Mugsey opened this issue on Oct 28, 2009 · 96 posts
wolf359 posted Sun, 01 November 2009 at 9:11 AM
Quote - I still say that there's no such thing as "one size fits all" figure.
This is why animation and game studios create new figures, or alter their existing figures significantly to suit their current CA needs. You can bet they would love to do it if they could get away with it, as it would save a lot of time.
But "One size fits all" seems to be a uniquely Poserverse idea, and it doesn't work for extremes. It's not a conspiracy that there are so many figures, it's a necessity to more optimally suit the needs of the people.
Hi
MikeJ, I absolutely agree with your assessment except that game Studios tend to create figure rigs for a specific title release,and move on to the next project they tend not to develop "long term", often emotional relationships with specific "3D character meshes" that make them want to "do everything" with that one character.
Lets be honest,
There are people in the poser community that are loyal to a specific figure to the point of Pagan IDOL WORSHIP yet do not even realize it.
just look at the emotional reactions you get from some if you say:*"possette is ugly"*or "Apollo is puffy& lacks realistic muscular Definition".
They React just as one might react if you had said "your religion is False"
and immediately begin attacking you and the poser figure you prefer as the the "Enemy".
over what, in reality, is just a consumer product but is certainly not treated with that cold same detachment as our other consumer products like our Microwaves & Automobiles.
And then of course there is the ever present merchant/program loyalty/opposition groups. There are some who will buy anything simply based on the subjective criteria that the item is/ or is not
from the evil DAZ "Empire"
for example there there is a dedicated group of Sanctumart haters over at the DAZ forums who sieze every opportunity to speak against him and his products regardless of their high quality & Detail, based only on their perceived
"Arrogance" in Michael Raks( Santumarts) personality.
So to Mugsey& Others you need to realize that the popularity or ,lack thereof, of any poser figure rarely has anything to do with technical superiority or utilitarian usefulness of the figure.
Cheers