WipeoutZoneVideo (New youtube channel)
Ten years ago, Rob launched Wipeoutzone and over the years has brought together a huge amount of pilots. With them, those pilots have brought what is, at times, an overwhelming passion for the game we all know and love. We all know that, aside from a few issues, this place is full of positivity, dedication and creativity. But sometimes this won't reach it's target audience. So the time has come to spread our wings and fly high into the world of viral video.
I put the idea to Rob for a WipeoutZone video channel and he kindly gave me permission to use the site's name for this project. Two weeks, a crash course in video editing, and lots of typing later:
Aims
-To get the message of Wipeout's brilliance to a new audience.
-To get the forum's creative efforts out there into the wider online world.
-To get new fans so that the game will not dwindle in the face of recent events in the Wipeout world.
Hopefully, by banding together and giving our efforts some focus, we can achieve the above, and a lot more, and perhaps give this game some of the exposure it's never had, but really deserves.
Content
All content, aside from in game video capture, will be user generated. So it will really be a team effort to make something of this. Content will be used in such a way that the channel never hogs the limelight, always with the aim of generating more page views and interest for those who contribute.
Credit will always be given to all contributors in videos. Links will be provided to the source of their material in the video description (see above link to launch video for an example), and in annotations on the video if suitable.
How you can contribute
Go to the forum social group to start contributing.
http://www.wipeoutzone.com/forum/group.php?groupid=68
There are endless ways to contribute:
-Create videos
-Create playlists of the best videos for use on the channel
-Create music for use in our videos
-Add to the archive of clips and music that can be used, collecting permissions from individuals to use their work.
-Share your ideas
-Just generally commenting and liking videos is always helpful
-Anything else you can think of
-Etc
-Add our channel to the 'other channel' section of your own youtube channel.
For more comprehensive information, see the social group here.
That's it. I hope this can yield some great results from our combined effort in the future. Be sure to subscribe, add the channel as a friend, comment and like the videos, as it all helps to make them more popular.
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Coming soon(ish)(hopefully):
-Round up of WipEout HD Cup first round results
-Hints and tips video for beginners
-WipEout HD Worldwind Tours
-Music from XpanDrome
Big thanks to:
Rob for creating WZ, sticking with it, asking me to be a moderator, and giving me permission to start this project.
Unctuous - for allowing me to use his awesome music in the launch video
novide - for creating the brilliant logo animation
And NathanCaldecott@deviantART - for creating and making available his Wipeout fonts used in the video.
