I'm afraid I might be sailing away from the topic here, but conviction requires me to say that Layonara is not just a computer game. Layonara is a community. NWN is a computer game, sure, and most of us hang out here to have fun. However, it's not the video game, NWN, that keeps people around. And communities are RL things.Layonara is a community designed for creative outlet. It is very similar to the theatre community I'm involved with at my university. In both cases, some people pursue inclusion in the community as a hobby- you might even say most people. For others, it's more than a hobby, either bordering on a second profession or actually becoming their livelihood.My point is, we're not wasting time. It's not mundane unless you consider the creative pursuits of human beings to be mundane. And I'm not even going to start in on that argument.I do think that a primary focus should be having fun. Fun, however, like most things in life isn't cheap, even if you aren't the one who's paying for it. Many other things should also be taken into account if you want to maintain a community, not just having fun.I love the theatre, I love a good show and a great set, but I hate painting all the drops and building the platforms. The theatre is fun for me, but it's also work, hate, sweat, boredom, and everything else that applies to the Real World. The same goes for Layo. There is an art here, as all story is art. Ozy brings up a point that applies to maintaining and growing the community. It isn't mundane, and it isn't a waste of time. It's caring and responsible. (*gasp* I can't believe I just called Ozy caring and responsible. ;-) Okay, maybe I can.)Finally, while I didn't spend as much time with your characters as others did, I always thought your characters were interesting, well thought-out and fleshed out, and fun to play with. I hope you don't take this post as an insult, but as a different perspective from someone who claims to be an artist and values the art of Layonara, in all its forms.
Anyway be that as it may, I feel that during any plot quest any person should have the right to alter the world? Why should only WL's get the opportunity? Half the reason they made it to world leader was due to favoratism in the beginning. But why shouldn't L choose whomever he wants? Like Dorg mentioned sometimes the 'weak guy gets lucky'.
Has anyone considered that the WLs have done something in the past with other plot quests which now requires them to participate in this one?What people seem to be forgetting is that the main plot is a huge story line that spans far more than just any single event.Sure, any one hobbit can save the world however think of it this way... Frodo's trek into Mordor was not a marathon where the ring was constantly handed off like a baton just so that every hobbit could share in the excitement of being part of the grand story. Frodo is the main character because the ring was left to him by Bilbo, not because Tolkien favoured him, but rather because it was a logical and plausible progression of the story.
" Yes, look at the list of World Leaders and show me someone who is not deserving of the title"
You can't really apply something where every character is the intellectual property of one person to a place where the intellectual property of the characters belongs to more than a hundred different people. With that amount of people the aspect of human nature comes in and fouls up that whole argument.That's why writing a novel is in some ways easier than rp. You don't have to worry about whose characters, or IP you're messing with.
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Topic: An Open Letter to Leanthar (Read 1226 times)
