Documentary: "Yin Eating Cardboard"

[DanQ]

On October 7th of this year "Yin26", a long-time "on" and "off" poster on Apolyton Civilization Site`s (ACS) forums and strategy gamer, stated on-site that:

If I[nfinite] C[ity] S[prawl] isn't still the dominant strategy in CivIV, then I'll eat (at least part) of the cardboard box! And if combat isn't as dull as ever, I'll eat more parts!

Less than a month later, a Civ community fundraising effort on ACS began and ended successfully that saw he and one other receive a paid-for copy of the game.

On December 22nd, Yin26 confirmed that a video of him eating this branded cardboard had been shot and was in post-production. Not long after, he elaboarated somewhat in saying that it was filmed with a friend over a period of several hours.

The completed production was submitted to the ACS administration earlier today. It is a 11 1/2 minute documentary entitled "Yin Eating Cardboard", and is now being exclusively released and hosted by ACS. It is available in both MOV and AVI formats:


http://apolyton.net/download/civ4/vstagesciviv.mov (65.5MB)
http://apolyton.net/download/civ4/vstagesciviv.avi (95.5MB)
http://apolyton.net/download/civ4/vstagesciviv.zip (zipped avi, 85.7MB)


Yin26 himself provides the following background and description for this movie:

Swiss-born psychiatrist Dr. Elsabeth Kubler-Ross has documented "The 5 Stages of Grief" that human beings often go through when confronted with tragedy.

In this movie, Yin undergoes The V Stages of CivIV after realizing that his bet against [developer] Firaxis [Games] is looking bad (very bad) for him. And for anybody who wonders why it was so hard for Yin to eat his "dinner," let's just say that cardboard on a very cold English muffin makes the most horrid sensation in the back of the throat.

Congratulations to the Firaxis team and its horde of talented beta testers on a job well done!

A few days ago, Yin made an additional comment on this work.

Let's just say the last scene uses no special effects to create the, ummm, uncomfortable feeling you might get watching.

Either QuickTime or VLC Media Player needs to be installed on one's computer in order to watch the MOV version. DivX Player is recommended for the AVI version. Note that some language may offend some viewers.

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Dan; Apolyton CS

[Trifna]

Oh goodie, the next block buster

Looks like Yin wouldn't betray a reputation of original solid production even for cardboard eating activities

[notyoueither]

You're a sport, Yin.

[Jeje2]

What a waste of a perfectly good cardboard box

Yin: How much time did you spend planning this shooting? (Obviously you do have some time )

[yin26]

Originally posted by Trifna
Oh goodie, the next block buster

Looks like Yin wouldn't betray a reputation of original solid production even for cardboard eating activities

The credit for production values goes to my friend, "Cav," whose name appears all over the end of the movie. The music choices were all his own, though I did campaign for the Civ song that plays a few times. Overall, it was fun given the few hours we had. I never expected to choke so much on that darn thing, though. Sub freezing weather and nothing to drink didn't help!

Originally posted by notyoueither
You're a sport, Yin.

Thanks. Well, the great thing is that Firaxis made several serious improvements to the game! No more bets from me, though.

[yin26]

Originally posted by Jeje2

What a waste of a perfectly good cardboard box

Yin: How much time did you spend planning this shooting? (Obviously you do have some time )

Well, that cardboard is now one with nature. My friend and I talked about this a bit here and there over the past weeks. Once he got to town, though, there wasn't much time to think. A great deal of footage had to be cut to make it have good pacing. The last scene, though, we just had to let, ummm, speak for itself.

Indeed, I feel pretty silly about the whole thing. But a bet's a bet!

[MattPilot]

thats a phat pipe apolyton has.

500kb/sec download on the avi.

[LDiCesare]

Bravo Yin. Now what silly bet could we think of?

[Basilisk]

A bet is a bet, you're right. Good on you for going through with it!

Made for some entertaining watching. At your expense, of course.

Hats off to Firaxis, for killing the ICS

[Firebird]

ROFL! Thats a funny movie! The look on your face is beyond words.

Thanks, Yin, for a good laugh and hats off to you!

Best regards

Firebird

[hexagonian]

I gotta wait until next Monday to see this.

56k dialup at home vs hi-speed DSL at work...

[Risa]

You are true star, true hero, Yin!

[Aro]

Originally posted by notyoueither
You're a sport, Yin.

Indeed. Yin, you certainly have guts!

[vee4473]

Originally posted by Aro


Indeed. Yin, you certainly have guts!

at least before he ate the box..

[Zoid]

Dan, the links at the end of the OP are borked. You might want to correct that...

[GeoModder]

Okay, something to download tonight. (rate is a bit too low atm)

[rumpo kid]

That was impressive. Does anybody know the nutritional virtues of card?

Steve

[Zoid]

I can´t download the file. I only get halfway or 3/4 before it stops. This also happened when I tried to dl the v1.52 patch. What´s up?

[Solver]

Downloading...

Yin . This is going to be a new Net hit. I'm pretty hungry right now but I think that my appetite will rather disappear after watching the movie .

[MarkG]

@ YIN

officially declared: most fun civ video ever

[Solver]

Originally posted by DanQ
On October 22nd, Yin26 confirmed that a video of him eating this branded cardboard had been shot and was in post-production.

That should be December, not October!

[Solver]

Gee, and I am mentioned there like an evil guy . And Yin, I can't remember the part of the bet about you having to be in freezing weather and without water .

[Rommel2D]

What an unfortunate choice of box preperation. Julienne Civbox tastes best when boiled for 8-10 minutes and served with a creamy white sauce. Some Pinot Grigio would've pushed the meal over the top.

The muffin worked much better for the Ravel choreograhy, however.

[wardhali]

this is probly a problem on my end, but with both links (.mov and .avi)
i only get audio. btw i open in windows media player. i dont get it!

any help would be apreciated, as i have got to see this

[Zoid]

wardhali you probably don´t have the right video codec. Google for it or try this http://www.free-codecs.com/download/...Codec_Pack.htm

[wardhali]

i just updated quicktime and it worked just fine.

thanks for the quick reply though

btw that was GREAT i loved the devil letter.

[Zoid]

Damn, I want to see this!!

[Maquiladora]

Originally posted by notyoueither
You're a sport, Yin.

Yep, nice one

It actually looked quite tasty.

[Addled Platypus]

shall we poll the cardboard box as a new resource to exploit

hmmmm

cows,pigs,farms....cardboard

how I would love that

[Addled Platypus]

Standing ovation for Yin26

well done on so many levels

the black and white useage, the music

so...no sequel ?

any link for the band ?

I can always restart---perfect ending