over 1 year ago - Diablo - Direct link

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0s (fire sizzling)
3s - The whole place is f*cking awesome.
6s Like, the whole shop completely transformed
8s into this hellscape and honestly
11s I kinda wanna keep it like this.
12s - I saw the contest on Instagram and they said,
16s "Hey, you know, you can get a customized tattoo
19s "from Revolt Tattoos,
20s "one of the best tattoo shops in the world."
22s I submitted my story and I won, so here I am.
26s (Damaso laughing)
27s - It didn't feel real at first.
28s (Kellina laughing)
29s I'm so excited.
30s The amount of effort that was put into this
31s is just incredible and I love every second of it.
35s Like, it makes me feel like I'm immersed in it,
37s not just playing it.
38s - [Rachel] We're working in tandem with the amazing owners
41s and tattoo artists of each shop as well.
43s - It's just been a great love-in, honestly.
46s It's a retrospective on the fandom
48s and the love this franchise has
50s and it's been really empowering to me
52s just to be part of something
53s that really can bring so much joy to people's lives
56s and see how much Diablo means to so many different people
59s through all these walks of life.
61s It's amazing to be a part of that.
62s The way I see it,
63s everybody's gonna be linked for a long time.
65s Forever, actually.
67s (upbeat rock music)
71s (upbeat music)
76s - [Speaker] Turnout is insane.
77s We got people all the way down the block.
79s The amount of people that are excited to get tattooed
81s for one of the coolest video games
82s on the planet is definitely exciting.
86s (upbeat music continues)
90s (upbeat rock music)
92s - As we get closer to the launch of Diablo IV,
95s we decided to do another round of a Hell's Ink campaign
97s culminating in letting our fans
99s decide where that final stop's gonna be.
101s The fans voted and unanimously picked Seattle.
103s - Well the turnout has been really exciting
105s for this last stop.
106s There's also just been some hype build out
108s through the previous three events.
109s - There's always been a marriage of
111s tattoo culture and Diablo fandom
113s and it just seemed like a perfect way
114s to like give back to our audience.
116s It's a labor of love for sure.
117s - [Rachel] A lot of these load ins were late night load ins
119s so quite literally within the span of like 60 hours
122s completely transforming these tattoo shops.
125s (upbeat rock music)
128s - Today we're doing Hell's Ink, downtown Seattle,
130s like, I won the contest.
133s It's all hitting me right now
135s and this is gonna be so much fun.
136s My husband and I, we have been together for over 10 years
139s and I remember when we were still long distance
141s I was thinking of something
143s that I was already kind of playing,
144s so I was like, you have to try this game,
146s you can try it for free
147s and we can just start slaying demons together.
149s Bringing couples together I guess,
150s we've been there ever since.
151s So when I won and I had to start thinking of a tattoo,
156s immediately it occurred to me, the Treasure Goblin.
159s I feel like I can identify with
161s the Treasure Goblin in some ways.
163s He's laughing all the time.
164s He's silly and he's a material girl.
166s So that's kind of how I am too so.
169s (upbeat rock music)
174s - It feels amazing, I did not think I would win.
178s The decorations everywhere, I didn't expect that
181s and I thought it was gonna be just a regular tattoo shop.
184s That's pretty cool.
186s Gaming began with my grandpa.
188s We would go over there, my sister and I,
191s to get babysat.
192s He was into Diablo and then I got into it
195s and Cain became an important character
199s and I kind of related that character to my grandpa.
203s He's just a wizardly, sagely character.
207s I love Cain and I love the game, so it means a lot to me.
212s (upbeat rock music continues)
214s I'm glad it came to Seattle 'cause I got to participate.
217s I'm gonna be able to look back on this
219s and be reminded that there's a whole community of people
223s that love this game, this exact same way I do.
226s (upbeat rock music continues)