MasterOfSprites: right well what do you think of your old works?
vinceslayer: crap, I only really think that because its not drawn.... plus I really want to make something 100% original to call my own
MasterOfSprites: interesting does that mean we will see less sprite and more drawings?
vinceslayer: yea, well from me anyways, I still work on joint projects with the members of maverick underground (mostly sprites because not everyone in the group can draw yet)
MasterOfSprites: will you release any more independent sprite works?
vinceslayer: maybe, if a get bored and don’t feel like drawing out every frame of the movie
MasterOfSprites: who first inspired you to start?
vinceslayer: thegoldcrow, his hilarious movies (mainly frog trigger) made me want to make a spoof of my own (but I later learned i suck at making comedy)
MasterOfSprites: First off what do you think about the popularity of your movies?
Alexlabbe: When I released FFX:DC and saw the excellent reviews and people who wanted to talk to me, I had this incredible feeling. I wanted to make more movies. The popularity of my movies IS the reason why I keep making them.
MasterOfSprites: That brings me to my next question what do you think of your fans?
Alexlabbe: They are the reason why I want to keep making movies. Sometimes, when I am in Flash, they IM me and keep me from working. It takes time to talk to all of them, but I enjoy every moment of it. I would like to take this chance to personally thank them.
MasterOfSprites: Thats great! So what made you start flash? Did you have any people that inspired you to start?
Alexlabbe: I remember in 1998, my friend showed me movies on Newgrounds. I remember watching Star Wars Gangsta Rap and I loved it. A few years later, another friend showed me Flash and we started making little stick figures. It pretty much sucked and I was discouraged. However, when I saw Legendary Frog's movies, I wanted to continue. So yeah, my inspirations are Legendary Frog and Dim from Super Flash Bros.
MasterOfSprites: Are you a video game "nerd" Meaning to injoy playing lots of video games, and most certainly the ones you make movies of?
Alexlabbe: I have played a
Alexlabbe: (are my answers too long or too short)
MasterOfSprites: no there fine
Alexlabbe: k
MasterOfSprites: Are you planning any new works?
Alexlabbe: Yes! After TLOZ, I took a little break, but now, I'm back with Simon Dark (my own series with video game cameos) along with a collab project with Coolboyman and another collab with two other artists! It's going to be a great year!
MasterOfSprites: that’s great, do you think it was all worth it in the long run?
Alexlabbe: Definitely. It's also great experience for when I will try to get a job!
MasterOfSprites: Have you enjoyed being interviewed by www.freewebs.com/themasterofsprites ?
Alexlabbe: Well the site really sucks but...you’re a good interviewer
Who people are!
MasterOfSprites - Me
DrFrankenPhreak - Sound for 8 bit
TLF OCRemix - Animator
Rhyos Beoulve - Voice Actor
Kururu Wilms - Voice Actress
convo!
MasterOfSprites: What do you think of your success?
DrFrankenPhreak: You're not the interviewer, rhyos.
TLF OCRemix: I'm afraid I have to answer your question with another question: What success do you think we've had?
MasterOfSprites: Well you seem to be very popular among the sprite section
MasterOfSprites: you even gained a place in it on new grounds
MasterOfSprites: what do you think of it
TLF OCRemix: To be honest, it didn't hit me until I actually made some money off of it.
TLF OCRemix: Fans have been great ^^
Rhyos Beoulve: Wait, you actually made money? When was I going to find out about it?
DrFrankenPhreak: yeah...and then you didn't give it to us....jerk. :D
Rhyos Beoulve: Then again, it DID help boost me into a professional gig.
TLF OCRemix: You guys are minor roles, and easily replaceable *glares*
MasterOfSprites: well there seems to be money issue in you guys
MasterOfSprites: lol
TLF OCRemix: Not that big of an issue, but a couple thousand isn't that bad of a profit
DrFrankenPhreak: heh, I don't know. The sprite community likes just about anything with sprites in it. And I like to think it's the fact that we're sticking with 8-0bit sprite format that's...making us successful with the sprite...people.
DrFrankenPhreak: it was like 60 bucks.
Rhyos Beoulve: Money is good.
MasterOfSprites: heh
MasterOfSprites: where did you get the idea to do this series?
TLF OCRemix: the animation had a built-in fan base, it caught on because of that
Kururu Wilms: I just am a minor voice actress that gets abused. o.o
DrFrankenPhreak: and we love you for it.
TLF OCRemix: I would have to say that nuklearpower.com might have swayed me....but I like to think that I created 8-bit Theater
MasterOfSprites: Has it been fun to make this series?
TLF OCRemix: I wish I was dead.
DrFrankenPhreak: I didn't really get involved until the third installment, so I'm not at all qualified to tell you what inspired 8-bit animated. Of course, it has been fun...and then annoying, and then stressful, and then fun
Rhyos Beoulve: Well, that's the end of the series! Hope you enjoyed its run!
Rhyos Beoulve: I DO enjoy seeing how the quality increases from edition to edition.
TLF OCRemix: Which is why we fired the first Black Mage.
