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Howdy kids! Ploohems is your host this week, and I'm excited to say we had nearly 10 entries! As much as I'dlike to reward you all for doing something I could probably never do ever, unfortunately there can only be five. ;c And to shut me up, here is the Top 5 videos for this week:

This Week's Judge(s): Plums

1. Kingdom Hearts Me Without You Remix

Kingdom Hearts Me Without You (Remix)

Submitted by: darkhorseD
Song: Without You by Tobymac
Details: I really liked how the scenes matched the lyrics (e.g. transition to BBS when the star was falling). I also felt the song was very fitting to the KH as a whole -- Sora depending on his friends and everyone supporting each other nomatter who or what got in the way.
Link: http://kh-vids.net/media/kingdom-hearts-me-without-you-remix.413/

2. And the World Turned
Submitted by: minicoop55
Song: And the World Turned by The Gabe Dixon Band
Details: SoKai video hnnnnnnnggg. That being said, the video's contrast seemed pretty high with the darkened lighting, but the video was very well done! I especially enjoyed the breaks that used Sora and Kairi's final lines in KH1, it was a very nice touch.
Link: http://kh-vids.net/media/and-the-world-turned.411/


3. Kingdom Hearts; Birth by Sleep [TRAILER 2013]
Submitted by: starlight2011studios
Song: Unknown
Details: I thought the video was good. Some of the scenes seemed to drag a bit, such as Aqua talking to Ven in radiant garden. The music was very good with the scenes, however, the audio from the games had the game BGM in it and together it sounded a bit awkward. Nonetheless, very cool!
Link: http://kh-vids.net/media/kingdom-hearts-birth-by-sleep-trailer-2013.407/

4. [Collab] - Alive ʷ/ ᴾᵃˢˢᶦᵒᶰˣ³
Submitted by: FurySp4rk
Song: Alive by Arrow to Athens
Details: I felt the song was very fitting with the focus of your video Sora & Kairi)! The editing was well done, and I think my only qualm is the purple tint to the video -- it made everything a bit too saturated, but very good!
Link: http://kh-vids.net/media/collab-alive-ʷ-ᴾᵃˢˢᶦᵒᶰˣ³.412/


5. Kingdom Hearts - Faint
Submitted by: minicoop55
Song: Faint by Linkin park
Details: I really liked the amount of transitions you had with the video; I felt it fit the song choice pretty nicely. The scanline like effect (TV Simulator?), was a tad overused to me, though. Good job nonetheless!
Link: http://kh-vids.net/media/kingdom-hearts-faint.409/



Congratulations to all who placed this week!
Haven't placed yet? Don't give up! Your video certainly was not bad, and you may place in a future week.

The Kingdom Hearts official Facebook Page updated today, with some fun news for UK residents and visitors. On Friday, April 26th 2013, The 1.5 HD Remix will be showcased at the Square Enix office in London. Starting around 7pm, fans will get to see some cool footage form the collection and maybe even having their say on camera.

Interested attendees should send an e-mail to secommunity@square-enix.com for more details.

Credit to Roxam for the news finding.

Uploaded onto a reliable KH twitter account were 3 enemy figures. It was dicussed previously that Kingdom Hearts enemies would be making it's way into the figurine scene, and these are just a few examples of what's to come. Displayed from left to right, are a Shadow Heartless, Flood Unversed, and Meowjesty Dream Eater. Pricing and release dates are still unconfirmed.

That's right everyone! Social Groups are back. I know this was a very popular feature in our vBulletin days, and I know I promised for a long time that they'd be back "soon." I am sorry for the delay, but they're upon us now.

To enter the Social Groups area of our side, hover over Community on the navigation bar and select Social Groups. You'll be brought to the Groups area of the forums. From here, you can hit the Create New Social Forum button to make a new group, or just browse through and see what groups interest you!

Groups can have open membership (anyone can join!) or moderated, meaning a group moderator must approve membership. In a moderated group, users can request membership or be invited. Members can be invited to open groups, and thrown out of either.

When you create a group, you can appoint moderators. Just like our staff, these moderators have some special powers within your social group--they can edit or delete posts, sticky threads, etc., so only appoint people you trust! Please note that our regular staff has full power within groups, and that group content is visible to everyone.

The best way to understand groups is to use them, though! We're excited to see what you all do with them. Please note that normal members can create up to seven groups, and Premium members up to thirteen.

