https://www.blood-wiki.org/api.php?hidebots=1&urlversion=1&days=7&limit=50&target=Quotations&action=feedrecentchanges&feedformat=atomBlood Wiki - Changes related to "Quotations" [en]2024-03-29T13:54:50ZRelated changesMediaWiki 1.35.0https://www.blood-wiki.org/index.php?title=Blood_TC&diff=53274&oldid=49863Blood TC2024-03-24T19:02:02Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The game can be ran without the ''Doom II'' [https://doomwiki.org/wiki/IWAD IWAD] through the use of ''[[wikipedia:Freedoom|Freedoom]]''. The ''Doom'' engine is [[:wikipedia:free software|free software]] under version 2 of the [[:wikipedia:GNU General Public License|GNU General Public License]] while the sounds, graphics, and music used in ''Blood TC'' are [[:wikipedia:proprietary software|proprietary]] and are owned by [[Monolith Productions]], [[:wikipedia:id Software|id Software]], [[:wikipedia:Raven Software|Raven Software]] and others. These are used under the terms of [[:wikipedia:fair use|fair use]] for non-commercial purposes. </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The game can be ran without the ''Doom II'' [https://doomwiki.org/wiki/IWAD IWAD] through the use of ''[[wikipedia:Freedoom|Freedoom<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">: Phase 2</ins>]]''. The ''Doom'' engine is [[:wikipedia:free software|free software]] under version 2 of the [[:wikipedia:GNU General Public License|GNU General Public License]] while the sounds, graphics, and music used in ''Blood TC'' are [[:wikipedia:proprietary software|proprietary]] and are owned by [[Monolith Productions]], [[:wikipedia:id Software|id Software]], [[:wikipedia:Raven Software|Raven Software]] and others. These are used under the terms of [[:wikipedia:fair use|fair use]] for non-commercial purposes. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>New Town is the city in which [[Cabalco]]'s headquarters is located. A good deal of ''[[Blood II: The Chosen|Blood II: The Chosen]]'' takes place there. The interstitial for [[C2L6: Love Canal|Love Canal]] states that Cabalco built a housing division there. A note on the [[C3L1: Frank Cotton Memorial Bridge|Frank Cotton Memorial Bridge]] says that it was opened in 1969, which <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">indicates </del>that New Town is at least that old, though the bridge could have predated the town.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'''</ins>New Town<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''' </ins>is the city in which [[Cabalco]]'s headquarters is located. A good deal of ''[[Blood II: The Chosen|Blood II: The Chosen]]'' takes place there. The interstitial for [[C2L6: Love Canal|Love Canal]] states that Cabalco built a housing division there. A note on the [[C3L1: Frank Cotton Memorial Bridge|Frank Cotton Memorial Bridge]] says that it was opened in 1969, which <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">suggests </ins>that New Town is at least that old, though the bridge could have predated the town.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In unused sound files from ''Blood II: The Chosen'', [[Gideon]] mentions an "Old Town", where the "Channeling [[Knife]]" could be found. The Channeling Knife did not appear in the final game but was an ancient [[Cabal]] artifact that could be used to control the rifts (thus it was probably related to the [[Singularity Generator]]). This hints that the Cabal used to exert influence over Old Town. </div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In unused sound files from ''Blood II: The Chosen'', [[Gideon]] mentions an "Old Town", where the "Channeling [[Knife]]" could be found. The Channeling Knife did not appear in the final game but was an ancient [[Cabal]] artifact that could be used to control the rifts (thus it was probably related to the [[Singularity Generator]]). This hints that the Cabal used to exert influence over Old Town. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Prophets''' are advanced [[Ranks of the Cabal|members]] of the [[Cabal]] that only appear in ''[[Blood II: The Chosen]]''; they are the only Cabal type not to have a similarly named equivalent in ''[[Blood]]'' other than the [[Mad Scientist]]. They are highly trained, highly intelligent, highly armoured, and represent the best the Cabal has to offer. Typically they use a [[Napalm Launcher]] or [[Tesla Cannon]]. The Cabal uses them to protect their "precious commodities". One acts as a bodyguard to [[Gideon]] and [[C1L3: Lafayette Museum of Antiquities|attempts]] to kill [[Caleb]] [[C2L2: Cabal Safehouse|twice]] with the [[Singularity Generator]] prototype created by the [[Mad Scientist]], only to bring back two of the deceased [[Chosen]] - [[Gabriella]] and [[Ishmael]]. The first time Caleb encounters one in battle is on the [[C1L7: Movin' On Up|CAS launching platform]], this acts as the [[:category:Bosses|boss]] battle for the [[:wikipedia:<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">shareware</del>|<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">shareware</del>]] version of ''Blood II: The Chosen''. The [[:wikipedia:Internet Movie Database|IMBD]] lists [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1807455/ Eric Mills] as an [[List of Voice Actors|additional voice]] on ''Blood II'', although he is absent from the in-game [[credits]]; it has been speculated that he voiced the Prophets, given its similarity to his staring role as Colonel John R. ("Rusty") Blade in ''[[:wikipedia:SiN|SiN]]'' that same year.