AC Stories (discovered)

[DarkCloud]

http://www.fanfiction.net/list.php?categoryid=735

This was an interesting site I discovered that was dedicated to fanfiction for games, etc.

It has some interesting stories on it

Maybe we can recruit some of these taletellers to apolyton

[Illuminatus]

[Mr. President]

There's a surprising number over there, aren't there?

Maybe we can recruit some of these taletellers to apolyton

[DarkCloud]

And a few actually seemed to have been written in 2003

[Sovereign]

Hmm...

I've been wondering about the lack of authors in AC fiction. Is it because it's a game that is getting less and less exciting every year?

Or is it because people don't bother to use their brains for creativity anymore?

Or is it because people would rather play Civ 3, MMORPGS, online FPS, etc?

I miss Hydro's role playing stories and the long story... I think it was Spartan Chronicles or something like that, with the Proginators overwhelming the humans.

I must be getting old.

[Mr. President]

I think that the longer time passes, the fewer people will play Alpha Centauri and thus the fewer people will write fan fiction.

We can be glad that Alpha Centauri's audience was more creative than most audiences. At least here in AC-Fiction we had a golden age. Compare with something like Magic: the Gathering, which also has tremendous potential for exploration through fan fiction.

Of course, Alpha Centauri has a different audience than Magic. AC-Fiction is much more sophisticated than most anything the average Magic fan (who is only twelve years old, and who also hasn't ever heard of the inspiration and source material such as Arabian Nights, let alone understands the references, and who also is apparently unable to figure out what a character with "Flying" does without extensive reminder text printed on each card) could produce.

Sorry for the rant

[Alinestra Covelia]

I'm trying to find enough time to work on a piece of SMAC fanfic. One is definitely in the planning but it will take me time, which is one luxury I don't have much of right now.

Just for Crimson Sunrise, I might try to include some Skedar in it. Aim for their head tails!

[Mr. President]

Thanks.

Maybe we should ask HMB whether the Mauler is more powerful than the Particle Impactor.

[DarkCloud]

Alpha Centauri is jsut getting old
the only reason that civ is still having tales written about it is that it still has sequels being released

it's hard to get people to be passionate about something that only has a small audience.

[Alinestra Covelia]

HMB's eyes tend to lose focus and he starts muttering things like "literal stimulation" and "olfactory amines" and "oratory rousing effects" and "congressional bonding significance" when you mention anything about Perfect Dark to him.

[Sovereign]

Heh. Good to see a old face, Alinestra.

I wonder.... I've noticed that most game based fanfics are from RPG games and RPG based characters or worlds. The Breath of Fire series, Dragon Warrior series, and Final Fantasy series produced most of the RPG / game based fanfics I've seen.

I hardly see any other "strategy" based game fanfics, or FPS or other themed game fanfics. Must be because people find it cheap n' easy to write about Final Fantasy worlds or Breath of Fire characters.

[Mr. President]

Perhaps when writing about RPGs you have to do less of the character development. Even something like Final Fantasy II sketches out the characters' personas (personae?) via the gameplay.

[Alinestra Covelia]

What I find funniest are the fanfic porn stories. There was a page my brother forwarded once that had lesbian scenes of Xena Warrior Princess going on and it definitely subscribed to the "so crap it's good" school of literature.

[Frankychan]

Ok...that's just a little freaky there......

I still think AC is one of the best games out there despite its "outdated-ness". It has the good, bad, and ugly all rolled into one awesome game.

I found my old notebook with a few more AC fiction stories...but I should be working on BAC first.....

[Sovereign]

Tsk, tsk Franky. Get your arse in gear and have the GHE deal with the UA!

I've seen plenty of porn themed fanfics, and to be honest, it's all junk. I'd rather have a good fanfic with a tangible plot, interesting premise, and good development.

Fanfics all about sex or nudity have no substance, instead, they appeal to sexuality and these single boys or girls who would rather **** off imagining their favoirte characters nude.

Also, porn fanfics doesn't need THAT much intelligence to write, which is a commodity most fanfic writers lack these days. They're either too lazy to REALLY think and write, or they just have no grasp of good literature.