Treadster Media, makers of cool, fun, high quality Unreal Engine machinima. Created by Dave Tyner.
My dad always told me..
..that a person is less able to communicate effectively when they are upset. Rather he said to cool off and wait till your senses come back annnnd yady yady blah blah blah. Well screw that. I know this is old news but I was perusing the machiniweb tonight and stumbled across this…http://www.mprem.com/omf/page.php?44 – Its the winners of the OMFF (Congrats to the winners btw!).
Now I realize DK doesn’t compare to say someone frapsing flybys of a map and putting it to music but I noticed that Treadster was not even nominated for the technical achievement category and I’m like HOLY F*CK MAN, do the judges even know what it takes to produce all that content and get it back in to the game and then film /edit / sound it??? Technical achievement is the ONLY thing DK IS ffs!!!
I almost single handedly figured out the mesh/animation AND FaceFX workflow for the Unreal Engine. That was sofaking DIFFICULT! Fun fact: all of the vehicles AND characters were custom animated too. Did I also mention I designed and assembled and animated the motorcycle that is in DoubleKill v1 and 2? DK was good enough to win 1st place in the Make Something Unreal Contest but not good enough to even be nominated at the OMFF or any other festival for that matter. I hate to sound like a snob but the facts are the facts.
Suggestion: at least try to understand what the creators have to go through to make their films and not just the ones you pal around with, us newbs deserve a fair shake too…just sayin… But I am digressing…don’t go posting on your blog when your all bent about something, its not a very good idea…sorry Dad.
Hey all! Sorry things have been a little quiet here lately. I have been battling some health stuff lately that has all but zapped my energy. When I can however I have been doing some tests to see if I can make my next GoW movie in glorious 3DS max. I think I can I think I can I think I can. Here are a couple renders for you to chew on! Hope you guys are great!
The academy’s bunk-dawg! Down with the establishment, up with the anti-stablishment!
Posted on May 22nd, 2009 at 1:44 pm
Yeah, I noticed that DK wasn’t on their list at OMFF. Not fair, Dave. And I understand your frustration. But so many of the contests/festivals for machinima are not comprehensive. We put enormous time and effort in at the Expo, but even so we missed a lot of good films. You really have to have a committee that works on the judging full time (or at least a lot more time than most of us have) to get it right.
That your technical achievements were not acknowledged is more a lack of judgment/knowledge on their part than it is on anything else. I know it’s important to have your work recognized for what it is, but sometimes it doesn’t happen and it’s not your fault.
Just got to bite the bullet and move on. And even thought your Dad has got good advice, sometimes it’s OK to yell.
Posted on May 22nd, 2009 at 4:55 pm
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