Monday, March 14, 2005
-Talking about games... and story-
Was talking about games with Raymond-san last night, lol I found out he's pro at gaming. Very pro =x I remember the trip to TM, I was watching him playing the Time Crisis 2... he nearly got to the end with just 1 credit...
After some talking, I found out we belongs to a different group of gamers, he played all types of games - action, adventure, rpg, strategy and real time stuff. But me, I prefer rpg, only rpgs... Maybe some adventure and action at times but I will never bother to complete them. For strategy, I only play Romance of the three kingdoms and KOEI games... no others.
Raymond looks out for game play, graphics and all those in games...
But for me... only one crucial factor, that is the story...
I was never a good gamer, as in I'm never pro in gaming. Gaming is one of my favorite hobby but never my forte. Of course I'm pro-er than those who never touch games before =p but in the sense of understanding the story, I'm confident I'm better than a lot of those gamers. Why? No, no it's not because I write story...
It's because I play games with my heart. It might sound mushy but it's true. I only like rpgs, because you experience the story yourself... not like other types of games... those that you have to focus a lot of the hack and slash stuff.
I told Raymond-san I couldn't pass ff7 disc one, the part that Aeris died. Why? I don't know... I just can't bear to see Aeris die... hmm come to think of it I've cried couple of times for ff7...
Not forgetting my beloved Xian Jian, the FF in the Chinese game industry. I've shed tears for it when Ling-er perishes with the water monster. Those games have a special power, a power to reach out for people's heart. Nothing can be compared to the games. Not movies, dramas...
For the love of FF, Xian Jian and some worthy rpgs I've played, it sort of inspired me to go into story writing.
For story writing - I count it as a mini-forte. Something I'm a little good in.
Somebody once told me "Wining Ek's story writing competition three times doesn't means anything."
Thank you, I'll bear it in mind... for that is exactly what I thought also.
Ek's community is like 300 to 600 frogs living in the well.
I'm one of the frogs that manage to win the story competition three times in a role, but that doesn't means anything. Because, I'm only competing with the frogs in the well and one day I've decided I don't want to be one of them.
Participating in those big competitions allows me to gain experience. But it's also my first try in writing Chinese stories for competition... those short stories written for Ek are English.
Talking about the script competition a couple of months ago, still no news... nevertheless I'm gonna put in more effort in the coming competition!
Some people asked me if I'm afraid to lose. Hmm... I believe there are two types of people, one that really wins and those who make others believe he won.
I'm not going to be the second one. Though I'm aiming to be the first person, I believe it's perfectly alright to lose. You are a braver person to admit defeat, rather than those who believes that they have to win every time.
A lot of people might disagree with what I said though, but if you agree, congrats! You belong to the same group of people with me! =p
Emmy-san!
go ahead and
dream~
|3/14/2005 03:42:00 PM|
