Christmas.

I hope that all my fans, subscriptions and subscribers had a very happy Christmas and got everything they wanted. If you must know what I got, I recieved 2 Lego sets, the 5771 Hillside House and the 4644 Marina. I've already built the Marina but not the House. I'll finish that later. Even then I finish them I won't be able to add them into Legona Brickville because the town is in a bad state right now which is actually required for my next film that I want to work on, Neglected. I will do a review on both of those sets, and I might buy some of the new 2012 sets when they come out. I also got 2 t-shirts and a railway book. Yea, I didn't get much, but no matter.

I've also been trainspotting again yesterday. I haven't uploaded the videos but I will soon. When they are uploaded though, they will be up on this channel. http://www.youtube.com/user/ThebusofdoomFSX

Well, thats it from me for now. Have a happy new year everyone!

Neglected.

Hooray! I have 1000 subscribers!!! Actually theres no point in celebrating because this is now the 3rd time I've hit 1000 subscribers. The reason for this is because people are unsubscribing. So why do people unsubscribe? Simple, the owner of the channel has made no videos. This is the case with me as I haven't made a proper video in ages. Thankfully just now I thought of a video idea which I actually want to make which involves Lego's, however this lego film will be very different from my others. I'm calling this video "Neglected". Don't worry about the dark name, the video will have some humour in it. I will make a trailer of it.

Fail advertising.

Don't you love those moments when advertising is placed somewhere on a news source and then an article pops up that says something bad about the company/organization being advertised? This is a good example of that type of fail. This news website, the Herald Sun has advertising all over the place of the police and their campaign to stop reckless driving. Now look at today's top article: "Wedding hoon police won't touch". If you don't know, a hoon is a person who does reckless driving, usually speeding and doing burnouts, most likely in an old Holden. Kind of goes against what the police are trying to enforce, don't you think?

Infected, AGAIN!!!

You's aren't going to believe this, but once again the Super Bus Computer has fallen victim to another virus. It's playing havoc with the computer once again. The most annoying thing though is, MY DAD INFECTED IT!!! I SAW HIM DO IT WITH MY VERY OWN EYES!!! Here's what happened. I needed a certain program to install a Minecraft mod. Dad gets the program from his computer and puts it onto mine. When the folder is copied onto my computer and he tries to run whats inside it, all my security programs send warnings saying that the file is infected with a virus and blocks any process to do with it. Even Windows Firewall was blocking it. Despite all of these warnings, dad runs the file anyway which then infects the computer, sabotaging my security software and once again redirecting my search results on Goggle. Once again then, I can't make any videos. Worst start to the summer holiday ever!

I wish I'd known this earlier.

Yay! Now that I've found this, I can now stop all the junk mail that I recieve from random people every now and again. Unfortunently ticking that box also means that I won't be able to recieve messages from my fans, so looks like I'm going to have to leave it unticked...

Hmm...

Looks like the channel comments are malfunctioning. I've never seen these two comments (to be approved) before and after 4 days, only now do they appear. Hmm...

Great news!

And no, its got nothing to do with anything A Bus Studios related.

Anyway yesterday I bought Minecraft! Yay yay yay yay yay yay yay yay yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's so much fun and addictive!!!!!!!! I wanna go play it right now!

Unfortunately to the bad news. I can't play it much right now as I still got exams to do. My exams start this coming Thursday and finish on the 1st of December. I finish school on the 2nd of December and then my summer holidays start. I'll be at home for 6 weeks doing whatever I want and then for the last 2 weeks of my holiday I will be in the Gold Coast.

So yea, I can't play it much right now but when exam's are finished I'll play it much more. I also plan to do some other stuff like continue working on MSTS Melbourne Chronicles and film some Lego stuff. I haven't posted a video in ages...

Claude game updates?

I was bored just now so I decided to play The Claude Game. Its very addictive and fun to play if you're bored and just want to do something quick and entertaining. I had good fun with it but eventually I quit the game. Why? Level 8. This is the hardest level of the game but I think I've made it too hard. I always get shot by the orange bot. I tried and tried to pass the level but I just couldn't so I got bored and quit.

