I'm not sorry if this thread gets shut down, or if you believe my inspiration for starting it is considered spam.
So there, now that we got that out of the way...
I woke up this morning from a strange dream. It was a world without the Dojo some of us have come to love, and for some others, loathe intensively. It only had a few from E for All, and the three that are on the site. No characters. No music. No mention of stages. No mention of cuts or returning items, pokemon, characters, trophies, stickers, AT's, SSE; not even "You Must Recover!"
At first I found it odd that they would take down all of that information so close to the release date, and it seemed pretty pointless as most magazines had done stories on it and what not. That's when I came to smashboards to talk about the anomoly but i was the only one who had noticed something strange; Everyone else had been living in a world without the information we've come to love and loathe. I asked about the site, the website interviews and features, the magazine specials and i was called insane. I went to check my own issue of Game Informer to find to my dismay a feature on a new Onimusha Blade Warriors game (Not even getting into the details of that "WTF?!") replacing the pages of information, instead the feature was moved to the back of the issue, taking up a small corner. My friends with the same issue had a picture of Asura Buster in it's place...
It was shocking, and surreal at the same time. All video footage and press information only featured the stages and characters shown in the very first trailer, so long ago in May of 2006. To be alone, with that information, I thought to share it, but then remembered how everyone else was ostracized and in my scenario, i'd be no different. Even the pictures stored on my computer failed to upload when I tried, though I couldn't understand why, though perhaps like my magazine, it was a further display of my inability to tell anyone what was clearly there in front of me.
Upon waking, i felt myself at an impass. I had come to love to Dojo unconditionally, and all the information. It could have easily been like many other blogs for games in development, leaving information and just a few screenshots once a week at best. Was it a good dream that I knew all of the secrets?? Or perhaps a nightmare in that I was all alone in that position, and most of the surprise would be ruined for me?? Please, you be the judge and discuss; in such a situation, would you regret taking it for granted, be glad for all of your secret information, or hold regret and envy that many others, unlike you, still hold some element of surprise.
Thank You.
EDIT: NOT ASKING YOU TO ANALYZE THE DREAM!! Do Not Analyze the Dream... that would be stupid, as I have faith in none of you as Psychiatrists. Thank you
So there, now that we got that out of the way...
I woke up this morning from a strange dream. It was a world without the Dojo some of us have come to love, and for some others, loathe intensively. It only had a few from E for All, and the three that are on the site. No characters. No music. No mention of stages. No mention of cuts or returning items, pokemon, characters, trophies, stickers, AT's, SSE; not even "You Must Recover!"
At first I found it odd that they would take down all of that information so close to the release date, and it seemed pretty pointless as most magazines had done stories on it and what not. That's when I came to smashboards to talk about the anomoly but i was the only one who had noticed something strange; Everyone else had been living in a world without the information we've come to love and loathe. I asked about the site, the website interviews and features, the magazine specials and i was called insane. I went to check my own issue of Game Informer to find to my dismay a feature on a new Onimusha Blade Warriors game (Not even getting into the details of that "WTF?!") replacing the pages of information, instead the feature was moved to the back of the issue, taking up a small corner. My friends with the same issue had a picture of Asura Buster in it's place...
It was shocking, and surreal at the same time. All video footage and press information only featured the stages and characters shown in the very first trailer, so long ago in May of 2006. To be alone, with that information, I thought to share it, but then remembered how everyone else was ostracized and in my scenario, i'd be no different. Even the pictures stored on my computer failed to upload when I tried, though I couldn't understand why, though perhaps like my magazine, it was a further display of my inability to tell anyone what was clearly there in front of me.
Upon waking, i felt myself at an impass. I had come to love to Dojo unconditionally, and all the information. It could have easily been like many other blogs for games in development, leaving information and just a few screenshots once a week at best. Was it a good dream that I knew all of the secrets?? Or perhaps a nightmare in that I was all alone in that position, and most of the surprise would be ruined for me?? Please, you be the judge and discuss; in such a situation, would you regret taking it for granted, be glad for all of your secret information, or hold regret and envy that many others, unlike you, still hold some element of surprise.
Thank You.
EDIT: NOT ASKING YOU TO ANALYZE THE DREAM!! Do Not Analyze the Dream... that would be stupid, as I have faith in none of you as Psychiatrists. Thank you
