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75-419: The band currently consists of Matt Boch (vocals, guitar, bass, keyboard, trumpet), Dan Cardinal (bass, engineering), Jon Carter (guitar, bass, vocals, keyboard) and John Drake (drums, sampler, vocals). Adam Arrigo and Matt Levitt, both original band members, eventually left the band - Levitt after the release of the second album, and Arrigo after the release of the third. Boch, Carter, and Drake are also members of

150-405: A World of Warcraft addiction. Day also hoped to show that the stereotypical man living in his parents' basement is not the only kind of gamer. She decided to produce the series online with Jane Selle Morgan and Kim Evey. Day already knew Sandeep Parikh and Jeff Lewis from Empty Stage Comedy Theatre, a Los Angeles-based comedy theatre, and their roles were written for them. The rest of the cast

225-474: A team building strategy. If they decided to kick out Bladezz, they would lose everything. Things get worse when Bladezz begins to slander the Knights of Good by showing inappropriate videos of the members' characters, and Codex is no closer to getting Zaboo to go home. Then, Zaboo's home comes to him in the form of his overbearing mother. Zaboo confesses that his mother controls every aspect of his life besides

300-400: A fight. Wade is a much better fighter, but Zaboo's seriousness about Codex leads to Wade giving up his interest in her. Codex yells at Zaboo that she doesn't like him, and he leaves dejected. Then Codex sees a drunken Clara kissing with Wade, and decides to chase after Zaboo to apologize, but is hurt when she sees him making out with Riley. Codex was able to recover from the disastrous party by

375-404: A giant gesture that's really inappropriate" and proposes marriage in an attempt to repulse her. To his horror she accepts. Codex and Bladezz film an online Cheesybeards commercial but the result is so horrible that it spawns a series of prank calls to the establishment. Ollie is furious and fires Codex. The guild helps Codex get her job back by organizing a celebration at Cheesybeards that attracts

450-402: A large population of gamers. Bladezz attempts to perform a magic trick involving fire, which ends up torching the restaurant (costing Codex and Bladezz their jobs). Zaboo begs Codex to intercede in the upcoming nuptials between his mother and Vork. And when Zaboo reveals he has used the money from auctioning a romantic painting of Codex and Fawkes he had commissioned to buy her a new computer she

525-531: A new apartment, where Codex meets a new love interest: Wade ( Fernando Chien ), a stunt man . Codex tries to get Zaboo to move out by telling him that he needs to level up before they can be together. She arranges for him to live with Vork, who will take in-game gold as rent, something Zaboo is really good at: farming . Codex focuses on trying to get Wade interested in her. The Guild finds a valuable in-game orb which Clara and Tink fight over. Just as Vork lets it go up for bid, Clara's children unplug her computer from

600-401: A new guild hall sparks a real-life business for Tink and Clara that strengthens and strains their friendship. Vork enlists Zaboo's mother, Avinashi (Viji Nathan), for her "brilliant economic mind" in his pursuit of his vision for the guild's hall and he sets up a stock market and loan company that is bankrupting players. However, her smothering tendencies enrage him to the point that he "make[s]

675-437: A normal life after one of her guild-mates, warlock Zaboo ( Sandeep Parikh ), shows up on her doorstep. During The Guild' s first season episodes were uploaded to YouTube and the series website. After the first season, The Guild entered a partnership with Microsoft , and episodes of the second through fifth seasons premiered on Xbox Live Marketplace , Zune Marketplace , and MSN Video before being later made available on

750-520: A photo booth for the Cheeseybeard's pirate. Tink attempts to sell the T-shirts she and Clara made but is forced to find a booth to avoid from being caught by the convention staff for selling without a permit. When she and Clara come upon a steampunk -themed booth, Clara is more interested in it than selling the shirts. Zaboo is denied entry to a panel because the seats are full, causing him to form

825-415: A seat-saving network. Codex tries out the new demo at The Game's booth, but unknowingly insults the creator, Floyd Petrovski (Ted Michaels). She becomes even more preoccupied when Zaboo spurns her advances and is continuously stalked by a convention-goer in a furry costume . When she follows Floyd to apologize, she discovers that he plans to sell The Game to a mainstream market. Codex becomes concerned about

