Perfection Obsession
Perfection Obsession
Am I among few or many who are obsessed about perfection in their conworld?
I can sit for hours work on details, calculations, estimations, measuring and whatnot to achive it all to perfect scale and more. are anyone equally obsessed?
I can sit for hours work on details, calculations, estimations, measuring and whatnot to achive it all to perfect scale and more. are anyone equally obsessed?
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I guess I have the same feelings, but my perfectionism is frequently overpowered by sloth.
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Hah, as an example I am using other poles than magnetic ones and I am working on finding a formula to see what the compasses will show when they are at any place on the planet
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Yes, I sat once a few days calculating parameters of my conplanet Aore (aka. Lunateraz) and its solar system, Fdain (Zeusoles).zelos wrote:Am I among few or many who are obsessed about perfection in their conworld?
I can sit for hours work on details, calculations, estimations, measuring and whatnot to achive it all to perfect scale and more. are anyone equally obsessed?
Thrice the brinded cat hath mew'd.
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"Zeusoles" is remarkibly similar ot my name XDMilya0 wrote:Yes, I sat once a few days calculating parameters of my conplanet Aore (aka. Lunateraz) and its solar system, Fdain (Zeusoles).zelos wrote:Am I among few or many who are obsessed about perfection in their conworld?
I can sit for hours work on details, calculations, estimations, measuring and whatnot to achive it all to perfect scale and more. are anyone equally obsessed?
Care to elaborate what you were calculating?
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Lunateraz is from "Luna" and "Terra". Zeusoles is from "Zeus" and "Sol".zelos wrote:"Zeusoles" is remarkibly similar ot my name XD
- - photo of Lunaterazzelos wrote:Care to elaborate what you were calculating?
- some parameters of orbit: semi-major axis is 141 500 000 km, peryhelium is 138 670 000 km, aphelium is 144 330 000 km
- dates of moons transfers: Mati fdefei on 26 March 2517, Athun/Aftun on 5 August 2518
- that Lunateran day (lika) is 25 h 11 min 15 s long and Lunateran year (ramu) is 331,719 d (316 lika)
- parametres of planets of Fdain and these pictures: http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb2 ... f2/Zeu.png (orbits comparison) http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb2 ... 4/Zeu5.png (size comparison)
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Right now, my obsession tends more toward the "perfect" language and script, numerology, and governmental structures. In other words, I'm one of those sticks in the mud who might spend my entire life on the paperwork of one conworld. But this is mostly so that the systems could be simulated on the simplest and most elegant of machines.
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Sometimes I get on "perfection benders" where I try making things as naturalistic as possible, for example, my latest conlang's noun declension paradigms.
I haven't made a conworld yet, as I have no experience with realistic solar systems, etc, but I can imagine that once my conlangs are fleshed out enough, I will start working on the setting for them.
I like perfecting an idea when it is interesting for others too. I don't do conlangs and concultures solely for my amusement.
I haven't made a conworld yet, as I have no experience with realistic solar systems, etc, but I can imagine that once my conlangs are fleshed out enough, I will start working on the setting for them.
I like perfecting an idea when it is interesting for others too. I don't do conlangs and concultures solely for my amusement.
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then what eslse?Bristel wrote:Sometimes I get on "perfection benders" where I try making things as naturalistic as possible, for example, my latest conlang's noun declension paradigms.
I haven't made a conworld yet, as I have no experience with realistic solar systems, etc, but I can imagine that once my conlangs are fleshed out enough, I will start working on the setting for them.
I like perfecting an idea when it is interesting for others too. I don't do conlangs and concultures solely for my amusement.
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Does a conworld needs to be realistic?Bristel wrote:I haven't made a conworld yet, as I have no experience with realistic solar systems, etc, but I can imagine that once my conlangs are fleshed out enough, I will start working on the setting for them.
My neurochemistry has fucked my impulse control, now I'm diagnosed OOD = oppositional opinion disorder, one of the most deadly diseases in totalitarian states, but can be cured in the free world.
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depends on what kind but to a certain extent the answer is "yes" but in many ways depending on how its done the answer is "no"Tanni wrote:Does a conworld needs to be realistic?Bristel wrote:I haven't made a conworld yet, as I have no experience with realistic solar systems, etc, but I can imagine that once my conlangs are fleshed out enough, I will start working on the setting for them.
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For people with any sort of interest in that sort of thing.zelos wrote:then what eslse?Bristel wrote:Sometimes I get on "perfection benders" where I try making things as naturalistic as possible, for example, my latest conlang's noun declension paradigms.
