ALTEREGO'S PROFILE

Because there's some relation to it. When I bring this up in a completely casual topic (when no one else has before me, that is, like in the "What are you thinking about" thread) then you'll have more of a point. Still, no one regrets this more than I do. Trust me...

About the editing thing. I've always done this. It's a matter of personal preference. I'm not fond of posting much, or posting just for one sentence. I only post again if more than one person as posted after me. Is everything going to be passive-aggressive now? -_-

What's interesting is that if you were to replace "wrong" with "harmful", "vultures" with "bigots", and threw in a "gamer" or two, more people would be willing to look over your tone, and how you conduct yourself, and offer some words of sympathy. I know. I've seen it. If anything, it goes to show the political slant of the forum, for better or for worse...

Stay cool.

Edit: Well, this relates to that, so it's hard not to. Sorry, I guess.

I'm with Isrieri on this one. One of my friends likes to thank me for getting him into art. He insist my art "inspired" him, and made him pursue a career in animation. But I'm like: "Nope. All I did was showing you some old drawings. YOU did the rest." And I think he knows that too. He just wants to make feel good. I guess that's what friends do...

Likeweise. I don't think any form of media ever "changed" my life. Not in the way that sounds at least, because obviously, I decided to pursue art myself because I thought art was cool. What I mean is, I don't think any individual piece of art shaped my life in any significant way. Sure there were times when I thought: "This resonates with me", but those ideas were already part of who I was at the time. Even if you claim we all pick things up subconsciously at some point, you have to own them at some other point in your life. And that is a conscious process. And besides, media is not the only outside stimuli in your life either...

Long story short, if someone told me I changed their life for the good, I would feel like I'm taking credit away from that person.

And if someone said I changed their lives for the worse... well, you probably know what kind of contempt I harbor for that idea.

I can appreciate a "sad ending". This is one of the reasons why I like Suikoden 3 as a whole, over Suikoden 2. Suikoden 2 is all about happy endings; It's about a clear(er) distinction between good and evil. It's about friendship, forgiveness, redemption, LIFE, etc. Suikoden 3 in the other hand is about conflicting world-views, temporary alliances, living with your mistakes, war, death... One of the most poignant scenes (for me) about Suikoden 3's ending is in Hugo's scenario, when he and Chris say their goodbyes. They pay each other their respects, but bow to not hold back if they ever meet again in the battlefield as enemies (In case you don't know. Chris killed Hugo's best friend). It is my belief that Yoshitaka Murayama designed Suikoden 3 as the anti-thesis of Suikoden 2 and your average rpg. However, I wouldn't say Suikoden 3 is better than Suikoden 2. It's just different. And different should not be held on a pedestal as "originality" or what have you.

And I'm 10000000000000000000000% against that whole "It's our responsibility to" Pffft! Fuck that noise! I'n not your baby-sitter. I'm not your role-model. My responsibility with my audience ends by saying: "This is an X rated game and contains X, Y and Z things. And if you're too much of an idiot to process this information and tell apart reality from fiction, get the fuck out of my story!". I'm tired of this preachiness that is co-opting every discussion of story-telling and game development... And you know what really grinds my gears? That if you exchange "happy endings" with "such and such depiction of women/minorities" (Yes, I went there) most of you would flip your script. fml