I know the big question on everyone's mind, though, is whether or not you can reclaim the content from your old vBulletin groups. We have backed up the data from them and have a method for moving the content from your old group to the new group. It does require some manual work, so importing content from old groups will be open to Premiums only for now. Once Premium requests for import have slowed, it will be opened to all members. While you wait, feel free to recreate your old groups and start posting!

Premium members can request an import within their subsection--I'll be posting a thread within there shortly.

Have fun guys! If you need any help or have any questions, feel free to ask within this thread.

What an I say? There was drama, there was action, there was comedy and there bass... lots of bass! This week of judging for the Top 5, something I've only done once before, has really shown me the progress the community here on KHV has made over time. The individual creativity of every participant was obvious, everyone had their own style and voice, and what they wanted to bring forward to the table. This was really tough, it's taken me a while to weigh up who was slightly above the other for me. IN the end I got there and here we have our Top 5!

This Week's Judge(s): Peace and War

1. Kingdom Hearts Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
Submitted by: OttoOtter
Song: Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Theme
Details: This nostalgia filled video from the title alone made me stop and think 'Well this is going to be bad' and I was so far away from that in the end, as is obvious by being number one on my list. This video faithfully recreates the the opening of the original Power Rangers with Kingdom Hearts character counterparts, and they all fit in really well to the Power Ranger theme. I smiled throughout, even laughed near the end when Roxas was the Green Ranger, ha!
It was also well put together, the scenes chosen were appropriate for the theme, the edit remaining faithful to my childhood series, I just love it and it deserves the top for its pure quality deliverance and great ability to work with two conflicting entertainment mediums.
Link: http://kh-vids.net/media/kingdom-hearts-mighty-morphin-power-rangers.401/


2. ＤＲＵＭ & ＢＡＳＳ; ＰＲＥＶＩＥＷ
Submitted by: starlight2011studio
Song: N/A
Details: The grainy filter and pumping bass really set up the intensity of the potential this video was giving off. The key cutscene of Sora and Riku first together was made especially dramatic by the fantastic use of drum and bass, the foreign kind of song to the KH universe ended up being a good match! Siri dictating the beginning of a Kingdom Hearts fuelled rave set me going, and if this is a preview, I can't wait to see the full thing!
Link: http://kh-vids.net/media/%EF%BC%A4%EF%BC%B2%EF%BC%B5%EF%BC%AD-%EF%BC%A2%EF%BC%A1%EF%BC%B3%EF%BC%B3-%EF%BC%B0%EF%BC%B2%EF%BC%A5%EF%BC%B6%EF%BC%A9%EF%BC%A5%EF%BC%B7.400/


3. [COLLAB] Losing You; {ShelbyMutou/Starlight2011studios
Submitted by: Starlight2011studios (collaborating with ShelbyMutou)
Song:Losing You by Dead By April
Details: I enjoyed the amount of combinations here of editing techniquea that helped this video be dramatic and powerful, from the filttering, use of zoom, lyrics being in time with the music, and many others. It lights up the conflict in Sora and how he deals with it in a way I've never properly seen in the games and makes this something of an eye opener to me. Great work on it indeed!
Link: http://kh-vids.net/media/collab-losing-you-shelbymutou-starlight2011studios.399/


4.Perfect Two- Riku and Aqua
Submitted by: cloud <3
Song: Perfect Two by Auburn
Details: Now this video took me aback at first. I'd never seen a pairing of characters that have never met in the games properly, not to mention the age difference, ha. Yet, the song, the use of scenes that are reminiscent of TV hows where couples are really meant for each other actually made me think this was highly possible and lovely together. That feat alone meant this vid was going to get somewhere on this TOp 5! However, the posing of Riku and Aqua into scenes the other is in, though good for a majority, looked very cut and paste like at times. Though with the restrictions in place this is understandable, along with the ambition to try something this ambitious made me put it up in the charts.
Link: http://kh-vids.net/media/perfect-two-riku-and-aqua.405/


5.Hᴏᴘᴇ
Submitted by: starlight2011studios
Song: Lullaby by Sia
Details: This sweet and almost tragic video encompassed friendship, love and dreams very well, the etheral effect of memories that linger in moments that have passed us by. I liked the character's lines presented in an echoic and ghostly manner, yet at times the singing and speaking parts didn't flow very well, and I found myself wanting more at the end from this video, almost as if it was cut off too soon. Still the beauty of it and the well done visuals earned it a spot up here for me.
Link: http://kh-vids.net/media/h%E1%B4%8F%E1%B4%98%E1%B4%87.406/


Congratulations to all who placed this week!
Haven't placed yet? Don't give up! Your video certainly was not bad, I really am proud of everyone's improvements and you may place in a future week!