of stay your blade from the flesh of an innocent,

在教條之中有些準則的概念

hide in plain sight,

像是「不濫殺無辜」

and never compromise the Brotherhood.

「不暴露行蹤」

I think, the third one especially, resonates with a lot of the fan community

還有「絕不危害兄弟會」

because we see ourselves as that Brotherhood.

我認為尤其是第三個 在粉絲社群中特別有所共鳴

Think about... people who follow soccer teams.

因為我們就將自己視為兄弟會

Everybody feels that sense of belonging.

（Ubisoft 隆重鉅獻）

The series showed how easily you can use history as kind of a paintbrush.

比方說……追隨足球隊的人們

Really, kinda sorta hard to express

每個人都有同樣的歸屬感

just how much I really appreciate it.

這個系列遊戲展現了你能如何將歷史 作為畫筆盡情發揮

There is always gonna be people who just don't get what you're into.

（一個社群發展計畫）

Find like-minded people who were going to be into the same thing as you.

說真的，有點難形容

People from different walks of life

我對這部作品的感謝

come together for one particular thing,

（執行製作人 Stephanie Pecaoco、Richardr Jean-Baptiste）

our love for Assassin's Creed.

總是會有人沒有辦法理解你投入其中的事情

Assassin's Creed shaping my life? I definitely say it has.

尋找能與你投入相同事物而志趣相投的人們

I'm here as a result of Assassin's Creed.

（製作人 Stephanie Merizzi）

I was in Nigeria until I was 14,

來自不同人生途徑的人們

then I moved over to the U.K.

只為了一件事情聚集在一起

I finished school, I got my degree in Economics,

我們對《刺客教條》的熱愛

and then I started working in a bank,

【投身教條】

and I was fine doing that for a little bit.

一部玩家社群紀錄片

And then, this is going to sound extremely cliché,

（導演 Eric Piccoli）

but I played Assassin's Creed 2 and then Brotherhood.

（加拿大，蒙特婁）

And those games really hooked me.

是《刺客教條》塑造了我的人生嗎？ 我會肯定這件事

The memory I have was running on the rooftops of Venice,

我能在這裡全歸功於《刺客教條》

and a soundtrack, just ambient noise just kicking in.

我在奈及利亞待到了十四歲

And I thought to myself, at that point, I wanna do this for a living!

（Ubisoft 蒙特婁工作室產品經理 Andrien Gbinigie）

I want to understand how this becomes a thing, right?

接著我就搬到了英國

What are the moving pieces? What are the different things that make a video game?

我完成學業，取得了經濟領域的學位

So I started making YouTube videos

接著我開始在銀行工作

on Assassin's Creed multiplayer, so like tips and tricks

而我也過著不錯的生活

Hey! What's up guys! It's Escoblades.

但接著，這可能聽起來有點老套

And... yeah we've got to 100 videos.

不過我先是玩了《刺客教條 2》，接著是《兄弟會》

It's almost unbelievable actually...

而這些遊戲讓我深深著迷

I was getting more involved in the Community,

我在威尼斯屋頂上奔跑著的記憶

and a few people at Ubisoft Montréal took notice. They saw my videos,

還有那原聲帶，環境音效就這樣子出現在腦海中

and the Creative Director at the time sent us an email going...

而我那時就想著 我想要做這樣的工作！

"We're working on a new project...

我想要了解這樣的作品怎麼完成的

Do you want to be the Community Developers on it?"

有哪些要素組成的？ 是哪些不同的事物能夠做出一款遊戲？

And my mind just went [explosion sound] it was like, what? Seriously?

所以我開始製作 YouTube 影片

So that was when I took the drastic decision to change careers,

關於《刺客教條》的多人遊戲中 像是小提示與技巧一類的

from working in banking or finance, to working in video games!

嘿！大夥過得如何！我是 Escoblades

We have passionate friends all over the world

然後……對，我們做滿了一百部影片

like... the passion is off the charts!

說實話還蠻難以置信的……

One of the coolest things about the game is all the coordinated movements.

我在社群中投入了更多

Assassin's Cree is a universe.

而在 Ubisoft 蒙特婁的一些人注意到了 他們看了我的影片

It's' not just a game, a book,

接著當時的創意總監就 寄給我們一封信寫著……

a film or a comic book.

我們正在進行一個新的計畫……

It's an entire universe.

你想要成為其中的社群開發者嗎？

It's a big part of the last ten years of my life

接著我腦袋整個就 感覺像是「什麼？認真的嗎？」的反應

and today I couldn't live without it.

所以那時候我就做了一個決定性的抉擇 轉換了職涯跑道

I think we have the best Community.

從在銀行或財金領域的工作 變成了在遊戲產業的工作！

Everyone who gravitates around this franchise is passionate.

我們在世界各地都有著熱情的朋友們

We are now in Forte Ardietti.

而這……熱情的程度突破天際！

A fortress in Punti Sul Mincio,

（法國，赫納日）

a town near lake Garda in Northern Italy.

在這款遊戲中最酷的事情 就是那些互相牽涉的發展

From the very founding of our Association,

《刺客教條》是一個世界觀

I've wanted, and it really came from me,

不只是一款遊戲、一本書

to make a cinematographic movie of what we do.

一部影片或者是一本漫畫

The Association was founded almost for fun.

（《刺客教條》粉絲 Claudio Canfora）

We observed an interest in our group.

這是完整的世界

So many cosplayers in the same place, passionate about Assassin's Creed.

而這也在我過去十年的人生中佔很大一部份

The Association currently has over 100 members.

而今日的我已經無法脫離它了

A majority of them are active and with costumes.

我認為我們有最棒的玩家社群

Assassin's Creed allows us to re-experience, through a game, periods in history

而每個受到這部系列作所吸引的人們都很熱情

we would never be able to see other than with a time machine.

（義大利，亞地耶提要塞）

Historical tourism, right!

我們現在在亞地耶提要塞

We make sure that we're as historically accurate as we can be,

這是一座在明喬河畔蓬蒂的要塞

with regards to the location that we're going to, the setting, and the time period.

而這個城鎮位於北義大利的加爾達湖附近

That said, it's still a video game.

從我們組織的成立之時

So we are able to take some liberties to ensure that we make a video game.

（AC Cosplay Italia 社團成員 Luca Occhi）

For me, Assassin's Creed is a historical game.

我就打從心底想要

I mean, you know, it's a game that conveys a lot of historical information in it.

來做一個電影紀錄我們做的事情

I teach a course on the representations of history in video games,

這個組織基本上只是為了樂趣而成立

and so... it's a game that I've used in my courses.

（AC Cosplay Italia 成員 Valeria Favoccia）

You know, I'd heard from other people that Dr. Trépanie was a difficult professor,

我們在這個團體中能觀察到一個共同興趣

so I went in kind of expecting it would be difficult.

這麼多 Coser 聚集在一起 對著《刺客教條》有著共同的熱情

To me Assassin's Creed is a series that shows

這個組織目前有超過一百名成員

how you can paint a picture with history that might otherwise seem really dry, and boring, and distant,

而大部分的人都是現役的 Coser

and make it seem really immediate and relevant in a way that's exciting.

《刺客教條》允許我們透過遊戲 再次體驗歷史中的某個時期

That's good to see you, man!

若不是透過時光機 我們可能永遠都看不到這些

Come here, come here! I told you man, Anatolian crude ways are not gonna get you anywhere,

歷史觀光，沒錯！

it's video games, video games are the future!

我們盡可能地確保歷史準確性

That's basically what's been happening, right!

以對應到我們所在的地點、背景以及時間點

I started seeing details in the game that were historically accurate,

雖然如此，但這仍是個電玩遊戲

but that are not part of popular representations of that time period.

所以我們也會發揮點自由空間 以確保我們做出的是一款遊戲

So you're talking about the sea shanties for example, the songs that the sailors sing in Black Flag,

（美國，密西西比大學）

or the fact that the pirates when the landed on an island, they would engage in hunting for example.

對我來說《刺客教條》是個歷史遊戲

That's something that would not be prominent in a pirate movie for example.

