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Latest Episode: "Westside Mothaf*cka!!" Season 01 Episode 3 Click the image above to check out the latest episode on YouTube!! Welcome to the Official Thread for SlothClaw Network's original DayZ Machinima Series NEW EPISODES EVERY TUESDAY!! Subscribe on YouTube Like on Facebook Official SlothClaw Network Website What is Infection: Z? An original Machinima series, inspired by DayZ gameplay and the awesome production capabilities of the ArmA II editor. The series captures the unpredictable and bizarre nature of everyday DayZ gameplay, and puts them into a story friendly episodic format. The main goal of creating this series is to put my video and audio production education and experience to use, and apply it to the Machinima scene, which I have always been interested in. I decided that a series based on misadventures in this incredible mod would be ideal for my goals and aspirations. Besides, this game is fucking awesome, right!? Episode Catalog Season 01 Consisting of 9 episodes, the first season introduces the main characters and develops the conflicts leading up to Season 02. Episode 01 "The Contract"Episode 02 "Buggin' Out"Episode 03 "Westside Mothafucka!"Episode 04 "Hunting Season" *COMING 8/20/2013*Additional Request In order to mitigate weekly postings of new episodes in new threads, I thought it would be much better to create an official thread for the series to catalog the episodes, I think it would be mutually beneficial for this thread to be stickied, assuming that the community supports this notion as well. If you support this idea, please say so in the reply to this post, so that the forum staff can see. This way it is easier for me to share updates with the forum, without creating a lot of threads that will pile up over time (this is a multi-year project!) If not, I don't mind hoping that replies keep it on the first page.

Had some data problems, unfortunately I have to rerecord episodes 4-6. So sorry for the delay, I should have episode 4 ready soon.

Wow, I really like these! I would say though, that your name watermark could use a bit of work. I personally hate the way bevel and emboss looks on text, unless done very tastefully. But definitely good stuff, keep it up.

Bumping for release of new episode instead of creating new thread.

Words to live by, my man.

Voice acting was great, Grumpy Gat. I'm impressed! Was this for first video MilleFh?

People fell for this?

Different people like different things, so really it would be best to expiriment and see where you excel, and what content you enjoy making Because unless you enjoy making it yourself, other people won't like it and it will just waste space on the internet.

I think you guys are really going to like episode 3, the story starts to pick up more and a new character is introduced.

The tension and excitement may fade a little over time, however this game still gives me mini heart attacks when shit goes down.

I'm very impressed, I saw the title and did not expect this high quality of work. I will definitely want to check this out when it is released.

Hey, decent start man - If you want to get into video production hit me up at info@slothclaw.net - I might be able to give you some pointers or provide you with resources to get you going in the right direction :)

I'm not too familiar with david lynch, what works of his do you suggest I take a look at? I'm interested in a man that has a similar sense of humor to me lol. Also, I'm glad that you like it, thank you for tweeting it out as well.

Reserving for future content if needed.

The first episode of my original machinima series was released to the public today, I thought that you all would enjoy this as much as I did creating. I highly suggest that you watch it in fullscreen at the highest resolution you are able to. It was filmed and rendered at a native 1080p resolution for maximum quality. If you enjoy this first episode, go ahead and subscribe to the channel so that you can see the new episodes every Tuesday. I also suggest liking the SlothClaw Network facebook page, located here. Click here to see the video on YouTube! I'd love to hear back from you all to see what you think, this project is going to be highly community driven in the future, so feel free to get in touch with me, comment, criticize, and most definitely share with your friends, clan mates, and server buddies.

I hope you get a chance to check out the new episode next week ;)

Mostly from playing DayZ and hours of sitting at my computer writing and rewriting the scripts. This was actually the third or forth revision of the story. It was originally going to be completely different, with only two survivors, however I ended creating many more characters.

I'll work more closely with the voice actors to improve the accents if I can, thank you guys for the input.

You can still find some good servers around that actively support roleplaying.

Yeah, you really do have to be self motivated to play sandbox games, or else you won't get anything done and you'll just get bored and tired. Planning is key.

It's easiest to just play on low pop servers, however in theory you should be able to set up a lan server - but I don't know much about DayZ server hosting.

This is exactly how I have been playing, I'll binge between periods of working on my machinima series for inspiration and stress relief (even though most times I get more stressed by playing lol)

There are two things that I would suggest. 1. Grouping up - you can find a lot of friendly players either on the forums, teamspeak servers, or even in game if you are careful. Having a few buddies to play with makes it a lot easier to find and secure loot, vehicles, etc. Not to mention the added value of being able to talk to these people while playing and becoming more actively engaged. 2. Try DayZ Origins or another variation of the mod with a different map, it really does help to spice up the gameplay and give you a new place to explore. I would suggest Origins because the Taviana map is amazing, it's really big - but everything is close together so you don't waste hours running from point A to point B. The icing on the cake for this would also be the advanced skill trees, progression, and basebuilding abilities that are added in origins.

@demongroover You just have solved the mystery ;) @m.cab I've been working on the first season for about 6 months now, with a lot of interruption from personal obligations that needed immediate attention. There is a lot more action in the next few episodes, and especially once we get into season 2... Let's just say the team has some big plans that are in the works right now ;)!

I'm glad that you guys really like it! We have put a ton of work into this so far, and we are still working hard to create more future content as well! If it isn't too much to ask, we also have a website and facebook page that I'd like you to check out. www.slothclaw.net www.facebook.com/slothclawnetwork/ If you really like it, you could do us a huge favor and pass it around, share it with your friends on facebook, real life or anybody that is interested. I would be very greatful for any exposure that I can get - it's the best way to support the series so that it can grow, and keep on living on. @trishiefishie I made this because I'm a college film student and I wanted to try my hand in machinima because it's a lot more accessible than real life filming equipment, and I wanted to try to make something really cool that other people will enjoy.