02-02-2013, 07:32 PM
I agree with most of what Sophia said.
I also have been forum hopping, or rather, I began to help run and maintain a forum where all you did was write with people. You built characters, interacted, there was some fighting, but it was really about the story...and then I got bored.
You can only do the same thing for so long before you need something else.
I wrote Victoria's story from the ground up, bare bones. I enjoyed the custom aspect. Honestly, if we went canon, I'd do it again only the character would be a well-known anime icon rather than someone I named personally. That was the thing...for a lot of people, the characters were just a name and face, we made them our own. It was cool.
I like DBZ writing for the story, the world, the basis for a grand idea. Victoria's story would never have come to light if not for this world that I put her in. All I have to do is change a few names and her story is really, for the most part, unique, but based off of such a cool thing.
Chubbs gave us a structure to build around. Stats were there for OOC means, but in character, I could use them to push and pull my character. I lost interest in the fighting. Yes, there were fights, but it was about the conflict and resolution rather than the competition for me.
Over the years I've found myself gravitating toward character development and social development than the game itself. As some of the people I've written with will have noticed (Kaden, Sophia, Sig) I gravitate toward the drama of a story and the situations more-so than combat and stats. Having combat ability was just a cool number for me to aim toward, I wanted to be at the top, so I wrote as much as I could to get there. It didn't mean I wanted to fight, or do anything like that, it meant that my character was then officially a badass IC.
I miss writing with great writers who want to craft a story. I miss building something with someone else. You can write with 50 semi-literate writers for a time, but they will never compare to the amount of talent that this site has generated. It's just a shame that we're all so tired. At least, that was my excuse.
I also have been forum hopping, or rather, I began to help run and maintain a forum where all you did was write with people. You built characters, interacted, there was some fighting, but it was really about the story...and then I got bored.
You can only do the same thing for so long before you need something else.
I wrote Victoria's story from the ground up, bare bones. I enjoyed the custom aspect. Honestly, if we went canon, I'd do it again only the character would be a well-known anime icon rather than someone I named personally. That was the thing...for a lot of people, the characters were just a name and face, we made them our own. It was cool.
I like DBZ writing for the story, the world, the basis for a grand idea. Victoria's story would never have come to light if not for this world that I put her in. All I have to do is change a few names and her story is really, for the most part, unique, but based off of such a cool thing.
Chubbs gave us a structure to build around. Stats were there for OOC means, but in character, I could use them to push and pull my character. I lost interest in the fighting. Yes, there were fights, but it was about the conflict and resolution rather than the competition for me.
Over the years I've found myself gravitating toward character development and social development than the game itself. As some of the people I've written with will have noticed (Kaden, Sophia, Sig) I gravitate toward the drama of a story and the situations more-so than combat and stats. Having combat ability was just a cool number for me to aim toward, I wanted to be at the top, so I wrote as much as I could to get there. It didn't mean I wanted to fight, or do anything like that, it meant that my character was then officially a badass IC.
I miss writing with great writers who want to craft a story. I miss building something with someone else. You can write with 50 semi-literate writers for a time, but they will never compare to the amount of talent that this site has generated. It's just a shame that we're all so tired. At least, that was my excuse.
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