Watch: Second Life Roleplayer Made This Jaw-Dropping Machinima Tribute to a World of Warcraft Tavern -- Here's How

I've been meaning to blog this machinima for weeks, because holy shit just watch. Shot in Second Life by Vene Sere (Discord: Sere Vene#8502), it's actually a tribute to Lion's Pride, a classic roleplay hangout site in World of Warcraft. The final result, however, looks better than anything from either platform. 

"There is always a ton of people roleplaying there," Vene explains, "and I wanted to picture the ambience!"

It's also his bid to encourage fellow roleplayers from other MMOs to try out Second Life.

"A friend of mine brought me on SL, and I was amazed by the endless possibilities that platform offers," as Vene puts it. "It was for me the perfect place to do roleplay. You can have your own character that you can customize from head to toe, and you can build your own home." Custom avatar animations really sold him on SL roleplay: "It’s amazing to see your character so the animation you wanted him to do [can be played], as it was really limited in World of Warcraft."

His video demonstrates just that -- all the fantasy content and avatar customizations you see in his video was bought and assembled (and then disassembled) by him from the existing SL content marketplace. 

As you might have guessed, there is some post-processing, but then again, not much more than what you'd see in a Marvel movie. Here's how he made the final results: 

Vene captured the raw footage in the Black Dragon viewer, then processed it through Sony's Vegas Pro software.

"The post-process impact mainly the colors and lights -- most lights you see in this clip aren’t real and weren’t made on Second Life, but directly on Sony Vegas."

Here's a before and after sample:

Vene taught himself how to use Vegas, and recommends this tutorial to get started:

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[Joey1058]

I went through his YouTube channel. His stuff is amazing!