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Perhaps the thread name needs to be catchier, but I'm thinking that when it really comes down to it, when the opportunity is given, most would rather not work on an age. It's time consuming, Cyan hasn't been helping us, and some people are waiting around here to be told how it's all going to work. I'm not looking for godlike people here. Everyone has to start somewhere.
I'm going to let this thread keep going for a while, see if anyone is willing. This will certainly take time, and there's only 60 registered users, so there probably aren't as many capable as I was ambitiously hoping for, and even fewer willing among them.
I'm asking the community move a bit faster, possibly faster than they are comfortable with. I'm seeing every project happening on these boards slow down as the concepts near completion. Why? Because everyone seems to have serious apprehensions about moving beyond that. I don't. I'm not reckless, far from it. This story is original, the age design has never been done (nor anything like it), which means the absolute worst that can happen is the finished project waiting for Cyan approval for a very long time.
There is nothing I can offer as compensation for the time everyone is afraid of losing by working on what may end up as unapproved age, but it's my opinion that designing countless ages without ever making one, or waiting months or years before the path is clearly set before us . . . I consider that a far more dire waste of time, and inaction a greater sin. I don't suspect the wait will be much longer, that GoW Ages are right around the corner, but even if they aren't, it can't hurt to have an age ready to go.
The worst thing we can do is turn into a board of people making suggestions that are never used. If it isn't my age, then work on someone else's. But let's not kill this community by waiting for word from Cyan before we go any further. Let's not wait until most have lost interest or enthusiasm.
I should stop now, this isn't a gloom-and-doom post, it isn't meant to be. Perhaps I expect too much.
But, again, if anyone reading this is interested in blazing a trail, in being part of a team, and is willing to work towards a great goal, I want to hear from you.
I'm not asking that you be the best, only that you try, and sometimes, try harder.