Clan di HLDM Tribute Video

Clan di HLDM Tribute Video

Half-life deathmatch at its best! Clan di's 'tamale' presents 7 member's POVs along with more humor than you can shake a stick at! Start poppin' a bag of popcorn and get downloading!

*****taken straight from the readme.txt included in the zip*****

the official readme for di.avi, an HLDM video.

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INSTRUCTIONS!!!

the ZIP file you downloaded contains the installer for the XviD codec, which is REQUIRED to play this movie! For best results, close all other programs before watching.. you'd hate to get interrupted by a "BLING" from AOL instant messenger.. so GO CLOSE IT!

There's also some pictures included for you to check out.. ENJOY!!!

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i hope you all get a kick outta this! it's been a pleasure as well as a burden working on something so large, but thanks again to all those who helped in any way! :) sry for the wait.. but i finally got narchy to get me some nicer jumps and i got that stalkx split-screen thing done.. so here it is.. now go turn up your volume, full screen it (or better yet get a big tv) and let the gman guide you the rest of the way! after that.. download the latest version of AG (or the soon to be released HLE) and get fraggin'! :D

peace,

-tamale

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soundtrack / order of appearance of di members:

1. Offspring - Time to Relax ** Alek's dead gman body/Tamale's camera shots lol

2. Jimmy Eat World - The Sweetness ** Tamale

3. Massivivid - A Hand Brushed by Tired Eyes ** Slippy, Alektorophobia, Mastermind

urls to check out for more info on one of Tamale's fav bands:

http://www.christianmusic.org/cmp/cmrh/index.cgi?command=Display_Review&review_id=244

http://www.flamingfish.com/catalog/display_product.php3?record_id=139

http://www.massivivid.net

4. Offspring - Intermission ** Tamale and Alek for all clips

5. The Propellerheads - Spybreak ** ChosenOne

6. Cake - The Distance ** nArchy

7. Filter - Hey Man Nice Shot ** Strange, Tamale, climax ends with shots from Tamale, Slippy, Alek, and nArchy

8. Bobby Mcferrin - Don't Worry Be Happy ** Tamale movin the box, Alek's camera work, and the BlackMesa Quartet ;)

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Almost all custom sprites/crosshairs/weapon models seen are of Tamale's design, excluding the standard boxed (high fps) model set and nArchy's crosshairs.

This project was constructed in parts, with each segment a different premiere project. Each segment was built into an uncompressed avi and then re-imported into a new master premiere project. This project then added a 0.3 gaussian blur to all clips and was then exported to the final XviD build. Thanks to Mr Bozo for the blur effect idea.. it really helps the final file size.

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a little on XviD:

XviD (DivX backwards) is a relatively new replacement for DivX that was created on the open-source scene when DivX got commercialized. Constantly updated, XviD allows for even more options than DivX with similar if not better results. Support the open source effort!

http://www.xvid.org/

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statistics:

author: joshua buss (di.tamale)

date: march 24th 2003

filename: di.avi

filesize: 428,242,976 bytes

length: 22:00

video encoded in: XviD

audio encoded in: Microsoft ADPCM

programs used:

adobe premiere 6.5

virtualdub 1.5.1

paint shop pro 7.0

cd-ex

sndrec32 (w00t)

XviD codec (Koepi's binary)

half-life and adrenaline gamer 5.5-6.2

windows XP (does this count? lol)

total project time: 2½ months

size of 'hlavi' folder on my hard drive before final build: 155.32 gb

number of individually drawn custom bmp's: over 100

estimated size of all the demos clips were taken from: 5½ gb

estimated number of bmp's used as "sources": over 90,000

total number of frames in final compressed avi: 40,160

size of avi in uncompressed format: 56.72 gb

time for final build to be made: 9 hours

number of bags of funyans/cans of pop consumed during creation: way too many to count

most difficult scene(s): scientist's snapping animation, stalkx split-screen jump.

most tedious scene(2): lining up every word of the gman's solo in "don't worry be happy",

getting all the speeds right in c1's clip

my favorite scene(s): nArchy's new "transfer" jump on boot_camp, the fragometer (rhymes with odometer),

alek's instagib ownage, my tau shot from rats_xl ;)

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Please don't alter this file in any way or re-distribute the avi outside of the original .zip file... thanks!

© 2003 Joshua Buss