ark-animated-series

[velvet shadow]

And that's good.

I'll tell you why.

Inclusivity.

Everyone is always tired of having a straight white male character having the spotlight in everything, yet, when someone who ISN'T people complain?

A homosexual man had a mission to end another and died in the process.

If that bothers you in some way, I'm sorry but that just seems childish.

Again, I have never seen the "Homosexual man dies" thing once in my entire life.

[vocal torrent]

because we are used to it, it's a normal trope as a 'token black character"

[velvet shadow]

And there's no problem with it, now is there?

Everyone wanting to get treated the same, yet, when they are put in the shoes of a normal character they are uncomfortable.

[vocal torrent]

it's not even considered normal if "90% is you will die because you are not a "normal person" under the standards of a "normal person""

[velvet shadow]

Again, I have never seen that.

Seems like fantasy, to me.

Here's the question.
There is a homosexual man who wants to be treated the same as everyone else. (Normal character things.)
He is treated the same as everyone else. (Yongki not being a soft happy story and being one of the MANY sad ones out there.)
He is upset. (Yongki story not being some fantastical, mystical perfect adventure where he wins.)

Why?

There's more to stories than happy endings.

See Genesis: Part 2.
There is a British antagonist who dies.
Why aren't Brits taking offense or calling it bad representation?

[strong gazelle]

You can’t really make these statements saying what they’re saying isn’t true, when you haven’t seen any of their evidence. In this case, I doubt its them making things up, and you just not seeing the things happening

[fair trout]

You simply don't understand what we wann say.

[velvet shadow]

People are saying "Bad representation".
I am making a counter-argument.

Simple as that.

[vocal torrent]

i made a good example of one "good representation" just ONE compared to the countless bad ones from movies, TV shows, and games combined

[fair trout]

No, you simply don't understand or don't want to understand our points.

[velvet shadow]

No, I feel like that's you, my friend.

[fair trout]

That is the main problem here and you compare it with things it can't be compared with.

[vocal torrent]

shifting blame

[velvet shadow]

I'm comparing homosexual people to people who are not. How can they not be compared?

Are they different? What makes one of the other so special?

[fair trout]

You compare homosexual representation with straight representation.

Which is not the same.

[velvet shadow]

What makes one of the other so special?

[strong gazelle]

Because homosexual representation is much more on the bad side than the good side

[fair trout]

And that proofes you don't understand what our point is.

[velvet shadow]

Nope, you're dodging the question.

You don't have an answer.

[vocal torrent]

yep, the homosexual side always get "the bad, and the ugly" while the straight sides gets "the good, the bad, and the ugly"

[fair trout]

Perry said it, crypto sayd it seveal times what the issue is, I did several times and you don't understand it.

[velvet shadow]

This is odd, because the only sort of representation of homosexuals I've seen is primarily positive.

[velvet shadow]

That's not an answer, pal.

[fair trout]

What do you see as positive ? The happy stereotypical homosexual that behaves like a femalish man giggling, etc ? Sorry, that is not a happy or realistic reepresantation.. that is the making fun of them representation.

[velvet shadow]

Oh, so a homosexual can't be happy? They can't be unhappy either?

[vocal torrent]

stereotypes =/= good representation

[fair trout]

Also I answered allready that I said they don't need to be special but that it is shit to allways get represented as the weak, the one with issues.. the dumb, the steretype or the one dying..

[velvet shadow]

And Yongki breaks this "stereotype" by being different.
People wouldn't be complaining if he had some amazing splendid happy ending, which he didn't. He died.

Let me state for the one-thousand-two-hundred-nintey-sixth time that I have not seen this "Dead homosexual" stereotype.

[vocal torrent]

that is not "breaking steriotype", Yonki is still bearing a "negative steriotype"

[velvet shadow]

If you provide me examples, I'll be more than happy to research them.

C'mon now, gimme some examples.

[vocal torrent]

like i just giving you an example, Steven Universe tackles both LGBT rep and Mental Issues in a tasteful manner

what Yonki did is more irrational and needless even if hes streight as a board, he only exist just to make Vin looked good... hence he's a token

[strong gazelle]

Finally, we’re getting somewhere

[velvet shadow]

If you can provide me actual evidence, I'll always be more than happy to listen. Yet, none is being provided.

[velvet shadow]

Except for this.

[fair trout]

[vocal torrent]

i already proven my point that there is no other show that pulls the LGBT rep better than Steven Universe

[velvet shadow]

Irrational and needless is literally anything anyone does. He was broken and destroyed mentally, he had a reason. He had a goal. Cause and affect.

Nobody complained when Rockwell killed off entire tribes back in Scorched Earth, being the British bad-guy.

He had close to no reason to do so.

[vocal torrent]

because he has rooted intentions like wants to keep the element for himself unlike Yonki who just angry and g.ay

[strong gazelle]

Being irrational and making needless decisions is fine for a straight character, they always have the good representations. But once a homosexual does that, it just adds to the many bad representations that they have

[velvet shadow]

Being homosexual has nothing to do with the reason he blew up the bank??

[velvet shadow]

That's the baboon mindset I'm talking about. Straight people have more bad representation than homosexuals do. Mainly because homosexuals aren't as present, but still. I don't complain because Rockwell is a mass murderer. Is it bad representation for me, a straight person?

No.

[vocal torrent]

being homosexual as a "damsel in distress" to make Vin good is the problem

seeing homosexuals as "always troubled, always bad" in multiple visual media is a problem

[fair trout]

And you don't get our point, but I give up and go back to drawing..

[velvet shadow]

I mean, get upset over what you want, I'm just here to call it out for being irrational and silly.

[velvet shadow]

Yongki was a side character, yeah. And he killed Vin, yeah. So what? Are you gonna get offended over a problem that doesn't exist?

It almost feels like someone out there wants to be opressed.

[vocal torrent]

it wont be a problem if we get a g.ay version of Mei and Diana even if one of them dies in duty or have a troubled relationship

because that is normal, not steriotypical, and not feel forced a narrative

[velvet shadow]

The entire narrative of Gen 2 was kind of forced.
Again, where are the complaining Brits? The complaining bald guys for being manly?

It's almost as if people are too sensitive to be put in the shoes of an antagonistic force.

[vocal torrent]

r/woosh still not getting the point

[velvet shadow]

That's the joke, Mazda.

R/Woosh

[vocal torrent]

how ironic

[velvet shadow]

Anyways, people being hippocratic and sensitive. At the end of the day, it's a video game. A game whom's lore is often overlooked. I doubt even 20% of the playerbase knows about Yongki.

Therefore, even if it was bad representation, it wouldn't really get out there.

See, this is what it devolves into. One side getting offended, upset and acting childish because they don't like the other's opinion.

Nothing against you, Madz.

[vocal torrent]

from you emoji spamming, not listening to our opinion, ignoring evidences... kinda sums up this "argument"

[velvet shadow]

Emoji spam? You and Jamie have been reaction to 60% of the comments in this debate.

[vocal torrent]

what is why we stop "arguing with you"

[velvet shadow]

I feel like you're not willing to stand your ground, unlike I.

And I STILL haven't been given ONE example of the "Bad representation" in media.

[vocal torrent]

that is not even the point of this debate, it's not even a contest on who's right

[velvet shadow]

A show, movie, anything.

[velvet shadow]

That is literally the point of a debate, for both sides to explain their POV and defend their ideas.

[fair trout]

I simply don't argue with someone that does not wanna see our point. I have better things to do than waste my time with someone who wants to be right so badly they don#t even want to understand what we actually saying.

[vocal torrent]

ok then

south park, family guy, the simpsons, american dad, most from comedy central, most comedic movies

[velvet shadow]

You've said this before, yet you're still here. It's almost as if you wanna stick around for the conversation.

[velvet shadow]

Keyword, comedic. Obvious stereotypes, exaggerations of reality. Something people laugh at because it's not meant to be taken seriously.

[vocal torrent]

what i am seeing from this conversation is just "why are you booing at me, i'm right "

[velvet shadow]

Nah, boo at me all you want. I don't really care.

I'm obviously more determined to stand my ground than both of you combined.

[vocal torrent]

again, it's not a contest on who stays in the chat the longest

[velvet shadow]

Thus, you have resorted to Emojis and half-baked comments instead of actual arguments.

You've devolved into "No." "That's not what I'm saying." "".

[vocal torrent]

basically we copy what you did

[velvet shadow]

Oh boo-hoo, I used like, 3 Emojis. Are you guys gonna get offended over that, as well?

Bad Emoji representation?

C'mon now, we all know is a banger.

[vocal torrent]

because we cant take you seriously after you ignored our "actual argument" and resort to just full on emoji spam

[velvet shadow]

Which is something that never happened. Using one Emoji every ten-fifteen sentences isn't "Emoji spam". Reacting to every other message I send is.

