I need to speed things up. CTF2 is going a lot slower than I had hoped. It shouldn't take this much time if I just push through. I'm not being lazy or anything >_>. Anyway I just wanted to post to say I'm not dead and maybe next post I'll add some pictures!

My room is really messy. I should probably clean it up. I thought the internet should know. Anyway, I got all the voice-overs for CTF2! They're all great and I'm excited to start animating. Unfortunately, I still have a lot left to draw and the process is going very sloooooowly. I think I'll start animating a few things in the beginning this week. possibly. maybe. If I can successfully navigate my way through these mountains of clothes and make it back to civilization I'll start figuring things out. Wish me luck.

Note: If you're unfamiliar with my Capture The Flag series, check out episode one here: http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/
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It's been a while since my last blog post. School's been keeping me really busy. I've been drawing as
much as I can for CTF2...it's just been going very sloowww. I wanted to do 2 episodes before christmas. Still hope I can do that. I've gotten most of the voice overs, just missing one set which will come soon enough. I've drawn the outside and basically main area where the events take place but I haven't drawn its surroundings. I really want to take it up a notch and get things done very quickly. I've got an exam to study for but I've got a three day weekend with two days left. Canadian thanksgiving lol.

So I'm guessing on Monday I'm going to wake up and declare it my flash work day. And I want to actually have drawn the outlines for most of the areas. It took me six hours to draw something very small so claiming to do this goes against all my habits. The truth is I just have a lot less time now and I honestly feel guilty not working on Flash. For two years, I have been working on flash nonstop. It's my drug; my creative outlet. I suddenly had to stop for school and it's like I went through a withdrawal. Seriously... I'm not kidding.

I remember reading one of Tom Fulp's news posts about castle crashers. He was saying that he's constantly coming up with new ideas but he can't get the ball rolling on any of them until he's done with CC. He was saying how this is pretty frustrating. That the process was so slow. He has a site to run at the same time so he cannot devote all his time to making the game. I can sympathize. I take school pretty seriously just like I take flash seriously. I devote a tremendous time to flash so being unable to work on it when I want to so badly is incredibly frustrating. I'm constantly listening to the audio portal while I do my homework and scanning for songs that would work in my fifth major flash production. I'm a big Chronamut, Soundshifter and Kingbastard fan. Soundshifter actually goes to my school lol. I don't think I'm going to use any of their music for episode two as the script doesn't call for it but listening to their songs while I work really inspires me and I intend to use songs from each of them in the future. I have such high hopes for my series. Episode 2 is a lot longer than number 1 and it's my first flash that I do not provide a voice. Well thanks for listening to me ramble on. If you're some random Newgrounder with a snarky comment, then let's hear it.

I LOVE IT. It's a vista and the screen is biiiiig O.o. Ive never had a flat monitor before either. It was quite a bit of money but it's worth it. Flash looks fantastic. I'm having a problem getting flash up and running on this comp though. Shouldn't be too big of a problem. I'm going to start actually drawing things for CTF2 next weekend when I should have a big chunk of free time. The script has been done for a while and so far, I've received the lines from Kain-Ceverus, P3RFECT and MysticShinHanku. Seeya!

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I downloaded a zelda sprite online game. It turned out to be a virus. My computer won't start now. I'm on my sister's right now. Kain-Ceverus (the voice of John in CTF) got infected with the virus as well and he lost some precious photos and he had to reformat. Apparently, the game was real and people were actually playing it. Just that some people kept hacking it and the creator got frustrated and uploaded a virus. Well good fucking idea moron because you ruined the computers of a lot of fucking innocent people.

It was time to get a new computer anyway. My old one just wasn't cutting it. I need more RAM anyway because Flash was running extremely slow. Luckily, I have CTF backed up for the most part and the character models which is the most important part. So within the next week, I am going to be doing some mad computer research to see what I should buy. I want at least 2gb of RAM, at least a 120gb hardrive (but nowadays, that's a minimum) and a good videocard and processor. If i had a computer like that, I'd be able to play WoW very smoothly.

So I find myself wondering how much this will cost. I'm guessing around 1800$ canadian but some of my friends are even saying that I can get a good one for 400$ cdn. Sadly, I do not not how much it'll cost. Just that I need it soon for school purposes as well. Any thoughts? Suggestions?

