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Thanks to 300...

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I want to thank the 300 that attended our humble Scarlet presentation in Stage 6 at RED Studios Hollywood tonight.

Apparently there was a cyber attack on reduser (and red.com) when I began posting just before 6pm PST. There was plenty of bandwidth to handle the traffic... but the system locked up. Jarred is investigating.

So I went back into Stage 6 and asked the 300 there to help us get the message out. Out popped the iPhones and iPads. And the twittering began.

A good message is hard to stop. And the Scarlet message is a good one.

It actually was a great experience. Like ants getting to the honey, if one way doesn't work... you keep trying different ways until you succeed.

We had another attack at 2:45am. Jarred figured out a work around.

I guess we are striking a nerve with someone. Good for us. No matter what happens we will find a way. That is RED.

It was a great night. Obstacles are a part of everything. We embrace them as part of the process.

Thanks again to those that came to RED. You were more a part of history than you planned.

Jim
 
As a non attendee, I can only be gratefull for alternate web-ways of getting the message through.

Thanks to you Sir, and thanks to those who got the info out!

Cheers and have a Cigar!
 
Yeap ... FXPHD Mike @twitter was really helpful to know up to date info whats happening in Studio
 
Thanks to Mike Seymoure and Tonaci for there twittering, this was first class information.
 
I woke up at 3.45am (45 minutes after it started) with reduser down, I quickly turned to twitter and found all the tweets, good one!
 
As someone who couldn't attend, can I just say that with the DNS attack, it was frustrating, as I imagine is was for everyone there. But to the 300 who where Twittering, Facebook posting, emails, etc.

THANK YOU for getting the message out across the world.

:)
 
It actually turned into a good thing that we got raided. The 300 turned into a team on a mission to help us get the word out. It was really impressive to see everyone step up to solve the problem.

My bet is that whoever targeted our system could not have realized that they actually helped us. I guess this is the definition of ironic.

Jim
 
What an incredible day... The information coming from Tonaci was invaluable. I cannot thank him and Mark L. Pederson enough for getting the word out. I placed my orders ASAP by calling RED. The Bomb Squad f'n killed it... Brent and Marco ROCK!

Scarletuser also saved the day... The bastards didn't see that one coming did they! So I ran over an signed in for the first time since 2008! ;)
 
Manuel Wenger said:
Thanks to Mike Seymoure and Tonaci for there twittering, this was first class information.
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You guys saved our ass!

heh heh and yes.. thank god for Scarletuser... they carried the load very well and it was great to camp out there for awhile.
 
I have to say from the get go I enjoyed the humble announcement with the focus on the new camera. There was no attempt to dazzle the audience with bright shiny objects. Just a simple sizzle reel to get you excited about what you can do with this new device.

It was somewhat moving to see how Jim handled things when the internet goblins decided to fight back. Going off script and pulling a little presentation and Q&A together out of thin air.

Also when Jim announced the new Scarlet specifications everybody was left in a state of awe for a moment. Suddenly that unicorn was very real.

Then the mass tweeting, cell phone photos, Ipad photos flying around the internet.
 
I was following Tonaci - good job getting the info out, but my corporate strategy group hates you for distracting me from helping with our final project... I love you for it haha.
 
Jannard said:
It actually turned into a good thing that we got raided. The 300 turned into a team on a mission to help us get the word out. It was really impressive to see everyone step up to solve the problem.

My bet is that whoever targeted our system could not have realized that they actually helped us. I guess this is the definition of ironic.

Jim
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Without a doubt. This actually also made us on the other side of the barricade more fired up and ready to commit. It was a "plot twist" worthy of a movie. The moment I got the info I immediately went for all means necessary to place my order. This didn't really happen in the "other" announcement...
 
I can't seem to find Fujio Mitarai's twitter account to learn how he feel's about his companies announcements today. Also, he doesn't seem to be posting on any of Canon's support pages. His accounts must be under attack... ;)

To the people that attacked a companies message board, thanks for making the night more entertaining and helping spread the word! I think you guys discovered an incredibly unique way to showcase your new products by letting some of your most loyal customers help you out. Not only did they help you out, it was their idea to make an event out of it in the first place right? heh heh... I think I almost prefer the spontaneous but well coordinated attack on the rest of the internet that helped get the word out. It is a group of people tight enough knit, that it just works, and you still fly below the radar of people who have no idea what they are talking about.

Thanks Mike Seymour, John Montgomery, Tonaci Tran, and Matthew Tremblay for keeping me well informed.
 
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As soon as you were halfway through saying "Yeah you can take pictures now" I already had the iPad at the ready... And still somehow managed to get my order in sometime tonight... I hope :-/

All my non-Hollywood Facebook friends were pretty confused. I definitely clogged up the feed pretty good with all the RED details :biggrin5:
 
I love the title of the first post... Very clever wording. I thought it was referring to another announcement today that only HELPED to show the world that "If it wasn't for RED, we would all be stuck thanking another kind of 300" I mean seriously, C300? With all the money / supply chain / engineering capabilities that Canon has, that is the best they could do against RED? And at TWICE the cost? That thing looks like a 5D that turned into one of those Huge Zombies from left for dead that spit green guts at you. Scarlet, on the other hand looks like the gun that takes down said zombie...
I.L.R. - I Love RED.
 
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