Lotus Frag Festival 2

[luop90 4,400]

Still taking vids? I got an all Lotus Server vid for ya right here

 

2:46-3:00 lol. The typical circle jerk that is SvS xD

[podgy713 41]

"majority of footage taken on Lotus servers"...I would tend to be more lenient with someone who has done a lot for Lotus like yourself.

You can submit as many as you like providing they follow the few rules in the OP.

*UPDATE*

Updated the OP to edit specific references to only TF2 as any source engine game can be used

 

I didn't notice the 5min limit...welp. So I can't use that huh?

[+JB. 4,800]

That demo lol

[fever 9,884]

I didn't notice the 5min limit...welp. So I can't use that huh?

 

Nah its fine...we tried to keep it to 5 minutes last year just as a guideline really...if you submit a longer one its fine.  I updated the OP.

[podgy713 41]

Thanks!

I'm sure you could understand that it was hard to pick and choose which of those frags were the sickest ;P

[- Mike - 2,728]

It's beautiful.

 

As for the time limit, it could have been edited down to 5 mins since you had some longer segments between action.

[fever 9,884]

The 5 minutes thing was an arbitrary number we came up with just so that people didn't have to watch 25 minutes of 2 Fort footage including the walking back to spawn etc xD

[podgy713 41]

It's beautiful.

 

As for the time limit, it could have been edited down to 5 mins since you had some longer segments between action.

I did my best with speeding up those segments, but to keep things timed to the music, I could only do so much.

 

 

 

The 5 minutes thing was an arbitrary number we came up with just so that people didn't have to watch 25 minutes of 2 Fort footage including the walking back to spawn etc xD

 

I would HOPE that people understand how to make a frag movie and not do that........

[fever 9,884]

Still taking vids....-snip-

That demoman xD

I would HOPE that people understand how to make a frag movie and not do that........

Well we held this last year with no prize and for the lols and had no idea how good the entries would be and they were very good imo. It shouldn't stop someone posting a video of a 20 second clip of some nice play or something funny though...quality and duration aren't important sometimes if you have the right footage.

[fever 9,884]

*bump* for newer recent recruits/visitors...still loads of time to get your videos done. 

[luop90 4,400]

*bump* for newer recent recruits/visitors...still loads of time to get your videos done. 

 

I'm about 2 minutes in. It'll get done eventually xD

[+JB. 4,800]

Yeah same, working on mine for about 2 weeks now. Got a little over three minutes so far.

[fever 9,884]

No rush, its for lols so....there will be a small prize this year...when I figure out what it is.

[+JB. 4,800]

Almost done, few seconds I had to share right now.

 

[luop90 4,400]

Should be at 720p once its done processing.

This isn't my entry, since none of this was played on Lotus servers. (I've got a second one in the works) But I just wanted to show that I was actually doing something during this time

[+JB. 4,800]

Well here we go.. my entry

 

[podgy713 41]

Nice frags, but I do have some critiques:

 

- For the number of times you did slow motion, you should've rendered in 60fps so that they looked crisper. If your software just doesn't do 60fps, or your computer can't handle 60fps when recording your demos, then I understand

- Killstreaks that are made up of mostly random crits (Your escape plan spree) aren't really frag movie material. It's more of a luck spree. Random crits are better off when they're in hilarious/unexpected situations.

- Try to put in more sprees over just individual kills, unless they're big plays like med drops, cloaked spy kills, the hugest airshot of your life, etc.

- Turn your ragdolls back on for movies. When you kills spies with your ubersaw, I didn't really understand what was going on. It looked like you were swiping into the air for a couple seconds and then you moved on to the next frag. Gibs are a little more forgiving with having them on or off though.

- Syncing frags to the music more often can go a long way in the quality of the movie itself

 

I hope I don't come off as pretentious or rude or something, I just wanna help with people's frag movies if they ever get interested in doing more of them.

[Se7en 10,762]

Nice frags, but I do have some critiques:

 

- For the number of times you did slow motion, you should've rendered in 60fps so that they looked crisper. If your software just doesn't do 60fps, or your computer can't handle 60fps when recording your demos, then I understand

- Killstreaks that are made up of mostly random crits (Your escape plan spree) aren't really frag movie material. It's more of a luck spree. Random crits are better off when they're in hilarious/unexpected situations.

- Try to put in more sprees over just individual kills, unless they're big plays like med drops, cloaked spy kills, the hugest airshot of your life, etc.

- Turn your ragdolls back on for movies. When you kills spies with your ubersaw, I didn't really understand what was going on. It looked like you were swiping into the air for a couple seconds and then you moved on to the next frag. Gibs are a little more forgiving with having them on or off though.

- Syncing frags to the music more often can go a long way in the quality of the movie itself

 

I hope I don't come off as pretentious or rude or something, I just wanna help with people's frag movies if they ever get interested in doing more of them.

 

Pretentious, rude and something.

[podgy713 41]

oh ok

[fever 9,884]

Still plenty of time to get your entries in...bumping for new people

[fever 9,884]

OK OK....1 week to go and its time to pick our winner

[podgy713 41]

Is there gonna be a voting system?

[fever 9,884]

Last time I think there was...I'll put everything up for vote once its closed.

[fever 9,884]

I will sort the vote out this weekend, sorry, I've been a little afk

OK....as soon as I get Obvi to stop swearing and make a vote, after 7 days the person with the most votes will be receiving whatever they want from Gabe (I'm talking about games or items of a similar price availble through steam, not burning team captains on the community market of course!)...except a steam machine...I'm not Domino or Se7en <3

Entry now closed.