-Aeonstars

Yup. I just finished the rough copy today. There's a fair deal of content in it and things get said and done rather quickly. But I need to kind of zip through this episode and make it to the end. Basically the point of this episode is for Evan to meet and get used to some other characters.

School's been good. I've adapted now and everything but it's very different from High school life. I'll see how it goes. I've made a couple friends which is cool. It's very big as well. like a mall. I'm anxious to see where it takes me or how I react to it further on. Some of my teachers are brilliant and hilarious.

Now for games. My goddamn xbox broke >:(. I swear to god, if Microsoft doesn't fix it in time for Halo 3, there will be hell to pay. roar. And I want to play Bioshock too :(. And blue dragon. bah. If you have a 360, add me! my gamertag is Aeonstarz.

So that's basically it. Some news about CTF along with some tidbits about my life and videogame console. >_>. Thanks for reading no cookies though.

-Aeonstars

Finally. My hard work has paid off! This has made my day, made my summer! I'm very excited for CTF right now and the ideas are just pouring in. I will be writing episode 2 soon and will be forwarding the script to my fabulous voice actors. :D. I need to update my banner. hmm. later. >_>

-Aeonstars

I finished it! Capture The Flag: EP 1 is now in the portal. Thank you to everyone who stood by me for it and I look forward to more CTF episodes in the future! I don't know how well this will do but I have my hopes :). I've spend basically my entire summer locked in my room tweeking and fine tuning EP 1. Bitches and hoes? pffff. Symbols and tweens.

It would be awesome if people got into CTF and I got somewhat of a fan base lol. I have an entire storyline mapped out and when all the episodes are strung together, I want it to be like a movie. I couldn't have done this without my incredible voice actors. I met my deadline!

-Aeonstars

As I'm nearing the end of what I hope to be, many ctf flashes.. I can't help but wonder how it will be received within the newgrounds community. Yeah, i know I've written about this before but when it comes flash submitting time, it's all I can think about. Will it get an award? Will it have a score of over 4? What will the reviews be like? front page? collection?. I think these are questions determined and hard working flash authors wonder when they hit that submit button. Capture The Flag Episode 1 has captured my style, the kind of characters I create, stories and whatnot. All thanks to the tablet. I have infinite confidence in my style. I believe it can take me very far. CTF has fantastic voice actors and good music as well. I'm very proud of it and it has been an awesome summer project for me.

So Hopes...Well I can't say that I don't hope it gets everything. A daily prize, a collection and to be featured on the front page. Half of me feels like I shouldn't be saying this because I'm jinxing it. Well what the hell. I'll say it anyway. I hope it doesn't get lost in newground's abysses as was the fate of two of my other movies. I hope I get some more recognition as a flash author.

Predictions... I have nothing to predict lol. I actually don't know how people will like CTF ep 1. I love it and I have pretty high standards for myself. For the series though... If I continue to make episodes and I do plan on it, there's no doubt in my mind that it will gain great popularity. But for now, I want to concentrate on the present and I hope people catch CTF ep 1, see where it's going and egg me on to continue. Of course, a lack of fans has never stopped me before. Because I'm gonna keep doing my beloved hobby.

The next time I make a news post, it will be to announce I've released CTF. So I'd like to thank everyone right now who have been keeping up with my blogs, who've supported my nerdy ways, who don't mind me treating my flash like it's this huge deal when it's a flash lol. So in a week give or take, I'll find a good day and submit it. So until then... a buh bye.

-Aeonstars

The casting for voice talent for Capture The Flag: Episode 1 is as follows:

Evan Kingsley........MysticShinHanKu
Arthur Kingsley....Edwyn
Amy........................Kagome
John........................Kain-Cever us
Simon....................P3RFECT
Nigel......................Sqwuib

Thanks to all who sent in auditions and just because I didn't use you for this flash doesn't mean I won't need more voices for further episodes or other flashes.

I'm very excited to get the ball rolling again. I took a week long break which is a lot for me. I have 12 days before I start cegep and hopefully I'll be able to finish before then. Maybe not though. I'll definitely be nearing the end however. I think I can make it :P!! I LOVE YOU ALL!

-Aeonstars