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Prophets''' are advanced [[Ranks of the Cabal|members]] of the [[Cabal]] that only appear in ''[[Blood II: The Chosen]]''; they are the only Cabal type not to have a similarly named equivalent in ''[[Blood]]'' other than the [[Mad Scientist]]. They are highly trained, highly intelligent, highly armoured, and represent the best the Cabal has to offer. Typically they use a [[Napalm Launcher]] or [[Tesla Cannon]]. The Cabal uses them to protect their "precious commodities". One acts as a bodyguard to [[Gideon]] and [[C1L3: Lafayette Museum of Antiquities|attempts]] to kill [[Caleb]] [[C2L2: Cabal Safehouse|twice]] with the [[Singularity Generator]] prototype created by the [[Mad Scientist]], only to bring back two of the deceased [[Chosen]] - [[Gabriella]] and [[Ishmael]]. The first time Caleb encounters one in battle is on the [[C1L7: Movin' On Up|CAS launching platform]], this acts as the [[:category:Bosses|boss]] battle for the [[:wikipedia:<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Game demo</ins>|<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">demo</ins>]] version of ''Blood II: The Chosen''. The [[:wikipedia:Internet Movie Database|IMBD]] lists [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1807455/ Eric Mills] as an [[List of Voice Actors|additional voice]] on ''Blood II'', although he is absent from the in-game [[credits]]; it has been speculated that he voiced the Prophets, given its similarity to his staring role as Colonel John R. ("Rusty") Blade in ''[[:wikipedia:SiN|SiN]]'' that same year.</div></td></tr>
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</table>Gideonhttps://www.blood-wiki.org/index.php?title=Caleb&diff=53186&oldid=53182Caleb2024-03-24T16:57:44Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Development: </span> http://web.archive.org/web/20040522223836/http://blood.lith.com/whatsnew/011397.asp</span></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>It is not known when exactly [[Stephan Weyte]] became involved with the project, but he has revealed in e-mail responses facts about the character's development occurring during the game's brief (and presumably late on; the January 1997 development updates mention the writing of voice-over scripts) recording sessions:</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>It is not known when exactly [[Stephan Weyte]] became involved with the project, but he has revealed in e-mail responses facts about the character's development occurring during the game's brief (and presumably late on; the January 1997 <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[http://web.archive.org/web/20040522223836/http://blood.lith.com/whatsnew/011397.asp </ins>development<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">] [http://web.archive.org/web/20040522223836/http://blood.lith.com/whatsnew/011397.asp </ins>updates<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">] </ins>mention the writing of voice-over scripts) recording sessions:</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{quote|quotation="Oh, such a talent! Don't know how much you know about recording these games but even though they're are around for a long time, the recording sessions are done very quickly, time is money and all that. It was my idea, moi; however, to sing and come up with the apropos songs; that's what made Caleb the different, sardonic and loveable character that he is! The computer nerds and designers who do the games ain't theater or film script writers; if allowed, it's the actors who flesh out what is typically a stereotypical and boring (to me) character."|attributedTo=[http://www.the-postmortem.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=49976#p49976 Stephan Weyte]}}</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{quote|quotation="Oh, such a talent! Don't know how much you know about recording these games but even though they're are around for a long time, the recording sessions are done very quickly, time is money and all that. It was my idea, moi; however, to sing and come up with the apropos songs; that's what made Caleb the different, sardonic and loveable character that he is! The computer nerds and designers who do the games ain't theater or film script writers; if allowed, it's the actors who flesh out what is typically a stereotypical and boring (to me) character."|attributedTo=[http://www.the-postmortem.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=49976#p49976 Stephan Weyte]}}</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{quote|quotation="We all got tired of the the player-as-cultist character, so Kevin is working on a new player character model. Those of you who intend to download the shareware version when it's released will just have to bite the bullet because this will probably add another half meg to the download size. The new character really rocks, so once the model is done and digitized we will post some pix just like we did for the [[Innocent]]s."|attributedTo=''[http://web.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">bloodline</del>.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">eu</del>/<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">blood_official</del>/<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">data</del>/weeklyupdate.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">htm </del>Weekly Blood Development Update], [http://web.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">bloodline</del>.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">eu</del>/<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">blood_official</del>/<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">data</del>/<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">101496</del>.