Adventure Idol.....

KANDYMAN-IAC · Mon 04/04/2005 13:02:58

Who would be your personal adventure idols? Who are the adventure game creators who you look up to? Both professional and amatuer.

And would it be possible to design a competition where adventure game creating hopefuls could be encouaraged and eliminated in their attempts to become the next "Adventure Idol"?

Who would be your personal pick for the judges?
CJ is definately in there.... ummmm maybe!

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And do you think you have what it takes?

Sam. · Mon 04/04/2005 13:19:49

ye gods kandyman!

i told you mine on IRC but lets share them with the world

TIm Schafer(sp)
Ron Gilbert(except now, hes all bitter)
Dave GIlbert
Yahtzee
2ma2
Chrille

Privateer Puddin' · Mon 04/04/2005 13:22:02

Quote from: Zooty on Mon 04/04/2005 13:19:49

Chille

Blimey, atleast spell it properly Â¬Â¬

Ubel · Mon 04/04/2005 13:23:43

Two guys from Andromeda! Scott Murphy & Mark Grove have always been my adventure idols

Peter Thomas · Mon 04/04/2005 13:24:19

Quoteencouaraged and eliminated in their attempts

Sounds almost like a contradiction, to me...

I do know what you're getting at, though, and I think the idea is kind of neat, but I don't think it would be very productive. There was plenty enough heat with the recent ATC, and that was teams working together WITHOUT elimination. Think what THAT extra dynamo would bring!

Current idols, however:
2ma2
Yahtzee
Dave (and Ron, since i forgot) Gilbert

Seems Zooty has a similar taste...

[EDIT] - Kinoko, too. Cirque WAS rather fabulous...

KANDYMAN-IAC · Mon 04/04/2005 13:26:06

Now Ron Gilbert would make an excellant bitter judge...

Ron Gilbert is one of my idols.
2ma2.
Chrille.
Helm.
Yahtzee.
and since I saw Cirque de Zale, Kinoko.

KANDYMAN-IAC · Mon 04/04/2005 14:51:49

C'mon this would be great. We round up three adventure game vetrans. One surly, one who loves everyone... one with either a personality problem, or the lack of personality that sits in the middle and is a little wishy washy. Then we audition hopeful game designers, decide who has what it takes to be the next "Adventure Idol", then set a monthly task for them and instead of a knock out maybe it could just be who gets teh best TOTAL points overal.... you decide...

a knock out could be good too.

but there should be three people in the final not 2.

SSH · Mon 04/04/2005 15:46:48

But everyone would drop out during the first round and only two would be left by its end, anyway

Andail · Mon 04/04/2005 19:47:46

...which will annoy me!

Afflict · Mon 04/04/2005 20:40:37

Dodgy topic man.
Do we really have to have compos to get people motivated?
Well its sad in that case cause as SSH said most will drop out anyway.
This will just give them a lower self image (in the creation sector) and they
will probably keep on dropping out in the future <prove me wrong> <I DARE you>
Some people are just not cut out to produce games as they always commit
their time to everything else.

As for copying stupid tv shows for creating games... nah not working.
Lets try Survivor.... GET THE POINT?

Andail · Mon 04/04/2005 20:47:03

Quote from: Fmarais on Mon 04/04/2005 20:40:37
GET THE POINT?

Oh, edgy!

SSH · Mon 04/04/2005 21:11:37

Maybe we should nominate the worst 10 n00bs and call it "Lame Academy"

Vel could give a pimping masterclass

m0ds could lecture on how to finish a game

Afflict · Mon 04/04/2005 21:40:24

Quote from: Andail on Mon 04/04/2005 20:47:03
Oh, edgy!

Indeed

KANDYMAN-IAC · Tue 05/04/2005 01:32:28

Fmarias.... I'm sorry that a sense of humour wasn't passed on to you at birth. Or that it wasn't at least beaten into you durring your fromative years by realatives, and teachers, carrying the holly sticks of wisdom.

The cooncept that has been described all the way down the page is one that is glistening with IRONY... you can go at look that word up later... and as such is not to be taken seriously.

Though you have raised on interesting point, I personally believe that competition is the true KILLER of creativity. But then i also believe that point to be fairly common knowledge. So hooryay give that boy a candy for pointing out the obvious.

And as for "copying stupid television shows" as you put it, I personally prefer the term SATIRE (you can look that one up later too), is one of the best ways for many people starting out to get a handle on a particular genre... and also a way for them to experiment and expand their own imaginative processes, and still having a specific predefined source material to fall back if they become lost, stuck, or with out direction.

PS. I like the survivor idea, but I pray we end up on different teams. Because I plan to pee in your watering hole.

Love and Hugs KANDYMAN

KANDYMAN-IAC · Tue 05/04/2005 01:48:45

Oh.... also I volunteer to be Simon Cowell.... if we can't get Ron Gilbert.

Tiki · Tue 05/04/2005 02:17:41

Quote from: Pablo on Mon 04/04/2005 13:23:43
Two guys from Andromeda! Scott Murphy & Mark Grove have always been my adventure idols

Grove? Where did this Grove come from? Mark Crowe

Mark Seibert was the only other Mark I know of - at least, that played a predominate role.

KANDYMAN-IAC · Tue 05/04/2005 02:22:50

probably got Grove from our own MODS, Mark LoveGROVE

Evil · Tue 05/04/2005 03:06:39

2ma2 and Yahtzee, for their amazing games obviously. But I've got a lot more idols on the forums for other things. M0ds for his movie and script writing skills. Trap for his musical talent. Phil Reed for his writing and comical styles. There are tons of other people too. Andail, Helm, Darth, Eric, DG, LGM, Remixor, Eggie. I'm sure there are more I can't think of.

Oh, and Al because he is teh sexieh.

KANDYMAN-IAC · Tue 05/04/2005 03:17:15

"Whaahahaahat about me, it isn't fair....."
(Australian Idol joke... only aussies will get that on)

(oh God i'm pathetic)

Captain Mostly · Tue 05/04/2005 14:25:26

Quote from: KANDYMAN-IAC on Tue 05/04/2005 01:32:28
I personally believe that competition is the true KILLER of creativity.

I think this is a very silly thing to say, and is in fact the exact oposite of the truth.