[vocal torrent]

and since you are intent of "winning the argument" that's our time to never be serious

[velvet shadow]

Eh, there is no winning this argument. This is pretty much stalemate.

I mean I'm gonna hold onto my opinion and you can hold on to yours.

I'm just saying what I'm seeing and feeling.

[abstract gorge]

Tiska tuska

[tacit cosmos]

killing queer characters off has been a trope in media for so long. it was especially bad in the 1930-1960s where the were a set of rules in Hollywood screenwriting, called the Hays Code, that made it so lgbt characters that appeared in movies HAD to die ON SCREEN to punish the characters for being "perverse" and promoting "bad values". so these were characters created by writers for the exact purpose of being murdered or commit unalive to push some anti-lgbt moral agenda, not organic, relatable, human characters.
an article from 2013 stated "Since Philadelphia there have been, by my count, 257 Academy Award-nominated portrayals of heterosexual characters, and 23 of 🇬ay, bisexual or transsexual characters. Of the heterosexual characters, 16.5% (59) die. Of the LGBT characters, 56.5% (13) die. Of the 10 LGBT characters who live, only four get happy endings. so between 1993 (when Philadelphia came out) and 2013 (when this article was written)
if you want a shorter, video-essay that touches on why so many people are tired of mlm rep getting killed off, you could watch Rowan Ellis video "Bury Your 🇬ays: Why Do LGBT Characters Always Have To Die?"
or "exhausted homosexual reacts to destiel" for a more a more rambling, conversational video that talks about the queerbaiting, lack of representation, and BuryYour🇬ays trope that we have had to deal with as an audience for so long in the context of one scene from a tv show that might give you more context for these frustrations.
if you'd rather read a scholarly article "Bury Your 🇬ays: History, Usage, and Context" by Haley Hulan is pretty short and covers more variety of perspectives and gives historical and social context for the movies or books it discusses.

[abstract gorge]

Prepare to copy your message as it may get deleted for "bypassing the filter"

[tacit cosmos]

I had to copy it a lot to figure out what words where getting me auto deleted lol

I tried to only not change words that were in direct quotes or names

[west cedar]

No this doesnt violate the spirit of the rules

[velvet shadow]

Good.

[abstract gorge]

Ah ok

[velvet shadow]

Again, don't believe in the "trope" and haven't seen it at all. Reacting doesn't do anything either.

[abstract gorge]

Can we just say that there used to be a lot of trope against homosexual people but luckily it kinda slowed down and now we are starting to get the happy homosexual trope and end this here?

[velvet shadow]

I mean we can say anything we want, but it doesn't make it true or false.

[abstract gorge]

I know, i'd just rather end it here

As it's been going on for a whole day

And if any person that is extreme on one of the sides of this topic joins then we might as well consider this topic over but in a bad way, so let's end this here before any twitter/facebook user joins

[oak brook]

I don't believe it because I haven't personally noticed it isn't the counterpoint you seem to think it is

[signal ravine]

i have to wonder why so many commercials decided to go with lesbian couples, what their rationale was. is it less offensive to homophobes than mlm couples? they're very common now and i have no idea why

[signal ravine]

hmmmm i think things have gotten better but there's still a long way to go

[signal ravine]

i disagree with the latter; it helps display the popularity of an opinion which is helpful when you're talking about a complex topic

[vocal torrent]

it's more of a "i agree" without needing to repeat what someone just said hence it's a reaction

[fair trout]

I think F/F is more accepted in general, especially by men (at least my experience) so people get less offended by F/F than my M/M. I for example got attacked in PMs, on artsites etc. only cause I do M/M art and it happens on e regular base. I have seen less bad comments on F/F art, so it also still happens on it as well.

[odd hound]

We should rename this to chat to lgbt discussion

[vocal torrent]

i mean it's related to animation and whole forms of visual media as a whole

[odd hound]

No

[velvet shadow]

Nonono, we need a homosexual chat, bisexual chat, asexual chat, etc

[elfin pine]

wait what?

great, out of nowhere they wanna flip that switch for no reason whatsoever.
I'm just gonna call it pandering and move on

[blissful hull]

it doesnt makes sense to me either but it is what it is

[normal umbra]

eeee

[abstract gorge]

I remember when I said this was supposed to end

Lmao

[noble bobcat]

is the ark animated series about ark1 or 2

[surreal pier]

Looks like ark 1, considering ark 2 has not released. The pins in this channel have the trailer, if you have not seen it.

[fair trout]

The animated is Helenas story from the Ark 1 explorer notes.

[surreal pier]

^

[proven ore]

Pre ark one

[velvet shadow]

A tiny bit.

It's definitely the story of ARK 1.

[proven ore]

Its the story of the history of ark 1, but before the gameplay of ark 1

[rough prairie]

Pretty sure Helena is gonna be long gone in ark 2, so I’m saying it’s most likely ark 1

[glad granite]

Anyone know when we might see the TV show in 2022

[rough prairie]

Nope

[velvet shadow]

This is the story of the Survivors before us.

And a very small portion of their past lives.

[ebon torrent]

ark 1 trailer but its better

[wintry vigil]

Yeah, since ARK 2 is a continuation of ARK 1, and you know, Helena died an H-LNA in Genesis 2

So you're right, we won't see Helena in Ark 2

[fair trout]

It is actually in the pins that it will tell Helenas story (the story from the Notes).

So it is Pre-Ark 1.

[wintry vigil]

Ik

It's actually good for the players who doesn't know the story of Helena

And for the ones who know it will also enjoy the series

I mean, it will be on the ARK, so it just can be good

[fair trout]

Only cause it is on the Arks is no gurantee it will be good. There is a lot more needed to make a series good.

[wintry vigil]

You're right, but look at the trailer. It can't be so bad. Hopefully.

Wildcard created one of the best survival games out there, I don't think they will mess this up

[fervent stag]

Best 'survival' game is subjective. But a good game, yes.

[young pumice]

Really fun survival game?

[fervent stag]

ARK's a fun game. But i can barely call it a 'survival' game, in all honesty.

[young pumice]

Ohhh,what kind of game is it to you personally?

[fervent stag]

A bit of literally everything.
Though, if i have to pick one. ARK's more of a Tamagotchi game.

[signal ravine]

lmao, i wish i could dispute you

[fervent stag]

Can't argue with that.

[young pumice]

Lol that hurts in a fun way

But yeah its like survival,building,fps,anything that kills your computer fast

[fervent stag]

I just can't really call ARK a 'survival' game just cause it has a food and hunger system.
I see survival games more like The Forest, The Long Dark, Green Hell.
'Those' are more of survival games then ARK, to me.

[young pumice]

Mm the forest,the only game that made me audibly gag. But yeah i get it, it has survival game aspects and all that,like sometimes i try to think of something to call it that fits what kinda game it is,like how it is with rust and i think dayz, where you build a base and survive other players and such.

Like a uhh…tower defense????

[fervent stag]

DayZ doesn't have base mechanics.

[young pumice]

It doesnt??

Dang i thought it did,tho word of mouth isnt really reliable i shoulda known that 😅

[lost charm]

you can build a base in dayz

[undone gull]

yes there is base building mech in Day Z

[west cedar]

Anyone know when this shi actually gonna come out

[strong gazelle]

📌

[west cedar]

Damn

[west cedar]

Was always announced for 2022. Its still 2021 atm

[wintry vigil]

I said 'one' of the best survival games

[fair trout]

Which is still subjective in the end.

[wintry vigil]

Why isn't it a survival game? You have to get food, water, resources, etc. There are Dinosaurs, but that why it is ark

[wintry vigil]

Yeah

[fervent stag]

Cause you can easily cheese all of the mechanics in less then a hour and be set with most things that's the "survival" part.

[wintry vigil]

Not only i mean it, some websites wirite this about the game

[fair trout]

Ark is more a taming/breeding simulator than a real survival game. Real survival games have more complex hunger/thirst mechanics, hunting mechanics, etc in general.

[wintry vigil]

Ik but why is it called than 'Survival' Evolved?

[fervent stag]

You have infinite food from bushes, you have infinite water with no issues drinking from the ocean.
The only thing you're surviving from really is the creatures and players.

[fervent stag]

Cause you eat and drink, and some people think that's the minimalistic of what makes a survival game a survival game.

[fair trout]

Names can be missleading, like with movies.. they might be named like a book or a game and in the end have nealry nothing in common with it anymore.

Ark is like 5% survival and the rest is taming, building, breeding.

[west cedar]

for me survival is more than just eating, building shelter is part of survival imo (no matter how elaborate), taming creatures for utility and defense improves survival also imo

[tame eagle]

I agree with that and that's a really good way of putting it bluestone

[fervent stag]

I agree.
Though praising ARK for it's survival mechanics is kind of like praising Minecraft with it's hunger system.
Sure, you can, and no one will stop nor should judge you. But compared to other games in the survival genre. Minecraft is pretty lacking in that department.

