BCFX Road Tour - The Fort Valley State Xperience

The BCFX Road Team next stop was the campus of Fort Valley State. The wildcats came out and had a great time checking out the game. We were set up on the new side of campus near the Clubhouse. Our bus was visible from just about every possible angle from where students were coming and going. The wildcat nation new we were coming on campus and as soon as the bus showed up we already had a line of students waiting to get on board the bus. Current students as well as alumni had a great time jumping on the bus and playing the game. At one point when the Asst. Athletic Director came on the bus we set up the demo to be FVSU vs. FVSU @ FVSU and he was blown away by how the graphics of the stadium and players looked. He even made some comments about the "tailgating" area in the game. As a bonus, we even let some of the FVSU band alumni that showed up hear the FVSU band that was recorded earlier last year using the Jukebox feature in our game. Overall the students had a great time and I often saw some return students who played the game, then went to class, then came back to the bus with some of their friends who did not believe them when they were told about the game.

As always the road team would like to thank the Faculty, Staff, Students, Coaches, Band, and every other member of the Wildcat Nation that came out to see, hear, and play the game.

Next Stop - Alabama State University

BCFX Road Tour - The Albany State Xperience

The ASU Rams were on campus singing up a storm!! On ASU's campus, it was Karaoke Day so the students were all gathered in the student union getting their American Idol on. As they went in to the student union they were greeted by the Nerjyzed Road Team so after they got their Idol on, they came out and caught a glimpse of the BCFX Xperience. Members of the football team and the band came out to hear and see the game. The football players did not want to get off the bus. They either stayed on the bus or went to go get more football players to come see the game. When one of the dancing team members came over we showed them the video we have of the Motion Capture Xperience to show them how we incorporated the band members, drum majors, and dancing girls into the game. They were real excited and wanted to know if they could audition to be motion capture talent for next year. Some students from the Marketing department came by to drop of resumes and talk to our Marketing Associate Ashley Patton about becoming campus reps and hosting BCFX Tournaments on campus. ASU students really caught the BCFX Xperience and we are looking forward to working with them more.

As always, the road team would like to thank the Faculty, Staff, Students, Football Team, Band, and everyone else that came by to see the game and support Nerjyzed Entertainment.

For more information check us out at http://www.nerjyzed.com and http://www.bcfxgame.com

Next Stop - Fort Valley State University

BCFX Road Tour - The Clark-Atlanta Xperience

Well with Morehouse playing CAU for homecoming, we had to stop by CAU while we were in town and give them a taste of the BCFX Road Tour Xperience. Although the weather tried to keep us off campus, we weathered the storm, literally, and had a productive day. As soon as we were done setting up and letting cranking the first of our original music trax (shout out to our audio production team - E-Jizzle, AK "from da barbershop", B-Jay, Double D, Sal, and Brandon) the rain decided to start coming down. But the road team was prepared, we kept the equipment dry, kept the music as load as we were allowed on campus and the students had a great time. Many of the CAU Football team came out and had a blast playing the game. A couple of them got off the bus saying, "we should have played like that on Saturday, we are kicking Morehouse’s butt on the bus." As always the BCFX Road Team would like to thank the staff, faculty, students, alumni, athletic department and band department for helping us make the best game possible.

BCFX Road Tour - The Morehouse Homecoming Xperience

The BCFX Road Team hit the raod again and we landed in the ATL for Morehouse Homecoming. Both fans and alumni of Morehouse and Clark-Atlanta came out to see what the BCFX Xperience was all about. We even had our good friends from Onnidan.com, The Atlanta Gaming Festival, and KonsoleKingz.com come out and see the game as well. The tailgate area was jumping as always. Some morehouse alumni (and my frat brothers of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Incorporated, got on the bus, played the game, and loved it so much, they invited us to their tailgate area and provided us food all day! Once again, as always, we would like to thank the fans and alumni of both Morehouse and Clark-Atlanta for coming over to the bus and playing the game.

