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Mercurial (217 comments)

( Major Movie: Q3)

Posted by ashr @ 22:03 CST, 11 January 2006 - iMsg




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Rating: 8.8 (123 votes)

Mercurial
mer�cu�ri�al (mr-kyr-l)
adj.
Having the characteristics of eloquence, shrewdness, swiftness, and thievishness attributed to the god Mercury.

Running Time : 13 minutes
Codec : x.264

More Information

Note - XviD version should be up in a day. I'm sorry for the delay but my crapload runs at 7kbps :/

Movie File (sp-mercurial-x264.zip) 254MB
- Filefront (1121 clicks)
- Levi.Multiplay (EU) (1288 clicks)
- Levitation (1732 clicks)
- MaverickServers.com (41 clicks)
- own-age.com (594 clicks)
- PlanetQuake3.net (1032 clicks)
Movie File - xvid version (sp-mercurial-xvid.zip) 315MB
- Google Video (301 clicks)
- Levitation (744 clicks)

Edited by sp^ashr at 19:52 GMT, 14th Jan 2006 - 160033 Hits

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<< Comment #1 @ 22:04 CST, 11 January 2006 >>

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luKrek

hi!
LINK?

<< Comment #2 @ 22:21 CST, 11 January 2006 >>

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Aaron

when a levi dude/lass uploads, i'll be teh happy!

<< Comment #4 @ 22:23 CST, 11 January 2006 >>

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ashr - Reply to #2

they already have it up on their servers.. they're afk atm though.

<< Comment #6 @ 22:26 CST, 11 January 2006 >>

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Aaron - Reply to #4

oke doke :)

im sure this will be good

<< Comment #30 @ 01:45 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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Nicky - Reply to #4

sorry i fell asleep...link added

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<< Comment #60 @ 06:59 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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sharakin - Reply to #30

dont let it happen again :p

<< Comment #110 @ 14:52 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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Nicky - Reply to #60

oki :(

<< Comment #5 @ 22:24 CST, 11 January 2006 >>

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CLains - Reply to #2

same, filefront is giving me 50kb/s :\

^_^

<< Comment #3 @ 22:21 CST, 11 January 2006 >>

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sp^fei

dam sleepers

<< Comment #7 @ 22:26 CST, 11 January 2006 >>

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aggnog

BE !!!!!!

<< Comment #8 @ 22:27 CST, 11 January 2006 >>

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8bitlobster - Reply to #7

concur

<< Comment #210 @ 09:31 CST, 15 January 2006 >>

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funnyb - Reply to #7

<< Comment #212 @ 06:22 CST, 16 January 2006 >>

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brz - Reply to #210

shaddap

<< Comment #9 @ 22:27 CST, 11 January 2006 >>

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D i M a

OMG FINALLY

<< Comment #10 @ 22:29 CST, 11 January 2006 >>

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Aaron

i'll download this just becuase of MESS!

<< Comment #11 @ 22:30 CST, 11 January 2006 >>

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mew

saw it, loved it. went in my list as #1 cpma fragmovie. :)
having said this i would have gladly downloaded twice the size for 45 fps. ;D
(Lyon Connection <3)

<< Comment #12 @ 22:30 CST, 11 January 2006 >>

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aggnog

technically it's by far the best promode movie ever, the effects and recams are quality, really sweet editing, most of the frags are of a decent standard, loads of ctf stuff, music fits very nicely and there was an immense good feeling to it. and including the swelt pummel s0up event was genius ! long awaited to come into a movie. also nice cap shaun BE

i'm a hud lover and kinda missed it, i thought the custom frag messages were a bit bizzare and maybe the gamesounds were a notch too low. although none of that really means much. and my quad run on acid's map really horribly messed up the pace, i feel kinda bad for that SORRY :E BE !! <3

<< Comment #13 @ 22:42 CST, 11 January 2006 >>

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8bitlobster

best fragmovie of 2006!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

<< Comment #80 @ 09:19 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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way2ez4gtv - Reply to #13

fagnog owned u

<< Comment #134 @ 22:28 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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tom - Reply to #13

what?

<< Comment #166 @ 06:02 CST, 13 January 2006 >>

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8bitlobster - Reply to #134

best fragmovie of 2006!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

<< Comment #206 @ 05:44 CST, 14 January 2006 >>

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TUMULT - Reply to #166

Prove that.. or not. You a liar!!

<< Comment #14 @ 22:49 CST, 11 January 2006 >>

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Fortress

levi mirror coming

<< Comment #15 @ 22:50 CST, 11 January 2006 >>

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adamllis

do i get fragged in this movie?

