Hey, there, FireGold fanatics! PAPAYA here, and it's been quite a while, perhaps a bit too long. Now that it is finals week (for me at least) and the semester is nearly over, I bring forth to you some news!
We are hoping to have a new episode or two up for you all before our one-year anniversary on June 24. Once DM and Arch Canine finish their semester one week after I do, we hope to record some new material soon thereafter. As for the anniversary date itself, we have something planned for it and it's currently in the works right now! We also want to do one more thing for our anniversary but we can't seem to figure out what. That's where you come in! If you all have something you'd want for us to do (another video game battle, a Q&A, an audio recap of our first year, etc.), be sure to let us know in the comments below!
Now, onto something else that is very awesome. If any of you are Invader ZIM fans and you have not heard of InvaderCON, it is exactly what it sound like. It's a convention, entirely devoted to the almighty Invader ZIM series! It'll be in Los Angeles, CA, (specifically Torrence, CA) on July 28-29 (Sat. and Sun.). The voice actors of ZIM, GIR, Dib, and Gaz will be there, as well as one of the writers, artists, and post producers. And, to make it all even more awesome, the creator of Invader ZIM himself, Jhonen Vasquez, will also be there (was not there last year in Atlanta at the inaugural event)! What does this have to do with us? Well, as of this moment, I, PAPAYA, will be attending this convention! No word yet on the others but, if that changes, we'll be sure to let you all know! So, if you can and want to meet me and enjoy some Invader ZIM madness along with me and many others from different states, all the important information is in that little link below. CLICK ON IT NOW, YOU FILTHY HUMANS!
InvaderCON Official Site
And, that's all for now! Until next time, fanatics, take care and we'll see you...or talk to you...in character...very soon!
-PAPAYA
Sunday, May 13, 2012
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Episodes 6 and 7 Write-Ups!
Hey there, fans! Episodes 6 and 7 are now out and I think that these are our best episodes yet. The addition of BUM DH has really helped make a positive difference to our series. With that, let's dive in and talk about them.
Episode 6 was a big one for us. Since this was the episode with the Rocket Grunts, it was important that all 4 of us were there to record. Luckily, we all were able to make it. We start with Gold approaching the first Grunt blocking the Slowpoke Well. Since I was already doing Gold's voice, I decided to make the Grunt sound like Rex from Napoleon Dynamite so they wouldn't sound similar at all. Boy, after a while, my throat was sore as hell. When Gold finally listenes to the first Grunt, he finally arrives to Azalea Town. Immediately we get the sense that something fishy is going on since a woman notices that the Slowpoke are missing and another Grunt acts very suspiciously. Since Gold is theoretically still a little kid, he would pretend to be a detective and try to solve this mysterious mystery. This little gag was inspired by Ash doing a similar thing in one of the anime's first season episodes. Once he gets to Ol' Kurt's place, he spoils it for our hero and tells us that the suspicious looking official person guys are, in fact, Team Rocket! He goes off and tries to stop them but hurts his back in the process. From here, Gold battles "Rex Kwon Do" Rocket, "Jessie" Rocket, "Squidward" Rocket, and "AHHNOLD" Rocket. After a few setbacks in each battle, Gold comes out victorious and helps get rid of Team Rocket. Kurt then gives Gold a lure ball and reminds him that he'll always be there for him should he want some more balls in the future. Then, we get something that I had been thinking about for the longest time, which was giving Fat Guy a real name. Thus, we find out the truth behind the story of the guy who is fat. It turns out that Fat Guy's real name is Carl Wheezing! We though this name would fit him the most because, much like Carl Wheezer from Jimmy Neutron, he is fat, caring, friendly, and has an unhealthy obsession with something (with Pokemon Black and White to Wheezer's obsession with llamas). Unfortunately for Carl, the story behind the guy who is fat's parents may never be told.
