House Cleaning
So today we knocked a big chunk of filming for Episode Thirteen out of the park, claiming it as our property in celebration not unlike a young boy named Stephen once did. Yes, there was some collective Smooth Few Films squatting. Maybe one of the least problems-free days in our short history of production.
Nick upgraded the “camera” computer that we use to film the show, complete with an 8800 GT. Needless to say, our characters are colorful and smooth and it definitely enhances the look of everything. I even brought some screenshots to prove it.
Pretty nice, eh? In case you guys haven’t been around, a lot went down the last two weeks. I’ve put together a list of some important posts to make it easier to navigate.
General News
Episode 12: Attack of the Noob
Get Gravatar!
Jeff’s Birthday
Character Bios
Montrose: Second Fiddle
Leeroy: A Nerd’s Path
Ahmad: A Noob’s Story
Seriously, if you haven’t signed up with Gravatar yet, go do it. It’ll really help make this place into more of a community and we love having you guys interact with what we have going on here. It’ll help us keep up with you all, for sure.
On the deck for this week: a new bio, a new Halo short and Eddy playing lots of GTA IV.



April 27th, 2008 at 8:58 pm » Quote
looks good =D
April 27th, 2008 at 9:13 pm » Quote
nice update!
April 27th, 2008 at 9:21 pm » Quote
It’s nice. I got an 8800gts myself (gt is still better). Great card. Looks better already.
April 27th, 2008 at 10:13 pm » Quote
(ಠ_ಠ) wat
April 27th, 2008 at 11:54 pm » Quote
So does this mean I’ll have another bio to read tomorrow?
April 28th, 2008 at 12:03 am » Quote
To TheAC - Most Likely
Cmon Chet or Player… Cmon…
Also, Eddy/Nick/Daniel/Anyone Else, Can you give us an estimate for the episode release date? It looks pretty cool, and its gonna be a nice filler for the epic Episode 14 wait. Also, can’t wait for the Halo Short, gonna be awesome, I’m a huge fan of your shorts.
April 28th, 2008 at 12:55 am » Quote
HAHAhA HE LIKES YOUR SHORTS! probably likes them more when they are on the ground…
April 28th, 2008 at 12:56 am » Quote
by the way never stop making leet world. it will be a sad day if it ever stops
April 28th, 2008 at 1:17 am » Quote
moor ep150d3 plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzors
April 28th, 2008 at 1:45 am » Quote
[img]http://www.geargeek.net/images/moar-cat.jpg[/img]
April 28th, 2008 at 1:45 am » Quote
Damnit forum code dosent work :’(
April 28th, 2008 at 4:39 am » Quote
lol rofl!!! at what WAFFLE said. (i have a bad sense of humor i know). Woot south park is on! =3
The terrorists have just attacked our imagination… :O
April 28th, 2008 at 5:33 am » Quote
so you guys are tellin me/other fans that you are going to make a GTAIV short and a new halo and a new bio in this week! kinda sounds like a really hard shit work (go ahead steal that line if you whant) and yes i am new at this commenting place
my fave carackter (not good at spelling) Cortes the master of the badass an i know a nice name for corteses Bio… “The life of a badass”.
April 28th, 2008 at 7:24 am » Quote
Nice
April 28th, 2008 at 7:43 am » Quote
Sik photo’s tell us about how long till the epsode(just predict)…..sik job keep it up
April 28th, 2008 at 8:08 am » Quote
:D:D nice nice
April 28th, 2008 at 8:10 am » Quote
hey hov i can add a pickture to my acc,,, for display you, know?????
April 28th, 2008 at 8:13 am » Quote
yhea cortez bie can be ”The life of badass” bat can be to a ”Living in blinds ayes of badazz” i dont know if its goint to be usefull for you bat its kind epik to me
April 28th, 2008 at 10:15 am » Quote
the pictures look really awesome. What camera are you using?
April 28th, 2008 at 12:42 pm » Quote
toly awesome bra!
/me is off 2 Gravatar
April 28th, 2008 at 1:09 pm » Quote
@brodie: Yeah GO SOUTHPARK and nice avatar lol (doesnt work with macs…)
April 28th, 2008 at 2:21 pm » Quote
You’re playing GTA 4 already? Oh now I’m sad
April 28th, 2008 at 2:32 pm » Quote
look i got a gravy avatar to….whos a dumb citty you are yes you are.
