A pretty long interview but it was really fun. There's stuff about the beta, making of Calamity, and other projects coming up. Enjoy! Here's the
link to the actual interview but I just fixed it up.
Taco: Alright so guys your names if you please?
TwEaK: Michael
TM22: Trevor
iDraKo: Drake
TwEaK: ST68 = Steven
Taco: Ok, and how old is everyone?
iDraKo: 15
TM22: 15
TwEaK: almost 16
TM22: ST68 = 16
Taco: So, how long have you guys been playing halo?
iDraKo: I have been playing for 2 years.
TM22: I've been playing it since Halo 1 back in 2001. I've been playing halo online since May of 2005.
Taco: Drako and Tweak, how long online?
TwEaK: Since summer '05
iDraKo: About 2 years, i got started really quick
Taco: How long have you guys been recording, editing and such?
TwEaK: Well, i bought my capture card june 6 last year
TM22: I've been recording since September of 2005 and editing since July of 2006.
iDraKo: I have beee recording for about...a year ago maybe late 2006
iDraKo: Yea about a year
Taco: How many montages came before this one, and of what games?
TwEaK: No serious ones on my part, i have an upcoming one for the h3f contest ive been workin hard on
TM22: I made 2 Halo 2 montages which were very bad, since I made them when I just bought my capture card, and the game was Halo 2.
iDraKo: Oooo good question, i made 2 halo 2 montages rly quick right when i got a dvd recorder and i then started recording for my current halo montage, and 1v1 tage.
Taco: So, did you guys pickup the beta as soon as it released, or were you delayed in getting it....other than bungie being retards
TwEaK: lol, right off the bat, after waiting hours on public release day.
iDraKo: I got the beta thru crackdown so it was bungies fault..but technicly i benefited because they gave us another extra weekend
TM22: Well, I tried to get it when the Friends and Family poeple got it, but I just ended up getting it a couple hours early
Taco: What was the highest rank you got to before it ended?
iDraKo: Well i did not really play for my rank, as u can see i had a goal of geting amazing montage footage. So i played for clips.
TwEaK: 31 in rumble pit first week, then came big team battle so I never. played Ranked after that
iDraKo: BUt yes, i got to a 22 i know thats amazingly high
TM22: I was only a lieutenant when it ended. I didn't play it as much since I have a job.
iDraKo: I seemed to lose a lot of games cuz i would try to stick..lol
Taco: lol
Taco: And is it safe to say everyones favourite vehicle was the goose?
TwEaK: Yea deffinatly, we love riding broke back lol
TM22: Ah yes. I loved it. I liked the Banshee too..
iDraKo: ...Nah the goose sucked...i mean it should have bene better, we would always like flip over and crash during our battles in goose wars..lmao
TwEaK: Yea, fliping was a problem, but its speed made up for it imo
iDraKo: True, Still my fav vehicle
Taco: TM22, you said you liked the banshee...didnt you find it harder to control? i know i did
TM22: Yeah, it was. The extra "missile" kind of made up for it though. Hopefully Bungie will fix it..
iDraKo: Hey guys...just think if i didnt get the banshee than i would not have goten that last stick
TM22: Indeed.
Taco: Speaking of bungie fixing things....what would you guys improve on H3 from the beta to actual game?
TwEaK: well, im really into the competitive aspect, but this time it took btb to make it feel more fast paced, maybe it was map size but i like the fast paced nature of h2 alot better
TM22: The Master Chief throwing grenades. He looks kind of like a retard when you see somebody throw a grenade.
TwEaK: Yea, am im not a big fan on the distance of nade throws
TM22: I think he needs to throw them farther. Since he is a 500 pound Super Soldier
iDraKo: I would improve some of the gameplay..but not much bungie needs to fix the vehicles, the warthogs turret is way too strong, the goose flips too easy, and the banshees only sole purpose is to fly that kid iDraKo to that spot
Taco: Did you guys find the gameplay save feature helpful in filming the tage?
TM22: Ah yes. Very. That's what I used to record. I didn't record live with a capture card, I would just wait until the end of the week to gather my clips.
TwEaK: I didnt use it much since i have a capture card, but with the new features like different angles it will be very nice for montages
iDraKo: OMG! Yes i would have lost countless footage if that feature was not there, The problem was that u were rly limited to wut u could do, u couldnt fast forward.
Taco: Nice. So did you guys each start filming your gameplays from day 1?
TM22: Oh yes. From the very 1st game.
iDraKo: Yes
TwEaK: Yes
Taco: So who exactly came up with the idea to compile all this footage into one big project?
TwEaK: I'd say TM
TM22: Yeah, I thought of a dual montage, then we got come more people and I named it Calamity
TwEaK: I was going to make a individual, but TM decided to combine us into a tri tage, until we invited drako
iDraKo: Tweak recruited me, i was somewhat not known till this
TwEaK: Yes, Drako was a suprise member a couple of weeks of hyping after our tri-tage trailer
Taco: About how many gameplays would you same accumilated to what went into calamity?
TwEaK: Jeez, i cant begin to think
iDraKo: A lot, i played the halo3 beta 24/7, i even still had school so i was not able to play as much..but i still got a lot of games in
TM22: Heh, I would have to say around 300. But I have no clue
Taco: ok so its just safe to say, too many to count!
TwEaK: Yes
TM22: Oh yes.
iDraKo: lol i think i had 300 customs..JK
Taco: lol
TM22: You better be.
iDraKo: Nah only about 15 goose wars games and maybe 5 1v1s and a whole lot of Screw around games lol
Taco: So most of the tage was filmed in MM then?
iDraKo: Yes, 90 percent
TwEaK: Yes
TM22: Yes, since the discovery of custom games was late in the beta.
iDraKo: We only had like..wut a week of customs and not only that, we couldnt rly start one..we where in aww of the customs, we only started playing goose wars for about a weekend or so
Taco: which map would you say produced the most usuable footage?
iDraKo: Vallhala!!!!!!
