Missing Out

[krizak]

Every time someone compliments Eternity: Spellbound, it's like someone jabbing a needle in my heart.

It hurts because I wasn't able to be in a tournament that so many others enjoyed.

It hurts because it was my last chance to be in one of tenshi_kain's tournaments, and I didn't know that when I signed on to do the system. I know he doesn't think his

Comments

[anonymous]

The system issues were probably a major factor in the crippling of Spellbound's player base; couple that with how rare it is to get a good one and it's no surprise the pendulum is moving towards "system-lite" (or really "system-gone"). Personally, I think that'll hasten Eternity's demise even faster than the other problems it's had, taking away the one thing that made it unique [well, so far as I know] online. Seeing that writing on the wall was one thing that just cemented my decision to not come back (I was really tempted to after Eric invited me a few days before) because I for one have always been more about the game than the writing; finding it more challenging and fulfilling to master.

I'm pretty much completely out of the loop now (I check LJ and RI maybe once a week), but if you want to talk about it, hey, feel free. :]

And congrats to you Northerners at the Olympics, we actually thought we were going to steal it away from you for awhile. ;D

-Wayne

[tenshi_kain]

it's no surprise the pendulum is moving towards "system-lite" (or really "system-gone")

You're joking, right?

[anonymous]

Not at all.

Spellbound was always intended to have a system, and there wasn't much contention that I recall to replace Weave with nothing (although it took so long between the first rejection and Plasmos stepping down as designer that it might as well have), nor did I see much opposition to Duo Host. But on the threads I've read talking about RI going forward, the "no gameplay" side has a lot of traction, and it's safe to say that Spellbound "helped" (I'd wager that at least of the problems it had with participation were due to the delays the system confusion caused, which of course in the Simple View of Things wouldn't have happened if the system had been jettisoned then

[tenshi_kain]

Ah...outright telling him that Vanguard is going to kill systems is not going to make the guy who loves them most feel better. whatever. It's just a new idea. You remember the old WWF PPV format? Tournaments can still be the Royal Rumble, the Survivor Series, etc. I just think we could use a Wrestlemania.

...there's a frightening ease with which that comparison came upon me that I shouldn't dwell upon, I think.

[ihatecheese]

Kriz, I think you should be proud of your work over the years as the system guy. The SHIN/SHINRA/SHINE tournaments are the top three in the time that I've been a part of the community and I think a large part of that is to do with those systems being well-designed and fun. Maybe you misfired this once, I really don't know. I had nil interest in Spellbound to begin with and I've not even followed the tournament other than to look in on the omake round. My guess is that if Spellbound felt like a "system failure" that has more to do with a general entropy of the tournament community that would have manifest itself sooner or later regardless, and probably has little to do with you

[luminitrium]

Hey!!

I just like, noticed this post, because I don't frequent LJ as often as I did a year ago so I apologize for the extreme lateness and if you have already resolved this ... feeling. I honestly never have hated any of the systems, and although this system was very difficult and all, I honestly thought you contributed to Spellbound in your own way. Even if you didn't see it as such, you showed how passionate you were in assisting Tenshi and the rest of the host team as part of it. I thought you seemed pretty into it, even if you felt distanced from it--as one of the members of one of the greatest host teams ever, I say I appreciate your contribution. I hope to see more of you in the future, whether it be on the host team, sponsor, or whatever.

I think you're pretty awesome Krizak, and I think I'm not alone in my appreciation (as a few others have shone).