<< Comment #16 @ 22:51 CST, 11 January 2006 >>

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ashr - Reply to #15

yes. twice :)

<< Comment #17 @ 23:19 CST, 11 January 2006 >>

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voodoochopstiks

http://chimpans.se/mercurial.gif

It has been hard, brutal and long quest for you to complete this. Great work AshR, hats off to you :D

Edited by voodoochopstiks at 05:19 GMT, 12th Jan 2006

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<< Comment #18 @ 23:26 CST, 11 January 2006 >>

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voodoochopstiks

Also, my two frags in this rock HARD! especially the tourney2 one :D

<< Comment #19 @ 23:57 CST, 11 January 2006 >>

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Ztrider

:))

<< Comment #20 @ 00:18 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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jawn

Phwaor, finally out :))

<< Comment #21 @ 00:27 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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Drexciyian

im not in it, i cry

<< Comment #22 @ 00:30 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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ashr - Reply to #21

i'm sorry :( i was searching for yours but i couldn't find. i must have lost it in my hdd crash. <3 though.

Edited by sp^ashr at 06:31 GMT, 12th Jan 2006

<< Comment #23 @ 00:43 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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defLt

\ :D /

<< Comment #24 @ 01:15 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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Cloud

looked interesting and was gonna dl, but aggnog is in it =(

<< Comment #25 @ 01:22 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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daryl

should have called it Venereal, instead.

<< Comment #44 @ 04:50 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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aRa - Reply to #25

pluswhore.

<< Comment #45 @ 04:54 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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daryl - Reply to #44

dungeddit

<< Comment #26 @ 01:22 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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kesaale

[+]

<< Comment #27 @ 01:34 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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wviperw

Hmm, was good but by no means would I say it's the best promode movie evar. Sure the editing was pretty good, but that isn't really why I watch promode movies to begin with. :) Also, do we really need a third of the movie to be credits? I understand that the proper people should be credited, but wouldn't it trim down the filesize by a large chunk if you just put everybody in a text file?

<< Comment #83 @ 09:25 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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MassMan - Reply to #27

Yea 3.30min of credits is far too much. But plain white text on black background really doesn't do that much sizewise to the file. I would think 4-5mb tops would have been saved.

<< Comment #116 @ 15:41 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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hemostick - Reply to #83

13-10 mb depending on where you start.

Edited by hemosaek at 21:42 GMT, 12th Jan 2006

<< Comment #100 @ 12:35 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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Aaron - Reply to #27

I don't think the credits make much of a difference file size wise.

<< Comment #177 @ 09:18 CST, 13 January 2006 >>

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StormSh4dow - Reply to #27

Seemed like a bunch of frags and runs pasted back to back with one long techno tune in the background.

Editing was above average, but not 'great' imo

<< Comment #28 @ 01:36 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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acidreign

Nice. This movie is pretty badass overall. Nice frags, nice editing, and especially nice soundtrack. Infected Mushroom and Astrix are two of my fav's... NICE.

<< Comment #119 @ 16:09 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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winzo - Reply to #28

Infected mushroom ftw.

<< Comment #29 @ 01:45 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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xfoo

This movie reminded me of how good CPMA is - Why the fuck am I playing q4?

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<< Comment #31 @ 01:58 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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defLt - Reply to #29

Omg traitor!! But i think it is the same reason i don't play it anymore: the community got even smaller than before :P tho i'm always free for 1v1's!

Edited by defLt at 07:59 GMT, 12th Jan 2006

<< Comment #37 @ 03:43 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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www.ninemil.com - Reply to #29

I've been thinking that lately too Chris

I even installed Radiant for Q3 again this morning :P

<< Comment #49 @ 05:29 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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Drexciyian - Reply to #29

Thought the same thing lol

Thou i dont wanna play cpm again, as it/I/we wont be as good as it was

Edited by Drexciyian at 11:30 GMT, 12th Jan 2006

<< Comment #59 @ 06:50 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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Daishi - Reply to #29

I think it's best to just keep the memories of the games. There's no point going back now, it's not the same. I get the same feeling watching SC vods, or QW frag movies - best to remember the good times, as they're only going to recede into the distance, not reappear.

<< Comment #107 @ 14:07 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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ix - Reply to #59

Bullshit. There are good times still there in SC and QW and could be in CPMA if everyone didn't have this stupid attitude of lurking in the sidelines. Get playing again deflt, pickup is picking up now that people are realising Q4 sucks.

Edited by ix-ir at 20:24 GMT, 12th Jan 2006

<< Comment #142 @ 00:21 CST, 13 January 2006 >>

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voodoochopstiks - Reply to #107

CPMA rocks in every aspect except the scarcity of players. Imo, there should be a promode appreciation weekend, with 1.33 and a weekend where there's pickup madness, everyone is encouraged to play, and their only mission is to play. Even if you don't feel like a game right then, you'll be encouraged to !add and probably come to like it during the game :D.

Ix, make promode appreciation weekend happen!

Call it Challenge Weekend!

(Maybe a mini cup as well? :D)

I'm sure I could finish my map in time for that weekend.

<< Comment #191 @ 17:47 CST, 13 January 2006 >>

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ix - Reply to #142

I'm busy with real life, you do it. :P

<< Comment #148 @ 01:59 CST, 13 January 2006 >>

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defLt - Reply to #107

ix i already did =)

<< Comment #112 @ 15:27 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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svr - Reply to #59

lol? Starcraft is STILL the best RTS there is, and it's still huge in korea. Starcraft has an almost immortal status.

