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artemisfang
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Joined: 17 Dec 2011 Posts: 65 Location: Out of my mind.
Things you NEVER want to hear/see in a Slenderseries I was thinking today of what would be some pretty awful lines for a slenderseries:
"I'm working on editing the next video, should be up by the end of this week..." (I've actually heard something similar to this before.)
"But I thought he wore a BLACK tie!"
"Oh, so you're real? ...I should be screaming, shouldn't I?"
What are some things you'd never want to hear (or see) in a slendersies?
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Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 4:25 pm
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KrisTrauma
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Joined: 19 Apr 2011 Posts: 492 Location: OK
Can it also be see? Because if I see another operator symbol I might puke.
Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 4:27 pm
artemisfang
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Joined: 17 Dec 2011 Posts: 65 Location: Out of my mind.
Sure, seeing works too.
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Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 4:28 pm
Acora
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Joined: 27 Nov 2010 Posts: 518 Location: Douglasville, Georgia
The SCP foundation. I love the two on their own merits, but all attempts to try to bridge the gap between them are horrible.
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Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 5:20 pm
TopherRPGnet
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Joined: 21 Dec 2011 Posts: 71
KrisTrauma wrote:
Can it also be see? Because if I see another operator symbol I might puke.
+1. Actually broaden that to any sort of made-up symbol or sigil, especially one that you borrowed from another series.
Also, masked people who communicate in binary or ROT13, protagonists who display too much SM genre awareness, and Slender Men who lurk ominously but never actually do anything.
In a more meta sense, series that make me friend someone on Facebook to follow the story, series that have no actual story structure or planned ending, and series that jump right into "I'm being stalked by Slender Man!" in the first episode or post.
Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 5:40 pm
Seraphim
Decorated
Joined: 21 Jun 2011 Posts: 234
I have an idea for a slendervlog with the express purpose of breaking as many cliches as possible, except I don't have the time, resources, or editing savvy to pull it off haha.
I second the binary/code64 shit, if you're going to do codes, at least make them interesting.
Um.
"Guys, I don't remember ANY of this happening!" *OPERATOR SYMBOL* *BLOOD EVERYWHERE*
"I think...I think....I saw him. The tall man. And he was riding...a BEAR."
"John, you are the slendermanz."
Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 6:25 pm
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The Slender Man
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Joined: 22 Apr 2011 Posts: 331 Location: Behind you
Hey, Kris, didn't you originally use the Operator Symbol too?
nevermind that i did too
Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 6:27 pm
Nimbus
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Joined: 07 Jan 2010 Posts: 260 Location: Bumfuck, Egypt - Florida
One of my biggest pet peeves is seeing the protagonists of these series find crumpled up pieces of paper with cryptic messages scribbled on to them, only for them to be ultimately pointless. They're pretty much used as an attempt at being scary, not tying back into the story at all and having no meaning other than "SPOOKY FOREBODING WORDS OOH". At least have them reference parts of your series or reveal something pertinent to the story, not random words and phrases that offer nothing whatsoever but filler.
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Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 6:33 pm
NoMoreGaems
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Joined: 17 Sep 2010 Posts: 616
The series I'm a part of uses a symbol, but it least it means something. Or it will, when it shows up.
Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 8:12 pm
BoatWithAHoleInIt
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Joined: 27 Feb 2011 Posts: 268
10 minute videos of nothing. Don't get me wrong, I don't have a problem with a video being that long, it's just in multiple series I've seen long-ass videos that amount to nothing. They walk around in the woods a bit, talk about how much the woods scares them, rinse-repeat for 9 minutes, cryptic shit, end. This is okay if the bits leading up to the reveal either A. Have some scary stuff to back it up, or B. It has some good character development, or C. t has some plot development. Otherwise, just have a title card saying "Nothing happens for 8 minutes" and then get to the interesting stuff.
Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 8:49 pm
KrisTrauma
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Joined: 19 Apr 2011 Posts: 492 Location: OK
The Slender Man wrote:
Hey, Kris, didn't you originally use the Operator Symbol too?
nevermind that i did too
...no...?
Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 10:13 pm
TheFallenenvoy
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Joined: 08 Apr 2011 Posts: 835
I'm fed up of generic hood and mask proxies with no character or personality. The closest thing I have to a proxy does have a mask, yes, but it has a practical use and it's part of his "lol proxies suck" act xD
And symbols in general, not even just the operator symbol...there are too many.
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Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 12:53 pm
Justiceface
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Joined: 17 Aug 2010 Posts: 38
Seraphim wrote:
"I think...I think....I saw him. The tall man. And he was riding...a BEAR."
This is actually something I would love to see in a vlog. Like, maybe something I would help fund, if they needed the money to rent a bear. Fantastic.
Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 1:41 pm
Scottums
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Joined: 21 Mar 2012 Posts: 39
Justiceface wrote:
Seraphim wrote:
"I think...I think....I saw him. The tall man. And he was riding...a BEAR."
This is actually something I would love to see in a vlog. Like, maybe something I would help fund, if they needed the money to rent a bear. Fantastic.
There's always Kickstarter
Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 1:51 pm
dinorobo
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Joined: 01 May 2011 Posts: 592 Location: Clio, Michigan
Scottums wrote:
Justiceface wrote:
Seraphim wrote:
"I think...I think....I saw him. The tall man. And he was riding...a BEAR."
This is actually something I would love to see in a vlog. Like, maybe something I would help fund, if they needed the money to rent a bear. Fantastic.
There's always Kickstarter
I swear to god if the next trailhead we see here is something called "Slenderbear"......
As for something I don't want to see in a series: anything mentioned here:http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=34427
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Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 2:49 pm
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