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Chatterbox / Re: Debate: Are you ready to die?
« on: February 16, 2010, 10:28:45 PM »
I suppose this was directed more towars the older members, but it seems that some of the younger emebers are joing in, so I'm going to go ahead and say... Hell no I'm not ready! I'm still in college and I hate it; the only thing keeping me going is the promise of reaping the benefits someday; I'm not even considering the posssibility that death could strike anytime. I'm keeping myself healthy and out of harm's way of course, but I'm not going all-out to make sure everything would be in order if I suddenly dropped dead.
Even if I'd done amazing things like Russian, I know I'd always find some new ambition or desire. Thought it's not nearly as extravagant, my thing is replica building, at this very moment, I am contemplating doing a replica of The Predator; I don't know if I'll "know" when I'm dead, but if I did, I would be pretty sad about not being able to finish it. As soon as I finish The Predator, another robot will take its place. As long as I have a replica I want to do, I can't see myself being ready to pass on.
There were over 500 robots in Robot Wars, and I won't be satisfied until I make all the replicas humanly possible. Not to mention that I'm considering doing those from Robotica, Battlebots, and US robot Wars once I exhaust the British supply. I have a rough idea of what I can and can't do, but based on what Click has shown us about DSL 3, that game will vastly widen my horizons.
Now, I have bigger goals in life than just this, this isn't my entire life mapped out, but this was the one example that I thought most people would understand, as well as the best for illustating my point.
Even if I'd done amazing things like Russian, I know I'd always find some new ambition or desire. Thought it's not nearly as extravagant, my thing is replica building, at this very moment, I am contemplating doing a replica of The Predator; I don't know if I'll "know" when I'm dead, but if I did, I would be pretty sad about not being able to finish it. As soon as I finish The Predator, another robot will take its place. As long as I have a replica I want to do, I can't see myself being ready to pass on.
There were over 500 robots in Robot Wars, and I won't be satisfied until I make all the replicas humanly possible. Not to mention that I'm considering doing those from Robotica, Battlebots, and US robot Wars once I exhaust the British supply. I have a rough idea of what I can and can't do, but based on what Click has shown us about DSL 3, that game will vastly widen my horizons.
Now, I have bigger goals in life than just this, this isn't my entire life mapped out, but this was the one example that I thought most people would understand, as well as the best for illustating my point.