Next Stop - Clark-Atlanta

BCFX Road Tour - The Delta Classic 4 Literacy Classic Experience

It was truly the Batlle of Little Rock. Grambling and U.A.P.B. held it down on the Gridiron and we held it down in the vendor area. We set up and showed the video game version of the game inside the War Memorial. The first couple of games I was taking on all gamers. After handing out a few beatdowns, in the third game I finally got scored on, so we gave the person that scored on me one of our posters that was signed by our CEO. After that we allowed the kids to play against each other. The crowd was great. Our neighbors (the grambling alumni booth) kept us joking all day as they claimed they were coming to New Orleans for the Bayou Classic ready to hand out a beat down, but uh, our Marketing Associate and graduate of Southern U, Ashley Patton, has asured me that won't happen. The fans and alumni of both Grambling and U.A.P.B. had a great time playing the game and we look forward to taking the BCFX Road Tour to their campus.

Next Stop - The BCFX Road Tour heads back to the ATL for Morehouse Homecoming

BCFX Road Tour - The Southern Homecoming Xperience

Wow - Now that is what I call a homecomming. We set up the BCFX Tour Bus right next to the concert stage and we had non stop people coming into the bus and playing the game. Fans of bith Southern and Alabama A&M came aboard the bus and had a great time. The game itself was a great game as well. However one of the highlights to the game was Nerjyzed's own audio team performing on stage original music that will be included in the game. Big shout out to A.K. (from da barbershop), B-Jizzle, and Geminii for holding it down on stage. Eeen Tony King(is funny) from 94.1 (morning show) and ESPN 1300 (The Waterboys) came on board the bus and was holding it down on stage MCing the event before they left to go to the LSU/Florida game. Tony King came on the bus and was handing out skunk beatdowns - 21-0 to everyone he played. Overall it was a great time had by all. We would like to thank everyone at Southern University for allowing their homecoming to be a homecoming for us as well. This was the first time we showed our game in public here in Baton Rouge.

Next Stop - Arkansas Pine Bluff and the Delta 4 Literacy Classic

BCFX Road Tour - The SU Xperience Part 1

Southern Homecoming will be in affect this weekend. Last night we had the bus out in front of the concert and today we will have it out in front of the Student Union with the bus and then we will have the bus set up again on Saturday as well as putting on a little concert featuring the artists that did some of the original music in the game. Anyone in the Baton Rogue area should come on out and check us out.

BCFX Road Tour - The Fayetteville State Xperience

Today the Nerjyzed bus rolled up into the home of the Broncos, Fayetteville State. Today was National Day of Prayer so some members the Nerjyzed team held hands in prayer with students on campus during the scheduled prayer time. We also had the bus set up on the campus in front of the student union. Some football players, band members, and some greeks came out and got on board to play the demo. It was also Alpha week on campus so the brothers of Alpha Phi Alpha were busy promoting Alpha week and lighting up the BBQ. Some students loved the graphics. Some students loved the gameplay. Some people were so excited about the company they came back with resumes looking for a job or internship. As always, I would like to say thanks to all the faculty, students, football players, band members and band staff, and everyone else all had a great time playing the demo.

After we left the campus, we headed to Lewis Chapel Missionary Baptist Church to allow the youth of the church to learn about what it takes to make a video game. The parents learned a bunch too. We opened the bus and they had a blast and they did not really want us to leave, but we had to get ready to jump on the road.

Next Stop - Atlanta Football Classic

BCFX Road Tour - The NCCU Xperience

Today the Nerjyzed bus rolled up on the campus of NCCU. We went up on campus and had a blast. We set up right up in front of the student center, they had their own "block" party going on. There was literally a party in the street right next to our tour bus. The football players, the band members, and all the greeks came out and got on board to play the demo. Once again we even had our very own color commentator Donal Ware show up to see the demo of the game. A couple of students came by who said they never played a sports video game before, but because this was a HBCU based sports game, they would buy it and support it. I would like to say thanks to all the faculty, students, football players, band members and band staff, and everyone else all had a great time playing the demo.

We had a blast and did not really want to leave, but we had to jump on the road.

