You know you're addicted to Filter Forge when...

Hehe, good thread idea!

Or when you catch yourself observing more closely TV commercials and magazine ads because something may just spark another innovative idea that you know you can recreate with Filter Forge

...you have already owned your life-long upgrades but still keep making new filters!

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StevieJ wrote: you start having nightmares that you submitted a filter with a typo.....

I actually lived that nightmarish experience... twice! hehe

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Kraellin wrote: your girlfriend has indicated she'd like to 'sleep' with you now and you say, 'just one minute; gotta finish this filter!'

LOL..... Either that.....or you have a "sub-optimal" girlfriend LOL....

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garbanzo wrote: you don't mind going clothes shopping with your wife because all the fabric prints give you great new ideas for filters! Foxxee wrote: when you catch yourself observing more closely TV commercials and magazine ads because something may just spark another innovative idea that you know you can recreate with Filter Forge. Rawn (RawArt) wrote: When you have a bazillian photo resource textures which you can use on a texturing progect that would take 5 min to make tileable, but instead you spend 4 hours trying to do the same look with filterforge. Crapadilla wrote: you have already owned your life-long upgrades but still keep making new filters! Carl scribbled: When your out having a great time and all you can think of is a solution to a filter building problem your working on

I think FF's "Master Plan" is working!!!

i like that description, dilla. imagin if world of warcraft did that

I think second life is geared towards creativity rather than obsessive compulsive behavior. Too bad they charge per ounce of creativity, and all the players are just trying to make money. That would be an amazing game if it didn't feel like a swapmeet in the matrix. I like the filter forge model, tons of game companies want people to make mods for their games since it makes the games more useful and popular, but they don't have any rewards or incentives for the mod community.

...just can't wait for the weekend to end to see the new submissions.

Can't we force the FF team to work weekends? We work weekends.

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Qender wrote: I think second life is geared towards creativity rather than obsessive compulsive behavior. Too bad they charge per ounce of creativity, and all the players are just trying to make money.

Actually we're all trying to be creative, and figure we might as well get paid for it while we're there. Getting paid for being creative IS one very good reason to keep being creative after all. Otherwise I suspect not nearly so many filters would get submitted to FF

Also, don't knock Second Life, needing textures for my creations there got me here

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Kraellin wrote: how does second life 'charge per ounce of creativity'?

I think Quender was referring to the fact that all Second Life content is made by the players of Second Life, not by Linden labs who are the company behind SL. And since you make it, you can sell the fruits of your labor to others. So when you look around there, it can at times seem that shops are everything that is around,... but they're not by a long shot, and there ARE even free things being offered Or things that I simply marvel at the beauty of, and the creativity behind them Like the waterfall at Image Reflections, the gardens at Bliss Basin, or the Volcano Caldera at Temenos Island to name just a few spots. All of which can be enjoyed for free

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Kraellin wrote: well, i looked briefly at the main page on SL again. they're selling their creations for SL on e-bay? lol. too funny.

Well, buying things from e-bay isn't usually what I do, but I suppose its a valid thing. This isn't the 'buy a rare artifact' kinda selling though thats more usual on the fighting fantasy type of MMORPG's . You can likely buy anything you get on ebay just as easily in game. Just, since Linden Dollars (the game currency) can be converted into 'real' currency and back easily, some of the commerce was bound to spill out on the web. There are even Websites specializing in selling SL stuff

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Kraellin wrote: it sounds like an interesting universe. is there a point to SL other than just creating and displaying your 3d art talents?

Thats like asking 'What is the point to life?'. And just like that question, no real answer can be given, you get to decide what you want to get out of being on SL. For some its making things as you said. For some its the social components of meeting and interacting with players. For some its the thrill of shooting each other on the Combat Sims, and hey, whatever tunes your motor

Me, I go for the social aspects, and I like making pretty shiny things Also, as you may have noticed, I'm a furry, so I enjoy being able to run around as a cat on SL. And yes thats an inworld picture of me I'm using as my avatar.

So, if you want, try making a character, the first account is for free, and take a look if anything that goes on on SL could be to your liking

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Kraellin wrote: ok, sounds kind of cool. what do you mean by the first account is free?

This thread has wandered rather far off topic and has nothing to do anymore with Filter Forge, so I've started a thread in the Off-Topic Forum and answered you there