[vocal torrent]

the only thing different between minecraft and ARK is how fast you can get to the end game

and surviving hard AI mobs vs surviving toxic PVP-ers

[fair trout]

The problem with Ark is that the survival aspect gets lost pretty fast when you have some good dinos, which is kinda easy to achieve.

Not to mention how fast you can rush to end Tier.

[west cedar]

getting good at surviving is a goal anyway imo, it wouldnt feel like progress if you didnt get better at it

[fair trout]

That is right but it goes way to fast with Ark.

[west cedar]

6years of DLC down the road yea

[vocal torrent]

it will get shorter if you breed good enough

after like reaching 100k hp & 1k melee on theris, everything in SP is a breeze at this point

[fervent stag]

Don't know man. I've never in my 6 years of playing ARK have had actual issues with eating.
Berries are everywhere.

[fair trout]

Same, I never starved to death in Ark.

Same with water.. you can drink even the sea water without consequences.

[west cedar]

berries is bottom tier survival in ark

[tacit cosmos]

better for bottoms to not eat meat anyway

[fervent stag]

Like, and?
The point in survival is to just do that. Survive and not die.
Berries may be bottom tier, but none the less you can stockpile on them and live off of them.

[west cedar]

We are making different points so dont worry about it 🙂

[vocal torrent]

food and water in ARK doesnt affect that much unless you go to far more temperate areas/maps like Val

i'm talking about SP here

[abstract gorge]

Tiska tuska

[vocal torrent]

plus you can speedrun through levels to get higher level engrams anyways

that's the only thing that ruins the "survival aspect" aside from having "superdinos"

[fervent stag]

Honestly, if ARK just had more posioness food that can't be tell apart from the good ones, and you have to boil your water beforehand. Then that alone would make the game a lot more harder in the survival department.

[vocal torrent]

tbh stockpiling makes that mechanic null and void anyways

i prefer higher tier foods gain max HP/Stam for a limited time while limiting the "food slot" like Valheim has

[unkempt tinsel]

even just making berries give much less food and ocean water undrinkable would go a long way to solve it

basically berries are food to go

doesnt matter where you are

[wintry vigil]

@fair trout @fervent stag I've benn thinking, and you're actually right. Ark is more a taming and breeding game which is good to play with friends. But it has a bit of Survival at the beginn of an island

[unkempt tinsel]

and ocean water is a garantueed very much prevalent dinkingosurce

[fervent stag]

Well, yeah. ARK's fun.
It's just that, even though the title has it in it, the game lacks heavy survival mechanics in it.
Nothing wrong with that. Just something i wanted to point out.

[unkempt tinsel]

I'd argue its like minecraft, most representative genre being a sandbox game

[wintry vigil]

I also wanted to say that lol

[fair trout]

Ark can be fun and it is best with friends, IMO.

[abstract gorge]

Agreed

[fair trout]

But as Bootleg says, it has no heavy survival mechanics which is not bad but also not what people might expect of a survival game.

[wintry vigil]

That's rigth, but Ark is sometimes quite hard and complicated, which makes it interesting.

[rough prairie]

Oh 100%

[median gorge]

so did we find out who is directing the animated series?? #ark-animated-series

[west cedar]

IMDB says Jay Oliva

It also says it in the description for the trailer 🙂

[median gorge]

No frickin way……….im kinda behind………. But REALLY??? Thats cool ngl

[velvet temple]

Behind by a year lol?

I mean its not the most talked about topic in here so i understand

[wintry coyote]

How do u watch the series anyways?

Is it out??

[velvet temple]

you wait until its out

[west cedar]

Not yet, it isnt even 2022 yet which is the year they announced

[lucid dock]

did they announce a realese date or just 2022?

[velvet temple]

2022

which they said a year ago

[lucid dock]

ty

[dull prism]

rockwell is the last boss in ark

[velvet temple]

until we get genesis part 2, part 2

[surreal pier]

@last wind you can try in #ark-survival-ascended or the pvp or pve discussion channels, this channel is for ark animated.

[last wind]

my b

[dense geode]

What will the series be on?

[surreal pier]

We dont know yet

[dense geode]

Mk thanks tho

[surreal pier]

Animated series, not anime though.

[vocal torrent]

Anime is short for animated because there is no Japanese word for it

[surreal pier]

They said it was not anime, which is why I said it.

[vocal torrent]

Yes it's no Shonen or Moe but in Japan, Anime IS Cartoons

But we all agree ARK is an Isekai

[left ocean]

I think there’s gonna be the same amount of episodes that there are notes in the game

[fair trout]

14 episodes and 2 seasons are what we know atm.

[simple thorn]

7 ep per season?

[steel widget]

14 30 min episodes for season 1

[simple thorn]

Ok

[strong gazelle]

They never said how long they were and they never said how many were in a season

[velvet temple]

they confirmed 14 episodes in season 1

and that they were 30 minute

[strong gazelle]

Since when

[velvet temple]

well the trailer says 30 minutes with 14 episodes in development but who can trust the official source of the people making it

nobody reads the description i guess

[strong gazelle]

It never said 14 episodes in one season

It said 14 30-minute episodes with two seasons

[velvet temple]

next time Dollie comes by she should solve this discrepancy or anyone else that can confirm the answer

[tender edge]

didn't they say it was approved for 2 seasons?

so essentially 28 episodes. That should be plenty to cover the events of the Island, and maybe some Scorched Earth

[velvet temple]

Wdym approved?

[strong gazelle]

Yes

[tender edge]

yay

I'm excited

[velvet temple]

Also 2 seasons could be just the island too we dont know

[strong gazelle]

No, they never said 14 episodes per season. All they said was 14 episodes, each 30 minutes long, with two seasons

That could perfectly well mean 14 per, but we don’t know

[tender edge]

exactly, I read all of the journal entries when I was on my 2019 deployment covering everything up to Extinction. I knew the minute I finished it that they NEEDED to make a anime or live action TV show.

Those journals leave you wanting more and definitely feel like they were planning a show or series or single player game from the perspective of the protagonists or something, but maybe just didn't write everything out.

[velvet temple]

I mean you can only explain so much in 30 smallish pages

[tender edge]

They've got characters, plot, motive, some background, events we don't see only read the aftermaths about from all of their perspectives.

[tender edge]

My imagination went wild

[pulsar vine]

I'd love to see Mei Yin and her tames battle the monke in animation

[left ocean]

What if the first 14 are early island and season two is middle maybe late island

[tender edge]

heck yes 😄

I'm excited to see the MEK training scene and battles if they ever get that far with the animation

[left ocean]

I’d love that because the Mei yin notes were my favourites

[west cedar]

yo anyone know when da animated series actual coming?

[fair trout]

no.. only 2022 is known

[west cedar]

thx u cute tho fr

@everyone u cute asf luv yall\

[cyan creek]

can anybody help me

[west cedar]

Hello, this is the ark animated channel, you can ask for game help in #bobs-with-probs or another appropriate channel

[ruby rune]

Is there any known information in which ott platform it might come

[fair trout]

no

[tepid silo]

is there a release date of the series yet?

[fair trout]

no only 2022 is known

[fallen kite]

[nocturne verge]

So far they've only said 2022.... wait I'm getting visions of the future...... 2023......2024.....2025...... then it the vision ends

XD

[west cedar]

[west cedar]

😋

[lucid dock]

they said 2022 but i hope they show more about ark 2 and ark animated in a few hours in the game awards

[tender edge]

I'm really excited for this show

like maybe a little too excited

I'm getting nostalgic vibes from like when I was a kid and the Men in Black and Godzilla animated series were coming out and I remember seeing previews of it on magazines and previews on TV and getting excited for it. I'm feeling the same way about the ARK animation but this is going to be way more mature I hope and much more serious than the previous made for TV animated series shows.

[pulsar vine]

same

[lament locust]

Is there a release clue or hint?

[west cedar]

2022

[sterile topaz]

LF Graphik Designer for Logos!
Hmu!

[surreal pier]

Does this involve the Ark Animated series that is schedule to release? If not, it does not belong in this channel.

[solar gull]

@solar gull

[potent tartan]

Honestly I'm just waiting for the announcement that they've delayed it we didn't get anything at extra life or game awards so I'm guessing maybe 2023

[west cedar]

Its not even 2022 yet.

