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David73 · 11-28-2006, 09:24 AM

To Minsc (love that name by the way):

Thanks for the tips. In the past I already tried working in a small hobby game-developer crew, but, as so often, the team collapsed after a few weeks. As a matter of fact, I already had a not so bad community-website running, aimed at newbies at game-development. We tried to get people together, help and learn from each other. It wasn’t a bad time, but after some time we had to learn the hard way that there are too many wanna-be’s around, and the people with experience weren’t so keen on helping newbies and always answering the same question. So sadly, the project died after a few months. Perhaps the most interesting thing about this experience was, that I got people to like the idea, create a web-design, code a simple content-management-system and add content to it. So I just created the concept and found people who did the dirty work for me

But to think positive: I succeeded in inspiring them, motivate them for my ideas. So we had a good time and I didn’t feel bad about it. But of course, I took the death of the project to personally…

I think I will try to get my two interests (writing and games) together and start writing down some game ideas and story backgrounds. I must admit that I never did that much writing, but I always felt that perhaps I have a little bit of talent in me. My main problem is that I keep telling me how uncreative I am. Heck, I always have a hard time finding a character name when playing games….

So I will try to do some regular writing every day…just to get going and get some experience.

Perhaps I will try to get into some Beta Tests as well, to hone my “game-analysis” skills…

To Jan:

Yes, I realise that I dwell on past errors way too much. Of course it’s important to analyse them, but I keep dragging myself down and that’s counterproductive. And as I got into PD I just did the same error again and thought: I’ve I started with PD sooner I would lead a better life by now, perhaps it’s too late now and I will never be able to make the same advances I could have made if I started PD 20 years ago….and so on. A very stupid thing to do, I know…

To Alvin:

As a matter of fact, most times I ask my wife what she wants to eat

I really have problems with these every-day decisions. Most times I just don’t seem to care enough. Or I don’t have an idea and keep on asking my wife for ideas…It’s really annoying (for her too) I must admit.

About my favourite games…Of course you’re partly right. But I am also very easily influenced by reviews and other peoples opinion. I’m not saying that I stop playing a game I really like when reading a bad review, but it sure has some influence on my motivation playing this game. Often when I have a new game I wanted for a long time, I keep on reading good reviews all the time to get me “worked up” for this game. Of course this is big problem when trying to write reviews by myself. Thinking that you don’t have an opinion of your own is not the best start for a game tester…

Regarding my wife….of course it wasn’t a shotgun wedding

I really love her and we have a happy marriage. But there were also times when I wasn’t sure if I made the right decision (nothing so special about this I think). The problem is that I had a late-start with girls and married my first girl-friend (which I met with 20!). Yes, I probably had my first real kiss with about 18/19 and found my love with 20 (so that makes two girls in an entire life). I don’t have a big problem with it, but of course it gets you wondering some times if you really made the right decision…

So, in fact, even decisions where I liked the results weren’t easy for me to make.

And I like to tell you that of course I’m getting something out of this. But to answer your question about what I like to be, I think I will need a bit more journaling. Right now I just could answer with a few phrases which are not detailed enough. Like make a living with a job I love and feel passionate about, doh…Getting some respect, get more discipline and like myself, and so on. Trying to do my part making this world a better place. Hmm, that makes me remember that we have a free-hug day in a few weeks in germany. Gets a smile in my face and a tear in my eye every time I see it.

11-28-2006, 09:24 AM	#20 (permalink)
David73 Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 7	To Minsc (love that name by the way): Thanks for the tips. In the past I already tried working in a small hobby game-developer crew, but, as so often, the team collapsed after a few weeks. As a matter of fact, I already had a not so bad community-website running, aimed at newbies at game-development. We tried to get people together, help and learn from each other. It wasn’t a bad time, but after some time we had to learn the hard way that there are too many wanna-be’s around, and the people with experience weren’t so keen on helping newbies and always answering the same question. So sadly, the project died after a few months. Perhaps the most interesting thing about this experience was, that I got people to like the idea, create a web-design, code a simple content-management-system and add content to it. So I just created the concept and found people who did the dirty work for me But to think positive: I succeeded in inspiring them, motivate them for my ideas. So we had a good time and I didn’t feel bad about it. But of course, I took the death of the project to personally… I think I will try to get my two interests (writing and games) together and start writing down some game ideas and story backgrounds. I must admit that I never did that much writing, but I always felt that perhaps I have a little bit of talent in me. My main problem is that I keep telling me how uncreative I am. Heck, I always have a hard time finding a character name when playing games…. So I will try to do some regular writing every day…just to get going and get some experience. Perhaps I will try to get into some Beta Tests as well, to hone my “game-analysis” skills… To Jan: Yes, I realise that I dwell on past errors way too much. Of course it’s important to analyse them, but I keep dragging myself down and that’s counterproductive. And as I got into PD I just did the same error again and thought: I’ve I started with PD sooner I would lead a better life by now, perhaps it’s too late now and I will never be able to make the same advances I could have made if I started PD 20 years ago….and so on. A very stupid thing to do, I know… To Alvin: As a matter of fact, most times I ask my wife what she wants to eat I really have problems with these every-day decisions. Most times I just don’t seem to care enough. Or I don’t have an idea and keep on asking my wife for ideas…It’s really annoying (for her too) I must admit. About my favourite games…Of course you’re partly right. But I am also very easily influenced by reviews and other peoples opinion. I’m not saying that I stop playing a game I really like when reading a bad review, but it sure has some influence on my motivation playing this game. Often when I have a new game I wanted for a long time, I keep on reading good reviews all the time to get me “worked up” for this game. Of course this is big problem when trying to write reviews by myself. Thinking that you don’t have an opinion of your own is not the best start for a game tester… Regarding my wife….of course it wasn’t a shotgun wedding I really love her and we have a happy marriage. But there were also times when I wasn’t sure if I made the right decision (nothing so special about this I think). The problem is that I had a late-start with girls and married my first girl-friend (which I met with 20!). Yes, I probably had my first real kiss with about 18/19 and found my love with 20 (so that makes two girls in an entire life). I don’t have a big problem with it, but of course it gets you wondering some times if you really made the right decision… So, in fact, even decisions where I liked the results weren’t easy for me to make. And I like to tell you that of course I’m getting something out of this. But to answer your question about what I like to be, I think I will need a bit more journaling. Right now I just could answer with a few phrases which are not detailed enough. Like make a living with a job I love and feel passionate about, doh…Getting some respect, get more discipline and like myself, and so on. Trying to do my part making this world a better place. Hmm, that makes me remember that we have a free-hug day in a few weeks in germany. Gets a smile in my face and a tear in my eye every time I see it.