I’m currently editing a documentary on the history and current state of the EVO tourny, and was wondering if there are any players who may have some cool pictures or videos from pre-2009 that they’d like to have shown in the film?
You’ll be fully credited for you contribution, and be sent a free copy of the finished product as a token of our gratitude.
You should try researching this very forum we’re posting on.
There’s threads here that date back all the way to 2003, and they contain everything from shoutouts to pics.
I’m sorry I can’t be of much help, but I made a quick search and found this.
Most links in that thread are already dead though, but its just an example, I’m sure you will be able to find similar threads within the 45 pages.
So that means that the general public has to pay to see it??? :sad:
Regarding watching the thing payment wise, we’re gonna be ‘premiering’ the thing at EVO (hopefully) then we’ll put it online for free. If anybody wants to buy a physical copy, like on a USB or a DVD, then we’ll gladly accept a donation. It’s a totally self-funded project so it’s not like I have anybody to promise returns too
There was a trailer for the film a few days ago on the homepage of Shoryuken. It’s called More than a Game.
In a way, we focus on the current scene. There’s no denying SF4 made fighting games as accessible as they are today and that is the main focus.
We spent a fair bit of time with Justin Wong, who talked about the MVC2 days, and how that game made him the guy he is today. We back up his story with some pretty cool archive from B5 and some MVC gameplay.
In all honestly, as a player I can’t really get behind Marvel. The gameplay just doesn’t appeal to me, which maybe skews my opinion.
If a doc were to be made about MVC2 (or at least the games community), what sort of stuff would you be interested in seeing?
well, IMO if you’re gonna make a doc about the history of evo and ignore games like mvc2 and cvs2 well then its a pointless doc, since from what i gather through what people say and lurking, MvC2 was the main game of this site for a long time.
I don’t understand this. You see the kind of docs made about SF4, the same thing could be made for MvC. Something like the alpha-ism radio show skisonic did with viscant in video form, with testimonies of players that were there, along with match footage, would be pretty awesome. but oh well. if it’s another sf4 doc good luck. I know personally I have seen too many of those as is.
Aye, I’ll admit the market for SF4 related docs is crowded at the mo. Didn’t realize there was so many when we started shooting. Whilst we were out there we ran into no less than 3 other doc crews following players! As a UK based player, I think SF (and non-COD related gaming in general) is yet to really take off as much (tournament wise) as it has in the US / Japan, which is a shame as the game is nearing the end of it’s lifespan. I was hoping media like this would help to kick-start more UK communities of fighting games. In regards to the History of EVO, we focus more on the people involved. Seth Killian, the Cannons, Wizard etc and how they organized it. They talk about how player skill attract more players to get into it (like the famous 3rd strike Daigo parry) and the effects of that on what people outside of the FGC think of of the tournament scene and how it might affect the future of what was once a pretty close community. We talk to the players (that we could track down) about the way the games have changed, and in-turn affected the tournament scene. I know this sort of stuff is old-hat to veteran players, however the documentaries that are being made at the moment have to try and explain the history whilst simultaneously bringing the audience up to date with the current state of the community. After watching Focus (the Mike Ross doc) I thought it did a good job of introducing him as a person, but not the game he plays which is something we’ve taken a different viewpoint with in our film. I like to think the documentary goes reasonably in-depth with the technicalities of the games, explaining how they work and why they are enjoyable rather than just ‘flashing light Ultras’ and people screaming Hadoken at each other all day. I don’t know, it’s hard to say if the doc will please everyone. I hope it will! Either way, it will be free to watch at some point, so it won’t be a loss for anyone to give it some of their time.