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900-451: A surreal and psychedelic music video for the song "Dove Nets" (from Yours As Fast As Mine ). The music video was accompanied by a website, Dove Lovers , which featured behind-the-scenes information and other bonus features. In late 2009, the band began to release songs as remixable stems on the band's official website, allowing others to hear each individual track of the songs and create remixes using them. They plan to eventually have all of

975-574: A town. With the help of local musicians and producers, Arrigo was able to begin recording and producing what would become the band's first album. Simmer in Your Hotseat was released in 2004 on Boston-based indie label Endless Recordings . The first album received a positive reception, and earned the band an opening gig for the Arcade Fire shortly after its release. Live shows were played with friends of Arrigo and Levitt who had helped record

1050-469: A troll-themed add-on for the Game. By the end of the day, Clara is successful in convincing Bruiser to break up with Bladezz's mother and secures a position at a vlogging network, Tink and Donovan begin a relationship, and Zaboo discovers his real-life Sabina. Codex, happy with getting her job back and realizing how much her friends are loyal to her, makes a final vlog and tearily shuts down her computer, bringing

1125-415: Is an American comedy web series created and written by Felicia Day , who also stars as Cyd Sherman (AKA Codex). It premiered on July 27, 2007, and ran until 2013. The show revolves around the lives of a gamers' online guild , The Knights of Good, who play countless hours of a fantasy MMORPG video game referred to as The Game . The story focuses on Codex, the guild's Priestess , who attempts to lead

1200-423: Is annoyed with Zaboo's lack of logic and his antics in trying to 'man-up' for Codex. Codex finds out that the stunt-man has a "stupid tall hot girlfriend," Riley ( Michele Boyd ). The Game announces that the online play will be shut down for maintenance for four hours, during which Vork plans a strategy lecture for Zaboo and Bladezz, while Codex plans a quiet party with Clara and Tink. Bladezz coerces Vork to abandon

1275-411: Is banned from the game for using a macro (to spam homophobic slurs "a few thousand times") in the trade house. Codex uses this as an excuse to have the guild help her with her Zaboo problem. The guild (except Bladezz) reluctantly meets up in person—for the first time—at Cheesybeards, a local restaurant, only to find out that Vork had transferred all of their in-game valuables to Bladezz's account as part of

1350-555: Is devoted to her children by uploading videos of her parenting to the Internet, though he is more interested in monetizing the videos. Vork, who is dating Madeline, becomes disillusioned when Zaboo uncovers photos of her protesting nude, while Zaboo suffers separation anxiety from the members of the Guild going offline, seeking refuge from a collage of his ideal "sweetheart." Codex is pressured by her co-workers to convince Floyd to release

1425-471: Is divided into 10 episodes). Cyd Sherman struggles to limit her time online, where she games as her alter ego Codex, a member of the Knights of Good . After the guild realizes that Zaboo has been offline for 39 hours, he appears on Codex's doorstep. Zaboo misunderstood Codex's in-game chats as flirting , and became a stalker living in the same apartment. On the in-game side, trouble also arises when Bladezz

1500-415: Is forced to spend time with Wiggly while Clara continues making videos. When Clara becomes Internet-famous, other parents turn to her for advice, one of them being Bladezz's mother. Clara encourages her to keep dating Bruiser, causing Bladezz to convince Wiggly to quit his job. The underwater expansion patch notes are leaked onto the Internet, greatly intensifying the protest. Codex is unsuccessful in finding

1575-481: Is illustrated by a different artist. The collected volume, The Guild Volume 2 , was released on June 27, 2012. An additional single character issue, The Guild: Fawkes , was issued on May 23, 2012, and takes place after season 4 of the web series. The Guild cast have appeared as their characters in three music videos to promote the series. In " (Do You Wanna Date My) Avatar ", the cast appears as their game characters. The song and video were released shortly before

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1650-414: Is included as a bonus track on the album. While the original song was on the band's previous album, Yours As Fast As Mine , this track is the version of A Jagged Gorgeous Winter included on Rock Band 2 . It is a remix made by Jon Carter and Adam Arrigo, adding extra guitar flourishes and a short drum break in an effort to make the song arguably more enjoyable to play in the game. The remix tends to be

