Big news and long post

[Guest]

Congratulations and good luck.

I love both Civil Protection and Freeman's Mind and would love to see them both continue. Since i play games on the Xbox 360 only, I see Freeman's Mind as a way for me to enjoy the story of Half Life 1 without sitting and reading quick summaries of levels or watching a walk-through. I do love the comedy in both series and hope that this job will help your videos instead of hindering them.

[Guest]

Good for you! I hope this does turn out to be your dream job (So hard to find).

 

Since you mentioned some links are broken (again?), here is my personal mirror.

 

Freemans Mind Mirror: http://www.wuala.com/Freemans Mind/Episodes

[Guest]

Congrats on the job, you deserve it.

 

Definitely keep working on FM, without that series I would of missed out and never given your blog a second look.

[Guest]

Congratulations on the job, Ross!

 

Did you grow the goatee because you knew you'd look like Freeman?

[Guest]

Don't know how close you need to be to their offices, but there are rural and mountain communities around the LA area which are both somewhat cheaper and definitely sound like more up your alley. With some prior planning, they are even within reasonable access via buses and trains to LA proper.

[Ross Scott]

Hey everyone, big news, I'm being hired to work full time for Machinima.com! While some of you may not care about that, this is likely to be good news for everyone who's a fan of the videos. My official job title will be "segment producer" and will entail a lot of what I've already been doing (making my own videos), and also acting as a technical advisor for Machinima.com's other projects, especially those that use the Source engine. Some may consider this as me selling out, and that could be, but I don't think it will impact the videos negatively. I've discussed the job offer with them at length and I'll still get to write and direct my own material and have final edit, and you'll still get to watch the videos for free. The only real limitation they may impose on me is to have my longer episode ideas (which I haven't gotten to yet anyway) split up in more of a mini-series format. However, they're also cool with me distributing the final, unsplit version of those episodes to be watched as I would have intended, so I see this as a non-issue.

 

In case it's not clear, Civil Protection WILL continue, as will the pilot episode I'm working on, as will Freeman's Mind (though this one is more up to you, FM has become more of a fan-service for me than something I would continue without your interest), so none of this should jeopardize more videos coming out in the future. While nothing is quite certain, Machinima.com is offering me support to produce the more involved episodes like CP. I may actually have animators assisting that I can work with locally, which could be worth its weight in gold to me. While I think it's possible I may actually have less time to work on the videos than I've been putting in, the additional help may make up for that.

 

Part of this job will entail me moving near Machinima.com's headquarters, which is located in Los Angeles, California. I've currently been living in semi-rural Virginia, so this move may be similar to "The Beverly Hillbillies", except that they were rich. I'd like to make it known that just because I'm working for an official company now, does NOT mean I'll be getting rich from it. On the contrary, the cost of living in LA is monstrous. I anticipate a 1 bedroom apartment in the region will take up roughly half my income, and I'm going to be giving up my car and taking the bus to economize further. Also I can't say LA is my first choice of places to live as I prefer forests, fog, cold climate, etc., but this could be a dream job for me otherwise. The level of creative control I'll be getting is quite rare, something even most professional directors don't get.

 

Finally, I may find I regret saying this, but I know NO ONE in the LA region. I don't want to promise anything in case you're a psycho (and not the fun kind), but if you live in that general area (I don't know where I'll be living yet, but M.com is located in the Hollywood area), are in a similar age range (I'm 26), and are interested in meeting me, go ahead and send me an email and tell me about yourself. It could take me quite a while to get back to you as I'll be very busy initially and will have limited internet access, but I'll try and respond to everyone who can write in complete sentences. If it helps (and I guess I have to stereotype here) here are some types of people I tend to get along with: artists, philosophers, intellectuals, easygoing people, goths, metalheads, horror movie fans, and people into surreal stuff in general. Bonus points if you're willing to buy me food. Also if you smoke, I may not want to hang out with you much, simply because I hate the smell of cigarettes; it's nothing against anyone personally. As for my own personality, I'm not sure how to describe myself, I'm maybe a little bit like a watered down cross between Mike and Dave from Civil Protection. Freeman's Mind is more just acting. If you just think of me as some sort of goblin in a workshop, I think it's hard to go wrong with that image. And for those that care, here's a picture of me from last year, though lately I'm looking more like a musketeer or Guy Fawkes.

 

That's all for now! There will be a delay on all videos while I relocate, but hopefully things can pick up soon after that.

 

Ross

 

P.S. I'll try and get the broken download links for FM back up when I get a chance.

[Guest]

Congradulations on the new job. We are all behind you on what ever you do. I am a little suprised that they didnt hie you eariler. I've looked at other Machinima videos on YouTube and most of they can't even come close to your videos.

 

Hope you like L.A. I have been there before and loved it. No matter how long you are there, you will alway find somethng to do there, when you are not working on your videos.

 

On a final note, take your time on moving in. Get to know people in your appartment coplex. They are going to yor life sayors on anything.

 

P.S. Take your time on your videos. Just remember, quality is always better than quanity.

[Guest]

You made it. Fantastic.

[Guest]

If machinima.com needs an HVAC apprentice, hook me up xD

[Guest]

Greatest metal band by far is Overkill. Overkill concerts are way cooler than Iron Maiden ones.

[Guest]

Congrats' you are by far the best director I know of so sooner or later you would get a job such as this.

 

Also since you said FM was a fan servce that leads me to a question and a statement.

 

Question: Do you enjoy making FM? If you do is it becaue of the ease of work or because you really enjoy making them?

 

Statement: Since you said you'll stop FM when its no longer a fan favorite I thought I would say that I love FM.

 

Hmmm, I might start taking like HK-47 for a bit.

[Guest]

Machinima is trying to get every creative machinima maker in L.A so that they can enslave their minds..On a non insane note, I hope your move is more productive then mine have been.

[Guest]

Well as long as Freemans Mind keeps comming out, its ok. Good luck

[Guest]

Congratulations Ross, I hope all goes well with the move and new job. Looking forward to your next CP/FM episode.

: )

[Guest]

Please continue with FM, it's the only thing that got me through my finals with my sanity intact. I can't wait to see his reaction come the tentacles, and encounters with some of the other 'boss' creatures.

[Guest]

Holy shit. Congratulations!

[Guest]

Hmh Guy Fawkes...

So you have big ass beard ?

btw. Gratz with the job

[Guest]

heh, this topic should be named "win yourself a date with ross!"

[Guest]

Gratz!

[Guest]

This really sounds like the american dream lived in America.

L.A. is a monster of a city and things could be tough at the beginning, but i am confident that you will be allright, just because everybody like C.P. and F.M..

i have also been curious about what kind of music you listen to, but i kind of figured it out when i saw the C.P.:Morning Patrol episode, when Mike said that he would like to knock people with a guitar solo.

I would like to add that i hope the move to L.A. won't be too difficult, and i am very jealous on people that can see you face to face. have you ever been planning to come to eastern europe?...

m/

 

and btw: you have my respect, for not smoking. cigarettes really suck