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Re: An Impactful Customs Creator
I do hope my customs thread helped out.
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I think it's instructive, LC, how your posts are building on each other. If you play the game against other people, for instance, over a period of time, then you will be better able to discern why the unit you are creating should exist. These are important steps, and they proceed in a certain order.
Another excellent post, LC. Thank you for taking the time to distill what you've learned as a skilled and experienced designer into such practical tips. |
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It's great to see you around this forum again LC, and this series of posts is a great read. D_S's point as to the natural progression really sums up why the series resonates. I'm excited for the next installment.
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It has been great being back and "seeing" familiar faces and new ones to show that this community and the game it circles around is far from dead! |
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Love the new installments of your OP. A good read. I think some folks out there really need those tips. I agree wholeheartedly with the why portion.
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Really good read, chap. I especially agree with the Why? portion - without passion or a reason to exist, whether it's thematic, mechanical or whatever, a card is doomed to fail. I'll admit to having been frustrated before about how SoV seems to be the be all and end all for a lot of people now - I even recall someone criticising Dr.Goomonkey's contests for not contributing new canon units to the community, saying that there was no point to them because of this, and I've lost count of the number of units that seem to have been created from the ground up for the purpose of getting into SoV, most of which never get there.
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It's up to individuals to take their blinders off- whether those blinders are due to a desire for reputation, validation, or just never having considered that people have made customs since the game was published because they were some combination of fun, unique, or compelling. Stuff like Dr. G's contests have been around in some form or another forever- and they're a great way to see how a group of creators tackles a single prompt (something the Fan Fic subforum could tell us customeers is rewarding in and of itself). |
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I agree that SoV should not be the sole focus for custom design (and it feels like it has become that way in much of the community), but for some, that can very well be the "why" behind the unit.
For example, if I have fond childhood memories of Dünd and my local scene only allows classic and VC releases, then I could find inspiration in trying to create a new way to play him in a semi-competitive format. Now, the individual quality of such a design would obviously vary quite a bit, but it's still possible to make something great with a goal like that. Everyone finds inspiration in different ways, and for some, creating a "canon" unit is part of the end goal. I think that the current overabundance of designing for SoV is leading to more pushback against the idea. It's true that designing solely for SoV isn't a great idea (I think that personal pride and satisfaction in the design is far more important), but there's nothing inherently wrong with taking that as the inspiration. Of course, that's assuming that it's truly inspiring to the creator and they aren't just looking for others' approval. Proud Member of Platyfly!
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Personal customs being valued less is definitely a shame. I have fun looking through everyone's random designs (and making my own for things that I'm a fan of), but that's naturally bound to happen when a subset of customs can become "official." The line between designers and fans has disappeared, and we're now seeing normal playtesting for potential "official" units in the same forum as customs that have no intention of ever entering the canon. They're two very different goals and mindsets, and I think that both are equally valid. On an unrelated note, now I want that Doggin squad to exist, too. Proud Member of Platyfly!
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I can’t speak for everyone obviously, but I understand the pain of designing a unit, spending time palytesting it, puting it up, and realizing you’re the only one who’ll ever actually use it.
I think a big element of the “official-ness” of the SoV, C3V, C3G, and HoSS cards, for me, is the ability to easily print them out in the right size in PDF format. That’s something that has always meant more to me than the “brand name” a custom is made under. I’m more likely to print and use anybody’s customs if I can get them to be the same size as my official cards. (I think TREX does PDFs too?) Is that a sentiment shared by others? LO, I love the Prisoner! It is pretty underrated (at least here in the States) for how good of a show it is. |
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