Re: To Write Dominion Fanfiction
Keep going Raven013!
Personally I cant help but fiction this game as Im playing it. Im more RPGer than PvPer. Some of the AARs here are close to FanFiction. Ive always been all for it. Ive even pressed for some to consider publishing. Id particularly like to see something that lays out the games actions, and then presents it in story form. Kindofa combination fiction and tutorial.
IN VERY GENERAL TERMS...
Part of what you will run into is that the RPGers seem to tend towards solo play. The huge sales, and traffic on other forums, seems to say there are many of them out there but they rarely have a reason to create a login and haunt this forum. While the MPers do in order to easier create and join MP games. Some people tend to be more a fan of the games mechanics (Johans excellent work) and others more toward the games fiction (Kristoffers learned contributions). Reading thru posts here you can easily get an impression of who is who. Particularly when they discuss the reasons for their choices of pretenders.
As for fanfiction in general, there isnt really an argument here. Everyones opinion seems equally true. FanFiction is yet another example of the growth of CrowdSourcing on the Internet (which I make my living off of). FanFiction, YouTube, CafePress, WikiPedia, theFUMP, Google, or for that matter forums like this. They tend to be great examples of the Pareto Principle. Mostly crap. But that doesnt mean it should stop. We cant find the good 20% without wading thru the 80%.
Edit: @theJeff thanks for Sturgeon's Law. Pareto is more in the business/marketing world but I will keep SL in my toolbox for some uses.
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Gandalf Parker
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or maybe I have attention deficit disorder with overly creative tendencies
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