<< Comment #160 @ 04:36 CST, 13 January 2006 >>

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mess - Reply to #29

thought same for a while, pm2 sux too much tho :D

<< Comment #32 @ 03:03 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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Three

nice frags in this movie, but i was very dark, couldnt really see what was goin on. Worst thing has to be 3rd of the video being credits, 4 minutes of credits in a 13 min video.

<< Comment #33 @ 03:13 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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Nicky - Reply to #32

dark? mine was ok

<< Comment #34 @ 03:28 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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GreenBastard - Reply to #33

i think he means bad visibility because of no fullbright skins or vertext light

this and the long credits are the only negative aspects of the movie for me

nice work ashr!

<< Comment #35 @ 03:35 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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Nicky - Reply to #34

*shrug* ok :P

<< Comment #56 @ 06:38 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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Goth4m - Reply to #34

agreed
a [+] for this stuff
1st time a movie makes me wanna play I mode I never played before.
shame on me

note: laughed so much at 8min20.. :-)))

<< Comment #36 @ 03:42 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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holden

Really nice movie. Maybe you could write tutorials on how to reach such quality and make such effects? :)

<< Comment #39 @ 03:49 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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ashr - Reply to #36

our site has a good tutorial on x264 and xvid compression. you could look that up. www.shaolinproductions.org - check the tutorial section.

<< Comment #38 @ 03:44 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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www.ninemil.com

Cheers for sticking with it Ash, I know it's been a cunt to complete.

Quality work as ever :)

<< Comment #40 @ 04:10 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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GoiracH

very nice movie idd :)

loved it

<< Comment #41 @ 04:23 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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holden

This movie needs ksp btw.

<< Comment #42 @ 04:42 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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gastfreund

That looked like all the other shaolin movies

<< Comment #47 @ 04:56 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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ashr - Reply to #42

is that good or bad? :)

<< Comment #51 @ 05:46 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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gastfreund - Reply to #47

It was ok, but tbh I expected more since tricking it was something, well... fresh, and this was... more or less a copy of it. Its like a good joke: first time its excellent, second time its ok, third time... etc
I would appreciate something fresh, and not the same stuff again and again, but then again I appreciate any efforts in general.

<< Comment #55 @ 06:14 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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ashr - Reply to #51

i guess its the genre of music which makes it feel similar.. dunno, didn't expect it to remind someone of it2 :) ill take that as a compliment.

<< Comment #57 @ 06:43 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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Goth4m - Reply to #55

music doesn't bother me.
actually OTT's great, makes me wanna smoke
ooppppps!!!

<< Comment #190 @ 17:42 CST, 13 January 2006 >>

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se1f - Reply to #55

perhaps its not just the music but also the quality. The used cfgs seem to be very similar. Get quaked 3 / Mercurial have the same style, imho. no offence... I liked the movie.....
But perhaps gzzt is simply tired of fragmovies :)

<< Comment #198 @ 20:45 CST, 13 January 2006 >>

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sp^fei - Reply to #190

Get quaked 3 / Mercurial have the same style

that style is simply called "awesomeness".

shaolin movies only seem alike (the really are not, not sure where this idea started up) cause they are all just great. cfg looks the same, cause thats the highest quality version

<< Comment #205 @ 05:22 CST, 14 January 2006 >>

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se1f - Reply to #198

As i said, i really like shaolinmovies, they are awesome. But I have to agree with gzzt as well, because shaolinmovies often have a similar kind of music and cameratrackings. I think there is nothing wrong to say that people would also appreciate a new style but the current is also awesome!

<< Comment #43 @ 04:43 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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wEctro

Very tasty!

<< Comment #46 @ 04:55 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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deathinfire

needs pm skins

<< Comment #50 @ 05:45 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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Drexciyian - Reply to #46

Tehy have to use defrag to get the free float footaage so theres no pm skins there :(

<< Comment #117 @ 15:45 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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hemostick - Reply to #50

Obvious lack of pk3/shaders tampering skillzorz !

<< Comment #164 @ 05:17 CST, 13 January 2006 >>

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deathinfire - Reply to #117

what he said ^^ :D

<< Comment #48 @ 04:58 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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arQon

Beautifully made, and a nice reminder of just how "wow" CPMA can be. :)

<< Comment #54 @ 06:03 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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ashr - Reply to #48

big thanks to you and the rest of the team. seriously.

<< Comment #113 @ 15:28 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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svr - Reply to #48

arQon, where is 1.33? :)

<< Comment #126 @ 18:56 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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newborn - Reply to #113

On his hard drive. You're not missing much - there have been very few changes.

<< Comment #182 @ 11:45 CST, 13 January 2006 >>

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svr - Reply to #126

dude, current RL bounce needs some alteration :) I know it's a minor patch but the game does need some stuff fixed.

Edited by maertz at 17:46 GMT, 13th Jan 2006

<< Comment #194 @ 18:37 CST, 13 January 2006 >>

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newborn - Reply to #182

Yeah, thats one of the things being addressed.

