(07-20-2013, 09:05 PM)Desphiria Wrote: I have one simple question, why are you putting logic into a video game? That's all I gotta say. It's a game, have fun. We don't need to put logic into everything. It's a fantasy game, why is everyone worrying about this?
If you don't like what's going on in the lore then change it and make up your own rules or play a different race.
Personally, I'm doing this because I'd like to be a published writer. The book I'm reading at the moment by Orson Scott Card describes his method for building strong, believable settings as a backdrop for your stories, so this is largely an intellectual exercise to improve my skills as a writer. I would equate it to the artists practicing their drawing in other posts. Writing is a craft, and this is one way to practice the art.
The other reason is I've gotten a large amount of feedback, both on this thread and the thread about inbreeding that spawned this effort, as well as a number of private messages from several users asking me to keep it up or elaborate on certain points. In the current absence of lore, people are hungry for this sort of discussion, and it's fun to speculate. Along the lines of "it's a game, just have fun," this is fun to me. I'm thoroughly enjoying these discussions on the forum and happy to have found a community where I can have an intellectual discussion without it devolving into a flame war or dueling memes.
Lastly, I work as a teacher and it's summer break, so I have a lot of time on my hands.
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