(Summary at the bottom! Holy crap this got LONG.)

Hi everyone,

First, you will probably want to check out my profile, because I've uploaded 100 more screenshots of the video Ariel and Maria did for me. If you liked what you saw in the other thread you'll LOVE many of those. There's also spoilers here, but nothing beyond what was in the other thread anyway.

So, anyway. Back six weeks ago when Ariel posted this:

https://umd.net/forums/customs-with-ariel--maria-aka

As I mentioned in the other thread, I'd never commissioned a custom before. However, my tax refund had just come in, and one of the big expenses I was expecting this year (a new computer) didn't seem all that necessary. So I had some extra money on hand. I partly sponsored a video from other producer several years ago, but didn't get much out of it--I was kicking in with several other people and didn't really get what I wanted. But I'd seen reviews of Ariel's customs so I figured this would be the point to pull the trigger.

When I started I had no idea what I wanted, other than I wanted her and Maria to a) play a game, b) in winter office wear, and c) give a huge forfeit to the loser. My first e-mail to Ariel was basically just "both players would get pied during the game" and a long stream of what I liked as a forfeit.

As I was typing I remembered the scene from a few years ago Ariel did with Jayce, where Ariel lost, got messy, and had to watch Jayce take a shower afterward, so I tossed that detail in there as well. :devil:

Just a couple of hours later Ariel sent her reply: "Sounds like a fun time. I remember the scene with Jay that you're talking about...the football bet custom! " She sent be an early estimate for the price, which has right in the middle of the range I was expecting. We exchanged two more e-mails that night, where Ariel assured me that I could buy clothes for the two of them on eBay and have them shipped right to her. The next night I gave her confirmation that I was in, and she gave me her PO Box for shipments.

Throughout the whole thing Ariel was very good about replying to e-mails. Within five or six days I had her and Maria's clothing sizes, which allowed me to buy them clothes on eBay. It also allowed me to think of a game I wanted them to play.

Back in college my buddies and I would play a game called Ship, Captain and Crew if we were too drunk to play poker. I started thinking about a customized version of that, which eventually wound up much more like Yahtzee. I wrote and re-wrote the rules until I figured they made sense to anyone who played Yahtzee, bought some blank dice and drew what I needed on them with permanent markers. Msg me if you want more details about the game.

For what it's worth I'm pretty happy with the game I created. If it was any more complicated it would have been bewildering, any simpler and it would have been too boring (for me). I will mention that squeezing art on regular-sized dice is not easy. I was going to have a picture of a chef's hat on one side, an oven on another and a bowl on another, but the bowl looked too much like a pie. There just isn't enough room for detail, and I got a little confused watching it because all the other sides had the word "PIE!" on them. So I try something like this again, I'm going with bigger dice.

Ariel and I agreed that she would be buying most of the supplies, but I had specified a tarring and feathering, and already had a feather pillow from an aborted attempt and a self-messing. As we have discovered those things have so many feathers in them that I only used like 10% of the pillow on myself. I stapled up what was left and mailed that, along with the dice, to Ariel, and e-mailed her with a final list of supplies she would need.

A couple days after that I sent the most detailed e-mail, with the rules of the game, an outline of what I wanted to see pied during the game, and a list of things to do during the forfeit. I think I was probably fairly drunk when I wrote it because I was baffled by some of the things I'd said to do. At one point Ariel and Maria remarked freely on how odd it was to squirt pancake syrup onto pies, and I didn't remember saying that at all. But I know I did at one point; I see it in the e-mail!

Either way, that was the point that I had to pay. I felt Ariel was totally committed at that point so I did so without worries. I assume Ariel sent me payment details as soon as she got the clothes shipped to her and knew I was also committed.

That's a good example of how closely Ariel follows requests. I was extremely impressed with her eye to detail. The few regrets that I have came on my end, on things I didn't mention--more camera-panning over the legs and less on the feet, how to cut up the loser's top, things like that which I can't blame Ariel for because I forgot to mention them.

I also kinda regret not sending some medical scissors, because at the end of the game Maria got her sweater cut up for losing. Seeing Ariel do that with the regular scissors was a little harrowing

The only hiccup on their end was that Ariel totally fucking cheated in terms of the score. Without getting into too much detail it was first to score seven points, and at one point it went from 4-4 to 5-5 without anyone scoring! So Ariel declared herself the winner without actually getting seven points, the scoundrel. Maria I hope you're reading this so you can plot an appropriate response

ANYWAY. It only took a week and a half after filming for Ariel to send me the final video, which is (as I said before) magnificent. The original cut didn't include the wash-off but Ariel sent that the following day.

So in conclusion: I learned more about what I think is important and what isn't in a WAM video, I now know more about what I'll ask for next time, and Ariel is seriously amazing at what she does, because she stuck with me as I turned by drunken ramblings and dorky enthusiasm for messy games into an awesome, awesome video, all while taking care of her other customers and her Real Life as well. Her work ethic shows.

Maria, Ariel: thank you so much.

I fucking knew it!!!!!!!! Ariel you bitch!! No wonder you decided to get feathered anyway!!! It was your guilty conscience!!!!! LMAO!!! Oh just you wait my sweet big tittied sugar dumpling.... Payback is a bitch!

Ooh, this should be GOOD!

Norman

Wow, this DEFINITELY wound up in the wrong forum...I sent a message to Messmaster, hopefully he can use his magick powahs and move this to the Messy side of the forum...

Lol! This cracks me up! All I can think of is the "Wicked Witch of The West" (from The Wizard Of Oz) saying this!

Picture Maria rubbing her hands together and cackling this in her best "Wicked Witch" voice!

Norman