February 2008

• Procedure as a solution for a growing set of stories Ian Hess
• [Design] Where are all the amateur MMORPG devs? John A. Bertoglio
• • [Design] Where are all the amateur MMORPG devs? Mike Rozak
  • [Design] Where are all the amateur MMORPG devs? Sean Howard
• Specialization Paolo Piselli
• • Specialization Damion Schubert
• [Design] Where are all the amateur MMORPG devs? Aurel
• • [Design] Where are all the amateur MMORPG devs? Jeffrey Kesselman
    Okay, as a published author and son of published authors I'm going to
    chiem in and disagree here on one point.
    
    Aurel <aurel.gets.mail@gmail.com> wrote:
    > For the same reason that amateurs don't flock to create amateur movies,
    > but scifi and fantasy magazines are inundated with submissions. Making
    > an expertly crafted story with words is relatively easy.
    
    Wrong.
    
    Writing hack crap is easy. Which is what the vast majority of fanfic
    is.
    
    "Making an expertly crafted story with words" is very difficult.
    
    Unfortunately the reading public by and large doesnt know the
    difference anymore. The fact that the Drizt novels topped the NYt
    bets seller list proves that rather conclusively.
    
    You are correct however that writing a crap piece of fiction doesn't
    cost anything more then a word processor and some time. Making even a
    crap movie requires some skills and more equipment. So in general, i
    think your analogy holds, i just differ on the details.
  • • [Design] Where are all the amateur MMORPG devs? Aurel
    • • [Design] Where are all the amateur MMORPG devs? Jeffrey Kesselman
• [Design] Where are all the amateur MMORPG devs? Bristle
• [ANNOUNCE] New LP lib packages available Cratylus
• • [ANNOUNCE] New LP lib packages available Michael Hartman
• [NEWS] NASA to explore strange, new virtual worlds Morris Cox
• [Design] Where are all the amateur MMORPG devs? Mike Rozak
• • [Design] Where are all the amateur MMORPG devs? Jeffrey Kesselman
  • • [Design] Where are all the amateur MMORPG devs? Mike Sellers
    • • [Design] Where are all the amateur MMORPG devs? Mike Rozak
    • [Design] Where are all the amateur MMORPG devs? John Szeder
    • [Design] Where are all the amateur MMORPG devs? Tess Snider
    • [Design] Where are all the amateur MMORPG devs? Scott Jennings
  • [Design] Where are all the amateur MMORPG devs? Chris Laponsie
  • [Design] Where are all the amateur MMORPG devs? Richard Boehme
  • [Design] Where are all the amateur MMORPG devs? Siege)
  • [Design] Where are all the amateur MMORPG devs? Morris Cox