Episode 7 was another big one. Gold was now able to enter the second gym and challenge the gym leader. After getting past the twins and two bug catchers with no problem, he reaches Bugsy. To be honest with you guys, it had been a really long time since I actually played the second generation games so I was shocked to re-discover that the second gym leader was named Bugsy. This made me laugh so hard since the Red Squirtle Squad actually had a character named Bugsy in their series. So, it was only right that we have Alex voice Bugsy (since he kind of owed us for not being able to voice Oak for us in the first episode, don't tell him I told you that). Thanks again to Alex and Taco Man for lending their voices to us, we really appreciate it. Gold defeats Bugsy and earns his second badge. Bugsy is defeated and pretty much doesn't earn respect. To quote the late great Rodney Dangerfield (kind of), "he gets no respect at all! No respect!" That was the incentive for the title of the episode. Then, as if the gym battle was enough, Silver appears and challenges Gold again to a battle. This battle was pretty hard fought compared to their first encounter. It's also the first time Gold was close to losing his first battle. It also reveals the first secret of many of Gold: He can speak Spanish! O.o...
As for the second installment of Silver's Monologue Adventures, it was not scripted. Draftmaster just hit the record button and began making it happen off the top of his head, with me filling in for the characters he was not the voice of. Silver encounters the Farfetch'd in the Ilex Forest and fails to capture it three times. A lot more epic than the first installment, to say the least.
That's pretty much it! As for the next episodes, I'm going to predict that we'll have one done around spring break time. Until then, enjoy these episodes, keep up the support and spread the word about our series!
-PAPAYA
Episode 6 was a big one for us. Since this was the episode with the Rocket Grunts, it was important that all 4 of us were there to record. Luckily, we all were able to make it. We start with Gold approaching the first Grunt blocking the Slowpoke Well. Since I was already doing Gold's voice, I decided to make the Grunt sound like Rex from Napoleon Dynamite so they wouldn't sound similar at all. Boy, after a while, my throat was sore as hell. When Gold finally listenes to the first Grunt, he finally arrives to Azalea Town. Immediately we get the sense that something fishy is going on since a woman notices that the Slowpoke are missing and another Grunt acts very suspiciously. Since Gold is theoretically still a little kid, he would pretend to be a detective and try to solve this mysterious mystery. This little gag was inspired by Ash doing a similar thing in one of the anime's first season episodes. Once he gets to Ol' Kurt's place, he spoils it for our hero and tells us that the suspicious looking official person guys are, in fact, Team Rocket! He goes off and tries to stop them but hurts his back in the process. From here, Gold battles "Rex Kwon Do" Rocket, "Jessie" Rocket, "Squidward" Rocket, and "AHHNOLD" Rocket. After a few setbacks in each battle, Gold comes out victorious and helps get rid of Team Rocket. Kurt then gives Gold a lure ball and reminds him that he'll always be there for him should he want some more balls in the future. Then, we get something that I had been thinking about for the longest time, which was giving Fat Guy a real name. Thus, we find out the truth behind the story of the guy who is fat. It turns out that Fat Guy's real name is Carl Wheezing! We though this name would fit him the most because, much like Carl Wheezer from Jimmy Neutron, he is fat, caring, friendly, and has an unhealthy obsession with something (with Pokemon Black and White to Wheezer's obsession with llamas). Unfortunately for Carl, the story behind the guy who is fat's parents may never be told.
Episode 7 was another big one. Gold was now able to enter the second gym and challenge the gym leader. After getting past the twins and two bug catchers with no problem, he reaches Bugsy. To be honest with you guys, it had been a really long time since I actually played the second generation games so I was shocked to re-discover that the second gym leader was named Bugsy. This made me laugh so hard since the Red Squirtle Squad actually had a character named Bugsy in their series. So, it was only right that we have Alex voice Bugsy (since he kind of owed us for not being able to voice Oak for us in the first episode, don't tell him I told you that). Thanks again to Alex and Taco Man for lending their voices to us, we really appreciate it. Gold defeats Bugsy and earns his second badge. Bugsy is defeated and pretty much doesn't earn respect. To quote the late great Rodney Dangerfield (kind of), "he gets no respect at all! No respect!" That was the incentive for the title of the episode. Then, as if the gym battle was enough, Silver appears and challenges Gold again to a battle. This battle was pretty hard fought compared to their first encounter. It's also the first time Gold was close to losing his first battle. It also reveals the first secret of many of Gold: He can speak Spanish! O.o...