<< Comment #52 @ 05:47 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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ShamRock

Trully among the best out there :)

<< Comment #53 @ 05:49 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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fag with no name

just fuckin' great, it's a 10.

<< Comment #58 @ 06:46 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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Swelt

Excellent work, well done.

<< Comment #61 @ 07:05 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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Cash

3 mbs on levi eu is always nice, cant wait to see this movie.

<< Comment #62 @ 07:27 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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teal

cap 6.97 seconds
End credits 3 minutes :)

<< Comment #69 @ 07:49 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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ashr - Reply to #62

yea the credits are probably a bit too long but i really wanted to stretch it out a bit so the people i have thanked would take notice of it. sorry about that ;)

<< Comment #76 @ 08:59 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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teal - Reply to #69

It's fin by me, I just thought it was abit funny :>

Good movie tho

<< Comment #63 @ 07:34 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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rdmz

nice movie i really like it :O where can i find these guys from shaolin on irc?

<< Comment #64 @ 07:35 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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defLt - Reply to #63

#shaolinproductions @ Quakenet

Edited by Levi240 at 14:17 GMT, 12th Jan 2006

<< Comment #65 @ 07:41 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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wallen

Awesome movie!

<< Comment #66 @ 07:43 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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CLains

Nice movie -- CLX frag WINS! .. Again :D

Nice with some psytrance, infected mushroom -- too bad it's their worst song ;)

Ott $$ awesome

<< Comment #67 @ 07:44 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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r4ndsen

probably one of the best, if not the best, cpma movies i have ever seen

<< Comment #68 @ 07:44 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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funnyb

its only good cause im in it :l ok downloading.

<< Comment #70 @ 07:49 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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Akuma

Nice work ashr, a real quality movie imo :)

<< Comment #71 @ 07:50 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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efplusplus

Very nice movie, some sick frags, very good editing (same SP editing style as always zz ;x) and fiting music. Good job. Only the outro was too long :D

<< Comment #72 @ 07:50 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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MassMan

Since all the good stuff is obvious I'm just gonna list what I believe is negative :=

No PM skins! - Often you can't see wtf is going on (especially with all the gibs during quadruns, you literally can't see what aggnog is shooting at on dm6 and the blue map) and you have to rely on hitsounds and fragmsg to figure out what just happend. It's not _that_ bad in the ctf sections though.

Music too high compared to in-game sounds (combine with above comment and you'll see the problem)

The music is REALLY SHITTY. Reminds me of that mindless German DUNK DUNK DUNK techno shit that used to be popular in Denmark a while back and it makes me want to scream TURN THAT SHIT DOWN! at my neighbours... But that's purely subjective ofc :)
1st time I watched the movie and heard the DUNK DUNK DUNK beginning I thought to myself "God plz no..."
2nd time I watched the movie I just muted sound.

Credits too long, but I guess most people will just skip the last 3.30 min (I sure did)

btw, other than that, excellent job :)

Edited by MassMan at 14:11 GMT, 12th Jan 2006

<< Comment #84 @ 09:46 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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xrat3d - Reply to #72

I watched about 40-50 seconds.. than Alt + F4 + Delete..
Too blurry movie and annoying soundtrack.

<< Comment #124 @ 18:36 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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Anonymous (83-70-73-113.b-ras1.srl.dublin.eircom.net) - Reply to #72

i agree on every point. its exactly what i was thinking

<< Comment #147 @ 01:39 CST, 13 January 2006 >>

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tay - Reply to #72

[+] and I agree about the music. Initially it reminded me of partying 5-8 years ago, but the track choices were absolutely horrendous. Some nonsense about a perfect city... blah blah aaaaaaargh!!

Gave it a 7 because everything else was generally good.

<< Comment #73 @ 07:52 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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primax

very nice movie, good content and editing, easily one of the best fragmovies i've seen.

<< Comment #74 @ 08:14 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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funnyb

i'll say what i usually say when i like a movie, almost like i did it myself!

<< Comment #75 @ 08:17 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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ACiD.

nice movie, but too shooort :((((( we want more! xD

<3 ashr

<< Comment #77 @ 09:01 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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smurkey

Superb movie.

<< Comment #78 @ 09:02 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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LukKe

great movie ashr ;) like arqon said: "a nice reminder of just how "wow" CPMA can be."

<< Comment #79 @ 09:12 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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nekon

it's the second best promode video ever!
#1 is still power of speed : DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

Edited by nekon at 15:13 GMT, 12th Jan 2006

<< Comment #81 @ 09:20 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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ddk

really impressive, the music actually seemed to have relavence to what was going on \o/ which made it more powerful which impressed me - very high calibre editting/camming for a frag movie imo, and it didn't seem like it was over done which a lot of movies have done. good balance. only negatives i can think of are the lack of brightskins, it's hard to tell what's being shot at on occasions, which took me out of the mood i just got put in as my brain tried to work out what was going on.

gj, 10!