我是指這個遊戲有著 大量的歷史資訊在裡面

But if you ask somebody like my colleague who works on eighteenth century caribbean,

而我也教授一門關於遊戲中歷史呈現的課程

for him, that's something that is very well documented.

（密西西比大學歷史學助理教授 Nicolas Trépanier）

I don't know... it's really, kinda, sorta hard to express like just how much I really much appreciate it

也因此…… 這是我會在課程上使用的一款遊戲

because it's like back doing my high-school days. History was my number one class.

我從其他人那裡聽說 Trépanier 博士是個很嚴格的教授

Not really to Assassin's Creed, I need to pay rent, he needs to pay rent, we want cheap rent.

（密西西比大學研究生 Nicholas Judin）

We also like Assassin's Creed so now we only have to pay one copy and we can share it.

所以我原本預期這會是門很難的課程

I'm not in this moving equation, it's just these two.

對我來說《刺客教條》這個系列

So, I met him through the Assassin's Creed U-DO-IT.

是展現你能如何使用歷史描繪景象的方法 不會顯得枯燥、乏味又遙遠

So, I was one of the people who was contacted and apparently so was he.

能夠讓它看起來既栩栩如生又有所連結 這樣讓人感到很興奮

I'm a big fan, I played all the games. I'm excited for Syndicate, like a lot of people.

很高興見到你，老兄！

I think I'd need to have a lot more practice if I wanna be an Assassin or anything like that.

來，來！我告訴你老兄， 粗糙的安那托利亞手段是什麼事都做不到的

Then it was kind of great because we realized we had a mutual friend which is Hakeem!

要靠遊戲，遊戲才是未來啊！

And... I knew Hakeem since childhood. We used to play video games together in my apartment and everything!

這確實就是現況啊！

- You remember those good old 64? - And then you moved!

我開始可以注意到遊戲中 歷史準確的細節

Duh! It's not my fault!

但這並不是那個時間點中最常見的象徵物

Parkour is a big part of the Assassin's Creed franchise.

像是舉船夫號子為例 也就是水手們在《黑旗》中會唱的那些歌曲

So, I started training myself,

又或者是當海盜登錄一座島嶼時 他們會進行打獵的事情

and when I got to college I started professional theater,

這些就不是在一部海盜電影中 會被彰顯出來的部分

and part of the curriculum was, if you get injured... you're out!

但如果你問問像我在研究 十八世紀加勒比區域的同事

So I stopped doing it and I kinda live vicariously through

對他來說這就是個良好的紀錄呈現

not only the games but people who dressed up as the Assassins and do some parkour stuff.

（加拿大，蒙特婁）

And at the time there wasn't a lot and then Devin Supertramp came out with

我不知道……要形容我對 這款遊戲的感謝實在是有點困難

his Assassin's Creed 1 video where it's Altair, and the dude is just doing parkour,

像是在我高中的日子中 歷史是我最喜歡的課程

and I was like "I need to start doing this again!".

雖然跟《刺客教條》無關 我得繳房租、他也得繳房租，我們都想要便宜的房租

When I made our original Assasssin's Creed parkour video,

而我們都喜歡《刺客教條》 所以我們只需要買一份就可以分著玩

I believe it was in 2012, it was solely just a fan project.

我沒有參與這個交換條件，就只有他們兩人

I was a big fan of the video game, and I was like "I wanna do a live action version of this!".

我見到他是因為「Assassin's Creed U-DO-IT」活動

I would have never imagined how big it would have exploded.

（節錄自「Assassin's Creed Syndicate U-DO-IT」影片，2015）

But when we uploaded it on YouTube, within the first week it had 8 million views.

我是其中一個被聯絡的人 而顯然他也是

From that experience, Ubisoft actually reached out to us,

我是個死忠粉絲，我玩過了所有遊戲 我也跟很多人一樣期待著《梟雄》

and they were like "We would love to work with you on promoting the movie!".

我認為我需要做更多的練習才有機會 成為像刺客之類的人

After we did the first Assassin's Creed video, it's funny because we were driving down the road,

這其實還不錯，因為我們發現我們有個共同朋友 Hakeem！

this is actually my friend driving down the road, and he saw two kids like eight, ten year olds.

