stuff like that? or is the entertainment industry so tired with their lives that they literally cannot bring themselves to do an awards show? 4. Celebrities. Clearly big name actors as we know it are no longer that important, now the celebrity is you, which makes the film industry super in trouble, if it even exists anymore. I suppose winners of past seasons could be considered celebrities, and that totally overthrows the celebrity of today. Are kids buying Nikes because the cool dude who went out like a hero wore Nikes? I've already sort of touched on what advertising would be like in this sort of dystopian world, even if it was on a DVD (which is still incredibly possible, if we are in the future DVDs could totally have commercials on them. It's a great advertising ploy in a future where entertainment is dying. Yes I am totally trying to write around what Jake saw in Fate Bash.) Anyway, these aren't questions I guess more like thoughts that have sprung to mind when trying to have my characters interact in the world. These are kids that grew up not watching Gossip Girl, it has to have some effect on the culture as a whole. Also: oh man. Longest post ever, sorry!
	Characters: SOTF-TV: M18: Brian Larke: Remington 12 Gauge Shotgun: "Perhaps there is some sort of monetary prize." Honoring the glorious dead: F26: Maddie Harris: Resident artist.- Seven Unveiled Masterpieces- Death by carelessness YLW5:Jake Langston:Just a nice guy-No kills- Death by misunderstanding GLD1:Mae St. Clair -One half of the Golden Couple- One and a half kills- Death by loss of hope


The Bearded One	Mar 23 2011, 08:32 PM Post #10
One of the Larpaajilta Posts: 232 Group: Members Member #103 Joined: Feb 8, 2011	Also bear in mind that during times of economic depression, people tend to prefer media with happy endings (comedy stories, action adventure, etc), whereas in economic boom times, people tend to prefer media with tragic or downer endings (horror/slasher stories, unhappy romance stories, etc). These are historic trends as I understand them, and I am not an expert.
	SotF-TV: Spoiler: click to toggle Bobby Goldman - track star & wannabe firefighter from Detroit Central HS. Wpn = ~~Shopping Cart~~ (abandoned), ~~1x plastic rod, 2x~~ (destroyed) 1x metal rod, 1x copper pipe Pregame: Party Hard -> Doorways Grey #1 -> Cold & Lonely Road -> Establishing Shot -> Friendly F ire -> Walking Dead -> Peers -> Metanoia -> Transitive Bodies -> As Cold as Silence -> The Wild Hunt -> Wrong Direction -> Bagman's Gam bit. and: Alicia White - fairy-obsessed former gang girl from Detroit Central HS. Wpn = Remington 870 Shotgun [7/8] Pregame: Lunch Line Gold #3 -> Lucidi ty -> Partly Cloudy -> King of the Jungle -> Time to Pretend -> Of Elves and Men. Virtua-SOTF: Spoiler: click to toggle Warren Davies - fan of hockey, history, & games. Wpn = Sawed-off Shotgun [12/12] The Saloon is Open -> The Good, the Bad, and the OMGWTF


peregrineink	Mar 23 2011, 10:31 PM Post #11
Veteran Posts: 431 Group: Members Member #82 Joined: Nov 28, 2010	I'm totally not an expert! Just a fan of world building! This is true though, during the Great Depression vaudeville was all the rage and them there talkies got made! even now during our "recession" there were tons of movies that were pure fun, crazy action films (Crank, anyone?) as well as fluffy romantic comedies that have gotten so exhausted I'm surprised it's still a genre. (Okay, not surprised, wish fulfillment still sells big). If we're breaking down SOTF-TV on a level like that, it's easy to believe that the world in which SOTF-TV is set has bounced back in a big way economically. Lots of Avatars were made and the entire idea of "losing the actor" (I.E. through mostly CGI works blah blah blah) were also insanely exhausted. If we're to believe that then the world of literature also sort of took a back slide (it's easy to make films when there are plenty of hugely popular books to adapt) basically everything on tvtropes has become a Dead Horse Trope, perhaps even a Dead Unicorn trope. Probably to save themselves from this executives forced themselves to focus on the lives of the TV audience, lots of "This American Life: the tv shows" were probably made until they realized that now that everything's pretty cool, human life is boring. Who wants to watch "everyone succeeds life is awesome" all the time? With unemployment and homelessness down, there's no sad wretches to follow, there's no painful lives. No conflict. So? Make conflict. Cinema verite is dead, so why bother? Throw people whose lives have been awesome their entire life into life or death situations. The crowd goes WILD. This is cutting edge! This is fascinating! After several seasons though....getting a little done? PUT THEM ON A VOLCANIC ISLAND. Have people VOTE for who lives and who dies (clearly this season didn't do that...) One season? The kids ONLY GET LANDMINES. There a so many different ways to kill a person, and because of this? So many different ways to have a season of SOTF-TV. Oh no, an unlikable character is going to win? Looks like there was a collar malfunction! Stuff like that, oh my I am rambling.
	Characters: SOTF-TV: M18: Brian Larke: Remington 12 Gauge Shotgun: "Perhaps there is some sort of monetary prize." Honoring the glorious dead: F26: Maddie Harris: Resident artist.- Seven Unveiled Masterpieces- Death by carelessness YLW5:Jake Langston:Just a nice guy-No kills- Death by misunderstanding GLD1:Mae St. Clair -One half of the Golden Couple- One and a half kills- Death by loss of hope


