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Re: Guild Episode #12 "Collision Course"

len — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 01:55:46 -0000

Congratulations to you and crew! Great win! Great talents! Great futures!
Good storytelling and ensemble does it everytime. Heart of the sitcom.... it is shorter.

Does that make it a FlitCom?

Re: Guild Episode #12 "Collision Course"

len — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:13:25 -0000

I sat down and watched some episodes last night. This is insightful. From the first scene where her shrink is firing her for not working on herself, to the last where her spirit flees from her, Miss Day reveals the irony of the online life that becomes life as her isolation in the game gives way to real problems, needs and people. In this story, what the shrink criticizes, her story justifies. Regardless of the games played, real people communicating draw closer and become real friends. This is life.

Her character becomes her, not the other way around as critics of the gaming culture would have us believe. Her choices are good choices. Her shrink is wrong. She is of her times, in her times, growing up online becoming aware of just how much greater is the space she evolves in. Her day is of the day.

Felicia Day gives me hope. The first generation of imaginative, professional, clever and innovative storytellers on the web have arrived and the medium is in good hands.

Time to blog it behind the curve, but glad to so do.

Re: Guild Episode #12 "Collision Course"

Miriam — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 10:43:42 -0000

Social scientists are using MMORPGs to study as microcosms of human behavior. I immediately thought of The Guild :)
http://www1.umn.edu/news/fe...

Re: Guild Episode #12 "Collision Course"

Andrea — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 16:12:39 -0000

Excellent job with this entire season! Earlier this week I downloaded & watched Season 2 from the xbox live marketplace. Keep up the good work!!

Re: Guild Episode #12 "Collision Course"

Aaron — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 12:47:03 -0000

Great ending!

especially the ghost of you running away. Was that an idea from when it was first written or an idea from post-production?

Re: Guild Episode #12 "Collision Course"

Carolie — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 09:17:33 -0000

Season 2 ROCKED! But now I'm bereft -- I want to know what happens next! I want Clara to have some sense knocked into her (preferably by Vork)...I want to find out that Tink's toon is not gone forever, just transfered to Bladezz for a while to teach her a lesson...I want Zaboo to enjoy his fling but to still pine for Codex...and I want Codex to find some happiness!! I love The Guild, and it makes me laugh until I hurt, but my heart keeps breaking for Codex.

How long must we wait for more???

Re: Guild Episode #12 "Collision Course"

hostile17 — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 15:52:06 -0000

funny, funny stuff. Bring on season 3

Re: Guild Episode #12 "Collision Course"

Jack Jebedee — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:49:28 -0000

Still trying to get my head past Clara's adultery. I don't know if it's moral outrage or the picture of three kids and a father being betrayed. Yet, in the back of my mind, I know that Clara's family would likely be far better off without her.

I like the Zaboo rejection, expecially his response: "I guess my princess is in another castle." Soon afterward, we find that Zaboo has suddenly become someone else's prince... at least for an evening. Has he found his princess? I like the possibility. It's life in a nutshell.

Special effects? Blow me away!

Re: Guild Episode #12 "Collision Course"

Sean — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 05:49:06 -0000

Felicia,

The Guild is great! I have not missed an episode on XBOX Live.

If you guys are still doing episodes I might have a funny sketch idea that ties into WOW and a new PC gaming app called Say2Play. (Say2Play.com)

Say2Play lets you use voice commands to execute all your in game actions including emotes and common chat replies without touching your keyboard.

Since your show revolves around you guys talking to each other online, I think it might be funny if you were using the speech recognition software and it was listening to your online conversation and your WOW character was doing all those things in the game.

Of course Zaboo would think you were hitting on him and some other situation would arise.

Anyway I would love to get you and your friends some free key codes, so shoot me an email.

Thanks

ONEREDCENT

Re: Guild Episode #12 "Collision Course"

Sehson — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 18:41:31 -0000

Oh sure throw cyber crack at us why don't you...

Lead us off to cyber stalk other people, sure I see how it is, Beneath that pretty smile and your really an evil person arn't you... :P

Re: Guild Episode #12 "Collision Course"

Felicia Day — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 23:59:53 -0000

There is a forum on community.watchtheguild.com lots of ppl chatting and foruming it up! :) Check it out!

Re: Guild Episode #12 "Collision Course"

Ysa — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 13:25:48 -0000

The last episode?

The LAST episode?

Awesome, as usual, but leaves me with an empty feeling. Is this the end? Is it ok if I cry? And if it's not (crossing fingers, toes and - no, just fingers and toes for now), when can we expect more? Will you continue to make it more mainstream, risking it will be lost in the crowd, or go back to the initial WoW-niche, with a max potential of 2 million viewers (+8 million Chinese gold farmers)? Or is it too early?

I missed the chat (dohh), but I'm never good at those things anyways, so... Have you thought about opening a forum to discuss ideas for the show with webgeeks living in other time-zones/other cultures? I am certain there's a vast creativity out there (here?) to tap into - and once a creative forum up and running it won't demand too much time managing. Or would this be like auctioning your baby at the local mall?

Last: Take a look at the TV-series "Spaced". I think you will like it.