As for the second installment of Silver's Monologue Adventures, it was not scripted. Draftmaster just hit the record button and began making it happen off the top of his head, with me filling in for the characters he was not the voice of. Silver encounters the Farfetch'd in the Ilex Forest and fails to capture it three times. A lot more epic than the first installment, to say the least.
That's pretty much it! As for the next episodes, I'm going to predict that we'll have one done around spring break time. Until then, enjoy these episodes, keep up the support and spread the word about our series!
-PAPAYA
Monday, January 2, 2012
Happy New Year! ...And other news!
Happy New Year, FireGold fanatics! As 2012 kicks off, we bring along some important news!
This past week, the Red Squirtle Squad came in contact with us and they presented an idea to do a crossover episode with them! Being big fans of theirs (as I'm sure a lot of you are, as well), it was an honor to do this episode with them. We came up with the episode in only a few hours. It's pretty self-explanatory as far as the plot goes...or is it? How, exactly, do they end up in America? Hmm....funny story, as Brock says. One thing that cracks me up in this one is how obvious our microphone quality differs from theirs. This will probably be the last time I use this microphone I got a while back since you couldn't really hear what I said unless you turned the volume up. A pretty awesome episode nonetheless. Thanks again to the Red Squirtle Squad for giving us the opportunity to do this!
Now, onto our own series. If things aren't too hectic, we should begin recording Episode 6 in a matter of days. We will try to have it ready for you before the next semester of college begins.
Until then, blog you all later!
-PAPAYA
This past week, the Red Squirtle Squad came in contact with us and they presented an idea to do a crossover episode with them! Being big fans of theirs (as I'm sure a lot of you are, as well), it was an honor to do this episode with them. We came up with the episode in only a few hours. It's pretty self-explanatory as far as the plot goes...or is it? How, exactly, do they end up in America? Hmm....funny story, as Brock says. One thing that cracks me up in this one is how obvious our microphone quality differs from theirs. This will probably be the last time I use this microphone I got a while back since you couldn't really hear what I said unless you turned the volume up. A pretty awesome episode nonetheless. Thanks again to the Red Squirtle Squad for giving us the opportunity to do this!
Now, onto our own series. If things aren't too hectic, we should begin recording Episode 6 in a matter of days. We will try to have it ready for you before the next semester of college begins.
Until then, blog you all later!
-PAPAYA
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Episode 5 Write-Up!
Seasons Greetings, FireGold fanatics! It's been quite a while since the last episode. I thank you all for your patience. With that, let's begin with Episode 5.
