Hey devs!

I also agree that Dark_Respite would be an excellent addition to the NC Marketing Team. Her work is solid, easy to enjoy, displays the product well and doesn't make me want to yell at my screen. I can't say the same for the "official" videos all the time.

The "money where your mouth" is point is also well taken. If we want to enjoy the happy stuff, we ought to pay for it.

Thanks for all your hard work D_R!

Love your videos, D_R - always a fanboy. I really wish I could contribute something meaningful Money is tight.

And before you folks tell me I'm paying for a fifteen dollar game right now... well, that shall change too.

You mean the "Superhero Romance" story isn't official?

Coulda fooled me when I first saw it... (in fact, you did...)

/signed

I totally agree with Lady. Samuraiko/Dark_Respite has put out some of the coolest vids I've ever seen and I'm sorry to say they are usually much more interesting than the 'official' ones that are put out.

Could use more explosions >_>

D_R, the person who sullied your rep is doubly ignorant. First for using that awful line and second for getting it backward. It's the cow you don't buy if you're getting the milk for free.

Well, in one respect, you guys may be getting what you wish. (No, I'm not being hired.)

But once my music licensing request clears proper channels... well...

Michelle
aka
Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

Okay, after all this excitement about D_R's story, I wanted to read more (I only read the bit in The City Scoop, and that was a while ago). At first, I wasn't quite sure what it would be about. It seemed like an interesting title, to say the least, but, since I've never read fan fiction before, I wasn't sure what it would be like, exactly.

However, I feel that I must now join D_R's vast legion of fans, and express this statement:


MORE!!!!! NOW!!!! I'M IN SUSPENSE, HERE!!!!


I'm glad that the first story in the series was done when I first started reading it, since I don't like cliffhangers that go for too long, and that one had some really excellent ones. It was so good once I started that I never once wondered how much longer it would take to finish it. I routinely wonder this about good movies and books, even if they're reasonably engaging so far. Heck, I'm a near-obsessed trekkie and I wondered that about the latest Star Trek movie about an hour or so into it (I LOVED IT!).

D_R's stories are so intense that they leave no room for such distractions. Readers just have to know what happens next. I've never been so entertained. Ever. I laughed ("HOLY CRAP!! SHE'S HOT!!" omg! hilarious!!). A lot. I was so tense towards the end that I almost passed out from hyperventilation (not an exaggeration). I cheered for the main characters' triumphs, and sympathized with them for them for their losses.

I do a little story writing in RL (although I've never done fan fiction of any kind, or even finished anything for that matter...), so I know that it can be quite difficult engaging the reader. D_R makes it look easy the way a professional dancer makes dancing look graceful, or the way a professional musician makes music sound beautiful. I wish that I were so talented, and I want a copy of this story in print (let me know if it will be published or for sale on your website, since I'd hate to make an illegal copy from the boards).

My bro, who has played this game longer than I have, was dismissive of my interest in your story, D_R. I wish I could get him involved somehow. He likes mostly military Sci-Fi, so the battle scenes should be of great interest to him. Plus, that would give me someone to share my enthusiasm with in RL.

If I had any complaint at all about that story thread, it would be "too many comments in between sections" since I'm rather impatient (I blame gaming), and I hate having to scroll through all of that commentary to get to "the good stuff" (good is too mild a word here, but that's the cliche). I like that you started a separate thread for discussions. It was a wise choice.

I know this extensive praise might belong in your stories' discussion thread, but I wanted to post it here to let those who stumble across this thread know that Dark_Respite is truly a literary artist. If you haven't checked out her "Superhero Romance" story, set aside a day or two and read it. Make sure that it's an entire day, since this story is engaging from beginning to end, and you'll wonder where the time has gone when you finish. Like they say, time flies when you're having fun, and Dark_Respite's "Superhero Romance" was certainly a blast!

Michelle

Thanks for making the vids. You are the best there is at what you do...

...looking forward to the next one!

What about the soul of the baby? Can we have that?

Or perhaps the bones to make a jaunty hat?

(What? I play an extra-dimensional insect whose entire life is based on a death world and just happens to be British. Jaunty hats are all the rage.)

And rawr.

Sam/Michelle=<3

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Yeehaw!