of course, it would be good if I gave you an email address that worked:

lizarincreel@yahoo.com

As to what kind of game, I would prefer to get a yeah or nay from Tad prior to mentioning anything -- and even then, I will need to be a little careful about it.

Actually, slight change of direction.  It looks like one of the other licenses I was pursing is going to work out.

However, I would still like to talk to you about potentially making using of you as a "Creative Advisor".  The time commitment would be failry low (at least for the next year or two, and even after that it shouldn't be too bad).  I think I have a compensation package you may find of interest. 

The avisory work you would do would not even apply to the first title we are working on.  HOWEVER, we are doing that first title to build a revenue stream to support the product we really want to build.  That product was inpired, in part, by Otherland and this site.

Basically this second product will have the technical infrastructure to support what I think you were exploring with this site and that is true online interactive fiction.

Imagine an online episodic story where your readers weren't just reading the story and interacting with you about it (which I loved btw), but were able to actually be characters in the story.  That is the product we eventually want to build.

I have spent the last seven years building a base technical infrastructure for online applications and the last year playtesting interactive fiction events in MMOs (massively multiplayer online events).  The largest event I did had 90 actors, several hundred participants, and lasted a week.  Other people I coordinated with had a series that played to a smaller audience, but had five-seven episodes.

Anyway, because you were such an inspiration, I would love to get you involved (and hopefully properly rewarded!) But if not, I just wanted to say thank you for the imagination and the consideration.

*quietly drools*

Tad,

I just sent you an email from my lizarincreel@yahoo.com account.  It is titled
FROM ALIZARIN, regarding The ****** Network MMO

Enjoy!  I hope we can work together.

Sounds good.  I have a lot I am doing on my end too, so not to worry about that time frame.  You were my top pick, so now that I know there is potential interest, I can hold off on the other authors on my list.

And beside, the last thing I want to do is impact Shadowmarch.  I am looking forward to getting that in my hands to read!  I can't wait to see how it has developed.

mmmmm.... smarch....

:D~~~

Natroga wrote:

*joins dread's drooling*

*offers towel to share*

alizarin wrote:

Imagine an online episodic story where your readers weren't just reading the story and interacting with you about it (which I loved btw), but were able to actually be characters in the story.  That is the product we eventually want to build.

I have spent the last seven years building a base technical infrastructure for online applications and the last year playtesting interactive fiction events in MMOs (massively multiplayer online events).  The largest event I did had 90 actors, several hundred participants, and lasted a week.  Other people I coordinated with had a series that played to a smaller audience, but had five-seven episodes.

Oooo...sound cool, if you ever need more actors or storytellers for this kind of things feel free to drop me a line!

Trust me, when you've got other problems (like, err, drooling), you're happy for even a soaked towel. *yanks it back* *wipes mouth* =P

Dark Zion.  Yeah, I was bummed, too.  I put a reasonable amount of work into that.  That's two in a row.  (A more recent one went belly-up, too.)  One of the reasons I approach these things cautiously.

No, not the killer wasps.

*use the english explorers accent if you wish*

When I was in the rainforests of Brunei, we had a praying mantis visit out camp one evening and although it was but a few inches high it was incredibly aggressive towards us.  If you pointed your finger at it, instead of retreating it came forward like a boxer and I swear it actually said 'come and have a go if you think you're hard enough'.

Carry on.

Like say getting other writers to expand on some of Tad's ideas in their own way? *grin* I bet you could easily find a few authors around here up for the task. I for one would love to see an MMORPG version of Otherland and it's domain, including options for adding fresh new domains as the game expands.