Maverick; Renaissance Man

by Crazy Ivan

One of the things that makes our jobs fun as Myachi Masters is that you really never know what's around the corner.  You might spend most of your days at FAO or at HQ or something, but once in a while a one of a kind assignment will land you in Australia or signing autographs next to Shaquille O'Neal.

One such unique assignment fell into Maverick's lap the other day.  A friend of a friend who wants to help us promote the game found a great opportunity for us and called up the team to see if we could spare a guy to do a guest spot in a music video.  They were filming the video in the city and wanted some people doing cool stuff in the background, and since Myachi definitely qualifies as "cool stuff", they wanted us there.

We bounced it around a bit and eventually decided to send Mav.  He's got sick skills and the ladies can't get enough of him so we figured he'd be the right guy to represent Myachi in this venue.  We got the time and the address and sent him on his way yesterday.

So as the time approaches, Mav longboards over from the store and pops in.  The place is chaotic with a dozen people all doing different things at the same time so when he comes in, nobody knew right away what he was there for.  The director glances over at him and sees the longboard.  "The skateboard guy is here," he announces.

Before Mav can explain that he is, in fact, the Myachi guy, a stage hand pops up and directs him over to this small corner of the room.  "This is your space here.  Just do some cool stuff."

Well, Mav knew that this wasn't exactly why he was there, but he couldn't pass up on opportunity to do some cool stuff so he obliged.  He did a few cross steps, a few crazy slides, a few ollie tricks and more or less exhausted his longboarding skills (or at least the parts of them that could be demonstrated in a small corner of a room).  The cameraman nodded and gave an approving thumb up and the stage hand thanked him and made to send him on his way.

"But I'm here to Myachi," he explained.

The stage hand scratched his head.  "What's Myachi?"

Maverick showed him the game and he just shrugged.  "Don't know nothing about Myachi," he admitted and then got the director.  "This guy's supposed to be here to Myachi... it's like a hacky sack for the hands."

The director was equally puzzled.  He didn't know anything about it either so Mav quickly calls back to HQ.  We give him the name of the guy who we'd talked to and, armed with that information, the film guys finally figured out who he was and why he was there.  They penciled him in to go last among all the various skilled individuals that were there (including some street dancers, acrobats, etc.) so Mav killed time the way Myachi Masters kill time; he taught everyone there how to play Myachi.

Now, Myachi Mania is always fun.  Get a big group excited about the game and then turn them loose learning tricks and you're in for a wild and crazy time.  But this madness is increased exponentially if the people happen to be break dancers and folks who can fold in half backwards.  Needless to say, it was evolved into an epic Myachi shred.

After a couple of hours they finally got Mav on film playing some Myachi (both with a Myachi and an iPod) and wowed the crowd with some of his patented foot tricks and juggles.  By the end of it, even the director was getting Myachified.  Mav gave a few Myachis away, directed a few folks on to the website and headed on his way to spread fun and joy elsewhere in our fair city.

Unfortunately, I'm not yet at liberty to give out details (like who the video was for) or anything, but I should be able to let everyone know in the near future.  Not sure if the song will be any good, but thanks to Mav, I'm sure the video will be awesome.