DrFrankenPhreak: ...sound quality gets better too. Wink...wink.
Rhyos Beoulve: I thought it was because he was lazy and never did his lines.
MasterOfSprites: You fired the black mage?
Kururu Wilms: Hey, I do well! Whatever I do, anyway
TLF OCRemix: We did.
Rhyos Beoulve: Yes, we did.
Kururu Wilms: Yeah. He wasn't on enough to do the lines.
MasterOfSprites: Then who’s going to do the third one
DrFrankenPhreak: yeah, that had nothing to do with anyone deciding that a life of gaming and computers was a waste of time, and then getting engaged to an ugly girl and working at sizzler...not at all.
Rhyos Beoulve: We've got it all lined up. And it's a secret.
TLF OCRemix: We have a new person filling in, a real asset to the crew.
MasterOfSprites: you can’t imitate a exact voice of it
TLF OCRemix: Oh but can't we?
DrFrankenPhreak: ...no, we can't. I tried to get you to pick an exact imitation, but you had to go with rasmoh...jerk
MasterOfSprites: don't you think they will notice?
TLF OCRemix: Generally not, our fans are pretty stupid.
TLF OCRemix: I mean come on, they did vote for us on new grounds....idiots
DrFrankenPhreak: the ones who do, will probably embrace him as a better one than the old one...even though he's not better…
MasterOfSprites: how did you do these so well and how do you keep going?
Rhyos Beoulve: The fans, really.
TLF OCRemix: Screw the fans, I'm in it for the money.
Rhyos Beoulve: Ha! Money, he says.
TLF OCRemix: really it's to see how far you can push yourself
Rhyos Beoulve: But like I said earlier, this helped me find a professional voice acting gig.
TLF OCRemix: Or Kururu.
MasterOfSprites: Why have you not done any more series?
Rhyos Beoulve: Are you kidding, though? It takes TLF FOREVER to actually get bugged into animating!
MasterOfSprites: Does it bug you when fans i.m you?
Rhyos Beoulve: No.
Rhyos Beoulve: Unless they're 12 years old and constantly bitching at me to animate the thing myself, because "they'll be 13 by the time the next one's done".
MasterOfSprites: lol
DrFrankenPhreak: Not usually. They usually go OMG SPRITES 8-BIT SOUNDGUY ARE YOU TLF?! And then I give them TLF's Screen name, and send them on their merry way.
MasterOfSprites: lol
Rhyos Beoulve: I just love when people say "You didn't make 8-bit Theater! You're just ripping off nuklearpower.com!!11" and I tell them "That's the point."
MasterOfSprites: do you watch other people’s sprite movies and notice things they are doing and put it in your movie
TLF OCRemix: There are other movies?
MasterOfSprites: Like say splash kat communist mick…
DrFrankenPhreak: I remember #ocremix theater...those were the days
TLF OCRemix: Well let me again answer you with another question. When you have good food on the table at home, do you go picking through your neighbor's trash? I think not.
MasterOfSprites: Do you plan to quit after number 4?
DrFrankenPhreak: is it out yet?
TLF OCRemix: nope
MasterOfSprites: do any of you play ff 1?
Rhyos Beoulve: Yes.
Rhyos Beoulve: Though I stopped when my cartridge got erased just before Chaos
DrFrankenPhreak: I've been playing FF1 on my PS2 for a while...
Kururu Wilms: o.ol
MasterOfSprites: What’s your favorite’s ff theater character?
Rhyos Beoulve: *waves to Kururururururuurruruuururu* Got that Yoo-hoo for me?
Kururu Wilms: Yeah.
TLF OCRemix: Townsperson #4 in Corneria.
Rhyos Beoulve: Invisible dude.
TLF OCRemix: He has the greatest line.... "Welcome"
DrFrankenPhreak: ...I like Black mage...cause his personality is similar to mine...except it turns out I don't have magic powers after all.
MasterOfSprites: What would you all do if 8-bit theater all of a sudden failed?
Kururu Wilms: Find another job.
Rhyos Beoulve: I'd keep on trucking'.
Kururu Wilms: o.o
TLF OCRemix: Go outside.
Rhyos Beoulve: Now that I have an actual, professional role, I can continue a career off of that. Though amateur work has definitely helped hone my skill. It's also helped me gain a direction in life. I know now that I'd love to do this for a livi
TLF OCRemix: seriously...8-bit Theater isn't our life, Rhyos works two jobs, is a fine voice actor in his own right, starky does stuff...like his gf, kururu has carpel tunnel syndrome from the constant RPing, pizza works heavily, and I go2school
DrFrankenPhreak: ...I'd just do what I always do...write my crappy music and...well that's about it.
MasterOfSprites: Did you like being interviewed by www.freewebs.com/themasterofsprites ?
DrFrankenPhreak: I enjoyed it in joy, you might say.
Master0fSprites: what was your last project?
RottingFlesh0910: Imperial Boot
RottingFlesh0910: We're currently in Pre-Production of IB3
Master0fSprites: would you say it surpasses ib1?