I've always intended for level 8 to be the hardest level but if I can't complete it myself, then we got a problem. When I started making this game I planned to make improved versions of the game with additional features and stuff. One was version 1.2 which was to have a start menu and some level tweaks. After that I would make version 1.3 which would have additional levels. The only problem is that no one has downloaded the game much. As of now The Claude Game video has 1,219 views but only 66 people have actually downloaded it. A bit disappointing. I will consider making version 1.2 once the game gets 100 downloads and version 1.3 when the game gets 200 downloads.

Updates.

Just a quick update on various things. I'll put them in dot point form and it will be short, sharp and simple.

• Can't make any vids due to upcoming end of year exams.
• Super Bitch Virus is now gone from my Super Bus Computer but all the programs haven't been reinstalled yet.
• Although my editing program has been reinstalled, and so has Halo :D
• Went trainfilming again. Uploaded the vids onto ThebusofdoomFSX.
• Still working of The Comengerg Site. It's getting there.
• Will soon unveil a new project for the members of Comengerg.
• Realized that my Samsung camera is a b****. Sony camcorder working well. I love it.
• Got some ideas for some new comedy movies (that don't have Claude as a main character. WOW!)
• Really want to continue MSTS Melbourne Chronicles but MSTS hasn't been reinstalled yet and I've lost some movie files. Oh well.
• Going to the Gold Coast for 2 weeks in late January.

So that's it. Bye!

Why I wish I had 1364 subscribers.

So then I could say that I have more subscribers than the Australian Liberal Party.

The Comengerg Site: Coming soon.

Unfortunately my Super Bus Computer is still infected. It's now been 2 weeks since it has been infected and I'm so bored. I so want it to be all fixed so I can play Halo, Sim City 4 and Train Simulator again and make videos. But in a way the virus has been a good thing for A Bus Studios. Because I have nothing better to do I've decided to continue work on The Comengerg Site.

Last week I've opened up the site to the other Comengerg members who are adding in the info for their cities into the site. The site looks great and is just about complete. In bad news though, my exams start in a month's time and I have to start studying for them which means I won't have much time to work on the site and any other project. Next week I have three assessment tasks due so I have to work on them as well. Very annoying. As a result it may be until December that the site is released.

INFECTED!!! Infection identified.

It's now been 1 week since my Super Bus Computer has been infected and so far all we've done is back up certain files and heaps of virus scans with no avail. Just now though I managed to identify the virus: Rootkit.win32.ZAccess.e

This is apparently a very nasty virus used by hackers and can redirect internet searches, block programs, slow computer performance and bring up unexpected pop ups. My computer has had all these symptoms. Now that the virus has been identified, now we can get somewhere and try to remove it completely.

INFECTED!!!

INFECTED!!! Sounds like a title for an upcomping movie. Unfortunately it isn't. This entire blog post has to do with my Super Bus Computer (my desktop computer). Unfortunately the Super Bus Computer has been infected by a virus. It's one of those virus' that redirects your search results in google and sends you to random advertising sites. That alone doesn't sound bad but it's also playing havoc with some of my other programs. It's disabled some of my security software (and oddly Sim City 4 which I only got working again 2 weeks ago. Stupid virus). Anyway because of this I've started backing up some of my important files onto an external hard-drive and my netbook (which hasn't been infected). The only video material that is being backed up is train videos and MSTS Melbourne Chronicles stuff. I don't have enough time or space to back up anything else. As a result I cannot make any videos right now.


Even if I had no virus, I wouldn't be making much videos anyway. I'm now in Term 4 and my end of year exam's are coming up soon and I have to start studying for them. I still however got some train videos to upload on ThebusofdoomFSX so I'll do that as soon as possible.

Preview of my next film.

Here is some photos of some filming I did just now for my latest movie which will be released in 2 weeks time.

If you are wondering, in the last 2 shots the plane is being held up by fishing string. No smacy effects here. These images only show a small part of what the movie will be like. As you can see in the first photo the script for the movie is only one and a half pages long so the movie won't be that long but you's won't be dissapointed :)

Updates

I was going to update this earlier but stupid Blogger was broken.

Anyway I recieved my new camcorder a while ago and it's absolutely brilliant. Over the past week I've taken it train filming. Yesterday I went to Newport to film a steam train and a week ago I went to Laverton and Aircraft station's to film some trains there.

