11-04-2009, 02:06 PM
brell wrote:Dear Brell,
In the end this is really a matter of taste. I myself like Freddy's mansions very much. There is something about his building style that stimulates me. It has very little to do with how easy/hard they are.
this was in no way intended as a criticism of Freddy's design. As I said - I like & admire his mansions....and I'm sure he knows that (as we have several times spoken about my
dilemma).
Although it's not entirely a question of how hard, I do think it does play a part...... but not in the sense that the designs would be too hard.
No - it's rather this certain harder quizzical style which - in my case- above a certain level, gets harder than my patience allows.
I'm fully aware that my patience is at fault here, not Freddy's design.
That's why I said I admire the designs. The same goes for Psychotronics
wonderful beastA Curious Observatory, which I absolutely love and replay time and again.....but still have not fully mastered. At times it drives me just crazy....and I pack it in for a few months.
But - after all THAT EXCTLY is the point why we love MM (+ especially the custom mansions) so much...... where else can you have years + years of fun for 20 $ admission? And I don't even begin the talk about the fun that's to be had when you start building. For me that has really become a beautiful hobby / pasttime ..... a vocation
even ?? brell wrote: In my opinion, therefore, we should all be reluctant to critizise the bulders' building style. There will always be someone who likes or dislikes a special building style and that is quite normal. If I, for example, decide to make another mansion, I will not be deferred from my building style for 2 reasons:
1. I like it myself
2. I know that at least some of you like it.
Here, I'm not so sure (in this context)..... because - see above. There was no real design criticism involved. And we should be able to talk freely about our shared mansions, without silencing ourselves through political over-correctness.
When it starts to get personal, or unfair though.....that is another question. Then I'm fully with you.
PS: Nobody would ever want you to change your building style, and neither anybody else's (unless it is technically faulty, of course).
Why? Because that IS exactly the interesting thing: the custom mansions bring so many new and different sides to the game......just think of all the innovative things we've come up with, stuff of which Vern never had thought..... just by using or mis-using the normal tools he has given us.
Don't worry, Brell..... a little talk like the one above will not bring up an atmosphere where anyyone would reasonably want to stop or change any other designer from doing HIS stuff HIS way.