Some of you may have noticed that the title of this episode is a reference to The Misfits' song "American Psycho." Since we used that psycho theme quite a bit in this episode, we thought that would be the best title since you heard us having trouble coming up with one in the bloopers. We begin the episode with Fat Guy once again intruding in the introduction. Since DM warned him to stop last episode, this was the last straw. AC came back to his rightful place as Narrator and read the intro while DM seemingly beat the snot out of Fat Guy. Gold hopes that he will not see the Tipster Nerd again. Wishful thinking on his part. After Gold ignores his phone and receives the voicemail from Elm, he is informed that his Assistant is at the Purple- I mean, Violet City Poke Center with the egg. For those who couldn't clearly hear what Elm said, he said the following in this order: "How do I work this thing? Oh, Professor Elm." "Hello, Gold? I really need to talk to you about an urgent favor. I will not stop calling until you answer your dang phone!" "Ah, Gold, finally! We've discovered something about the egg. Visit my assistant at Violet City's Poke Center for further information." Elm's Assistant really has a knack for holding grudges for the simplest things. From there, we present the debut of BUM DH as someone you probably didn't expect him to play, Nurse Joy. We had Gold go up that path up North only to find the Sudowoodo blocking his way to both Goldenrod City and Ecruteak City. Even poking it Symphony of Destruction style didn't phase it so he's advised to go down Route 32 so he could get past it later on. After mistakenly assuming a PRZCUREBERRY is for curing poison, Gold comes across the Miracle Seed Guy next to the grass on Route 32. For some reason, DM had him sound like that girl who always corrected him whenever he mispronounced a city name, which prompted BUM DH to come up with that line leading to psycho. BUM DH came up with the idea for using psycho in all the instances you hear it on the same day we recorded the episode. Some funny shtuff on his part. Since Gold hated the idea of going through more grass, he decides to simply sprint his way through it. He suddenly stopped to find that Picnicker Liz was having relationship issues. She gives him her number but when she says that she wants Gold to buy her stuff for them to be in a relationship, he quickly changes his mind and keeps sprinting. He trips on a wild Mareep's tail and pays the price. It was pretty funny that it sounded like DM said "RAPE" listening back on it. When Gold hits the ground after he passes out, Quilava and Hoothoot drag him to the nearest Poke Center. Gold encounters the Slowpoketail Salesman before he finally makes his way into the Union Cave. He begins the battle with the first Hiker in the cave to find that he has nothing to easily beat a rock-type. He calls Elm again and Elm somehow knows that Faulkner gives TM31 as a bonus for defeating him. Here's what Elm says if you had trouble hearing it: "Gold, did the egg hatch already?" "Well, have you beaten Faulkner yet?" "Use TM31 that teaches Mud-Slap. Teach it to your Hoothoot and that'll be super-effective against rock-types." "Now Gold, only call me if the egg hatches. All right?" He gets past the first Hiker and does well against the second until he hits a wall when his Hoothoot is owned by the remaining Geodude. After one flame attack isn't very effective against said Geodude, Gold screws the rules again and has Quilava use both its flames to take down Geodude. He then comes up to the first Firebreather spinning around and Gold successfully avoids him. Then, the creepy Pokemaniac goes off on an OCD Pokemon craze fest and creeps us all out. Gold then battles the second Firebreather and oh, what a surprise. Gold screws the rules AGAIN by having Quilava use both his flames and Ember all in the same turn. Good thing he was in a cave or otherwise that would've had him disquali- oh, who am I kidding? Gold gets away with anything he wants because he's that awesome! In fact, he's so awesome, he avoids another spinning person at the end of the episode. Poor Fat Guy. I guess he had to learn to not intervene in the introduction the hard way.
That about does it for this write-up! Hope you all have a great whatever day you're celebrating this season and I'll blog to you all again very soon!
