smooh opened this issue on Apr 01, 2005 ยท 55 posts
Gareee posted Sat, 02 April 2005 at 9:00 AM
I thought about fixing Jessi But you can't redistribute the mesh so adding mat zones is out, as well as regrouping. Plus, everything currently made for her won't work if she's rerigged, so you create a niche market within a niche market, like EJ. I think the biggest factor is initial impressions when a figure is out, and other then a few fanatics, like operaguy, and people who have products out for them (like the RDNA crew), general response has been lukewarm, to outright disapointment. Look at some of the coolest poser fantasy outfits out there, and then look at snow queen.. it's just bland compared with some other items out there (like say, the new Aiko3 Dragon Queen), whoch really has some great "style" to it. The thing is, we always keep upping the bar, and new items have to include any new benefits that are possible. There's been a human character glut for a year or so now, and the bottom line, just like real life, is hat the strong will survive, and the weak will perish. And honestly, I use toon/non human characters far more then human ones anyway. Look at the human characters that have gotten little or no attention, even though in many cases, they are quite good: SheFreak Elle The entire Aeon line David Eternal Judy Neftoon Gal and Neftoon Guy The upside of course, is that there is more diversity, and we have more options available. The downside, is that people's pockets are only so deep, and they can only afford supporting so many characters, and real quality content creators can only create so fast. Maybe clothing convertor will help with this in it's newest incarnation, but that remains to be seen. Me? I'll be tinkering with the latest nifty creature, toon person, or fantasy character, or bending the human characters into new creatures.
Way too many people take way too many things way too seriously.