The Chosen Ones

Hey Aero, I know you've been always wanting to write this book and I'm glad you made some real progress. I think people understand why you've stopped in continuing the project, it's tough. The reason you've stated is actually the reason a lot of people stopped certain projects. Certainly I think what you did with the campaign was amazing and those memories of playing that game for me was really something. It definitely wasn't for nothing even though you really didn't get any money out of it. I could see why you stopped, having no income doesn't allow for doing such things like what you were doing with the campaign. It really is a labor of love, even though you get fans who love what you do, people who like what you've made and people following you, if there's no income in it, you can't do it forever. It really only stays as a hobby or something to do in your free time. And for something like that, this project certainly breaks ground and is an amazingly accomplishment in the form it is in.

I know you'll continue working hard on the book, and I really am happy you are doing what you like. I hope it's a success and hope to one day read it whenever it comes out.

Before anyone asks, yes I have left and I'm still gone, but I did say I'd come back on weekends. I'm just not actively working on TCO like I used to before. That doesn't mean I still can't post my new video playthrough since it's something I do as a side project when I'm bored.

Anyhow on to the actual topic I posted this thread for. I have started my **** playthrough of TCO! I chose this version because well....yeah I just chose it because that's when I decided to do it. In case you're wondering, it's version 1.8e. I figured I'd throw it on the forums like I did with extreme playthrough because people seemed interested in seeing some of the videos. So, I only finished chapter 1 right now but I'll put the videos up and tell me what ya think. This playthrough will also be using a giveup to show you how amazingly strong I can get, that should be fun. Oh, definitely watch it in 720p and fullscreen, I finally got all my videos to be HD so take full advantage of the nicer quality.

Now, to tell you what I want to accomplish in this playthrough. I'm planning to absolutely crush and destroy the bosses on ****. I may not be able to do it in chapter 1 because that's a hard chapter to absolutely crush the bosses since I don't have most of my essential items yet, but I'll definitely accomplish that in later chapters. Oh, and obviously to 100% complete ****, I see that as taking down every elite and epic boss. Yeah, and I also don't use potions, they aren't necessary, they're nice, but not essential.

A note on the videos though, I only show boss battles this playthrough. I figured it was the only interesting stuff in my videos and since I already did a whole playthrough of the game, it'd just be the same thing. At least with this it's 2 whole new versions, new items, and different difficulty and tactics. Especially since the bosses are now updated to be harder and different. Oh yeah and this is an important note, too. I borrowed one of the save files Aero had because mine was lost and I instead got one that's basically exactly like mine. Only thing is, my name will now say Apocalypse instead of Killa.

Not only that but I'll be doing a lot of explaining of how I got certain items or how I did certain tactics and how I got to where I was. For those who are not interested, I always include a time stamp in the beginning of the video in an annotation of where the boss battle begins.

I'm not sure how the progression of these videos will work because again, I don't have too much time to do stuff like this, so it's really only stuff I do on the side. Still, it's something I wanted to do, so here they are.

Chapter 1

Video 1: Introduction

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpQICr2WqLY

We're just doing a quick selection of the spells I'll be using, build, and what these videos will entail.

Video 2: Items, CKs, and Chapter Boss, Oh My! (Chapter Boss)

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtLt6FQzJmc

This video contains a lot of explaining of my tactics, where I got all my items in the chapter, how you can get them, and what I'll be doing with them. I do this because people often asked me in my other videos how I got certain items. The other thing I describe is my preference on what I like to use for CKs. I did go crazy on them because I had so much to spend. I do tell you what I recommend though. Oh and the actual boss fight is trivial, as the first boss always is.

Video 3: Finally, a challenge (Elite)

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfL-R0FoRro

This video is a little more interesting since it's less explaining, more boss battle. I explain how I got my items together and from there I move onward to the elite boss and show how amazing I am at failing to quickswap items. You can see me clearly fail in the video which leads to complications if you watch it. Also, I run around aimlessly haha, it's because I'm waiting for my skills to not be on CD or to gain more mana. In the early levels, it's a problem so I had no choice especially since I don't use potions. Luckily later on this never becomes a problem, you always will have mana regardless of potions.

