Quarken Era (2004-2013)

Quarken Xired began writing front page updates in 2004, during Gates of Discord, until the final days of Triality in 2013.

  • Quarken Era (2004-2013)

    We Are 138

    Yo everyone. Just a brief update on our comings and goings right now. Front page updates will be sparse until we get a new expansion to pounce all over. On the plus side, we’ve gotten a John Deere™ sponsorship due to the amount of farming we’ve been doing in Solteris, the Throne of Ro.

    But for right now, I present to you a gift, these two droids a new Triality movie has been constructed showcasing our aforementioned activities in Solteris, the Throne of Ro.

    The movie’s soundtrack is helped along by two bands this time: The original Scumdogs of the Universe GWAR & the merry-time mastermind Andrew WK. We hope you enjoy it.

    https://trialityguild.com/t-img/news/q/solteris/solteris-tn.jpg
    Triality vs. Solteris, the Throne of Ro
    60 MB .wmv format

    Soundtrack:
    Hell Intro by GWAR
    Take It Off by Andrew WK

    A lot of people ask me all kinds of questions about what goes into these movies we put up on our site. So, I figured I’d share some infoz about the process. After all, sharing is caring.

    I use Fraps to record everything. To get the variety of footage I need, recording usually starts immediately upon entering the zone for the first time and goes on every night until the video is rendered and uploaded. The more clips/source material I record and have to work with, then the less ‘repetitive’ the movie will feel, which is difficult when you’re limited to a single zone as the movie’s subject. That’s why as much variety in the recorded clips is critical. As an example, pre-processed/sorted/cropped source material (just the raw clips I recorded) for the Solteris movie resulted in nearly 1,000 video clips, totaling nearly 30GB of data:

    Before

    A lot of those clips are really cool moments that I capture but the majority are just junk; ranging from people just standing around to me waiting for an NPCs to run through an animation and they aren’t behaving to me around to me just accidentally hitting the record button and so on…The idea is to capture something cool and interesting sort of by chance. If you try and make you’re source material ‘cool’ it’ll come out looking staged and boring. I think so anyway. The I open each clip in VirtualDub and comb through them one by one, frame by frame (no exaggeration) in order to condense it down to just the clips I feel will work best in the movie. That whittles the first batch of clips down by about half, but the storage size increases dramatically because of the increased quality and the compression change of the converted clips. Compare this image to the image shown above:

    After

    After exporting each clip from VirtualDub and saving them in .avi format, I bring them into Adobe Premiere. Within Premiere, I break them all down into proper categories to make it easier for me to know what I’m grabbing and it really makes it a whole lot easier to mix up the video. Also, this really makes it easier to make sure every landscape, event, NPC, boss, etc. makes it into the movie. Again – variety is crucial! The source material ends up categorized and looking something like this:

    Categories within Adobe Premiere

    After that, I send it out to my team of expert Korean sweatshop animators to put together into the final product. Did I say sweatshops? I meant happyshops. At the happyshops, I’ve heard it’s just a matter of assembling the clips in Premiere over the music in a way that mixes up the visual content and hits those musical cues. Export the final product to a .wmv or whatever format makes you happy and share it with the rest of the world, hoping they like it more than you do because I promise you’ll be sick of your own creation at this point!


    Originally posted by qxx • Jul 18, 2007 00:14
  • Quarken Era (2004-2013)

    We pillage, we plunder, we rifle and loot…

    Yo everyone. If my clock is right, it’s update:30 on this Hangover Sunday. So, down some Alka-Seltzer™ and keep your Bud mud ass off the toilet for 10 seconds: it’s time for a front page update.


    Last time you came by here, we were taking turns riding Commodus, Solar Construct like a mechanical bull through Solteris, the Throne of Ro. We had just finished Event 6, The Final Portal, and we were salivating for the chance at an omnipotent threesome with Two Gods: Mayong Mistmoore and Solusek Ro. We made those dreams a reality and, post-coitus, we did what any gentleman would do: bundled them up, threw them in the trunk and found a nice comfortable ravine for them to go to sleepy-time in.