-PAPAYA
Some of you may have noticed that the title of this episode is a reference to The Misfits' song "American Psycho." Since we used that psycho theme quite a bit in this episode, we thought that would be the best title since you heard us having trouble coming up with one in the bloopers. We begin the episode with Fat Guy once again intruding in the introduction. Since DM warned him to stop last episode, this was the last straw. AC came back to his rightful place as Narrator and read the intro while DM seemingly beat the snot out of Fat Guy. Gold hopes that he will not see the Tipster Nerd again. Wishful thinking on his part. After Gold ignores his phone and receives the voicemail from Elm, he is informed that his Assistant is at the Purple- I mean, Violet City Poke Center with the egg. For those who couldn't clearly hear what Elm said, he said the following in this order: "How do I work this thing? Oh, Professor Elm." "Hello, Gold? I really need to talk to you about an urgent favor. I will not stop calling until you answer your dang phone!" "Ah, Gold, finally! We've discovered something about the egg. Visit my assistant at Violet City's Poke Center for further information." Elm's Assistant really has a knack for holding grudges for the simplest things. From there, we present the debut of BUM DH as someone you probably didn't expect him to play, Nurse Joy. We had Gold go up that path up North only to find the Sudowoodo blocking his way to both Goldenrod City and Ecruteak City. Even poking it Symphony of Destruction style didn't phase it so he's advised to go down Route 32 so he could get past it later on. After mistakenly assuming a PRZCUREBERRY is for curing poison, Gold comes across the Miracle Seed Guy next to the grass on Route 32. For some reason, DM had him sound like that girl who always corrected him whenever he mispronounced a city name, which prompted BUM DH to come up with that line leading to psycho. BUM DH came up with the idea for using psycho in all the instances you hear it on the same day we recorded the episode. Some funny shtuff on his part. Since Gold hated the idea of going through more grass, he decides to simply sprint his way through it. He suddenly stopped to find that Picnicker Liz was having relationship issues. She gives him her number but when she says that she wants Gold to buy her stuff for them to be in a relationship, he quickly changes his mind and keeps sprinting. He trips on a wild Mareep's tail and pays the price. It was pretty funny that it sounded like DM said "RAPE" listening back on it. When Gold hits the ground after he passes out, Quilava and Hoothoot drag him to the nearest Poke Center. Gold encounters the Slowpoketail Salesman before he finally makes his way into the Union Cave. He begins the battle with the first Hiker in the cave to find that he has nothing to easily beat a rock-type. He calls Elm again and Elm somehow knows that Faulkner gives TM31 as a bonus for defeating him. Here's what Elm says if you had trouble hearing it: "Gold, did the egg hatch already?" "Well, have you beaten Faulkner yet?" "Use TM31 that teaches Mud-Slap. Teach it to your Hoothoot and that'll be super-effective against rock-types." "Now Gold, only call me if the egg hatches. All right?" He gets past the first Hiker and does well against the second until he hits a wall when his Hoothoot is owned by the remaining Geodude. After one flame attack isn't very effective against said Geodude, Gold screws the rules again and has Quilava use both its flames to take down Geodude. He then comes up to the first Firebreather spinning around and Gold successfully avoids him. Then, the creepy Pokemaniac goes off on an OCD Pokemon craze fest and creeps us all out. Gold then battles the second Firebreather and oh, what a surprise. Gold screws the rules AGAIN by having Quilava use both his flames and Ember all in the same turn. Good thing he was in a cave or otherwise that would've had him disquali- oh, who am I kidding? Gold gets away with anything he wants because he's that awesome! In fact, he's so awesome, he avoids another spinning person at the end of the episode. Poor Fat Guy. I guess he had to learn to not intervene in the introduction the hard way.
That about does it for this write-up! Hope you all have a great whatever day you're celebrating this season and I'll blog to you all again very soon!
-PAPAYA
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Episode 4 Write-Up!
Hey, FireGold fanatics! Bet you thought you wouldn't get Episode 4 this quickly, didn't you? I'm afraid you're not so lucky...wait, maybe you are. Hmm....well, here's Episode 4!
