{"id":7321,"date":"2010-12-19T23:27:59","date_gmt":"2010-12-20T04:27:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.staronion.com\/maiev\/nfblog\/?p=7321"},"modified":"2010-12-21T20:37:46","modified_gmt":"2010-12-22T01:37:46","slug":"distant-worlds-2010-at-toronto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.staronion.com\/maiev\/nfblog\/?p=7321","title":{"rendered":"FF Distant Worlds 2010 Toronto"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"captionright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.staronion.com\/maiev\/img\/distant_worlds_logo.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/maiev\/img\/distant_worlds_logo_s.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Worlds Logo, Toronto 2010\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Distant Worlds in Toronto!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2> Distant Worlds 2010<\/h2>\n<p>Yes, it&#8217;s almost been 3 weeks lolz! I should have done this long ago! So basically&#8230; 3 weeks ago I went to Distant Worlds (duh!). I went with Tazo and five other friends. We ate at the nearby Marche then just cross the street to the concert :D! I suddenly had a craving of that night&#8217;s performance, so I&#8217;ve decided to really finish the typing for this post :D!<\/p>\n<p>The concert was at Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, which was also the same hall where <a href=\"http:\/\/www.staronion.com\/maiev\/nfblog\/?page_id=160\">Play! A Video-game Symphony<\/a> performed their pieces back in 2006!<\/p>\n<p>Distant Worlds seating, the $3x, the $6x, the $10x and the Nobuo Uematsu price $13x. I took the $6x along with my friends, but hell I&#8217;d take the Nobuo Uematsu price $13x if only&#8230; I had a friend who&#8217;s also willing to dish out that price :D<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nUpon entering, I saw the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.staronion.com\/maiev\/img\/distant_worlds_souvenir_store.jpg\">souvenir store<\/a>! I&#8217;d buy the shirt but meh, I ended up just grabbing two <a href=\"http:\/\/www.staronion.com\/maiev\/img\/distant_worlds_1_2_cd.jpg\" title=\"FF Distant Worlds I and II CD's\">Distant Worlds CD&#8217;s<\/a> as a sign of support!~ Here&#8217;s the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.staronion.com\/maiev\/img\/distant_worlds_playlist.jpg\" title=\"Distant Worlds CD I and II Playlist\">list of songs<\/a> on those disks :)<\/p>\n<p>After taking my seat, I looked around for DS. 4 years ago, all the nerds took out their NDS and use Pictochat! However, the same type of nerds wern&#8217;t here anymore :( But then I guess Video Game Symphony contains a lot more Nintendo-based music, so it was normal for them to own a DS. Whereas, FF fans don&#8217;t necessary own a DS.. since if anything, we dump all our time on XI and XIV lolz.<\/p>\n<p>Btw, Nobuo Uematsu was sitting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.staronion.com\/maiev\/img\/nobuo_uematsu.jpg\">over here<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Orchestrated by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kwsymphony.ca\/index.php\" rel=\"nofollow\">Kitchener\/Waterloo Symphony<\/a>, they were also the one which performed the Play Symphony &#8211; an outstanding group of musicians :D!<\/p>\n<p>Below is the entire first half of the performance! (I&#8217;ll comment below)<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s Re-live the party :)<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"480\" height=\"385\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/P3Fzo29NdKQ?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/P3Fzo29NdKQ?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"480\" height=\"385\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>FF VIII &#8211; Liberi Fatali<\/li>\n<li>FF Series &#8211; Victory Theme<\/li>\n<li>FF X &#8211; To Zanarkand<\/li>\n<li>FF VIII &#8211; Don&#8217;t be Afraid<\/li>\n<li>FF VII &#8211; Aerith&#8217;s Theme<\/li>\n<li>FF I to III &#8211; Assorted Melody<\/li>\n<li>FF V &#8211; Dear Friends<\/li>\n<li>FF IV &#8211; Vamo alla Flamenco<\/li>\n<li>FF VII &#8211; JENOVA<\/li>\n<li>FF XI &#8211; Ronfaure<\/li>\n<li>FF V &#8211; Clash on the Big Bridge<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Quick Comment for 1st half:<\/h2>\n<p>I loved the victory surprises lolz, FF X theme was so touchy :D, Aerith, it&#8217;s great, but I remember the Play Syphony did it better, at least the visual was synchronized with the music. The FF I to III melody was nice, and so is dear friends. Vamo all Flamenco was VERY NICE :D, I LOVED THIS SONG :D!, Jenova (again, having went to Play, it was alright). Ronfaure&#8230; the MUSIC was nice, the graphics that went with it&#8230; didn&#8217;t quite fit lolz.