Video 4: A challenge of EPIC proportions! (Epic)

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcFnGfvcfMs

In this one I completely forget that I had silver set all along and I could have used it for the battle! It doesn't matter too much for me though because even though items really help, I more depend on my skills rather than items so honestly, it didn't make a huge difference for me. When you play though definitely use it, it helps certainly.

Video 5: Bonus!

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mysDgOrADOE

This is actually not an awesome bonus video since it only shows one quick thing. I was planning to make the bonus episode bigger and cooler, but honestly, chapter 1 didn't offer me too much bonus content. I'll try and make it better in the later chapters, otherwise, this will just show me easily destroying Ormester without even being hit (true I did use Chaotic Rift, but I dodged his easy two spells and smoked him in less than 10 seconds). The only reason why I actually included it was because I was laughing at the fact Aero said it'd be "tough and challenging" which I know was meant for new players but I needed to put something in for the bonus video, and this was it.

Oh, how awesome. Didn't know everyone liked me this much, well thanks, you've made my day a little better! Let me respond to you each individually and intimately...well now that sounds weird.

Well let's go in order of who replied first. To Hamza...

Ah, wonderful.. a job description. Just what I was looking for

Yes, I figured everyone would get a kick out of that. Really, it's so exciting!

We've never met

Yeah, we haven't. Very unfortunate but that's okay, most people haven't met me either haha! But seriously, doing an extreme run without any giveups isn't as hard as you think. You can get all the items you need even with how the current difficulty system is set up.

Even though I won't be able to prove that quite yet again, I'll be doing something similar with a **** run. Though I will be using a giveup because I wanted to show how ridiculously amazing I can make the chosen ones (it's insane). Hope to actually do that in my off time but who knows. Thanks for the goodbye.


Now moving on to Black,

Dude you have been the ultimate exterminator(bug reporter)

Oh please, go on. No, really thanks. It's been a habit of mine. Though, TCO I think was pretty bug infested when I first got to it, it's toned down a lot. I can't tell you how many lines of bugs I had to write down though...it's so much cleaner now though! Really though, everyone helped it to be much cleaner, I think it's great we squashed so many bugs...and that Aero actually takes the time to fix them all!

hope you will come back one day.

You shouldn't worry about that. This is "Goodbye for now". Note the "now, not goodbye forever. I'll be back, maybe sooner than you think? I will definitely be back in the Summer or late spring (May?). I'll probably even swing around on the holidays most notably in the Winter. Not sure if I'll be on the forums though, just probably helping Aero if I can with some things or doing more videos if I'm still doing that sort of thing at the time. Thanks for the response!


Now for Doom, (that sounds menacing...time for DOOOOOOM!)

Sad to see you going though but I hope that you will return and we can talk to each other more one day. Farewell, my friend, and may luck smile upon your chosen path.

Yeah, I'll be back, and we'll definitely talk some more. I don't think you need to worry about that. I considered myself a shadow of this project, now you can just think of me as a ghost. I'll be around every now and then, even if you can't see me. Though I'll definitely make sure to tell you when I'm back for a decent amount of time. Like I said before, that'd be around holidays or long breaks. I usually get back on weekends though but again, those are usually taken up with other things...anyhow, thanks for the reply and the goodbye!


It's time to move onto Shino,

Sorry, Killa, but i just couldn't read all the post, i read smth about half of it them jumped to the end.

Oh...damn. You actually read half of that?! Impressive, no you deserve a medal. (click the spoiler for the medal).

 

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Horribly made medals aside...

I hope i can see you again in the future, i'm a optimistic person(yet the chances are almost zero ).

Nah, we'll definitely see each other again.

what kind of person say goodbye to each other then continue walking side to side ?

I can tell you this much...it gets awkward...real fast.

Goodbye, Killa. May our chains of destiny get stuck in each other again .

Heh, they probably will. Thanks for your reply and goodbye message!


Now onto the creator of this fine place, Aeroble.....Aerobline....Aerobleyctoscadcsccdodc....Aero, yeah let's go with that.

