Sunday, November 25, 2007

System 8

This art is not mine. I just like it.


I made a solar system once. Twin stars, several planets. Did an RP there. The thing got lousy reviews partially becaue some folks wanted the game to be about them, partially because I just wasn't ready to put these worlds under the constraints of numbers.

So here's what I want to know:

Did anyone like it? Was there a redeeming quality in it? Be this quality in the premise or simply in the races themselves? If you didn't think it was utter garbage, please let me know.

I am under internal pressure to fire up the worlds again. But I can't right now. Not when I look out at what I did and see only something people hated. I would be rid of them if I could.

Unfortunately, to destroy those places would be to destroy myself completely. That's what it is to be truly attached to something.

I would love for snow to fall on Chryses again. For the trees to grow on Wegon and Neplene. For the sands of Isep to warm in the red sun. To raise the mountains of Dythis. For the waters of Slee-Sha to be inhabited again ... and then sold as dinking water on the black market. (Oh, I do miss the Slee-Shain!) Hell, I even miss the plantations of Helene. I may do away with Lynsee all together. It hurts a lot to think about that planet.

*Sigh* I just don't know.

Please tell me if you think I have something worthwhile.