This coming Saturday though I won't do any trainfilming as I must get cracking on my film for the talent show. I will be experimenting with new filming techniques so hopefully it will turn out good. After that though I probably won't do any animating for a while as I really want to focus on trainfilming and working on the MSTS Melbourne Chronicles.

Dear iPod.

No!!! I do not need to be reminded that I have 20% of battery life remaining as I can obviously see in the top right hand corner of the screen that I have less than 20% left as the battery indicator is red. I don't need a big notification to tell me the obvious. Do you think i'm blind Mr iPod, that I cannot see the battery life indicator?

Just a random rant. Hopefully this will be fixed in iOS 5 whenether it comes out.

HD Camcorder coming soon.

My new HD Camcorder has been ordered! Hip hip hooray! So, what camcorder have I ordered?

I've ordered the Sony Handycam HDR-CX110B from a shop based up in Queensland. It's Sony's entry level HD camcorder. There are a number of reasons as to why I ordered it.

(1) It was one of the 4 HD Camcorders I was considering. The others were the JVC Everio GZ-HM445, Panasonic HDC-SD40 and the SamsungHMX-H300. All of which are under $500 AUD.
(2) Unfortunently all of them seemed to have an achilles heel. The JVC for instance has heaps of features and is the best value for money but I read that the video sensor is only 1.5 megapixels so whilst it will be recording in a HD resolution it won't be recording in proper HD quality (A camcorder needs at least 2 megapixels to properly record HD quality).
(3) The Panasonic seemed to offer better video quality than the JVC and has an awesome telemacro mode and like the JVC it comes with a little LED light so you can record in the dark. Unfortunently thats all it has. It has no features at all. No touchscreen, only 16x optical zoom. Pathetic.
(4) The Samsung all seemed good on paper and in practise with heaps of features and good video quality. Unfortunently I own a Samsung camera (ES65) and I can't say that it's been smooth sailings as I've had a couple of problems with it. It works fine though...right now...
(5) The Sony seemed to be a mix of all of these camcorders. Touch screen, 25x optical zoom, good video quality.
(6) Seen a couple of train videos filmed with this camera and the quality was really good. Filming trains is the main thing i'm going to film using this.
(7) Price. In retail stores it usually costs $500 but I managed to get it for $395 with full manufactures warranty. Bargain!

Hopefully it will arrive soon so I can start filming some trains with it on my weekends :)

The Claude Game! And updates.

My suprise project is now up, The Claude Game!

Video link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBRWrW4Knwo&feature=channel_video_title
Magical download link: http://www.box.net/shared/6kbmnp7fyir10a5lznxa#/shared/6kbmnp7fyir10a5lznxa/1/95281512

Backstory:
The game is based in the Lego town of Legona Brickville.
Claude has decided that enough is enough and has finally decided that he will get his petal (Alex) by using any means necessary.
Claude has built some Claude bots (robots) throughout the town so that he can capture Alex all for himself.
Alex finds out and has to escape the town so he can get away from Claude and his Claude bots.

This project was done for my ICT class at school. It took an entire school term to make and a lot of effort was put into it so I hope yous all enjoy it. If you have any questions leave a comment or message on youtube.

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I've also uploaded the latest Legona Brickville town update for the 2nd of August.
Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Si670VxBTL0&feature=relmfu 
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oN0jTfI-b2Y&feature=relmfu

In good news I've gained some of my entusiasm to make Lego videos, mostly because I've finally solved my stupid audio problems. Thanks to Virginbluepilot27 (even though he doesn't know how he helped me). In bad news though I'm not going to make any lego videos for a little while. Reason being is that I want to make some more episodes of the MSTS Melbourne Cronicles on my second channel. It won't be long before I made Lego videos though as I have to start making my entry for the school's talent show.

I also plan soon to buy a HD Camcorder. I've seen one that I like at a price I can affoard. The only thing stopping me from getting it is that it's an online purchase and I need my brother to put the money into the Paypal account.

Also my part of the Comengerg site is now complete. I hope to have the site ready within the next week or so.