Next Stop - Fayetteville State

BCFX Road Tour - The St. Aug. Xperience

Well first off let me say there is only one word to describe the St. Aug. Xperience today -- Xcitement!! The students were great. They were loud. They had so much fun. We even had our very own color commentator Donal Ware show up see the latest demo of the game. Now one student in particular claimed he was the Madden Champion of the world. He got on the bus and he started playing, and by the time he got off the bus, he was already claiming to be the BCFX Champion. I would like to say thanks to all the faculty, students, band members and band staff, and everyone else all had a great time playing the demo.

Now to all you students that wanted more information on the interships but did not have your resume with you, please send those resumes in as soon as possible.

Next Stop - NCCU

BCFX Road Tour - The Down East Classic Xperience

Whew, this roud tour must be wearing on me. I forgot to post the NSU report yesterday. But now that I am refreshed, just wanted to update my blog with the report from the doen east classic. First let mr tip my hat to both Shaw and ECSU on a hard fought game. Between the rain and sending the game to overtime, it was an exciting game. Now on to the game demo experience in the game. It was a good time had by all. The alumni, faculty, students, band members and band staff (including shaw, ecsu, and 2-3 high school bands), Rocky Mount Athletic Complex staff, and everyone else all had a great time playing the demo.

Next stops next week - St. Aug, NCCU, Fayetteville State, Clark Atlanta, Atlanta Football Classic - FAMU vs. Tenn St.

BCFX Road Tour - The NSU Xperience

I guess I was too sleepy after the drive from Norfolk to Durham, but Norfolk St. showed us love as they were getting ready for the Fish Bowl Classic on Friday. Once again I just wanted to send a shout out to everyone from NSU that came out and showed us a whole lot of support. The rain came and went but we kept the crowd nerjyzed with the playing of our original music. It was a good time had by all. The faculty, students, football players and coaches, band members and band staff, and everyone else all had a great time playing the demo.

Next stop - Down East Classic

BCFX Road Tour - The Hampton U. Xperience

Today was once again a great day for Nerjyzed. Another school rolled out the red carpet out for us. Just wanted to send a shout out to everyone from Hampton that came out and showed us a whole lot of support. The faculty, students, football players, band members, and everyone else all had a great time playing the demo.

Special shout out to the Gamma Iota brothers of Alpha Phi Alpha who came out and showed support for the game and helped spread the word on campus.

Next stop - Norfolk State

BCFX Road Tour - The Bowie State Xperience

Wow what a week thus far.


Bowie State University

Today the road tour parked itself on the campus of Bowie State University. I wanted to say thanks to the faculty, football team, band, and staff at Bowie St.. We had a great time and the students really seemed to have a good time with the game. We even had ex-football players coming out wanting to see the game. Some students even said that they wanted to change sports from basketball or track to the football team so they could be in the game. Bowie reached out to us and gave us such a warm welcome, we will try our best to come back again.

Next Stops - Hampton U, Norfolk St., the Down East Classic...

BCFX Road Tour - The Howard University Xperience

Howard University

Tuesday was a good day at The Real HU!!! We set up our Nerjyzed Bus on campus right near the main gates, and we had a very good traffic flow and the students had a good time. Just wanted to send a shout out to all the faculty, football players, football coaches, and students that came out to see the demo. Special thanks goes out to my chapter Beta brothers of Alpha Phi Alpha and my brothers of the Gentlemen Of Drew Social Club. Not only did they come out and support, but they also helped by spreading the word around the campus.

Next stop - Bowie State

BCFX Road Tour - The Catch Up

Ok, I know it's been a long time since I was blogging, but since I am out on the BCFX Road Tour I decided to start blogging about the Xperience.

So I am going to post some of the threads I have been updating about the game and then as our tour goes to new places I will update the blog.

MEAC / SWAC Challenge:

I met some of you at the MEAC/SWAC challenge. As you have already read, Nerjyzed Entertainment is an African American Multimedia Company that is making history by creating the first ever HBCU Football Video Game. It will be in stores 11/23/07. Please check us out at http://nerjyzed.com/ or http://bcfxgame.com/

We are also on an HBCU Tour at the moment, we showed a playable demo at the MEAC/SWAC Challenge and the Labor Day Golden Classic this weekend. We stoped by Miles College, just left Alabama A&M, en route to Tennessee State, then LeMoyne Owen, and ending the week at the Southern Heritage Classic on Saturday.

