Acceptable levels of spoilerage?
#1
Posted 29 April 2005 - 06:13 AM
While pootling around various forums, I have been surprised by the levels and types of spoilers that abound for NPC mods that are still some way from completion. Personally, I am not planning on giving any more away in advance than I already have (my approach erring on the side of conservatism? I could never see me wanting to spoil more than option 3 ?Basic Spoilerage? from the above list).
However, it did make me curious as to what attitudes people out there in the NPC mod-playing world have towards providing spoilers in advance of the release of a mod. Do regular ?leaks? of spoilery info, even if it means fewer surprises in the final mod release, help to keep people interested in a mod and its development? Do you sometimes get annoyed at how freely a mod spreads so much information around that you feel like you have already played it before it is released? Or, conversely, have you seen mods that stay so quiet during development that you forget they are there until their release, by which time you have lost interest?
Like I said above, I am not going to change my own minimal-spoilerage approach. I am just being nosey.
Chrysta... could helping her to uncover her past threaten your own future?
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#2
Posted 29 April 2005 - 06:31 AM
Then again, I don't think people generally like to be spoiled as far as details of quests and story of the mod. Aurea mediocritas, I'd say.
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#3
Posted 29 April 2005 - 06:56 AM
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#4
Posted 29 April 2005 - 12:19 PM
Yup, another poll to while away the hours in Chrysta forum-land! :^^:
While pootling around various forums, I have been surprised by the levels and types of spoilers that abound for NPC mods that are still some way from completion. Personally, I am not planning on giving any more away in advance than I already have (my approach erring on the side of conservatism? I could never see me wanting to spoil more than option 3 ?Basic Spoilerage? from the above list).
I'm with you on this. . .I rarely glance at spoilers. I don't mind occasional banters, but I can take em or leave em. Basic story, stats, background is useful, to know whether or not I am interested.
#5
Posted 29 April 2005 - 11:25 PM
--Arcon
Edited by arconian, 29 April 2005 - 11:26 PM.
#6
Posted 30 April 2005 - 12:46 AM
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#7
Posted 01 May 2005 - 09:48 AM
Well, good luck with that.
#8
Posted 04 May 2005 - 02:37 AM
OK then, I will endeavour to act against my nature and drip feed the occasional morsel in order to keep people interested in how Chrysta is coming along - such as the Minsc-Chrysta banter I recently added to the "Chrysta Screenshots" thread.
Just don't expect an avalanche of goodies, is all. A leopard may sometimes changes his spots, but with me I am determined it will be just one splodge at a time. :thumb:
Chrysta... could helping her to uncover her past threaten your own future?
"Pity the land in need of Heroes."- Bertolt Brecht
"A little madness, now and then, is relished by the wisest men." - Willy Wonka
#9
Posted 04 May 2005 - 05:03 AM
Still modding the Mod for the Wicked... It is a big project you know... And I got sidetracked (several times) a bit... sorry.
However, as we all know, Evil never really sleeps.
Sentences marking (my) life:
Winds of change... Endure them, and in Enduring grow Stronger
It takes a fool to look for logic in a man's heart
Never question the sanity of the insane
The Harmony of Life is Chaos
Living on Wings of Dreams
(1st march 2009) SHS women over me:
Kat: if there were more guys that looked like you out here, people's offspring wouldnt be so damn ugly
Noctalys: you are adorable
~~ I love it, and I am humbled! Yay! ~~
#10
Posted 04 May 2005 - 06:38 AM
#11
Posted 08 May 2005 - 04:06 AM