It seems that there is still a lot of tension between Draftmaster and Fat Guy. This was one instance where maybe DM should've let him read the intro. After all, it was short as heck. We pick up right where we left off and find that Gold's trick did work. SURPRISED? He couldn't avoid Sage Chow, though. In this battle we hear that Hoothoot learns Peck out of nowhere. If Pokemon in the anime can get away with evolving at any time they want, why can't Hoothoot get away with this? The bird pwns both Bellsprouts and Gold manages to avoid the Sage in the next floor. He gets to the top to find out that he is in a battle against 3 different Sages. The music used here was Dream Theater's "A Rite of Passage" in 8-bit, so it's not entirely copyrighted, right? Hoothoot quickly pwns one but is pwned by the 2 remaining Sprouts. Cyndaquil pwns both at once courtesy of his back flame. We then find Silver harshly defeating Sage Li, just like in the games. I wanted Li to sound like Bruce Lee here because when I recalled the "Pokemon are not instruments of war..." line, I figured we could use the Emotional Content reference from Enter the Dragon because Silver trains his Pokemon with rage and harshness. After Silver has his 15 seconds of fame in this episode, Gold battles Li. We find out here that Cyndaquil learned Ember after he pwned those 2 Sprouts at once. I felt this was a great way to make up for his back flame running out of PP. 2 pwnages later and Gold gets HM05 and learns an important lesson about Emotional Content and anger. My imitation of Bruce might not have been the best but hey, none of us really can imitate him. After puking because of the Escape Rope, Gold finally enters the Violet City Gym! By the way, is it just me or is Disapparating from Harry Potter similar to using an Escape Rope? Eh, tell me what you think below. Why couldn't we use a sob story to get directly to Falkner without battling those two bird bastards? Eh, I digress. Falkner is voiced by Arch Canine, making Falkner the first real character he has voiced for us. Man, it sure was a pain to edit his lines with mine. So, who would prevail in a Kanto Birds vs. Johto Birds face off? The Johto Birds, of course! After Pidgeotto faints due to burn, the moment we all waited for occurs. Cyndaquil evolves into Quilava! Things are sure looking great for Gold now, but will he soon hit a wall? Hmm...we'll see!
That blooper at the end was DM and I messing around before we started recording the episode, I guess it was to warm up or something. But I felt it was one of the most spontanious and hilarious things we've done yet. If you all want to hear DM do the AHHNOLD impersonation more often, be sure to let us know!
And that's pretty much it! As always, enjoy the episode, stay tuned for the next one, and thank you all for the support! I'll see you all for the next write-up!
-PAPAYA
It seems that there is still a lot of tension between Draftmaster and Fat Guy. This was one instance where maybe DM should've let him read the intro. After all, it was short as heck. We pick up right where we left off and find that Gold's trick did work. SURPRISED? He couldn't avoid Sage Chow, though. In this battle we hear that Hoothoot learns Peck out of nowhere. If Pokemon in the anime can get away with evolving at any time they want, why can't Hoothoot get away with this? The bird pwns both Bellsprouts and Gold manages to avoid the Sage in the next floor. He gets to the top to find out that he is in a battle against 3 different Sages. The music used here was Dream Theater's "A Rite of Passage" in 8-bit, so it's not entirely copyrighted, right? Hoothoot quickly pwns one but is pwned by the 2 remaining Sprouts. Cyndaquil pwns both at once courtesy of his back flame. We then find Silver harshly defeating Sage Li, just like in the games. I wanted Li to sound like Bruce Lee here because when I recalled the "Pokemon are not instruments of war..." line, I figured we could use the Emotional Content reference from Enter the Dragon because Silver trains his Pokemon with rage and harshness. After Silver has his 15 seconds of fame in this episode, Gold battles Li. We find out here that Cyndaquil learned Ember after he pwned those 2 Sprouts at once. I felt this was a great way to make up for his back flame running out of PP. 2 pwnages later and Gold gets HM05 and learns an important lesson about Emotional Content and anger. My imitation of Bruce might not have been the best but hey, none of us really can imitate him. After puking because of the Escape Rope, Gold finally enters the Violet City Gym! By the way, is it just me or is Disapparating from Harry Potter similar to using an Escape Rope? Eh, tell me what you think below. Why couldn't we use a sob story to get directly to Falkner without battling those two bird bastards? Eh, I digress. Falkner is voiced by Arch Canine, making Falkner the first real character he has voiced for us. Man, it sure was a pain to edit his lines with mine. So, who would prevail in a Kanto Birds vs. Johto Birds face off? The Johto Birds, of course! After Pidgeotto faints due to burn, the moment we all waited for occurs. Cyndaquil evolves into Quilava! Things are sure looking great for Gold now, but will he soon hit a wall? Hmm...we'll see!
That blooper at the end was DM and I messing around before we started recording the episode, I guess it was to warm up or something. But I felt it was one of the most spontanious and hilarious things we've done yet. If you all want to hear DM do the AHHNOLD impersonation more often, be sure to let us know!