Our trailer made it to YouTube - http://youtube.com/watch?v=NY2GasxthOM

I cannot believe the excitment that is being generated around this game. The bands love the halftime and 5th quarter features. The hardcore gamers are loving the gameplay. And we are only showing two 3 minute quarters worth of playing time for students to play. Students have jumped off the bus and placed their orders for the game at http://www.nerjyzed.com/. Check out the trailer and let me know what you think.

Southern Heritage Classic:

Just wanted to say thanks to all the JSU and TSU fans that came out to play our demo before and after the game.

National Urban League Classic:

Last week, the Nerjyzed Bus went to Knoxville College on Tuesday, Lincoln (PA) on Thursday, Rutgers University on Friday (sponsored by the Rutgers BSA) and Giants Stadium on Saturday for the National Urban League Classic.

Just wanted to send out a shout out to NCCU and ECSU and all the NY/NJ HBCU Fans. By far this was the most people that came on the bus and played the demo thus far as we tour the classics. It was fun had by all...

Next Stops...

Monday - Delaware State

Tuesday - Howard

Wednesday - Bowie

Thursday - Hampton

Friday - Norfolk St

Saturday - Down East Classic - ECSU vs. Shaw @ Rocky Mount

So now you are up to date on where the Nerjyzed BCFX Road Tour has been and where it is going. I will create a blog every day we have a tour stop from now on. If you have not done so yet, please go to http://www.nerjyzed.com/ and check out what we got going on.

BCFX is Coming 11/23/07

Nerjyzed Entertainment Announces Black College Football Videogame BCFx

Wednesday September 5, 9:04 am ET

Videogame to Showcase Classic HBCU Rivalries, Interactive Halftime Shows, Original Music and High Intensity Game PlayNerjyzed Launched a Multi-Market Road Show Labor Day Weekend To Give Fans a Hands-on Experience with the Game

BATON ROUGE, La.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nerjyzed Entertainment, Inc., a privately held, African American owned digital entertainment company, announced today the launch of its new sports videogame, Black College Football Experience. An authentic, action-packed football game created using the Unreal 3.0 engine, BCFx is a cultural experience that puts players and fans into the heart of black college football. The game will be supported by a 12-week promotional road tour to HBCU campuses, Classics and homecoming games. BCFx will be available for the PC this November."Nerjyzed Entertainment was founded by a veteran team whose mission is to create positive interactive products for the urban market," said Jacqueline Beauchamp, chief executive officer of Nerjyzed Entertainment, Inc. "As HBCU alumni and black college football enthusiasts, we're proud that BCFx honors our rich tradition and provides an incredibly fun football game for the whole family to play."BCFx is a sports game that captures the unique culture of the black college football experience, fusing advanced videogame design with music, and entertainment. Nerjyzed has secured an exclusive 5-year licensing agreement with three HBCU conferences including the SWAC, SIAC, and CIAA, several schools within the MEAC as well as independent HBCUs. The game features more than 40 teams, bands and mascots; interactive halftime shows; realistic stadiums; play-by-play commentary; and ten authentic Classics. For more information about BCFx, the latest game trailers, fight song ring-tones, behind-the-scenes video footage and the BCFx Road Show schedule, go to http://www.nerjyzed.com/.

About Nerjyzed EntertainmentHeadquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Nerjyzed Entertainment, Inc. is a privately held, African American owned digital entertainment media development and publishing company. Founded in 2003 by a team of professional entrepreneurs sharing the passion to create positive interactive products for the underserved urban market, the company is the first videogame company to be certified as a participant in Louisiana's highly successful digital media tax incentive program. Nerjyzed's executive team has decades of experience in technology, interactive entertainment and mainstream media, holding top-level positions at companies such as Microsoft, Sony, Motorola, IBM, Electronic Arts, Nickelodeon, ABC Radio Networks, DNA Productions, Mythic Entertainment, and Bethesda Softworks. The team also holds undergraduate and graduate degrees from esteemed HBCUs including Southern University, Howard University, Florida A&M University as well as from other top universities throughout the country.

