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Re: End of Prototype *Legends spoils*
Posted By: BryDate: 2/18/10 5:53 a.m.

In Response To: Re: End of Prototype *Legends spoils* (Archilen)


: That's one way to look at it, but I have to disagree on it. Giving a date
: wouldn't really make me concentrate solely on the timeframe or blind me
: from the story. It'd just be a nice touch, making it easier to picture the
: episodes in the larger timeline. As for them not being important, I still
: disagree for the aforementioned reason.

: I just hope this isn't the direction Halo's going for in the future. The Cole
: Protocol already departed from the format of the previous books. I think
: that is what really detracts from the story, when you have to start
: wondering when it takes place. It's frustrating, and it's not like giving
: a story a timeframe is impossibly hard.

I'll agree its a nice touch, but I also have to admit that when one steps back, the absence doesn't really detract from much either.
Perhaps not blind to the story, but its probably not too inaccurate to say that there are a few people who would quite literally find the dates to be the most interesting things in an episode (or novel), and I can't blame 343 if they would want to move away from that to some degree.

When I think about it, the Star Wars fiction doesn't really seem to ever involve dates at all, its usually measured just by the number of years before/after key events, usually A New Hope.
And that's worked pretty well.
Putting things to the exact hour and day worked when the fiction was limited, but its in danger of getting out of hand as its all grown so fast.

I wouldn't underestimate the potential difficulties and problems, given what Eric was saying about trying to write GoO and the huge problems and amount of time that had to spent thinking of how fast various ships were to make dates check out.
That kind of effort has got to be very distracting and really could start detracting from just trying to write a compelling story.

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End of Prototype *Legends spoils*gunluva 2/16/10 3:54 p.m.
     Re: End of Prototype *Legends spoils*TDSpiral 2/16/10 6:13 p.m.
           Re: End of Prototype *Legends spoils*gunluva 2/16/10 7:54 p.m.
           Re: End of Prototype *Legends spoils*rolandk73 2/16/10 9:40 p.m.
                 Re: End of Prototype *Legends spoils*TDSpiral 2/17/10 12:22 a.m.
                       Re: End of Prototype *Legends spoils*InnerRayg 2/17/10 1:03 a.m.
     Re: End of Prototype *Legends spoils*Document 2/17/10 12:47 a.m.
           Re: End of Prototype *Legends spoils*TDSpiral 2/17/10 12:51 a.m.
                 Re: End of Prototype *Legends spoils*Document 2/17/10 5:35 p.m.
                       Re: End of Prototype *Legends spoils*Bry 2/17/10 7:21 p.m.
                             Re: End of Prototype *Legends spoils*Archilen 2/18/10 12:36 a.m.
                                   Re: End of Prototype *Legends spoils*Bry 2/18/10 5:53 a.m.
                                   Re: End of Prototype *Legends spoils*Stephen L. (SoundEffect) 2/18/10 6:58 a.m.
                                         Re: End of Prototype *Legends spoils*Metalingus627 2/18/10 1:50 p.m.
                                               Re: End of Prototype *Legends spoils*Stephen L. (SoundEffect) 2/18/10 4:58 p.m.
                                   Re: End of Prototype *Legends spoils*Document 2/18/10 8:34 p.m.
                                         Re: End of Prototype *Legends spoils*Stephen L. (SoundEffect) 2/18/10 9:53 p.m.
                                               Re: End of Prototype *Legends spoils*Document 2/19/10 12:55 a.m.
                                                     Re: End of Prototype *Legends spoils*Stephen L. (SoundEffect) 2/19/10 6:30 a.m.
                                               Re: End of Prototype *Legends spoils*Document 2/19/10 1:54 a.m.
     It's a Gundam!Avateur 2/17/10 12:49 a.m.
     Re: End of Prototype *Legends spoils*Archilen 2/17/10 1:01 a.m.
           Re: End of Prototype *Legends spoils*grantix 2/17/10 1:45 a.m.
                 Re: End of Prototype *Legends spoils*Avateur 2/17/10 2:11 a.m.
           Re: End of Prototype *Legends spoils*Metalingus627 2/17/10 3:28 a.m.
                 Re: End of Prototype *Legends spoils*Vociferous 2/17/10 3:50 a.m.
                       Re: End of Prototype *Legends spoils*Metalingus627 2/17/10 4:19 a.m.
                             Re: End of Prototype *Legends spoils*Avateur 2/17/10 4:30 a.m.
                                   Re: End of Prototype *Legends spoils*rolandk73 2/17/10 8:17 a.m.
                             Re: End of Prototype *Legends spoils*Archilen 2/17/10 8:44 a.m.
                       Re: End of Prototype *Legends spoils*Stephen L. (SoundEffect) 2/17/10 8:34 a.m.
                             Re: End of Prototype *Legends spoils*Vociferous 2/17/10 11:05 p.m.
                                   Re: End of Prototype *Legends spoils*Avateur 2/17/10 11:22 p.m.
                                   Re: End of Prototype *Legends spoils*Bry 2/18/10 5:44 a.m.
                                         A questionArchilen 2/18/10 5:55 a.m.
                                               Re: A questionBry 2/18/10 6:06 a.m.
                                                     Re: A questionFrankie 2/18/10 11:00 a.m.
                                                           Re: A questionBry 2/18/10 11:19 a.m.
                 Re: End of Prototype *Legends spoils*Frankie 2/17/10 10:31 a.m.
           Re: End of Prototype *Legends spoils*InnerRayg 2/17/10 3:48 a.m.
           Re: End of Prototype *Legends spoils*Bry 2/17/10 9:52 a.m.
                 Re: End of Prototype *Legends spoils*Archilen 2/17/10 9:59 a.m.
                       Re: End of Prototype *Legends spoils*Bry 2/17/10 10:04 a.m.
                       Re: End of Prototype *Legends spoils*Metalingus627 2/17/10 11:03 a.m.
                             Re: End of Prototype *Legends spoils*rolandk73 2/17/10 1:15 p.m.



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