S2: "deforestation α"

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I'm not sure sketchek added voicelines to his videos, but I didn't want to add voicelines to mine, as I didn't want to mimic an in-game thing as it would feel fake to me, even though adding a "Thanks!" voice line would add to the video, I'd rather have the video as real as possible.



I don't know if I have to keep saying "sketchek inspired this", "sketchek inspired that" over an over again because it's pretty obvious at this point. Anyways, the description was inspired by sketchek's "pyrokinesis α" video.



His description :

ＰＫファイアー = PK Fire, but directly it says "PK Faia"

My description:

ＰＫチョップチョップー = PK Chop Chop, but directly it says "PK Choppu Choppu"

"PK Fire" is a real special ability in the Mother series that sketchek used to add further to his whole Earthbound vibe he was going for. "PK Chop Chop" is a made up one by me to not copy and to describe my video, which was emphasised on axtinguisher kills. Axe goes "chop chop". My Japanese abilities are still at their absolute infancy, but I knew enough to recognise that the description contained Katakana, which is commonly used to write foreign words and phrases.



Oh nice, at the time of writing this, I have adjusted my Japanese translated name.

First, it was in Hiragana, when I didn't know that katakana is for foreign (to Japan) names like mine:

びんぐそい - Bingu Soi

Then when I know about the whole Katakana thing, it was:

ビングソイ - Bingu Soi

And now, realizing that "Soy" in my name is derived from soy sauce (I made my name):

ビング大豆 - Bingu Daizu

When I think about it the "Soi" sounding part didn't feel right. I didn't really want it to be "soya" because that doesn't sound like "soy" much (when pronounced with Japanese phonemes - which is why I opted for "soi"). But that doesn't matter now as I have gotten a nicer outcome. "Daizu" feels more right, because the "Soy" was actually derived from "soy sauce", so it has actual non-foreign meaning in Japanese and can even be written in Kanji, which looks cooler.



I would like to learn Japanese, since I already appreciate much of their culture (doesn't mean all of it) and would like to appreciate it more by learning the language. There may have been things stopping my progress learning Japanese before, but now it's on me. I would ideally like to get my life more sorted in the more fundamental areas first before fully committing to non-immediately-essential abilities.



Oh right, back to video information. It seems like I go off in tangents at times. Perhaps learning more about me is a plus side to going through these blogposts, yes?



The music choice was intended as a kind-of reprise from sketchek himself (even though the Fourside theme had a reprise and wasn't one itself). It gives off a vibe that things are back and better than ever; things are better here; welcome to the big world; we are back in action, in a similar way how the Fourside theme accomplishes. Music is a powerful thing.



This video is one of the very few dedicated pyro compilations I have and it takes me longer to make them because Pyro is my favorite class, holding a closer place in my heart (or whatever is left of it) which means I will take longer to make sure they are even more good enough to upload. Pyro clips take a longer time to make because I also have higher standards for the frags themselves. I have deleted so many potential frag demo files since they didn't make the cut. I know some others would be happy to even have made frags like the ones I deleted but I couldn't compromise my own standards.

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Project editing range: ???

Video publish date: 2019/04/24

Demo file information

0:00: 01_pyro_dd_spyaxeprediction_300-1500.dem, 2019/01/30

0:14: 02_pyro_dd_quickaxespy_0-800.dem, 2018/09/13

0:22: 03_pyro_aba_niceparryandmaybetauntmiss_700-1600.dem, 2019/02/13

0:34: 04_pyro_dja_pyrofinishpuff_1400-2300.dem, 2018/07/14

0:44: 05_pyro_dja_jumpgardentrolldierthenpuff_380-1380.dem, 2019/01/23 [2]

0:51: 06_pyro_dja_sniperchain_300-1200.dem, 2018/07/27

0:57: 07_pyro_dd_quicktrolldierinboxairblast_2300-3500.dem, 2019/01/23 [1]

1:03: 08_pyro_dja_shallowsniper_0-800.dem, 2018/07/31 [1]

1:10: 09_pyro_dja_scoutwhirl_0-1000.dem, 2018/07/31 [3]

1:18: 10_pyro_dja_scoutcavekill_700-1600.dem, 2019/02/19

1:28: 11_pyro_dja_spyincage_600-1500.dem, 2018/07/31 [2]

1:36: 12_pyro_dd_fastheavydblaxebluehat_1500-2700.dem, 2019/02/06

Music used

"The Metropolis of Fourside"

Earthbound OST