Thursday, February 23, 2012
Friday, February 10, 2012
Soul Calibur ..... Notes on Pics
I have been making custom characters on Soul Calibur V for about a week now... I am having so much fun. Joe and I both have been obsessed. I think it has something to do with working within the limitations. It is frustrating , but extremely compelling.
I am proud of my creations in a pretty shameless way ... Usually I feel guilt attached to my pride and slap myself down for feeling arrogant. With this ..... I know I am a little prideful...maybe a little showy, but, I am so excited about the whole thing that I just don't care.
I even posted a link to pictures of the customs I have been making on Gamefaq... I am trying to be more honest about my desire... my longing to say Look Look Look at me...................
... I keep trying to talk to the people at work about it...they don't care ..... or if they kinda care they don't understand... and I don't think the conversation would go well if I called my Aunt and told her the exciting details of how I made my Mazinger....
..........but I love him sooooooo much.
...One funny story, after we made him I played a match online...admittedly just to show him off a little....( I do feel dorky about that...and I was really scared). It was very late at night/ early in the morning and it was a Japanese room. Someone texted a comment in Japanese.... I couldn't understand it( because it was in Japanese), but, I saw -Z and I just exploded. Joe and I took pictures of the text and translated it (you might think I should be embarrassed of this but nope) it said "Mazinger-Z". We were both really happy. Someone in Japan said "Mazinger-Z" so... I feel kinda cool.
----update---
I am so proud of myself ... not because of the things I have made, but because I actually posted quite a few of the pics from SCV... I am putting myself out there... I am happy with myself for communicating and being honest about wanting attention. ...maybe attention isn't the right word... maybe it is... :) but I am satisfied that I 'm not hiding.
...and I get a lot out of it too .... there are some fantastic things going on inside the obscure little bubble of Soul Caliber .... People using the same parts and coming up with different answers. I find it exciting. For me it is like seeing how different one brain is from the other. I am happy to see so much passion. I enjoy it when someone makes something out of an element I overlooked. *It doesn't matter if it is an original creation or a pop icon re imagined for the game, there is just such cool and creative decision making going on .
*I wasn't applying that sentence to myself, but, It is convenient that I feel this way since most of the things we make are someone else's original design. For me when I first started I was having a blast giving myself strict guidelines...it was like a puzzle trying to reach a goal with limited options.
.... now I just wish I was a better fighter ....and less of a button masher... Joe is better than me ... but there are lots better than us.
I am proud of my creations in a pretty shameless way ... Usually I feel guilt attached to my pride and slap myself down for feeling arrogant. With this ..... I know I am a little prideful...maybe a little showy, but, I am so excited about the whole thing that I just don't care.
I even posted a link to pictures of the customs I have been making on Gamefaq... I am trying to be more honest about my desire... my longing to say Look Look Look at me...................
... I keep trying to talk to the people at work about it...they don't care ..... or if they kinda care they don't understand... and I don't think the conversation would go well if I called my Aunt and told her the exciting details of how I made my Mazinger....
..........but I love him sooooooo much.
...One funny story, after we made him I played a match online...admittedly just to show him off a little....( I do feel dorky about that...and I was really scared). It was very late at night/ early in the morning and it was a Japanese room. Someone texted a comment in Japanese.... I couldn't understand it( because it was in Japanese), but, I saw -Z and I just exploded. Joe and I took pictures of the text and translated it (you might think I should be embarrassed of this but nope) it said "Mazinger-Z". We were both really happy. Someone in Japan said "Mazinger-Z" so... I feel kinda cool.
----update---
I am so proud of myself ... not because of the things I have made, but because I actually posted quite a few of the pics from SCV... I am putting myself out there... I am happy with myself for communicating and being honest about wanting attention. ...maybe attention isn't the right word... maybe it is... :) but I am satisfied that I 'm not hiding.
...and I get a lot out of it too .... there are some fantastic things going on inside the obscure little bubble of Soul Caliber .... People using the same parts and coming up with different answers. I find it exciting. For me it is like seeing how different one brain is from the other. I am happy to see so much passion. I enjoy it when someone makes something out of an element I overlooked. *It doesn't matter if it is an original creation or a pop icon re imagined for the game, there is just such cool and creative decision making going on .
*I wasn't applying that sentence to myself, but, It is convenient that I feel this way since most of the things we make are someone else's original design. For me when I first started I was having a blast giving myself strict guidelines...it was like a puzzle trying to reach a goal with limited options.
.... now I just wish I was a better fighter ....and less of a button masher... Joe is better than me ... but there are lots better than us.
Thursday, February 9, 2012
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