From the YouTube Description: "This is short film I worked on a while ago called "Avatar Days". What makes this one special is the fact that it was filmed, vfx'ed and comped all in just 4 days. It was made as part of the "4 day Film" catagory in the Darklight Film Festival.
It follows 4 MMORPG players taking about their online persona's. As they tell their stories we see them go about their everyday lives against the mundane backdrop of city life...but as their Avatars.
There was a team of people on this with director Gavin Kelly leading the troupe. I worked on the 3d characters, modelling, texturing, rigging, placement,animation and motion capture data along with John O' Connel and Will Sharkey.
Ex Piranhabarian Fabricio Lima features as a World of Warcraft obsessed interviewee on this one also!
Work completed at Piranhabar.
http://www.piranhabar.ie For more of my bits check out:
http://www.rightpsyche.com "
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NordlichReiterWhy play games? To escape from reality. Reality when described in this video below, is worthy of escape.
Why play games? It's simple really. Repsawn.
westylol so funny how people that really get into wow are totally ignorant of how much of a shit grind it is.
Its so limited and restricted its a joke .
MMORPGS need at least another 10 years of technical development and faster internet before they can even start deliver a sophisticated play experience.
aside from the bullshit in this video , the comping was nice , dragged on quite a while though. would make a nice commercial for the game.
mentality>> ^westy:
lol so funny how people that really get into wow are totally ignorant of how much of a shit grind it is.
Its so limited and restricted its a joke .
MMORPGS need at least another 10 years of technical development and faster internet before they can even start deliver a sophisticated play experience.
aside from the bullshit in this video , the comping was nice , dragged on quite a while though. would make a nice commercial for the game.
There's no bullshit in this video. You're just ignorant of why Massively Multiplayer ORPGs are so popular. It's about the social interactions. When these people talk about why they play the game, it's about stuff like boss battles with 24 other people, or duels with other players, or gaining recognition in an online community. Nobody plays WOW because of the grinding.
gwiz665I have to add that escapism is the old way of playing games. Gaming is crossing over into reality more and more. See more here:
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harryI'd also say that the "roleplaying" part of MMORPG seems like just a small niche community. The majority of players do not really 'role play' their character.
For me at least, it's not really an 'alternative world' at all. It's a way to contact and play with about 24 people that, for the most part, I've been playing and chatting with for nearly 6 years now. I know most guildies by their first names, instead of whatever name the character has they are playing at this moment.
But yeah, of course it's a form of massive escapism. None of the things we do matter. But raiding for 4-5 hours in a night does keep real life away for a bit. But I guess that also applies to watching America's Got Talent or reading a book.
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