RPGDX > Forums > Off Topic > *quoted PM from LG*

tcaudilllg · Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 8:50 pm Post subject:

I've had enough of this. This Gooseman guy comes out of nowhere, this RuneLancer guy comes out of nowhere, and this Ren guy comes out of nowhere and they all single me out right from the start for god knows what reason. Just because the three of you say go, and try to make it popular for people to hate me...--I'm not going to say another word.

Bjorn, please lock this thread.

Mark_Y · Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 9:38 pm Post subject:

Given the apparent inability of people to ignore LG -- no fault of theirs, he's such a tempting target -- I guess I've changed my position. You may as well ban him. There's no cost and maybe it will teach him a lesson.

Ren · Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2005 11:03 am Post subject:

Actually, I was at RPGDX from the start. I also remember having a link up at Happy's *old* rpgdx, would you believe. I got here from the DE boards, which had been running for a while before *that* even started. Although I rarely posted back then, just in short bursts. I guess i'm a bit of a sleeper :). Anyway, i'm not sure if that's news to anybody else, I talk about the darkboard every now and then and the rest sort of follows.
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Nodtveidt · Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2005 12:53 pm Post subject:

I remember a loooooong time ago...Mandrake had started up a site (I thought it was RPGDX but it might have been another...?) and he had asked me to write an article for his site, so I wrote an article about developing NPC villians, a subject I am very experienced in, so I did...although he ended up putting it in the wrong section (he put it in Programming, hehe).
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Ren · Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2005 2:51 pm Post subject:

Heh, there was a pretty good chance I read it, although I wish a could remember a little better :). I've read so many essays or rants by you in my time. What were the main points?
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Nodtveidt · Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2005 3:16 pm Post subject:

My article was basically about how to create a villainous character that people would remember...a bad guy with a point. There have been way too many games with randomly created bad guys that don't stick out whatsoever, both in the indie scene and professionally as well, so I wrote up a guide on how to create a good bad guy, everything from background to storyline conclusion. It took about 4 days to write the article. Major points included creating obsessions, defining the good guy/bad guy relationship, "good side" betrayal, personality conflicts, motivations, and how/when/if the bad guy should be removed from the story.
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Bjorn · Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 11:14 am Post subject:

I still vote for trying to solve this as a community, people. This doesn't mean collectively voting for his ban, but collectively not participating in unpleasant and long winded threads.

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biggerUniverse · Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 2:35 am Post subject:

Mark_Y · Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 3:01 am Post subject:

Guys, I think I'm moving on. The conversation here ain't that interesting any more and it's just kind of depressing (in a piddling, Internet forum kind of way) how LG can make himself the center of attention regardless of how disgusted people are with him.

Maybe I'll post again if something interesting starts back up. I tend to lurk even when I'm not posting.

Anyway, adieu.

Ren · Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 3:03 am Post subject:

tcaudilllg · Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 7:06 pm Post subject:

Nodtveidt · Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2005 7:19 pm Post subject:

tcaudilllg · Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2005 7:38 pm Post subject:

Yeah, it's in the off-topic section. "An Essay" is the title of the thread.

Ren · Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2005 8:08 pm Post subject: