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Pilot project?

Postby penxv » Tue Mar 10, 2015 11:20 am

If you are looking for "blank slate" mma characters to use that you can write anything for... I've tried to explain to Masato w/ mediocre results how there is a whole cadre of available characters to use that are not real people.

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Postby Chuck » Tue Mar 10, 2015 11:23 am

penxv wrote:If you are looking for "blank slate" mma characters to use that you can write anything for... I've tried to explain to Masato w/ mediocre results how there is a whole cadre of available characters to use that are not real people but do have actual records in the official mma database.

Probably a very valuable thing to have access to. But ultimately we have to be able to lampoon the famous guys if we are ever going to generate a buzz.

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Postby penxv » Tue Mar 10, 2015 11:29 am

I explain a ltlle bit here... post11324.html#p11324

And there are no famous mma fighters. Bieber is famous. Beyonce is famous. Any of 100s of Hollywood actors and actresses and television/political personalities have more notoriety and cultural relevance.

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Postby BobbyD963 » Tue Mar 10, 2015 11:38 am

One skit that I want to do for sure that is non MMA related is a parody music video of Tupac and Snoop Dogg's song "2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted". In the chorus on that song it says "aint nothing but a gangsta party". I was thinking the parody would be "aint nothing but a gangsta potty". I haven't decided if the toilet would belong to the gangsta (gangstas potty) or if the toilet itself would be a gangsta wearing a bandana and shit.

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Postby Chuck » Tue Mar 10, 2015 11:46 am

penxv wrote:I explain a ltlle bit here... post11324.html#p11324

And there are no famous mma fighters. Bieber is famous. Beyonce is famous. Any of 100s of Hollywood actors and actresses and television/political personalities have more notoriety and cultural relevance.

I see your point. Thing is, MMA culture is what we happen to know. If we can create a polished, professional looking product, we will know what we are capable of. If this team can produce something special, I doubt any of us would turn down a chance to go mainstream.

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Postby penxv » Tue Mar 10, 2015 12:29 pm

I wouldn't think in terms of mainstream. Clickbait virality is the new moneymaker. If you can get a retweet from a famous personality through ego assuagement then that gets picked up by buzzfeed or some other news aggregator, you can create an audience that way.

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Postby penxv » Tue Mar 10, 2015 12:34 pm

BobbyD963 wrote:One skit that I want to do for sure that is non MMA related is a parody music video of Tupac and Snoop Dogg's song "2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted". In the chorus on that song it says "aint nothing but a gangsta party". I was thinking the parody would be "aint nothing but a gangsta potty". I haven't decided if the toilet would belong to the gangsta (gangstas potty) or if the toilet itself would be a gangsta wearing a bandana and shit.


Have Chris Brown or Justin Bieber charicatures sitting on that potty. Get their fans to react either positively or negatively... I think we're going for positive but I can go either way with it.

I'm telling you these people will retweet anything that makes them look cool.

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Postby penxv » Tue Mar 10, 2015 1:37 pm

: Potential skit right here...

https://www.twitter.com/NaomiCampbell/s ... 3507550208

http://www.eonline.com/news/633899/naom ... he-rumours

I don't even know who that other chick is but these things pretty much write themselves.

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Postby Masato » Tue Mar 10, 2015 2:22 pm

penxv has some solid info here, he is right.

Problem is I don't give a fuck about Beiber or Naomi Campbell, and almost don't even want to draw any more attention to them than they already have. You are wrong that any of us would go mainstream if given the chance - I despise mainstream media/celebrity culture and have made a vow to try to counter it through my creative work, not feed it.

The goal here is not only $$, I already have a pretty good job - the goal is to try to make some $$ via creative integrity doing things that make us happy

Do appreciate your insights though penxv, keep it comin. A team of 6 artists is not always the best business model, lol

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Postby penxv » Tue Mar 10, 2015 3:50 pm

I agree with you. I was just trying to display how "current events" could be utilized to gain an audience.


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