Updates

It's a nice sunny day today and all my relatives have left. What does this mean? It means that I can start filming the latest town update. It's going to be like all the other town updates but this one is going to have a intro with stop motion :) So I'll be working on that within the next couple of days. I also got a suprise project that I've been working on for school. It's done but it needs an intro. Hopefully that should be done within the next week. Also I'm nearly done with my part of the Comengerg site. After the town update I'll update the Legona Brickville section, invite the other members of the country to edit their sections and release the site to the public. Yay! I'm also planning on saving up to buy a new HD camcorder. I should have one by Christmas but hopefully I should get it earlier.

On ThebusofdoomFSX I'm working on the MSTS Melbourne Chronicles again. I can't give a definite due date for all the upcoming episodes but i'll release a trailer when the time is near.

Also feel free to comment on any of my blog posts. This isn't a dictatorship you know.

Alt channels, why???

Creating a 2nd channel on youtube can be a good way to spread your content and find new fans but in my opinion some people completely stuff it up when creating a 2nd channel. I believe that there should be some kind of "unofficial criteria" that you have to meet before creating an alt channel. There is no point, for example in creating a 2nd channel when your main channel doesn't even have 1,000 total video views. No one will watch it and there will be no advantage once so ever in making the new channel. All your attention should be focused on getting your main channel started and getting a decent amount of views.

So when should you make a 2nd channel? In my opinion this should be the criteria:

• Having 50,000 total video views minimum. Add least 100,000 reccomended.
• Having a regular fan base.
• When you want to start posting content that is different from the current content on your main channel. Eg: You make lego videos on your main channel but you want to start uploading train videos.

That example is what happened with me and my "3rd channel" ThebusofdoomFSX. I've got heaps of train videos on my main channel Abus709 however I decided to make a new channel for that kind of stuff. You wouldn't be happy for example if you subscribed to my main channel for the train videos only to get bombarded with lego videos in the subscription section. That's not why you subscribed to my main channel in the first place. By making ThebusofdoomFSX I moved all my simulation, train and plane videos over to that channel so transport fans can subscribe for that type of content and only recieve that type of content in the subscriptions section. Overall ThebusofdoomFSX has been successful with over 60,000 total video views and over 250 subscribers.

There is also no point in my opinion in making a 2nd channel for content that is very similar or the same as you're main channel. For example: Having a main channel full of Lego videos and then making another channel for different Lego videos. 

The reason why I called ThebusofdoomFSX my 3rd channel is because I made a 2nd channel before I made Thebusofdoom. This 2nd channel was called Halosephiroth. On that channel I uploaded Halo related videos. Unfortunately the channel was a massive failure and I shut it down.

So remember, only make a 2nd channel when you have a large amount of video views, a constant fanbase and when you want to upload different content.

Link to main channel Abus709.
Link to channel ThebusofdoomFSX

The Comengerg site: in development.

Hooray, my latest film is up so go and watch it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6qf1JLGdWY

Also me and user Facecakes101 are currently working on the Comengerg site. I was going to host it on Webs.com because I've used that site before but it seems that they've changed the page limit from 20 to 8. That is definitely not enough for the site.

With the site I wanted members of the country to sign up onto the website so I could promote them to admin. This is so the members can create pages for their cities and edit them. As far as I know Webs.com is the only one that allowes this. Sucks...

Anyway I'm on school holidays now so hopefully it should be up within the next 2 weeks. I might also make a new CG Air website. 

Bad news.

I know I haven't made a proper stop motion in a while but I got some bad news. As some of you may have observed in Landing Gear Faliure the voice quality was really bad. Unfortunently as of now it's still not fixed. This is really putting me off from making proper stop motion films and I've decided that I won't make any until this issue is resolved. My current project that i'm working on will still be released though.

A sneak preview.

The set of my latest project that will be released in a couple of days. It's for Leokimvideo's space contest which ends at the end of the week. The only way I can get this done on time is that I finish all filming tomorrow. Because I did some today it is likely that will be completed on time.

Welcome!

Hello and welcome to The Bus Blog! This is the blog for Youtube user Abus709. http://www.youtube.com/user/Abus709 This blog will act as a place for updates to A Bus Studios (the name of the youtube channel in a way). This will also act as a personal blog for Abus709 in which he might give his ideas or views on certain things. Anyway thanks for reading and hopefully there will be some new posts soon.