The Black Pledge of Allegiance

The Black Pledge of Allegiance

"I pledge allegiance to my people - the Black Race, the Original Man and Woman of the Earth, and Founders of Civilization - and to the Struggle which I must fight to help bring my beloved brothers and sisters to total and uncompromising freedom; and I pledge to study and discipline myself, mentally and physically, so that I may grow into a soldier for justice because my people need strong and intelligent warriors; and I pledge to live my life standing tall, for a person on his knees is not respected; and if I am challenged, I must say I will not surrender my position nor my dignity but instead endure until victory is won."

Copyright 1990 - Kevin Powell

The Black Statue of Liberty

Good day, It is hard to believe that after my many years of schooling (secondary and post) the following facts about the Statue of Liberty was never taught. Hundreds of thousands if not millions of people including myself have visited the Statue of Liberty over the years but yet I'm unable to find one person who knows the true history behind the Statue - amazing. Yes, amazing that so much important Black history (such as this) is hidden from us (Black and White). What makes this even worse is the fact that the current twist on history perpetuates and promotes white supremacy at the expense of Black Pride.

During my visit to France I saw the original Statue of Liberty. However, there was a difference, the statue in France is Black. "You learn something new everyday!" The Statue of Liberty was originally a Black woman, but, as memory serves, it was because the model was Black. In a book called "The Journey of The Songhai People", according to Dr. Jim Haskins, a member of the National Education Advisory Committee of the Liberty-Ellis Island Committee, professor of English at the University of Florida, and prolific Black author, points out that what stimulated the original idea for that 151 foot statue in the harbor.

He says that the idea for the creation of the statue initially was the part that Black soldiers played in the ending of Black African Bondage in the United States. It was created in the mind of the French historian Edouard de Laboulaye, chairman of the French Antislavery Society, who, together with sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi,proposed to the French government that the people of France present to the people of the United States through the American Abolitionist Society, the gift of a Statue of Liberty in recognition of the fact that Black soldiers won the Civil War in the United States.

It was widely known then that it was Black soldiers who played the pivotal role in winning the war, and this gift would be a tribute to their prowess. Suzanne Nakasian, director of the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island Foundations' National Ethnic Campaign said that the Black Americans' direct connection to Lady Liberty is unknown to the majority of Americans, BLACK or WHITE.

When the statue was presented to the US. Minister to France in 1884, it is said that he demonstrated that the dominant view of the broken shackles would be offensive to a US South, because since the statue was a reminder of Blacks winning their freedom. It was a reminder to a beaten South of the ones who caused their defeat, their despised former captives.

Documents of Proof:

1. You may go and see the original model ofthe Statue of Liberty, with the broken chains at her feet and in her left hand. Go to the Museum of the City of N.Y, Fifth Avenue and 103rd Street (212)534-1672 or call the same number and dial ext. 208 and speak to Peter Simmons and he can send you some documentation.

2. Check with the NY Times magazine, part II May 18, 1986.

3. The dark original face of the Statue of Liberty can be seen in the NY Post June 17, 1986, also the Post stated the reason for the broken chains at her feet.

4. Finally, you may check with the French Mission or the French Embassy at the U.N or in Washington, DC and ask for some original French material on the Statue of Liberty, including the Bartholdi original model.

Alpha Phi Alpha / Delta Sigma Theta Connection

THE ALPHA PHI ALPHA / DELTA SIGMA THETA
CONNECTION
By Skip Mason

"She may be an Omega Sweetheart or a Dream Girl of A Phi A. .....But if she wears that Delta Symbol, then her true love is DST."
(From the Delta Sweetheart Song)

The fall of 1912 was a tumultuous year for sisterhood on the campus of Howard University as 22 women pulled out of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority to organize another sorority they named Delta Sigma Theta. One young lady, Myra Davis holds the distinction of being the only woman to serve as both Basileus of AKA and President of DST in 1912 and 1913 respectively.

