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Post by Itsimplyace on Oct 3, 2016 21:17:05 GMT
Yeah, I agree. I feel like I used that too much as well and I apologise. I'll try to find other ways of do that.
I think I just did it out of laziness. Like I said, its my first forum adventure, and was inspired by Hussie's earlier works like jail break and problem sleuth.
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Post by continuityofficer on Oct 3, 2016 22:12:07 GMT
Yeah, dont feel down about it. Its also important to remember even the best writers have huge problems with their work.
Tolkein spends way to long on scenery.
Jk rowling cant keep track of all her mechanics.
Hussie had things grow to far, and reached and ending that ignored some of its most important characters.
Etc
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Post by eerr on Oct 4, 2016 2:50:22 GMT
Hussie always intended to return to the ridiculousness of his previous work, for example, Whistles the Starlight Calliope. The ending really isn't that much of a surprise. At least not if you follow the subtle hints that follow in act 6. To be honest it's like that scene in Evangelion where the guy is standing over the girl's corpse. Then a giant tadpole fucks the battlefield.
Now as for Tolkien, I have a very good stamina for long and drawn out text. But I cannot read this piece of shit novel very long, and it is so long that when I try to get back into it I can't find my place.
Like, I can't take my time. I'm not sure how good other people are at reading, but I can commit a book to memory, and thus know where I left off, given sufficient details to identify the scene. It's little bobby drop tables all up in this bitch.
I don't know anything about JK Rowling not keeping track of stuff, please advise.
I also know that failing to keep track of the details in a large novel challenges writers greatly.
As far as I can tell, writers should make the important points memorable, while making everything else superficial. The advantages are two fold, memorable means easy to remember and means people will only think of what you are likely to use anyway It's like confirmation bias except in writing. Then you discard the superficial like some sort of trash.
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Post by continuityofficer on Oct 4, 2016 5:41:28 GMT
On hussie, i would agree with you if it wasnt for the fact that karkat,the character that singularly had the most words in homestuck was shafted ending wise.
And while you could bring upthe talkwithrose, a decidedly unomnipotent character like dave saying it once really doesnt comstitute a theme.
While i could go on about how "subtle hints" is really dumb in a story like homestuck, i am a slow typer and reallu dont want to make this an "end of homestuck" fight right now.
Othetwise I agree with you, amd the important thing is that these where super sucessful and loved despite these faults. So its important that while you defonatly try to improve, you dont let it get you down enpugh that you quit trying
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Post by centipederadio on Oct 5, 2016 21:24:00 GMT
Mostly posting for feedback on the FW2 "Flash"
something people enjoyed?
worth the effort?
more goanimate flashes in the future?
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Post by eerr on Oct 5, 2016 22:36:08 GMT
10/10 would explode again.
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Post by centipederadio on Oct 5, 2016 23:01:55 GMT
10/10 would explode again. Thumbs up! |
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Post by Sharkalien on Nov 5, 2016 19:45:52 GMT
Question: What's your stance on either posting your adventures exclusively on one site, like here or MSPFA, or on both? Despite my updates being frustratingly sporadic, each one is about 15 panels long. Since I update the mirror for Househeld in increments before posting the whole on Omegaupdate, I can go through it for typos and pacing revision. That means I can sandwich a panel or two between others and see if it works, or check if I forgot something (like switching the pages for the Otamatone/Stylophone and keytar reveal update, whoops). But that also means 20-some minutes of copying/pasting and formatting to do when I eventually do post in the thread. Not that I mind or anything, I'm just a slouch. I think it's worth going that extra mile of posting the story in its entirety instead of just a redirect link. I'm one of those people who find it easier to read a comic on a single page instead of pressing a button multiple times (which still goes for the first choice, but you don't have to wait a sec for each image to load, I guess) |
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Post by Piono on Nov 5, 2016 21:02:50 GMT
I'd say do it on both. If there's website failure, you have backups, it gives you a wider potential audience, and in general it makes things more convenient for readers, and therefore more likely for you to get them.
It's still up to you, but I would say maintain both if you can.
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Post by Zerio on Nov 6, 2016 5:56:56 GMT
I think if one of the two has to be exclusively used, it should definitely be MSPFA. It's designed specifically for the format, and it's honestly really uncomfortable having to read an adventure through its forum thread; the additional icons, signatures, reader comments/suggestions and all that really distract from the story, and seeing each panel on the same page at once rather than one per page feels very awkward to me.
Personally I only post updates on MSPFA and use the thread to link to them and show the first panel/suggestion for the corresponding set of updates (and as a place for readers to suggest and comment on things, of course). Copy-Pasting the whole adventure to the thread and having to format it all so it looks good just seems like an unnecessary effort.
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Post by continuityofficer on Nov 6, 2016 9:30:40 GMT
I am too lazy to upd8 on mspafa I find, especially since they use different codes, its a pain in my but, and I am a busy girl.
