WoW Moviewatch: Craft of War: BLIND
by Michael Gray 
Jul 17th 2009 at 12:00PM
Some time ago, BLIND's original page had been removed by Vimeo, who had mistaken the animation for being mere "gameplay footage." I'm not exactly sure what game has this kind of footage, but I'd sure as hell like to know. After some wrangling, and then an apology on Vimeo's part, Percula was able to get his smash-hit video back up on the site. (In the mean time, other sites still featured BLIND, so it's not like the film disappeared from the face of the planet.)
BLIND has had an incredible impact on the fanbase. While machinima fans are already familiar with what authors like Soosdon and Selserene can do with the game models and animation tools, the incredible work performed by Percula brought in brand new fans to the hobby. It's worth taking a second look, and enjoying BLIND all over again.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 4)
Alex Ziebart Jul 17th 2009 11:48AM
The things we do to get people to stop spamming our inboxes. :p
Terethall Jul 17th 2009 12:06PM
I figured it was something more like "The things we do to avoid finding new content."
impurezero Jul 17th 2009 12:14PM
The things pricks do to complain about the content on a free blog.
Mailia Jul 17th 2009 12:43PM
The things people do to bitch at other people.
joerendous Jul 17th 2009 12:47PM
HAHA yes! i love wow.com!
Ailian Jul 17th 2009 2:02PM
As soon as I Craft of War: BLIND.
I thought to myself, "They must've gotten ROFLOLSPAMMED."
:p
Remen Jul 17th 2009 12:16PM
I don't generally like machinima, but this was amazing.
sqrly Jul 17th 2009 12:40PM
I have this in hi quality mp4 format. I don't remember where I managed to grab it but it didn't take too much searching. Still the best World of Warcraft movie.
elstor Jul 17th 2009 2:19PM
So amazing that Percula should submit it to the creative art contest. He'd win hands down.
ChiperSoft Jul 17th 2009 3:00PM
Technically this isn't Machinema. While the models and textures were exported from the game, the movie was not made in the game engine. It was all animated and rendered in a graphics studio. That's why it looks SO MUCH BETTER!
JDM Jul 20th 2009 1:39AM
@elstor: While I agree that many of the people who do this sort of animation would easily win Blizzard contests, I believe that they are ineligible for entry due to the method used in creating them. If I'm not mistaken, the rules are that you cannot use even so much as a Model Viewer program. This video has obviously had several models exported from the game, modified to offer more animation and features with it's skeletons, and that's just for starters.
It's amazing stuff, but not anything Blizzard themselves would publicly accept/recognize due to their ruleset. :-/
Aaron Jul 17th 2009 12:17PM
That was so good that I'm speechless. O.o
Veliaf Jul 17th 2009 12:18PM
Bravo.
nekoali Jul 17th 2009 12:20PM
It's been a while since I saw that, though I do have it on my computer. It's still an amazing video. I hope Percula is hard at work on a sequel to it. I'd still love to see his take on two Mages dueling it out around Dalaran. I suggest the title Craft of War: COUNTERSPELL. :)
Chilblain Jul 17th 2009 12:21PM
A great movie ruined by a rediculous song.
Tolkfan Jul 17th 2009 12:26PM
While the song may be goofy and not something you'd expect for an action flick like this, you can't deny that it matches it perfectly (how it's synchronized with the action).
Khremloc Jul 17th 2009 12:32PM
We can deny it. The video was built around the music, so while the synchronisation was good, you can't credit the music for it. The music was still terrible.
Chilblain Jul 17th 2009 12:37PM
Can't someone edit this stupid Japanese anime girl pop crap out like they did with Jar-Jar Binks in The Phantom Menace?
kriegstanz Jul 17th 2009 12:38PM
I get that people don't like Jpop - granted, I have an open mind, so I would have been open to just about anything - but notice one thing: the video is PERFECTLY timed to it.
The song provides the pacing, the meter, and the speed of the action. This underscores how much of an achievement this machinima is compared with what came before. It's frickin' pro.
Chilblain Jul 17th 2009 1:04PM
Here are some of the lyrics to that retarded song which goes "perfectly" with that movie:
Wah Hit the floor “Bang Bang”
It’s time to bang bang bang your head
saa Let’s play kakurenbo
You gotta just shake shake shake your body
Boy you sexy thing like a gorgeous ring
Lyrics by Mrs. Steven's third grade class.
MEESA WANNA CATCH YOU! MEESA PLAY HIDE AND SEEK!