1725-547: Is touched by the gesture and resolves to break up the wedding. Avinashi and Vork are about to speak their vows to each other, at a virtual wedding ceremony in the newly purchased prison-like Knights of Good guild hall, when all of the guild members object. Codex manages to convince Zaboo's mother that it is wrong to marry "someone [she] can't stand in order to be close to someone who doesn't want to be near [her]". Zaboo helps by suggesting that she visit every few weeks when she gets lonely, causing Codex to realize that he possesses all

1800-510: The Smithsonian Institution . In 2014 The Guild was listed on New Media Rockstars Top 100 Channels, ranked at #37. Joss Whedon credits The Guild as one of the inspirations for Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog , which also starred Day. Over the course of its duration, The Guild has won and been nominated for several awards. On March 24, 2010, the first issue of the comic book limited series based on

1875-491: The $ 5,000 grand prize. This allowed them to finance their critically lauded album Yours As Fast As Mine which was released digitally in June 2007, and physical copies were self-released by the band shortly after. The album was issued through the band's own imprint, Reasonable People's League (RPL Audio). Levitt departed from being a full-time member of the band after the release of Yours As Fast As Mine. In February 2007, before

1950-472: The Axis members are even bigger jerks than she can stand and lets Codex kill her in-game. Codex, in a hallucinatory conversation with her game character, musters the courage to defeat Fawkes. The Knights welcome Tink back into the guild, and Bladezz makes tentative peace with the Axis member who seduced his mother. Fawkes invites Codex for drinks; she initially refuses but, in a twist ending, wakes up in bed with him

2025-462: The Axis of Anarchy broke up, but Codex rejects him. The girls later eavesdrop on Floyd's conversation and discover he plans on revealing his decision at the costume contest that night. Both of them convince the rest of the Guild to help them save The Game from going "freemium". The Guild is able to stop the changes with much success: Clara wins the costume contest, Bladezz is able to win back his fans, and Vork reconciles with Madeline. As all of them leave

2100-753: The Blanks. EP, Dan Cardinal and three members of Blanks. - Matt Boch, John Drake and Jon Carter - ended up joining Arrigo and Levitt, and they began working on The Main Drag's follow-up to Simmer In Your Hotseat. Prior to the release of Yours as Fast as Mine , the band put up several demos of songs on the website GarageBand.com , receiving positive acclaim and winning several "Track of the Day" awards and more. The band went on to win Salon.com 's National Song Search Contest in 2006 for their song "A Jagged Gorgeous Winter", gaining

2175-511: The Guild to other gamers in exchange for loot, which leads to his expulsion from the Guild. With this, he tells Clara to quit the game, and she does to save her marriage. To end the Axis's harassment of Bladezz, Codex and Zaboo track down the Anarchist Valkyrie at his job, where is he playing the game on company time. After they take away some of his character's possessions and threaten to expose him, Valkyrie tells them where and when

2250-505: The Guild. Meanwhile, Bladezz begins to be targeted by Tink and the Axis of Anarchy, who expose his modelling alias to his school and plant weapons in his locker; later, Bruiser (J. Teddy Garcia), a member of the Anarchists, seduces his mom. Codex issues a message on the game's public forum to stand up against the Axis for the behavior, and in retaliation the Axis puts a bounty on the Guild. Mr. Wiggly unknowingly gives away information about

2325-431: The Internet and, upon re-connecting, Clara finds out Tink wins it. Clara vows revenge on Vork for giving it to Tink and spends an entire weekend betraying Vork by corpse camping him on an alternate account as well as searching for her own orb. Bladezz believes Tink is romantically interested in him and begins to max out his mother's credit cards to buy her stuff, when, in fact, Tink is using him to get what she wants. Vork

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2400-544: The Internet, which she is beginning to read about. He saw this as his only escape. Codex comes up with a plan to bring Bladezz down, using Zaboo's stalking skills. Zaboo finds out about Bladezz's modelling career and blackmails him into giving the gold and equipment back to the Guild. The Guild then fights off Zaboo's mom, and Bladezz redeems himself by landing the final blow. Codex soon realizes that she got Zaboo's mother's loot- Zaboo. Zaboo's mother takes revenge for losing Zaboo by having Codex evicted. Codex and Zaboo move into