I haven't made a conworld yet, as I have no experience with realistic solar systems, etc, but I can imagine that once my conlangs are fleshed out enough, I will start working on the setting for them.
I like perfecting an idea when it is interesting for others too. I don't do conlangs and concultures solely for my amusement.
No not really, if the conworld was unrealistic, I'd still try to make an effort to flesh out as many important details as possible.Tanni wrote:Does a conworld needs to be realistic?Bristel wrote:I haven't made a conworld yet, as I have no experience with realistic solar systems, etc, but I can imagine that once my conlangs are fleshed out enough, I will start working on the setting for them.
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Nōn quālibet inīqua cupiditāte illectus hōc agō.
[tiː.mɔ.tʉɥs god.lɐf hɑwk]
Nōn quālibet inīqua cupiditāte illectus hōc agō.
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If its too unrealistic people have a hard time connecting with it
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Do you mean the conworld or the conlang?Bristel wrote:No not really, if the conworld was unrealistic, I'd still try to make an effort to flesh out as many important details as possible.Tanni wrote:Does a conworld needs to be realistic?Bristel wrote:I haven't made a conworld yet, as I have no experience with realistic solar systems, etc, but I can imagine that once my conlangs are fleshed out enough, I will start working on the setting for them.
It's more important that the conworld is consistent in itself then that it is realistic. People nowadays are used to extremly unrealistic settings, if they are open to fictional settings at all.
Look at some children's films e.g. Mouse on Mars, where they have a totally unrealistic setting concerning Mars. But it is easy connecting to it because the many things there known form Earth and maybe because it's made form stories written by children, IIRC.zelos wrote:If its too unrealistic people have a hard time connecting with it
My neurochemistry has fucked my impulse control, now I'm diagnosed OOD = oppositional opinion disorder, one of the most deadly diseases in totalitarian states, but can be cured in the free world.
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One reason my conworld isn't finished is due to my attention to detail bordering on what I would like to call a casual obsession, meaning that it's not constantly on my mind, but when I do sit down and work on it, it's with a dedication to ensuring that the details are as believable as possible. The internal integrity comes above all else, but there is as strict an adherence to what I know of this world and its physics, social interactions, the lessons of history and evolution (human and otherwise), etc., that help me determine the growth of my world and its peoples in as organic a way as I can manage.
I don't think that any conworld need be "realistic" per se, as long as it is consistent with itself, so that the rules you make are the rules it follows. What I'm looking for is the willing suspension of disbelief, and I think the more one takes reality into account while building, the more someone else might be willing to play along.
I don't think that any conworld need be "realistic" per se, as long as it is consistent with itself, so that the rules you make are the rules it follows. What I'm looking for is the willing suspension of disbelief, and I think the more one takes reality into account while building, the more someone else might be willing to play along.
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I don't think perfection or realism is what I'd be looking for. Detail is what I like. I spent an hour or so the other day just naming spacecraft. Most of which would barely be featured in the book. Then I went further to name individual bombers or fighters in a fleet which would certainly never get a mention.
What I would like to do re: realism is design an area of the galaxy which would include where certain stars are, the distance they are from different planets, what they would look like in the night sky and what constellations they would make up. I don't really know how to go about it though because of the 3D aspect of it. I've considered hanging ball bearings from my ceiling and working it out like that.
What I would like to do re: realism is design an area of the galaxy which would include where certain stars are, the distance they are from different planets, what they would look like in the night sky and what constellations they would make up. I don't really know how to go about it though because of the 3D aspect of it. I've considered hanging ball bearings from my ceiling and working it out like that.
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zelos: Are you a total perfectionist when it comes to your con-efforts?
Veris: Not. Even. A little.
My ideas come outta me like flu-induced vomit; an involuntary, messy splatter that makes other people shirk away and feel sorry for me. Plus, I'm lazy as pie, so...you know.
Veris: Not. Even. A little.
My ideas come outta me like flu-induced vomit; an involuntary, messy splatter that makes other people shirk away and feel sorry for me. Plus, I'm lazy as pie, so...you know.
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I sit in front of the computer screen for a long time not because I'm a perfectionist but because I work on obscure consubjects (for example conmath)
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How does con math work?
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Im a perfectionist to my goal no matter what it is but only to the degree which I think its possible to achive itVeris wrote:zelos: Are you a total perfectionist when it comes to your con-efforts?
Veris: Not. Even. A little.
My ideas come outta me like flu-induced vomit; an involuntary, messy splatter that makes other people shirk away and feel sorry for me. Plus, I'm lazy as pie, so...you know.
you usually start with different initial assumptions/usages and see how it goes from thereVeris wrote:How does con math work?