<< Comment #82 @ 09:24 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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way2ez4gtv

pitty theres no xhair or hud :<

<< Comment #85 @ 09:54 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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Blitzk3r

Very good movie, visually stuning good frags & fast paced, but musically it wasnt my thing but it did suit the video, the track on the credits was nice.

<< Comment #86 @ 10:01 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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Ezku

The action is really hard to follow throughout the movie. Two things:

1) Get your PM skins straight
2) Go for 1000fps.

Oh, and you get a plus for having Infected Mushroom.

Edited by Ezku at 16:02 GMT, 12th Jan 2006

<< Comment #87 @ 10:06 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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ashr - Reply to #86

1000? o_O would have taken me 10 times longer then to make the vid.

Edited by sp^ashr at 16:12 GMT, 12th Jan 2006

<< Comment #103 @ 12:58 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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Ezku - Reply to #87

Seriously. This was done on 125 fps or something, right? 1000 fps properly blended allows you to stay completely on track even with the fastest of moves. It also looks great as hell. The 5-frames-in-one effect in this movie lacked both qualities, I'm afraid, which constantly annoyed me while watching.

<< Comment #149 @ 02:07 CST, 13 January 2006 >>

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ashr - Reply to #103

1000 could be better in some people's opinions (i personally think the blending thing is way too much with 1000 fps) but it takes way too long to capture. try it once and see how long it takes :) not to mention it also requires a shitload of hdd space which i don't have. i didn't use PM skins because i think they look quite ugly in a video when the rest of the stuff is made to look good. i should have made things a little brighter perhaps for better visibility. sorry about that :)

Edited by sp^ashr at 08:10 GMT, 13th Jan 2006

<< Comment #155 @ 04:04 CST, 13 January 2006 >>

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Ezku - Reply to #149

Yeah, it could've been the dark colors affecting my perception. I made it sound worse than it is, actually. It's a great vid.

It appears that I'm not alone with the flickshots looking weird, though. :)

<< Comment #171 @ 08:32 CST, 13 January 2006 >>

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rolf - Reply to #149

It shouldn't take that long with c_gaz'es tga_hook.

<< Comment #172 @ 08:35 CST, 13 January 2006 >>

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ashr - Reply to #171

capping with the gaz hook took even longer on my computer.. maybe i was doing something wrong.

<< Comment #175 @ 08:57 CST, 13 January 2006 >>

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rolf - Reply to #172

Hmm, I think so. When I use it I get jpg pictures as output instead of tga's. Harddisk place and writetime are therefore greatly lowered, but I have NO idea if it takes longer to capture with a slow cpu due to compression time.

Anyway, there's a thread on overdrivepc about the hook where you probably could solve your problem.

<< Comment #178 @ 09:29 CST, 13 January 2006 >>

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ashr - Reply to #175

my cpu should be fast enough for capturing screenshots from q3. its an AMD 2800+ 64. when i tried the hook, capturing took longer and i guess it was because the hook was compressing the each screenshot to jpeg.

<< Comment #90 @ 10:20 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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funnyb - Reply to #86

yer 1000fps sure aint necessary, i saw no problems with that in this vid, and i must say i werent that annoyed by the no PM skins, sometimes it was hard to tell ye, but rather this than the #222222 ones

<3

<< Comment #97 @ 11:35 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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kesaale - Reply to #86

why is 1000 fps necessary? you just saw the eswc vid that was hyped to be the best 'cos of 1k fps huh =/ ?

<< Comment #104 @ 13:00 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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Ezku - Reply to #97

Don't know about hype, but I've seen a few vids using blended 1000fps, and it makes the material just look so much better.

<< Comment #114 @ 15:31 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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svr - Reply to #104

I saw a 13681 fps movie, It's blending features outclass petty 1000 fps movies. 1000 FPS is SO 2005, it's 2006 u know.

<< Comment #192 @ 17:53 CST, 13 January 2006 >>

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se1f - Reply to #114

lol

<< Comment #88 @ 10:07 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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dillyo

n1 really makes ya wanna uninstall q4 : |

<< Comment #89 @ 10:08 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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qtip

top notch

<< Comment #91 @ 10:22 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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slfjsiadfjsioa

why are the credits more than 3 minutes long?

<< Comment #92 @ 10:35 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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nekon - Reply to #91

cause it was a community project

<< Comment #93 @ 10:43 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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ashr - Reply to #92

right said fred.

<< Comment #94 @ 10:46 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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slfjsiadfjsioa - Reply to #92

i'll correct question a bit, why are these the slowest scrolling credits ever?

and you obviously meant an enclosed community project of course.

Edited by offo at 16:49 GMT, 12th Jan 2006

<< Comment #95 @ 11:11 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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ashr - Reply to #94

well anyway, he can't answer the question about the credits so i will. i assumed that the only people who would look at the credits would be the ones who expected to see their names there. i wanted to give them enough time to read what was written there and i didn't think anyone else would care. my assumption was apparently wrong :) sorry about the length but i can't shorten it now.