2475-446: The Knights and join the Axis. While Vork goes on a self-discovery journey, Clara's husband George demands that she spend more time with the family after discovering her gaming has severely distanced her from him. As a result, Clara proposes that he take Tink's place after auditions for a sixth member fail. Riley, who becomes increasingly domineering to Zaboo, offers to join, but Codex chooses Clara's husband instead, adding "Mr. Wiggly" to

2550-413: The album. Arrigo went on to meet the members of post-punk band Blanks. through his friend Long Le-Khac, who was their bass player at the time. Arrigo and Le-Khac originally met in high school and were briefly part of a band called "The Neon Wilderness", which was named after the song "Neon Wilderness" by The Verve . Arrigo helped produce the Blanks. EP Infinite Lives in early 2006. After the release of

2625-463: The announcement of the new expansion pack for the game, Spires of Dragonor . The Knights of Good are first in line at GameStop until a rival guild, the Axis of Anarchy , cuts in front of them. After the Axis tricks a GameStop worker into sending the Knights to the back of line, Vork, still not over the events of the party, resigns as Guild Leader. Codex is elected as his successor, causing Tink to leave

2700-557: The band was selected as the "Artist of the Month" by the T-Mobile Rock Band Network Connect promotion. Boch has recently mentioned in an interview that there are plans for RPL Audio to release a 7" split featuring The Main Drag and Spirit Kid. A fourth studio album is also currently in the works. Currently, the band's official website, themaindrag.com, is inactive and appears to no longer be in possession of

2775-604: The band's own imprint - Reasonable People's League ( RPL Audio ). Prior to the release of the CD, the album was digitally pre-released in December 2009. On the CD release day of You Are Underwater in January 2010, The Main Drag announced on their website that bandmate Adam Arrigo would be leaving the band in order to pursue other things. He played his final show with the band at the CD release for You Are Underwater . The CD release of

2850-635: The band's third album was held alongside the debut release of fellow RPL Audio band Spirit Kid . The whole album was released on the Rock Band Network when it launched in March 2010, allowing users and fans to purchase and play the songs in the video game Rock Band . The group intends to eventually begin releasing the album in the form of remixable stems for others to create their own remixes, much like they are currently doing with Yours As Fast As Mine . A Jagged Gorgeous Winter (Rock Band 2 Mix)

2925-439: The band's track made it onto the game due to Harmonix's tradition to release the company's songs as bonus tracks in their video games. The Main Drag's third album, You Are Underwater , was released by RPL Audio in December 2009. The album, like previous releases, was self-recorded and self-released by the band. The album was first digitally pre-released in December 2009, and a CD release was held shortly after in January 2010. On

3000-496: The band. It is unclear when the website was last affiliated with The Main Drag. In 2015, member John Drake made a Twitter post mentioning the band was on "permanent hiatus", due to members of the band moving out of the area. You Are Underwater You Are Underwater is the third album by the Main Drag , released in December 2009. Like the band's previous LP, You Are Underwater was also self-recorded and self-released on

3075-477: The celebrities who want to spend time with Bladezz. His attention, however, is turned towards Madeline ( Erin Gray ), an actress who played his favorite character, Charity, on the show Time Rings . The two are invited to a party that night, but Bladezz realizes that all the celebrities lead normal lives, finding them boring. Still, he rejects Rachel and her friends for the celebrities and openly humiliates them. Vork, on

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3150-543: The convention the next morning, Floyd has decided to give Codex a job. Codex begins her new job working for Floyd Petrovski at the headquarters for "The Game", only to discover that he's a thoughtless tyrant who immediately turns all the other employees against her. Meanwhile, Tink discovers that the men she manipulated for services and gifts have all slandered her on local websites, losing all of her connections. Bladezz gets kicked out of his house by Bruiser and spends time at Clara's, convincing her long-suffering husband that she

3225-426: The culprit but convinces Floyd to release the expansion pack anyway. Donovan reveals to Tink that he was the one who caused the leak in order to push Floyd to release the expansion pack, and Tink tells him that Codex and Vork are in the same guild. He uses this information against Floyd to blame the leak on Codex and gets her fired. Vork's protest culminates in a riot, but his acts have renewed Madeline's faith in him and

