bonedead (not verified) on January 2, 2008 - 20:25.
One thing I've noticed recently, which relates to your "The desire to change. Make things better. Participate." statement, is that new bloggers (like myself) usually look up to a few other bloggers. We don't even really know who these people are, but hey, they're in the blog community, they're developers (says so right there on the side of the page), and when we read their blogs, they're the ones saying every topic of discussion has already been discussed.
Just look at all of the Why Fantasy? posts all over the place. At least half of them say something along the lines of: "well here we go again, down a road that dead ends, haven't we gone over this one before?"
I am a regular forum member at PKer.org, I joined because they discussed game ideas and such. Nowadays if I post an idea, a couple people MIGHT reply. I'm the only one that posts ideas there anymore. Very similar feeling of no one giving a shit.
I was inspired to create my blog by AFKGamer, except by his Grump Master Architect blog. I just want to entertain and maybe blow a mind or two.
Back on topic, I don't think it is new bloggers who have failed, or even bloggers in general. Blogging "role models" however, the ones who everyone reads, who I can understand must be fucking tired as shit of talking about Why Fantasy or Skill based systems etc, can't just write it off as already discussed. There are so many blogs who use the "role model" bloggers sites as prompt machines for their next post.
I can never really tell if my posts have any meaning.
Re: You bloggers, have failed
One thing I've noticed recently, which relates to your "The desire to change. Make things better. Participate." statement, is that new bloggers (like myself) usually look up to a few other bloggers. We don't even really know who these people are, but hey, they're in the blog community, they're developers (says so right there on the side of the page), and when we read their blogs, they're the ones saying every topic of discussion has already been discussed.
Just look at all of the Why Fantasy? posts all over the place. At least half of them say something along the lines of: "well here we go again, down a road that dead ends, haven't we gone over this one before?"
I am a regular forum member at PKer.org, I joined because they discussed game ideas and such. Nowadays if I post an idea, a couple people MIGHT reply. I'm the only one that posts ideas there anymore. Very similar feeling of no one giving a shit.
I was inspired to create my blog by AFKGamer, except by his Grump Master Architect blog. I just want to entertain and maybe blow a mind or two.
Back on topic, I don't think it is new bloggers who have failed, or even bloggers in general. Blogging "role models" however, the ones who everyone reads, who I can understand must be fucking tired as shit of talking about Why Fantasy or Skill based systems etc, can't just write it off as already discussed. There are so many blogs who use the "role model" bloggers sites as prompt machines for their next post.
I can never really tell if my posts have any meaning.