 May 2, 2016 - 2:07pm | I just saw we have about 16 pages worth of projects (with what appears on the surface being ten per page), not having sorted through any of them I was just curious how many could be considered complete? Myself, I own (or should I say "manaage") five of the projects. Adventures in History is far from complete and has been on the back burner for far too long. Deck Plans can never be truly finished as I can always whip up another set and add to it. Ditto for NPC Parties. Online Star Frontiers game is pretty much as dead as the concept of online SF gaming itself, unless anyone should happen to rediscover the project and/or start a new game. Basic Plus is my one and only finished project, with the KHB (Knight Haws Basic) expansion being close to completion...but like Adventures in History, it too is on a prolonged back burner. |
 May 2, 2016 - 5:07pm | Hi Shadow: I take it this is more than a philosophical question. Wouldn't a project is finished when no one is actively managing the project or posting information to it? The projects seem to be a good way to share information. When I've had time, I've tried looking through some of the projects for more information rather than just checking through the Forums... Granted, there's a lot of good conjectures and I've seen where some of these posts had turned into stories in Frontier Explorer or Star Frontiersman. I've posted some information to the Dark Side of the Moon project, since it seemed the most appropriate place. I'd certainly welcome your critiques... or anybody's for that matter. Plus, I started "Joe's Half-Baked Ideas" after being inspired by Tch's Weird Science project... and again, critiques are welcomed! Best Regards, Joe Cabadas |
 May 2, 2016 - 6:02pm | We do have a lot of "Projects" and I have 2 I manage, one which is on back burner too. I do poke around and read things, look up things in the Project Areas some might be "dead" right now but they are still useful when I research subjects. Magazine Stand is a project I do not manage, but I decided to try and add to so we have resources, original source materials and so on. Hopefully I can add some old sci-fi mags too. Big Older Projects such as the Sathar are good as we can always revisit, brainstorm and share new ideas on the subjects. It can be a bit overwhelming but if you search by subject often I get my memory jogged there is a Project Area fo blank, or someone else is working on blank too... so I find the pages useful. "Never fire a laser at a mirror." |
 May 2, 2016 - 6:52pm | I never thought of the projects as things that must be finished. I've always thought of them as places to organize communal work efforts. Because they end up as game aids and campaign source material they remain ongoing. -iggy |
May 2, 2016 - 10:34pm | Wouldn't a project is finished when no one is actively managing the project or posting information to it? That would be a dead project. For example, my Historical Adventures project has been neglected and as such can be safely called dead. I have some plots, I have some rules, but what I don't have is a finished product that can be utilized. On the flip side, my Basic Plus project is a finished product that can be utilized. The KHB expansion is close to being finished but not readyfor use, but anyone can snag the B+ project and start using it. Granted the majority of projects can fall into the "never ending" category, or more appropriately "list" projects if you will, such as the Deck Plans as I or anyone else can continue adding to it. So technically, my question applies to the intended "plug and play" projects. To cite such an example, one I completely forgot about until just now: the Clarion Royal Marines project which can be safely added to the "unfinished" plug and play projects...as the intent was to create a CRM Source Book for campaign use. Funny thing, that one popped into my mind as a textbook example of such an intended project, I looked it up and lo & behold it's yet another one of mine. ;) |