[velvet temple]

they had very little reason to announce stuff at the game awards again in my opinion but yeah the lack of info is annoying

[potent tartan]

It's just the fact that if they were going to announce anything it would have been at those two events

I mean isn't game awards 2020 where they revealed Ark 2 and the animated series

[neon zodiac]

some images would be cool

Maybe like creature/character designs, like they did several months ago

I want to see Bob :(

[pulsar vine]

It better be a deformed monstrosity

[velvet temple]

I dont see why they stopped if you dont want to give away character designs just show us dinos, we already somewhat know what they look so why not

[neon zodiac]

I want Bob built like a discord mod

[static finch]

Bob is honestly probably just gonna be the default base survivor

[neon flame]

Yay

[west cedar]

https://tenor.com/view/excuse-me-what-come-again-attacked-triggered-gif-11781163

[dusty hollow]

last i heard thay were looking for someone show it

[potent tartan]

Yeah but my big thing is if they were going to show anything about art 2 or the animated series it would have been at extra life or game awards

[west cedar]

Whats the rush lol

[visual peak]

g

[west cedar]

As long as it's good idc

[small pivot]

i hope they don't decide to alter the story of ark

i've always wondered what the story would look like told from wildcard

i mean we have a lot of youtubers doing a great job but yk

[vocal torrent]

they would "for the sake of being entertaining"

i mean the trailer itself is an indication of it

Helena is passive in island, she never fight (that's from a note) until she wield a gun in SE

ARK Santiago noted that she sucks at piloting a Mek

[small pivot]

but the lore is already so good

[gritty shore]

Wait, is every season gonna be the survivors on a different map. Kinda like how avatar spends a different season with a different element. Cause If so that's cool as heck

[magic creek]

That would be cool

[vocal torrent]

nope, it's all about Helena on this one...according to ARK's main menu and the trailer itself

[gritty shore]

Dang

That would have been so sick

[long marsh]

they have too if they went off the notes it would be pretty bear bones - they need to add more to the story then that tbf

[gritty shore]

Do they have a cast yet?

[long marsh]

i think helenas been cast

[vocal torrent]

yep, look up in the ARK wiki

[long marsh]

the actor who did her in gen 2 other then that idk

[vocal torrent]

i hope she have more energy than what HLNA become in Gen

[gritty shore]

Is Vin deisle in this 🧐

[long marsh]

probs will - i did like Gen2 HLNA tbf

[long marsh]

its on IMBD

[vocal torrent]

i find the new HLNA more depressed tbh

especially on missions

[gritty shore]

I was kidding

[long marsh]

ehh i guess thats more subjective tbh. I prefered her but i see why

I want to see how she is in more of a role then HLNA because i dont think that would show how much talent she has

[long marsh]

oh.

[gritty shore]

Yeah but that's still cool

[vocal torrent]

((i'm too lazy to rewrite at this point... thanks bot))

[long marsh]

what happend

[vocal torrent]

i'm not allowed to say the H-word apparently

[long marsh]

oh f i guess

[fervent stag]

Fuck?

[woeful pasture]

Hi

[agile sapphire]

Case #18889 @west cedar has been muted for 1 hour.
Reason: Posting a unauthorised Discord invite link

[west cedar]

[west cedar]

Ik this is a very long shot but imagine if they had Legos for the ark series when it comes out

[velvet temple]

they wont even sell shirts, I doubt they will sell legos

[west cedar]

Yeah but it would be awesome as hell

[vocal torrent]

they never sell all forms of merch at all yet the dabble in some NFTs, cmon WC we want merch!

[velvet temple]

they do have merch that they have made they just don't sell it you have to win a giveaway or work at wildcard to get it

[west cedar]

oh wow

[fervent stag]

I don't know about the other shit. But the noglin hats aren't even fully theirs either.
You can commission one from the original creature if i recall right on Etsy.

So 'if' the other stuff like the stuffed dodo are also commissioned. Then technically they've had no official merch.

[velvet temple]

if its commisioned by the actual company doesnt that make it official merch

not that that is what I was even talking about

[fervent stag]

Not if it isn't distributed and manufactured officially.

[velvet temple]

well at least the ones for the giveaway were distributed by wildcard and I think getting it made in a factory vs by specific person wouldn't make a difference if wildcard is the one who requested it, or does it not count because it wasn't in bulk

[surreal pier]

RaeVan87 on Twitter and etsy (sorry I popped in and saw the convo)

[fervent stag]

Thank you.

[surreal pier]

https://www.etsy.com/shop/RaeVan87?ref=simple-shop-header-name&listing_id=1051185587

[fervent stag]

If i recall right. It doesn't count since it's not in bulks.
But i could be wrong.

[vocal torrent]

BOOKMARKED... gonna wait for the Sino

[high sierra]

Are we going to see some tribal wars in Ark series?

[velvet temple]

we do not know

[oak brook]

the original concept for the noglin hat was done by the lovely Rae (who does sell the ones she handmakes on her etsy shop) and we sent our own version to a professional manufacturer with her permission. Ours are made professionally with some slight alterations to the original pattern and with branding (tags, swing tags etc).

You can get Rae's lovely handmade ones via her, yes.

The plushies are all us/professional manufacturer, and branded. Annnnd all of the aforementioned are distributed by our distribution company

not that this is on topic at all haha

tldr: the stuff we giveaway is official merch

[fervent stag]

Thank you for correcting me.
Still want more merch. 👀

[fervent stag]

Aaaaaand also......we've been good this year Dollianta.
Could we 'pweaaase' get some some more artwork of the animated series Rockwell?
Or possibly, a screenshot of him in the show that doesn't have any spoilers? 👀

[strong gazelle]

Early xmas present

[vocal torrent]

back to the topic, yep

if you read the notes, there will be in-tribe warfare

[high sierra]

Excellent

[tacit cosmos]

chad legion wrecks small fish boys in 4k

[royal sapphire]

When is the release?

[tribal ingot]

hype for rockwell and nerva to get married in ark animated, i think thats ognna be a great addition to the lore

[tacit cosmos]

Nerva's more of a hit it and quit it man. I dont think they get married, but they might Know each other in the biblical sense

[tribal ingot]

i think thats gonna be a plot poitn in season 2 though yknow? rockwell and nerva get married season 1 but we get some juicy relationship drama in season 2. Nerva and Rockwell ended up getting married on a crazy trip to vegas

[west cedar]

[sweet bone]

Yi

Yo

[left ocean]

Drive through marriage

[sweet bone]

Yo

[west cedar]

Hey

[sweet bone]

Hi

[indigo galleon]

Evening gents. I just got in the ark server not long ago and I had a question about the series. Do we know if the other DLC maps such as Scorched and Abb are going to be in either season 1 or any future seasons?

[surreal pier]

We dont know yet

[left ocean]

Idk but I hope each story ark has its own season or two

[west cedar]

One season for each DLC map would be cool

[vocal torrent]

yeah but if you read the notes, the story is kinda short especially if the story is gonna be focused on helena as a human (no HLNA)

especially SE

[west cedar]

Technically there still could be a story using HLNA because HLNA is a part of Helena but have no idea how it will work because HLNA is just a robot

[velvet temple]

just have 50% of it be characters just wandering through the desert trying to find civilization

also I wonder if they will expand on any of the maps to make them look bigger or if everything we see in the show will be recognisable from in the game,

[vocal torrent]

the genesis saga story is more focus on the drama in the ship more than HLNA tbh, that was before rockwell even entered the ship

[left ocean]

If it isn’t purely focused on Helena we could have at least two or three seasons per map about the other notes like Mei yin

[vocal torrent]

already stated in the game's main menu that it will be focused on helena

[indigo galleon]

Yeah. Each map has its own potential and challenges to cover in the story.

[weak wyvern]

Is there any news on the animated series yet

[fair trout]

It is focused on Helena and 2 seasons for now. That is what is announeced.

14 episodes, per season or split in 2 seasons ? That is a bit unclear for now.

[odd hound]

I could care less on what Helena does in the show I just wanna see Rockwells bullfuckry

[velvet temple]

if we only see it from Helenas side, that means Rockwell will be........ a twist villain

[pulsar vine]

Actually the phrase is “couldn’t care less”. “Could care less”means you actually do care, though “could care less” sounds less rude

[odd hound]

Sorry for my rudeness but I will beat you

But thank you

[steady egret]

I just wanna see the dinos

[strong gazelle]

They’re used interchangeably since 99% of people don’t care

[west cedar]

would you say, they could care less? 🙂

[strong gazelle]

Maybe

[velvet temple]

Ok

So you know how we have been having the argument of whether it’s 14 episodes over 1 season or over 2 seasons

Well in the Gareth Coker interview Jesse says its 7 hours of music for season 1 and if its still 30 minutes per episode like the teaser trailer description said then season 1 is 14 episodes over about 7 hours

I was pretty sure it was this way the whole time but some people argued otherwise

[west cedar]

When? Link? Dm?

[vast sage]

extralife

look around a bit

[west cedar]

Half an hours with ads

I think that only seeing from 1 pov will ruin it.

[velvet temple]

???

[fair trout]

Yeah but you also should consider that he made 7h of music but they might not use all of it or not all of it in full length.

