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Why is it, some dude can wear an eyepatch like a video game fighting character, sit there just talking over beats...and expect to write something people will enjoy and remember a decade later?
Man, FUNK DAT!
I'm sure I'm not the only person here who visited http://www.bradthegame.com, but I always wanted to see all the endings. I used WebReaper and probably went in for too much silliness at once. Because I got a bit sick of it. But it will be there for later.
Anyway, today I did something I always wanted to do, but then I remembered some useful stuff I wanted to do even more, so the day wasn't like perfect or anything.
This was last year's resolution, but I went through a folder of stories I'd never gotten around to writing. The outlines weren't very good and I jumped over them and said "oh I better do things this way or that way or whatever."
I'm ready to go through these stories and don't care if they're any good. I noticed a date on some of the printouts--July 1997, just before I left my place at college. It was one of those times I tried to get a lot done before I had to pack up and go.
I've made my life so I don't have to pack up and go too often, but then that stability means I need to find new ways to poke myself into action. This time, I got sick of staring at the folder inside my file cabinets.
It was bound to happen. I'd half wondered why something like it hadn't come sooner, then I forgot about it.
I recommend worldcat to see if there are any books in the area. It's useful for me, because I can find books in suburban libraries, university libraries, and city libraries.
It's been a while since I posted here. I'm a bit sick of gaming/FAQ writing at the moment--I stretched my goal for # of documents a few times near the end of the year & got to my final goal with 3 documents submitted but not posted before year's end. It was fun to do on vacation/slow time, but I think I put bigger things aside for it.
There's a lot to do in the new year, a lot of small new stuff and important new stuff. I called up a state senator today, then a state representative's office, about mass transit. I'd never done it before. I managed to ask some pretty decent questions including how to call if I disagree with a vote, or if I may disagree. The person there was helpful.
When I get sick of games there's always map making to do for games I wanted to replay.
Today I finished my guide for Champions of Krynn, even cutting out certain info because I wanted to get it posted by 3 PM. But SBAllen(I guess it is now) posted everything around 1. And he takes Friday afternoon for backlogs of game data etc(I think.)
Still I'm pleased how quickly I got done and with how sharp the maps look.
My next project which took 2 hrs of programming(and a few of planning) was a box mapper. You know how text adventure maps(think: early InfoCom Invisiclues) have square rooms with lines between them, broken for secret passages and arrowed for one way?
So I got through Bard's Tale III a couple weeks ago, and stupid things like work and reading got in the way of Silver Blades. I think I got through a fight a couple years ago and shelved the effort. Repeat performance 2 wks ago. Now I want to map out the first few areas tonight.
Maybe I'm still exhausted from BT3. I'm really happy about the maps I wrote. I need to send in minor corrections, but I just can't be bothered. On the other hand, I had a lot of fun working out how to win certain fights.
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