Zelda Valley

December 19 is the Birthday for JMAP Productions, but May 22 is the date JMAP decided to make a blog about zelda and our videos. This was primarily a response to the sad departure of ZeldaBlog (which is now up and running since April 2008 ). and a bunch of people who were frequent visitors then decided to make their own blog about Zelda. This place is a bit different because it acts as headquarters for our videos, and gives inside viewers the scoop.

As we look back on some of the posts in the early months, there was frustration over the visitors who never came, or those who came and said nothing. In this little wordpress world, I noticed that Super Mario Blog and Zelda Heaven always had frequent posts and comments when they had started, we didn’t; and like the kid who sees that his friend has all the stuff that HE wanted, of course it was pretty frustrating.

We were never sure if people ever came at all. The only two visitors who ever said anything on occasion were Light Walker and Mario64Mario. While we were happy with the company, of course we always wanted more. Then we had noticed that a bunch of blogs started to get deleted for various reasons. We decided not to delete ours despite the fact that on some days no one ever added to the hit counter. I believe that was a good decision in the long run.

As of recent, there has been consistent activity. This site that once had posts that said, “Is there anyone out there” now gets frequent posters and responses. This site that sometimes had absolutely no visitors now averages up to 30-40 hits a day. True, we’ve only recieved roughly 7,700 visitors over the year, rather small compared to some other wordpress blogs such as Pokemon Gamers Blog, Legend of Mario, and Fire Emblem Blog, but for the two main people here, myself and JMAP, we’re thankful for the number of hits we’ve received so far, and hopefully the activity will never die down.

Of course, that wouldn’t be without the support we’ve gained over the past year.To all of you who have become frequent visitors, we thank you!

Now, since this is a site about our projects, I guess I can insert some video news into it as well.

Since the script for the new video project is being agreed upon, I’ve begun the character design stage. I’ve begun my drawing on paper, and will be giving returning cast members more life from small makeovers. One character in particular that is undergoing a small makeover is Link himself! Sometimes in Twin Links, his fuzzy edges had transparent color fills, and you can easily see them if you look for them. I’ve been trying to make Link’s edges a lot sharper and less fuzzy. On top of the returning cast members, we will be adding many characters, including several surprises. Most of them are familiar characters you’d find in any Zelda game, but since our videos are essentially fan fiction come to life, we have taken the liberty of adding characters made up by the writers for this video.

That’s it for now, until next time…

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