<< Comment #99 @ 12:29 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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GreenBastard - Reply to #95

why not use a seperate nfo for all that stuff

those credits were really quite annoying :)

great job otherwise tho

<< Comment #132 @ 20:41 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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smurkey - Reply to #99

Well do what I did and stop as soon as the credits roll? Job done.

<< Comment #141 @ 00:20 CST, 13 January 2006 >>

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ashr - Reply to #99

yea, i expected most people to do what smurkey did :)

<< Comment #161 @ 04:52 CST, 13 January 2006 >>

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GreenBastard - Reply to #141

but it was such a good movie i didnt want to miss out on any potential bonus footage during/after the credits sat there like a lemon waiting for it :)

<< Comment #163 @ 05:06 CST, 13 January 2006 >>

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ashr - Reply to #161

haha.

<< Comment #189 @ 16:32 CST, 13 January 2006 >>

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poub - Reply to #161

me too, I desperately waited for my gren frag on cpm3 against d!v which never came ;( awesome movie though, objectivity says 9/10 but experience wise for me it's 10/10 :)

<< Comment #184 @ 12:03 CST, 13 January 2006 >>

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bud - Reply to #95

The outro india song rocked : >
I might have missed some outro frags in the background
[+] for credits :D

Edited by bud at 18:05 GMT, 13th Jan 2006

<< Comment #185 @ 14:17 CST, 13 January 2006 >>

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jrb - Reply to #184

kick ass outro songs, and really...really...really....really slow credit texts are two things that define a shaolinproductions release. That and typos. :D

17%

<< Comment #193 @ 17:58 CST, 13 January 2006 >>

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se1f - Reply to #185

you forgot the quality...

<< Comment #200 @ 21:39 CST, 13 January 2006 >>

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ashr - Reply to #185

i tried hard to avoid typos but then i would have been breaking an SP tradition :P

<< Comment #96 @ 11:16 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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tomboss

I would agree pretty much with gzzt (#51)

Don't get me wrong, this movie is nice, and it represents a lot of work for sure. Frags are very good, and the first cap is w000sh :P

The style of music is not really my bag (but I assume it's a matter of personnal taste). Only, shaolin productions tend to do all the same kind of "products" for a while, with the same music etc.
I really like to discover some new music style in a movie, and I didn't have any surprise in this one :-(

Editing fits nicely, not too heavy (like a russian trick movie I watched a few weeks ago, can't remember the name ^_^ ).
-I miss a HUD to have all the game informations (ok, it gain some compression without it!)
-The blend effect seems very weird sometimes...especially in flickshot actions. What kind is it ? Is it a bad setting for TGA Hook ?
-The outro is far too long, but almost everyone noticed that. This rolling credit is sooo slow :P

Nice job anyway, CPM movies are very enjoyable

Edited by tomboss at 17:17 GMT, 12th Jan 2006

<< Comment #98 @ 12:21 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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mindz

aggnog = ll33t

<< Comment #168 @ 06:20 CST, 13 January 2006 >>

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Drexciyian - Reply to #98

sif, he's only the 2nd best in the uk

<< Comment #203 @ 00:19 CST, 14 January 2006 >>

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xero- ' - Reply to #168

sd #1

<< Comment #101 @ 12:40 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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Aaron

awesome movie ashr and I tend to get bored of CPMA movies quick, watched it twice for good measure. :)

<< Comment #102 @ 12:49 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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uNhoLeee

great effects and editing.

<< Comment #105 @ 13:26 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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dezje

awesome vid
great frags, nicely synched with music, ill give it a 10! ;D

<< Comment #106 @ 13:45 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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veal

10/10
well done
love the style&sound and everything

Edited by veal at 19:45 GMT, 12th Jan 2006

<< Comment #108 @ 14:09 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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cyronix '

great, if Q4 would only be like this :-(

<< Comment #109 @ 14:45 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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wocK_

11/10 i loved it.

the music was spot on :)

slick editing.

quake 3 is the best game ever made.

<< Comment #111 @ 15:03 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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bud

As expected, it raped my ass : D
10/10

<3

Already waiting for mercurial 2 xD
Well done ashr! worth waiting for

<< Comment #115 @ 15:33 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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zxcvbasdfg

excellent show, but were 3 minutes of credits really neccessary?

also, whoever wrote the roeadme should have put the fact that you can run this with VLC Media Player at the TOP or BEGINNING of the readme, not at the end.

<< Comment #169 @ 06:42 CST, 13 January 2006 >>

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funkeh - Reply to #115

fix your settings so that any type of video file you double click on launches with vlc?

<< Comment #118 @ 15:47 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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se1f

wow, loved it. shaolinproductions own!

<< Comment #120 @ 16:12 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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son!

like 1 scene of cpm22
fucking ridiculous. ITS CPM22

<< Comment #136 @ 23:28 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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ashr - Reply to #120

ya i regret that too.. i absolutely love the map but i didnt receive many cpm22 frags ..

