[OT] Confessions

GravyFingerz

Gravymancer
Well, I'm feeling a little tipsy and less inhibited ... and we are all friends, pals, buddies, and such. I thought I would spill my mind tonight. Get some thoughts out of my head and in to a thread. If you are entertained, then I am glad. If you are not, then what can I say.

I am an amateur game designer, a freelance writer, but I wonder sometimes if I deserve those titles. I made a game, Malls & Morons. Some people say it's good. No one has said it is bad. I wonder sometimes if it is good enough to see the prestige of being on a book shelf with other books. I've had this game for 4 years, and it's been on the internet for 1, I believe.

I was proud to make it a free game. But now I say, "I want to publish it." I think people understand, but I feel like I am betraying them for wanting to publish. Is it wrong? Maybe so, maybe not. Sometimes I feel like I am violating my integrity as a writer, by making certain decisions.

Sometimes I think I annoy my friends when I talk about M&M. Maybe I talk about it a lot. It's my work though, but I don't think they understand that. They say it's a good game, but they are my friends. They tell me what I want to hear, but it's not what I want to hear. I want them to be honest, not to be yes men. I tell them this, but I don't think it gets through.

I want fame. I want people to see my game and see my name and say "That Orion guy makes a good game." I like to hear the compliments and suggestions and critiques. Maybe I don't use them all, but I still like to hear them - it means you have an interest in something I created. I don't care about the money - it's a neat little perk.

I am an elitist. By that, I mean that I believe that certain people shouldn't be in the role playing hobby. I believe certain people are detrimental to the hobby, and should have no part of this. Maybe this is normal, maybe it isn't.

Sometimes I wonder if I will ever find love that will last for a life time. My ex's and friends say I will, but this is again, them telling me what I want to hear ... it's pretty sad when strangers are more honest than your friends. :(

If I don't find love to last a life time, I don't want to live past 40. I see no reason in living in a decaying and breaking body till im 100. It doesn't seem like a good thing.

There is this girl at my place of employment ... she is a short asian girl, she must be 5 feet tall or less. But she is really cute ... I want to get to know her, but it's awkward.

There is this other girl, who I've talked to on several occasions. She is cute, funny, sweet, and she laughs at my terrible jokes. There are times where I just want to cut loose and ask her out - the other times, one side of me says "She has a boyfriend no doubt; cuties like her aren't free for long". Seems like everyone and their mother has a significant other. Seems so easy, yet so difficult at the same time.

I wish I would stop dreaming. My dreams depress me.
 

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Dear Talath,

I thought you'd like to know that your namesake, a 6th level martial artist/1st level fighter/8th level master of intuitive archery just got his butt kicked royally in the Ex Libris dungeon.

But he did also manage to hand out some buttkicking of his own, including 95 points of damage in one round to a dragon, so that's okay.


Hong "iconic namestealer" Ooi
 

hong said:
Dear Talath,

I thought you'd like to know that your namesake, a 6th level martial artist/1st level fighter/8th level master of intuitive archery just got his butt kicked royally in the Ex Libris dungeon.

But he did also manage to hand out some buttkicking of his own, including 95 points of damage in one round to a dragon, so that's okay.


Hong "iconic namestealer" Ooi

LOL

Hong, you are still the funniest guy at EN World.

I'm pretty sure you're being serious, but you're still funny.
 


dude.. honestly? the trick is.. ask her out. if she said no.. it was not meant to be. if she said yes.. then wahoo!!

personally.. I don't like Schrodinger's Cat situations.. so I open the box. Makes moving on a lot easier.
 

On the criticisism from friends issue ...

Are any of your friends game designers or writers, who are interested more in real success than patting themselves on the back?

If not, you will probably never, ever, get worthwhile criticism from them, because they don't understand what that is.

Chances are they sincerely like what you've done, and are giving you honest advice. They just aren't capable to identifying negatives that really need to be pointed out.

Doesn't matter how much you explain that you need an honest critique that includes negatives. You'd have to be incredibly lucky to get it from a friend.


..And, I don't give advice regarding women on the internet. :)
 

Talath,

The first time I asked the woman who was to become my wife out on a date, I saw her in the mall. We were acquaintences in high school, but not extremely close. I said my hellos, we caught up on our lives, reminisced old times a bit, and I went to the mall bookstore, picked a quiet corner, and beat my head against a bookshelf. :D

Then, I screwed up my courage, called her later that night, and asked her out to a movie.

Twelve years later, I have the love of my life. If I had not asked her out, nothing would have come of it.

The hardest part about asking someone out on a date, is that we are thinking about how cute/adorable/gorgeous they are, and how unappealing we are, while we are doing it. That whole Dao of Steve thing about being desireless really does have merit -- the more comfortable we are with ourselves, and the more comfortable we are with the other person as a human being allows us to be ourselves, and gives a much more favorable first impression.

SECOND - what's this tripe about not wanting to live past 40?!?!?! :) As corny as it sounds, happiness in life should not be connected to finding

A) The one true love
B)The perfect job
C) Perfect health

Because ALL things go south sooner or later. Relationships can sour, jobs get eliminated, and no one was born with the perfect body. We must be happy with ourselves first, because nothing outside of us can KEEP us happy. Also, coming to peace with yourself means you will exude more confidence and more harmony with other people, which means that we can deal with girlfriends, employers, health info, etc. better. It's a vicious little Catch-22, but it is in my experience an Undeniable Truth of Life.

Take all this useless info for what it's worth to you.

Finally, COUNT on perfect strangers being more honest with you -- they don't have anything invested in you, relationship-wise, nor are they clouded by pre-existing experiences with you, and therefore what you get is more objective.
 

Talath said:
I was proud to make it a free game. But now I say, "I want to publish it." I think people understand, but I feel like I am betraying them for wanting to publish. Is it wrong? Maybe so, maybe not. Sometimes I feel like I am violating my integrity as a writer, by making certain decisions.

A writer, or any artist, should be paid for his work. Go for it. The idea that somehow accepting money for your art is wrong is one of the most insane and silly ideas ever to crawl out of a sewer.
 

Confessions:

"I pushed my sister down the stairs and blamed it on the dog..."

(Just going with the title of the thread....)

2 of the longest relationships I've had/have (my wife being one of them) came about because I took the plunge and asked them out. From what I know now, both had been waiting for me to ask them out for nearly a month.

If you know the girl well enough to chat for longer than 15 minutes, you have a decent shot at a date.

Taren Nighteyes
 


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