And that's pretty much it! As always, enjoy the episode, stay tuned for the next one, and thank you all for the support! I'll see you all for the next write-up!
-PAPAYA
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Episode 3 Write-Up!
Hey there, FireGold fanatics! FINALLY...the write-up for Episode 3 is here! Sorry it took longer than it should have, but here it is and let's not waste any more time!
Since Arch Canine was out this episode due to some evil food, Draftmaster decided to take the role as substitute narrator. The reason he read the introduction so fast was because he only had 10 seconds to read it all before it officially began with Gold's opening line. I was a little lazy and didn't want to rearrange everything just for the intro, so DM read it as fast as he could and I thought it was awesome once he finally read it through without messing up too much. And because some of the voices sounded a little too much like DM's narration voice, I decided to raise the pitch a bit to make it stand out and to provide an extra joke. Since it was nighttime out in this episode, there was a lot of Hoothoot in the grass so we made a little joke with different Hoothoots chanting and one even talking. Just like in the game, Gold battles youngsters Joey and Mikey. How did Joey's Rattata heal up fast, exactly...? Come on, Joey, you got some 'splaining to do! Well, being the immature little brat that he is, he refuses and his Rattata gets pwned by Cyndaquil's back flame. Gold then fights Mikey and Cyndaquil learns Smokescreen after pwning Mikey's Pidgey. The smoke makes his Rattata easy picking for Cyndaquil's back flame, giving Gold the victory and giving Rattata potentially fatal third degree burns. Gold then went to the Dark Cave and used Cyndaquil's flame as a flashlight to easily navigate inside it. I came up with this because in the Pokemon cartoon, Ash used Charmander's tail flame to navigate through a cave in the Squirtle Squad episode so I thought it'd make sense. After finding out Geodude's are hardly affected by fire attacks, Gold flees and finally reaches Purple City! Had Gold call Violet City "Purple City" because it's his trademark to misinterpret city names whenever he reaches a new one. Since Elm told Gold not to heal Pokemon anywhere but in his lab, Gold had to go back to New Bark AGAIN. We felt this was the perfect opportunity to bring up the gag that Red Squirtle did where the vikings stole all of Elm's root beer so we did it. Before their fans get mad at us for using that idea from them, the Red Squirtle Squad was fine with us doing it. The running without running shoes thing was influenced by Red Squirtle's funny cave music sequence. The music we used in that sequence is the music you hear in the boss battle of Killer Instinct 2, Gargos's theme. We came up with this because we felt there should be a way Gold could go back to Violet without interacting with everyone and everything for too long. SCREW THE RUNNING SHOES, GOLD HAS- uh... well, you can finish that sentence in the comments. Once Gold got back to Violet, I had him go into the Academy because there was a lot of things going on in there that we could make fun of. After Fat Guy made the obligatory but somewhat logical advertisement for Pokemon Black and White, Gold enters the Sprout Tower and tries that trick where he tries to avoid the first battle with the circle-spinning Sage that I know we ALL did playing this game back in the day. That's where we set the obligatory cliffhanger and show you some more bloopers. DM doing the AHHNOLD impersonation never gets old for me, it cracks me up every time.
And, yeah! That's pretty much the write-up! Sorry it wasn't the best summary of it or our thought process making it, I'll try to do better on the Episode 4 write-up. Until then, enjoy Episode 3 and expect it to be up on YouTube within the next few days and expect Episode 4 very soon! See you all again for the next write-up!
