Base Camp Mission Set

Johnny_B

@Fluxxx I need some urgent advice - I was under the impression you needed to design all 5 missions for your entry and I have just discovered that the challenge was to design one map, but you are free to enter multiple times! My urgent question is will I be disqualified from the competition for having 5 maps as part of one video. I have been animating and editing for weeks now and it would be a shame to lose out because of a technicality.

TJCart

@Johnny_B It's not that serious bro. As long as they can view the video, you'll be fine. Just keep in mind that if its a huge file size or overly long, they might not have a chance to view it or review it all.

Johnny_B

Thanks for the advice @TJCart - The video is less than 6 minutes long which works out to about a minute per round, so hopefully that's okay. Here is the link if you want to see it.
https://youtu.be/nuSN8uDqf0I

TJCart

@Johnny_B Good work! I'm sure NG will love it.

Johnny_B

Thanks @TJCart - I've been working hard on it for weeks!

MrLucky

@Johnny_B
That was awesome! Good luck!

Johnny_B

Thanks @MrLucky - glad you liked it!

Stalker20

Love this @Johnny_B, @Fluxxx make it happen please 🙏

Johnny_B

Thanks @Danski_46 - which was your favourite mission?

Stalker20

The one with Shiva 👍

Johnny_B

Thanks for all the support on my Dream mapset entry, @TJCart , @clausLene , @Bullet_TheSaviors , @ADPaq , @marroba2000 , @dalmer , @Danski_46 , @SCBMA , @MrLucky , @ZURICH and @LA_LA . As you can see I thought the contest was to come up with a set of 5 missions not just one. So I would be interested to know which of the five you would most like to see in the game? I already asked Danski_46 and he picked Shiva.

Johnny_B

Hi @Fluxxx, hope you had a great weekend. I imagine you are incredibly busy right now, but I was wondering when the five winners of the dream challenge would be announced. As I said in a previous post, If I was lucky enough to be one of the five I could very easily edit down the video to show only one map.

Johnny_B

Thanks @SCBMA , glad you liked them. I took a risk with both of those maps as split level hasn't been done in the game before and I remember when Shiva was in the show everybody was crying out to get her into the game , and it didn't happen - but @Fluxxx did say at the start of the contest we should go for it even if our ideas were a bit outside the norm.

Fluxxx

That's a wonderful submission(s) @Johnny_B ! Definitely ones to look out for, it would be a crime to disqualify them
Good luck!

Johnny_B

Thanks so much @Fluxxx it means a lot to hear that you liked my submission(s). For me, you are the face of Next Games and I always watch your update videos (which are fantastic) so when I thought that I might get disqualified, you were the first person I thought of - so sorry for bombarding you with posts all weekend.

I did loads of research, watching episodes of TWD I haven't seen for years and it reminded me of how different the show was in the early episodes. I worked really hard on the animations and editing to try and add a few new twists to my maps but still keep within the strategic parameters of the game - which I absolutely love!

I started making NML videos a few years ago but had to stop when I moved to Los Angeles to work for a time, but my Guild the EZs recently talked me into starting up again and I have made a Youtube channel especially for NML videos. I saw your interview with @Pain Walker recently where you said you are earning about 1,000 stars a week so you might want to check it out. At the moment there are a lot of no frills screen recordings of gameplay walkthroughs but I am currently working on a big series in the style of my competition entry. I recently discovered the @JayZ strategy compendium and the series will be heavily influenced by that, and explain strategies for reinforcement tokens, re-roll tokens, badge allocation and much much more. It could be a valuable resource for lots of players. As I create new videos I will post them in the video vault so I can earn back my content creator status. PS Are there any 'in game' perks for content creators as there are in some other games to help with the creation of great content - just a suggestion ; )

Finally, speaking on behalf of the NML community - keep up the great work!

JJB Games Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3oUJ7TCWayvob7xJ-Mfd9g
JJB Games Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/jjbgames/

marroba2000

Johnny_B said:

Thanks for all the support on my Dream mapset entry, @TJCart , @clausLene , @Bullet_TheSaviors , @ADPaq , @marroba2000 , @dalmer , @Danski_46 , @SCBMA , @MrLucky , @ZURICH and @LA_LA . As you can see I thought the contest was to come up with a set of 5 missions not just one. So I would be interested to know which of the five one you would most like to see in the game? I already asked Danski_46 and he picked Shiva.

