Wizard Weatherwax wrote...
Lol! 
So Alan is a “playa� Good for him! 
I liked this episode, but yes it was filler. But, just as the title explained it, the public demanded some astonishing moments from Alan… The Astounding. 
Oh, I did miss the old Halfling mage and his eccentric performance! 
Lol, actually, the title did make me laugh. “Back By (Somewhat) Popular Demand†is a great title.
Well played, Tawmis, well played. 
WW
Well, sometimes when any one of us gets too much alcohol in our system, we tend to think we're "playas"... but speaking of "playas"... you just might REALLY enjoy the next episode...
This episode... It was written as filler. I wanted a chance to show Alan the Astounding and Diane the Drinker (only natural those two would meet) - without having Peter and Grayson over shadow it. So I wanted to dedicate an
episode to the two of them meeting. I believe I have already explained how the whole drinking thing came about for Alan the Astounding. For Diane the Drinker (who is played by Sara, who created the saying that
became so famous within the series - "That kicks rocks!") - she got the name of Drinker, not because she's a boozer. But she appreciates her wine. So I thought it'd be a fun thing to give her a drinking title and
have her meet Alan the Astounding (who was a drinker... when he had his magic pouch).
And now that Alan has officially mentioned, and named his pouch, and why he wants it - a long time ago, Nameless had pointed out how money was inconsistent with Peter and Grayson. One episode they have 5 gold, the next episode they just paid for something that cost 30 gold. This storyline of them stealing Alan's bag, and the
money just appearing was going to be a part of Season 1 and Season 2. But then Chad couldn't record with us, so that story was dropped and Daniel the Destructive was created to fill his role as Andrea's side kick (which was originally slated to be Alan, agreeing to go with her to get his bag back). So there you have the reason why Peter would be nearly broke at times, and at other times, have plenty of money... (he has no idea it's the bag, so he has no idea how to make it work, other than randomly...)
And as for Alan the Astounding, I am very glad to have him come back so we can finish his storyline.
I thought I was pretty clever with the "somewhat" popular demand bit also! Well that was a nod to all the folks, past and present, who had always enjoyed Alan the Astounding... and I would have loved to have him on board the entire time, but his schedule conflicted... so... like I said, glad to have him back for the final season so we can do his storyline as originally planned.
Wizard Weatherwax wrote...
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Congratulations for the big cameo, Tawmis! ../../../images/forum/emoticons/cool.png I agree that it must be a great honour to get the
support from one of your icons. ../../../images/forum/emoticons/joyful.png NeN deserves a great final season and you are certainly doing a great job! Thanks, Tawmis! ../../../images/forum/emoticons/wink.png OMG! So Peter is also a “playa� And he seems to be even a better “playa†than Alan... The Astonishing. Who would have guessed? ../../../images/forum/emoticons/wizard.png And we even had some simple guidelines in how to
meet chicks! This episode was entertaining and educational!
Thanks,
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Funny episode, Tawmis! We all love to see Grayson being tormented by reality! ../../../images/forum/emoticons/smile.png Can´t wait for the next episode!
WW
This was a very big deal to me. VERY big deal. When I got the audio that began with, "This is Al Lowe reading for Neverending Nights, Episode 55... All Time Lowe..." I nearly burst into tears the first time I heard it. That's right, I am man enough to admit it! But I am not surprised! Al Lowe has CONSTANTLY been such a down to Earth guy! I have even joked that I am very closely tied to Al Lowe... because back in the day, there was a magazine made by the company he worked for (Sierra Online) called InterAction... and as a joke, I had dressed up as my best impression of Larry Laffer, the hero of the Leisure Suit Larry series... just as a joke. They had immediately wrote me back and asked to use my picture for a contest they were going to do for the magazine, inspired by my
photo...! So my picture, modified by the folks at Sierra, appeared in InterAction Magazine as Leisure Suit Larry, of sorts. I have managed to chat with Al Lowe, and made high end photo quality copies of several covers of the Leisure Suit Larry game, as well as Torin's Passage, and with SASE (Self Address/Stamp Enclosed) envelope - he autographed, and even personalized the autographs, for me! Like I said, Al Lowe is everything I want to be in so many ways. Funny, but subtle. And despite the fame, just be down to Earth. (Not that I am close to Al Lowe's fame level - but if it ever did happen, he's the example I'd live by!)
I am definitely going all out with the final season... a few more cool surprises yet to come!
I think, NeN, at it's core has always been about the strafe between Peter and Grayson - their dynamic is what really makes up the entire series. I think during Season 2, I focused too much on story perhaps, and got too far away from that dynamic. This season, I am doing both story episodes, but remembering that they to NeN's success, I think, is how Peter and Grayson react to one another. One of those key elements is Grayson not understanding how Peter does some of the things he does... even when they're simply bad ideas... they somehow work... and Peter's dumb luck seems to carry him through, much to Grayson's often-found frustration! Season 3 really started off with Peter and Grayson going at it (in the prison cell) and that same idea is now carrying onward, and continuing to affect Grayson! Fun, fun, fun stuff. The next episode continues this episode along the same lines...
Tarot Redhand wrote...
@Tawmis Quick question. Did you or somebody in your group produce a machinima tutorial based on the nwn
engine a long time ago?
Hey Tarot!
We have been at this since November 2004... But we never put together any form of tutorial for producing machinime with NWN... By the gods, it's been a learning experience through and through... I think we have improved a little with each episode, because we keep learning. (Or I do anyway, since I do all the filming, writing, editing, etc these days!) I would be curious to see if someone DID create a tutorial... and see how they'd recommend doing some of these things!
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