SeaRex...buddy...I was joking. But really...what WERE you thinking? Lol.
Mitsur...I'm not bitter or upset. I just see that there's no sense in continuing the endeavor so I fold.
Oddsville...and everyone else who doesn't understand when I say the word hypothetical...I did not state it as my complete and personal opinion that Citizen Siege will be crap. I said my general distrust and observation of human nature has lead me to this predispositon. I still have hope. But since you're all resigned to believe that I'm anti Lorne and you refuse to listen...how's this...I'm going to laugh when Lorne sells out and Citizen Siege becomes some lame ass action flick or disney pixar type deal. He is not a ****ing saint...he's a human being. Even the best of us remain forever subject to the worst. We're human...we're free....free to be great or corrupt...not that greatness is really the opposite of corruption but I just didn't want to say good.
Max...your post made me come back. Like I said buddy, we could work on the name. Here's a little rundown of what could be in our site. I'll start from the skeleton and work my way into the crevices of each bone.
The main site: the central hub. On top is our name/logo and beneath it our poetic mission statement. By the way...just to be clear our mission is the unity of people under the banner of enlightenment, beauty, and art through the video game medium. Cheesy yes...but it's got a great prospect.
Below the title/statement we have the oak tree...or w/e structure you want connecting the games we are responsbile for. each branch could be a different game. I'm surprised you dont like oak...cmon...its the perfect symbol. Just feel the meaning. I think an oak tree is ****ing lame in all honesty...but when I think about what it stands for and how closely related it is to what WE stand for...i see it in a different light. Anyway...so we have our oak tree with the game branches. You click on a branch and it has the following smaller branches (this list is subject to change based on availability of mods, popular demand, council support, etc...i want this shit done nice and democratically...unless you elect me as the benevolent leader and we have limited socialism in which case you might be sacrificing a tiny level of freedom for things running much smoother under my dedicated management). Right...so the branches when you click on a game branch: General (duh), Experiences (your in game adventures...we want to keep our sections broad so as to put less stress on management and moderation...if anyone has better ideas by all means put them forth NOW), related real world topic (like psychonauts would have a psychology/sociology section...oddworld could have an environment/ human rights section)...and well...maybe a game guide section?...but cmon...thats ****ing useless...you can google a walkthrough in two seconds...its so unecessary...we can worry about minor details once we're set up...also in the cnetral hub we can have one massive off topic thingy...in case any of the ladies are wooed by my totally awesome philosophical, radical self
Simple version:
In OAK tree form
(branches/canopy: games we represent
at the heart of the tree we have our massive off topic section for people to just talk...maybe they don't want to talk about god damn games all the time...maybe they jsut appreciate being around people who understand them for a change and would jsut like to talk
at the root...our title/mission statement because it is where WE come from
wow that was shitty and disorganized...lemme start over lol
The main page will be an interactive tree...picture this white page with this well designed tree on it...and thats our site.
On the branches will be little bubbles with the games on em. Abe's face in a bubble for oddworld, jade's face for beyond good and evil...manny's face for grim fandango, etc, You could click on one of these bubles and it would take you to this twiggy kind of background thing and it would have the actual forum of the game. The cateogries for now are the basics...general...and the respective real world issue
back on the main page, we come to the middle of the tree...the trunk...our off topic forum for people to just revel in the company of their own
below that the roots...digging into our title/mission statement...you could click on that and it'd be like some kind of...bio sheet on the founders or something...and just like...contact us type shit...
hmm? not a bad first draft type lay out thingy? lol...
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