Of the twenty-two women who organized the sorority, two dated two of the founders of Omega Psi Phi. Delta Founder Edith Young dated Edgar Love and Frank Coleman dated and ultimately married Edna Brown.

And yes my dear brothers, another three of the Delta founders were "Sweethearts of A Phi A" and later to become wives of our dear brothers. Delta Founder Osceola Macarthy, who became one of the first African-American women to perform on Broadway dated and married Beta Chapter initiate Numa P.G. Adams, a member of the Howard Class of 1911.

Brother Adams, a chemistry professor became the first African-American dean of the Howard University Medical School. He and Jewel Callis were very close friends and it was Adams who invited Callis back to Howard to teach after his stint in Tuskegee Institute Hospital.

Another Delta Founder who married an Alpha was Miss Vashti Turley. She married Brother Carl Murphy, also a graduate of the Howard and Harvard University, an instructor of German at Howard and later editor and publisher of his father's paper, The Baltimore Afro-American. Brother Murphy also served as Editor of the Sphinx in the 1920's. The Murphys had five children (all daughters, [FOUR] Deltas). Their granddaughter is the Reverend Vashti Murphy McKenzie, National Chaplain for Delta Sigma Theta as well as the first female Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church.

Finally, Delta Founder Naomi Sewell married Alpha man Clarence Richardson. Sewell taught high school in Princeton, New Jersey where she befriended Brother Paul Robeson, who was attending Rutgers at the time. On weekends they would have singalongs.


DID YOU KNOW THAT...
Brother Paul Robeson (Nu Chapter '17) and his wife Eslanda Goode Robeson, a Delta, spent their honeymoon at a Delta Convention.

Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander (Delta's first National President, one of the founders of the National Bar Association) was married to an Alpha, Attorney Raymond Pace Alexander.

The Alpha chapter at Rust College presented a young Delta girl in one of her first recitals on the campus as a part of their cultural program. This Delta soror at Rust was Leontyne Price.

Historian and 14th General President Charles Wesley had a Delta wife, Charlotte.

19th General President Myles Paige had a Delta wife, Dorothy

26th General President Ozell Sutton is married to Delta Joanna Sutton

27th General President Charles Teamer is married to Delta Mary Teamer

28th General President Henry Ponder is married to Delta Anna Ponder


In December of 1923, the Deltas and the Alphas held their National conventions in Columbus, Ohio and took a pilgrimage to the home and grave of Paul Lawrence Dunbar. (You will recall in the first issue that Mrs. Paul Lawrence Dunbar became the first wife of Jewel Henry Arthur Callis and wrote the words to the Delta National Hymn) The two groups came together for their annual banquet. It was at that convention that Mary McLeod Bethune was inducted as a Delta.
While students at Howard University during the 1960's, this Delta and Alpha team forged a phenomenal friendship and one of the greatest musical duos of our time: Delta Roberta Flack and Alpha Donny Hathaway.

DELTA QUOTE- "If God has created a better man than an Alpha man, I do not know where he is." Mona Humphries Bailey, Past National President of Delta Sigma Theta (in her remarks at the Atlanta Convention in 1986). She is sister of Alpha brother Frederick Humphries, President of Florida A & M University.

*I was at the convention when she made the remarks. She brought the house down!

FROM THE LIPS OF A JEWEL:

"I fear that in another generation, the relationship of the years 1890 -1920 in the establishment and growth of Alpha and the subsequent Greek letter societies, will be lost entirely. When that occurs our usefulness will be over."
(Jewel Henry Arthur Callis, 1952)

Skip's Quote: To Be is a Blessing, But to Live is Holy.

DISCLAIMER: This page is not affiliated with the National Organization of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. The information provided has been thoroughly researched and documented and is presented to you with all of the fraternal love and spirit I possess. Sources are available upon request. Special thanks to Paula Giddings and her phenomenal book "In Search of Sisterhood: Delta Sigma Theta. "