City of Amnesia

There is a hidden forum here called "The Copper Room," where 6moondance and I have slowly produced a fan-made Season 3. We've been at it for over a year. I've given it on-and-off attention with major contributions of plot and story; 6moondance has always provided analysis and assumed the role of the editor.

We did this to answer the questions left after Act 26 and to simply enjoy the Big O universe for just a little longer. For me, this meant introducing some new characters, extrapolating how some characters might change after Act 26, and figuring out how to answer the big questions in proper Big O style, all without straying from the source material. It taught me a lot, not just about telling stories but also about myself.

I've generally plugged away with mindless determination, but a few weeks ago, my motivation finally dried up. I've nurtured this pet in the dark. Now it's coming out, hopefully to inspire a finished product.

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We have six finished scripts with working titles. Each script is about 24 pages long, around the proper length for a 22-minute episode.

The remaining seven episodes are as detailed summaries--not anything to show.

Starting October 5, I will upload one script every Sunday at 11PM, in PDF format.

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Alright, guys, this is it. If you want more, I'll gladly finish. If your encouragement is especially strong, I'll even make some art, or even better... a little animation.

I'm open to suggestions, not just about the story but also about better ways to upload or release the scripts. For example, I could use "Script Buddy" instead of "filesanywhere.com," if it makes any difference.

I'm glad that you guys are still around and that a semblance of our sites still exist. Maybe this project will have some effect. We'll see.

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Awesome

wouldn't it be more authentic to have it uploaded every Sunday? ;)

Also... WOOOT

Great to see your excitement! It's giving me spirit.


Hahaha, too true. Alright, make that every Sunday at 11PM.

Now I have to wait until Sunday.

If I could abuse my mod powers to fix that I would.

It'd be fun to see it acted out... but I suppose that's a bit much to ask... :D

As epic as that could be, do you know what the work that could possibly take could be?

Snake Marcado wrote:

Answer:  A lot.  R. Daniel and I have been working on these scripts for over a year. 

We are looking forward to your feedback.  We welcome any and all constructive criticism but especially welcome specific suggestions on how to improve the scripts.  Don't worry about hurting our feelings,  R. Daniel and I are tough, we can take it.

Downloaded, need to read

Well, to put everything in perspective though, it really only took a year because we had year-round distractions.


I pored over the script again and caught a number of tiny mistakes. It made the stage direction unintentionally comical . If you would, give it another download to... improve your reading experience.

Awesome work R.Dan. Can't wait for more!

 :o :o :o :o :o :o

Oh my God I totally forgot about this!

Great work by the way.

Thanks, you two. Keep on readin on.

Hey!  I've been wondering what some of the guys doing Big O continuations have been up to.  This sounds exciting.  I had been working on my own follow up to Season II but got sidetracked by life issues.  I'll have to read it this week, in between work on another couple of fics I'm working on.

Roger Smith wroteI can relate. :-\   

I've read your Big O stories along with your work on the Paradigm City Forum's RPG and have a great deal of respect for your writing ability.  R. Daniel and I would love to hear what you have to say about our Season 3.   I know that I am, to put it politely, an 'emerging' writer so feel free to be as honest as you wish.

I took my storyline from that RPG and turned it into a story of its own, broken down into cliffhanging episodes. Then, I started a form of script format of the same story.

Aaaand act 28 downloaded...NOW! I just have to sit down and read them.

Awesome work as always R.Dan. Keep it up!

Thanks. You guys really snatched it up first chance. That's a good sign.  :)

I apologize for releasing it almost three days late. It was "fall break weekend" at my university and I went overboard with having a good time. Good memories, but hurt grades, and late release. Was it worth it? Dunno.

Hurm.

I apologize for the no-post so far this week, especially to you, D. It's highly unprofessional.

It's the usual racket. I decided the script needed a bit of an overhaul after all this time, and then school interfered. Bear with me, please. I'll post 29 tomorrow evening.

Perfectly understandable. I'm definably ready to give it a go over, but if ya need to make some last minute changes then that's understandable, and ditto on the school stuff as well.