Which is pretty common in movies, that often only parts are used in scenes not the whole track.

Like Ori and the blind forest has some tracks that never got used ingame but you have them on a special OST edition.

[velvet temple]

Well from hearing the interview it seems like every scene has unique music even if it is similar to other parts or in the background because the characters are talking or whatever, since the music is specifically for the scenes in the show i dont think it will be that way

[fair trout]

Yeah but the show will also have parts without music I guess.

And never all music is taken.

[velvet temple]

wdym never all music is taken, it seems like there is unique music for every scene so I dont see how it would be wasted, do most shows do this no, but that is what I am taking away from what they said

[fair trout]

I didn’t say it is wasted or anything only that you can‘t really know how much episodes there will be by the amount of music made.

[low sable]

when is it coming out

[surreal pier]

@twin swan keep this channel about the animated series, please use #ark-survival-ascended or #general for other topics.

@low sable all info that we have is in the pinned messages in this channel.

[limber atlas]

dude seeing ark animated is gonna be pretty cool excited for the release]

[west cedar]

Theres nothing to talk about

[velvet temple]

Should Dollie change her name to start with a J, Jesse, Jeremy and Jat all do

[abstract gorge]

Jollie

[signal ravine]

jomplexminded

[west cedar]

Jesse! Jesse! We need to fix the gam

[modest cairn]

When does it release?

[steel widget]

probably soon, bc iirc they are currently looking for wich streaming site wants it

[surreal pier]

2022, no date yet.

[modest cairn]

Ok

[west cedar]

Likely early 2022

I said likely

[runic whale]

If they isn’t a seen of someone getting shot up by a velo I’ll be very sad

[arctic ingot]

Will there be all maps in the series?

[arctic ingot]

Like scorched and aberration

[west cedar]

Ya

[velvet temple]

probably but we don't know 100%

[rough prairie]

there has literally been nothing said about that

[velvet temple]

yeah no definative proof as of yet....

[bitter jacinth]

release date? still cant find anything about it

[fervent stag]

2022

[bitter jacinth]

thank you

wait.... so soon?

i dont think that will end up happening

[fervent stag]

2022 is literally a whole year. So at any point.

Beginning, middle, or at the end.

[bitter jacinth]

hmmmmmmmm

i sense a delay will happen

[fervent stag]

Wildcard isn't animating it.

[tacit cosmos]

is there information on what studio is animating it?

[fervent stag]

Don't remember the name. But it's the same studio that did Avatar the last Airbender.

Which explains the artstyle looking similar.

[bitter jacinth]

seems more plausible now

was not aware of that fact

[fervent stag]

And we also don't know how long this series, nor ARK-2 have been in development for.

[west cedar]

I wish animated didnt focus on jsut helena and showed multiple POVs like how neebs gaming does it

[fervent stag]

Don't get me wrong. Neebs is a great guy, and great to watch.
But his channel is defiantly not something you want to compare to a "full budgeted serious series" vs a "no budget, just for shits and giggles series."

[west cedar]

I was comparing more so as showing the differrent POVs of each character

Not the actual quality

[fervent stag]

So.....like any other series that doesn't rely on the protagonist for the plot?

[west cedar]

Sort of

Yeah

[fervent stag]

The Witcher is a good example of what i think you're talking about. 👀

[west cedar]

I barely heard of teh whitcher so idk

[fervent stag]

The first season, there's 4 major characters.
There's Geralt, the protagonist. But then there's the other 3 that have half of episodes (these are hour long episodes) dedicated to 'their' story.
They all don't know each other, until more into the season. And by the end of the first season, they all basically meet up.

[strong gazelle]

Something kinda like that is the books that Alan Gratz makes, where every chapter it switches to a new character until their stories merge

Obviously not just a him thing, a lot of people do that

[fervent stag]

It's a tactic used by writers to give the world more life in it, and to also help make the protagonist more likable with other characters.

[west cedar]

Ya

[velvet temple]

I think sticking to one character is probably the best idea at least for this story

but thats solely my opinion and we still barely know how the show will be when it finally comes out

[west cedar]

That would make Rockwell a twist villain

[warm monolith]

ark 2 should have an entirely different story

[fervent stag]

Why?

[warm monolith]

because the story was finished with gen 2, by having the story continue after that would be to make a lot of characters kind of pointless

[fervent stag]

Well.....Santiago would like to speak with you. 👀

[warm monolith]

I mean like, dont bring rockwell or element as a threat back

[fervent stag]

Rockwell i can agree with.
But not having element as a threat is like not having GLaDOS in Portal 3. Or the combine in Half-Life 3.
Element still has so much left to be explained about it. And Genesis-2 doesn't help with this factor. Cause now there's "multiple" planets infected by element in a way.

There's still answers that "need" to be answered with element.

[west cedar]

There is no portal or half life 3???

[fervent stag]

Holy hell, it's a example.

[west cedar]

I say leave it to ark 3 which my bet will be on earth after the arks return and we play as whoever is still there like maybey mey yim

[west cedar]

Change it to 2

[fervent stag]

No

[west cedar]

Ok whatever

[signal ravine]

meanwhile valve: what is this number 3 you speak of

[twin swan]

hope we see a hog rider in the series

[west cedar]

This is not clash of clans

[warm monolith]

phimonia driver

[vocal torrent]

daeodon motorist

[autumn hamlet]

🏎️ Sarco go zoom

[high trench]

it comes out 2022 right?

was the month revealed yet

[rough prairie]

no

[void sluice]

wildcard waiting to tell us we aint getting it until 2299

[west cedar]

Frfr

Devs always got sum against console players stg

[west cedar]

whats that got to do with an animated series? lol 🙂

wym?

this is the ark animated channel lol, so console/steam/etc doesnt have an impact here 😄

[woeful pasture]

Mobile players I need you please join a unofficial server Japanese cake Asia

PVE

Med

[west cedar]

@woeful pasture this channel is for ark the animated series.

[woeful pasture]

Animated series is on that server

[west cedar]

Please keep this channel on topic, thank you.

[south zinc]

is looks like legend of korra

[vocal torrent]

because it is traced from the artbook for korra

[south zinc]

cool

[scenic frost]

How about a bog stryder

[vocal torrent]

but we already have a bog spider

[scenic frost]

I...er...look kings of leon

🏃

[raw dawn]

Does ark still making animated series

?

I loved that series

[west cedar]

How can you have loved something that hasn't been released yet

[raw dawn]

No?

[west cedar]

It hasn't been released yet

[raw dawn]

Whell the first animated thing is pretty cool so yeah i loved it

[signal ravine]

yea, i'm so disappointed it was cancelled. i was hoping we'd get at least one more season- excuse me, at least one season

[south zinc]

Are any ark creators gonna be voice actors the show

How is the series gonna be is it just gonna be the island or will it be each season its a new map

[signal ravine]

karl urban plays who

[steel widget]

The almighty Bob

[timid creek]

lmfao

[empty sedge]

Season 1 is only going the cover the island

[south zinc]

makes sense but will it progress each season to different maps

[strong gazelle]

Do you know that tho?

I don’t remember anything saying that

[south zinc]

a maewing Perry the Maewing

[west dragon]

Any update on release timeframe?

[rough prairie]

if they do that, then they will feel pushed to get it out then, its better for it to be just: 2022

less disappointment if we dont get an exact date :P

[west dragon]

Fair

WC has never been particularly good with their release dates anyway 😂

[final blaze]

do we have any hint on where the animated series is gonna be?

like which platform

[west dragon]

I think Netflix, but that was around initial reveal

[runic whale]

Maybe for 300th community crunch we will get something

[velvet temple]

The release date was in crunch 266, smh how did no one see it

[jade gull]

When is the anime coming out

[west dragon]

Not everyone reads or combs through them religiously 😂

[west cedar]

266 was skipped, he was making a funny 🙂

[twin swan]

wonder if good boi will be a main character

[west cedar]

Might be each season is a different map?

[fervent stag]

They're asking if they have any proof of this factor.

[empty sedge]

That's my supposition because the characters listed on the cast list are all The Island characters, except Santiago. Not sure how Santiago comes into play, but seems like it'll at least mostly be The Island

[west cedar]

dont all survivors start on the island normally? so maybe santiago was on his own adventure prior to meeting up with the others

[strong gazelle]

I don’t think so, pretty sure its random

Spartan correct us pls

[final blaze]

afaik santiago and diana first spawned on ab as ab was an experiment with there being only tek-era people

[empty sedge]

Yeah it's their first ark. In the lore survivors remember having been on a previous ark, and they didn't know what was happening

[fervent stag]

No.
The Island is just one of many ARK's.
There is no "starting" ARK (to our knowledge.)

Some people started out on The Island.
Some on Scorched.
Some on Aberration.

Though, like Dollie stated. This series isn't following the traditional case of what's canon. (if i recall, that's what she said.)
So they could change some stuff for the series, that never happened in the game's canon.

