The Legendary Zoltan

The album is on bandcamp now. CDbaby forces you to make an account. No good. Listen to it for free or buy it here: http://thelegendaryzoltan.bandcamp.com/album/first-fantasy

I'll give you the short and sweet of it. Like puzzles? Play The Hegg. Like challenge? Play The Hegg. Don't like puzzles and challenge? Don't play The Hegg. Buy a digital copy for $2 here. http://www.desura.com/games/the-hegg There are videos and a summary on that page. Sincerely, The Legendary Zoltan

I'll be able to come in for a little while. Monday for you is Tuesday in Japan. I LOVE speed runs and have recently been trying to watch them more and more which is hard considering all the other things I have to do and want to do. Simply telling me that you speed run Tales games has made me your fan. I'm going to follow your Ywitch stream now. I really wish for your marathon to be a success so I'd like to offer some advice about staying awake. Drink the caffeine when you start getting sleepy and not before. I don't have extensive knowledge on the subject but it is said that after the caffeine high comes the low. You may want to consider getting a friend to come and visit you during the later hours of the play through. That ought to help. Pausing to make a quick cup of tea for your friend will wake you up! Lastly, Brandon had a good idea. If you want to Skype with someone to help keep you awake, I will also be available for that during a portion of your marathon. I'm not as famous or cool as Brandon though. ^_~

Because that one was the announcement of the kickstarter. That's totally different from announcing the release. I felt it should be in a different thread. Thanks, Refried! I'll use the link you so graciously provided. I'm glad you like it. So far the reception has been entirely positive. That is extremely pleasing.

I had a nice time. Thanks for answering my questions. My requests for the live broadcast days are Friday or Saturday because those are Saturday and Sunday here in Japan. Thank you!

That should be in four hours from now so that's 10am for me. YES!

UPDATE It's on Bandcamp now. So you can listen to it easily and for free. http://thelegendaryzoltan.bandcamp.com/album/first-fantasy Should have done that from the beginning. /UPDATE My very first album and I'm going straight for the physical full-length release! What is this album and why would I care about it? It is an album of fantastic stories that are mostly inspired by games set to melodic death metal. You will care about this album if you like even just one of the following items: RPG stories, giant robots, drama, beautiful and melodic guitar solos, death vocals, crazy-ass drums, and, finally, OCR talent. Exactly what OCR talent are we talking about here? We got my legendary self as the composer of the album and the guitarist. Brandon Strader is singing, Furilas plays bass, Meteo Xavier contributed a synthesizer solo, Xarnax did a wonderful amen chorus, and to top it all off, it is mixed and mastered by Zircon. OK. I'm convinced. Show me how to get a copy of the very first Zoltan album! Search for Zoltan and/or First Fantasy on Spotify, or iTunes to get a digital copy. You can get a physical CD from CD Baby here. http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/zoltan14 You have to make an account to use CD Baby, though. Enjoy the album. EDIT: Here are some samples. http://lusipurr.com/2013/06/23/music-blame-yourself-or-god/ - FF Tactics https://soundcloud.com/legendaryzoltan/mechstall - Armored Core

Oh! I may be able to participate. Friday night for you is Saturday morning for me! Exactly what time is it held?

Yeah. I JUST found it on iTunes. Search for Zoltan and it's near the front. Search for Zoltan First Fantasy and it's the only result. Search for just First Fantasy and there will be all kinds of unsavory results. Hahaha. That's it. The album is OUT. Time to announce it! Regarding touring, I'm actually seriously considering one particular gig but I don't want to announce what it is until I'm sure I can do it. Which means saving money! I have to do some things but I'll announce the album in a thread later tonight. YES!

I didn't know that he has released physical ones. Mistake.

Good luck with the album, BGC! I JUST finished up my very first physical album and it took tons of time and money to make. You are gonna feel SOOO satisfied when it gets done.

Yeah, Furilas. I have yours in envelope ready to go but I don't seem to have the city or county portion of your address. I thought of looking it up online with the postal code but I decided not to take a chance instead left a message for you on Skype. I guess haven't received it. So PM me or email me your address one more time. Thanks a lot man. Sorry to keep you waiting.

Are all the characters going to be chosen for us or is it first come first choose?

Hell, yeah! I'm quite happy at the reception for this album so far. Everybody seems to be happy with it. I know I am. Kuolema, just out of curiosity, what lyrics did you not care for? I am satisfied with my lyrics overall but maybe you will give me an idea of how to make them better.

Hearing about how Brandon is getting by shafted by SE and Kingdom Hearts III is saddening me.

Hm. Never heard of Shantae. Looks like fun though. A belly dancer for a main character is unique. The difference between the $5,000 reward and the $10,000 reward is simply receiving a copy of the Shantae game for Gameboy Color signed by the original dev team. What do you think about that?

I just watched the Wind Waker HD video. VERY much my type of graphics. Like Derrit said, it looks like a sunny day at the beach and that is exactly the kind of aesthetics that appeal to me. I WANT it...But no money. Someday I will buy it though.

Hmmm. I do, Derrit. You may be right. I concede. Good job.

Yes, but the Wii U is not a person. So even if he were putting it down like a rabid Doberman, it's not inflammatory. Although, to be fair, I didn't really think G-Mixer's comment was bad. He just said what he thought. I don't agree though. Brandon is also just saying what he thinks. It turns out we're all very opinionated here. Hahaha.

I hope you played some awesome games or drank some awesome alcohol or just did SOMETHING fun on your birthday.

It just goes to show you just how much power the Final Fantasy name still has just because of everyone's hopes that it will be great again. I think it will be. FFXIV is considered by some as the greatest MMORPG since WOW, and FFXV is shaping up to be a real crowd-pleaser as well.

Yeah, but no way they would do that. Time is short for this game. If it doesn't come out first quarter 2014 at the LATEST people are gonna be mad and I think (I hope) that Square Enix realizes this. You know, they could solve all these problems by not announcing anything until they are less than half a year away from release. They need to be more patient about announcing things instead of telling everyone "We have a good idea for a game. It'll be ready in about five years."

Rocking the guitars on this album. You rock, Luiza!