Hey thanks guys, or rather, I'm sure my players will be happy to know that others find their characters interesting. Actually, thanks for the formatting goes to Chainsaw. One of my players found and then heavily modified a character sheet in his handy-dandy "Helps and TIPs FAQ":http://forums.obsidianportal.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=1114&page=1#Item_26. From there, he and I tweeked things a bit to try and come up with a layout that worked well with the theme of our campaign.
I actually made a chart of my D&D activity Before, and After I started working: The disparity is alarming. I went from a session a day (approximately), to roughly a session every 2 weeks. It's one of the suckiest things I've had to deal with in ever. I had to delete the chart. Now I just need to be bothered to update the wiki even more (Which is hard, because I have little direction).
Every time I look at Dusk's page, or Arsheesh's, or Silence's character, a million voices cry out at once, and then silence. I wish I could develop that much intricacy, but with no direction, it's hard to even attempt. Most of everything I've been doing is make-work.
My page is akin to the destruction of Alderaan? Thanks?
Rase, I used to play nightly as well. Now, I run two games a week, but it's still not enough for me. I would play every night if I could.
And as much as there is on my site, twice as much is floating around in my head, waiting for me to find the time and skill to get it all up on the site.
I need to think before I write things: It's more a comparison - your pages are like the Death Star to my Alderaan. *Note to self: Am not a Dabus. Mental pictures must needs be explained. People cannot see inside head.*
If you need assistance, let me know. Especially if it'll help prevent a headsplosion from too much stored information.
I can see inside your head, Rase. It's all... sticky and meaty in there.
If I could devise some sort of a data-transference apparatus to beam my overload of D&Data to you, that would be a great help. Alas, there's only so much help I can ask until that glorious day.
I don't know about "make-work" Rase, although I haven't been through your site thoroughly yet I've very much enjoyed what I have seen of it so far. Also, I've had nearly a year to work on my two sites and I imagine Dusck's had longer than that. If you had stopped by either of my two sites in their earlier stages you would have found them far far less intricate. Just let your site develop naturally along with your campaign and in time I'm sure it will take on a complex life of its own.
But I can totally empathize with what you are saying about D&D activity Rase. While my Tales of Darkmoon Vale campaign still meets regularly, my Age of Legends campaign has gone from meeting about once every other week, to once a month, and now to once every 2 to 3 months. Hence, I've kind of kind of become lax about updating it.
Looks like I was a bit late in posting my previous comments. One other thing I would mention is that while I'm all for exploring, appreciating and borrowing from other people's sites, I would advise against comparing one's own site to others too much. There are at least two pitfalls of doing so. On the one hand, such comparisons can lead to a sense of discouragement and/or envy if you think your own site just doesn't add up to other sites. On the other hand, if you such comparisons lead you to believe that your site is superior to others, if you aren't careful this can also lead to an ugly, inflated sense of pride and condescension. Neither of these are attractive options.
I'm just as human as the next person and I've felt the pull of both of these vices. As a result, my personal philosophy is to apply myself to whatever I do and to judge the success of my work by my own standards. If I have worked hard and achieved something that I find to be of decent quality, then I am satisfied. Perhaps others are capable of doing better, and perhaps not, but why should that matter to me? I've done my best and I'm satisfied with that. If I based my opinion of work on what other people do or think, I would never be satisfied. For in such a case, even if you think that your work is better than others, or that others are impressed by it, there's always the unease of becoming obsolete. In a nutshell, comparison is slow death. Don't do it!
I completely understand! For me, it's more of a driving force to improve! I just am lacking direction. I see everything as having merit, more than anything else. The only bad idea is the one left untried at the end of time. (If it were a good idea, someone, somewhere, would have done it)
I definately don't subscribe to the "ha ha! my site is teh pwnzors" mentality - I just see the work everyone else has done, and say "Wow, that's amazing! Time to get to work! *Inspiration!*" It's just a question of direction, I suppose. Where/how to apply the inspiration gained from the works of others is probably the most interesting question I've had for a while.
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Cheers,
-Arsheesh
Every time I look at Dusk's page, or Arsheesh's, or Silence's character, a million voices cry out at once, and then silence. I wish I could develop that much intricacy, but with no direction, it's hard to even attempt. Most of everything I've been doing is make-work.
Rase, I used to play nightly as well. Now, I run two games a week, but it's still not enough for me. I would play every night if I could.
And as much as there is on my site, twice as much is floating around in my head, waiting for me to find the time and skill to get it all up on the site.
If you need assistance, let me know. Especially if it'll help prevent a headsplosion from too much stored information.
If I could devise some sort of a data-transference apparatus to beam my overload of D&Data to you, that would be a great help. Alas, there's only so much help I can ask until that glorious day.
But I can totally empathize with what you are saying about D&D activity Rase. While my Tales of Darkmoon Vale campaign still meets regularly, my Age of Legends campaign has gone from meeting about once every other week, to once a month, and now to once every 2 to 3 months. Hence, I've kind of kind of become lax about updating it.
Cheers,
-Arsheesh
I'm just as human as the next person and I've felt the pull of both of these vices. As a result, my personal philosophy is to apply myself to whatever I do and to judge the success of my work by my own standards. If I have worked hard and achieved something that I find to be of decent quality, then I am satisfied. Perhaps others are capable of doing better, and perhaps not, but why should that matter to me? I've done my best and I'm satisfied with that. If I based my opinion of work on what other people do or think, I would never be satisfied. For in such a case, even if you think that your work is better than others, or that others are impressed by it, there's always the unease of becoming obsolete. In a nutshell, comparison is slow death. Don't do it!
I definately don't subscribe to the "ha ha! my site is teh pwnzors" mentality - I just see the work everyone else has done, and say "Wow, that's amazing! Time to get to work! *Inspiration!*" It's just a question of direction, I suppose. Where/how to apply the inspiration gained from the works of others is probably the most interesting question I've had for a while.