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">htm </del>October 14, 1996]''}} </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{quote|quotation="We all got tired of the the player-as-cultist character, so Kevin is working on a new player character model. Those of you who intend to download the shareware version when it's released will just have to bite the bullet because this will probably add another half meg to the download size. The new character really rocks, so once the model is done and digitized we will post some pix just like we did for the [[Innocent]]s."|attributedTo=''[http://web.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">archive</ins>.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">org</ins>/<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">web/20081120145432/http://blood.lith.com</ins>/<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">whatsnew</ins>/weeklyupdate.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">asp </ins>Weekly Blood Development Update], [http://web.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">archive</ins>.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">org/web</ins>/<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">20040515000807/http://blood.lith.com</ins>/<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">whatsnew</ins>/<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">octnews</ins>.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">asp </ins>October 14, 1996]''}} </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>''See Also: [[Development of Blood]]''</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>''See Also: [[Development of Blood]]''</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The staff at [[Monolith Productions]] also shared some of their own original intentions for the character on the official ''Blood'' website, explaining how he was always meant to be an [[:wikipedia:Anti-hero|anti-hero]] forever tainted by terrible evil:</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The staff at [[Monolith Productions]] also shared some of their own original intentions for the character on the official ''Blood'' website, explaining how he was always meant to be an [[:wikipedia:Anti-hero|anti-hero]] forever tainted by terrible evil:</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Further, designer [[Nick Newhard]] has explicitly described Caleb as being fundamentally amoral:</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Further, designer [[Nick Newhard]] has explicitly described Caleb as being fundamentally amoral:</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>That said, it has also been suggested that the game's original protagonist was more straightly heroic until Kilstrom finished his darker looking visual design.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>That said, it has also been suggested that the game's original protagonist was more straightly heroic until Kilstrom finished his darker looking visual design.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Another oft-debated point is Caleb's hair. In the ''Blood'' [[wikipedia:full motion video|full motion video]] (FMV) cutscenes he appears to be totally bald, but in the ''Blood II'' artwork and similar he is depicted with longer dark hair. Some have suggested that his apparent baldness in the original game is from an act of penance or submission to the Cabal, whereas later he is free to grow his hair as he likes. The original face sprites in the ''Blood Alpha'' show the character with short dark hair. Ultimately, the issue was enlightened upon in this anecdote shared by [[Kevin Kilstrom]]:</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Another oft-debated point is Caleb's hair. In the ''Blood'' [[wikipedia:full motion video|full motion video]] (FMV) cutscenes he appears to be totally bald, but in the ''Blood II'' artwork and similar he is depicted with longer dark hair. Some have suggested that his apparent baldness in the original game is from an act of penance or submission to the Cabal, whereas later he is free to grow his hair as he likes. The original face sprites in the ''Blood Alpha'' show the character with short dark hair. Ultimately, the issue was enlightened upon in this anecdote shared by [[Kevin Kilstrom]]:</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Some have maintained that his baldness in the opening FMV, the only one where this is clearly discernible, is merely due to the difficulties of animating hair for three dimensional models (though Ophelia has red hair with moving bangs). A similar debate surrounds the apparent appearance of [[Gabriel]] while being abducted by [[Shial]], making some confuse him with [[Ishmael]] (the only bald character in ''Blood II''). The view upon technical limitations is substantiated further in Kilstrom's comment, as well as providing insight regarding the process behind the FMVs:</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Some have maintained that his baldness in the opening FMV, the only one where this is clearly discernible, is merely due to the difficulties of animating hair for three dimensional models (though Ophelia has red hair with moving bangs). A similar debate surrounds the apparent appearance of [[Gabriel]] while being abducted by [[Shial]], making some confuse him with [[Ishmael]] (the only bald character in ''Blood II''). The view upon technical limitations is substantiated further in Kilstrom's comment, as well as providing insight regarding the process behind the FMVs:</div></td></tr>
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