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GAME PLAY VIDEOS - PART 1

 For the last 2 weeks I was on isolation because a co-worker had been tested positive for COVID. At this time I don't know his situation. Hopefully okay. I did come out of it okay, but those two weeks gave me the opportunity to create my game play videos.

There were a total of six videos. The first four were Game setup and components, Draw Cards Phase, Resource Phase and Movement Phase. Each were from 2 minutes to 4 minutes long.  It took me at least 10 hours of multiple takes to get the right footage. I would have love to do multiple angles while taping, but I only had one good camera I was borrowing from my daughter, a tripod and two light stands for extra lighting. 

It was to be a top down view of the table. This way you get to see everything, at least.

My setup with tripod and one of the lamps visible.

This was during the Battle Phase video.

The last two videos were Battle Phase and End Phase. Those took me another 12 hours and at least 30 takes to get it to the point I was satisfied. Once I had all the videos completed, it was time to start editing. I currently use Pinnacle Studios 17. I have been using and upgrading that program for at least 14 years now. I have tried a couple of others and this one works best for me.

It was easy to edit the first four videos, but it still took me another 10 hours to edit all of them. I am using a laptop that is four years old now. The problem I found during the editing process is that I would have to wait practically a full minute after making an edit before I could make another edit. But at least they were done to the point I could add simple changes to them, Part of the problem may be my laptop cannot handle processing all that audio video data since it is four years old. But I will keep using it until it totally crashes on me.

The Battle Phase edits have taken me at least 37 hours now. The video is almost 15 minutes long. The original was 18 minutes, so I had room to make the required cuts. Once again it was painstakingly slow because of waiting for it to update after each edit. 

My plan is to get the videos completed within the next week now that I have to gone back to work. However, luckily next week I will be visiting family in Calgary and may have some time to do final touches.

Once the videos are done, I will be posting them on my Youtube channel and then advertising their link on my FB pages. More to follow when they are done.

THE RAVAGER (aka Giant Ape, aka Shimen Kolata)

This is one of the smallest Kaiju. It was originally called a giant ape by the humans but later given the moniker of Ravager due to it ravaging its way through towns, villages and cities.

Height: 40m

Primary Role: Front line assault

Abilities: Very agile in forests such as the Redwoods in California, USA, and adept at using tall structures in cities as cover.

Description: Normally a friendly species. They have a simian appearance. Their hair is a mix of browns and blacks, with blue feet, hands and chest.

Background: The Shimen Kolata are native to the world of Byndazii. Byndazii is a temperate world, with a mix of desert, mountains, jungles, and arctic tundra located on a few large continents. There are also many islands spread throughout the ocean. The Shimen Kolata prefer to inhabit the rain forests and mountainous terrain. The rain forests on Byndazii can reach over 100m in height. 

The Shimen Kolata enjoy leaping and climbing about these trees. There is another intelligent species on Byndazii called the Ferook. Where the Shimen Kolata are 40m tall, the Ferook are about 2m tall and also simian in appearance. The Ferook have a light coating of striped and spotted fur that is unique to their species, much like the Shimen Kolata. 

When Sazzarran "diplomats" appeared on Byndazii, they were amazed at the variety of species, especially the Shimen Kolata, when they were able to see them. It seemed the Shimen Kolata were a timid sort, considering their size. Bit it was soon found that they are protective and very ferocious when they, and especially their family, is threatened.

The Sazzarran engaged in conversation with the Ferook, which was mainly sign language and took many months for their linguists to understand. The Sazzarran wanted the Ferook to help them capture some of the Shimen Kolata, but the Ferook would have nothing to do with it. The two species lived well together and preferred to leave one antoher alone. When the Sazzarran started to threaten and torture some of the Ferook, the Shimen Kolata took notice and attacked the Sazzarran.

Many of the Sazzarran were slaughtered, but so were some of the Shimen Kolata and many Ferook. The remainder of the Sazzarran departed Byndazii, only to return with a much larger force and manage to capture many of the Shimen Kolata as well as the Ferook. 

It was later that the Sazzarran scientists discovered that the Shimen Kolata and the Ferook were of the same species. Apparently, after many years of adulthood, the Ferook depart their community and disappear into the rain forests and mountains. Over a period of several years, they eventually grow into the Shimen Kolata. 

When nature calls, the Ferook respond and have to leave their community or risk causing damage and suffering to their people when they start growing and become less intelligent.  The Sazzarran can now tap into that resource as much as possible when they need a pool of war beasts for their invasion of new worlds.