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LETS GOOOO
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Whenever there's a large number of guests and I'm the only one here I have the urge to stay until the guests drift away so I don't leave the place unattended
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random gripe about video games and choices.
A thing I dislike with some games that have character/relation choices is that there are so few choices dealing with relationships. It's like:
1. Your character falls in love with the character
2. Your character absolutely hates the character (and maybe kills them)
3. Your character don't care for the character either other way and they immediately fall out of relevancy.
Which sucks. When can just two characters be homies and be platonic? Sometimes I just don't wanna romance any of the characters and I just wanna be good friends with them.
Last edited by Time (September 6, 2023 04:53:15)
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TIME SWEEP
I could talk about the post above as a longer post in my writing thread: Time's opinion on choices in video games.
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Time wrote:
Whenever there's a large number of guests and I'm the only one here I have the urge to stay until the guests drift away so I don't leave the place unattended
Time on guest guard duty
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EXACTLY
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I think I'll start planning out what I want to write on the directory section of the writing thread
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I wish I had some friends to play Baldur's Gate 3 with (that match the same vibe I go with)
Co-op seems so fun
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I'm not writing as much because I'm watching lectures on how to actually write
because most writing I've done has been pretty unorganized. Idk if you guys could tell or not (if you could please tell me I think that would be very interesting)
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Writing in general is a very good way to develop writing skills, although definitely studying grammar helps XD practicing writing and reading different styles of writing helps develop a writing style though (idk if this is helpful or not)
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Yeah. I did hear that consistency in writing is key to actually becoming a good writer
Concerning reading different types of styles I get that too. It transitions me into another one of my thoughts:
As I slowly continue along this hobby, I notice so many things I need to improve. It reminds me of when I was starting to draw. Though I think this time I'm more mentally prepared. I know what I want, I am more mature, and I'm more understanding that I'm going to have to do studies and research and stuff that I don't care about. But I'm ok with that.
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It feels weird talking about games that only I kinda know about. But nevertheless imma do it!
So uhh this is about Limbus Company
There was a newly released Ishmael graphic for the upcoming Tokyo Game Show, and I'm not going to lie I think this is one of if not my favorite designs in the game. Linkto see what I'm talking about
I seriously need to find out why I like it so much, so I can apply it to my own designs. I find that it appears quite similar to Ramlethal Valentine's design in Strive... so there's certainty a pattern or style that I like. I think I just need to collect a bunch of designs I like and stare at all of them to try and put dots together.
In addition, the design provides some material for theory crafting... maybe I'll write more extensively on that in my writing thread.
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Happy that I'm not one of the people fighting in social media comment sections rn
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As of late I've been quite dissatisfied with my writing. Hence why no posts on the writing thread.
I think what my writing needs is a solid ending. A definite conclusion. Yet one still open enough that I can talk about it later on if I wish.
Maybe its because I'm putting it out in a way that I don't find it entertaining. As in, anyone who reads it may be bored. and that's not like, me worring about what other people thing. That's more of an internal feeling. I want my writing to be interesting.
Orr... I just need to post it.
Last edited by Time (September 17, 2023 05:08:47)
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Considering how much of a metaphorical video game beating I'm willing to take in the name of experiencing story.
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From what I've seen of your writing, I think it would be nice to have each individual post have its conclusion if that's what you want. You can always refer back to something you said earlier and add on to it even if that specific post had a conclusion, since you'd be posting individual writings about a single topic instead of writings that are all unfinished parts of a whole.
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Yeah. You're probably right. The thing now is on my end. Where do I find good conclusions, or moreso stopping points for my writing? Needing some goalsetting in mind for the analysis stuff I'll be doing.
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I realize like a good portion of what I just posted is very hard to follow
I realize that a good portion of what I write in general is normally hard to follow lol
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Green and pumpkin
nice
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I've been thinking about my writing output.
I can easily output writings on Limbus Company, while nearly everything else takes longer to write, since I barely look to edit and rewrite things (except Ishmael analyses).