    Get in the fuckin‘ trunk.


    I feel like a broken record sometimes. It’s pretty exhausting to come here after we we beat each event, usually before anyone else, and bitch. Bitch because the events aren’t working, bitch because loot sucks or bitch because these events haven’t been tested or tuned. Like in the case of Two Gods, the shit wasn’t beatable by any ways possible for a while. I could come here, write some hi-lar-ious commentary about how Two Gods was a gayer experience than Liberace teabagging a ball-gagged unicorn that’s shitting rainbow sherbet into an even gayer unicorns mouth, but why bother? It’s not funny anymore. I mean it is if you really picture that unicorn thing but ya, it’s tiresome by now. Show some effort into getting this shit worked out and working proper before you have throngs of people wasting weeks upon weeks, losing to your expansions for no actual reason. Also, give Nodyin a raise and some hookers. He’s the sole reason we aren’t at your gates with pitchforks and torches firebombing your faces.


    I want to congratulate this here group of marauders that we call Triality on another remarkable victory. With this one now in the books, we become the 1st guild in all of EverQuest to conquer The Buried Sea. What’s that now? Two 1st place finishes in a row? We’re putting the nasty in dynasty. I hope the other guilds don’t get too upset being below us. At least you get to look up Kela’s miniskirt but be warned: her big, swinging e-penis is twice the size of yours.


    Well that will do it for this edition. Between now and the imminent slaughter of the next expansion, you can check back here for our Solteris raid video which is in the works. Until then, don’t let your meat loaf, kid.



    Originally posted by qxx • Jun 10, 2007 15:56
  • Quarken Era (2004-2013)

    The Blood Is Black And Hot

    Yo everyone. I think we’ll start this update off with a little Show & Tell. There is nothing like a group activity to help us get to know each other a little bit better. And what is TrialityGuild.com if not a place to nurture sharing, caring and understanding:

    So, what is that? In addition to the inspiring quote from one of the greatest assassins to ever live, that scrap of paper indicates the amount of times Commodus, Solar Construct and his roving band of solar-twinks smashed our crotch-kiwis into oblivion.

    There are 54 marks on that piece of paper. Fifty. Four. To put that into perspective, we wiped to Overlord Mata Muram 22 times before finally capturing and delivering him to Jabba the Hutt and that was considered excessive. By the 22nd time, we were ready to throw our hands in the air and wave them like we just don’t care and just accept that Mata Muram had our number.

    Going into the 6th event of Solteris, The Final Portal, the word on the street was nobody would be able to beat this event for at least 6 months. I don’t know what data went into that estimation, this is just what we were told by the powers that be. Now, if you know anything about us, you know we’re not going to sit on our asses waiting 6 months, doing nothing. So we did the only thing we could do at that point: throw ourselves into the jaws of an ‘unbeatable’ event enough times until we figured out a way to make it beatable.

    It took us less than a month.

    Click above for the full YTMND experience.

    Because last night we went into Solteris, the Throne of Ro, walked up to Commodus and ate his lunch right out from under his fat fucking face, shanked him in the neck and threw him into the trunk of our ’64. With our gangsta lean in tact, we hit the three wheel motion and dumped his ass in the Quincy quarries. After trying and dying 53 times, it felt amazing to see this event finally defeated. We were so horny after the kill, we could have impregnated a slab of granite. True story.

    One more event to go…


    Updated on Jun 27, 2007: Thanks Zajeer & Merloc
    (Click the image for the dev team’s YTMND clapback)


    Originally posted by qxx • May 10, 2007 20:52
  • Quarken Era (2004-2013)

    Ghostride The Whip

    Yo everyone. Commodus, Solar Construct is defeated and in less than the predicted 6 months time – imagine that. Expect a real update with loot, screenshots and color commentary after we each finish taking turns ghostriding Commodus’ around The Final Portal.

