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Re: A glimmer of light?

BladeLakem — Sun Feb 03, 2008 12:50 am

Author: BladeLakem

Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 12:50 am

Kero wrote:

BladeLakem - I second what everyone else is saying - you just made my day. Thank you so much for those words - and thanks dadguy for posting that thread to the song. I sang Blake's words as the song played and had tears in my eyes at the end. PERFECT......

I am always glad to amuse someone besides myself

Re: A glimmer of light?

Kero — Sun Feb 03, 2008 12:00 am

Author: Kero

Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 12:00 am

BladeLakem - I second what everyone else is saying - you just made my day. Thank you so much for those words - and thanks dadguy for posting that thread to the song. I sang Blake's words as the song played and had tears in my eyes at the end. PERFECT......

Re: A glimmer of light?

Jacquet — Sat Feb 02, 2008 11:27 pm

Author: Jacquet

Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 11:27 pm

If you remember during the episodes, Noloben was specifically mentioned by the DRC. I think its obvious they plan on using it in Uru.

Re: A glimmer of light?

Kerryth — Sat Feb 02, 2008 10:36 pm

Author: Kerryth

Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 10:36 pm

BladeLakem, you just made my day!

If the Noloben appearance was a mistake, I bet somebody's feelin' some pain.

Re: A glimmer of light?

SCGreyWolf — Sat Feb 02, 2008 8:47 pm

Author: SCGreyWolf

Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 8:47 pm

Ah... My bad... I thought you meant blocky when you said that.

Re: A glimmer of light?

Marten — Sat Feb 02, 2008 8:16 pm

Author: Marten

Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 8:16 pm

SCGreyWolf wrote:

Marten wrote:
Hmm, true, macnbc. But your hope-dampening theory still has issues.

Cyan would not have provided GameTap with Myst V footage unless at the very least GameTap was planning on bringing Myst V onto their service.

I've seen many comments about the blocked sky (where I agree, that's a style effect for the advertisement), but little to no comments about the water. The water looks different than in Myst V. It doesn't look as good. That leads me to believe this is an image of Noloben in Uru.

So, even assuming that an error occurred in GameTap's advertising group, what we have here is evidence that Cyan showed GameTap a part of Noloben running in the Uru engine.

If you're going by the video that I posted on YouTube it was only 160x100. The sky doesn't look blocky in the original commercial. (The water definitely looks different from the M5 version in the original ad, though.)

I did not say blocky. I said blocked, meaning "Masked out."

Re: A glimmer of light?

EthanEver — Sat Feb 02, 2008 7:50 pm

Author: EthanEver

Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 7:50 pm

*me paints his head green and picks up his banjo

Re: A glimmer of light?

janaba1 — Sat Feb 02, 2008 7:43 pm

Author: janaba1

Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 7:43 pm

What a wonderful ode to Uru and its fascination, Blade...

Thanks for sharing and thank you, dadguy for the tunes...

Re: A glimmer of light?

dadguy — Sat Feb 02, 2008 6:37 pm

Author: dadguy

Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 6:37 pm

Rainbow Connection, by Kermit the Frog

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thEiXbovv98

This is for Ethan and any others whom might not know this wonderful little diddy. It's worth playing while reading along with Blade's clever words.

Dadguy

Re: A glimmer of light?

Romer Openfield — Sat Feb 02, 2008 6:35 pm

Author: Romer Openfield

Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 6:35 pm

Great deductions, guys. And nice lyrics, Blade!

Re: A glimmer of light?

SCGreyWolf — Sat Feb 02, 2008 5:57 pm

Author: SCGreyWolf

Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 5:57 pm

Marten wrote:

Hmm, true, macnbc. But your hope-dampening theory still has issues.

Cyan would not have provided GameTap with Myst V footage unless at the very least GameTap was planning on bringing Myst V onto their service.

I've seen many comments about the blocked sky (where I agree, that's a style effect for the advertisement), but little to no comments about the water. The water looks different than in Myst V. It doesn't look as good. That leads me to believe this is an image of Noloben in Uru.

So, even assuming that an error occurred in GameTap's advertising group, what we have here is evidence that Cyan showed GameTap a part of Noloben running in the Uru engine.

If you're going by the video that I posted on YouTube it was only 160x100. The sky doesn't look blocky in the original commercial. (The water definitely looks different from the M5 version in the original ad, though.)

Re: A glimmer of light?

mckendall — Sat Feb 02, 2008 5:50 pm

Author: mckendall

Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 5:50 pm

Blade
Thank you, even with my sore throat I had to sing it. I have always loved Rainbow connection. Your words were perfect.

Re: A glimmer of light?

TomahnaGuy — Sat Feb 02, 2008 5:25 pm

Author: TomahnaGuy

Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 5:25 pm

I agree Marten. All signs lead to the conclusion that this video was taken in Uru either in the testing phase of the age back in 2003 or it could be a test version of the Myst 5 one or a new version entirely again.

I hope it isn't a mistake in marketing but nonetheless it is interesting.

TG

Re: A glimmer of light?

Marten — Sat Feb 02, 2008 5:19 pm

Author: Marten

Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 5:19 pm

Hmm, true, macnbc. But your hope-dampening theory still has issues.

Cyan would not have provided GameTap with Myst V footage unless at the very least GameTap was planning on bringing Myst V onto their service.

I've seen many comments about the blocked sky (where I agree, that's a style effect for the advertisement), but little to no comments about the water. The water looks different than in Myst V. It doesn't look as good. That leads me to believe this is an image of Noloben in Uru.

So, even assuming that an error occurred in GameTap's advertising group, what we have here is evidence that Cyan showed GameTap a part of Noloben running in the Uru engine.

Re: A glimmer of light?

macnbc — Sat Feb 02, 2008 4:00 pm

Author: macnbc

Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 4:00 pm

LuigiHann wrote:

I think it's one thing to run ads for games later than intended, which accounts for out-of-date information... but the ad in question shows an image of Noloben, which doesn't appear in any game on GameTap, past or present. It's mostly odd.

One possible non-season-two non-Myst-V explanation is that someone on the GameTap side might've come across some pre-Myst-V concept art for Noloben and thought it was Ahnonay and used it in the commercial. The two do have a similar "look" to them in that area.