SW/SWG musings of one who's just beaten food poisoning.
PostedTue Mar 29, 2005 1:21 pm
First off, this has nothing to do with anyone in particular, it's just the things I've observed on and off of the official boards since I've become an almost 100% IC Spatial RPer ("My hypocracy knows no bounds." -Doc Holliday, Tombstone).
Things that urk me a bit aobut RP in SWG (See also: a prequel to other ponderings to be brought up at a later date*):
1.) Approximately 15 minutes of the entire Star Wars saga is spent in a cantina, yet 99% of all roleplay is conducted there or in the equivolent thereof.
2.) RPers spend much of their time quibbling about "canon," yet do not realize that starwars.com has a hardline definition of canon, seen here (and found in the community/jedi council section):
When it comes to absolute canon, the real story of Star Wars, you must turn to the films themselves - and only the films. Even novelizations are interpretations of the film, and while they are largely true to George Lucas' vision (he works quite closely with the novel authors), the method in which they are written does allow for some minor differences. The novelizations are written concurrently with the film's production, so variations in detail do creep in from time to time. Nonetheless, they should be regarded as very accurate depictions of the fictional Star Wars movies.
-Steve Sansweet, August 17, 2001
Therefore the game it's self is not canon, so bickering about it is a moot point.
3.) Buffing is a gameplay mechanic, so therefore not canon, so therefore not worth bickering about (Yesss.. Sense my hypocracy).
4.) This post is not canon, so therefore is not worth bickering about.
5.) I'm really just miffed at all the canon vs. gameplay arguements, and the fact that all RP's conducted (across all servers I've created characters on) in cantina's/the equivolent thereof.
6.) I really, really like General Grievous. I love his design. I love the decision to juxtapose his color scheme to Vader's. I love that he's mean for mean's sake. I love that the geonosians made him meaner. This can only mean one thing:
He will die like a bitch in Episode III.
7.) If I make up a way for him to live, it will not be canon.
8.) If my way to make him live is ever accepted as canon, He will more than likely end up at a cantina either doing AFK mind buffs or be grinding toward tumble2. This in turn will prime him for my new and improved RP template.
9.) SOE trying to make me believe that banthas are hairless on Kasshyyk is total Poodoo.
10.) And a final pondering.. More of a musing.. We need someone of Palpatine's skills to start coordinating events, maybe mothly that get -everyone- out of the cantinas and into the world of Star Wars (as un-canon as it is), and start living it. I've taken alt upon alt (some alts that my guildies don't even know about) to many an event, and felt my character was instantly added to the entire room's ignore list. I sense.. Stagnance.
*Please take this all with a grain of salt. It's just one man's musings, primarily made to not only make one think, but to make more than one chuckle... Except number six. He's totally going to die like a bitch. I can feel it (And history repeats it's self, thanks to The Fetts).
Things that urk me a bit aobut RP in SWG (See also: a prequel to other ponderings to be brought up at a later date*):
1.) Approximately 15 minutes of the entire Star Wars saga is spent in a cantina, yet 99% of all roleplay is conducted there or in the equivolent thereof.
2.) RPers spend much of their time quibbling about "canon," yet do not realize that starwars.com has a hardline definition of canon, seen here (and found in the community/jedi council section):
When it comes to absolute canon, the real story of Star Wars, you must turn to the films themselves - and only the films. Even novelizations are interpretations of the film, and while they are largely true to George Lucas' vision (he works quite closely with the novel authors), the method in which they are written does allow for some minor differences. The novelizations are written concurrently with the film's production, so variations in detail do creep in from time to time. Nonetheless, they should be regarded as very accurate depictions of the fictional Star Wars movies.
-Steve Sansweet, August 17, 2001
Therefore the game it's self is not canon, so bickering about it is a moot point.
3.) Buffing is a gameplay mechanic, so therefore not canon, so therefore not worth bickering about (Yesss.. Sense my hypocracy).
4.) This post is not canon, so therefore is not worth bickering about.
5.) I'm really just miffed at all the canon vs. gameplay arguements, and the fact that all RP's conducted (across all servers I've created characters on) in cantina's/the equivolent thereof.
6.) I really, really like General Grievous. I love his design. I love the decision to juxtapose his color scheme to Vader's. I love that he's mean for mean's sake. I love that the geonosians made him meaner. This can only mean one thing:
He will die like a bitch in Episode III.
7.) If I make up a way for him to live, it will not be canon.
8.) If my way to make him live is ever accepted as canon, He will more than likely end up at a cantina either doing AFK mind buffs or be grinding toward tumble2. This in turn will prime him for my new and improved RP template.
9.) SOE trying to make me believe that banthas are hairless on Kasshyyk is total Poodoo.
10.) And a final pondering.. More of a musing.. We need someone of Palpatine's skills to start coordinating events, maybe mothly that get -everyone- out of the cantinas and into the world of Star Wars (as un-canon as it is), and start living it. I've taken alt upon alt (some alts that my guildies don't even know about) to many an event, and felt my character was instantly added to the entire room's ignore list. I sense.. Stagnance.
*Please take this all with a grain of salt. It's just one man's musings, primarily made to not only make one think, but to make more than one chuckle... Except number six. He's totally going to die like a bitch. I can feel it (And history repeats it's self, thanks to The Fetts).