Wiping away the past (Destiny)

by Leviathan , Hotel Zanzibar, Friday, September 11, 2015, 19:10 (3602 days ago) @ Cody Miller

I've had illustrations rejected, removed from different editions, and other similar situations. There have been times where it bummed me out and other times where it did not. Sometimes I understood why it happened, sometimes I didn't, but I knew going into it that it might happen because I was familiar with the work and my contract. Things flux and change and I am not in control as a contract artist.

Having your illustrations removed from subsequent editions is not the same as having them retroactively removed from existing editions. If your illustrations are removed, the original editions are still out there. When an online game updates, the original is overwritten and gone forever.

Yep, I understand that, and that's why after answering you question, I switched to better approximations for the rest of the post. The play is the thing.

And as Marty said, no amount of videos or audio archives can replace the actual experience.

Right. And as his statement also reveals - the only way that one can try and relieve the experience of good food - a very temporary form of entertainment - is for the chef to never change his recipe. The restaurant can never shut down.

But Destiny changes their recipe. They ARE online. It is a changing, temporary experience. They have said this from the start. They have chosen this nature. If you don't like it, hey - that's fine. But this is the boat we're on now. You can try and help repair it as we go, or you can jump overboard, but when you continually lament that we should have taken a car, I'll remind you, "We're on a boat!" :)

This thread is starting to go in circles, heh. Your comments seem only to target specific sentences of mine instead of all of it that actually explains my point. I think any future comments I make will just keep pointing back to things I've already said, like here. It's sort of a deja vu since I've done this dance with you before. So I'm going to just let my comments stand as they are. :)