    Click above 4 love

    Originally posted by qxx • May 09, 2007 23:49
  • Quarken Era (2004-2013)

    Crush Our Battle Opponent’s Balls

    Yo everyone. This front page update may or may not be a few days past due. But that’s OK, friends, because we are here to announce something mega.

    We are officially the 1st guild to beat everyone in defeating Solteris, the Throne of Ro.

    As our previous front page update noted, we had beaten the first two events in Solteris. And as you will soon read, we have now beaten the next three amazing encounters, bringing us to a grand total of five. At this point, you’re probably thinking, “There are seven events, dickhead. How can you claim you’re the 1st to beat an expansion when you haven’t even finished it yet. What happens if you get too cocky and some other awesome, younger, more handsome and well hung guild beats you to the end boss and fucks kills it, you self-righteous, egotistical, sore-losing douche bag[s]?”

    Well, as you very well know: that doesn’t matter. We have progressed further and faster than any other guild through this zone and if we get beaten by someone to the end, that just means we lost only two of the seven events to them, still beating them by five. Leaving us as the BEST OVERALL Solteris raiders this side of the Mason-Dixon. And really that’s all that matters. You and your logic will never be able to pry this twisted view of accomplishment from my cold, dying, irrelevant hands. Now, if you would excuse me, it’s almost bedtime and I need to do my stretches or I’ll never be able to auto-fellate while giving myself a round of applause.

    15 clerics lol nice…

    Now that we’re all caught up on the logistics of what makes a winner in this world, let’s take a look at these three amazing events I had mentioned we recently beat.

    First off is my personal favorite, Stalwart Defenders. This event requires you to crack this golem a real onesy-twosey across his smug little chin. But don’t get too over anxious there, Sugar Ray Rodney King, or you’re gonna be hauled into the big house by the Solteris Riot Squad. We posted bail and collected out loot.


    Next event, just over the bridge, is The Captured Portal spearheaded by Astire, the Lunar Eclipse. This fight is just a ‘lil gem of heaven. We dispatched our boys in at the 4th Precinct to put the muscle on this fella.


    Finally, we have the Portal to Dreadspire being guarded by the hermaphroditic spider Irrissa the Seer. An epic battle. So unbelievably epic, I forgot to get a screenshot so here’s a shot of the aftermath.


    And that’s really it for now. More to come, more to come. So check back for the epic conclusion of Solteris, the Throne of Ro.


    Tool of the Month


    Originally posted by qxx • April 03, 2007 18:23


  • Quarken Era (2004-2013)

    Bad Guys Wear Black

    Yo everyone. We took some time away from finding new and inventive ways of beating daily-modified Solteris raids to put together another video. This is just a ‘lil 44 second video with a teaser of Solteris, the Throne of Ro but mainly a tribute to all the folks here in Triality that make things great.

    Triality, Class of 2007
    12 MB .wmv format

    Soundtrack:
    The Underground In America by Pantera
    Cowboys From Hell by Pantera

    Originally posted by qxx • Mar 19, 2007 23:01
  • Quarken Era (2004-2013)

    Keep ’em Guessin’

    Yo ladies and gents. I’d like to take this brief interlude from our regularly scheduled front page updating to show off Triality’s latest appearance in the movie world. During The Buried Sea beta-testing, Triality was blessed with the opportunity to participate in the filming of a raid video to showcase the end zone Solteris, the Throne of Ro.

    The video can be found on the front page of http://eqplayers.station.sony.com and downloaded in a better resolution here!

    Triality would like to extend our deepest thanks to David “Nodyin” Ford for giving us this opportunity on top of coordinating everything and Ben Saret for doing such a great job at putting the video together. It was a pleasure and something very special to this guild. We hope to do it all over again. Thanks again guys!



    Originally posted by Dalnoth • Mar 03, 2007 11:32
  • Quarken Era (2004-2013)

    Let Slip The Dogs Of War

    Yo everyone. I know it’s been a while since we had a front page update. I hope you enjoyed our movies that were marinating at the top of the page here for the past few months. But now that The Buried Sea has been released, our updates are back like scoliosis.

