I needs help! Knowing the end's going to come soon (I think....) I just can't get into a character for fear that as soon as I become attached, -Bam- the world goes up in flames. D: What would you do in this situation?
Play something fun anyway and to hell with the end of the world. And maybe, your character will be the catalyst that blows the whole planet up. Or, he'll be the guy who keeps that one section from being destroyed, thus providing the opening for v.2 to roll out.
Wait, let me get this straight, you're afraid to become attached to a character because you don't then want to experience the end of the known world with this character? Am I missing something? What better way to go out with a much-loved character?
I fought through Armageddon's Armageddon and all I got was this stupid mantis head. :D
Jeeze.... You just flipped my armaddict switch back 'on', wtf was I thinking? :oops:
The "end of the world" announcement was first made 11 months ago. At the time, a lot of people freaked out, saying, "but now I can't play, ack, this character of mine won't last!"
But come on, really, how many characters last even CLOSE to that long, regardless of the end of the world? I certainly am not playing the same character I was playing at the time. Or the character after that. Or the character after THAT.
Put aside assumptions/fears about when the world will end and just play your character's life.
Personally, I wouldn't play Arm if it weren't for the fact that every moment of it was fun. I mean, if I had to work to a point to make it fun, that would make it work. That I don't get paid for. Screw that.
As far as losing a beloved character goes, I can't say I really sympathize. This is a story, and stories end. I may not be happy about it once the time comes, but then there's a lot of things that make me unhappy. Generally, I get over myself within three hours and look back on what was good about the experience as a whole.
Quote from: "Gimfalisette"The "end of the world" announcement was first made 11 months ago. At the time, a lot of people freaked out, saying, "but now I can't play, ack, this character of mine won't last!"
But come on, really, how many characters last even CLOSE to that long, regardless of the end of the world?
Oh man, I was doing so good with that. I had the same character from July 2006 to September 2007 -- a personal record! Of course she only had about
2 days play time when I accidentally killed her with a typo. :( But still, keeping her alive for 14 months was pretty cool, even if I had to barely play at all to do it.
Armageddon isn't going to close down for another 5 years.
You can mark my words.
*shakes fist*
:edit: changed from 2 to 5 years.
Quote from: "Lizzie"Play something fun anyway and to hell with the end of the world. And maybe, your character will be the catalyst that blows the whole planet up. Or, he'll be the guy who keeps that one section from being destroyed, thus providing the opening for v.2 to roll out.
This mentality I believe leads to the powergaming we all fear.
I suggest you simply forget the world is going to end. Its taking so damn long anyways, that it could be months before it happens, and your character could live a perfectly natural, mundane life before the end even comes.
Pretend there was no announcement.
Uh, Reiloth, that's what I said.
Play something fun anyway and to hell with the end of the world.
Meaning - play whatever you WANT to play, and take your attention off the whole "end of the world" thing.
Meaning - stop worrying about the end of the world. And play what you want to play.
Meaning - if you play what you want to play, and not worry about the end of the world, you could end up having a whole lot of fun AND by sheer circumstance end up being a part of the end of the world when it happens.
Which is a whole lot more fun than planning for the end of the world, which may or may not occur within a reasonable timeframe of the average PC's existence.
Meh. Glad we agree, Lizzie.
I just hope I'm online for the End Of The World. Missing it would just suck.
Hah! Same here. I'll probably be at work.