Acidic	Mar 24 2011, 07:15 PM Post #12
Don't ya wish your girlfriend was hot like me? Posts: 390 Group: Members Member #95 Joined: Jan 30, 2011	To add to the above about advertising, what about sponsors? Does that crowd just LOVE a certain player? Than a company would want to give them a lil something something, so they can say they help them in the game.
	SOTF-TV PRP1: Madelyn Conner: Starring in: Game Faces Prop(s): Glow Sticks (11/12), CZ 75, and Colt Anaconda .45 Magnum Past Scenes: Rock the Boat, Baby -> Hotel California -> Breathless -> The King in Yellow -> Columbines in My Eye -> The King in Yellow -> Foreshadowing/Hindsights -> A Generation Lost in Space-> A Rest -> A Day on the Water ->Clusterfuck -> Of Moons, Birds, & Monsters Bandanna: On her wrist. Contract: Ongoing Co-Stars Eliminated: Ferric Tam, Marcus Walker, Brennen O'Brian, and Mae St. Clair PRP5: Sterling Odair: Starring in: Clusterfuck Prop(s): Hatchet, MAC-10 Machine Gun [x7 clips (30 Round Capacity)] 30/30 (Taken from Jonas Jeffries) Past Scenes: A Cold and Lonely Road -> Establishing Shot -> Friendly Fire -> Shelter by the Lakeside -> Metanoia -> Wrong Direction ->Somewhere Bandanna: Around his neck. Contract: Finished Co-Stars Eliminated: Jonas Jeffries Character Art Madelyn Conner By Inly Madelyn Conner By Little Boy Sterling Odair By Little Boy Go give Little Boy and Inky some love for this art! SOTF Virtua Character Selected: F02: Vienna Gogh Stage Selected: How Not to Meet Weapon(s) Selected: Cowboy Hat Saved Games: Game One GAME OVER Game has begun. Loading... Character Selected: M10: Leo Raclaw Stage Selected: This Too Will Pass Weapon(s) Selected: Plunger Saved Games: Game One, Game Two, Game Three, Game Four Character Art Leo Raclaw as drawn by Diseased Bear Vienna Gogh as drawn by Violent Medic A wise man once said, "Fuck everyone, cuddle the survivors." ------------------------------------- I will always welcome constructive criticism through PMs.


MurderWeasel	Mar 24 2011, 07:38 PM Post #13
You say, "I may be guilty—yeah. that may be true—but I'd be lying if I said I was to blame." Posts: 1,727 Group: Admins Member #2 Joined: Mar 29, 2010	I don't think outside intervention in the form of giving players things is something that'd fly. It's a bit too Hunger Games for TV. Using popular players for merchandising, on the other hand, could probably occur.
	Current characters: SOTF-TV: PRP3: Karen Ruiz - Glock 17 (0/17 +1 bullet), WASP Knife, Swordcane - Somewhere over Florida - ELIMINATED - "I don't find pointless death funny." SECOND CHANCES: Nicole Husher (thanks to Kyle!) Past characters: BR AU: B15: Shuya Nanahara - No Weapon - The School Building - DECEASED B20: Kyoichi Motobuchi - Bulletproof Vest - Tourist Association - DECEASED G01: Mizuho Inada - Grenades (0/2) - Clinic - DECEASED SOTF Evolution: Subject C01: Samantha Reynolds - Facial Morphing - The Cove - ELIMINATED - "But hey, if I can't win, you do your damn best, you hear me? Both of you." The Program: M06: Karl Chalmers - American Flag - The Mess Hall - DECEASED F09: Nichole "Nikki" Campbell - 6 Pack of Beer (0/6) - Open Ground - DECEASED SOTF-TV: W02: Renée Carlson - Straight Razor - The Resort Beach - DECEASED VIRTUA SOTF: M11: Richard Ormsby - Cowbell - The Corssroads Bridge - GAME OVER M22: William Lohman - Hockey Stick - The Corssroads Bridge - GAME OVER Character Art by Cool People: SOTF: Evolution By Little Boy: By Inky: Samantha Reynolds The Program By Little Boy:


Flayer	Mar 29 2011, 07:37 PM Post #14
Newbie Posts: 45 Group: Members Member #98 Joined: Feb 2, 2011	Here's some lore on the show I wrote into one of my Sandbox posts. Spoiler: click to toggle "No, I'm good," Axel told her. He got to the shelf and ran a finger along a line of the DVDs. Fuck these theftproof cases. He didn't want to steal one, just pop it open to check the disc for scratches. It was really annoying to have to go back and exchange it. Season 3 was the most interesting of the series for Axel. Sure, season 1 was the classic and 2 was everybody's favorite. But 3 was the most interesting from the cinematographical persepective and in Axel's opinion, the psychological one. The first two seasons of SOTF-TV had been filmed on what were basically security cameras; there were enough of them to cover the whole island, but in a lot of cases you could only get one angle on a situation through them, and it was not the optimum one. You missed out on faces, gestures, a lot of the action. The third was where the developers had decided to address the problem, and introduced some new techniques. They'd upped the number of the cameras, of course, and installed some newer remote operated ones that could be panned and tilted manually to get the best angle. They'd also gotten a lot more into the aerial angles, operating from choppers, drone aircraft, and even a blimp for wide establishing shots of the whole island. Season 2 sucked, thought Axel as he glanced at its cases. Season 2 was probably the most popular of all, because it was the bloodiest. The SOTF-TV execs had been looking to top their hit first season, so they'd deliberately aimed for bigger battles, herding the contestants closer and closer on purpose. They overdid it a lot, in Axel's opinion, producing a few spectacular battle scenes in the beginning but screwing over the rest of the season in the process. They blew their load too early, was Axel's overall opinion of it. Character development got screwed over for the rest of the season with so many dying so soon, and that was really Axel's favorite part of it. The blood and the violence was exciting the first time you saw it, but each time you rewatched, focused on a different person, saw how their mind dealt with what they experienced, it only became more and more interesting. So as he rewatched them all, Axel came to dislike Season 2 more and more than any other in the series. Season 3 was where they learned from their mistakes in the second one, and upped the cinematic quality a lot, and Axel wanted the DVD's behind-the-scenes commentary on these aspects. As far as advertising tie-ins, here's what I could see. Suppose one of the popular figures on the show ended up with a certain gun or other signature weapon. The makers of that gun would want to use that character in their own marketing. Free product placement!
	SOTF-TV Axel Stadler Status: Alive Location: The Rain Forest Weapons: Complete Team Rosters, Improvised Weapons (Sockful of Rocks, Scissor Blade Shiv) Threads: Smoke on the Water --> Just a Quick Swim--> Tread Softly-->Tainted Love Attention, fans of being entertained. Read my comedy story, Camp Cheerful Bluejay, and comment, because I am a shameless attention whore.


Acidic	Mar 30 2011, 03:16 AM Post #15
Don't ya wish your girlfriend was hot like me? Posts: 390 Group: Members Member #95 Joined: Jan 30, 2011	I'm not sure whether this idea will work out, but what about having former winners discuss the current game? Like a half time report where they're interviewed or something.
	SOTF-TV PRP1: Madelyn Conner: Starring in: Game Faces Prop(s): Glow Sticks (11/12), CZ 75, and Colt Anaconda .45 Magnum Past Scenes: Rock the Boat, Baby -> Hotel California -> Breathless -> The King in Yellow -> Columbines in My Eye -> The King in Yellow -> Foreshadowing/Hindsights -> A Generation Lost in Space-> A Rest -> A Day on the Water ->Clusterfuck -> Of Moons, Birds, & Monsters Bandanna: On her wrist. Contract: Ongoing Co-Stars Eliminated: Ferric Tam, Marcus Walker, Brennen O'Brian, and Mae St. Clair PRP5: Sterling Odair: Starring in: Clusterfuck Prop(s): Hatchet, MAC-10 Machine Gun [x7 clips (30 Round Capacity)] 30/30 (Taken from Jonas Jeffries) Past Scenes: A Cold and Lonely Road -> Establishing Shot -> Friendly Fire -> Shelter by the Lakeside -> Metanoia -> Wrong Direction ->Somewhere Bandanna: Around his neck. Contract: Finished Co-Stars Eliminated: Jonas Jeffries Character Art Madelyn Conner By Inly Madelyn Conner By Little Boy Sterling Odair By Little Boy Go give Little Boy and Inky some love for this art! SOTF Virtua Character Selected: F02: Vienna Gogh Stage Selected: How Not to Meet Weapon(s) Selected: Cowboy Hat Saved Games: Game One GAME OVER Game has begun. Loading... Character Selected: M10: Leo Raclaw Stage Selected: This Too Will Pass Weapon(s) Selected: Plunger Saved Games: Game One, Game Two, Game Three, Game Four Character Art Leo Raclaw as drawn by Diseased Bear Vienna Gogh as drawn by Violent Medic A wise man once said, "Fuck everyone, cuddle the survivors." ------------------------------------- I will always welcome constructive criticism through PMs.


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