Thanks for your understanding. I'm proud of this overhaul, so I believe it was worth the wait.

Act 29 was pretty damn amazing R. Dan. Keep up the good work.

Awesome.  :) Don't forget due credit for 6md as well, though. It'd only be half as good without her.

Indeed, you both have done excellent work.

Aww shucks you guys, thanks.

*looks at calender* Oh no! It's past Sunday and I missed the new episode of Big-O! Wait, what? It didn't air? And wednesday passed and it still wasn't on? Oh no! *panics* but it was Act 30!


I hope that comes off as mildly amusing as it was when I typed it and thought it....well...reverse those...

*dies* I know. Phail. *plays with cell phone as a distraction* I have Rhythm Emotion small enough to be a ringtone! But no one calls me.

Nice.

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No, I'm going to make an official big announcement soon. Sundays just aren't working for me. Thursdays turn out to be my freest day of the week. So expect 30 tonight.

And I'll be ready to download it.

In the meantime, I'll have dinner and work on a mecha idea that's always been stirring in my head. But I've been in a rut the past few years on works of my own, so I might just toss it...or see if anyone likes my idea and is willing to make tweaks for me/help me...gah...that would mean that I would have to ask for help...I don't frequently do that...of course, I do want to start writing again, It's just that all of my fuel is gone...save for epic RPs with page-stretching joint posts.

If your fuel is gone, do you really want to keep writing?

If you like writing RP's, maybe you could help me out with this project. It's almost an RP, more or less.

maybe fuel was the wrong word. Perhaps it would be better put to say that I'm having a dry spell...writer's block, if you will. I love writing, I just...as the saying goes, "I've got nothing."

I could give it a shot, if you wanted me to. It would be an honor. Of course, I have to focus into the character for the best result I can hope to fashion to meet credentials. I should be getting a fouton to sleep on tomorrow, which, in theory, should help me sleep better, making me more awake and more attentive..again in theory. Let me know what comes up.

Dude... that's not a saying.


Well, you wouldn't be focusing into a single character. You'd need to have a feel for all the characters. Also, you'd need to take a conflict or plot that I provide, and work together with me to work out the details, so that it's interesting and fits into a neat little 24-page packet.


Wow. What have you been sleeping on 'till now?

Great work as always, you guys. I find this fan project to be more interesting than most of season 2 honestly.

I sleep on the floor...on some blankets...and I still don't have my fouton...because people that we need to get hold of are not available for some reason.

And it is a saying. Said frequently by people, especially in a verbal comeback battle.

Did I say one character? Didn't mean to. I just meant I have to get the mindset, and while some might suggest that could take little effort, I don't want to mess up. Still up for it, though.

And I know, I didn't follow proper quoting procedure. Sorry.

I did that for a week just for the hell of it. It made me lazy and sluggish.


Uh-huh. ::)


Dude you’re not a meat popsicle. You don’t have to apologize so much.


Cool, glad to hear it. However, I might wait until I’ve released all the scripts before deciding on finishing. I hope you'll still be up for it then.

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Sweet.

Yeah. Season II had its moments. I worshiped it during high school, when Big O was the first and only anime I’d ever seen. I haven’t lost my loyalty, but I’ve come to realize what Big O lacks, and all the ways that Season II faltered.

Loved the latest one, it was really awesome.

Keep up the good work! :)

Lol on the meat popsicle.

And yeah, I'll still be up for it. I'm always up for it. I just need fair warning beforehand when the time draws nigh.

I have to say R. Dan, it's nice to see a fan made season 3 deal actually take shape and actually get made. I remember the days of PCF's, we had plenty of season 3 deals, but none ever got off the ground, so this is a welcome change. So I gotta give you and 6moondance props, glad it didn't die out like the other Season 3 projects.

I know, right? That was main hurdle to getting anybody on board at first. People just assume it's not going to go anywhere, so even if they do sign on, they soon disappear. Thankfully, 6md goes into things for the long haul.

It'll be nice to have some extra assistance once all scripts are posted, when I likely choose to finish off this thing. It's tough, though, because if you ask someone to put a plot together for you and it ends up being weak, it can end up shattering fragile egos or causing hard feelings. Eh, I guess that's not anything to worry about. People should know their strengths and weaknesses.