I pick Shiva´s episode because IT´S SHIVA!!!!!!

Johnny_B

Thanks for that @marroba2000 - I had the feeling the Shiva map would be popular - who wouldn't want to play with a huge tiger on your team!

Pain Walker

Hey there @Johnny_B I really like you video presentation of the new map. Will you allow me to reupload the video to my channel and this way I can let people following me know somebody else is making videos on NML.

Johnny_B

Hi there @Pain Walker thanks for reaching out - I am so glad you liked my video. I am subscribed to your channel and watch your videos a lot. You did a great job on the @Fluxxx interview fantastic work!

I have some questions regarding re-uploading my video to your channel because although my JJB Games channel is still very young, I do have big plans to upload loads of animated tutorial videos, and hopefully if I am one of the lucky winners of the contest, it might generate subscribers.

Forgive my ignorance, but I am new to Youtube so I guess my main question is; if my video is re-uploaded to your channel, won't that mean that, if your followers are watching my video there, you are getting views and I am not?

My second question is about likes and comments - assuming that people are showing support for my competition entry on your channel, wouldn't that mean that NG wouldn't get to hear about it, because it is happening outside of the forums?

I am not against the idea of you re-uploading to your channel and it would be great to reach a bigger audience like yours, maybe even get to that magic 1,000 subs and 4,000 view hours, as I worked very hard on the competition entry animating and editing in the hope that it would give me the incentive to make more videos.

I have heard about featuring a channel or showing parts of a video so that it benefits both channels, I am in the Film and Television business so all things are possible. Let me know your thoughts...

Pain Walker

So the idea is to get more people aware of your channel so you have more people coming over to subscribe to you. Yes you are correct by me re uploading you won't get likes and dislikes but it gets your video exposed to people who might be potential viewers of yours.

I don't upload as regular as I used to on NML so it will be nice for people to check out other channels.

P.S What do you do in Film? Animation?

Johnny_B

Thanks @Pain Walker that is very generous of you to want to help promote my channel. So, would you be doing a reaction type video where you talk to camera and tell your subscribers why you like it and provide links to my channel in the comments or would you just put it up as it is now and add information in the comments?

I have been in the Film and TV game for a long time now and over the years, I have done everything from filming and editing to motion graphics and animation. (I also have a JJB Films Youtube channel just for some of my TV and promo work).

Billbam

Give a little get a lot!

Johnny_B

Hi @Billbam , I'm honoured that you want to advertise your guild family on my Dream Mapset challenge discussion. Have you seen my video? Let me know what you think and which map you prefer!

Pain Walker

@Johnny_B I will do the latter as I won't have time for that but will link your channel in the video itself as well as the video description.

The earliest I will be able to do that is next week after Tuesday as I have some important videos to release this weekend and then next week gotta focus on some Our World content So I was just asking in advance.

Billbam

I am not a bells and whistles kind of guy and would have preferred the 45 second cliff note version hahaha but well done great production skills. I loved the Chain map would love to see NG create the actual drive through the herd! Shiva is awesome just because it is shiva. And I also like the Governor pit map. I did give you a like and sub! Good luck.

Johnny_B

Thanks for the support @Billbam - next time i'll try the shorter version for you! The cinematic at the end of the mission is exactly what I had in mind for both the herd map and the school bus map. We know the technology is there as we've seen vehicles that move such as the tank explosion (forget which mission) and we know close ups of kills are possible if you are not in 2X speed mode (which I only ever activate accidentally)!

Johnny_B

That's great @Pain Walker . As this is not extremely urgent, I have come up with an idea that might be a bit of fun - it will require a bit of work from me but I think you'll love it! I'll get back to you soon.

Johnny_B

Hi @SCBMA , I noticed you have a huge collection of badges including hero ones for completing missions - how do you get those badges? Pretty sure I have completed all those missions - is there some way of linking your game to your forum account that I have missed or something?

Johnny_B

Thanks @SCBMA , I will get on that - I WANT MORE BADGES! It's a shame you can't backdate though.