That One NPC

You can't make a game alone huh? I beg to differ. Noting notable coming out of RM engines huh? What's this then? Or this? Or this? If you think the only games worth a damn are ones with huge teams that churn out games like a factory, boy are you in the wrong place. Smaller personal games can be just as good, and I don't think I need to start breaking out very example in existence to prove that. And on the other hand, a large team of 'professionals' didn't keep Final Fantasy 13 from being widely seen as crap now did it? Sure, that game might have it's defenders I guess, but I have five words for you to prove that the corporate-run game factory isn't all it's cracked up to be: 'Final Fantasy: All The Bravest'. Low blow? Maybe. But the game also was to fans. :3

Not that any of that really matters, because I don't care about fame or success. I never really have. Everything I have done, I have done because it's fun to play around with scripting. I wasn't even trying to make an actually game till like last year or so. I found my little scripts rewarding for a time, and a few people liked them. That was enough. I spend the majority of my time here helping others rather then trying to do a big project myself. I made some friends and maybe some enemies, and had fun. 

Now? Well it might be nice if my game has a small following at least, I doubt it will happen and sure as heck won't happen here. But I plug away at it because it's still fun to mess with from time to time. And I havn't gone to other forums because, to be honest, it just seems like a huge bother to keep up with. I am antisocial at the best of times, so surrounding myself with a bunch of people all the time? No thank you. Also: I have a website? You mean these forums? It's not like they are mine or anything, I just hang out here.

The rare exceptions that only prove the rule.

We could argue til the forums close down but the proof is in the pudding, my dear.

How do exceptions prove a rule anyway? I never got that. Wouldn't the very fact that their are exceptions prove that a rule isn't really a rule at all, and is just a trend at best? How can a rule be a rule if their are exceptions (that are not written as part of the rule it's self I mean)? Doesn't that defeat the whole point in having rules?

Anyway, I refute that these exceptions are all that rare. Or not that much more rare then Sturgeon's law would allow for anyway. Here is the thing about games and in fact most kind of media: Most of it ends up flying completely under everyone's radar, and the stuff that doesn't isn't always the best. Sometime the stuff that makes a real impact can be completely random. I mean yeah, a big company with an excessive marketing budget might get noticed a bit more often, but most of the games that get a really big marketing budget tend to play it very safe. Meanwhile every once and a while we have a game like Cave Story which back in the day just kinda came out of nowhere and almost single handedly put the whole indie game scene on the map. Or, maybe more relevant to RPG Maker, how Yume Nikki kicked off a huge RPG Maker horror game craze for a while there.

Am I saying that anyone here is going to get rich and famous off their RPG Maker projects? Ha! Not likely. It's possible sure, but so is randomly winning the lottery. No, what I am saying is, that maybe you shouldn't dismiss out of hand the work people are doing just because it doesn't have the immediate gratification you might be looking for. If it isn't for you that's fine, but don't you think it's just a little bit insulting to say we are all losers that will never amount to anything? Retreating to thrive in your own bubble community of RP enthusiasts isn't any better you know.

You know, you said 'the proof is in the pudding', but the actual original saying is 'the proof of the pudding is in the eating'. If you don't want any pudding, that's fine, but you don't have to insult the cook for putting it on the menu!

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Okay, that may or may not be a horrible analogy, I just really think 'the proof of the pudding is in the eating' is a pretty cool saying and wanted to do something with it.

Awwww.... I will miss you. But you do what you need to do! *snuggles* I really hope things turn around for you...

Stupid internet connection...why do you have to make me post twice!?!??

We all have our trials...
Whether just or unjust...

My face is too long for glasses.

I have little patients for Edgelords or their nonsensical ravings about mortal-made laws.

I hope one day, you and all the other Anarchists get shipped to your own island paradise where you can rob, rape, and murder each other to your hearts content. That is, before the few smart folks among you form a militia to rule everything. (Know much about Africa?)

Hey hey hey! That's not what anarchism is about, ya know? Anarchism is not really about the lack of rules, it's more about the lack of hierarchy. You know, using horizontal power structures instead of vertical power structures. Anarchism is a perfectly valid political philosophy with a dense body of theory behind it, not just a bunch of edgelords rebelling for the sake of rebelling. That kind of total disregard for any and all rules just dosn't work and we should all know that.

The true aim of anarchism is not the totally destruction of society, it's about rejecting the idea of centralized power. As a matter of fact, the kind of pure 'survival of the fittest' mentality should be the furthest thing from what we really want. After all, if we topple one master only to end up putting another on the throne, what's the point? Still, that dosn't mean that the society humanity lives in now is fully ideal. It's better then a LOT of alternatives though, and I know that. That still dosn't mean humanity can't learn and evolve.

Thing is, PS is kind of a pessimist. Sorry PS, but you are. She has basically given up hope on humanity. That's why she says stuff like that. But not me! Though you might say I'm probobly a little too optimistic, I really do think humanity can do it! That they can continue to improve and create a better world! But first humanity has to admit there is a problem and also realize what the actual problem is.

But don't worry! I'm here to help! I like humans, even if they can be dumb sometimes, so it's up to me as a fairy to show you how silly you all can be. ... What, why are you looking at me as if I am crazy? Don't you know?

I'm supposed to be gone, but I couldn't help popping in (mostly due to guilt surrounding my recent behavior).

I get anarchism, I just don't subscribe to extremes. Eliminating central power isn't the solution. Africa is basically the best actual example of applied anarchism that we have. Even though Africa only embraced aspects of anarchism, it failed them in almost every way possible.

I'm not a fan of any political ideology, because they are all flawed by their very nature. Adaptability is the key, not subscribing to set system, written in stone. It will always be abused, regardless of its structures and fail safes. Central power at least keeps a lid on corruption, although it will always exist. Corruption thrives  in anarchism.

Without some form of central governing power, the door is opened for the types of mass corruption, even localized tyranny and violence we have seen in Africa.

Democracy (Capitalism in the west) is the best system we've found so far, as broken as it has become.