G'day, G'day! Let me see if I can address some of these thoughts...
I've been to a few events now, and I'd really love to figure out how to sync chat scroll to music
I'd like to know how to do that myself, but it would be a macros thing, if you could...
-- I'm new to the game, and macros are a bit of a mystery. Those of you that play bards doing performances IC: do you use these?
Some of us do; I don't, myself, but it's more that I have seen enough problems with them that I prefer to handle and time my own lines. I'm sure those who do use them can give you tips.
What are some of the challenges with trying to translate pre-written song to text? The few times that I've done it in other games I just copy-pasted lines, but I kind of want to attach those to movements/in game effects at some point as well.
Macros CAN add game effects to lines. I know several people who have them down pat and make them work. For myself, I write out the lyrics I want, and plan out my moves, and copy-paste them. It sounds like more risk and more time consumption in the performance, and it can be, yes, but I also find that sometimes I come up with better ideas on the fly, or don't have time to fully test out the macros, so I like the control that comes with having my cut and paste fully planned and ready in a document.
As for translating songs, it's become one of my favorite things. I tend to streamline repeated choruses and turn lyrics into poetry, in terms of meter and stanzas, and sort of run them through a lore-filter, converting the ideas into things that characters would have IC knowledge of, or express ideas in terms of existing game lore or ideas close enough to it not to matter.
And on that note, do any of you write your own things? Music or lyrics?
I don't compose actual music, but I do write my very own things from time to time, converting from existing songs and poems for looser, more pop-feeling expresssions.
It would be cool to see some kind of LS for performers, I think, share trade secrets, organize shows for other FCs, etc. I'm considering it, unless there is one already.
We did have one, at one point, but a number of people decided that they were wanting to do other things, or focus elsewhere, so right now, most people I know who "perform" do it as part of a guild, or with a loose network of people who know each other IC and are used to working together. I'm not opposed to a new linkshell, but haven't moved to make one. There are some guilds that are very active in performance, in fact.
There are several events each month that offer the opportunity to see and do "Bard stuff", and the best way to get involved is come out, meet the regulars, and get in the mix while you see how each one of us does it.
I've been to a few events now, and I'd really love to figure out how to sync chat scroll to music
I'd like to know how to do that myself, but it would be a macros thing, if you could...
-- I'm new to the game, and macros are a bit of a mystery. Those of you that play bards doing performances IC: do you use these?
Some of us do; I don't, myself, but it's more that I have seen enough problems with them that I prefer to handle and time my own lines. I'm sure those who do use them can give you tips.
What are some of the challenges with trying to translate pre-written song to text? The few times that I've done it in other games I just copy-pasted lines, but I kind of want to attach those to movements/in game effects at some point as well.
Macros CAN add game effects to lines. I know several people who have them down pat and make them work. For myself, I write out the lyrics I want, and plan out my moves, and copy-paste them. It sounds like more risk and more time consumption in the performance, and it can be, yes, but I also find that sometimes I come up with better ideas on the fly, or don't have time to fully test out the macros, so I like the control that comes with having my cut and paste fully planned and ready in a document.
As for translating songs, it's become one of my favorite things. I tend to streamline repeated choruses and turn lyrics into poetry, in terms of meter and stanzas, and sort of run them through a lore-filter, converting the ideas into things that characters would have IC knowledge of, or express ideas in terms of existing game lore or ideas close enough to it not to matter.
And on that note, do any of you write your own things? Music or lyrics?
I don't compose actual music, but I do write my very own things from time to time, converting from existing songs and poems for looser, more pop-feeling expresssions.
It would be cool to see some kind of LS for performers, I think, share trade secrets, organize shows for other FCs, etc. I'm considering it, unless there is one already.
We did have one, at one point, but a number of people decided that they were wanting to do other things, or focus elsewhere, so right now, most people I know who "perform" do it as part of a guild, or with a loose network of people who know each other IC and are used to working together. I'm not opposed to a new linkshell, but haven't moved to make one. There are some guilds that are very active in performance, in fact.
There are several events each month that offer the opportunity to see and do "Bard stuff", and the best way to get involved is come out, meet the regulars, and get in the mix while you see how each one of us does it.
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