April 28th, 2008 at 4:01 pm » Quote
Hehehehehehehe…
my Gravy Avatar is Bm shootin a Hadoken
April 28th, 2008 at 4:24 pm » Quote
I can’t wait for all the stuff coming out this week. And I’m surprised that a new graphics card helps that much on such an old game. I’ve been thinking about getting a 8800 gt myself.
April 28th, 2008 at 5:04 pm » Quote
Yeah, maybe I’m a total noob, but it surprised me too. I guess I figured we had CS:S mostly maxed out since like you said, it’s such an old game. I thought it might look a little better, but it’s pretty noticeable, from the second we loaded the game up to capture.
April 28th, 2008 at 7:02 pm » Quote
Awesome VGA choice. I’ve been haulin’ the 8800 GT since it launched (along with its tremendous back-orders). An excellent choice that I’m glad you guys made! If you don’t mind my asking, what card were you guys using previously?
April 28th, 2008 at 8:25 pm » Quote
I’m expecting Player’s bio.
April 28th, 2008 at 9:09 pm » Quote
+1
April 28th, 2008 at 9:26 pm » Quote
+2 (ಠ_ಠ)
April 28th, 2008 at 9:32 pm » Quote
+3 — i think my card would probably be the same (nVidia 6200), it can run CSS at Medium Detail =D
April 28th, 2008 at 10:45 pm » Quote
I have a radeon x550 (256MB) and CSS runs at 30-45 FPS with all tex&models set to high , AA2x and full HDR. Imagine how it would be on a 512 card , excelent vidz , keep up the good work
April 29th, 2008 at 1:46 am » Quote
+4?
April 29th, 2008 at 1:50 am » Quote
This would be great if you have changed the CSS world models into something high quality.. Cause the default sucks.. Yeah and also phong the characters.. thats what I did.. I can do those kinds of things.. I do that while maintaining performance in the game..
April 29th, 2008 at 2:04 am » Quote
more info plzzzzzzz, love these updates tho ^_^, keep up the fantastic work
April 29th, 2008 at 4:17 am » Quote
April 29th, 2008 at 7:31 am » Quote
We used to have a Radeon X1950 Pro. We ran CS:S with everything on High and 4xAA/8xAF, but now we are rocking 8xAA/16xAF. However, the biggest difference is that the 8800GT seems to have greater contrast and richer colors than the old ATi card.
April 29th, 2008 at 8:10 am » Quote
Wow, thats pretty good, i used to have a 1950, but I traded it in for a 8600, and it feels good =D
April 29th, 2008 at 11:29 am » Quote
i cant wait to find out what hapens next
April 29th, 2008 at 1:17 pm » Quote
whoo a new short!
April 29th, 2008 at 5:33 pm » Quote
Insane in the membrane right there. Nice job, and I wish you the best of luck!
April 29th, 2008 at 7:14 pm » Quote
I remember like it was yesterday, that it was the beginning of this year, and you guys were like “Where are my flying cars, robots and shit, the future is a lie I’ve decided”. 5 months on, that’s still clear.
April 29th, 2008 at 8:06 pm » Quote
OMGAR! Nvidia ftw HD GOOODNESSS T____T
April 29th, 2008 at 9:03 pm » Quote
wow, great screenshots, and I rate this series in my top 3… it has to compare with live action Trigun webisodes
April 29th, 2008 at 10:18 pm » Quote
Awesome! I noticed a huge difference with high AA/AF settings…a great feeling knowing that the only way lag can happen now is if the ‘net bogs down. Can’t wait to see Ep. 13!
April 30th, 2008 at 5:41 am » Quote
:D:D nice gravtar pictures
THE OCHO MUERTOS
good. I have that picture in my computer to bat i have more epick picture
May 3rd, 2008 at 5:03 pm » Quote
It l00ks gr8! As player migth had said! Keep the episodes coming!
May 4th, 2008 at 12:21 am » Quote
come on come on i want to see eps 13
May 5th, 2008 at 8:58 am » Quote
cant wait for next 1, the camera will make the vids even beta