We need an intervention
Alluvian -- 2007-05-22 21:40:57
Brasse is away on vacation, and I must say I am VERY surprised to see such a detailed submission.
First off, let me just say I think visually this is the best comic to date. I love the look and the way her style is coming out. Hopefully at one point it become EASIER for her as well, heh. The effort is definitely paying off in my opinion. A beautiful piece.
I get an unintended chuckle at the second frame, suspecting that the narrow gorge was put there purely to keep from having to draw a dozen orcs and a handful of wargs in two different panels.
I accused her jokingly of this on MSN and she half agreed. Spouting off some blather about it signifying a logical regional boundary and a place where a game like EQ would have a zone boundary. I remain unconvinced.
The topic at hand is pretty self explanatory, and we probably all know somebody like this. The person who cannot stop but grab everything that litters the ground in these games. Glowies, pages and nodes in EQ2, resource nodes in WoW, Chests and nodes in LOTRO. In her defense, Wren waits till after the battle if there is serious danger. In the case shown above I could easily see her doing this though. With her defense being "We were going to die ANYWAY, and this way I am dead WITH BLUEBERRIES!" The rest of us try and calculate how many blueberries it would take to pay for our armor repairs. Better have been a really big bush!
First off, let me just say I think visually this is the best comic to date. I love the look and the way her style is coming out. Hopefully at one point it become EASIER for her as well, heh. The effort is definitely paying off in my opinion. A beautiful piece.
I get an unintended chuckle at the second frame, suspecting that the narrow gorge was put there purely to keep from having to draw a dozen orcs and a handful of wargs in two different panels.
I accused her jokingly of this on MSN and she half agreed. Spouting off some blather about it signifying a logical regional boundary and a place where a game like EQ would have a zone boundary. I remain unconvinced.
The topic at hand is pretty self explanatory, and we probably all know somebody like this. The person who cannot stop but grab everything that litters the ground in these games. Glowies, pages and nodes in EQ2, resource nodes in WoW, Chests and nodes in LOTRO. In her defense, Wren waits till after the battle if there is serious danger. In the case shown above I could easily see her doing this though. With her defense being "We were going to die ANYWAY, and this way I am dead WITH BLUEBERRIES!" The rest of us try and calculate how many blueberries it would take to pay for our armor repairs. Better have been a really big bush!
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OCD - Obsessive Collection Disorder
Brasse -- 2007-05-22 21:41:27
Wren's main in-game compulsion is to collect. EQII has engaged her in fully with its plethora of collection quests and tome quests. I have seen her stew for hours and days, plotting how to obtain the last elusive bit she needs for this or that collection.
In LOTRO, the sneaky Devs have sniffed out Wren's love of all things FOOD. The meeps of delight when she comes across some honey or rhubarb in game are palpable and infectious, and in truth, it is impossible to get mad in the face of her little joys.
Humans are, by nature, acquisitive. As kids, we pick up bright rocks and pretty leaves, and as adults we collect cards, statues and all manner of odd things. I find it interesting that Wren does NOT obsessively collect anything in the real world.
I must go now. Still on vacation in California... the effects of the long, loud night at the Goth club are still lingering, and both Wren and I have some extra sleep to collect.
Tell those damn birds not to start chirping so early!
~Brasse