But if you have to imagine it only from only his voice, you can imagine you're really riding a really impressive dragon instead of just some big puppet kinda stiffly moving their wings a little :p

Man, just seeing the intro again after all this time was interesting.


Shadow, if you're at all interested here's the first episode of the show:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eU5pdZOA9vc

Thanks! I'll be sure to give it a watch when I have time, it sounds pretty interesting. :)

Welcome Watcher of Illusion, to the Castle of Confusion! :)
(Sorry, couldn't resist, hehe)

Enter, stranger... :)

Ooooh, nasty...

I've made it to the first victory, which would be about one third of the way through the second season. I can say that it's funny, but it does feels a bit repetitive overall. It does seems like the second season improved on the first, but only just a little. How much would you say it keeps improving going on?

I would say that people say that the first three series are the best (and my nostalgia wants to say that), and though it then adds more elements and more practical elements after that in later series, the magic of it was certainly captured by the earlier ones.

Obviously we experienced it as children one episode a week, so seeing a ton of it in one go probably does bring out the repetition of it!

Victories are so hard won (I think there are only a handful through the entire run) so no one could blame for you 'getting it' now and leaving it at that with one of the series high points.

But it was such a fun, inspiring show to be put on after school way back in the 80s :) Glad you've got a chance to see what we meant, and enjoy it!

As I said, it's funny enough.

The dynamics are relatively easy - solve the riddle rooms to get the correct passwords/spells/hints to which item to take with you to beat the challenge rooms, while a few rooms are about quickly directing a blind person around, and of course there's rooms that combine the three elements - but the different type of challenges and especially rooms are enough to, as I said, keep it relatively varied. So long as they keep adding and changing around rooms as the show goes on, I would guess it'd remain interesting enough. The effects are fine for the time, and the actors are all clearly having a blast, which is always fun to see.

I can definitely see how watching this as kids (especially for those of us who were kids before videogames were popular enough for every kid to own some) would have made for quite an interesting time. So... yeah, I can definitely see where you're coming from. :)

Although I will say that, if one were to make a series like this today, they'd need to improve on the formula a good deal to make it successful, since, as I said, it's a relatively repetitive one. Then again, kids rarely watch TV today anymore, and I don't know that a show like this would be feasible in a streaming-heavy environment.

Oh yeah, pacing of any TV show is so different now. Watching 'old' Doctor Who episodes - even the very last of the old Doctor Who - versus the new Doctor Who say, shows you how a same show can have such radical change in pacing for these days.

There's a villian that gets introduced as the central villain they could listen in to, more NPCs, so there are some additions but we'll see if you think it enough :)

I would love for them to make a modern day version of this in VR, in fact these days anyone could and possible has done it. PLay and record in minecraft, stream on twitch...

They made a game out of it in the Commodore/Spectrum era.  Played the Amstrad CPC version of it (still got that computer somewhere, though haven't used it in years).
Obviously not as good as the TV show though.  Couldn't get VR style graphics on those older systems, hehe :)
Not to mention you could see where you were going...

Can't remember the last classic Doctor Who episode I saw.  Was one of the 7th Doctor ones, when they used to run them as multi-episode stories, rather than wrapping everything up in one or two episodes like they do now.  Missed that weekly cliffhanger! :)
"The Greatest Show in the Galaxy" I think was the last one I saw back then.  Missed the ones after that for some reason.

Ooh, new post! With lots of lovely potential for violence, that's sure to please Swift Fox :p

I've no idea what makes you think that...  :)

Yay, new posts!

Rain had a couple of harsh months; I'm sure everybody can sympathize with that. I know I can; my last month was taken by studying for an exam I've likely not passed, and that kind of stress can make it hard to keep up adequate posting speed.

Anybody who's still around, feel free to jump into the discussion and contribute to it if you want to; we're really pretty close to bringing this to an end, and it'd be real sad if half the team disappeared on what's basically the finish line of the race.

Completely and always understandable.

This week's a little busy with 11 hour days (I'm just back at work and trying to catch up) but should be able to get something soon to support whatever the plan is! Even if it's just reacting in the background.

I think the plan is still trying to get Summer Wasp on board with your council idea and Rain Feather as the figurehead leader, and thus getting her to help you ambush Valador, rather than letting her leave, but I might be missing some details there.

I'm still here :)
Playing another Kai in another game at the moment (who might not live long due to having a reckless side almost as big as Shining Peacock's ego!)  Also working on putting together a D&D campaign for a friend who has a character idea she wants to test out.
But part of my mind is still ready to be Swift Fox again (just as soon as I let it out of the padded cell and give it back its collection of sharp things!)  :)

I am also still here, as you can probably tell from the fact that I'm also still posting in the Pathfinder game ;).

Its not like anyone is actively trying to kill Swifys other Kai Character of course...….. (must try harder!)

Of course not :)  Dunno why anyone would think such a thing!

Little RL story for you all, read it till the end!

So a few weeks ago I was asked to swap a shift at work. We only work one day a week at the office currently, and this was the shift. So I’d work Tuesday instead of Wednesday. I swapped it as the guy that asked me needed some work in his house doing and needed to be at home. Begrudgingly I accepted knowing what would happen

As expected that Tuesday, I woke up exhausted, and work all day was terrible. Every call was like the call from hell, everyone being very awkward and stressing me out. Getting home my gym session that night was horrible and I was glad to have that day over and done with

Now here’s the twist

The next day everyone got sent home from the office, all very hush hush

Turns out the TL had broken lockdown that weekend and saw his mother in law who tested positive for Covid. Subsequently the TL has also tested positive so everyone in that day now has to test and self isolate.

So talk about a massive stroke of fate for Foxy player!

I’d have been in the office that day if I hadn’t swapped!

So I suppose that's proof that being kind towards other can pay off? I don't think can be called good luck if the good thing that happened to you is because you did a favor to somebody else out of kindness. So... I guess being good proves to be its own reward! :)

Also, I'm glad for you that you managed to dodge the risk, Sabre; and while I'm at it, I'll wish for everybody to stay safe and make it through this years in as much as health as possible.

Yea it’s a bit of an odd blessing. Selfishly of course I’ve dodged a potential bullet as it were, but it’s now aiming at the person I helped so mixed feelings on it.

And yes I do hope everyone is keeping well and safe :)

Seeing as you had no knowledge of that, I hardly think you should feel guilty, although I fully agree about not being happy that somebody else ended up on the receiving end of a bad situation because of it.

Narrow escape, but not through any negative actions on your part!