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« Last post by Lord Anubis on 24 September 2012, 08:21:53 am »Does that mean you have to pay me a percentage on any profit you make on Cleveland?
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The Collaboration / Re: Framework General Discussion
« Last post by Phil Srobeighn on 24 September 2012, 07:53:46 am »Attempted a fix.Broken picture link there.Megan's new....frame
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« Last post by Phil Srobeighn on 24 September 2012, 07:52:06 am »As I drove into work, I had a moment of clarity on this whole Post 5088 thing.
How do you measure a dream?
There are many ways to answer this, but I have one suggestion: you can measure a dream, and how well one lives up to it, by comparing the success of an individual in an endevor to that individual's role models. If one man looks up to another and wants to be like that man, then he has succeeded when he has achieved what that man has achieved.
I had a much-enjoyed story about a fallen hero villain, for which I created a pre-existing world, complete with drawing out a hinted-at war and the telling of how the hero fell by losing the love of his life. Through the telling of this story, I have taken several well-known and much-loved artists and helped them become even greater than before.
And maybe I am a better storyteller than a writer. And maybe I created a world, but my own contributions were not as artistically excellent as others'. And maybe the hero's fall was a little to contrived. And maybe there was anoying accident-prone characters with speach impediments. But you know what?
I'm okay with this.
(Does this make Anubis Steven Spielberg? Does this make Marcus John Williams? Does this make Coalheart Ben Burtt? Does this make Neckbeard Alec Guiness? Does this make Tabula Carrie Fisher? Does this make Mayclore Mark Hamill? Does this make Vanner Harrison Ford? Does this mean that Vanner is going to call me at 3 AM pretending to be Mayclore?)
How do you measure a dream?
There are many ways to answer this, but I have one suggestion: you can measure a dream, and how well one lives up to it, by comparing the success of an individual in an endevor to that individual's role models. If one man looks up to another and wants to be like that man, then he has succeeded when he has achieved what that man has achieved.
I had a much-enjoyed story about a fallen hero villain, for which I created a pre-existing world, complete with drawing out a hinted-at war and the telling of how the hero fell by losing the love of his life. Through the telling of this story, I have taken several well-known and much-loved artists and helped them become even greater than before.
And maybe I am a better storyteller than a writer. And maybe I created a world, but my own contributions were not as artistically excellent as others'. And maybe the hero's fall was a little to contrived. And maybe there was anoying accident-prone characters with speach impediments. But you know what?
I'm okay with this.
(Does this make Anubis Steven Spielberg? Does this make Marcus John Williams? Does this make Coalheart Ben Burtt? Does this make Neckbeard Alec Guiness? Does this make Tabula Carrie Fisher? Does this make Mayclore Mark Hamill? Does this make Vanner Harrison Ford? Does this mean that Vanner is going to call me at 3 AM pretending to be Mayclore?)
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The Collaboration / Re: Framework General Discussion
« Last post by Lord Anubis on 24 September 2012, 07:30:07 am »Broken picture link there.Megan's new....frame
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The Collaboration / Re: Framework General Discussion
« Last post by Phil Srobeighn on 24 September 2012, 06:16:22 am »
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« Last post by Phil Srobeighn on 24 September 2012, 06:15:32 am »I am happy to know that when I post my retirement piece, it will be a **** you to everyone.
I think the reaction to the collab justifies my participation: nobody likes my stories, but everyone loves my ideas.
I think the reaction to the collab justifies my participation: nobody likes my stories, but everyone loves my ideas.
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« Last post by Lord Anubis on 21 September 2012, 01:35:04 pm »Well, that was the goal, after all. So mission accomplished there.
Someone drew fanart of the alicorn in Spaghetti Land on the rides, and it included that one unicorn from the Marigold stories that was freaking out on all the rides. It filled me with glee to see such an obscure throwback.
Someone drew fanart of the alicorn in Spaghetti Land on the rides, and it included that one unicorn from the Marigold stories that was freaking out on all the rides. It filled me with glee to see such an obscure throwback.
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The Collaboration / Re: Framework General Discussion
« Last post by Lord Anubis on 21 September 2012, 01:33:22 pm »I enjoyed Megan's new....frame as much as everyone else.
And the picture shall be put to very good (read: adorable) use soon.
And the picture shall be put to very good (read: adorable) use soon.
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« Last post by Marcusmaximus on 21 September 2012, 01:33:14 pm »Interestingly, 4chan seems to be exactly the opposite, in a very good way.
After someone (who's been writing a very good story whose genre is difficult to classify... um, I'd call it "bipolar hugbox" ... about a ridiculously wealthy guy with an alicorn fluffy) wrote a chapter that sent his characters to Spaghetti Land, a lot of people have been commenting how much potential there is for stories...
I have to wonder how many of them even realize that Spaghetti Land was a thing that happened before.
It's kinda cool being part of something that's apparently spreading to become universally known in the fluffy headcanon, even if people didn't read the actual stories.
After someone (who's been writing a very good story whose genre is difficult to classify... um, I'd call it "bipolar hugbox" ... about a ridiculously wealthy guy with an alicorn fluffy) wrote a chapter that sent his characters to Spaghetti Land, a lot of people have been commenting how much potential there is for stories...
I have to wonder how many of them even realize that Spaghetti Land was a thing that happened before.
It's kinda cool being part of something that's apparently spreading to become universally known in the fluffy headcanon, even if people didn't read the actual stories.
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« Last post by Marcusmaximus on 21 September 2012, 01:26:30 pm »Staccato asked nicely, and I was happy to do it. I loved both those stories.
I hope to see that picture put to good use soon.
BTW - I hope everyone enjoyed my latest excuse to draw Megan on Fluffybooru.
And I hope your program starts behaving. I know the feeling - I've had to deal with quite a few crash-happy programs in my day (even my trusted ally Flash has started to collapse a lot lately, but that's probably due to the ridiculous filesize of my game these days). Hang in there! I'm sure whatever you produce will be spectacular.
I hope to see that picture put to good use soon.
BTW - I hope everyone enjoyed my latest excuse to draw Megan on Fluffybooru.
And I hope your program starts behaving. I know the feeling - I've had to deal with quite a few crash-happy programs in my day (even my trusted ally Flash has started to collapse a lot lately, but that's probably due to the ridiculous filesize of my game these days). Hang in there! I'm sure whatever you produce will be spectacular.