    But before we slake your gluttonous appetites for new and exciting mobs & loot, we must feast upon the appetizer that is recruitment. Usually, we’d keep the desired classes listed here. But it is a new era and we will now keep them over here. That little corner of heaven is updated regularly by Dalnoth. The same rules apply:

    • Read our requirements
    • Contact Orruar or Dalnoth before you apply
    • Have a narcotics-free urine sample ready for testing

    Alright, so the new hot spot on the Sunset Strip this year is Solteris, the Throne of Ro. What seems to be the problem here is our teenage mall-goth, Mayong Mistmoore, is running out of coffee shops to hang out at and he’s muscled his way into Solusek Ro’s haven of sunlight. Expect to see many bats, vampires, angsty little bitches with their heavy eyeliner and the foul stench of cloves in this expansion. Soundtrack by The Cure & Depeche Mode.

    As always, before the raiding there is flagging. I’m going to give you gentiles a little taste of what it’s like to be one of the chosen ones in Triality. When it comes to raiding, Triality is a well oiled machine of vengeance and fury. We leave nothing standing in our wake as we ride the tide of destruction further and further into Norrath. But, when it comes to single group content: We lose. I’ll be generous and say that it took some adjusting. Group content is a totally different element and we just flat out failed at it. By the third day of this shit, it was like the season finale of Survivor: The gloves were off, people were slinging shit and getting voted out of the guild off the island one after the other – it was a madhouse. To relieve some of the pressures of that intimate 6 person grouping that we suck so badly at, we took our frustrations to MS Paint. So here’s a little glimpse of what it’s like to grind it out along side of Triality, told in a way only MS Paint could tell:

    “Emp”
    “Gilthanos”
    “Snickers”
    “Group”
    “Wycca”
    “Tind”
    “Duty”
    “Wheel”
    “Katta”

    Despite our six-man shortcomings, we manged to get ourselves fully flagged so we headed into Solteris, the Throne of Ro for the first time.


    Right out of the gate, this zone had some womp womp bad news for us. Those dreadfully boring, Alanis Morisette-looking bitches Althea, Brenda & Christine are back for the straight-to-video sequel of their shenanigans in Deadspire. Once just a bunch of wailing sisters, this time they’ve been promoted to Mayong’s Mistresses officially. Regardless, they died and we cried that it’s only a four day lockout. Boring.


    After we pimp slapped those bitches back three expansions where they belong, we went after Aprosis the Fourth Confidant. This event is actually called Deadly Swarm which makes sense since it has more adds than the Super Bowl. But whatevs, dude. Whatevs. It’s cool. Ya know? It’s cool.


    So far the expansion is pretty decent. We actually a the chance to help with additional testing for couple of these raids, post-beta. We all seemed to have a good time helping refine these raids and I want to take a quick moment to thank Nodyin for that – making an easily loathsome experience into a really great one. I think I can speak for all of Triality when I say, you are totally hot and we want to tongue kiss you. A lot.



    Originally posted by qxx • Feb 27, 2007 17:04
  • Quarken Era (2004-2013)

    Scumdogs Of The Universe

    Yo everyone. Since we won’t be having any front page updates for a while because we’ll be farming ourselves into a coma while we wait for the new expansion to drop, we wanted to make sure you had a little something to satisfy your hunger for all things Triality. So, here is our newest movie of Ashengate, Reliquary of the Scale along with the previously released Frostcrypt, Throne of the Shade King movie. Hope you enjoy!

    Triality vs. Ashengate, Reliquary of the Scale
    54 MB .wmv format

    Soundtrack:
    Ready To Die by Andrew WK
    Triality vs. Frostcrypt, Throne of the Shade King
    36 MB .wmv format

    Soundtrack:
    Victory Strikes Again by Andrew WK

    The truth is incontrovertible, malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end; there it is.

    BEST OVERALL Winston Churchill quote

    Originally posted by qxx • Dec 04, 2006 00:33