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Post by continuityofficer on Nov 22, 2016 12:18:00 GMT
Item Unorigianl just reached its second to final milestone, and I feel like I will likely actually finish it!
The stories going well, people seem to enjoy it, and we've reached the final act as planned in good time!
I'm excited for the rest of the story to go through!
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Post by dregflurb on Nov 24, 2016 23:41:56 GMT
Is it better to have your suggestions for your adventure on here or on Tumblr?
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Post by Sharkalien on Nov 25, 2016 0:18:49 GMT
Is it better to have your suggestions for your adventure on here or on Tumblr? I'm not sure what you mean. If you mean something like a suggestion box for MSPFA, then I would say it depends. If you actively post your adventure here for people to read, they're much more likely to leave commands for you to use. This is a decently-sized community joined together by their love for a certain website full of mock text adventures. If you just make a thread/Tumblr blog just for suggestions and nothing else, you're cutting down the number of potential viewers, thus bottlenecking the number of suggestions as well. Also I'm locking this thread because this discussion is better suited for the Omegaupdate Fan Adventure Discussion thread. You know what, I'll just merge this thread into that one so other people can contribute to the discussion |
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Post by Piono on Nov 25, 2016 0:41:13 GMT
Definitely better here. Draco tried to run his Fanventure on tumblr and it was a resounding failure until he moved it here.
You've basically got no chance to get a sufficient amount of commands on Tumblr.
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Post by dregflurb on Nov 25, 2016 2:16:27 GMT
Good to know.
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Post by continuityofficer on Nov 25, 2016 8:32:33 GMT
Yeah, even if its just for organisation, it just makes things a hassle, and then if you actually run them there, it makes it a hassle to read the backlog.
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Post by HypergressiveAgent on Nov 26, 2016 5:12:31 GMT
okay so i have basically just finished binge reading "Homestuck: Double Death of the Author" and i want to bug the authors of the web comic to make sure the adventure is not dead. my understanding is that any adventure on the MSPAF site started here, and that therefore there is some way to contact them. i love that adventure for many reasons, the sheer amount of words and storytelling being the two most porminent.
this would also apply to "cool and New web comic", which i enjoy much more for its comedic value than its storytelling. if had to think of it in any canonical manner, i would would enter in to the strangleholds of the woegothics, and flip my shit over everything.
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Post by inspiredsimji on Nov 26, 2016 5:15:02 GMT
okay so i have basically just finished binge reading "Homestuck: Double Death of the Author" and i want to bug the authors of the web comic to make sure the adventure is not dead. my understanding is that any adventure on the MSPAF site started here, and that therefore there is some way to contact them. i love that adventure for many reasons, the sheer amount of words notwithstanding. Many, many, MANY adventures on that site actually have no affiliation with these forums. I have no idea how to get into contact with them but I think I saw a tumblr post introducing that adventure somewhere, I'd try there. |
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Post by HypergressiveAgent on Nov 26, 2016 5:17:31 GMT
god DAMN that was fast. thanks for the directions, i will see what i dig up
it looks like there is a tumblr for it! thank you very much!
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Post by Sharkalien on Dec 15, 2016 6:47:47 GMT
Here's a writing question: what sounds better, "in a frenzy", or "with manic ambition"?
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Post by continuityofficer on Dec 15, 2016 8:06:56 GMT
Here's a writing question: what sounds better, "in a frenzy", or "with manic ambition"? depends on everything beforehand and also what your trying to convey |
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Post by Sharkalien on Dec 15, 2016 8:56:14 GMT
Here's a writing question: what sounds better, "in a frenzy", or "with manic ambition"? depends on everything beforehand and also what your trying to convey Well, it's only referring to something that someone did in the past tense, and I want to make it clear that they did it in a batshit-insane manner. I think both convey that pretty well, I'm just concerned with how well it can be fluidly read. "With manic ambition" sounds overly dramatic and a little clunky to me when in context. "In a frenzy" just flows so well with the rest of the sentence. Yet I still think "manic ambition" deserves a shot because, well, how often do you read such a pithy statement? Okay, which one sounds the best: Your mother boarded it up in a frenzy after one of your friends kept bombarding your house with parcels via AIRMAIL. Hot diggety dog, could that pilot aim!
Your mother boarded it up with manic ambition after one of your friends kept bombarding your house with parcels via AIRMAIL. Hot diggety dog, could that pilot aim! |
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Post by continuityofficer on Dec 15, 2016 9:17:23 GMT
I think Manic Ambition actually flows the best. The first sentence sounds like one of those 'fill in a word' sentences that young children do for school. While instead Manic Ambition conveys a fun, light hearted, twisting of vocabulary tone of most MSPAdventures, that give them there constant feeling of general funness.
That said, In a frenzy makes it sound more "Batshit insane"
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Post by The One Guy on Dec 15, 2016 16:59:27 GMT
Honestly, I disagree. I feel like "with manic ambition" doesn't really flow right to me.
I guess just go with whichever you like better, really.
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