The History of Kill Faz

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Last Updated: September 8, 2011

The Kill Faz webseries began in the Spring of 2005 - as part of a video dialogue for French class. Thomas DeBell (Tommy) - who was not in the class - suggested using the Halo 2 game engine to shoot the video. He and fellow cast members Jason Adams (Jason), Robert DeBell (Bob), and Jarrod Swords (Jay) recorded the dialogue the night before it was to be presented. In an effort to possibly receive some extra credit, Jason wrote what would eventually become the Kill Faz pilot episode. This was filmed (in English) the same night and appeared at the end of the dialogue shown in class.

The actual inspiration of the webseries came from two places. Longtime friend of the cast, James Michael Fazio (Faz) is one of those people who managed to become impossible to describe. Josh Potter, another friend and an avid Faz hater, often voiced his sincere desire to be able to go to a "KillFaz.com" in the future and watch Faz die - often telling this to Faz himself. Fresh on the heels of the creation of his first webseries "The Sonic Tales," Thomas decided to start a Halo-based webseries (equally due to his obsession with RedvsBlue, filmmaking, and Halo itself). Thomas and Jarrod began what was then a side project of RTC Fusion Productions and "Kill Faz" naturally became the title.

Both versions of the trailer were released in late July of 2005, with the super-bouncing short (later dubbed the Kill Faz Pilot) following in October. "The Vending Machines" (Episode 1) was released a couple months later, in December.

The first Kill Faz PSA was released in the Spring of 2006, under a new productions group called "Red-Light Green-Light Entertainment" founded by both Thomas and Jarrod. Episodes 2-4 as well as a Flag Day video were released over the rest of the summer. Also in 2006, the "Crunchbite Tribute Video" and live version of RedvsBlue Episode 20 were entered in contests on RedvsBlue.com (the former won and the latter placed).

The year 2007 yielded only four Kill Faz videos. RLGL Entertainment underwent a temporary name change (Crazy Bum Productions, which came from Thomas's new-found interest in Garry's Mod) that was later scrapped.

In 2008, things were looking up. On April 17, a new season of Kill Faz was announced and was scheduled to be released come fall. Thomas and Jarrod planned out and wrote all eight episodes of the season over the course of the spring and summer, perfecting every Faz joke and death. All of the voices for the season were then recorded over the summer and fall, as well as filming of the first episode. Unfortunately, none of it came to pass. Jay went off to school, and although Tommy developed and released an entirely-custom-made brand-new version of KillFaz.com (working mostly in one of his classes), Kill Faz production again halted, and continues to set a record for the longest time a video has not been released.

Once the school year ended in 2009, the "Fat Man" sat up, and Jay and Tommy continued diligently working on the new season. The first episode premiered on August 2, with the remaining 7 parts hopefully being done sometime soon. In the meantime, KillFaz.com offers over 30 videos for your viewing pleasure (as many miscellaneous videos have accumulated over the years) so head on over to the videos page and start watching! Or if you prefer, check out the forums for all RLGL-related discussion. Thanks for watching and be sure to check back over the course of the year for updates!

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