RottingFlesh0910: Yes. We had somewhat of a following after the first one, but this one has opened the gateway for possible awards on the third
RottingFlesh0910: We're also currently working on several claymation films. We don't want to release any plots yet.
Master0fSprites: when did you start flash?
RottingFlesh0910: When we discovered NG. We finally found out that our comedic films can have a popular home.
Master0fSprites: how did you collect so many star war toys?
RottingFlesh0910: It's a collation of several peoples collections over many years. After out-growing the
"playing" phase, we decided to put them to slightly better use.
Master0fSprites: yeah but how do you keep there joints from loosening up and such
RottingFlesh0910: We don't abuse them. Well... not the ones we like anyway. We only moderate their performances.
RottingFlesh0910: We have, on occasion, burned several Jar-Jar figures.
Master0fSprites: HAHAHAHAHA!
Master0fSprites: yeah but you said this is a collection of a lot of figures from different people…
Master0fSprites: so wouldn’t the owners be mad?
RottingFlesh0910: several hundred, yes
RottingFlesh0910: well, it's like 4 people's collections. 3 of whom are parts of our "production team"
Master0fSprites: do you keep track of who owns what?
RottingFlesh0910: Lol... Not really. We have them all just donated into several big bins under a bed.
Master0fSprites: well I am guessing none of the owners really care about Jar Jar Binks!
Master0fSprites: Lol!
RottingFlesh0910: Not in the slightest.
RottingFlesh0910: we decided to take out our hate by setting up a plot to have him destroyed.
Master0fSprites: well we can all understand that being that he destroyed star wars number one
RottingFlesh0910: Yep, leave it to the simple minded Gungans
Master0fSprites: yes well what inspired you to start making these great movies?
RottingFlesh0910: Inspiration? Our love for Star Wars, comedy, animation... and most of all our hatred toward Jar Jar
Master0fSprites: yes well don't blame jar jar
Master0fSprites: he has no brain
Master0fSprites: lol
RottingFlesh0910: lol
Master0fSprites: nice to know you have killed many of the gun gans though
Master0fSprites: lol
RottingFlesh0910: We try to help society where we can
Master0fSprites: lol
Master0fSprites: well if I find any useless jar jar toys i know where to send them
RottingFlesh0910: Lol, we'll try to find the most in-humane ways to dispatch them.
Master0fSprites: I think I have ripped and put back together my jar jar lego on several occasions though
RottingFlesh0910: Lol, no one blames you
Master0fSprites: I used to have a droid figure don’t know where he went
RottingFlesh0910: We have like 20 Battle-Droid figures, lol
Master0fSprites: heh
Master0fSprites: they don’t sell the imperial crap like you have any more
RottingFlesh0910: They are starting to re-release some of the older figures. We just bought some more Stormies from the IB movies. Expect to see them in large battles in IB3
Master0fSprites: being a sprite animator I don’t know how this video thing works
Master0fSprites: how do you do it
RottingFlesh0910: Well, It's just like simple claymation. Just with figures. Take one picture, move the figures a little bit, and then take another picture. It takes a lot of time, but the end results are pricless
Master0fSprites: heh well I am a big fan mr. flesh
RottingFlesh0910: lol, thankyou
Master0fSprites: favorite serous is imperail boot camp
RottingFlesh0910: We're slowly gaining in popularity, lol
Master0fSprites: so you said you have a production crew
Master0fSprites: so who are you in this crew
RottingFlesh0910: Well, my "formal" name is Beebe. There is also Brad and Garrett... Garrett pretty much hangs around for shits and giggles. He keeps us going, but does pretty much nothing.
RottingFlesh0910: Garrett helps write our scripts though
RottingFlesh0910: Brad is our lead animator, and I edit everything
TheMasterOfSprites: So what’s your newest creation?
_NSUPRA_: -Suicide-
TheMasterOfSprites: Would you say that people liked that movie?
_NSUPRA_: Well I got a lot of good reviews and feedback, so Yeah, I’d say people liked it, except for the clay hating people
TheMasterOfSprites: Do you think clay hate will go has far has clock hate or stick hate?
_NSUPRA_: No, because claymation is a lot harder then stick movies or clock movies, plus alot of the clock movies are really cheap, and people don’t like them for that reason
TheMasterOfSprites: Are you working on any new movies?
_NSUPRA_: Yeah, but it’s not a claymation, im working on Madness and Mayhem 2, the sequel to Madness Krinkels tribute movie
TheMasterOfSprites: Do you like sprite animation, clock animation, and stick animation? All the lower class films?
_NSUPRA_: Well sprites are pretty good, and sticks are kinda good, but clock movies, I don’t really like, some are good, but a lot are pretty bad
TheMasterOfSprites: You probably get a.i.med a lot. Do you find it annoying when your fans a.i.m you?
_NSUPRA_: Not really, it’s sometimes good to hear what other people think of your work.
TheMasterOfSprites: Did you in joy being the first to be interviewed by www.freewebs.com/themasterofsprites
_NSUPRA_: Yup, it was fun! lol
TheMasterOfSprites: Lol!