The Beginning
Sept 19, 2019 23:14:33 GMT
Post by rfi on Sept 19, 2019 23:14:33 GMT
The Beginning
September 19, 2019
Ladies and gentlemen,
At this time, the merging black holes appear to be no closer to each other than they were thirteen years ago. Safe to say, we may disregard this threat. With my gravitational shield project on hold, I have decided to resurrect this community despite the potential challenges that may arise. To quote former U.S. President, John F. Kennedy;
“Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.”
Unfortunately, Kennedy also said: “Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.”
Understanding the balance of risk and reward, there are several goals I wish to achieve with the creation of this message board:
First and foremost: "If you build it, he will come." This is a line from the 1989 Kevin Costner movie Field of Dreams which I never saw. Having said that, most people remember the line as “They will come.” In our original efforts to round up those that remain of the South Park Gaming (SPG) community, we were only able to reconnect with those whom we remember and could find via emails and screen-names. This message board will serve as a centralized hub where old (And new) members may find us instead.
Secondly, and perhaps more important, this community comes to serve as a huge dose of nostalgia and a means to historically archive the era of SPG. Nostalgia alone often comes as a great source of entertainment for many of us. And I have said this before: As nostalgia is often a fleeting feeling, I wish I could find a viable way to capture it, distill it down to its purest form, then crush it up and snort it. Seeing as I am still in the research and development phase of this prospect , the establishment of this community will supplement those desires for now.
Lastly, in the effort to rebuild a once great community that spawned within the chaos of the old internet, this forum serves to help lead and direct from both a project management standpoint as well as a social standpoint. While Discord may serve as a general chat room, it lacks the structure and longevity of a traditional forum. Different message threads will allow us the organization necessary in order to do what humans love to do best: Share stories, ideas, and work collectively on projects.
Having listed those advantages, I will now explain the risks: SPG, while at its heart, has always been a game-development community. It is in this this current time in history (20 years later) that the entire game-development industry is flooded with developers and anyone and their mother is making games for this device or another. Combine the current zeitgeist with the fact that SPG has always been based on parody games based on the television series South Park (One of the primary reasons our games became as renowned as they were back in the day) it has always left us with a very niche community. This presents us with the challenge of accepting we may always be a small community despite our games managing to touch the hearts of people around the world.
Nothing worthwhile was ever easy. That said, I welcome you all to the South Park Gaming Community, members old and new. To briefly introduce myself, I am RFI. (An abbreviation for Realistic Freak Infection. Hey, I was in high school when I came up with this name and I thought it was cool and edgy. Plus, it was a play on another name I had prior) I originally joined the community in 2002 although I had already created a few (terrible) games in 2000. Most memorable are Cartman Loses Weight, Paper Cartman Demo, and Touched. I served as Admin in my senior year of high school in 2006 and a few years proceeding under the command of Beamer. I will list more details on myself in the “Introduce Yourself” thread. For now, please enjoy your stay.
-RFI
September 19, 2019
Ladies and gentlemen,
At this time, the merging black holes appear to be no closer to each other than they were thirteen years ago. Safe to say, we may disregard this threat. With my gravitational shield project on hold, I have decided to resurrect this community despite the potential challenges that may arise. To quote former U.S. President, John F. Kennedy;
“Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.”
Unfortunately, Kennedy also said: “Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.”
Understanding the balance of risk and reward, there are several goals I wish to achieve with the creation of this message board:
First and foremost: "If you build it, he will come." This is a line from the 1989 Kevin Costner movie Field of Dreams which I never saw. Having said that, most people remember the line as “They will come.” In our original efforts to round up those that remain of the South Park Gaming (SPG) community, we were only able to reconnect with those whom we remember and could find via emails and screen-names. This message board will serve as a centralized hub where old (And new) members may find us instead.
Secondly, and perhaps more important, this community comes to serve as a huge dose of nostalgia and a means to historically archive the era of SPG. Nostalgia alone often comes as a great source of entertainment for many of us. And I have said this before: As nostalgia is often a fleeting feeling, I wish I could find a viable way to capture it, distill it down to its purest form, then crush it up and snort it. Seeing as I am still in the research and development phase of this prospect , the establishment of this community will supplement those desires for now.
Lastly, in the effort to rebuild a once great community that spawned within the chaos of the old internet, this forum serves to help lead and direct from both a project management standpoint as well as a social standpoint. While Discord may serve as a general chat room, it lacks the structure and longevity of a traditional forum. Different message threads will allow us the organization necessary in order to do what humans love to do best: Share stories, ideas, and work collectively on projects.
Having listed those advantages, I will now explain the risks: SPG, while at its heart, has always been a game-development community. It is in this this current time in history (20 years later) that the entire game-development industry is flooded with developers and anyone and their mother is making games for this device or another. Combine the current zeitgeist with the fact that SPG has always been based on parody games based on the television series South Park (One of the primary reasons our games became as renowned as they were back in the day) it has always left us with a very niche community. This presents us with the challenge of accepting we may always be a small community despite our games managing to touch the hearts of people around the world.
Nothing worthwhile was ever easy. That said, I welcome you all to the South Park Gaming Community, members old and new. To briefly introduce myself, I am RFI. (An abbreviation for Realistic Freak Infection. Hey, I was in high school when I came up with this name and I thought it was cool and edgy. Plus, it was a play on another name I had prior) I originally joined the community in 2002 although I had already created a few (terrible) games in 2000. Most memorable are Cartman Loses Weight, Paper Cartman Demo, and Touched. I served as Admin in my senior year of high school in 2006 and a few years proceeding under the command of Beamer. I will list more details on myself in the “Introduce Yourself” thread. For now, please enjoy your stay.
-RFI