Starweaver: You're right, Reudh probably would have gone after Vanya. Katie might have too, but she was a bit exhausted after the spells she did, so I don't think she would've managed. The police bit makes sense too. I knew there were flaws in the plot but couldn't quite put my finger on them.
@Splint: Ultimately I'd much rather have a sequel, and I'd be willing to put in the modding time necessary to get it to work... but I think it looks like more people voted for the do-over, and you've clearly already put a lot of work into making it... I think that's decided at this point.
I'm with Starweaver. The subplots were my favorite part, and how they all wove their way into the Spearbreakers universe. Who knows, though - maybe some enterprising souls will come along someday and create a Spearbreakers II for us, continuing the tradition of each fort in the series being created by new people. I'd be all for that, honestly, and it'd make me proud.
it was the side stories predominantly written by Talvieno with a noticeably smaller amount of input from me, Mr Frog, Reudh, and Hans that made the place by and large what it became: A crazy, fucked up mess so convoluted and rife with errors, crossovers, stubborn authors, and just in general being a setting that was a barely understandable disaster area for even some of us here that the fact we can even make any sense of it is astounding.
Awwww, I'm touched. That was a pretty nice thing to say.
Anyway, yes. The fort itself stagnated, just like you said. The side stories were the best part. I feel bad, honestly, for anyone who read the fort but not the side stories. Anyone who did was missing out on so, so much. Hans' stuff, and Mr Frog's stuff, and of course your stuff... It's the "younger blood" that mostly seem to be against a sequel.
@Mr Frog: Agreed that not pushing people to get their updates out was a mistake. And..... yeah. Your points stand. I guess redo makes more sense. The community lockout wouldn't be a good thing at all, and there's no way to sensibly pare down the information to something manageable that we could expect everyone to read.
Also agreeing with the flesh-and-blood dwarves only.
And the artwork for Spearbreakers was amazing. The community contribution outstanding... The sentimental value there makes it really hard for me to be totally on-board with a redo.
And I'll switch back to my old avatar, perhaps... Although, truth be told, I think I didn't even
have an avatar until six months through the fort.
Urgh. I was super-proud because it looked like it had worked and the leaves were changing properly and no FPS-killing bullshit was being strewn about, but then winter came around and all of the leaves and fruit dropped off of the trees simultaneously. fffFFFFfff
TOADYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
This made me laugh.
I missed you guys.
Anyway, I'm up for the redo. Not sure if it'll turn out exactly the same way, but hey, who knows.
Also, can we please have Dorf!Mr Frog in the redo?
I don't mind if Vanya gets cut, but the fort wouldn't be the same without Mr Frog.
And finally... I'm not sure how much my opinion counts for. I've never really done a good job at keeping up with things.
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