（《刺客教條》粉絲 Hakeem Alleyne、Ashley Gravel 與 Quincy Narine-Mayer）

They were climbing a stop sign and the driver asked "Hey! What are you guys doing?".

而……我從小就認識 Hakeem 我們會一起在我的公寓玩遊戲之類的

And they are like "We're doing parkour because we saw it in the Assassin's Creed parkour video on YouTube!".

－你記得那個 N64 的年代嗎？ －後來你就搬家了！

And then, I mean, with every parkour video that we do with Assassin's Creed,

哎！又不是我的錯！

we always try to shoot at the location in the video game takes place.

跑酷是《刺客教條》系列作中的重要要素

When Assassin's Creed Unity video happened, which is basically in Paris,

所以我開始訓練自己

we made sure we based in it now.

然後我上大學時我開始參加了職業演出

We're using social media, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram,

而其中有個規定是「如果你受傷了就得退出」！

to let people know where we're at and how fans can be involved.

所以我就停下了這件事，並且間接地透過其他事物體驗

Ok, so Parkour

不只是透過遊戲，也透過一群扮成刺客樣貌跑酷的人們

is something that we both love and hate.

那時候還沒有很多人在做 而 Devin Supertramp 就出來

Let me speak directly to the costume designer for Assassin's Creed.

做《刺客教條》一代的影片 扮成阿泰爾的樣子然後就做跑酷

if he came to my house,

然後我就覺得「我必須要再繼續做這件事！」

I would make him put the costumes on and make him do Parkour.

接著我就做了我們的原創 《刺客教條》跑酷影片

I have to admit, at first I didn't get it.

我想應該是在 2012 年，這只不過是個粉絲計畫

Why would you do that?

（美國，紐約市）

Wait, so you're gonna go buy a load of material,

（YouTube 創作者與影片製作者 Devin Supertramp）

you're then gonna be hunched up in your room for ages and not see the sun

我是這部遊戲的忠實粉絲，而我想說： 「我想要做這個的真人版本！」

and make this costume... Why?

我從來都沒想過這件事會整個爆紅

And I started to understand it because what they see in the game

但是當我上傳到 YouTube 之後 在一週之內就達成了八百萬觀看次數

really speaks to their personality.

在那次的經驗之後，Ubisoft 就真的聯絡了我們

It's important for the costumes

然後他們就說： 「我們希望能跟你合作宣傳電影！」

to be realistic and very resistant

（節錄自 Devin Supertramp 製作的「Parkour In Real life」）

because of all the impossible stunts they go through.

在我們完成了第一個《刺客教條》影片之後 在某次開車路上發生了件有趣的事情

I was always in awe of those who'd go out of their way to create things, right!

實際上是我朋友開車遇上的事 他看到了兩個像八歲、十歲的小孩

So it's like, these are people who see their favorite character in the video game,

他們在攀爬「停止」號誌 然後駕駛就問說：「嘿！你們在做些什麼？」

and then go "right, I am going to make a costume".

他們就說：「我們在跑酷， 我們在 YouTube 上《刺客教條》跑酷影片看到的」

I can't sew in a straight line to save my life

接著所有我們做的《刺客教條》影片

and then people are building whole costumes of like Ezio and all these other Assassins.

我們總是會試著在遊戲背景地點拍攝

I fell in love with Assassin's Creed

而當《刺客教條：大革命》的影片拍攝時 實際上就在巴黎進行

while watching my brother play the first chapter of the saga.

我們確保了在那裡進行拍攝

It was an amazing thing to follow this great character.

我們使用了社群媒體：Facebook、Twitter、Instagram

A good assassin if you will.

讓人們知道我們在哪裡 以及粉絲們能怎樣參與

I paid closer attention to costumes,

好的，關於跑酷

the characters,

這是一件我們既喜愛又討厭的事情

then appeared Ezio and I fell in love with him.

讓我直接跟《刺客教條》的服裝設計師說

I had to become him.

如果他來到我家的話

My Mom created Ezio's outfit.