3300-497: The day of the You Are Underwater CD release, The Main Drag announced on their website that bandmate Adam Arrigo would be leaving the band in order to pursue other things. He played his final show with the band at the CD release for You Are Underwater . The CD release of the band's third album was held alongside the debut release of fellow RPL Audio band Spirit Kid . "Love During Wartime" from Yours As Fast As Mine

3375-402: The expectations of her boss, Ollie ( Frank Ashmore ). Zaboo tries to be a good friend to Codex during her fake relationship with Fawkes instead of trying to win her love. He dives into this new pursuit with his usual smothering intensity. When the truth of the relationship is revealed he realizes that his feelings for Codex have changed and he wants to be her friend. An earnings competition for

3450-454: The future of the game, which is the only thing in her life holding her friendships together. Tink, who continuously changes costumes to hide her identity, reveals to Codex at a party that she is hiding from her adoptive family, who have attended the convention, fearing that they will discover her switching majors from pre-med to fashion design. Codex arranges a dinner with her family to reconcile against Tink's will. Meanwhile, Clara tries to join

3525-551: The game; Riley destroys Zaboo's computer for not meeting her demands. Clara tells her husband that they are going to have another child and he forgets about their argument and redeems himself in the eyes of the guild by helping Clara kill the Anarchist Kwan in game. Zaboo breaks up with Riley, who then proceeds to make out with Venom. Finally, only Codex is left to face off Tink and Axis leader Fawkes ( Wil Wheaton ). After Codex makes Bladezz apologize to Tink, Tink decides that

3600-416: The guild that he will clarify the situation to Kevinator. Meanwhile, Codex is more interested in getting close to Zaboo, but he becomes engrossed in attending the events and panels. On the first day of the convention, Bladezz and Vork discover that Kevinator had been fired from The Game before the day of the convention and Bladezz was one of his joke invites. To compensate for hotel fees, both of them start up

3675-600: The launch of Felicia Day 's new YouTube channel Geek & Sundry . "(Do You Wanna Date My) Avatar" and "I'm the One That's Cool" are available on the Rock Band Network . The Guild was originally intended to be a pilot episode for a TV series, but Felicia Day was advised that it would be much more suited for a web series. The show changed its format and script to fit a web series. The first episode "Wake-Up Call" premiered on YouTube on July 27, 2007. After

3750-752: The lecture in favor of a poker game (offline), hoping to make up some of what he spent on Tink. Clara advertises Codex's party and it becomes a crowded kegger. Among Clara's random invitees, Wade and Riley come to the party. After finding out that Riley is Wade's roommate and Wade is single, Tink and Clara try to hook Codex up with him. Zaboo, learning of this, persuades Vork and Bladezz to go to Codex's party to try to stop it. Vork discovers that Clara has been attacking him, and begins to question his quality of leadership. Bladezz confronts Tink about their relationship; upon learning that he has been used, Bladezz steals Tink's laptop and deletes her character. Meanwhile, Zaboo walks in on Wade and Codex kissing and challenges Wade to

3825-461: The next Axis of Anarchy meeting will take place. Vork returns after regaining his confidence to lead and, with Codex, reassembles the Guild to challenge the Axis at the Internet café where they planned to have a group raid. The battle begins, but both sides lose members quickly. Some of the Knights die in-game when their real-life problems manifest: Clara's husband shows up, angry that she is playing

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3900-466: The next morning. An unexpected and unintentional one-night stand with Fawkes ( Wil Wheaton ) causes Codex to stress over what the guild thinks of her and persuades him to cover for her in a pretend relationship. But after spending more time together, Codex realizes he is a "total tool-bag" and reevaluates her criteria for relationships with men. Her computer breaks and she is forced to get a job at Cheesybeards to pay for repairs but has no idea how to fulfil

3975-531: The official Guild website, YouTube, and iTunes . According to Day, Microsoft's business model changed after season five; Day wanted to keep ownership, so the episode premieres moved to Day's YouTube channel Geek & Sundry . The series is also available via DVD and streaming on Apple TV . In 2013, after the end of the sixth season, Day confirmed that the web series is complete. Since its release, The Guild has received several accolades, including six Streamy Awards and four IAWTV Awards . The Guild

