SM64 Monthly Report: July 2023

Another month, another Monthly Report.
Info on this month's stories:
1. Discord Suspension Wave
Machinimists from the Team Short 64 Discord server were affected by a sudden wave of Discord account suspensions on July 10. Accounts were suspended for . While Koop the Koopa reported getting a suspicious account access email around the time of his account suspension, similar reports for the other account holders weren't seen. Affected individuals were forced to create brand new accounts.
Sources: ShortCD, Koop the Koopa, yogurt Master64, VSM44, various Discord servers/groups
2. Saturn Updates
A new Saturn update, made available on July 7 brought brand new chroma keying features, enhancements to the custom eye texture system, and an advanced character positioning system to the program. Chroma keying can now be turned on within any level, rather that being only accessible in Saturn's Chroma Key Stage. The stage hasn't gone away though, and still loads when Saturn is launched. Individual eye textures can now be set for Mario's Open, Half-closed, and Closed eye states, making using blink cycles with custom eye textures a new possibility in Saturn. Saturn also now supports copying and pasting of the in-map coordinates of the character model's location.
Sources: Saturn, Rise Realm Discord server
3. Team Moon
Team Moon, a brand new machinima group channel, made their public launch this month. The team's content will consists of a variety of machinima videos, from tutorials to casual bloopers.
Team Moon RUclips channel: / @teammoon64
Source: Team Moon
4. Drama Events
Two notable drama/controversy-related events occured within or closed to the SM64 community this July.
A less active extension of the Niall/JFM321 drama of months prior made its way into July when it was discovered that a Discord account by the name of "Guy64" belonged to JFM. The account appeared in servers from which JFM321 was previously banned during the time that the user's identity was still unrevealed.
In a seperate series of events, it was revealed that prominent SMG4 community member Jakoralt was guilty of highly inapprorpiate behavior involving a minor, among with various other accusations, including a number of offensive remarks.
Sources: various Discord servers/groups
5. Other Releases/Tutorials
Links to the month's resource releases and tutorials:
-Shy Guy and Bandit by Team Toad (MrGameAndSketch/Enkal): • Play as Shy Guy and Ba...
-CM9 Animation's Elephant Mario model for Saturn: • Super Elephant Mario 6...
RoboBloopers64's iOS machinima tutorial: • (OUTDATED-ISH) How to ...
-Chain Chomp model for Saturn by Team Toad (MrGameAndSketch): • Play as Chain Chomp in...
-MrGameAndSketch's Bob-omb model for Saturn: • [SM64] Play as Bob-omb...
-Lollino Damb 64's character for Project64: • Lollino Damb 64 model ...
-Several releases by Lazym12:
Uncle Sam Mario: • Star Spangled Banner S...
Big the Cat: • Special Stage Sonic Th...
Alphadream Mario: • Destroy The Darkstar M...
Chaos Sonic 64: • Egg Genesis & Cerebus ...
Odyssey Outfit Pack 6: • Remix 10 Super Mario R...
Professor Pickle & Sir Charles 64: • Rooftop Run Day Sonic ...

[@MG1-]

Machinima Motivation:
Motivation was up 10 Points this month, as quality machinimas boosted community ambitions.
Machinima Milestones:
Congratulations to the July milestone achievers!! I do have a feeling I may have missed a few this time, so apologies if your milestone isn't in this time.
Machinima of the Month:
Machinima of the Month for July 2023 goes to Shyrx's World Traveler 64: Episode 5 ~ On the Debug. A cinematic work full of plot and character depth and some extraordinary action shots. Watch the video here: ruclips.net/video/ipCLLz5hwFw/видео.html
Other cool videos:
MrDenken's [The Return 1] Chapter 1 : Destiny: ruclips.net/video/fSAhkRt6GoI/видео.html
The Adventures of The Heroic All-Stars Episode 68: ruclips.net/video/feLTrnz2tH8/видео.html
The Opinion Room:
July's Opinion Room topic deals with asking for models and answering model questions, giving what are thought to be some proper practices for both.
Subscribe to the people of Monthly Report:
MG1
ruclips.net/channel/UCPLb8Y1lhr_HDQBcEM15qmg
NinjaRaven
ruclips.net/channel/UCi4KoucD-23jQZ17PkXGfyw
Captainzero5637
ruclips.net/channel/UCXRjj5eXEuZjBMnHVIYZazA
TheSonicfan8352
ruclips.net/channel/UCx5MTlM73NEdp_Qx3b1DHIQ
Thanks for watching!
Intro and Outro by JK150.
Monthly Report logo in intro by JK150.
Monthly Report logo in thumbnail by CosmicFox.
Monthly Report logo in studio background by webbtail245.
Monthly Report logo in background of interviews room by 64ify.
Monthly Report logo in Machinima Motivation, Machinima Milestones, and Machinima Of The Month segments by Mercy64.
Music used:
Overture - Super Mario Galaxy (recomposed by JK150)
"Koopa's Road (Beta Mix) - Super Mario 64" by SilvaGunner
ruclips.net/video/25mtYpsieCs/видео.html
Some segments:
Super Mario Sunshine: Sky and Sea (SM64 DS Soundfont) by CodyChief117
ruclips.net/video/V3eRaSimgWY/видео.html
Other Segments:
"Super Mario Star Road Soundtrack - File Select" (Space Junk Galaxy remix) by Skelux

[@SMP64]

Nice update! Great for me on vacation rn to be updated on latest in machinima. For next month's accomplishments, I might hit 12ksubs by then, but i love the show. Keep up the good work MG1

[@Hv64_Official]

Never mind me in wich says good

[@Vhoih]

Win!!!

[@SNG1_Official]

I have to say, asking repeatedly for my (supposed to be private) models and animations works for some people sadly. Maybe I'm just too easily pressured into giving them away.

[@SDRM45]

Bruh, I just now saw this video. Thank you for the congratulations!

[@RB64Official]

Shucks, late again.

[@RB64Official]

@@Vanilla64DS no, I meant I was late again.

[@Williamdoes64]

Cool video

[@yfab2748]

my community post has some important stuff about the best nsmb

[@MG1-]

I read through it and gave a response.👍

[@Smv4villain]

nice

[@Mc64REAL]

Amazing report as always!

[@MG1-]

Thank you!!!

[@Azure64248]

Nice report.

[@Scrollie64]

Wsg bro

[@Mario2.0]

Neat video! The Opinion Room was especially good this month, with some great opinions and advice.

[@MG1-]

Thanks!

[@Mario2.0]

@@MG1- You're welcome!

[@yashgin19]

Gooooooooooooooooood

[@SS64_]

I thought he told everyone he Was Cotton candy goddammit also the thing about the grooming is disgusting

[@GhoulishCard1319]

😄