//back to stalking\\

Re: Guild Episode #12 "Collision Course"

Felicia Day — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 19:36:36 -0000

Hey John!
Yes, we will have a continuous cut of the show WITHOUT credits for the DVD, that is annoying tohear the theme 12 times, SHUDDER :)

And we don't get the episodes on watchtheguild.com until 4 weeks after the other episodes are uploaded, so episode 10 will go up tomorrow :) Part of the exclusive run on MSN networks.

Re: Guild Episode #12 "Collision Course"

Sehson — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:46:59 -0000

Oh great now I have to cyber stalk you (not that I mind, your cute after all :P) to find out that www.watchtheguild.com is woefully behind on episodes... It's only got to ep. 9 Some one needs to flog the webmaster, or poke 'em with a cheap wooden sword or something.

Re: Guild Episode #12 "Collision Course"

John — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 13:04:42 -0000

You're quite welcome, Kiala. I had just found the link, myself.

Sidenote: I originally only listened to it, because I was working on other projects. Yesterday, I watched while I was cooking dinner. Besides another thumbs-up on the new haircut, holy crap, Michele's stunning! It didn't quite come across in the episodes, for some reason.

Sidenote, more relevant: My sister (a non-gamer, like myself) dropped by and happened to ask if anything new happened with The Guild, so that was a fun afternoon. The second season holds together really well, back-to-back. At some point, I think I saw Felicia mention that it was like shooting a feature film, and it really does work well in that context.

Actually, regarding that second bit, might it be possible (on the DVD, maybe) to have a continuous cut of the season? I like the theme and all, but man, listening to it twelve times over the course of a couple of hours...it's like going on the "It's a Small World" ride at DisneyWorld. Eventually, you snap and want to leap out of the boat to slaughter little animatronic Dutchmen.

Re: Guild Episode #12 "Collision Course"

Brittany — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 01:29:27 -0000

I had only seen most of season 1 prior to today; (and didn't realize there was more) however, I decided to start a twitter account, and 'followed' you, found your site, and realized, 'oh hey, way more of 'The Guild' than I had previously realized had existed." So, I proceeded to watch all of the episodes I had missed, (and declined a dinner invitation in the process of doing so, just so I could continue watching...lol)

Anyway, you are one of the reasons that made me come 'out of the closet' about being a geeky girl, and realizing that guys do actually dig that :)

Re: Guild Episode #12 "Collision Course"

Daynah — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 00:35:02 -0000

*giggles* I have to say, I really love this screenshot Felicia... :)

Chatting was fun! Maybe we can turn on the slow-chat mode next time so reading the chatroom would be easier. :) Love you guys! can't wait for season 3!

Re: Guild Episode #12 "Collision Course"

Simon Dyda — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 08:24:28 -0000

Great finale! How about a feud with another guild in Season 3?

Re: Guild Episode #12 "Collision Course"

Tim — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 02:47:25 -0000

I love this episode. I mean you really did a great job this season, and with this season being my Guild "coming out", I liked it a lot. Codex is less in need of therapy now, but all the others would make a psychologist blow their Doctoral wad. But overall, I really liked how in the end, Codex (as separated from ther RL character) just ran from it all.

If you were taking fan suggestions for Season 3, I'd suggest maybe a two episode arc where Codex ostensibly shuts down her account because of how betrayed and upset she feels about everything, kind of like going on radio silence.

Re: Guild Episode #12 "Collision Course"

Michael in Milwaukee — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 01:36:53 -0000

Nicely done, Felicia.

I thought the second season started a bit slow and wasn't as funny, but you ended strong. Great storytelling, writing, and execution, especially in the final four episodes.

Congratulations.

Re: Guild Episode #12 "Collision Course"

Aaron — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 21:58:16 -0000

Hopefully. I realize this sounds horrible, considering she cheated Bladezz out of thousands upon thousands of dollars, but I feel kind of sorry for Tink...

Re: Guild Episode #12 "Collision Course"

Aaron — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 21:56:40 -0000

I just think she's upset because it's kind of special to have someone like (even if it is in a particularly creepy way), and she's lost that now that Zaboo is making out with Stupid Tall Hot Girl. I don't think she has changed her mind and has decided to like him; not after two seasons of trying to tell him that she doesn't.

Re: Guild Episode #12 "Collision Course"

Kiala — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 20:40:52 -0000

Oh thank you @John!

Tex, percentage arguments, pizza, cute new Felicia haircut, SF shout out, and hand peanuts.

It was like a dream. My cat (Whiskey) watched it too.

I am so embarrassed about typing that.

Re: Guild Episode #12 "Collision Course"

John — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 19:12:45 -0000

Pssst! Wanna buy an O?

Wait. That's not right. What I meant to say was that the video's still there. Recorded, I mean. Not like, showing us the inside of Felicia's desk drawer.

And believe me, that last sentence came out so inappropriately that I feel like I have to apologize for it even AFTER editing it...

Re: Guild Episode #12 "Collision Course"

Kiala — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 13:17:11 -0000

I missed the chat. BOOOO.

This is what happens when I leave the house. NEVER AGAIN.

/shut in comment.