So, it is for the love of a woman that you have forsaken PCS 2.0?
Completely understandable. To be engaged to her you must also believe that She is THE ONE. Congrats! Lucky devil you.
So, before giving up on the stars and all the dreams you had as a boy and on the wonderlust that burnt your soul when tearing up the brand new copy of FS2 once-upon-a-time, can you find it in your heart to finish the one thing you will be remembered by years from now?
Yes, I am talking of PCS and its son PCS 2.0.
Just think about it for a sec. People have done amazing things just for their name to stand the test of time. Killed others, Burned temples to gods noone believes anymore, or went forth to conquer whole continents. That is what people remember people by. Their contribution. Their mark.
It took 2 things. Opportunity and Willingless to skip the "why should I bother" or "hasn't been done ever" mentality most people are taught since their birth.
Now, you can go forth and be happy with your better half, playing warcraft online till you both have had enough and leave it, be it 2 or 5 years from now. But you will be amongst the millions who do. Your opportunity will have eluded you.
So it is in this here point in time, that you can help us, that you can help freespace. It is way past its' dying hour, (I assume you remember all those "Freespace is dead" threads), yet it really needs PCS 2 to become a DEFINITE storytelling medium for all those of us who won't give up the dream of stars that we were all mesmerised by, when we were kids.
You have the opportunity, you must now find the willingness. Why? Because only you can do it. You know the intricacies of your own code, the quirks and boulders that hide therin, you are the only one who can navigate it and make it workable and usable for the rest of us. It is the thing you will be remembered by, when you feel like looking back into space, 2,5 or more years from now. I know freespace will be around, and so do you. My name will be nowhere. Yours will be the next thing any noob will learn. as in...
1) FS2 open
2) PCS 2.----------> And when someone opens it up, and runs it, it will lead to its creator Kazan. And believe you me, by then most early things like "Iraqui freedom" or its evolution "Weapons of mass Fraud-uction" will be way gone.
But PCS 2 won't. Because it will be the springboard that will lead to a million possible words, much like a blank page with a pencil used to. People will be able to translate their dreamworlds using FSopen and PCS 2 into a playable storytelling experience. It may not be the glory of a conqueror, but is glory just measured in blood spilled? Are those who built the Parthenon or Hagia Sophia not entitled to it?
What would exist now, if they couldn't do it because they lacked the tools? Times have changed a bit. It used to be just artistic value that carried the day. Nowadays (as should), it is the tools that are WAY more important than those who use them, because of their VALUE, and also TIME and BRAINS that made those tools. Everyone can paint, few people can make gimp, and only one PCS 2.
"Give us the tools to finish the job", was once said in a WW2 patriotic propaganda pic. I will not go that way. I will say that you gave us all a chance to see the best of all possible worlds (considering Fs2 open evolution) with PCS 2.0. Please don't deny us that future. Don't walk away from what would have been it.
Kazan, thank you for reading this (should you reach so far), and do tell your beloved that no matter what you choose to do, RESPECT and admiration of each and every one of us is a given.
