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Hi all,
Dream Pod 9 is proud to announce that we will be holding the first ever Heavy Gear Blitz! Demo Video Contest!
The goal is to produce the best 10 minute video you can showing how the game is played. The main core game mechanics must be present and the information must be succinct and easy to grasp. The idea is to allow someone with no knowledge of Heavy Gear to get a good idea of how the game is played.
Here are the compulsory content:
-What Heavy Gear Blitz! is.
-Heavy Gear miniatures (demo GPs) With terrain setup.
-Dice rolling (opposed system)
-Initiative
-Movement and Cover
-Attacks and damage (and all associated modifiers, back shots, in the open etc.)
-Reaction fire (why giving away initiative may be a good thing)
Here are optional content:
- ROF's uses
- Melee and Hand Grenades
- Squad tactics like Coordinate fire
- FO and IF
To enter, participant must post the video on You Tube or any other similar site and link the post along with your name, address and email to john.nguyen@dp9.com
Contest deadline is on September 10 2010. We will announce the winner a week after the deadline. Judging will be done by senior Pod staff.
Up for grabs is:
First place: 60$ certificate to our online store.
Second place: 40$ certificate to our online store.
Heavy Gear Demo Video CONTEST Make your best Demo video ever!
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Posted 08 July 2010 - 10:42 AM
I guess I could give it a try, not alot of talk about this one
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Posted 11 July 2010 - 10:57 AM
Oh, I thought it was an announcement thread and you couldn't reply to it 
But this is a really great idea as a newbie still learning the rules and coming into the game this was just what our gaming group was searching high and low for. But there was nothing to be found.
But this is a really great idea as a newbie still learning the rules and coming into the game this was just what our gaming group was searching high and low for. But there was nothing to be found.
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Posted 26 August 2010 - 05:00 PM
Has anybody done anything? This topic kinda went dead.
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Posted 26 August 2010 - 05:33 PM
Who you tellin'? I had some major dental work so I wasn't able to finish painting my minis. I'm going to start filming tomorrow. If I don't like it, I'll have next week to try again.
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Posted 26 August 2010 - 05:41 PM
Oh man, Fodder, I hear you there. Ten days or so ago I had 5 root canals done all at the same time. I was outta commission there for a few days...
Hope you get feeling better, guy!
Hope you get feeling better, guy!
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Posted 26 August 2010 - 05:49 PM
Thanks. My mom called me Iron Man because I refused to take aspirin or the painkillers i was prescribed. lol last week i had deep cleaning and a filling (monday); a tooth filled and all four of my wisdom teeth extracted (friday) and the week before I had six fillings and a root canal (one sitting). I just want to get SOMETHING done. I'm sick and tired of seeing 40k and Warmachine all over youtube.
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Remember amateurs built the ark - Professionals built the Titanic.
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Posted 26 August 2010 - 10:05 PM
Better off without those painkillers probably... the ones my dentist prescribed made me sick to my stomach for days.
But yeah, I know what you mean... laying around, not well enough/too exhausted to be creative, and yeah, I agree, any publicity (albeit hopefullly good publicity) for the Pod is a good thing.
But yeah, I know what you mean... laying around, not well enough/too exhausted to be creative, and yeah, I agree, any publicity (albeit hopefullly good publicity) for the Pod is a good thing.
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Posted 27 August 2010 - 08:48 PM
fodder, on 26 August 2010 - 04:49 PM, said:
Thanks. My mom called me Iron Man because I refused to take aspirin or the painkillers i was prescribed. lol last week i had deep cleaning and a filling (monday); a tooth filled and all four of my wisdom teeth extracted (friday) and the week before I had six fillings and a root canal (one sitting). I just want to get SOMETHING done. I'm sick and tired of seeing 40k and Warmachine all over youtube.
You know there is this great invention called a toothbrush. It works wonders!
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Posted 27 August 2010 - 09:23 PM
AL13N, on 27 August 2010 - 11:48 PM, said:
You know there is this great invention called a toothbrush. It works wonders!
Has more to do with not going to the dentist in 12 yrs.
Back on topic, how hard and fast is the ten minute rule?
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Remember amateurs built the ark - Professionals built the Titanic.
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Posted 29 August 2010 - 07:51 AM
I guess I can do a demo video ...Why did no one do a video of my many demos at Gencon.
...Why did no one do a video of my many demos at Gencon.
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Ranger Demoer Citation: For dedication beyond the call of duty in the consistent willingness to drive long distances to demo.