我會讓他穿上服裝然後叫他做跑酷

I helped with accessories like his belt for example.

我必須承認一開始我沒有搞懂

Then my Mom died and I had to learn how to do everything myself.

為什麼要做這件事？

I got to know the group and we founded the Association.

等等，所以你要買一大堆的材料

For me Assassin's Creed and the Association are one and the same.

然後窩在你的房間裡面好一段時間不見天日

We get a few stories where...

就只為了做這服裝…… 為什麼？

fans have gone through a tough period.

接著我就開始了解了 因為他們在遊戲中所看到的事情

and Assasin's Creed has been there for them.

展現著他們的個性

We've had a few stories of people beating cancer, or beating, you know like

對服裝來說有些事情很重要

sometimes almost terminal illnesses,

需要又真實又耐用

and they have been playing Assasin's Creed through that time

因為他們要做這麼多誇張的特技動作

and it's really got them through...

而我對於那些能夠 開創道路創造事物的人感到很敬佩！

...it's really got them through a tough time.

所以這些人就這樣在遊戲裡看到自己喜愛的人物

In January 2008,

然後就說：「好的，我要來做件服裝」

I was diagnosed with a serious illness.

我甚至在生活中沒辦法縫條直線

From my perspective, and I think my wife will agree,

但卻有人在做出像是埃齊歐與其他刺客的整套服裝時

moving to Renage brought us back to life.

我深深愛著《刺客教條》

I was in a very bad place.

我看著我的哥哥玩過這部作品的第一篇章

The game release was set in April 2008.

（AC Cosplay Italia 社團成員 Angela Bavelloni）

The second I got to play the game,

能夠追隨這個偉大人物真的很棒

I forget the illness, and that's how I moved forward.

若想要就能成為個好刺客

I have a strong bond with the franchise.

我比較關注著服裝

This year is the franchise's 10th anniversary.

以及角色

My wish would be to go to Montréal.

接著埃齊歐這個角色出現了 而我就愛上了他

It would be a dream come true.

我必須成為他

There are definitely a lot of people who don't understand

我的母親做出了埃齊歐的服裝

the concept of video games

我在配件上幫了忙 像是他的腰帶

but also in terms of like, working in video games.

而在我的母親過世之後 我得學會自己製作所有東西

I get it a lot, for instance

我有個機會認識了這團人 而我們一起成立了這個組織

my Dad didn't get it. At all.

對我來說《刺客教條》與這個組織是一體的

He was like "Why would you? You just play these things for fun!

我們也聽聞了一些故事……

Why would you want to work in video games", right?

關於有些粉絲遭遇了人生上的困難

You know he was an African parent and they are very traditional.

而《刺客教條》就在那陪伴著他們

You know, you do medicine, or you work in a bank, or you're an accountant,

我們還聽聞有人對抗癌症，或著對抗

or you're an engineer, but you do those things partly because it's a sense of pride for them.

有時候甚至是絕症

Video games was just something that I played in the summer, right? It's like, it was a reward.

而他們都玩著《刺客教條》度過那段時間

"You did well in school, here's your Nintendo system" or whatever.

而這也真的讓他們撐過去……

I knew I was taking a risk of covering myself of ridicule because

……讓他們能夠撐過一段艱苦時期

a lot of people in academia don't take video games very seriously.

就在 2008 年 1 月

I got a research fellowship, and...

我被診斷出了嚴重的病症

Congratulations, man!

從我的看法，而我覺得我的妻子也會同意

Thank you, thank you. It means I'm spending the year in Amsterdam.

搬到了赫納日讓我們重獲了生機

Wow! I see, I see...

我當時狀況非常糟

Twenty-five years from now, thirty years from now,

而這款遊戲在 2008 年 4 月推出

being laughed at for liking video games will be as rare as being laughed at for liking cinema.

我玩到這款遊戲的瞬間

There's always gonna be that group of people that's just like: "I don't get why you're into this".

我就忘了病痛，而這就是我熬過去的方法

My advice to anyone listening to this, it's just like... ignore them.

我對這系列作有著強烈的羈絆

'cause they're not gonna understand it anyways so don't waste your time.