Thanks so much for all the help Killa.

Ah, for me, helping wasn't a problem at all. I truly enjoyed it.

Epic post btw...

I, myself, do not quite comprehend...

I think I do, but I rather not spoil it for everyone else. I'll let them figure it out by themselves. It's more fun that way.

Thanks for everything Aero, the one who started the project....and the one who I call....a friend. Goodbye....for now. Hope to see you soon as well as everyone else. Thanks for your epic and awesome goodbye post.



With that I'd like to say something myself. Guys...I'll be back. This isn't the end. This isn't the beginning either. I'm not sure what it is, but whatever it is, I'm bound to end up here again somehow. Also, I plan to do videos in my off time or whenever I'm free. This means I could even post videos tomorrow (doubtful) or at any time while I'm away (also doubtful!). I'm saying though, even if I'm saying goodbye, you may be able to feel me still being there with the videos I post since I've recorded some and can put some up while I'm away and even record some more when I'm back at home, yay!

Anyhow, thanks all for the responses. You guys give me the power to keep working on the campa-Oh wait....I'm not the person who is supposed to say that....let's try that again.

Thanks for all the responses, you guys make me feel warm and fuzzy inside....good enough.

It sounds like it could work better and be more appropriate in site discussion. I have no problem with it being here it's just that I'd want this to get more views and I honestly don't know how many members, especially new ones, view Off-Topic. So Site Discussion seems like a better Sub-Forum.

You shouldn't feel guilty at all. You can only do so much with these videos, especially with your connection. You do what you can and that's all that matters in terms of gameplay, I'm just happy that there actually is someone also doing videos, no matter how many they put out.

You actually were the one to inspire me to do these, so really I should be thanking you. Don't worry though, once this new update comes up, it'll be full speed ahead with videos.

Ah man, sad to see you going. I can relate though, I'm going to be concentrating on my major (Science/Physics field) more intensely once I go back at the end of summer so I won't be able to work on the campaign as much or at all. Studies should always come first though. Hopefully I can find someone to fill my place, at least in the text field of the game (though I'll always check on Aero every now and then for quality control .)

Anyway, concentrating more on the topic theme here. I agree that this forum isn't as lively as it should be (even though I tried to get more traffic towards this forum). I'd hope that more of these people who just lurk on the forum would be a little more interactive so that we can form a stronger community. It seems like there is always just the few who always participates in major matters.

Perhaps one day we can get some more people to become as active as some of our members today. If some of our dedicated members go inactive like you are, then this forum will very well crash and burn, yet we should try and prevent that.  I believe that is the intention you are trying to go for, finding more people to take a bigger part in the forum so that this place doesn't become a ghost town. Without a strong community base, this campaign won't be as good as it possibly can be since it is a very community-involved project.  I hope that we can amend this problem soon.

With all that being said, good luck on your education, sometimes it sucks but you just gotta go through it, though senior year is fun (the second half at least, first half is all college related stuff, it's rough but in the end, everything seems just to work itself out, so don't stress too much like I did).   Hope you do well .

I know how you feel Wsaw. Personally, I'm just waiting until after this update comes to do my videos. I've been anxiously waiting (and working on) this update so I'm happy it's coming soon. By then I can finally upload my new videos!

An update very well worth waiting for.

I think these new improvements are nice. Only thing is, I'd appreciate categories for ones I know aren't classified as ultimate such as Thunder Blade, Area Attack and Blazing Fury. I especially like the new animation for teleport strike as it now does not look like Fradz is humping the enemy to death.

Also, I think Blazing Fury or Area Attack's effect should be at least slightly different. They're essentially the same spell. While the effect may be good it's just basically a repeat for either spell. I think Aero said something along the same lines, and especially if they were in the same category.

Regarding the "Of doom" ultimate. The animation is nice and more impressive then the current one but both Aero and I seem to think it does not really "blend" with what Phodom is. Phodom is not considered a character that can perform those actions displayed in that spell. That's the only unfortunate part of it.

Other than that, I think it's refreshing to see some new abilities and updates on current ones, tweaking may be needed though as I said above.