4050-419: The other hand, ends up offending Madeline after he criticizes her decision to leave her show. The next day, Bladezz has lost all support from the celebrities and his fans, so he is unable to continue the Cheeseybeard pirate's photo booth. Zaboo helps Clara build a steampunk-themed blimp to help her win the costume contest. Codex and Tink discover that Codex's stalker is Fawkes, who wants to join their guild after

4125-400: The post-punk band Blanks. The band has released three albums to date, the latest being You Are Underwater , which was released by RPL Audio in December 2009. The Main Drag originally began as a collaboration between Arrigo and Levitt in early 2003. Arrigo has stated that the band name could be interpreted as a Death Cab for Cutie lyric, or it could simply be referring to the main drag of

4200-399: The previous episode and shares Codex's feelings on the subject. The video blogs appear to be outside the timeline, as she is usually wearing an outfit (typically her pajamas) different from that in the episode itself, though some blogs take place in the time line with other characters or situations interrupting Codex. Each season is divided into 12 episodes (with the exception of season 1, which

4275-494: The qualities on her new litmus test, and considers a relationship with him. The season wraps up with an official gamemaster crashing the ceremony to put an end to Vork's "Trogothian Stock Market" scheme. Codex convinces the GM, Kevinator ( Simon Helberg ), to change the design of the guild hall to the "bitchin' fairy palace" that Tink and Clara wanted. Kevinator is impressed to meet Bladezz, who has become an internet celebrity and invites

4350-531: The release of their second album, the song "Goodnight Technologist" was included as part of Knocks From The Underground: The Best of Underplayed Boston , a compilation CD of indie bands local to Boston. In late 2007, the band was asked to create a cover of LCD Soundsystem 's "All My Friends" for the Cokemachineglow Fantasy Covers Podcast 2007 . The cover gained attention across various music blogs. The song "Love During Wartime"

4425-530: The season (and the series) to a close. The Guild had over 69 million upload views on YouTube as of September 2011. The series won several awards since its launch, including six Streamy Awards and four IAWTV Awards , and in February 2009, Rolling Stone named it one of "The Net's Best Serial Shows". A costume from the series has been accessioned by the National Museum of American History of

4500-435: The server posing as an IT technician, becomes smitten with Sabina ( Justine Ezarik ), an NPC of The Game and the spitting image of his ideal girl. Vork, who has gotten through with an argument with Madeline about his personal goals, confronts Floyd about his unanswered complaints about The Game. This gets his character permanently banned, and he retaliates by protesting and gaining support from other gamers. Meanwhile, Bladezz

4575-459: The show was released from Dark Horse Comics . It acts as a prequel to the show, and it was written by Felicia Day and illustrated by Jim Rugg . The second issue was released on April 23, 2010, and the third and final issue was released on May 26, 2010. The collected volume was released on November 24, 2010. A second five-issue series was released in 2011. Each issue focuses on a single character (Vork, Zaboo, Clara, Tinkerballa, and Bladezz) and

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4650-574: The songs from Yours As Fast As Mine and You Are Underwater available in this form. A music video for the song "Cease and Desist" was released in March 2010. It was shot and directed by Nick Ahrens of Game Informer magazine. The video was filmed in Minnesota and features shots taken at a mutual friends home in Minneapolis and from a live performance by The Main Drag at Minneapolis' Fine Line during their Summer 2009 National Tour. The band

4725-407: The start of Season 3 and were used to promote the show. "Game On" is a Bollywood -themed video about Zaboo trying to convince Codex to play the game. This second video was used in a similar fashion and promoted Season 4. The third song and video titled "I'm the One That's Cool" is a pop rock song "touting the rise of nerd culture and the geek shall inherit the earth credo". It was released to promote

4800-451: The status of the video is currently unknown. A music video for the song "Cease and Desist" was released in March 2010. It was shot and directed by Nick Ahrens of Game Informer Magazine . The video was filmed in Minnesota and features shots taken at a mutual friends home in Minneapolis and from a live performance by The Main Drag at Minneapolis' Fine Line during their Summer 2009 National Tour. The Guild (web series) The Guild

