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Re: Halo Bulletin (With SPOPS summary) *SP*
Posted By: thebruce0 <g.may@thebruce.net>Date: 2/28/13 12:42 p.m.

In Response To: Re: Halo Bulletin (With SPOPS summary) *SP* (Jaydee)


: I think even Bungie admitted that the Halo Story Bible was a collection of
: damned lies... not that I didn't believe them. Sadly, making things up as
: you go seems to be something too common (not that I haven't done it. Hell,
: being a tabletop GM, there are few ways I would get by!).

: Even then, I'd rather have them follow a Pixar storytelling rule: "Come
: up with your ending before you figure out your middle. Seriously. Endings
: are hard, get yours working up front." .

: Not that I didn't like the ending of Halsey with Jul, since it puts a lot of
: ambiguity in her actions and serves as a good sequel hook and cliffhanger
: and not the unresolved story ending that was Halo 2, but I agree with
: Pixar's sentiment on having the conclusion planned out before everything
: else. That can serve as the foundation of the work.

Exactly. I don't like the idea that Spartan Ops is purely written on a whim, let alone Halo. But, after reading the bulletin, I think that's an extreme conclusion. It sounds more like they have the idea of where it's going, but the details don't necessarily line up, or haven't been decided...
In a way, that's a mechanic of a weekly production where you can change things on the fly. You might finalize a last-minute idea which could conflict with an idea yet to be implemented down the road, so when you get there, it takes work to re-organize the narrative to keep it consistent. But the over-arching narrative remains the same, or at least as unaltered as feasible given the production.

I don't think they're like "we have no idea what the next episode will be", but more like "let's not set the next episode in stone until we realize the current episode and gauge its reception"... or something along those lines.
A benefit to episodic storytelling is that if a new, "cooler" idea for something comes along within reasonable time to make a change, you can still do it. As opposed to creating the entire story beforehand, and hoping the entire story goes over as well as you'd hoped.

There are benefits and drawbacks to both types of storytelling... I just hope 343 isn't being flimsy and whimsical with their own decisions and methods... not with my Halo! =/

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Halo Bulletin (With SPOPS summary)Revenant1988 2/28/13 6:38 a.m.
     Re: Halo Bulletin (With SPOPS summary)pete_the_duck 2/28/13 8:01 a.m.
           Re: Halo Bulletin (With SPOPS summary)Revenant1988 2/28/13 8:16 a.m.
                 "We couldn’t figure out how the story ended."mr_mcmurder 2/28/13 8:33 a.m.
                 Re: Halo Bulletin (With SPOPS summary)DarkReign2021 3/1/13 12:50 a.m.
           Re: Halo Bulletin (With SPOPS summary)thebruce0 2/28/13 8:57 a.m.
                 Re: Halo Bulletin (With SPOPS summary)pete_the_duck 2/28/13 9:02 a.m.
                       Re: Halo Bulletin (With SPOPS summary) *SP*Jaydee 2/28/13 11:35 a.m.
                             Re: Halo Bulletin (With SPOPS summary) *SP*thebruce0 2/28/13 12:42 p.m.
                                   Re: Halo Bulletin (With SPOPS summary) *SP*Revenant1988 2/28/13 12:53 p.m.
                                   Re: Halo Bulletin (With SPOPS summary) *SP*RC Master 2/28/13 1:40 p.m.
                                         Re: Halo Bulletin (With SPOPS summary) *SP*bryan newman 2/28/13 1:51 p.m.
                                               Re: Halo Bulletin (With SPOPS summary) *SP*RC Master 2/28/13 3:08 p.m.
                                                     Re: Halo Bulletin (With SPOPS summary) *SP*bryan newman 2/28/13 8:50 p.m.
                                                           Re: Halo Bulletin (With SPOPS summary) *SP*RC Master 3/1/13 6:59 a.m.
                                         Re: Halo Bulletin (With SPOPS summary) *SP*thebruce0 3/1/13 9:11 a.m.
                                               Re: Halo Bulletin (With SPOPS summary) *SP*RC Master 3/1/13 2:48 p.m.
                                                     Re: Halo Bulletin (With SPOPS summary) *SP*thebruce0 3/1/13 5:13 p.m.
                                   Re: Halo Bulletin (With SPOPS summary) *SP*Louis Wu 2/28/13 3:10 p.m.
                                         Re: Halo Bulletin (With SPOPS summary) *SP*Leviathan 2/28/13 5:37 p.m.
                                               Re: Halo Bulletin (With SPOPS summary) *SP*thebruce0 3/1/13 9:14 a.m.
                                                     Re: Halo Bulletin (With SPOPS summary) *SP*Louis Wu 3/1/13 1:25 p.m.
                                                           Re: Halo Bulletin (With SPOPS summary) *SP*thebruce0 3/1/13 1:41 p.m.
                                                           Re: Halo Bulletin (With SPOPS summary) *SP*DEEP NNN 3/1/13 2:30 p.m.
                                   Re: Halo Bulletin (With SPOPS summary) *SP*General Vagueness 3/1/13 4:55 p.m.
                                         Re: Halo Bulletin (With SPOPS summary) *SP*thebruce0 3/1/13 5:14 p.m.
           "What if in the end of season 2....bryan newman 2/28/13 12:40 p.m.
                 the phones... RANG?" *NM*munky-058 2/28/13 12:51 p.m.
                 Re: "What if in the end of season 2....bluerunner 2/28/13 4:00 p.m.
                       Re: "What if in the end of season 2....Gravemind 2/28/13 6:43 p.m.
                       Totally using this. *NM*MoltenSlowa 3/1/13 12:44 a.m.
                 Re: "What if in the end of season 2....General Vagueness 3/1/13 4:49 p.m.
           Re: Halo Bulletin (With SPOPS summary)Quirel 2/28/13 12:41 p.m.
           Re: Halo Bulletin (With SPOPS summary)General Vagueness 3/1/13 4:42 p.m.



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