Swords of Salvation

Just some blah news for now... as promised, I did buy a video capture card. Unfortunately, I ended up buying one with a CD that doesn't read what-so-ever, so there is no way for me to even install it. In this case, a new card will have to be purchased, which will hopefully be some time this month, if not, February.

-Obviously, provide new formulas for the characters from SCV (from watching the CAS videos and all the updates made, this is definitely going to take some time to do).

I'm happy to announce that every character who has a profile who didn't previously have an SCIV formula now have one! It actually took a week to set up all 50 missing formulas, but it's finally completed. Here's the thing, however... not all those who got their formula added have either an updated picture or picture from SCIV at all. Again, as I mentioned in my last updating, I'm lacking in a video capture card. Anything that needs a picture will not be updated until around December.

-Three characters' names were slightly changed. Jack Hawk is now just 'Hawk,' Gorgon is now 'Gorgahn,' and Talka is now 'Talia.' Their original names still remain on their link picture and will not be updated until SC V is out.

-The Fan Art page now includes the sprite edits I mentioned in my last update. This particular page will be dedicated to art involving multiple characters. Any individual fan art will be added to each character's indiviual pages.

-Surviving fan art that was made some time ago are now included, specifically for Emlyn, Keida, Hoshiko, Lizaya, Strawberry, and Umeko. There are a couple of others that will be included soon.

There are a few other updates, but none significant enough to mention as they're mainly mispells and stuff. Oh yeah, the huge error on Rykiro's profile has now been fixed.

Recently seeing the SC V Character Creation video, MetadragonX and I have one thing to say... it's gonna take us quite a while to recreate our characters with the way the new system works. So many options, so little time!

Not long after my last update over a year ago, there was a death in my immediate family, so things got thrown off for me for quite some time. I had also attended school this past summer, and gradually, my interests turned towards a different direction.

On a smaller note, my video capture card died, and I was unable to afford a new one, hence the lack of updates for many of the characters who needed it since 2008.

However, as many of you know, a new Soulcalibur game will be among us three months from now. With this excitement, it has officially renewed both mine and MetadragonX's love for our created characters here on the site. I also have a birthday coming up next month, and I plan to use some of that money to invest in a new video capture card and finish all the SCIV stuff.

During the next month, I will work on posting the remaining character formulas from SCIV, which is obviously very, very long overdue. Pictures won't be done until at least December. My goal is to get it all done before SCV's January 31, 2012 release.

The 20-character sprite project I've mentioned? It's finally done! However, I won't post it until the next update as I try to figure out a new setup for the art section.

Well, my only excuse for the long delay is real-life rearing it's head. Don't worry though, I've been suffering from writer's block for almost a year now.

I'm trying to get back into the groove of things, and I'm not just talking about this site either. I'm talking about many of my interest which has been hard to enjoy lately due to reality of, well, anything negative. I won't go into details, but let's just say that it basically sucked.

Slowly, I'm pulling myself back together for this site. Since my last update, MetadragonX has been coming up with big ideas for the Swords of Salvation story. Basically, it involves making it's own universe in a place not called Earth, but similar to it. His ideas for the Goddess stories are quite intriguing.

I believe this is pretty much why the main story is coming so slow... so many new ideas just keep coming in to where everything just keeps changing. We'll eventually have to have a day where we can just sit down and deeply discuss them. Then I can finally move on in sharing the fic with everyone.

Another issue is that he has this habit with adding and removing parts of a character's outfit... before I even get a chance to snap a picture and after I took down the original formula...

But anywho, I'm just going to focus on the smaller things on this site for now. For now, I've removed the fan art from the art page. I managed to salvage some of the submitted work, but the rest will most likely never be revived. I'll still accept new art from anyone, but I'll soon be posting pixel art work from my own collection. Eventually, I'd like to work on a sprite project involving the 20 main characters.

The major one is that, since October, I've been having computer problems. The router was replaced and, until June, I was constantly re-booting my internet connection to the point where doing simple things like checking emails was a hassle. In June, I got a new computer, and the connection has been much better since.

Real life has also been a hassle as well. I came to realize that balancing out my interests is a pain in the butt... not to mention that work has been a bitch. Yeah, I should be grateful to still have a job, but sometimes, I wonder if it's worth the insanity.

I will warn you, however, that there won't be any proper updates for at least a month. In 3 weeks, I'll be gone for a week to attend a convention. Once the excitement has passed, I'll be resuming to this site amongst other things.

-Obviously, finish up posting new pics and formulas for the characters who haven't received the makeover on this site yet. A couple of new characters have also been made and will soon be featured here.

-Slight cleanup, especially the Fan Art section. I made the mistake of linking the pics to some of the artists' Deviantart account, and most have deleted either the pics or their account since. I'm hoping to get these pics back, but we'll see. There won't be any new fan art anytime soon, however, though I'd like to eventually make sprites out of the 20 main characters one of these days.

-I'm hoping to get going at least on Part 1 of the 'Walkthroughs.' Just last night, I got the 'meetings' set up, so at least the pairings are there. They just need the dialogue. Of course, I'll finish Aleera and Angel's before adding the others. I may or may not do one or two before I leave for the convention.

-And the biggie... FINALLY get going on those Fan Fiction, ESPECIALLY the main story!! I did get started on Chapter 2, but never completed it. So hopefully, by the end of the year, we'll finally see that chapter... and if anything, a one-shot.

SC IV formulas for Reena, Ryuji, Thana, The Maiden, Vironia, and Vittorio have been added! This completes the main characters' formulas.