Wizardry System - Chapter 62

Once Maplestory opened, the login music that Maplestory had for decades started to play.

“So how long should an episode be?” Madeline asked.

“Honestly, it’s very difficult to say. Everyone on Youtube is mainly doing skits right now. Those are the one with views and those are less than 10 minutes long. Video game players aren’t really that popular right now so it’ll be trial and error,” Chris said. “However, I don’t think it’s good to have it less than 10 minutes long so start with 15 minutes. Although 15 minute videos can be considered really long, since you’re playing a videogame, I’m sure the viewers won’t mind the longer video. If your audience wants longer videos then do longer videos. You should also do an introduction video that introduces people to your channel. So after you record this video, we’ll do an introduction video,”

“You sound like you did these kind of stuff before,” Madeline said in a questioning tone.

“I was literally a janitor for your dad,” Chris said.

Madeline stared at him for a little longer, but decided to move on.

“So how do I start this. How do you think I should handle a recording?” Madeline asked.

“I mean you’ve played video games before,” Chris said. “I know you’ve had frustrating moments before like when you die or just completely lose the game. Instead of being quiet about it like you always do, just say everything out loud. That’s all. Act like you’re putting on a show. Oh yes, when you start the video, you should have a greeting like ‘Hey guys, blank here’,”

“Alright I guess,” Madeline said.

Madeline minimized the screen of Maplestory and opened her screen recorder to record the screen. She then turned to her camera on and Chris started the camera. Madeline then took a deep breath and put on a smile.

“Hello! It’s Maddy and welcome to my first video! I’m going to be playing Maplestory for the first time and it’s quite exciting!” Maddy said facing the camera.

‘She sounds like she’s been doing this for a long time! It’s sounds a little awkward, but it’ll only get better with time!’ Chris thought.

“Already, the music sounds so nice and I love the art. It’s really cute,” Madeline said. She put in her login information and started to make her character.

“Alright I hope I can make a really cute character. If I can’t make it pretty, I’m going to be really sad,” Madeline said. True to a girl’s personality, it took her a couple of minutes to be satisfied with the character she made.

“Alright let’s play!” Madeline said excitedly as she entered the game.

After the storytelling of Maplestory, the tutorial and a couple of beginner missions, Maddy decided to end the video.

“So how was it?” Madeline asked.

“It was pretty good. So you’re naming your channel Maddy? I thought it’d be something Harry Potter related,” Chris said.

“Just thinking about that makes me cringe. Do you realize just how many people will get turned off by that?” Madeline asked.

“True. So do you have an editor of sorts who can edit these videos for you or are you doing this on your own?” Chris asked.

“Yeah. Fortunately, Dad hired a pretty good one. He at first disagreed and said I should do everything, but after he realizes just how much time each video will take then, he conceded into hiring an editor for me,” Madeline said.

“Well that’s already a pretty good start. Most people on Youtube have to edit the videos themselves so they do it through trial and error. While learning yourself is good, there’s nothing wrong with hiring an editor if you have money. You’re in a really good place right now because your video quality will already be better than most other people,” Chris said.

“So what should we name the video?” Madeline asked. “I mean the title is the most important thing,”

“How about Let’s Play: Maplestory Episode 1. It’s short, but since it feels like you’re interacting with the audience, the viewers should be a bit more attracted to your video,” Chris said knowing how Let’s Play videos blew up in the future with even Pewdiepie joining in on the fun before moving on to memes and reactions.

“Hmm… You’re right. It does sound nice,” Madeline said. “Alright let’s name it that!”

After filming an introduction video with Chris, Madeline sent the clips to the editor who said the video would be done by tonight and will be uploaded the next day to get the most amount of viewers.

“Alright that was the surprise!” Madeline said. “So what do you want to do right now?”

“Wanna watch all the Harry Potter movies again?” Chris asked.

“Sure,” Madeline said. She started searching for Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.

As they were watching the movie, from the throne room, the four founders were nervously looking at the 3 mirrors.

“The two girls don’t seem to be doing very well so far,” Gryffindor said. “I can already see that they’re confused,”

“The boy looks like he has multiple plans, but doesn’t know which one to use,” Ravenclaw said. “On the other hand, look at the technology that is in the boy’s test. All the muggle technology including the computer and the T.V. looks to be much more advanced than what we saw when we went to see both the Wizarding and Muggle world. I’m always surprised how far Muggles can go without the help of magic,”

“Hmph, those are the inferior ways,” Slytherin said. “Magic is something that will always surpass the likes of Muggle ‘technology’. Wizards will always defeat them in war!”

“I wouldn’t be so sure of that,” Ravenclaw said. “We have went all over the world in our spirit form. Have you not seen the power of those weapons that Muggles use to kill each other? They looked more powerful than any curse that I have ever seen. Wizards and witches need to stop thinking of Muggles as sword wielding warriors. They’re now wielding weapons that shoot small projectiles at speeds that cannot be seen with the nȧkėd eye,”

“Hmph, you’re simply overexaggerating,” Salazar said with an unconfident voice.