Everest - Guild Boss Hunting Event

Please feel free to point me out as wrong, but I am quite sure I am not. I read those rules a few hundred times.

I'm sorry, but so did I, and I will stay by my assertion that my entry is not violating any rules. When I made this video the last thing I wanted was for it to be disqualified for some stupid oversight. Let's go.

1. How do you define 'sponsor slate'? I see nothing in the rules that says you need Nexon's logo anywhere in the video. I do acknowledge Nexon as the sponsor of the competition and the copyright holder of all material I used in the video so why is there a problem here?

2. The rules say nothing that says entries must use music from Maple Global. If it took you hundreds of reads through the rules to understand this, you have pretty bad reading comprehension. What it does say is that entries may not use any material owned by a 3rd party. Now tell me, what material in my video is property of a 3rd party? None as far as I can tell. Who owns the tracks Ellin Forest/Pink Been/Castle Boss/Repentence? Nexon does.

I gotta say.
I dont usually watch the full maple videos.
But yours was UNBELIEVABLY good!
I really liked it, keep up the good work.
You deserved those maplepoints, ALL OF THEM!

Ugh. All 0 of them
I'm still bitter at Nexon as they didn't even put my name up on the list of winners.

However, there were a few things I felt could be improved:

1. The music transitions werent exactly smooth. I felt the Elin forest music to the Crimsonwood music could've been done at a slightly different point (perhaps when zakum spawned or something else?). It just didnt feel as if there was a smooth transition point there.
2. I know they're useful and an essential part of every mapler's experience but in terms of videos, I'd say close the hp mark and chat boxes or at least edit them completely out of the footage. Its not a big thing, but it makes the viewing pleasure more enjoyable.
3. Personally I felt that the 3rd job advancement scene was a bit out of place, but that's just me and the chat there was a bit... strange? It certainly didnt add to what the video was trying to portray to the audience. I understand that you're taking scenes and sticking it into a video but it doesnt change the fact it was a bit strange =X

Overall a nice effort. The best video won and from one video winner to another, congratz ^^

Thanks Jackk =). In fact, a guildmate of mine brought up both points 1 and 2 when I showed her a draft version of the video.

Music transitions in particular bothered me a lot. I wanted the first loud cymbal to coincide with the appearance of Zakum, but I didn't want to cut off the guitar intro since I thought it was the best part of the song, so I decided to switch music when we were in the altar. Nevertheless, it wasn't the best idea, but I had all flashes and cuts synced up with the music up to that point and it was too troublesome to re-sync everything so I let it go. It's also an issue at the end of the final Zakum scene since the movie just ends as the music was building up and not at the climax. Problem was that I died early on at the last Zak fight and didn't have enough footage. I even had to use the same footage multiple times but it still wasn't enough.

The only scenes I recorded specifically for this video were the low-leveled boss ones (Mano, Stumpy, etc.) and HH. Most scenes were recorded on a whim. I wasn't really into video editing. Nevertheless, I was stupid anyhow and didn't realize that the chatbox and party HP meters were in the way. When I started editing I realized it really was disturbing but I could do nothing about it. I'll keep it in mind for any future video work I do, of course.

Point 3 is actually sort of an in-joke so I understand how you think it's strange, lol. I threw it in since I didn't have a boss for that particular segment of music.

Of course, I appreciate the feedback. Thanks!

I actually derived the story-driven narration style I used from 2 Maple videos I were quite impressed with, Max's Tribute to Archers, and your Maple Anniversary movie.