777 Update

So I'm afraid to anounce that that 'Lucky 7's release date of Power Up 2011 was a bit ambitious. It is no longer going to come out on the weekend of the biggest tournament in Cincy/ N. Ky/ Dayton, it will however come out not that soon after.

However this delay is because I'm going to make a major change to the video and I will unveil the change and explain why it's been delayed very soon.

Keep your eyes peeled.

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EXCLUSIVE: Editing & 777

Kazuya rips Ken oops Paul a new one lol. One of the cool things about this combo is it's still a 777 but I intentionally have the first two hits blocked to get the last two hits to connect and wall splat. Thinking outside the box which 'Lucky 7' is going to have a lot of.

Now one of my favorite combo videos of all time is 'Project Headhunter' by the E-ninja's clan (unfortunately it's not on Utube anymore so I can't show it off). Not only were the combos awesome, the editing was on another level. Since that video I've been trying to edit something among that level. I think in all honesty it's why I haven't enjoyed most recent combo videos. The art of editing a good video has gone out the window and people are just slapping together some nice combos with no concept or purpose for the song they selected.

Well with 777 I hope to buck the trend of under editing vids for what maybe my final T6 project. Also let it be know that a video can be over-edited as well and that looks just as bad if not worse.

Also the first part of the video is from the new Street Fighter x Tekken cinematic trailer. I enjoyed the trailer immensely tho I am unsure if this will be cannon (Nina working side by side with Kaz when she is actually Jin's bodyguard in T6?!?). The game itself looks a little rough around the edges but it looks like it might be fun. I hope each Tekken character have more appropriate Ultra's tho because the one they showed for Nina was kinda lame.

Also I was aiming to release 'Lucky 7' around Power Up but I am unsure if it'll be ready due to some new information. Stay tuned!

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EXCLUSIVE: Mokujin's role in Lucky 7

Personally to me Mokujin is one of the most innovative characters in all of fighting games. I mean a wooden person that can take on the move set of everyone in the game? That's pretty cool.

I'm happy they have kept Mokujin since Tekken 5 because Combot was such a fail. I mean the fun of Mokujin is the fact that he changes style nearly ever round (I say nearly because I rem: one tournament where I got Moku-Ling 3 times in a row... yes, wtf?). Combot only changed his style once a match, which was nowhere near as fun.

Also unlike Dural from Virtua Fighter or Raidou from DOA, Mokujin is not a pastiche of all the best characters moves but more of a chameleon that evolves from round to round. It's a sure sign of a talented gamer who can use Mokujin competently. With the advent of Tag 2 around the corner, one can only wonder if Moku will be able to change characters after tagging out like he was able to in the original Tag. If so, I can only imagine the new combo opportunities.

Anyhow, onto to Mokujin's role in the 777 combo video. As this video illustrated, Moku's role is going to be taking over and finishing the combos of other characters. It might start with the original combo do-er but it'll merge into a Mokujin ender. I think it'll be a cool visual effect if used properly and I am looking forward to using it. I am actually surprised no-one has done this before so I think this might go down well with the masses.

On a related note: I found out something today that might take the Lucky 7 video to the next level. I was really excited for this video before, now, if this works out, I am going to be ecstatic.

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EXCLUSIVE: The Art of the Interupt

As promised, Apocryphic Videos continues to brings you exclusive content. Here is a short video, mostly un-edited to illustrate the art of the unblockable interupt.

A trick I used during my death combo video series, interupting an opponent's un-blockable can give you a small to real big damage increase.

As the three combos show, interupting Steve's un-blockable at certain points of the move can give you a damage increase of up to 8 damage if you wait long enough. I only needed a increase (which can not be obtained via normal counter hit status) to get the 77 damage mark so I interupted the un-blockable pretty early.

The first combo is the latest you can interupt the un-blockable and nets a whooping 80 dmg, The second is a little earlier then the previous but still late and it increases the combo to 79, the final one is an early interupt and gets the required 77 damage.

Using this technique you can take combos that are 7 hits, 72 damge up to 77. Pretty helpful and since the 'Lucky 7' video is all about 7 hits, 77 damage with no restrictions I definately don't feel guilty using an interupt to hit the target.

More tidbits, sneak peeks and more to come.

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P.S I also update my side-bar with a projected date for the next 'Helping Hand'... I am going to aim to release a 'Helping Hand' every month on the same day until the conclusion of the series.

'Lucky 7: A Tekken Concept CV' Trailer

Much promised, much talked about. The long gestating Lucky 7 combo video is official on it's way.

I really wanted to go the old skool approach with this one, sticking with a theme me and Kris (Krono) discussed ages ago. The video is all about Luck so we decided Frank Sintra/ Rat Pack/ lounge music would be appropriate. It was used in the interlude that I upload ages ago and it'll definately be apart of the final project as well.

In regards to the actual music, it's pretty self explanitory, the best really is yet to come with alot more crazy, unique 777 combos. Plus it will not be just me but it'll include nearly every Tekkenite in Cincy/ Dayton/ N. Ky and Columbus.

One thing people might not notice tho is that I used James Darren, who played Vic Fontaine in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, hands down my favorite Star Trek series of all time.

Enjoy... we are only getting started!

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Damn...

LOL that last blog post refuses to be spaced properly no matter how many times I edited it. What can I do? Anyhow, new EXCLUSIVE video should be up pretty soon.

Happy First of April!

Okay LOL I won't lie, this is not what I originally had planned for according to my last post. But since it's April Fools' Day, I could not resist doing it. I orginally planned to release a MvC 3 combo video but time got away from me and I wasn't really doing any spectacular so I decided to wait till I actually own the game. This idea for a April Fools' Combo video using stupid combos from MK vs DC has gestated in my head for awhile tho and I'm happy I was able to execute it on the day. Now don't take offense... I'm not making fun of MK vs DC... well much. Seriously however, the game just had to be made fun of, I mean the animations and some of the combos alone just needed to be taken the piss out of (to use an old Aussie saying... it means make fun of). I actually wanted to do more but I think I got my message across with the stuff I recorded. If I had more time I would have love to have stuck in Kano's 'Fatality' (yep in inverted comma's) That was one of the worse fatalities of ALL time... no joke. Speaking of joke, it was almost kismet that the last combo was the Joker glitch where you only have to do the last two hits of the challenge combo to get a 'Success' instead of having to do the whole ridicolous combo they asked you to do. I mean Joker, April Fools? This stuff writes itself. Now the combos at the end are dead serious tho. I am putting my foot to the floor and trying to crank out a combo project that has long been sitting on the shelf. The Lucky 7 combo video will be done by Power Up... this I promise everyone. I think it'll be a nice good bye to T6 combo making for me and it ends with everyone contributing as well. Some other bonus directors' cut stuff. Of course I had to use some epic music, it suited the combo video theme so well. I originally intended to use the so over-used Techno remix of Mortal Kombat that everyone has used to death but I changed my mind at the last minute. LOL Epic music/ Epic combo... yes I have delusions of granduer, don't we all? I also wanted to use 'All the Lights' by Kanye but I settled on 'Amazing' mainly because I don't have 'All of the Lights' on my wife's lap top LOL fail. 'Amazing' worked tho and still fit. Finally, this is the first video I made purely with AVS. I have been using Windows Media Maker for the longest time and my wife has wanted me to use AVS a lot more instead of just for titles. The transitions are very very nice, especially the puzzle piece one so I will be using AVS alot more. Also I haven't mastered all of it's tweaks and one of them is fading music at the end, the cut is abrupt and I apologize for that. Well back to recording... 777 isn't going to get itself done by me sitting here. P