Edited sentence: Academy of Machinima Arts & Sciences(AMAS), an advocacy group for machinima.However, the growing support for Epic's masterpiece gives each of these groups a very strong chance for stardom as they continually improve their performances.Many Gears of War machinimas have been premiered on YouTube using various methods of filming and portraying several different styles of character interaction.Many of these machinimas have not gained a substantial amount of popularity but a few very talented groups have formed strong fan bases within the Gears of War community.Paul Marino at the GDC - Paul Marino's speech on Machinima at the Game Developers Conference 2006.Such groups are Hobobox Studios, Bluestorm, and the popular Darkspire Films.The majority of GOW machinimas can be viewed on YouTube or on personal websites such as www.These machinimas are very important to bringing a larger audience to the machinima community.ar:مشينما.com, a central site for Machinima with hundreds of films and articles.de:Machinima.es:Machinima.fi:Machinima.fr:Machinima.it:Machinima.ja:マシニマ.nl:Machinima.pl:Machinima.pt:Machinima.ru:Машинима.sv:Machinima