TM22: Valhalla
TwEaK: valhalla deffinatly
Taco: Valhalla was my favorite too...taking the gooses off the mancannons
iDraKo: And stickys!
TM22: Oh yes. Also sniping people from them.
TwEaK: Yes, man cannon is a great addition to halo
iDraKo: Dont forget launching the stickys thru them
Taco: lol, did you guys ever expect for there to be as much hype over calamity as there actually is?
TwEaK: Well, it started with the trailer, which was released with 3 days of footage, and it just hyped itself basicaly
TM22: Well, I didn't really know the gameplay was that good when the trailer was hosted. We only showed abuot 7 clips in the trailer and
everybody went crazy from them.
iDraKo: I knew there would be hype but not that much, and i wasnt even in the trailer
Taco: At what point was the trailor made? dual-tage or tri-tage?
TM22: It was a tri-tage when it was hosted.
TwEaK: Then we secretly adopted drako
iDraKo:lol, yes it started as a tritage and then they got me, it then became the greatest QuadTage to date. At least the reviews say that
Taco: did all the hype over the trailer make you nervous about the outcome of the final product?
TwEaK: No, once drako was a member, we new it wouldnt be overhyped
iDraKo: The second i saw the trailer i was like...wow this is going to be the best betatage
TM22: Yeah, maybe if Drako wasn't in, it would be a big mess
iDraKo: HaHa
Taco: Ok so everyone recorded their own footage, who was the one that put it all together and did the editing?
TwEaK: The amazing TM
iDraKo: TM!!! Have u seen the montage
iDraKo: TM did a wonderful job editing
TM22: I did. I thought everything out, edited, and made the support signatures
iDraKo: TM was the leader
TwEaK: Except for the video sig of the needler
TwEaK: never got to that
iDraKo: aww yea aww well
Taco: So TM, how long did it take to do all the editing?
TM22: Believe it or not, I edited a 22 minute video in only 6 days.
TM22: With many delays before hand
Taco: OMG 6 days, thats insane lol
TM22: Yeah, it is. I just zoned everything out since I had no school.
Taco: You said there were some delays...what kind of delays?
TM22: Well, at one time, I was practically done Calamity, and all I needed to do was render it when my Vegas would just shut down. So I couldn't do anything. So, I sent everything to another respected
editor,but he could'nt open it either. So, I had to just restart the
whole thing.
Taco: ouch
TM22: Which was actually good, since I made it better than the last one and it hyped up Calamity more.
TwEaK: Yea, many were sadend to see it not out, some even SAID they didnt care anymore, but yea, it hyped it more, and hype = views
TM22: And Calamity has gotten an IMMENSE amount of views.
iDraKo: OMG yes it has!
Taco: How many views has it gotten?
TM22: Currently, on H3F it has gotten over 12,000
TM22: But Tweak and I have posted it on other sites.
TwEaK: The actual d/l is almost 3000 in 24 hours
Taco: So, down to actual gameplay, what Was everyone's favorite clip from the tage?
TwEaK: For me, sticky launch on man cannon passenger
TM22: My favourite clip was Drako's last stick and Tweak's launch to the man cannon guy
iDraKo: My favorite clips where my last stick and tweaks launch on the mancanon guy.
TwEaK: Drakos stick dominated it all
iDraKo: I had about 3 clips that i thought where my best, the frag launch, the spawn stick in the goose and my mountain stick.
TwEaK: Yea, Drako was consistent with the nastiest clips ever
Taco: Drako how exactly did you pull that mountain stick off anyways?
iDraKo: Well ever since day one i wanted to get a amazing
stick..actually that spot on top of vallhala had a scent..a good scent, and i followed it,
TwEaK: lmao
Taco: haha what was your reaction
iDraKo: Well ask any1 that i have gotten amazing sticks with... i FREAK out!!!! I mean i rly freeeeek out. BUT on this stick..i was by my self and when i threw it i just knew i got it..i couldn't even believe i got it...TOTAL disbeief.
Taco: Lol everyone did a fantastic job, easily one of the greatest montages i have ever seen
Taco: So, is there any future projects coming up....maybe a sequel?
TM22: Oh yes. Expect a Calmity 2 when Halo 3 releases. We'll probably record for a much longer time though, to get much more orgasmic clips.
TwEaK: Me and drako have our montages coming out for the h3f contest
Taco: Can we be expecting the amazing TM to be the editing?
TwEaK: On mine yes
TM22: Oh you will. You'll be seeing lots from the amazing TM22.
Taco: when is the supposed arrival time for these 2 H2 tages? Any specific date?
iDraKo: Well i was working on my 3rd halo2 montage before the beta, so my footage will be all old clips..about 3 months old and not the best from me. BUT with that said expect an amazing final h2 tage from me.
iDraKo: My 3rd montage is coming shortly, and my final will hit
desktops...lol. Sumtime before the realease of halo3
TwEaK: Im thinking late july to august
Taco: Alright well, is there anything else you guys would like to say about the whole thing?
iDraKo: Well id like to say that calamity was a blast to make and film. We had some good times.
TM22: Yeah, we did. The beta was a lot of fun.
TwEaK: we set the standards, oblitering some of the best h2
gameplay there is, so Calamity is the bar for halo 3 montages, and i
cant wait to see better
Taco: Well said. Thanks for taking the time to talk with me today,and we hope to see amazing things from you guys in the future
TM22: Oh you will.
TwEaK: Thanks for your time and im glad to have found iPT
iDraKo: Thanks
TM22: Thanks alot!
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