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[CROSSPOST] ILB/Elan Lee to Win Innovation Award
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Phaedra
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CoffeeJedi wrote:
Phaedra wrote:

http://www.ilovepenguins.com

awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww....................



Well, unfortunately the above-referenced link just redirects you to animail.com. But ilovellamas.com works....

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 		Returning to the point of the thread (as unnatural as that feels to me)...

Sent Elan a quick email to congratulate him:

Phaedra wrote:
Hey Elan!

Just wanted to say congrats on the Game Developer's Choice Award!
Glad to see you guys getting the recognition you deserve!


He responded:

Elan wrote:
<blush>


Becomingly modest, too. Smile

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 		Awesome. I was wondering when ILB was going to start winning some awards. Congrats Elan, and everyone else involved Very Happy
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ariock
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 		Award Ceremony Transcript
Transcript below. Video link to follow. (is currently 60 MB)

!init transmit proc
!transmit transcript

Presenters:
Ok, so the first awards given out are the innovation awards. Innovation is the lifeblood of our industry. It is what challenges the status quo and pushes the boundary of what a video game should be. Without it we wouldn't be in the room here tonight. We recognize three titles for their outstanding contribution to innovation.

Our first innovation recipient is a perfect example of how the best games don't have to come from cartridges or DVD-ROMs. In 2004, I Love Bees transcended being just an appetizer for Halo 2 and became a phenomenon long before Bungie's game was released. Players worked out clues using payphones, became web sleuths, and did strange things in public, just so they could hear the latest episode of an engrossing radio drama in the spirit of "The War of the Worlds."

Please welcome to the stage, creative director, Elan Lee.

Elan Lee:
Wow I feel like I should tuck this under my shirt and bolt out of here before someone wants to take it back. Um, it is...wow there's so many people here...it's really flattering that you guys would choose to give this to an alternate reality game...a viral entertainment piece. It is something we've all been working on for a really long time and that you guys would honor it with an innovation award is just unbelievable to us. I wanted to just quickly walk you through a hypothetical scenario. Let's say you've got one of the best selling games of all time. You've got a rabid fan base. You're about to launch a sequel that's bound to break a bunch of records...and this sloppy group of guys walks into your office and says, "So we want to change around with your narrative a little bit, invent some new characters and rework your back story, and you're not going to be able to approve any of it until it goes live in front of a few hundred thousand people." That's exactly the scenario we put Microsoft and Bungies Studios in and it is a testament to their commitment and bravery that they allowed us to build this project. We really hope that we did you guys proud.

I wanted to especially thank Chris DiCesare, Cameron Payne, everyone at Bungie Studios for trusting us with your baby. It's also important to note that you are not just giving this to me and I am the talking head up on stage here, but we've got all of 4orty2wo Entertainment, and in particular, I just wanted to really acknowledge Sean Stewart, my partner in crime, Joe DiNunzio, Susan Bonds, Jim Stewartson, Jane McGonigal, Bob Fagan, Jesse Trott, George Cook, Markus Roskothen and of course, our founder, our leader and our inspiration, Jordan Weisman. And last, but certainly not least, this stage would be filled with a whole bunch of other people, and those would be the players, and they would fill the stage, and they would fill the auditorium, and they would pour out into the hallway, and these are the guys whose enthusiasm, whose dedication, whose creativity forced us to make the game better than we ever thought it could be. You guys made the girl real. Thank you.

!end transcript


Edited to fix names....der.
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*applause*
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 		Video Link
ok. Be gentle.

Thanks to RangerD, whose skillful video manipulation has shrunk the file from 60 MB to 9 MB. That is still a lot, so be careful. The torrent thing is a little too complicated at the moment, so I am going to attempt direct downloads.

1. The file is a quicktime .MOV, so you will need that to view it.

2. Try right clicking and Saving the File As, rather than viewing it in your browser.

3. If you would like to help and mirror the file, please post a link below. Thank you!

http://www.ariock.org/images/elanacceptance.mov

I hope this works!
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 		Mirrored at:

http://www.argn.com/media/gdc2005elanlee.mov
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 		Yay, that's awesome!

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 		Thanks ariock and RangerD for the video!

Kudos to Elan and the rest of the people at 4orty2wo for their well-deserved recognition. Smile

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 		*cheers!*

Ilovebees won an award! ILOVEBEES WON AN AWARD! God, if I had been there, I would have been the person standing in the crowd screaming "ILOVEBEES! ILOVEBEES!" at the top of my lungs!

Congrats to all at 4ourty 2wo!
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 		I would just like to say that Elan's pants were adorable.

That's all.
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 		Finally had time to watch the video ....

Cool. ... though I'm not so sure how I feel about having my payphone picture blown up that huge on a stage .... cool, but yet at the same time wishing last years "lose those extra 20 lbs" resolution had actually come to fruition. Embarassed

Way to go guys / Elan.

Elan wrote:
these are the guys whose enthusiasm, whose dedication, whose creativity forced us to make the game better than we ever thought it could be. You guys made the girl real.
And way to go us! Wink
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