Pod Squad Senior Sergeant and CNCO Texas section B)
2010 Army Painting Contest Honorable Mention winner
Secret Operations Citation Gen Con 2010: Marking Skill and proficiency in creating arena terrain.
Gen Con 2010 Service Medal: Commemoration of service rendered during Gen Con 2010.
Ranger Demoer Citation: For dedication beyond the call of duty in the consistent willingness to drive long distances to demo.
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Posted 29 August 2010 - 08:02 AM
AL13N, on 28 August 2010 - 07:48 AM, said:
You know there is this great invention called a toothbrush. It works wonders!
You know, there's another great invention, it's called "tact".
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Posted 29 August 2010 - 09:14 AM
Paradox 01, on 29 August 2010 - 11:02 AM, said:
You know, there's another great invention, it's called "tact".
Agreed. Going personal isn't cool.
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Posted 29 August 2010 - 09:42 PM
Yeah. Not to echo what they already said, but some of us labored under having no money and no insurance for a long time before we got up the nerve and money to get things fixed. Wonderous brushes or not.
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Posted 30 August 2010 - 05:09 AM
EvilMonkey, on 29 August 2010 - 10:51 AM, said:
I guess I can do a demo video ...Why did no one do a video of my many demos at Gencon.
...Why did no one do a video of my many demos at Gencon.Ummm..because they went longer than 10 mintues????
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Posted 30 August 2010 - 06:37 AM
Ghostrider, on 30 August 2010 - 08:09 AM, said:
Ummm..because they went longer than 10 mintues????
Yeah, 10 minutes to demo Heavy gear Blitz really means focusing on one or two core concepts, I think.
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Posted 30 August 2010 - 08:58 AM
Balance, on 30 August 2010 - 09:37 AM, said:
Yeah, 10 minutes to demo Heavy gear Blitz really means focusing on one or two core concepts, I think.
See the videos for Infinty that Corvus Belli put out on their youtube page; they pretty much hit the nail on the head on what a demo video should convey to the audience.
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Posted 30 August 2010 - 09:06 AM
I think if someone focused on the basic rules (nothing past page 30), it could be done. Give a quick overview of a datacard and the Blitz dice, then demoed a single turn between two GP Squads, it could be done in 10 minutes.
It'd be tight, of course, because in even the shortest demo I ran at GenCon I spent about 7-8 minutes just giving a brief on the background of Terra Nova, but that could be a separate video all on its own.
It'd be tight, of course, because in even the shortest demo I ran at GenCon I spent about 7-8 minutes just giving a brief on the background of Terra Nova, but that could be a separate video all on its own.
Where you come from is gone. Where you thought you were going to weren't never there. And where you are ain't no good unless you can get away from it.
Gear and Tank Variants - Aurora Issue 3.3 (5.99 MB)
The Widow's Legion RoN - Aurora Issue 3.4 (13.1 MB)
Widow's Legion Fiction - Aurora Issue 3.5 (10.9 MB)
Operation: Drop Bears Dive!
Gear Up 2
Koreshis are in ur base, drinkin ur yuengling.
Gear and Tank Variants - Aurora Issue 3.3 (5.99 MB)
The Widow's Legion RoN - Aurora Issue 3.4 (13.1 MB)
Widow's Legion Fiction - Aurora Issue 3.5 (10.9 MB)
Operation: Drop Bears Dive!
Gear Up 2
Koreshis are in ur base, drinkin ur yuengling.
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Posted 30 August 2010 - 10:04 AM
Paradox 01, on 30 August 2010 - 12:06 PM, said:
I think if someone focused on the basic rules (nothing past page 30), it could be done. Give a quick overview of a datacard and the Blitz dice, then demoed a single turn between two GP Squads, it could be done in 10 minutes.
It'd be tight, of course, because in even the shortest demo I ran at GenCon I spent about 7-8 minutes just giving a brief on the background of Terra Nova, but that could be a separate video all on its own.
It'd be tight, of course, because in even the shortest demo I ran at GenCon I spent about 7-8 minutes just giving a brief on the background of Terra Nova, but that could be a separate video all on its own.
Also, make sure there's a girl in the video. People like girls.
Tiger got to hunt,
Bird got to fly;
Man got to sit and wonder, "Why, why, why?"
Tiger got to sleep,
Bird got to land:
Man got to tell himself he understand.
Bird got to fly;
Man got to sit and wonder, "Why, why, why?"
Tiger got to sleep,
Bird got to land:
Man got to tell himself he understand.