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Thursday, December 23, 2004
Response to your responses.
Asuki: Exactly. And the idea that an RPG can't be good or popular without HTML is utter rubbish; there's plenty of evidence to the contrary. And there are plenty of RPGs that have used HTML but haven't gone down so well.
Arcadia: Well, I don't really think it cuts across the HTML/"oldie" lines. Honestly, I see plenty of RPGs made by so-called "oldies" that simply flop as soon as they're posted. And then I see new concepts sometimes doing very well, even when they're made by a very new or obscure member.
So I don't think that the status of a person or their use of graphics is necessarily going to ensure that other RPGs are ignored; I'm sure it does sometimes happen, but I also think that people will gravitate toward the concepts that interest them.
Karmi: I understand that point of view, Karmi. But do you know what that ultimately means?
It ultimately means that the "better" you make your RPGs, the more you'll be punished. And really, how much sense does that make?
My RPGs have never been about flash or style over substance. My aim has always been to bring writers together to have fun primarily, but also to hopefully make something that others will want to read.
Again, all you have to do is look at The Reanimatrix. That has turned out to be a great project. And yet nobody has been "rejected", by nature of what it is.
Also, it's simply not possible for every single person to get into an RPG these days. Just about all RPGs that are created these days (regardless of who makes them) will have a finite number of final places. I do my best to go for a variety of members and I deliberately try to give new members a chance.
So this whole...stigma about my RPGs is false. And that's really what I'm getting at. It feels like a backhanded compliment when someone says "Your RPG is great but nobody will sign up."
PT: Oh, I know, I know. lol
Don't worry, I'm not that ignorant.
I understand that Boba's intention was not malicious towards me. What I'm saying, though, is that he is reflecting a general attitude that is problematic. It's an attitude that seems to say "the more work you put in, the more exciting/fun you try to make it, the more your work will be marginalized". Or something along those lines.
Animangademon: But at least, with Volume 1, there was a strong attempt by everyone. Back then nobody was saying "I won't even try."
Also, many members are definitely in a position where they will primarily (or only) let their friends into an RPG. Yet I actively try to mix it up a little. It's also false to say that all of the participants at the time were Moderators; they were not all Moderators. This is especially true in Volume 2, where the two new characters were cast to two members that were (and still are) pretty unknown.
At least you recognize my intention. But the whole idea of being intimidated on an anime message board is still something that I can't quite get my head around. Like I said before, if it interests you, at least try. Regardless whether you get in or not, you'll at least be able to build up that writing experience further.
Mimmi: Yes, thank you. That gets to a large part of my whole point.
As I said, I don't believe that anyone is deliberately being malicious. However, I do believe that there is a massively incorrrect perception out there.
And it's unfortunate, because as I mentioned earlier, it's like a punishment to those who make something that is deemed as "good work".
In just about every RPG I make, about 90% of the sign-ups impress me a lot.
But if 30 people sign-up, I can't let them all in. A 30 person RPG would probably become so complex and difficult to follow that it'd die after a day or two.
And so, that's why I made The Reanimatrix -- to accommodate anyone who had an interest. And that thread is still going, still being added to. At least in that case, many people got over their feelings of intimidation and realized that there's nothing to be worried about.
So yeah. In future, it would be great if these things were remembered. It'd be great if people realized that I'm not out to create some clique of the same people who get into all my RPGs or something. It'd be great if my attempts to be inclusive were recognized, because being inclusive is so fundamentally important to me.
All I know is that these days, I almost approach the creation of a new RPG with a sense of worry. Rather than hoping for the best, I worry about how many will take interest but not go near it.
And that's not fun.
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