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Intermission (where I found Yuna, but not Nobuo Uematsu with no success lolz! &#8212;<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"480\" height=\"385\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/qSAvjonTWwA?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/qSAvjonTWwA?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"480\" height=\"385\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>FF VII &#8211; Bombing Mission<\/li>\n<li>FF VIII &#8211; Fisherman&#8217;s Horizon<\/li>\n<li>FF XI &#8211; Memoro de la Stono<\/li>\n<li>FF XIII &#8211; Fabula Nova Crystallis<\/li>\n<li>FF XIII &#8211; Blinded by Light<\/li>\n<li>FF XIV &#8211; Navigator&#8217;s Glory<\/li>\n<li>FF XIV &#8211; Primal Judgement<\/li>\n<li>FF XIV &#8211; Swing de Chocobo<\/li>\n<li>FF VI &#8211; Opera &#8211; Maria and Draco<\/li>\n<li>FF VI -Terra&#8217;s Theme<\/li>\n<li>FF VII &#8211; One-Winged Angel<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Quick Comment for 2nd half:<\/h2>\n<p>Bombing mission was awesome&#8230; Fisherman&#8217;s Horizon was&#8230; GOOD, but nothing beats Memoro de la Stono. Lets just put it this way, having play the story as well, you feel a little attached to the music. But you can obviously hear a lot of people don&#8217;t play XI, the clap was significantly less when they finish the piece. Fabula Nova&#8230; was okay to me. Blinded by Light was&#8230; um&#8230; I guess I didn&#8217;t play the story, hard to comment. Then we have XIV&#8217;s Navigator&#8217;s Glory (Limsa Lominsa Theme) which was awesome :D (I got bored of the one in XIV :<). Primal Judgement was um... the performance was good :D but I wish they performed like the... FFXIV theme music :D! Of course, Swing de Chocobo was a good addition :D. MY FAVORITE :D is the Maria and Draco's Opera performance :O! When they roll in the Terra's Theme with Credits, I really thought it was over (thinking.. how could they not have One-Winged Angel). and yep, rolled in One Winged Angel, and you'd see the conductor dragging on Nobuo to the Orchestra and sing along LOL\n\n\n\n<h2>General Comment<\/h2>\n<p>Not having the program sucks. Play! Symphony had them for sale&#8230; for like $8. I&#8217;d buy it :). I actually like those stuff >.> too bad it&#8217;s<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d give it maybe 95\/100 :D The 5 points is probably some wrong-usage of cut scene to the music. Some was very nice, which even bought humor. However, some could have been better, especially XI, VII Aerith&#8217;s Theme, XIV, V&#8217;s Dear Friends. The musical performance, just the music was stunning :O especially how it was live.<\/p>\n<p>Knowing FF XIV wasn&#8217;t doing too great, they didn&#8217;t really go a great deal into promoting it, keeping Distant Worlds &#8220;Distant Worlds&#8221;, and not XIV Distant Worlds.<\/p>\n<p>Having went to Play! Symphony a few years ago, I&#8217;d like this one more due to personal preference and love with FF series and Nobuo Uematsu&#8217;s music. Everything was very fluid, and I have to encourage everyone to goto the next one :D! (They just need to do more promotion, because I found out a few of my friends would have went, if only they KNEW about it &#8211; -&#8220;).<\/p>\n<p>I really enjoyed it! OMG I even wanna goto the next one >.> in <a href=\"http:\/\/ffdistantworlds.com\/index.php?option=com_eventlist&#038;view=details&#038;id=32:distant-worlds-chicago&#038;Itemid=62\" rel=\"nofollow\">Chicago lolz<\/a> (It&#8217;s close to me!)<\/p>\n<h2>Digital Download of FF XIV Twilight over Thanalan, Beneath Bloodied Banners<\/h2>\n<p>In case you didn&#8217;t catch it, it&#8217;s only a dollar to get the latest performance of XIV pieces directly from <a href=\"http:\/\/store.ffdistantworlds.com\/track\/final-fantasy-xiv-medley-twilight-over-thanalan-beneath-bloodied-banners\" rel=\"nofollow\">FF Distant World&#8217;s website<\/a>. Download away!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Distant Worlds in Toronto! Distant Worlds 2010 Yes, it&#8217;s almost been 3 weeks lolz! I should have done this long ago! So basically&#8230; 3 weeks ago I went to Distant Worlds (duh!). I went with Tazo and five other friends. 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