OCEAN'S PROFILE

author=Feldschlacht IV link=topic=1033.msg14580#msg14580 date=1210019275

Then write a book. If you're making a game, above all you should be trying to make a game.

Fair retort, but consider that we're making RPGs here. Making a game should be the most important step, but storytelling should be right up there with it. There is certainly such a thing as too much dialogue, but if you have a habit of skipping dialogue or hurrily reading it without taking it in, perhaps that person shouldn't be playing RPGs.


And no one has given their thoughts on my excerpt up there?

Storytelling does not have to be right up there with it. A lot of early RPGs aren't even story focused, so saying someone has to play RPGs for the story is silly. I don't play Oblivion for the storytelling. I don't play FF5 for the story. I don't play Chrono Trigger for the story. I don't play Secret of Mana for the story. It's not to say that RPGs shouldn't have a good story or whatever (I wouldn't like these games to have no story whatsoever). But you're saying that all RPG players are playing RPGs for the same reasons. If I don't care for the dialogue in your game but do like how the game itself plays, why should you force me to care for your dialogue/story? I'm not talking about you in particular, I mean in General.

I set my alarm clock to one time, I get up a while later after I finally decide to stop pressing the snooze button. The amount of sleep, when I sleep, and when I wake up varies greatly depending on the day, sometimes I'm home from work at 1 AM, sometimes I have the whole day off, sometimes I have to be up at 9 AM, sometimes it doesn't matter when. For example, I had been up until 5 AM working on a take home midterm that was due at noon the next day, so I had to be up at 9 AM. Not fun! If it's for work, I generally won't delay much in getting up, and I'll just force myself up. If it's school, I'll not be as tempted to get up. If it's raining and/or cold, I'll want to sleep even more.

After that I get up, go post on forums, check up on my favorite sites, take a shower, run off and get something to eat on the way to school/work, and that's mainly it.

I really rarely ever swear. More offline than online, but it was like 3 times or so, so it's really rare. In fact, a coworker wanted to hear me swear because they never heard me do so.

I can't really afford to go getting a ton of stuff that I don't really need. I've been spending a lot more on those things now than I used to, but I still don't really go anime merchandise shopping. That being said, a Haruhi pillow would be nice.

I'm pretty messy. My camera sucks so only 2 pictures came out good. I can't preview pics because the screen is messed up, and I don't feel like taking more. But be aware that my room is messy, and on top of the clothing drawer is a tv that is useless, my PS2, tape, painting supplies, dead batteries, a Ninja Nonsense pink case, CD Player, video games and stuff.


My bed. This is actually an earlier photo I took just after going to an anime convention and buying myself these things. My bed has a multi-color cow on the pillows that makes noises when you press its feet. Not shown here unfortunately.


My computer. The monitor to the right is absolutely huge. I don't mean screen size, I mean the monitor itself. I normally use the monitor on the right for IRC and foobar, and the monitor on the left for internet and character maker. I miss having dual monitor when I'm at work.


This is the wall behind the computer. I don't keep much here, except a small storage bin that has an N64 on top of it, a big piece of matte board, and a drawing pad thing.