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So.. I have started running games again, for a while I had lost the feeling to and it didn't help that a lot of previous tries had ended in things going wrong
Originally I had started running a 13th Age game for people I was playing Guild Wars 2 with.. this however lasted one session.., with then Guild Wars and real life bringing it to a crushing end.
However the idea was still there.. but how should I go about this?.. I had been warned off by a fellow GM people might know called Tommahkun generally saying that most people on the internet are toxic.., And.. while in his circles this might be the case I was determined to prove to a degree that this could be wrong
And so I advertised on Roll20, and while it took longer than I expected, I am now in the 2nd Week of a Grand Campaign, a lot of the previous campaign I had planned can still be used, so I have roughly around 7 weeks worth before I start needing to actually do a lot of work.
Not that I generally rest on my laurels, I have also been talking to various ladies on discord and... I might have found my muse again, this really does fill me with a certain degree of happiness and hope, something that I had been missing in my life for a while now, so what does this mean for the future?
Well.. it means I will likely start writing, doing art and generally being more productive.
Plus I still have a free slot available in the campaign I am running and while it might be wrong of me, I honestly hope that we might get interest from a female gamer.. given the party is all men so far.. and, usually a girl can bring a lot of sense to the table.
Still I am not knocking the players I have, so far we have a crazy more lizard than man, a Human Druid cursed to take the form of a wolf, a Dragonborn Necromancer with an unhealthy (Probably for him) desire to want to steal as many bones for his creations as possible, A forgeborn looking for his creator or people (Probably have fun with this), a Dark Elf Ranger... the player has been a little quiet.. but here's hoping, and finally what might have just taken the spot for the funniest player I have ever known.. A dwarven cleric with a brooklyn accent and a flair for wanting to cash in good deed for future gain..
So they have headed back to the town of Harrowdale, what awaits them?.. I'm not telling..
Originally I had started running a 13th Age game for people I was playing Guild Wars 2 with.. this however lasted one session.., with then Guild Wars and real life bringing it to a crushing end.
However the idea was still there.. but how should I go about this?.. I had been warned off by a fellow GM people might know called Tommahkun generally saying that most people on the internet are toxic.., And.. while in his circles this might be the case I was determined to prove to a degree that this could be wrong
And so I advertised on Roll20, and while it took longer than I expected, I am now in the 2nd Week of a Grand Campaign, a lot of the previous campaign I had planned can still be used, so I have roughly around 7 weeks worth before I start needing to actually do a lot of work.
Not that I generally rest on my laurels, I have also been talking to various ladies on discord and... I might have found my muse again, this really does fill me with a certain degree of happiness and hope, something that I had been missing in my life for a while now, so what does this mean for the future?
Well.. it means I will likely start writing, doing art and generally being more productive.
Plus I still have a free slot available in the campaign I am running and while it might be wrong of me, I honestly hope that we might get interest from a female gamer.. given the party is all men so far.. and, usually a girl can bring a lot of sense to the table.
Still I am not knocking the players I have, so far we have a crazy more lizard than man, a Human Druid cursed to take the form of a wolf, a Dragonborn Necromancer with an unhealthy (Probably for him) desire to want to steal as many bones for his creations as possible, A forgeborn looking for his creator or people (Probably have fun with this), a Dark Elf Ranger... the player has been a little quiet.. but here's hoping, and finally what might have just taken the spot for the funniest player I have ever known.. A dwarven cleric with a brooklyn accent and a flair for wanting to cash in good deed for future gain..
So they have headed back to the town of Harrowdale, what awaits them?.. I'm not telling..
My AI Adventure is Over
For a While I was experimenting with AI to assist me, and I did post a lot of pictures when I used part of it in the process, for reference it was mostly using NightCafe to Assist as it allows you to place in a starter image and go from there But... It got hollow pretty quickly, sure I could adjust using the 20% or 30% Noise modifier to create some truly cool things.. but.. It didn't feel that satisfying after a while.. Sure it was new and exciting, and I could create stuff in minutes as opposed to hours.., but.. a lot of the time it wasn't truly me doing a lot of the work.. And.. yeah I am going to say I started to feel like a bit of a fraud.., Sure I know a lot of the community frowned upon it.., and them saying that it wasn't art isn't strictly true, sure it's art.. but most of the heavier lifting is done by a computer.. Will I ever use one again?.. I am not sure.., probably not.. I will however take from it a little bit of inspiration, because it shows you that with a bit
The Problems of the Future Generations
I know this is going to be a bit of a rant.., but.. I will back this up with relevant points for consideration, so think of this as a factual rant if you will Ok, so I come from a much older generation of roleplayers, people that have been around for years and years and have seen the hobby become more and more mainstream, whereas in my day it was considered uncool and you were a geek / nerd for doing it. Recently I have been joining Discord groups that have been generally made up of younger people (Yes this has pitfalls), and often I am seen as a bit old or not able to gel as well with them, and fair enough if that was the actual case. But I got kicked from a group with no reason as to why, I had mentioned that due to my real life work commitments that I would now struggle to make games, and that certain days would always be off limits as I would if I could run my own games on those days (To which the people who I do run for, I am trying to fix this still) So.. I tried to rejoin
The shaming of AI Artists (Please Read Everyone)
I wasn't planning on posting this originally.., heaven knows I try not to get political at times but.. this.. is something I now have to do.. There has been a lot of debate about AI art and how the artists that create using it are labelled as "NOT" Artists.. because it's only just pushing a button.. That's not exactly true, and anyone that's ever had to use a AI Generator will tell you.., AI programs are as a rule really finnicky and problematic, they use a hell of a lot of ram and more often than not they produce what could be considered "Meh" class artwork. That's not to say they cannot make something spectacular, but often it takes around twenty attempts to get anything Half Decent. And now we get to the Haters, the people who post comments such as "Your Using an AI" or "Real Nice for just pushing a Button" and to those people I say, you're so very wrong.. If all it took was pushing a button then often this site would be blitzed with massive amounts of randomly generated Art..
A Passing Conundrum..
So.. I have noticed recently I have been getting a LOT of likes and watches... (Thank you so much), which has made me wonder.. Do people like my work enough for me to offer to do Commissions? Naturally most artists I know and have met have the confidence issues of not believing there work to be good enough and mostly doing it for self validation (Yup, am guilty there) or because they enjoy doing it. (Which I really do..) SO.. back to my initial point.. If (And this is a fairly BIG if...) I was to set up a commission sheet listing my pricing structure for what I do.. would anyone actually be interested?.. There's a big scary moment of.. Could I?... Should I?... and also the crippling fear of nothing would ever come of it.. because lets face it, art is one of those things that's completely subjective and something that one person likes won't be universally loved or such. I imagine most of us on here have had the same issues at one point or another and I am pretty sure it never gets
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Just saying, it pays to be cautious on Roll20 LFG (especially when running 3.5 or WoD). But I'm glad it turned out for the best :3