Graphite22 [he/him, comrade/them]

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Cake day: July 26th, 2020

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  • ahhh fellow artist don’t despair!!!

    I feel the same way all the time when I read/watch things that just obliterate my best work. Sometimes I see something that inspires the shit out of me or it depresses me to all hell that I didn’t think of it first. Sometimes both, sometimes nothing like that. I’ll doubt myself or tell myself I’m not good enough. I promise you, even on Fromsoftware’s teams dedicated to world building (idk how they actually operate just speaking in general terms), there was more than likely a writer who wrote something really neat and interesting one day, then have someone from anywhere just come along and knock things out of the park right in front of them. Or it even just become forgotten :(

    idc if this is a platitude or feels like one. You’re probably a wonderful and brilliant world builder already. You just have to see it. There is no way I could honestly have a good go at writing a TTRPG because my writing style just doesn’t fit and I dislike writing that way. But YOU are here doing just that and I’m not and that’s so awesome.

    Writing whole ass RPGs is not easy and world building in one is just as difficult so don’t put yourself down so much!!









  • Of course, the real killer for me was the humour

    Looking back, the writing of BL2 caused two moments of cognitive dissonance at different points in time for me.

    First playthrough, I was tricked into thinking I was part of a mini-zeitgeist for gaming with all the epic references.

    Second time around, years later, my good friend and I ripped it all to shreds and had a good fucking time!! But I still felt that clashing, sharpening stone-like feeling when everything collides.






  • You would love Lucio from Overwatch. His entire kit is built around dynamic music and how you’re playing the game at any given moment. He acts as the center of a large aura that either gives a passive speed increase or a passive healing stream. You can cross fade between the two tracks whenever you want with no limitation giving you a choice later on whether to amplify one or the other. You can even cross fade while you’re amplifying.

    The character’s ultimate is just a bass drop that animation locks you into slamming the ground. I didn’t even mention that you’re a sci-fi roller blading support that can wall ride around the map. You can bass drop off the walls or just whatever high place you can. Nobody gets mad at you for looking cool as fuck.

    The music is sick definitely take a listen!