Replies to '06/03 Virtual Chaos'

you know..people like u make me sick...saying stuff like "Parents you are not their friends, you are their parents." First of all any good parent know's that to be able to have an impact on their childs life and so the child looks up to them..they need to develop..a close bond of friendship...kind of like a father/son mother/daughter friendship....if u honestly treat your kids with that line of thinking well it's no wonder they are addicted to video games and dont wanna do anything else....If u want your kids to be able to grow up to be fine adults with decent careers and not some deadbeat that sits around playing video games all day..having that kind of thinking is not gonna make that happen. It's kind of sad your a teacher..and I'm having to teach u that. It just sounds like to me your new to parenting and your kids have problems with video games because you use the whole not being friends with your children but just view and being JUST a parent...tbh if i was your child...and thank god im not..i would be doing the same thing..and btw i really dont feel sorry for you, i guess once u actually try to get to know your children better and become their friend..someone they can trust and love...then maybe you would have less problems with them playing games instead of doing other things.

       People really only have two stories. I presently can't think of both, but the other is a Epic. An epic follows this basic scenario.

1) A young and innocent character is created.

2) This character is removed from his/her known surroundings.

3) Has varying degrees of supporting characters, Antagonist, Love Interest commonly referred to as Goddess, typically 2 mentors, comic relief who are both funny and helps direct the reader/viewer/player, and often a player who has been there.

4) Conflict takes a Protagonist far away

5) Takes a long time to complete their "destiny"

 

       Beyond the Illiad, what follows this scenario; you might ask.

Field of Dreams

Star Wars

Indiana Jones

Final Fantasy 7, 9, 10

Mercedes Lackey's Velgarth Series.

Many MMORPG quests also follow this scenario.

There's more, but I can't think of them at the moment.

 

       Another case and point, they follow the same components, but I don't think they classify as Epics.

X-Men and Harry Potter.

X-Men deals with mutants who are attend a school that helps mutants learn how to harness their powers.

Harry Potter is about a character who goes to a school to learn about magic.

Mud bloods living together with pure bloods/mutants living together with normal humans and both preventing those who wish to "destroy" or otherwise rule the other.

 

       Your students are plagarising if they use persay Norrath as their world or so on, and it begs the question why you haven't taught your students to take the inspiration to create a new idea. I strongly believe that this is a cop-out.