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Post by koban on Sept 8, 2018 18:38:36 GMT -8
Greetings friends.
I am KoBan. That name was taken from an old story I had done years ago and I just fell in love with the name. I am beginning experimentation with a new series based very loosely on an older one I had seen years ago on youtube. I hope to be working with some of you in the future.
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Post by Kevin Liberty on Sept 12, 2018 5:35:17 GMT -8
Welcome to the Club, koban! What's the old series about?
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Post by koban on Sept 13, 2018 3:09:59 GMT -8
Since I mentioned two in that post I'll tell you about both.
The story my name came from is basically the story of an assistant to the main story's villain who realizes the villain's motives are insane. He vows to stop him any way possible. I abandoned that story long ago after being unable to find a good way to tell it. I tried traditional story writing, a video game outlet, even another YouTube series. All fell flat and all were poorly received. So I just gave up.
The new series I'm working on now, which is based on an older series, The full bucketnier's, is a set of stories based on a group of sentient locomotives who are aware of various issues and problems within the railroad they work at. Basically it's Thomas the tank engine, if you want something to compare it to.
It was by no means highly popular, nor did it put the creator on the map, but I found it and I liked it. I watched his series and several others in the time frame it came up on Youtube during a tough time in my life, and several creators including him helped me through what would've otherwise been a very hard time for me.
I am now beginning pre-production on my new series loosely based on the older one. But since the rights of the characters and setting are now debatable since the creator's permission has become more clouded recently, despite his repeated remarks of "I have retired from making The Full Bucketnier's", I'm taking on a new setting with all new characters, with just a small mention in the first episode of the line.
This is a blessing in my case because the game engine used in the original series is so old and so unstable today, getting it to properly work is very difficult without some extensive mods. I don't want that, so I've taken the opportunity to do something original while inspiration is drawn from the original.
Sorry this is a much longer answer than you were probably expecting. But I hope I answered your question.
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Post by Kevin Liberty on Sept 17, 2018 12:00:32 GMT -8
Hey, that's awesome! I need to watch more Youtube videos. My nephew was heavily into Thomas the Tank Engine. Maybe I should look this series up and show him.
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Post by koban on Sept 20, 2018 7:53:11 GMT -8
The last few episodes have some strong language that might not be suitable for your nephew. I said based on Thomas the tank engine only because of sentient engines. My new series draws inspiration from the older YouTube one.
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