<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Which game?  If it was "The Team" an all female team of superheroes, we might be needing to replace some people</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>It was "The Team" yeah with only female superheroes.<br/><br/>I'm not sure about joining with a second big roleplay at the moment though. I only want to join games when I know upfront that I can do it justice. Currently I'm also in a One on One with pm's with somebody (though it's put on hold for a week) and involved in this roleplay. I don't want to take on too much and end up burning myself out while trying to keep up.<br/><br/>The Team did sound really interesting though! I might take on the role of a super villian there and have a temporary role until my character is defeated... I'll have to think about that. ;)<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">That sounds quite ambitious.  I've always liked the idea of learning a foreign language, but after roughly 5 years of Spanish in HS, I just really don't think I have the patience or motivation for it any more.  I think the only way I'd actually learn another language now is if I met someone who would take the time to teach me one-on-one.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>I already speak several languages, so it's easier for me. I can draw from experiences with the other languages that I know and when I see a new word in a foreign language there is often a relation with words from other languages and that helps me figure out what the word is about.<br/>To name an example; I'm completely unfamiliar with Swedish, but I do speak Dutch and German, they have a lot in common with Swedish so even if I can't speak or write the language, I can listen and read it and have a basic understanding of what the subject is about. It also helps that I do know some Swedish words and have a good sense of how the sentences are build up. I always considered myself horrible at learning new languages, but I find that it gets easier as I grow older.<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote"> Something completely new and never done before?  I'd like to see it.  A long time ago, I came to the conclusion that there were no new ideas out there.  Just a few dozen ways to spin the existing ideas.  I would love for that theory to be disproved. </blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>There is 2 different scifi ideas I have in mind that I want to develop. In 2003 I was working on a new MORPG that I hoped to publish someday, but I had to abandon that project due to time/money/skill restraints. My previous MORPG was a pretty big success with several thousand players, but I had too many restraints to work with and I was only just learning how to program. For my new game I had written a file with roughly 6 pages of background information that I wanted to use for the new storyline.<br/><br/>The idea got shelved until 2010, when I encountered the doc file again. The past 7 years before that were spent from going from accountant to becoming a game developer (note that I never had official training at the latter and it's still an ongoing project) so I could work on that game, but I figured; why not write novels about the story instead? Hopefully those will become popular and then it might get picked up by a developer already, saving me a lot of trouble.<br/><br/>In 2010 the story I wanted to write had been mulling around in my mind for 7 years already and had a good chance to develop further and I had already done research for the past 13 years. However, I found that I was really lacking the technical skills to write a good novel. Not to mention, I only wrote in British and for marketing reasons it'd make more sense to write the novel in American. So the past 2 years I've been practising my American skills (I typically write OOC in British and IC in American) to get those up to par.<br/><br/>The 1st scifi novel I intend to write will be a story about a MMORPG, but since I've also worked on developing such a game myself I can offer a unique perspective from developer, admin, moderator, community manager as well, next to being a gamer. That ought to give it a couple nice twists that haven't been done before. This story is still mostly intended as an exercise to improve my American skills though.<br/><br/>The other story that I really want to write will hopefully end up on the scale of Lord of the Rings or Harry Potter, when it comes to the richness of the storyline. I know what I want to write, but it's just so hard to put my thoughts into consistent words on paper since there are so many things I want to add in. I already identified 15 different subplots that will all come together in one big over-arching storyline.<br/><br/>I'm also still not quite there yet when it comes to becoming a game developer, though I did make it to sofware tester already. ;)<br/><br/>Considering that I'm also autistic and just have to make do with what I have I'm pretty proud of my accomplishments so far. I consider myself a good-willing amateur at what I do and I know for sure that I'll make a lot of mistakes, but I love a good challenge. Even if it takes years to accomplish something or to see the fruits of my labour. ;D