quote: Original post by liquiddark
I don''t think you''ve given a real answer here. If musical composition can be turned into a game, then regardless of how well these games do, there is certainly something to take out of non-narrative artistic forms, which quite clearly contradicts your original contention. That''s all I''ll say on that front.

What was I supposed to be answering, and don''t you mean my intention?

quote: Original post by orionx103
What was I supposed to be answering, and don't you mean my intention ?

con·ten·tion ( P ) Pronunciation Key (kn-tnshn)
n.
1. The act or an instance of striving in controversy or debate.
2. A striving to win in competition; rivalry: The teams met in fierce contention for first place.
3. An assertion put forward in argument.

I seem to be saying "no offense" a lot lately, but with no disrespect intended if you don't know how to use a dictionary I think you have to reevaluate the platform from which you pontificate on the suitability of the content posted to the writing forum.

As to what you were answering, you seemed to be responding to my post, which made 2 points - firstly, that Amped and Frequency brought gameplay to something that was not particularly narrative in nature (by implication showing the possibility of non-narrative contribution, a point upon which I later elaborated), secondly, that poetry had contributions to make as a form separate from narrative literature. Neither of these was addressed to any real degree, despite your effort to quote the original post.

ld

[edited by - liquiddark on December 18, 2003 11:25:30 PM]

I didn''t really want this to become a comic book, but since this isn''t the first time someone has said it''s suited to that medium, I''m gonna get some advice on how well it fits. I''ve posted these pieces at Digital Webbing to get some feedback on these characters for comic books/graphic novels. I''ll let you know what happens.

ld

quote: Original post by liquiddark
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Went to Google, typed in "contention," and got the definition from there, huh? I don''t think you impress anyone by using words that aren''t common, but I bet you think you do. I did look it up; it didn''t seem to fit, but intention did.

quote: Original post by orionx103
(snip seemingly angry post)

Dude, let''s start over. I don''t want to clash with you, I''m just a specific type of person and sometimes I can be a dickwad. In reality, I''m pretty shy and I try hard to be nice. I just prefer brevity when online, and I like using a wide vocabulary because it took a lot of work to establish it in the first place. Please accept my apology if I''ve offended you.

ld

No problems. I just get argumentative. ^_^

Don't mean to be resurrecting dead material, but I just wanted to note for any possible curious lurkers, the posting at Digital Webbing was pretty useless. I'm going back to Critters for my serious critiquing needs. At least they have rules that mean you have to get SOMETHING substantial back.

ld
Who doesn't mind working for a living, but will be damned if he sees nothing for his work.

[edited by - liquiddark on December 31, 2003 2:43:21 AM]

ld : I am glad you didnt take offence at my comment. As usual I was just trying to be useful. It''s easier for us who write little texts to get noticed if we post them as separate threads, otherwise ppl could easily skip our posts if they were part of some uber thread.

Anyway, I am glad you posted your thread coz it sure as hell is a good one
It was short and sweet, the sort of thing I want to see when I read a good roleplaying book (I dunno if you are familiar with White Wolf studio ?).

Very well done ! And thanks for a good read !


orion : a little less argumentation, a little more love !
Still you make valid points... but discuss them in another thread maybe ?

Sancte Isidore ora pro nobis !