On April 08 2013 23:50 Tidus Mino wrote:
I remember one of the most exciting plays I saw was at ASUS ROG Winter 2012, with BlinG doing a storm drop vs Polt on antiga shipyard, you should add this to your next pimpest plays

On topic, it was really well done, perhaps a little dark in places, I think brighter with more colour would be better

Omg yeah, I was watching that live it was 100% epic!

hal_

United States6 Posts

April 13 2013 18:27 GMT

#83

There's way too much colour correction on this

thezanursic

5500 Posts

April 13 2013 19:00 GMT

#84

Ohh and for anybody making any future Pimpest plays please include Korean commentary and better music selection

+ Show Spoiler +

Done perfectly

zachMEISTER

United States625 Posts

April 13 2013 20:09 GMT

#85

Great video for starters! Though, it could be better. As I used to edit shit like this all the time back in the CS 1.6 glory days, here are some tips I'd give:

Shorten your text. Telling a story 3 or 4 words at a time is annoying. Keep it short and sweet. If you must tell a story, it's better to use a paragraph in one scene than several scenes and few words at a time.
Adjust the colors. There is an option in every video program called "Color BALANCE"...use it to balance the colors, and then enhance some slightly.
Use cut-scenes. Instead of fast-forwarding and showing everything leading up to the scene it's cleaner-cut to just jump right into the scene. If you must show stuff prior to the scene-in-question, just use regular speed. (This one is iffy when dealing with SC2 as some displays of skill are over a longer period of time. I just personally hate the use of fast-forward, it seems tacky and lazy.)
Use animations for introductions. Even if your editing isn't professional, you could still animate the introduction a bit with built-in text effects and color effects to distinguish each scene, or player, or race rather than leaving plain-jane, white text to do the job. Here's an example of what I used to use when I made ESEA Clips of the Week.

This is an example of my work I couldn't find much more because most of my clips are physically on a harddrive, and because it was soo long ago. Overall, great start. I realize that editing videos isn't the same for every game, scene, movie, or clip. But these are some general tips I could give you to help you improve your videos.

Ventil

Sweden414 Posts

April 13 2013 20:27 GMT

#86

I'm sorry, but I couldn't stand watching more than 2 minutes of this. The editing was just... bad. The filters and level adjustments just made it impossible to watch.

I've made several movies of this kind myself, and I remember experimenting a lot with color correction, gamma and levels myself. Fortunately, I grew out of that habit as time went on. Hopefully you'll do the same. It's a phase everyone goes through it seems :D

For the music I can't really complain. Everyone got different taste in music I guess.

Maltos

Germany6 Posts

April 13 2013 21:51 GMT

#87

Wow didnt expect the thread to come up again. Here are some really serious and helpfull tips i can use for new videos of mine - im really thankfull!

KonanTenshi

Sweden210 Posts

April 13 2013 22:32 GMT

#88

you missed the kiwikaki vs stephano where kiwikaki set the new standard of archon toilet.

AND you missed some epic MMA vs DRG games, MVP vs July

I really enjoyed it though, missed some semi important games I think you should've included but the amout of amazing plays out there is to much so I doubt it'd be possible to fill em all in one video.

great work.

Joedaddy

United States1948 Posts

April 13 2013 22:46 GMT

#89

Really disappointed with the video quality of this. The colors seemed all wrong and caused me to focus on all the things that were wrong instead of actually focusing on the pimpest plays T.T;

I'd much rather have seen normal resolutions with normal colors ^^;;

n0ah

United States250 Posts

April 13 2013 23:11 GMT

#90

Did this guy even watch his own video before publishing this?? I admire his passion and effort to make a video like this, but come on... I've never had such a bad headache while watching an sc video. -_-

WackaAlpaca

Canada208 Posts

April 14 2013 02:44 GMT

#91

I hope the "not very good" pimpest plays wasnt my thread that i made like 2 years ago.

Cuz that would hurt my feelings.

You think your cool because you put a lot of hours into a video? what the hell do you think i did?
Thanks for pissing on other peoples work.

EDIT: Link to my thread (I can't believe that was actually Feb 2011... holy crap so long ago)
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=177511#1

I thought I did a pretty good job managing that thread by myself, and it seemed to be extremely popular, I can't remember how to check how many "Views" a thread got, but I remember it being over 11 thousand last time i checked (which would have been 2 years ago)

EDIT 02: Figured out the views thing, as of right now it has 35194 views which makes it the "Most popular" pimpest plays thread for sc2 to date. Again, it's great you took the time to make this and contribute to the community, but watch your mouth.

ninjamyst

United States1903 Posts

April 14 2013 02:51 GMT

#92

ruined so many epic moments with crappy editing....

DenTenker

United States606 Posts

April 14 2013 03:08 GMT

#93

Good video, but some more editing would make this video even more memorable. I can't really say much more than has already been said. Keep practicing! I'm sure these will get better as your editing skills improve and with HotS creating even more epic moments.

theqat

United States2856 Posts

April 14 2013 03:12 GMT

#94

Fitting coda for WOL in a lot of ways. HOTS has so much to offer us and I look forward to seeing a 2013-2014 pimpest plays of HOTS video!

MarineKing vs Kyrix made me nostalgic for a time when I was as optimistic about WOL as I am now about HOTS. SO MANY BANELINGS was such a hype moment

shin_toss

Philippines2589 Posts

April 14 2013 03:37 GMT

#95

My eyes hurt. can pick a not so noisy music too.

Supercilium

Sweden308 Posts

April 14 2013 03:51 GMT

#96

Remember watching the BW pimpest plays-videos a while after SC2 came out and felt that BW was way superior. Over the years there sure are some epic moments in SC2 as well. Really nice nostalgia since I've seen most of them already.
Although I didn´t like some of the editing but it was a really nice video, thanks!

Qntc.YuMe

United States792 Posts

April 14 2013 07:56 GMT

#97

On April 09 2013 00:17 alukarD wrote:
Definitely Squirtle vs MVP takes the cake of the video, and probably best overall series of WoL. For me.
But you definitely missed Kiwikaki vs Stephano IPL game. And Grubby vs Nerchio on WCS. Yes Im protoss.

closest series like ever