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#Post#: 13537--------------------------------------------------
History, present and future
By: Aeroblyctos Date: January 22, 2014, 4:24 pm
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[B]Hey everyone,[/B]
I haven't gave many words after I stopped doing the project
before the last Summer. Since then as you may know I've been
writing the book that will continue and expand the story even
further. Let me say that in last half year the story has grown
more than I've written last five years and that's a fact.
[B]History[/B]
I started the project year 2007. I quickly completed first 9
chapters of 10. Then I decided to remake the campaign and I
finished 6 chapters. Then another remake and now I've finished 9
chapters. I decided about half a year ago that I will not create
the interludes but those can be easily read from here
HTML http://tcocampaign.createaforum.com/index.php?board=34.0.
[B]What happened 9 months ago?[/B]
Why I didn't finish the campaign back then? Because I simply
lost motivation as I've lost many times before. Fixing endless
bugs, adding new abilities and improving or adding new systems
to the gameplay. Those things will eventually get boring. But as
we know, there are some problems with the campaign we can never
fix. I tried and I failed.
But there were also some private things too that I haven't told
before. I realized I cannot forever live with my parents doing
this campaign and in the meantime do some random studying
without any motivation and completing them just barely. So I
needed money and I put those donation things but they never
really worked.
So I went to a few jobs but those didn't work either. I never
got paid. So in other words I kind of got depressed. As I'm such
a positive man people can't see it from outside. Even my best
friends. We Finnish people are just too stupid and we don't talk
about these things even to our closest ones.
[B]Future[/B]
Like I've said many times beofre, I am writing a book. Hell yes
I am!
There are five phases. I'm now at the second phase(the longest
and the hardest one). 60% completed!
1) At the first phase I simply design the book.
2) At the second phase I write the book.
3) At the third phase I check what I've written, fix grammar and
write some parts I haven't yet written(skipped for some reason).
4) At the fourth phase I give the book to my friends or my
family so they can read what I've done. We fix together grammar
errors I haven't found yet and perhaps fix some other things. At
this phase I will also start doing TCO once again. This phase
can take some time because people those who help don't have all
the time in the world and that's why doing TCO is using the time
wisely.
5) I start to search a publisher or think about putting the
story to the internet. Also here I can do TCO too or start the
second book planning and writing. Well, a lot of things has been
planned already for the first 5 books.
(Axobada, Yurgimar and Zeemnan all the way to other three worlds
and so on.)
There's always a possibility that I can start doing TCO at any
time if I feel like it.
[B]Final words[/B]
Doing TCO and writing the book has been such a ride of joy and
sadness. Nowadays I've just started to love feelings where I cry
for happy and beautiful things. I just hope that I can give you
something with these words and with these stories.
With joy and tears
With neverending determination and optimism
And with burning burning heart I go forward
Until there is no further to go on
[B]Aeroblyctos[/B]
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Re: History, present and future
By: Killa Date: January 22, 2014, 8:37 pm
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Hey Aero, I know you've been always wanting to write this book
and I'm glad you made some real progress. I think people
understand why you've stopped in continuing the project, it's
tough. The reason you've stated is actually the reason a lot of
people stopped certain projects. Certainly I think what you did
with the campaign was amazing and those memories of playing that
game for me was really something. It definitely wasn't for
nothing even though you really didn't get any money out of it. I
could see why you stopped, having no income doesn't allow for
doing such things like what you were doing with the campaign. It
really is a labor of love, even though you get fans who love
what you do, people who like what you've made and people
following you, if there's no income in it, you can't do it
forever. It really only stays as a hobby or something to do in
your free time. And for something like that, this project
certainly breaks ground and is an amazingly accomplishment in
the form it is in.
I know you'll continue working hard on the book, and I really am
happy you are doing what you like. I hope it's a success and
hope to one day read it whenever it comes out.
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Re: History, present and future
By: Shinokyofu Date: January 25, 2014, 12:11 pm
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Cool! I thought the site would be long gone for now since it
took some time to me to visit it again :P. Good thing it's still
running.
I'm glad for you, Aero. You know, even though I can't see your
face right now, you don't look exactly sad in this post (the
"Hell Yes, I am" helped a lot :P) and that's good. Most "dead
projects" leave only sadness and melancholy... :'(
Btw, you're being a littler faster than I thought you would be
in writing this book. I mean 60% complete is kind of a big deal.
Well, see you in my next visit :).
PS: Oh Yeah! I broke the curse of the 666 post!
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Re: History, present and future
By: TrueZozi Date: January 26, 2014, 1:07 pm
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You still could be sure that a lot of people were waiting for
your return!
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Re: History, present and future
By: AriLaroo Date: February 27, 2014, 5:18 am
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I hope it will be better for you. For all of us. Good luck,
Aero.
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Re: History, present and future
By: Blackdoom59 Date: February 28, 2014, 11:35 am
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I still remember the good times I've had on this forum and the
joy within me as I played the game. But things don't always go
as planned, and TCO took an unexpected turn. Last time I've been
here, that turn was too much for me - not the fact that you were
writing a book, but the fact that you were asking for money in
order to continue building the campaign.
Yet your choices are your own, Aero, and although I did not
agree with all of them, I have to admit that you created
something wonderful here - I played TCO 50% for the story, I
have never been an achievement-whore unless I really like a
game(It's not that I don't like TCO's gameplay, but I got tired
of wc3's old gameplay in general).
I do support your idea of turning this into a book, which I am
most likely going to read, and I wish you glory in your quest,
comrade! Maybe after the book is released, the forum will be
repopulated again, and our little community might prosper once
more. So take the needle out of your arm, the bottle out of your
mouth(JK, lol) and go write that book!
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Re: History, present and future
By: lavarunner Date: March 23, 2014, 10:29 am
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Thanks, man, for everything. And good luck
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