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Re: Go ask the lizard-guy something....

Posted: Fri May 09, 2014 4:46 am
by Sstavix
ScotchRobbins wrote:Almost forgot! How's your novel coming along?
I wish I had more happy news to report on this front. I'm still not done with the first draft. I'm on the second to last chapter... but I'm having trouble coming up with a really good climax. As it stands right now, I'm afraid the novel will end up with a rather mediocre ending. I know I need to get it finished, just because it would be good to finish it....

On the other hand, I'm already formulating an idea about what to write next November. :) One thing I think I need to do before November, though, is design my characters. I think it will help if I have my characters' personalities firmly set before I start throwing things at them. I'm afraid that my last two novels - possibly three - may have rather weak protagonists, and that's not really something I want to do. I'm looking at other stories, and it seems that the most popular protagonists tend to have quirks and flaws that tend to make them well=liked. I think I need to get into that sort of mindset and design similarly flawed, yet likable, characters.

Re: Go ask the lizard-guy something....

Posted: Fri May 09, 2014 7:47 am
by Chozon1
Sstavix wrote:That sounds like one of the Planescape factions known as the Fraternity of Order, nicknamed the "Guvners." They believed that the multiverse operates through order and laws, and that if they could figure out all the rules, they could also figure out how to manipulate it or find the proper loopholes in order to rule the multiverse.
I think Newton came up with a concept like that too.

What is your course of action when someone rips one in a car?

Re: Go ask the lizard-guy something....

Posted: Fri May 09, 2014 1:38 pm
by Sstavix
Chozon1 wrote: What is your course of action when someone rips one in a car?
Roll down their window. The car I've been driving lately has controls for all the windows on the driver's side door. So I can press a lever... and then a button which disables their ability to roll it up. That's especially fun in winter!

Re: Go ask the lizard-guy something....

Posted: Fri May 09, 2014 7:10 pm
by ScotchRobbins
Secret societies?

Re: Go ask the lizard-guy something....

Posted: Fri May 09, 2014 7:32 pm
by Sstavix
ScotchRobbins wrote:Secret societies?
Do not exist. And I recommend dropping the subject. Because THEY are listening....

Re: Go ask the lizard-guy something....

Posted: Sat May 10, 2014 8:12 am
by Chozon1
Secret societies that worship cola?

Re: Go ask the lizard-guy something....

Posted: Sat May 10, 2014 12:40 pm
by Sstavix
Chozon1 wrote:Secret societies that worship cola?
Wasn't there a "Rescue Rangers" episode based around that very concept?

Re: Go ask the lizard-guy something....

Posted: Sun May 11, 2014 6:59 am
by Chozon1
Yes. Yes there was.

Fairy gardens?

Re: Go ask the lizard-guy something....

Posted: Mon May 12, 2014 4:54 am
by Sstavix
Chozon1 wrote: Fairy gardens?
Hmm... what would fairies grow in their gardens? Probably a large variety of flowers....

Re: Go ask the lizard-guy something....

Posted: Mon May 12, 2014 6:37 am
by Chozon1
Don't eat fairy food man. Been there, done that.

First person adventure games?

I love the Nancy Drew mysteries games, and I'm trying to branch out into the genre.

Re: Go ask the lizard-guy something....

Posted: Mon May 12, 2014 1:33 pm
by Sstavix
Chozon1 wrote:Don't eat fairy food man. Been there, done that.
Now you've got me curious as to what it tastes like... :lol:
Chozon1 wrote:First person adventure games?

I love the Nancy Drew mysteries games, and I'm trying to branch out into the genre.
I don't think I've ever played a first person adventure game (aside from action-adventure games, which tend to closely resemble first-person shooters). I do enjoy adventure games, though, provided they have a decent storyline. Those that don't (e.g. The Longest Journey) or feel more like "pixel-clickers" rather than a story-driven game, have a tendency to feel like it's more of a waste of time, rather than a fun game.

Re: Go ask the lizard-guy something....

Posted: Mon May 12, 2014 7:54 pm
by ScotchRobbins
Pulp Detective Stories?

Re: Go ask the lizard-guy something....

Posted: Mon May 12, 2014 8:59 pm
by Emwok
Favorite TTRPG system?

Re: Go ask the lizard-guy something....

Posted: Tue May 13, 2014 12:17 am
by Sstavix
ScotchRobbins wrote:Pulp Detective Stories?
They can be entertaining. Depends on the author, of course. There have been many books that I've read across a variety of genres which make me think "how did THIS get published?!?"

This has further reinforced my theory that people don't need to have any actual talent in order to succeed in this society....
Emwok wrote:Favorite TTRPG system?
Right now it's the Pathfinder ruleset, but I have a particular fondness for the Forgotten Realms campaign setting. I ran a couple of campaigns in the Forgotten Realms over the course of... well, too many years. :)

Re: Go ask the lizard-guy something....

Posted: Tue May 13, 2014 6:50 am
by Chozon1
Fairy food tastes like 10000 years of servitude. Or selling someone's soul. Or getting a team of brave freedom loving guardian fairies to free you.

I actually enjoy a good pixel clicker, from time to time. The trick for them is to be unafraid of looking up help in the internets...otherwise, they just get annoying.

Dungeon! the boardgame?