Guest Star in Red vs. Blue
I once had the privilege of starring in a special episode of Red vs. Blue, written for the Edinburgh festival many years back.

They had held a radio competition to win the spot. To qualify you had to be 16+ and be able to attend the Edinburgh festival. Luckily for me the numpty who won it was neither 16+ nor able to make it to Edinburgh on the day. Fortunately I was/am good friends with the organiser at the time and he called me up asking if I wanted to do it.

I was a HUGE fan of the series at the time, so I jumped at the chance! Not so much of a fan after getting to meet the people behind Red vs. Blue...

The object of the exercise was for me to meet up with the guys who produced the show before the festival and record a few lines and see how it's all done. Then later in the day they would be up on stage and I would join them to attempt a live version of the Machinima.

So, I dutifully recorded my lines - hamming up my Scottish accent a bit, which they seemed to like and we parted ways until the live act later.

Suffice to say, I screwed it up, muttered my lines and completely forgot to animate my character. Not brilliant for my first stage appearance. They did show the pre-recorded version at the end, but it seems they were either too lazy, or too busy to do it properly and used the worst take possible.

I learned many things that day...

1. The Red vs. Blue guys were a bit of a bunch of dicks (they may have just been busy, but they had no interest in entertaining a fan's enthusiasm) and thus lost a fan that day.
2. They were generous, I ended up with one of their XBox 360 controllers.
3. Being on stage isn't as terrifying as you'd think - you can't really see the audience because of the lights shining in your eyes.

Sadly, the version of the show with my voice in it is no longer to be found (I can't find it anyway).
(anonymousreality tickled your fancy on, Mon 22 Aug 2011, 23:56, Reply)