4875-431: The steampunk group and is trained as their fourth member to help them win the costume contest, but the members of the group ultimately turn her away. Zaboo has become so preoccupied with his seat-saving network that he briefly goes power-hungry. He is stopped by Clara, who brings back his old personality, ending his involvement with the seat-saving network. Bladezz and Vork's booth becomes successful, but Vork rejects all of

4950-447: The tracks "Love During Wartime" and "Talk Them Down". The band has announced that the entirety of both Yours As Fast As Mine and You Are Underwater will be launched on the Rock Band Network in early 2010, a system designed by Harmonix to allow artists to make their music available to purchase and play in the video game Rock Band . In order to help promote this, the band worked with French-Swiss directors Ben & Julia to create

5025-488: The two reconcile. As her final act for Floyd, Codex quells the rioters by questioning their acts and informing that their poor attitudes contributed to the problems at the Game HQ. Floyd unexpectedly steps out and challenges the crowd to insult him to his face instead of typing online insults, but the entire crowd congratulate him on his work and cite their insecurities as part of their bad behaviors. Inspired, Floyd announces

5100-431: The underwater expansion pack they have been planning for months but is forced to do menial chores in order to appease him. When the Guild visits her workplace, Tink steals Codex's key to the testing server and initiates a casual relationship with Donovan (Corey Craig), where they agree that he will do chores for her if she spends time with him. Unbeknownst to her, she begins to fall in love with him for real. Zaboo, who enters

5175-430: The version that is now played live, and it is also the version for which the official video was released. In summer 2009, a music video was made for A Jagged Gorgeous Winter (Rock Band 2 Mix) which was directed by Isaac Ravishankara. The video featured a prominent homage to the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes , with Arrigo dressed as Calvin and Boch as Hobbes. A music video for Talk Them Down has also been mentioned, but

5250-409: The whole guild to a gaming convention. The Knights of Good travel to MegaGameORama-Con, a three-day gaming convention. Bladezz believes that he is invited by Kevinator as a special guest, but his name is not on the invite list. With all nearby hotels booked, Rachel, a member of the convention staff, manages to secure a room for them. However, it is not offered for free, and Bladezz convinces the rest of

5325-520: Was featured on web series The Guild in early 2009 as the outro to the second season. A music video for "A Jagged Gorgeous Winter (Rock Band 2 Mix)" was released in summer 2009. Directed by Isaac Ravishankara, the video consisted of a prominent homage to the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes , with Arrigo dressed as Calvin and Boch as Hobbes. The video was made to promote the band's remix of the song, which would go on to be included on You Are Underwater . The band has mentioned plans to make music videos for

5400-408: Was filled through auditions . After filming the first three episodes in two and a half days, they ran out of money. After donations were solicited through PayPal , the fourth and fifth episodes were almost solely financed by donations. Each episode opens with Codex ( Felicia Day ) recapping the previous events in the story in the form of a video blog . Usually, it gives the audience a recap of

5475-487: Was included on Paste magazine's CD sampler in February 2008. They garnered additional fame in late 2008 with the inclusion of their song "A Jagged Gorgeous Winter" in the on-disc track-list for Rock Band 2 as well as a nationally-aired Target commercial promoting the game. All members of the band (with the exception of Cardinal) work for Harmonix Music Systems , creators of the Rock Band series of video games, and

5550-465: Was recently in the studio working on another cover for Cokemachineglow, this time for their decade round-up: Cokemachine Glow Fantasy Covers: The 2000s . The cover is of Jason Derülo 's song " Whatcha Say ", Hot Chip 's song "We're Looking for a Lot of Love", and Imogen Heap 's song " Hide and Seek ". The cover is titled "Whatcha Looking For? (Hide & Seek)" and was released in April 2010. In May 2010,

5625-485: Was written and created by Felicia Day , an avid gamer , in between acting roles in several American television shows and movies. After two years of gaming , Day decided to make something productive from her experiences and wrote the series as a sitcom television pilot . The series was purposely kept generic to avoid copyright problems and to appeal to a wider audience of massively multiplayer online role-playing game ( MMORPG ) fans, but Day based it on her experience with

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