-PAPAYA
Since Arch Canine was out this episode due to some evil food, Draftmaster decided to take the role as substitute narrator. The reason he read the introduction so fast was because he only had 10 seconds to read it all before it officially began with Gold's opening line. I was a little lazy and didn't want to rearrange everything just for the intro, so DM read it as fast as he could and I thought it was awesome once he finally read it through without messing up too much. And because some of the voices sounded a little too much like DM's narration voice, I decided to raise the pitch a bit to make it stand out and to provide an extra joke. Since it was nighttime out in this episode, there was a lot of Hoothoot in the grass so we made a little joke with different Hoothoots chanting and one even talking. Just like in the game, Gold battles youngsters Joey and Mikey. How did Joey's Rattata heal up fast, exactly...? Come on, Joey, you got some 'splaining to do! Well, being the immature little brat that he is, he refuses and his Rattata gets pwned by Cyndaquil's back flame. Gold then fights Mikey and Cyndaquil learns Smokescreen after pwning Mikey's Pidgey. The smoke makes his Rattata easy picking for Cyndaquil's back flame, giving Gold the victory and giving Rattata potentially fatal third degree burns. Gold then went to the Dark Cave and used Cyndaquil's flame as a flashlight to easily navigate inside it. I came up with this because in the Pokemon cartoon, Ash used Charmander's tail flame to navigate through a cave in the Squirtle Squad episode so I thought it'd make sense. After finding out Geodude's are hardly affected by fire attacks, Gold flees and finally reaches Purple City! Had Gold call Violet City "Purple City" because it's his trademark to misinterpret city names whenever he reaches a new one. Since Elm told Gold not to heal Pokemon anywhere but in his lab, Gold had to go back to New Bark AGAIN. We felt this was the perfect opportunity to bring up the gag that Red Squirtle did where the vikings stole all of Elm's root beer so we did it. Before their fans get mad at us for using that idea from them, the Red Squirtle Squad was fine with us doing it. The running without running shoes thing was influenced by Red Squirtle's funny cave music sequence. The music we used in that sequence is the music you hear in the boss battle of Killer Instinct 2, Gargos's theme. We came up with this because we felt there should be a way Gold could go back to Violet without interacting with everyone and everything for too long. SCREW THE RUNNING SHOES, GOLD HAS- uh... well, you can finish that sentence in the comments. Once Gold got back to Violet, I had him go into the Academy because there was a lot of things going on in there that we could make fun of. After Fat Guy made the obligatory but somewhat logical advertisement for Pokemon Black and White, Gold enters the Sprout Tower and tries that trick where he tries to avoid the first battle with the circle-spinning Sage that I know we ALL did playing this game back in the day. That's where we set the obligatory cliffhanger and show you some more bloopers. DM doing the AHHNOLD impersonation never gets old for me, it cracks me up every time.
And, yeah! That's pretty much the write-up! Sorry it wasn't the best summary of it or our thought process making it, I'll try to do better on the Episode 4 write-up. Until then, enjoy Episode 3 and expect it to be up on YouTube within the next few days and expect Episode 4 very soon! See you all again for the next write-up!
-PAPAYA
Monday, August 8, 2011
Silver & Episode 3 Update
Hello, peeps! PAPAYA here again, and here's a quick update on things and Episode 3 requested by Draftmaster.
So that Monologue idea was DM's improvising, all of a sudden he thought we should give you all an idea of what Silver is up to during Gold's adventure. Listening it again made me realize that it wan't the best voice-over work, and the ending probably left something to be desired. But, it was still cool. Part 2 will be better, though, believe us.
Now, onto Episode 3. Well, unfortunately, we're all going to have to wait another week. One of the teamsters is out on vacation and he won't be back till next week. Most of Episode 3 IS done, we just need his lines and it'll be completed. Until then, may he enjoy his vacation!
See you all for the official write-up!
-PAPAYA
So that Monologue idea was DM's improvising, all of a sudden he thought we should give you all an idea of what Silver is up to during Gold's adventure. Listening it again made me realize that it wan't the best voice-over work, and the ending probably left something to be desired. But, it was still cool. Part 2 will be better, though, believe us.
Now, onto Episode 3. Well, unfortunately, we're all going to have to wait another week. One of the teamsters is out on vacation and he won't be back till next week. Most of Episode 3 IS done, we just need his lines and it'll be completed. Until then, may he enjoy his vacation!
See you all for the official write-up!
-PAPAYA
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