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Wolfgar Growing Up and Randoms
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A break is always good, especially to enjoy this wonderful game that is Skyrim and then when I see the quality of your stories and the way it is written, I guess it must take a lot of time.
In any case, I look forward to more and continuous this great job !
Second would be current personal stories where Grim is doing a personal quest that does not exist in the game. Those require more planning, writing, thinking, and usually more props from the CK and console.
The longest are the flashbacks - those take a lot of time because I need to come up with a good story that fits into the time line of all the characters I am juggling, they are all focused on someone other than my character which often means making a character to play just for that story (like I did Eir's story as I needed to make her and Skjaldwulf). Then I need to make sure Grim and Wolfgar, if they have cameos or are part of the story, look the proper age/size for the story and they don't have markings or equipment that is to current. Then I need to use a different ENB and do fairly extensive prepping in the CK, along with special saved games (as I don't want my main game screwed up or altered in any way) and mods. Then take the photos, often multiple times, and then work it all together in a story. Then write, proof, add images, and post :-)
My Thalmor Memories took about 20 hours total and this one with Erik, which is not yet done, has already exceed that easily. Chapter 5 and 6 took over 10 hours to do just the images and story (due to a bunch of do-overs, CTDs, and change in location).
However I wouldn't do it if I didn't enjoy it. I get to bring my characters and stories to life when I play, and get to share them with those who are interested which is always a good feeling. Reading has been my biggest pleasure, and escape, from the hardships of life ever since I learned to read. I have always wanted to give some of that back. Some day I might actually write a book but for now I like the "graphic novel" aspect of writing on Nexus. So much fun to join images and text this way and its low stress and casual.
Plus a huge bonus for me is that when I play my main game I am not just playing a bunch of pixels on the screen. When I play I now have a massive back story for Grim, Wolfgar, and all the other characters he interacts with. When I play I don't see "just another character" I see Grim, Erik, and Wolfgar with there rich history and context. It makes the game deeper and more fun
Sorry I tend to ramble a lot - bad habit.
With Frankhof my Nord anyway I always playing in imagined its history, it's a character I identified with it myself, it's almost as if it was me in the fantastic world of Skyrim. But when I play with Ulv I really feel like the person I played in my stories Nexus, I really feel it happened what happened to her in my stories on Nexus, I admire the great work you do with Grim and I always felt that you were passionate about what you do, it's all your honor
I would so much better develop what I mean, but unfortunately English is not my forte, but I think it's still pretty much understandable, in any case thank you for sharing the beautiful epic Grim !
Anyhow point is Skyrim hits every single one of my top game requirements - Fantasy, sandbox, mod able, NORSE (I am a major Norse culture/history/mythology fan), "vikings", tons of content and freedom to make and play a character any way I like. So much fun for RPing.
So aye, plenty of passion on my end for my games. Although a lot is the community - I get some much more out of the being able to share my adventures and discussions with other people who also enjoy it. Nexus is just awesome for that and I really hope to see it continue into other games as they come out.
Thanks for sharing some of your own background in gaming and nice to know you are enjoying Ulv, she is a great character.
it is true that the Nexus community is wonderful, for excellent mods for image sharing, I'm really happy to put the mod for Skyrim and have discovered all this, pure fun