<< Comment #137 @ 23:59 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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son! - Reply to #136

http://www.esreality.com/?a=post&id=902722

http://www.esreality.com/?a=post&id=876764

(%*$(^84326(*(#$^#@$*

apheleon also has good hub demos on chtv

<< Comment #139 @ 00:15 CST, 13 January 2006 >>

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ashr - Reply to #137

watching them now :(

<< Comment #186 @ 14:19 CST, 13 January 2006 >>

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jrb - Reply to #139

guess you're just gonna have to do a sequel now ashr :>

<< Comment #121 @ 16:33 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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Gladius

great movie! I can't believe it, so many air-rockets! 3 in a row? wtf! when i got 1 in q3 i was VERY lucky =<
owyeah, the music was awesome too!

<< Comment #152 @ 03:21 CST, 13 January 2006 >>

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www.ninemil.com - Reply to #121

That's CPM all over tho

Air rox and mad bunny :P

<< Comment #157 @ 04:15 CST, 13 January 2006 >>

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rDmr - Reply to #152

i have mad bunnys 2!

<< Comment #122 @ 16:40 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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Wastesson

Just love all the shaft action going on... Great movie

<< Comment #123 @ 18:31 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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auror

Brilliant movie, great music, content and very good movie editing. Also first time I saw Vegas 6 in action. Looks amazing. Great job Ashr!

<< Comment #140 @ 00:17 CST, 13 January 2006 >>

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ashr - Reply to #123

thanks but Vegas 6 isn't that much better than v5 :) it has a few improvements that are useful like nested projects and faster rendering but so far i haven't come across much that absolutely cannot be done in v5.

<< Comment #154 @ 03:58 CST, 13 January 2006 >>

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auror - Reply to #140

I am just waiting for xvid version cause sound synchro is messed up on my pc. You reckon it will be soon?

<< Comment #156 @ 04:11 CST, 13 January 2006 >>

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Nicky - Reply to #154

lol dont ask :P

<< Comment #162 @ 05:04 CST, 13 January 2006 >>

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ashr - Reply to #154

check in 9-10 hours :( my upload stopped this morning at 280mb and when i tried to resume it fuckin overwrote the file.

<< Comment #125 @ 18:37 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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jester!

Great movie, I found it a bit dark but still great. :]

<< Comment #127 @ 19:10 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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j0maK

The content in the movie was totally awesome. Period.

Editing was cool, but became too blurry at some times, and pretty hard to follow with no brightskins. It's like playing CPM on normal skins, can't follow the action.

Music was just ok, at least better than Requiem for a dream OST in its 81741st quake movie appearance. That's my personal taste of course.

And I downloaded the x264 version, didn't wanna wait for the xvid one. It reminded me again that this codec SUX :)

<< Comment #197 @ 20:41 CST, 13 January 2006 >>

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jawn - Reply to #127

haha Requiem for a Dream, so true.

<< Comment #128 @ 19:24 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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Apheleon

best frag movie i've ever downloaded. some of the scenes looked like they were filmed, amazing. only thing it needed more of was me.

<< Comment #129 @ 19:51 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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Jubei - Reply to #128

Would rather have seen more of you, rat, matr0x etc than the likes of aggnog and random other players, but good move nonetheless.

<< Comment #158 @ 04:18 CST, 13 January 2006 >>

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rDmr - Reply to #129

do u play starcraft?

<< Comment #133 @ 22:24 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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ashr - Reply to #128

well i actually pmed you on irc LONG BACK for demos but i didn't get a reply :(

<< Comment #138 @ 00:03 CST, 13 January 2006 >>

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Apheleon - Reply to #133

ah, whoops. sry :<

<< Comment #130 @ 19:51 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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Anonymous (kotnet-160.kulnet.kuleuven.be)

i dont like it

it's the same as always and imo the music doesnt fit

everyone their opinion ofc :)

kratz`

<< Comment #131 @ 20:33 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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smurkey

There are plenty of other decent psytrance artists/tuneage out there =]

<< Comment #135 @ 22:54 CST, 12 January 2006 >>

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Burn the Priest

Great editing and frags, was enjoyable to watch :D

<< Comment #143 @ 00:48 CST, 13 January 2006 >>

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mkeiy

Fantastic film, only slack bit was the long credits. Great work mate. 10.

<< Comment #144 @ 00:49 CST, 13 January 2006 >>

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mkeiy

Can anyone reco some other good psytrance artist? I've always liked Mushroom, but been unsure on other artist. Cheers.

<< Comment #146 @ 01:04 CST, 13 January 2006 >>

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ashr - Reply to #144

try Astrix? or Void. there's always the classic Hallucinogen too.

<< Comment #145 @ 00:59 CST, 13 January 2006 >>

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werximpreza

I don't get why we choose to play Q4, a game that will never be better than it's predecessors, over a game that is already done and competition ready (CPMA, although I could ask the same thing as to why people abandoned QW for Q2/Q3). This is why esports will never be a true sport, the genre keeps straying away from what makes it what it is, fast and FUN.