Plus, with Limbus Company being a live service game, things new info and theories come around quite often. So it's easy to write about. Plus, there is a good bit of content concerning the lore that I can write about. Past games, books, etc.
So I wonder, am I oversaturating my writing thread? Should I cut down my Limbus writings (and in result my posts) so that I can give some time for other things?
Last edited by Time (September 29, 2023 00:36:07)
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Actually I don't edit a lot of my writing... is that apparent?
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In college one of the classes I've taken is an intro to film analysis. I am happy to take it, as I get to watch movies and see if I can pick it apart for my own storytelling skills.
One movie we watched is Everything Everywhere All at Once. It's a beautiful piece of film, methinks.
I have never cried consuming any piece of media. That be video games, books, film, nothing. This film is the same. I didn't cry, but I will say that it's beauty nearly made me do so. The only other piece of media I can firmly say got me to the state of "slightly moist eyes" is Interstellar.
Oddly enough, both Interstellar and this film (I'm not saying it's name it so long) both share a plot point that I personally want to explore -- that being time travel/time dilation (Interstellar) and alternate universes (Everything Everywhere). I never really had a good example in mind until now tho.
I'll probably have to write and pick films apart more if I want to improve my stories, probably a little bit more than what the college class offers, so maybe that's another source of posts for my writing thread.
Oddly enough, I don't think I would have watched this film normally. It's very weird, there are lots of good stories out there I don't think I would watch normally. I don't know why, but maybe it has to do with presumptions or just not normally my setting. But I think honestly that sort of viewpoint is stupid, now. I hope that in the future, I pick up more media not because I think it's my setting, but to my understanding that it's a beautiful story, and many have said so.
I really do need to get that push to start cleaning up my backlog, then... a lot of the stories there are ones I think to be beautiful, but are teetering or hesitant because I wouldn't normally read them.
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I realize I say "beautiful stories" but I don't know what that exactly means. To me right now, it's a feeling. Or feelings, more than anything right now. Maybe I'll have to define it for myself later.
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I think I'm tweaking.
I wanna read some more overseas stuff right, stuff in different languages. But I am hesitant to do so cuz I'd rather have the official translations so I don't lose terms or specific wording or anything like that with the unofficial ones.
So I am thinking things thru
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Today I watched Josse, the Tiger and the Fish.
It was a good movie, though it didn't stir my emotions as much as the last movie I watched (EEAaO). But maybe that was because:
I watched it with a small group of people I didn't know. I don't know if you know, but I despise interruptions when I'm experiencing a story. Immersion breaking. While there was no convos, an excessive amount of laughing counts as immersion breaking (but not crying). Truthfully, while I despise it during the movie, I forgive afterwards. Though it's a reminder to watch things alone.
While it didn't get me to "moist eyes" there were scenes that gave me a chill across my body. In a good way. EEAaO did not have that for me. I wonder why.
While some may think this to be bad, I was also able to predict a good amount of story beats. Not all of them, but at least a general structure, and some detailed choices characters make. For me, this made me happy. It means my story studying endeavors are improving.
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Finished Skyward by Brandon Sanderson
I think this one takes the cake in fastest book I've read...? Previously I think it was held by WoF book 4 iirc
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There are so many things going on in college it feels like I'm in a video game and I have to select which people I wanna hang out with or what side quests I wanna do
If I ever said that in real life that would really show how much of a nerd I am huh
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I'm ngl I love that comparison xD
-Galaxian-
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I mean, yea I don't have any other sort of metaphors concerning it that are in my head rn
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Jjk spoilers
my college got a Gojo memorial shrine bruh 😭😭😭
There's flowers and stuff laid in front of a portrait
It got like sticky notes with things like:
"Rip too sexy for this world"
"Come back 😭"
"50% off"
"Skill issue"
And some... other funny things I don't know if I should say here or not
And it's not like, small or whatever, it's pretty sizable.
Pretty funny ngl
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