My new fandom has ended. :(
But it was good while it lasted. I got to keep my brain sharp by doing a lot of arithmetic in my head, I managed to cut myself off at $120 (quite a feat with the Seerpak wearing down my defenses), and in the comments I found out about sbarg, a Sburb alternate reality game on Tumblr. I'm not playing it myself; I just love the land generator. There's a title generator, too, but I think that's kind of silly; a title is so intrinsically linked to a person's interests, strengths, and personality that a randomly generated one will have no meaning whatsoever. Besides, as much as anyone who hasn't spent their life destined to play the game can, I've already figured out what my title might be.
Yes, I've determined my hypothetical Sburb player title. Yes, I know I've gone completely nuts, and no, I won't say what the title is. It's personal.
But anyway, the land generator is awesome. I generated a whole bunch of names, but the first was my favorite: Land of Silk and Ink. It's compatible with my interests, it's compatible with my chosen title, and, come on, it sounds absolutely beautiful. There's a lot of room for interpretation and lore in it too.
I could go on about how cool LOSAI is in the alternate universe where Homestuck is real and I'm a Sburb player and I don't die immediately upon entry, but there is also the matter of THE KICKSTARTER BEING OVER NOW to revisit. In my last post on the subject, I mentioned that I was oddly psyched about reaching the EFIGS stretch goal. Now that I'm feeling the same way about the "Digital copy of Homestuck included with physical game" goal - because, come on, if the PayPal drive doesn't put it over the top, Ryan North's credit card will - I think I understand it better. Do you know what this means? Even if the whole internet plus the MSPA servers spontaneously goes up in flames, Homestuck will never die. There are the books, obviously, but Homestuck isn't meant to live in books. Digital media may not be permanent, but the information on them can be transferred as a single unit and upgraded and dispersed, and the digital ether is where Homestuck was meant to live. It will always be around. I can show it to my grandchildren. Future generations can study it in school. And they will; I've said it before and I'll say it again.
Similarly, the EFIGS goal represents a ubiquitousness, but of Space rather than Time. The more languages it can be in, the more people it can reach. The more people it reaches, and the longer it perseveres, the more it can enrich its universe. Just as it will always live, it will always grow.
A healthy frog: I'm for it.
Yes, I've determined my hypothetical Sburb player title. Yes, I know I've gone completely nuts, and no, I won't say what the title is. It's personal.
But anyway, the land generator is awesome. I generated a whole bunch of names, but the first was my favorite: Land of Silk and Ink. It's compatible with my interests, it's compatible with my chosen title, and, come on, it sounds absolutely beautiful. There's a lot of room for interpretation and lore in it too.
I could go on about how cool LOSAI is in the alternate universe where Homestuck is real and I'm a Sburb player and I don't die immediately upon entry, but there is also the matter of THE KICKSTARTER BEING OVER NOW to revisit. In my last post on the subject, I mentioned that I was oddly psyched about reaching the EFIGS stretch goal. Now that I'm feeling the same way about the "Digital copy of Homestuck included with physical game" goal - because, come on, if the PayPal drive doesn't put it over the top, Ryan North's credit card will - I think I understand it better. Do you know what this means? Even if the whole internet plus the MSPA servers spontaneously goes up in flames, Homestuck will never die. There are the books, obviously, but Homestuck isn't meant to live in books. Digital media may not be permanent, but the information on them can be transferred as a single unit and upgraded and dispersed, and the digital ether is where Homestuck was meant to live. It will always be around. I can show it to my grandchildren. Future generations can study it in school. And they will; I've said it before and I'll say it again.
Similarly, the EFIGS goal represents a ubiquitousness, but of Space rather than Time. The more languages it can be in, the more people it can reach. The more people it reaches, and the longer it perseveres, the more it can enrich its universe. Just as it will always live, it will always grow.
A healthy frog: I'm for it.