<< Comment #151 @ 02:19 CST, 13 January 2006 >>

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Anonymous (ddc233.neoplus.adsl.tpnet.pl) - Reply to #145

Q4W or Warsow are our only hope;)

<< Comment #159 @ 04:20 CST, 13 January 2006 >>

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rDmr - Reply to #145

the real pro's stayed @ cpma

<< Comment #150 @ 02:15 CST, 13 January 2006 >>

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Raist

that was a pretty damn good movie
2 THUMPS UP!

<< Comment #153 @ 03:45 CST, 13 January 2006 >>

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wari

great movie!
shaolin producions is really going pro.
now learn more about cinematography and pacing and the movies will be even better.

"the art of tricking 2" is a good example for this.

<< Comment #165 @ 05:39 CST, 13 January 2006 >>

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DDDD

too bad you lost alot of good clips in a hdd crash. i know it would had alot more great frags. but this was really nice edited and cool frags anyways.

thanks.

<< Comment #167 @ 06:08 CST, 13 January 2006 >>

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icca

gimme da xvid one B<

<< Comment #170 @ 08:00 CST, 13 January 2006 >>

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ashr

kinda late now but big thanks to Levi\240, shaun, newborn and RogeR for putting up mirrors when i desperately needed them. much <3

<< Comment #173 @ 08:43 CST, 13 January 2006 >>

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skillzilla - Reply to #170

gimmie xvid version
i desperately need it

<< Comment #174 @ 08:49 CST, 13 January 2006 >>

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ashr - Reply to #173

im uploading it atm but i've been having bad problems with timeouts and disconnections. please wait for just a little longer, i'll get it up as soon as i can.

<< Comment #176 @ 09:17 CST, 13 January 2006 >>

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qlipppp

Bitchin vid. Very slick. :)

Mesh

Edited by indexfaction at 15:18 GMT, 13th Jan 2006

<< Comment #179 @ 09:54 CST, 13 January 2006 >>

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vamp1re

THE best frag video I have downloaded. Amazing camera angles ashr, amazing work. I know a buncha people are still playing cpmpickups, but this is great, its like a leaving present for those of us who moved on to quake4 now. THANK YOU ASHR!

Actually made me go back a play some cpma last night...quake4 sucks =/

<< Comment #180 @ 10:50 CST, 13 January 2006 >>

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ashr - Reply to #179

:))

<< Comment #183 @ 11:58 CST, 13 January 2006 >>

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bud - Reply to #179

fu
:>

<< Comment #196 @ 19:23 CST, 13 January 2006 >>

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auror - Reply to #179

You should say its more like invitation for comming back to promode for those who has gone to the dark side (q4) :DDD

<< Comment #181 @ 11:21 CST, 13 January 2006 >>

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BuisSse

nice video ashr!

<< Comment #187 @ 14:21 CST, 13 January 2006 >>

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magnum_

m&r-'kyur-E-&l
i see you tried to use dictionary.com

<< Comment #188 @ 14:31 CST, 13 January 2006 >>

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ashr - Reply to #187

well yea thats how i came up with the name actually.

<< Comment #195 @ 19:07 CST, 13 January 2006 >>

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flu1d

thanks for keeping the scene alive

<< Comment #199 @ 21:17 CST, 13 January 2006 >>

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xero- '

had a hard time getting it to play but OMG... all the cuses i threw your way while trying to get this movie to work .. i take it all back!!!!!<3 =D

<< Comment #201 @ 23:11 CST, 13 January 2006 >>

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Anonymous (adsl-68-124-133-52.dsl.frsn01.pacbell.net)

very good movie...too many jumppad frags and too little ctf...i give it a 9

<< Comment #202 @ 23:11 CST, 13 January 2006 >>

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dist

very good movie...too many jumppad frags and too little ctf are my only complaints
i give it a 9

can somebody tell me if drag was removed in the last version of cpma?

Edited by dist at 05:12 GMT, 14th Jan 2006

<< Comment #204 @ 01:23 CST, 14 January 2006 >>

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ashr - Reply to #202

drag still exists for CTF but removed for 1v1 and TDM. im not sure about other modes since i dont play them.

<< Comment #209 @ 18:30 CST, 14 January 2006 >>

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voodoochopstiks - Reply to #202

no drag. There is however flag weight in ctf, so it's harder to reach high speeds when carrying the flag.

<< Comment #207 @ 13:57 CST, 14 January 2006 >>

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ashr

XviD version finally up. BIG thanks to Levi\240 :D

<< Comment #208 @ 14:04 CST, 14 January 2006 >>

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Nicky

xvid version up

<< Comment #211 @ 13:35 CST, 15 January 2006 >>

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tic

yay XviD!!!

<< Comment #213 @ 14:52 CST, 16 January 2006 >>

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bud

XVID FOR THE WIN XD

<< Comment #214 @ 17:24 CST, 16 January 2006 >>

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Carmac

This is the best fragmovie I have seen in my life. Marvellous and epic!

<< Comment #215 @ 13:12 CST, 12 February 2006 >>

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tez

This is one of my absolute favorite movies. Just brilliant content and production.

<< Comment #216 @ 08:09 CST, 2 December 2011 >>

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horf

meh

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