[signal ravine]

wait, then why can't people ascend off of valguero and the nonstory arks

[fervent stag]

Cause those aren't canon maps.

[signal ravine]

but according to the story, the arks are designed to be nonlinear?

[fervent stag]

You choose what ARK you ascend from, yes.
But what does that have to do with non-canon maps?

[signal ravine]

just wanted to confirm

i guess i officially know so little about the lore that i consider explicitly non-canon arks canon

[fervent stag]

Like, if my memories serve me right. The Center isn't even set on a ARK to the original map designer. (Cause ARK's weren't a thing to the lore at the time.)
It was set at the center of Earth, where mythical creatures survived and thrived. (again, that's just from memory. Could be wrong.)

[west cedar]

extinction isnt on an ark either, so a map not being an ark isnt crazy

[signal ravine]

wait a minute, arks not being arks? how has the story evolved over time (not just the story itself but how it changed) because now i want to know

[signal ravine]

so are the maps after it iirc

[fervent stag]

Correct.
But last time i checked. Earth doesn't have floating islands at its center. 😛

[west cedar]

its a work of fiction last time I checked 🙂

[fervent stag]

And?
Fiction can still have rules within it.
Just ones that don't follow "our" rules.

[signal ravine]

i sure hope it's a work of fiction i enjoy earth being not obliterated

[west cedar]

yea so floating islands doesnt need to be mirrored in reality rofl, this was your point not mine hah

[fervent stag]

Anyway. Ignoring anything Blue said.
It's also a bit odd that all of the ARK's in both the Islands and Aberration's ascensions where all Islands.
So, either the ARK's have "models" of stations. Meaning there's multiple Islands, Scorched, and Aberration before it was blown up stations.
Oooor they just didn't want to make every ARK in the endings all be unique, since that'd take more time then needed. So they just copy and pasted The Island.

[tacit cosmos]

evilmrfrank didnt work for wildcard when he made Center, so the map didnt have to follow the rules of the ark universe

[west cedar]

Anyway. Ignoring anything Blue said.
Rude. Guess I will leave you to it then 🤷‍♂️

[fervent stag]

Correct. And so he made his own lore. (again, if i recall right.)
But you don't need to follow the rules of a universe, if the map isn't canon to it anyway.

[vocal torrent]

It’s kinda hilarious if ”bootleg Tamriel” is canon

[fair trout]

He started on Abberation which was a paradise like the Island befor they blew the overseer part and he had no prior adventure. Regarding the note all of the Tek tribe spawned on the Abberation ark.

[frosty finch]

i cant wait to see Nerva burn in 4k

[left ocean]

Although it’s focused on Helena’s story I hope it dedicates at least one episode to how the arks were thought upon and got into the state that Helena finds them

[haughty tree]

I'd doubt it will dedicate a single episode towards it, more like maybe a couple of scenes/fillers here and there in the first 3 episodes or so

[maiden shale]

like where can I watch the anime/series?

in germany

when its come out

[rough prairie]

We don’t know

[west cedar]

I really wanna see nerva fighting with mei yin

[warm monolith]

I hope the animation team does research on fighting styles from the eras and regions

[west cedar]

I hope they show definitively the dinos both actually used, as well as the scale of their armies. Now that would be bussin

[warm monolith]

mhm

it would be tricky though because it has to be shown how used dinos are while not forgetting that people can do things

[haughty plover]

"Bootleg Tamriel" that's now what I will refer to Lost Island as

[sour mountain]

When will the series come out and where can I watch it?

[steel widget]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[nimble nova]

Do we have a release date for the animated tv show yet

[pulsar vine]

imagine nerva's army animated. would be so freaking cool

[twin swan]

probs from a distance showing some black sticks bobbing up and down

[frail saffron]

I just want to see an ark players experience as like a short

Just walking until you get frosted by a mama and your thatch hut with 3 herbivores gets obliterated

[vocal torrent]

Manas doesn't exist in the island and SE where most tribe warfare happened in lore and there there is no tribe warfare in ext lore

In lore, transfers are just one way with no dinos

[frail saffron]

I know but you know those dumb trolls bringing them from other maps, also I didn't know that transfer lore, thanks

[swift sleet]

I love the lore of ark especially bro Mei is so badass

[steel widget]

yh i love Rockwell using steroids (element) to grow stronger

[bold pecan]

If Helena doesn't swear I'll cry

[frigid night]

so uhhhh why didnt mei yin get to keep her giga

[swift sleet]

idk

[frigid night]

like i get that you cant trasfer it by down loading your character

but i liked her giga

[swift sleet]

Yeah

[fervent stag]

It most likely died due to Nerva's trap

[frigid night]

oh

[pulsar vine]

all of her tames were murdered

[west cedar]

This is oddly weird but I agree

[bold pecan]

Except for a carno

Who died soon after carrying her to safety

[fair trout]

Wasn't that her Raptor ?

[bold pecan]

Uhhhh maybe i thought it was a carno tho

Yeah you're right idk where i got a carno from👍

[bold pecan]

Exactly its so funny when it happens in the notes and with hlna we gotta have it

[cerulean raft]

Any speculation on relese date?

[steel widget]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[bold pecan]

Itll probably release between now and 2030 if i had to guess

[odd hound]

Then why does Santiago in extinction in one of the earlier notes tell everyone to shut up because they have dinos or something

[vocal torrent]

that's ARK 2

[odd hound]

What do you mean

I'm talking about ark 1 Santiago

[summer igloo]

is ark releasing an netflix series???

[bold pecan]

We have no idea what kind of series it is

[vocal torrent]

animated

[bold pecan]

I was thinking that whenever i typed that out

Because my mind always instantly jumps to how i can make a dad joke

[bold pecan]

You are late

[idle relic]

ark drama romance betrayl

[forest forge]

the hype for this animated series has only just now truly set in

[lean pebble]

how come just now?

[jade gull]

There's not release date for the ark animated series?

No*

[forest forge]

idk, just really hit me like, "youve been playing this since launch and now its gettting a tv show, how often does that happen?"

[woeful violet]

I can't wait! ❤️

[pulsar vine]

All we know is 2022

[west cedar]

I think animated is being made to hold off ark 2

[velvet temple]

??

[mellow vortex]

[twin swan]

[west cedar]

Not much to talk about in animated lol. Ark 2 is a wildfire and this chat Is rather quiet

[pulsar vine]

i mean, noth much to speculate since theyre already going off of the game's lore

[fervent stag]

With some changes.

[empty sedge]

Idk why but the high-profile cast makes me worry they're just going to scrap the whole thing instead of spending that much money on it lol

[fervent stag]

They've already spent money on it.

They already stated they have a 14-(i think?) episodes in the works. And so if that's the case. How 'most' animation studios work with shows, is that they're under legal contracts that all parties involved have to meet their end of the deal with the production of the episodes/seasons.
This is why series will be renewed for a "new" season. Cause they're sighing another contract to ensure that the next season is official.
There really is 'no' backing out. Unless they want to go through some legal stuff.

[empty sedge]

For sure, just not sure if they're truly in the development phase or just "we have some names attached and a rough sketch of the concept." If it's the latter, stuff like that falls apart all the time. But probably just being paranoid because I'm so pumped for the show lol

[fervent stag]

Seeing how we also have saw some footage. And Dollie stated like 2 months ago that she saw the first episode. It's safe to assume that it's fine.

And big time actors like those are also on contracts.

[empty sedge]

Ah I didn't know that second part, that's awesome

[fervent stag]

Might've been older.
And before anyone asks. "No" just cause she saw the first episode. Doesn't mean they 'only' have the first episode ready.
A lot of animation studios (and even Ned with his machinima's) will usually work on the easiest scenes first out of the series. (after getting the storyboard all sorted, of course.)
This is to unsure that a majority of the show is already done, since the more easier parts to animate is usually a good portion of the series anyway.
And seeing how this is the first episode. Not much probably happens for it to "not" be one of the first things to be animated.
Though this could be different. Since this information is from "Disney" behind the scenes. 😅

Hopefully Dollie can read this, and clear up any confusion i have.

[neon zodiac]

Lol they're so gonna delay the animated series as well

Show is gonna be full of bugs and glitches

[velvet temple]

she never said it was the first episode, just an episode

[fervent stag]

Sorry.
But still, point stands that it's official.

[abstract gorge]

"My point stands supreme" -literally 1984 gif-

[velvet temple]

He did not say supreme

[strong gazelle]

Well I don’t think anyone here is experienced in the animated series when it hasnt come out yet

[surreal pier]

Use #735196255483068497, keep channels on topic @west cedar

[abstract gorge]

Sir, it was a joke

[west cedar]

Good joke :)

[slate ivy]

Has anybody heard of when this thing will come out?

