Message from @Beemann
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The only way to tell a good story, yes it is. The only way to tell any story, no.
Good stories aren't even usually one singular conflict, but multiple conflicts that center around a theme, each with their own struggles and consequences
Now you're kind of digging into preferences
Even Naruto leans on this, they just fail in it wrt their OC. It's illusory
Not really. GTO is one large conflict (Onizuka wants to become the greatest teacher) and many smaller conflicts (students' personal problems, attempts at sabotage) that tie into the larger one
Naruto has other characters with their own (often potentially better) conflicts. Superman has personal and political conflicts
That's all well and good and works for that story, sure. But we're talking about general "rules" of writing.
Yes, one singular conflict is generally not going to carry you through more than a single short story
Which is fine considering we're talking about stories in general
For a series or novel you need to think bigger than that
Sure, but we're more specifically talking about stories in relation to Naruto (and whatever other animu)
The train of thought you're following is getting too granular
When following a philosophy of things like writing, I find that applying a U.S. government structure of understanding works best. You start broad (constitution) then you break it down to specifics for what you're working on (states) then even more specific for your topic (municipality) and then even more specific (individual). At the moment, no one's even agreeing on the broad
Its because we all hate monopoly!
Oh you meant a different broad
broad and board
Monopoly was designed to be hated
I like Monopoly tho lol
Ever play that revised one where you use a credit card instead of money?
It's anticapitalist propaganda that hilariously got appropriated and commoditized
@SteelandSouls That credit card one (they made a few), was crap, it made the game take so much longer...
Right?! It wasn't as convenient as they made it seem
I see a lot of potential in debt-based monopoly
Tbh
Maybe not as it was implemented but still
any board game where you can lose halfway through the game is a shitty board game
like you're just supposed to sit there with your thumb up your ass while the rest of your friends have fun
Yep
Anyone who likes Monopoly hasn't played any good board games
and there are 18 bajillion versions of monopoly since all you have to do is change the property names/community chest text and boom, different game
Star Wars Monopoly
Grey's Anatomy Monopoly
Debbie Does Dallas Monopoly
@Beemann Puerto Rico is a great boardgame that is like advanced Monopoly
It's like capitalism on cocaine
My favourite board game of all time was illuminati by Steve Jackson games
@Nic Harvard I'll check it out. I think settlers was overrated but ticket to ride was a blast
Both were cool, but I’d not spend money on buying a set