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With a number of assignments out of the way, the finals period has begun. This means that I'll once again have time this weekend to release a script. Look forward to it!

I'll also be altering Act 28. Once I post the newer version, tell me what you think of the changes.

ZOMG!!!111 an actual post?! Anyways...

So R.Dan, any news on Act. 31. I need mah fix.

Same here. I hope it didn't get canceled! ???

I have a feeling R.Dan probably got caught up with School and the Holidays.  I hope he doesn't jump ship like several past members.

Hell no! I just got back.

I'm sorry for disappearing without a word of explanation. Graham, you're correct; it just came down to schoolwork. I'd been working on this animation project for a long time and I didn't want to make promises or get distracted until I finished. Well, I just finished. I'm going to post it here instead of in its own thread.

Floursack exercise. The color-test screen at the beginning is part of it. (https://backup.filesanywhere.com/fs/v.aspx?v=8d6b66895962a57da89d)

Considering what I'm working on right now, I can hardly believe how long this took to make. (over a month!) Proof that doing it all by hand takes several times longer than doing it with software. Unnecessary hassles abound.

Right now I'm working on a final-final project for the same class, which provided an extension. This is what my final looks like right now, just the first few seconds all sketchy and sped-up.

The two main antagonists. (https://backup.filesanywhere.com/fs/v.aspx?v=8d6b66895961b1b0b4a9)

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I initially wanted all my work with the Season III released by Christmas, so everyone could lend ideas or motivation, and I would've completely finished it during the break in-between semesters. Now it looks as though I won't be free until January 23rd at the earliest.

On the bright side, though, as you can see from this, a fanimated episode of the Big O is fully possible.

Well it's good to see things are a-ok R.Dan. Looking forward to the up coming stuff.

R.Dan, did ya run into some unforeseen events? Hope you guys continue.

Heyyyy!!! Yeah! What he said!

Well... what a stinker.  I read all four scripts at once, and COMPLETELY forgot to comment.  And with all the creating and composing I've been doing, I'll have to re-read them and give a critique.  I just hope it's not a post mortem...  :P

Did I ever. Self-generated drama at the age of 21. Deciding to transfer to an art school. I've been working on my portfolio. This 10-second clip (https://backup.filesanywhere.com/fs/v.aspx?v=8f6a678d5a67b3b36dab) consumed all of my free time. I learned truckloads about building scenes in Flash, though.

That has kept me away from the forums at large, but the immediate reason I paused after episode 4 was dissatisfaction with my writing.

You see, after episode 4, the central conflict kicks in. I don’t believe that I currently have the conflict clean enough or interesting enough. There’s a tendency in amateur writing to have events unfold in ways that are both convoluted and unimaginative. Whenever I imagine the whole of my Season 3 as I currently have it, I feel it isn't much better. Creating stand-alone episodes is one thing, but a long mystery arc is another. Since this project went on hiatus, I’ve created some improvements. When I get enough chunks of free time, I will devote it towards revamping the remaining episodes.

I will finish Season 3. It's a part of me, sadly.


I'll be grateful for those critiques. This ain't post-mortem.

Art School, very nice.


Indeed. I haven't even started writing my dialog for my Mecha idea. I've done some sample dialog but it ends up pretty bad.

I hope so. Thanks for the support. I have doubts about it, almost a longing that I'd stayed dysfunctionally nerdy and had chosen engineering back in Freshman year.

You win some, you lose some.

... I like that notion. Now for my signature.


This shouldn't be. What's the problem? As long as you know what purpose the conversation serves for the plot or conflict, it should work.

True. I have a habit of getting side tracked and often forget about it, but I have the general stuff down pat.

I'm writing two non-Big O fanfics, and working on two music projects at the same time, so I need to find a gaping hole of time to re-read those scripts - I hate that format, by the way, worst format I've ever seen.  It figures some knothead from the 19th century would think that was cool, and Hollywood would never change from it.  Mooks.  But anyway, I hope to re-experience it soon.