[velvet temple]

besides this year, nope

[velvet temple]

this is for ark the animated series, not just any animated series

[foggy ginkgo]

We’re can I find the ark animated series

[west cedar]

its not out yet

[twilit dust]

||ha made you read this||

[signal ravine]

i chose to read that

[west cedar]

I expect an among us reference when they get to gen2. The map and its mechanics are too similar to not be compared

[west cedar]

insanity

[west cedar]

No it's perfectly reasonable

[wintry vigil]

Will be the series released in summer on more like at the end of the year?

[surreal pier]

We dont know yet 🙂

[wintry vigil]

Oh ok

It comes out this year anyways, and that's what matters

[twilit dust]

[west cedar]

Animated could of been a good opportunity to fix the story.

[velvet temple]

could have?

[west cedar]

I guess he’s a time traveler

[velvet temple]

or more likely a pessimist

[west cedar]

Maybe one day we’ll know

No no I have evidence. That's why I said could have

@fair trout take it away

[fair trout]

???

[west cedar]

😟

[snow frost]

So is the animated series going to be on Netflix?

[velvet temple]

We dont know

[pulsar wigeon]

anime

[west cedar]

Netflix likes stuff like this

[wintry vigil]

It's not an Anime! It's just a regular animations series.

And it doesn't even look like anime ngl

[tacit cosmos]

amazon picked up the critrole show, but hulu and hbo also have animated series, so it really could end up anywhere

[velvet temple]

.

[pulsar wigeon]

.

[velvet temple]

[pulsar wigeon]

[velvet temple]

Ok I concede, you win :)

[pulsar wigeon]

[velvet temple]

[west cedar]

who the hecc is this guy

rockwell i think

yea thats rockwell

https://ark.fandom.com/wiki/ARK:_The_Animated_Series for more concept art

[pulsar wigeon]

When u stub ur left ball

[pulsar wigeon]

Also where did you find that I need more because anime

[strong gazelle]

…look down one message

[pulsar wigeon]

I’m blind confirmed

Can I die yet please?

[mellow quarry]

Yes...

[west cedar]

I hope theres a prologue

[west cedar]

any other character would be more entertaining as a main character. I'm cynical the show will effectively be "helena and throwaway associates". What I mean is that no one else will matter. Throwaway side characters isnt good for a small cast

Or the characters will blindly follow her aside from nerve. Entirely possible

For only being "kinda canon" they will stay too far away 100% almost guaranteed

[west cedar]

How do you know

[vocal torrent]

they will not promise a 100% accurate to the game's lore for the sake of "being entertaining"

[fervent stag]

Which is justifiable. Since the notes aren't really built for a show/movie. They're in a format for reading.

[vocal torrent]

just like most books

[fair trout]

You can have changes and still stay very true to books for example but it also can go totally off the trail. It will depend on how much will have changed in the end and how true to the chars they stay or not.

[tacit cosmos]

Jamie you forgot to type the name of the book that was the example

[vocal torrent]

or just be like Arcane and rewrite some characters to fit the narrative

[fair trout]

Lord of the Rings is a good example for staying very true to the books with some changes made.

[tacit cosmos]

no

[fair trout]

Also the first Season of GoT is very very close to the books and still very interessting to watch.

[west cedar]

Got?

[fair trout]

And with Arcane.. if I am not mistaken it shows more how the chars become/will become what they are now. For some it goes faster.. some are not even close to what they resemble now in the Game.

Game of Thrones

[west cedar]

Oh

[tacit cosmos]

riot rewrites their characters and lore all the time

[west cedar]

If it's done REALLY badly, it could hurt the companies reputation as well as the games

[west cedar]

All books. You literally read it

[fair trout]

And changing some nuacnces is one thing but making a total rewrite is mostly pretty meh.

[vocal torrent]

i mean.... Gen 2 santiago feels like a re-write than a reasonably new chracter

[west cedar]

Exactly my point

[west cedar]

All the gen2 characters are bland

[west cedar]

Read my name

[tacit cosmos]

richto?

[west cedar]

No my nickname

[tacit cosmos]

rickie

[west cedar]

Bruh

#notmysantiago

[vocal torrent]

me and Ares has this long looong rant about that so we dont need to repeat ourselves at this point

[west cedar]

I already had a long talk with ares in dms

[tacit cosmos]

cute

[west cedar]

Again like you said it was a rant

Back to topic.

[fair trout]

I mostly take it to dms lately.

[vocal torrent]

in LoL's lore Jace is supposed to bean ego-centric assholle have some serious beef with his former friend (and literal embodiment of OSHA) Viktor

[fair trout]

I think this will slowly develope.

Season 1 feels like a big built up for a lot of conflicts.

[west cedar]

Didn't know there was lore to the word lol (joke)

[fair trout]

You even allready feel that Jace slowly gets more and more egoistic and more and more drifts away from Victor.

[vocal torrent]

PVP ARK players be like

[west cedar]

My feelings about pvp

And what genre will this show even be

[fair trout]

maybe same like JP

[west cedar]

Anyone who hasn't played ark watching it will get a serious bait and switch

[fair trout]

or simply Animated series

[tacit cosmos]

shoujo sport musical

[west cedar]

Oh I know

"Play the fucking game before you watch this or you womt have a good time"

[tacit cosmos]

the gameplay has like nothing to do with the story, so def not that

[west cedar]

I dont think you understood what I meant

[vocal torrent]

like castlevania?

[tacit cosmos]

I need to finish castlevania

[vocal torrent]

same

[tacit cosmos]

got like two seasons in before something distracted us

[vocal torrent]

i'm procrastinating from procrastinating at this point

[west cedar]

He is lightyears ahead of us

[west cedar]

josuke??????????????

[surreal pier]

Nope, bring it back to the channel topic. Take it to #general if you want to continue.

[lyric ferry]

when will ark animated come out

[surreal pier]

@lyric ferry sometime this year

[lyric ferry]

Thanks

[wintry vigil]

Hopefully soon!

[teal sandal]

any news?

[surreal pier]

Everything we know is in the pins

[west cedar]

🦫

[rotund moss]

I know this series is Self Funded but who are the animators? The style reminds me of the animated Mortal Kombat movies

[fervent stag]

Forgot the name, but the studio who did Avatar.

[rotund moss]

I remember a lot of people said it was similar to Korra so that explains why

[tacit cosmos]

Korra was Studio Mir and Ark is Lex and Otis. Lex and otis are a new studio and they've only made like one other show

[fervent stag]

Huh. Has almost the same artstyle then.

[rotund moss]

So I found the Lex and Otis page

Nothings been said about the platform the series will be on?

[oak brook]

https://lexandotis.com/

https://tigeranimation.com/

https://www.mappa.co.jp/

[abstract gorge]

Aot/ark fans when mappa is animating ark the animated series: LESS GOO

[rotund moss]

Thanks

[teal sandal]

any news??

[surreal pier]

Since 2 days ago? No, other than dollie's post above.

[teal sandal]

rip

thanks for answering

[teal sandal]

didnt see your answer here sorry lol

[plucky shuttle]

Mappa animating = pog

[twin swan]

[vocal torrent]

ARK anime confirmed

[fair trout]

My thoughts lol

[sturdy scaffold]

now that is something

[brisk shadow]

Mappa also does Jujutsu Kaisen

[snow frost]

So the animated series is a anime love it?

[chilly spade]

[runic whale]

[west cedar]

Animated maewing

[snow frost]

I want to see a dodo go uwu

[silver marsh]

When this coming out

And will there be an episode on meshing "Healna gets meshed"

[west cedar]

haha

or helena getting killed by turrets while flying over volcano island

[silver zinc]

guys does anyone know the year when ark animated will go out

[velvet temple]

Probably this year at least for season 1

[silver zinc]

so next year knowing these kind of projects

also since wildcard have so many other things going on

[leaden viper]

Ark animated had better have the undying annoyance of trodons and dilophosuars

[warm monolith]

im curious if engrams are going to be in it

because we see structures that are certainly not engram based all the time

[tight pebble]

animated manas

[fierce lintel]

Its been over a year and nothing has been mentioned nor announced, did they scrap the project or keeping it secret? again this could play out like how the Halo TV series did when it was in the talks and development for 9 years and is now finally releasing

[velvet temple]

Been mentioned at the extra life and we got a small music teaser, definately not scrapped but wildcard has seemingly forgotten to talk to the community about their newest projects, the animated series and Ark 2, while I continuously ponder the reasons for saying nothing instead of giving us updates on progress and more small teasers to keep interest high they have given us a release date of 2022 so we should get some sort of update whether it’s a delay or something else sometime this year

[fierce lintel]

Ah ok

[spark cloak]

The question is wn ankys die will they spaz out and fly to space

Wen

[velvet temple]

Most likely not

[warped dirge]

Reminds me of Netflix's handling of trailer releases

[rotund moss]

@fair trout

Do you know anything about what the writer for the show has done previously?

