petty dodds Posted March 17, 2014 Report Share Posted March 17, 2014 Jester and I were casually discussing this in another forum topic and I have spent several days pondering said discussion. Do you dream about MD? Where does MD stop and real life begin? Or where does real life stop and MD begin? And what if you begin to see things in real life that instantly make you think of MD? Yesterday I was parking my vehicle along side a curb. I stepped out on the curbside and there was a tree stump which immediately made me think "remains" because I swear to you, it looked like the drawing of Remains I. And of course, the next immediate thought in my head was how many more battles do I need before that creature upgrades ? and the THIRD thought was oh, right, that's a GAME and this is reality I'm currently walking in Tell me this hasn't happened to you. But I will say you are lying. Or when you meet a big oaf of a human at the grocery store in the check out lane and he makes you think Grasan! as he thunks his items on the checkout counter. Or when you are out of energy and still have much to do before you can go to bed and you think god, what would i give for a spicy pickle right now... Or when you have a really shiny thought and you want to share it and the first thought in your head is i wonder if that MD friend is online right now...oh what the hell. I'll just log in for a minute and tell them in PM and then an hour later you're cussing at yourself because you've just spent that hour on MD instead of doing what you were supposed to do Or when you wake up in the morning and realize you spent the entire night wandering Alche's Alley, running out of AP because the viscosity is so high and the arrows don't tell you which way to go so you keep going back and forth between scenes until you finally remember which arrow you clicked and... come on. You know you've done it. There are of course, many existential elements of MD that overlap IRL which could be a forum topic in and of itself. I'm just wondering, do you dream in MD color? :D lashtal and Sir Blut 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jubaris Posted March 17, 2014 Report Share Posted March 17, 2014 There was a topic I started long time ago, colors of mainlands (something like that), but I can't seem to find it, you might find it interesting and in relation with your question. (should be somewhere in general forums) petty dodds 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maebius Posted March 17, 2014 Report Share Posted March 17, 2014 I still do this, but to a lesser extent than I used to. But to answer the main question, of where MD ends, and where reality begins, that is a Very good question. My answer, which is only valid for me, is about right there. *points*. The fact you can't see where I am pointing is part of the "answer". ;) MP9 anyone? :ph34r: petty dodds 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Root Admin Chewett Posted March 17, 2014 Root Admin Report Share Posted March 17, 2014 There was a topic I started long time ago, colors of mainlands (something like that), but I can't seem to find it, you might find it interesting and in relation with your question. (should be somewhere in general forums) was this not in soe hidden secction before the accident? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lashtal Posted March 17, 2014 Report Share Posted March 17, 2014 Nice questions indeed! Sometimes I dream of playing MD, which is definitely in MD color... Other times I dream characters from MD in ordinary RL situations, and they look completely "real". As for where MD ends and reality begins... I believe they intersect each other. I usually don't feel comfortable with dualistic points of view, to me there's no body/soul distinction, no subject/object separation, no real difference between the chemical reactions in our brains and the mental image thus formed in our mind's eye. Who said schizophrenic? :D John Constantine and petty dodds 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petty dodds Posted March 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2014 Who said schizophrenic? :D LOL ayup! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rophs Posted March 17, 2014 Report Share Posted March 17, 2014 Of course right after I read this post and then go to bed I have a dream involving people from MD petty dodds, Kyphis the Bard and John Constantine 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jubaris Posted March 17, 2014 Report Share Posted March 17, 2014 was this not in soe hidden secction before the accident? No, it was in open public. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackthorn Posted March 17, 2014 Report Share Posted March 17, 2014 (edited) MD is RL. What we do and say here has definite affects on the people we share this place with. The very fact that you are dreaming about this digital landscape shows that it is more than that. For years I thought that this was just a game. Funny thing is that I carried MD with me. I often thought about it, the friends I had made, the lessons I had learned... All real. Edited March 17, 2014 by Blackthorn petty dodds and lashtal 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Root Admin Muratus del Mur Posted March 19, 2014 Root Admin Report Share Posted March 19, 2014 hand drawings are like books its why i made md like this you don't remember or dream "letters"..you remember what your mind reconstructs..and that holds much more interesting info than what a colored realistic picture could offer. The relation between md and dreams..thats a complicated story and i want to keep this short,..but there IS something there :) thats also a reason why md played outside md will never be md petty dodds, Jubaris, Blackthorn and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seimich Posted March 19, 2014 Report Share Posted March 19, 2014 Well i live in both worlds. And i really love to draw, i can picture what my world would look like. Its an escape from reality actually. petty dodds 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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