aka Ravenwing

*sigh*

 

Nothing from me yet. Production came to a screeching halt almost a month ago. In spare time blocks (and there are very few of them) I try to pick up loose threads. It's uhh… well it'll be a while.

Damn. Looks like I'm not gonna be able to do it this time around. I was going pretty good for a while, but then work and school started, bringing scenario production to a screeching halt. Maybe it'll get done by the end of this year.

 

Nevertheless, that gives me more time to do a better job, and more time for beta testing. I'll just enter it next time.

Well, I won't let any suckiness that I observe keep me from releasing ItSoD. However, with my complete and sudden change of schedule, there aren't many solid blocks of time that I can use to complete it. So maybe it'll get done by the competition, or maybe I'll just have to wait until the next one anyway.

Correction: You would play it if you had BoA, if I ever bothered to complete it.

Seriously though, you like the idea? Hmm. Perhaps I used to be more creative, and now I mistake that creativity for complete insanity.

Well, I'll give some thought to going back and finishing it. I think I have to start from square one again, because I probably deleted it.

When I first got the game, I started making a tiny little scenario about the Ritual of Registration, and you had to perform it against the Shareware Demon. I did this after I had played the full extent of the Av 1-3 and BoA demos. Then I came to my senses and realized how ridiculous I was being.

Yep, that's it. Friggin'… nevermind. I vented earlier.

 

Anyway, thanks guys. I'll give it a shot.

Eh. My villain's probably gonna suck too. Oh well. Baby steps, I guess.

 

It's my first scenario. That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it. Maybe if it's worth the time it would take I'll go back and polish it up sometime after the release.

Alright, anyone who uses a mac to create scenarios, I'm having fresh problems due to old software. What do you guys use to make .cmg files? I've been using ResEdit, but it doesn't seem to be compatible with my new comp. Thanks in advance.

Me too… hey Eph, enlighten us?

 

EDIT: Ugh… and naturally, -X- had to post something right then. This was in response to what Dintiradan said.

Hmm… agree. That hurts, slith. And it didn't even happen to me!

Well, it wasn't intended for it to sound like that, but I can see where you're coming from. Basically what I'm saying is that while imitation can be flattering, it's almost invariably at least twice as annoying.

The following is just for the sake of making a point. I have otherwise no intention of talking in the third person perspective.

 

START 3RD PERSON RANT

 

Here's what Nemesis thinks. Nemesis thinks that -X- should let Dikiyoba be Dikiyoba and stop trying to repeatedly kiss up. Nemesis also thinks -X- should remain silent until he/she has something to say that's worth saying.

 

END 3RD PERSON RANT

 

No offense, Dikiyoba. I respect you. But honestly. Worshippers?

-Disregard-

That makes the bombers evil? They were just acting on orders. Ever seen "A Few Good Men"? Similar story. When someone in the armed forces gets ordered to do something, even if they think it's immoral, they still have to do it, or it raises all kinds of hell for them personally. In cases like that, it's lose-lose for them.

In fact, that's pretty much how it is in war. Plenty of soldiers don't want to fight, but some country goals require it. So they act on orders from the powers that be, in order to expediate the process of achieving those goals. The orders are to go out and kill other soldiers, who, in turn, also don't really want to fight.

I guess that I'm just defending the nameless soldiers who get blamed for attacks. I'm saying if you're going to call someone a villain for killing the innocent, make sure you're blaming the right people.

That said, sometimes the leaders themselves have to take drastic measures in order to get the attention of (or perhaps pound some sense into) the enemies of their cause. Hence, we have attacks on the innocent. Is it a good thing? No. Does it make them evil? Not necessarily. In fact, I'll go so far as to make a conjecture, that when the President and any other authorities involved gave the order to bomb Hiroshima, they had to live with a guilty conscience for a long time afterward, possibly until their deaths.

What's all this got to do with the topic? Well it's simple. When Stalker attacked the innocent civilians, he was trying to get attention. The presence of "that fool Machrone" proves how well it worked.

I'm just curious, but are BoA scenarios competing against BoE scenarios?

Alright. How late is it probably gonna go?

I played the shareware version of the game for a long time. A really long time. Most of that was wandering around killing random monsters. By the time I got the game, it was almost too late to save any areas that I hadn't already saved.

 

I decided at that point that I didn't like time limits.

Maybe for usefulness it could be (judge's opinion) how useful it would be in any given scenario, as opposed to a specific one (this means that any scripts I've been successful in making automatically lose).

Tullegolar said this a lot of posts ago, but it caught my attention.

 

What is that saying, then, about the U.S. in WWII? Bombing Hiroshima and Nagasaki? You'd better believe innocent people died in those attacks. More, I'd say, than non-innocent people. Does that make the bombers villains? Or perhaps the authorities that ordered the attacks?

Oh. Well, then you did forget someone. The dreaded Lyfan, from EM.

I can probably make it to either. Provided I don't get hired on to Starbucks by this weekend and they want me to suddenly come in and work on the first Saturday I'm employed. Before training, no less.

 

So yeah, discuss. If I don't forget (which I'll try not to this time ) I ought to be there.

Hmm… Salmon has a point. Thinking about it, it probably would be better to have a separate contest altogether, and divide that up by, say, kind of script (whether it's a terrain script, character script, whatever).

 

As far as usefulness, that could vary. Every script anyone would make would (probably) have its uses. Perhaps for originality. Complexity or simplicity shouldn't matter, so long as the script works.

I'd say go for it, but I haven't really made any scripts worth talking about as of yet. That is to say, minor variations on basicnpc (very minor).

Well, we'll see. As far as I know, I have nothing going on, so I just might be able to make this one. By then, maybe my scenario's building stage will be completed too.

Hmm… yeah, I figured. Thought I'd throw it out there, though. It's always made me wonder.