[fair trout]

I know some who are part of it and who the Regisseur are. But I guess WC has the last say and her new addition Vin Diesel.

I think the Regisseur you can see on the movie database

[rotund moss]

Omg I'm gonna cry with nostalgia, the director worked on Extreme Ghostbusters and Godzilla: The animated series

If Jay Olivia understands and loves the source material, we're good to go

[fair trout]

Depends a bit how much say he has in the story.

[rotund moss]

True

[fiery chasm]

You cannot escape

[loud flower]

Any release dates yet?

[velvet temple]

2022

[leaden oxide]

Finally lol

[frigid verge]

hope there will be animated noglin one day 🙏

[vocal torrent]

I doubt it, the series is about Helena when she was human (Island to Extinction)

[frigid verge]

but if its extinction then maybe managamrs

and rock drakes

[timid sail]

i feel like later they are going make a sequel (about genesis) if the show succeeds that is.

[vocal torrent]

The Gen Saga is about us leading to ARK 2

Helena doesn't exist in Gen

[timid sail]

oh mb

[gloomy grotto]

yo mazda hows it going

[west cedar]

can't wait for the animated series to come out, would love to work with them but my skills aren't even comparable. lol

[rotund moss]

Id love to help come on and write

But I know nothing about the hiring process so

[west cedar]

it out yet?

[surreal pier]

No

[mint kindle]

How about... Now?

[west cedar]

🇲🇽

[stiff mesa]

and now? xD

[frosty finch]

Anyone know where we would be able to see it?

[surreal pier]

Not yet no

[frosty finch]

Ok

[fast gull]

Isnt helena the robot thingy?

[surreal pier]

No, thats HLNA, a little bit of Helena

[fast gull]

oh

sorry

[surreal pier]

No reason to be sorry

[west cedar]

https://tenor.com/view/ryan-gosling-giggle-funny-happy-gif-4407983

[gleaming wolf]

.

[strong harbor]

yo man, where can i post youtube vids?

i have some spicy stuff on ark 2 that not even the mods/Creators have seen

[rough prairie]

You can’t

[strong harbor]

😤 damn
and i even had special secret footage of it

[rough prairie]

Sure you did

[lean atlas]

So if this story is meant to be inclusive where is the disabled person?

[vocal torrent]

did not survived the ARK

[rough prairie]

Would’ve died quite quickly

[vocal torrent]

the overseers are not kind

[vocal torrent]

it would be an interesting story tho.... a person who is born limbless but cloned in the ARK with limbs and experiencing their first experience having limbs for the first time in their life time

[strong harbor]

what is this, a fanfic?

[strong gazelle]

Better than fake ark 2 leaks lol

[west cedar]

A blind person couldn't comprehend that they could see

[vocal torrent]

pretty much

@woeful violet i got an idea for you

[plucky dust]

Ark: The Animated Series': Vin Diesel, Michelle Yeoh & Elliot Page Among Voice Cast Members In New Show – DeadlineArk: The Animated Series': Vin Diesel ...
deadline.com

[woeful violet]

I just woke up - what is the idea? 🙂

[west cedar]

Dafuq?

[lean atlas]

Why? That's a terrible way to look at it. Disabled means chronically ill as well - a strong group of fighters. It seems it may only be trendy Hollywood inclusive which is not good.

[vocal torrent]

@woeful violet look at the reply

[vocal torrent]

I dunno if you read the lore of ARK but it's all about survival of the fittest

ARK is somewhat Grim Dark (but not Warhammer kind of Grim Dark where peace was never an option) and that's a good thing because the core theme of it is survival

[lean atlas]

Yes I have....but something like Autism falls under this umbrella too (disabled) and look at Elon Musk. Helena had a sudden character change/reveal to be inclusive. It just seems odd and more of a trendy inclusion than wanting to be legit inclusive.

Just a bit of a bug bear.

[vocal torrent]

I am also agree on Helena suddenly have a partner even though we already have a good lesbian couple (Mei and Diana) in the lore

[vocal torrent]

In Gen 1 there is a note about grave digging for preserved Engramic Matrix

I don't think there is gonna be a chance for a person with mental disability to be cloned for something as dangerous as a survival senario

(Before you asked, I have high functioning autism)

[lean atlas]

I disagree.

I just find it interesting that being inclusive only covers one thing.

[vocal torrent]

if you are trying to cater for "inclusivity token" it hinders the story a lot

And made the show more forced and preachy

[velvet temple]

guys

idk if they have any sort of reliable source, but a website called justwatch says that ark the animated series will stream on hbo max

a rotten tomatoes article on top anticipated animated shows for 2022 also says it will be on hbo

[tacit cosmos]

ew hbo

[vocal torrent]

ew

i dont beleve it... if it's indeed in HBO Max

well... 🏴‍☠️

i only support if it's accessible outside the US

[fervent stag]

Thing is. The genesis notes also stated how they have records for 'all' humans to have ever existed. With no known exceptions.
This would also theoretically include disabled people.

[vocal torrent]

possibly but there is no confirmed case if they do

[fervent stag]

No confirmed case that they don't also. 🤷‍♂️

[unique hawk]

So you mean to tell me Chris Pratt is Canon in ark survival?

[spiral jewel]

If they had disabled people, they wouldn’t be disabled as they implant a consciousness into a fabricated body

If it was mentally disabled

Then yea there would be an issue

[proven cloak]

rockwell had mental issues for sure, either before or acquired by dealing with helena's shenanigans

[spiral jewel]

Probably dealing with her lol

Seeing how he kept getting worse and worse as time moved on

And especially after finding that element

[vocal torrent]

Rockwell is basically schizophrenia

[fervent stag]

"Techtically"

And this also means that they have a database of all of Earths worst Humans.

[mellow crater]

Only the ones that got caught

[fervent stag]

Well, Hitler certainly did.

[surreal pier]

[amber torrent]

Thats weird to think about but also intresting

So cesar is techinally cannon in ark along with sun tzu?

[fervent stag]

Technically.

[merry mesa]

Yo wassup

[surreal pier]

Then dont purposely call attention to it.

Keep this channel on topic please yall

[wild valve]

Yo wassup

[west cedar]

The rock is canon

Vin diesel is canon, which will lead to a shit ton of plotholes

[feral salmon]

[west cedar]

https://tenor.com/view/family-fast-and-furious-endgame-bald-vin-diesel-gif-24765937

[split agate]

The first guy looks more like private pyle

[fair trout]

Darn, you leaked now the varitiy of the character generator with only one possible "haircut".. bald.. XD

[vocal torrent]

Ngl I saw a bootleg Ced in there

[steel widget]

once you see it, you can't unsee it

[velvet temple]

So you are saying that this fictional universe that we know nothing about its 21st century has to be 100% the same as ours

[velvet temple]

You could do this with literally any piece of media that exists ever, wow x character is played by y and y could exist in this universe because nothing said it couldn’t be the case therefore it is the case

[limpid summit]

what if they just happen to look alike why would that be a plot hole

we are talking about two people potentially several generations apart it would be weirder if they didn’t have anyone who looked similar in that time

hell with that amount of time they could be related for all it matters

[wild valve]

Yo wassup

[strong gazelle]

Why not lol

Don’t have to be so aggressive about a joke theory

[mortal epoch]

Wait if there is a databank of everyone ever with the whole egramatrix part of the brain, what if vin Diesel sees Santiago?

[dire solstice]

Deeper theory: What if Vin Diesel’s brain/body/soul/whatever COMBINED with Santiago XD

There is no Vin Diesel. There is only Vin Santiago.

[fervent stag]

Vintaigo

[chrome lagoon]

Everything that has been said about vin diesel being canon is bullshit.

[west cedar]

They will add so many things that didn't happen just to make it watchable

[vocal torrent]

Pretty much

[west cedar]

He would be able to summon in a whole military by just uttering the words "family"

[snow frost]

When is the series coming out again?

[unique hawk]

[limpid summit]

i mean why is that necessarily a bad thing, its pretty common to add new elements to the story when doing a show adaptation of a game or novel simply because there usually isn't enough material to make a whole multi season show out of, and even if there was if they did everything exactly the same it would be pretty boring since you already know how it all goes. While its pretty likely that the greater story will follow the games story ark (unfunny puns go brr), at least we can see where the plot takes these new characters whose fates aren't set in stone yet

also worst case scenario it would be pretty easy to simply just draw a line between the games and the series and call them two separate canons

[opaque stratus]

I think 2022

I may be wrong

[vocal torrent]

basically like Arcane but it will sick to the game's lore in further seasons

my main concern for ARK is if some changes that might distort it to being a bad adaptation

personally i prefer Helena focused on her curiosity more than her "partner" that isn't present in her notes