tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2564797917731058560.post3024308504413359163..comments2023-10-04T09:06:53.421-07:00Comments on Shatterworld: Behind the Scenes: Emergent StorytellingNiccodaemushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12969643475763823901noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2564797917731058560.post-81807679444825399512012-03-26T17:21:35.750-07:002012-03-26T17:21:35.750-07:00Hi Mark,
I had a lot of faith in LOST for the fir...Hi Mark,<br /><br />I had a lot of faith in LOST for the first few seasons. Unfortunately, the creators made a huge ass fool out of me. Oh well.<br /><br />And BSG could have ended so much better. Other than their "collective unconscious" (characterized by All Along the Watchtower), there is zero explanation for the Colonials having the same mythology as ancient Rome. (Surely they aren't suggesting that the myths lasted some 145,000 years, when they become wildly popular for a few centures before they died out?)<br /><br />Sorry we're polluting your TV. I've always been fond of programming from the UK!Niccodaemushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12969643475763823901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2564797917731058560.post-59028115705166944122012-03-26T02:16:49.420-07:002012-03-26T02:16:49.420-07:00'Lost' was a joke from beginning to end. N...'Lost' was a joke from beginning to end. Never made sense to me why the most overweight person would be put in charge of the food? <br />As for BSG, started out so well, then I felt betrayed by the cop-out finale. But sadly, I feel the US tv companies have become overly reliant on shows the have that initial 'wow!' effect. Then they ride it out until the legs collapse from underneath it, leaving the viewing public feeling cheated, disgruntled or 'meh, whatever!' about it. Which is a crying shame, sometimes.<br /><br />Here in the UK, some of the best dramas, comedies and thrillers have run no more than three seasons max, which works out so well, as things are left on a high. But slowly and surely, the US trend is starting to reveal itself in British television production runs.Mark Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13002166292175980928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2564797917731058560.post-63618583158339916382012-03-07T17:24:15.888-08:002012-03-07T17:24:15.888-08:00I think the challenge to achieving something appro...I think the challenge to achieving something approaching a "plot" is having a dynamic core to a story that can withstand taking damage.<br /><br />One way to think of it is like a fleet of drones. They players are individual drones, but the swarm has a trajectory that can withstand individuals acting out of synch. Players can choose their own destiny, but the general story arc will survive.<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQIMGV5vtd4Niccodaemushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12969643475763823901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2564797917731058560.post-75950880205599639262012-03-07T16:39:51.842-08:002012-03-07T16:39:51.842-08:00I think many players like the idea that the end is...I think many players like the idea that the end is not predetermined, and that they can have an impact on the story, rather than having the ending predetermined by the referee. In that way, RPGs are not like books and movies (which exist to communicate the author's ideas).<br /><br />I am personally not opposed to plot, but I don't like to determine the outcome beforehand. More like, these three factions are struggling, which do you want to support? Or maybe ignore them all? Such a situation is not random and and it is not plotted either. I really like the idea of setting up future timelines (subject to change of course) but I've never really been able to do such prep in a way that I was in the end able to use.<br /><br />And there is something to be said for a campaign that ends naturally because the motivating problems have been solved or circumvented. This is hard to do with an entirely freeform campaign. To be honest, I've never actually seen this happen in practice though.Necropraxishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12716340801054739658noreply@blogger.com