Erunno’s Thoughts…

PS: I’m aware of the links not working. Theres something seriously wrong with my WordPress… I apologize for that.

Yup, scales. Today I’ll rant a bit more about the potential that dragon oreinted movies have (yeah, the horse is not dead enough for me), Blizzcon and throw out some “grats” to people.

For the past week or so, I’ve been doing some more serious reading of the dragon lore in the Warcraft universe. Some might not care about the lore in movies but I find it important. What I want to explain is that dragons in WoW have more potential than people think. Let me just give you a quote for the start about Dragonspawns:

Wyrmkin usually carry shields and swords (usually longswords) or spears provided by their patrons. These weapons are magical, with an enhancement or other minor feature. Wyrmkin are clever fighters, well trained and organized. Wyrmkin are trained to setup ambushes, use hit-and-run tactics, and generally do everything they can to gain the upper hand in a battle. They employ advanced battle strategies and capable of performing advanced maneuvers utilizing terrain, ambush, and flanking, as well as distinctive formations for different foes. Most wyrmkin fight in large units, they known for flanking their enemies or taking specific formations, but they rarely think of strategies on their own. Their one critical flaw is a lack of initiative and creative, independent thinking. Despite this shortcoming, they are a feared battle unit, capable of wreaking much havoc. Fortunately, most of these groups are lead by higher-ranking dragonspawn, to whom the wyrmkin looks for orders. Wyrmkin are almost always fighters, although some sorcerers are found within their ranks, but very rarely — those who show such talent are promoted to the flametongue legions.

While most wyrmkin are content — and often eager — to serve their dragon patrons, some strike out on more adventurous paths. Sometimes, a dragonspawn rebels against her oppressive culture, while other times a wyrmkin’s patron or dragonflight offers its blessings on her quest. Some adventuring wyrmkin are on lengthy missions for the dragonflight, exploring new places and discovering new magic.

See what I mean. You can get a story going just by reading this. Let me give you examples of a story: A Wyrmkin traveling across Azeroth in searh for artifacts, a group of elite rebel Dragonkins ambushing their kin, open warfare; dragons against dragons! Let’s not even mention the hate of the Black Dragonflight and the Chromatic flight. We’ve seen drama in the mortal soceity of Azeroth… Someone kills his father, the son seeks revenge, etc. But why use this concept on an overused race while you could bring some freshness by making up drama amongst dragons? They’re exotic, haven’t been shown from the more “human” side yet, they’re kind of mysterious and you’d be doing furries a favour (yeah, dragons still fall under furries somehow. Don’t ask me why… And no, I’m not talking of the dirty furries but this ones).

Blizzcon is comming in august and as always theres a Machinma contest there. For those who still do not know, here is the link.

So this year the limits are:
-3 minutes of length maximum
-The maximum size of 100 MB
-“.wmv,” “.avi” or “.mov” formats
-And you can use digital animation tools to some extends. But not for the whole movie (so no The Craft of War: BLIND

people)
-The movie needs to be new - not shown on any site or festival before Blizzcon

All fair and good. Some of the machinimators I know say that 3 minutes is really not enough but I would disagree. It’s completely fine for a short story or sketch. Drama movies might have some problems due to their storytelling style. But the biggest change this year is… Slovenians can participate! I can participate! Yes, this year I’m joining! I’ll do what I can to get another short about the White Drake to Blizzcon. I don’t care about the prizes, so long my movie gets played on Blizzcon I have bragging rights to be the first (and only) Slovenian machinimator who got played there (e-peen power! Hoooooo!). Let’s just hope ther will be no “Snacky’s Journal scandal” like last time.

In other news…

I’d just like to say a few congratulations for the end. First off, congratulation Jesse Cox for winning the 3rd place onWoW Idol! I personally think that he should get 2nd placed, behind Brewguy. Yeah, I didn’t liked Fatty’s song. I hated it. Also regarding WoW Idol, I’d like to congratulate and wish luck to X-Cross for getting “punished” to make a music video for the WoW Idol winner, Fatty…
Last but not least, congratultions to Azuna from Kazzak EU, my buddy and voice actor, for finnaly getting back into WoW after a good year of inactivity. Now go level so we can raid together!