Browsing these forums I was surprised at how young many of the posters are (late teens/early twenties). Maybe I shouldn't be surprised by this, but I'm 32 and was quite young when the original King's Quest games were being released. In fact, I couldn't even read when the first game came out. KQ7 came out in 1994, and Mask of Eternity came out in 1997, so I wasn't really expecting much younger people than myself to be playing this game.
So how did you get introduced to The Silver Lining?
I'll tell you my story, probably typical of people near my age. In 1987 my father brought home our first computer, a Tandy 1000. We had one game, The Black Cauldron. We played that game to death, until we got Space Quest, which quickly became a favorite of ours. Eventually, for my 8th birthday, I got King's Quest 3. This was my first King's Quest game and I found it to be the most challenging, yet interesting game I had ever played to date. I eventually went back and got all of the King's Quest games (by then 5 was already out, but my computer couldn't handle anything past kq4). It quickly became one of my favorite series of games. Eventually, when we got a 486 I was able to play KQ5-7. I loved them all, but KQ6 in particular really impressed me and was a favorite of mine for a long time.
By the time Mask of Eternity came out I was already in college. As a long time King's Quest fan, I got it and played through it. I enjoyed it, but it wasn't my favorite since it didn't have much to do with the characters we've grown to love. In 2002 I heard that a group of fans were working to create sequels to my favorite sierra game series, Space Quest and King's Quest. I had heard what happened to Sierra a few years earlier and was sad that SQ7 was canceled. I was going for a computer science degree at the time and even became involved in the SQ7.org project. Since I was still an amateur programmer with no experience in game design, I was a bit overwhelmed by it all, and wasn't able to contribute much of anything.
The SQ7 project ultimately didn't go anywhere, but I was delighted to see that the KQ9 project actually developed a demo several years later. As I played the demo memories of KQ6 came rushing back, I was eager to see more, but didn't want to get my hopes up. Last year when episode 1 came out, I played it, but was somewhat disappointed. Although the cinematics were wonderful, it didn't seem like much of a game, and the atmosphere seemed a little too dreary for King's Quest, still I held out hope that the next episode would make up for it. I had forgotten about it for a time until just last summer, when I had heard that episode 2 was out. I decided to check it out and was pleasantly surprised at the vast improvement. Now this was King's Quest. I've been hooked ever since, making sure to download each episode as it's released. It has resparked my interest in the old Sierra games and I even started recording Let's Plays of the originals with my nieces and nephews. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybtWyj2_luU
So what's your story?
I'm 23. The only KQ game we had growing up was KQ7. When I was 18 I was flipping through our case of video games and decided to replay it, and then was curious about the first six games and if any had come after. The 2006 KQ compilation was released about that time, so I bought it and fell in love with the earlier games. TSL popped up on a google search, so I created an account and a few months later started posting.
Well got me interested in TSL is the some what of a cliffhanger at the end of KQ7 What happened to Rosella and Edgar at the end of KQ7? Even the KQ companion never really cleared any of that. This is game would hopefully tie up what KQ:MOE failed to do. I have been a fan of the games since KQ1. I was 4 or 5 when I truly started to play the games and Im 27 now.
My story is rather short, insignificant, and common among a lot of the King's Quest fans. I came home from school one day and saw that my dad got a new computer. He was setting it up, and I noticed that he got some games with the computer. They apparently were free with the computer. Some of the games sucked, but King's Quest VI stood out to me. Regardless of the fact that I wasn't good at the game (and probably accidentally found every death sequence in the game before beating it), I was enthralled at the moment I started playing it. I couldn't beat the game till I got the Companion, but the experience was legendary all the same. So legendary that I've become a lifelong fan of classic adventure games.
Also, I was interested in TSL when I googled King's Quest IX, and found that there was an actual project to create a new King's Quest. The rest is history . . .
Same story as everyone else; my dad got a new computer and he heard that the King's Quest games were good so he got King's Quest VII. I know it's not everyone's favorite game of the series but I was 5 or 6 so the cartoon-ish/almost Disney vibe (especially the song at the beginning haha) won my attention and heart super fast. My dad enjoyed the puzzles so he got KQI-KQVI in a different package for a good price and we played the rest starting back at I. As I was not very good at typing yet, I mostly sat either on my dad's lap or in a chair next to him and my brother watching them play and applying any fairy-tale knowledge I knew that was applicable to the games. So when MoE came out and we bought it and finished it but of course it didn't really feel like a satisfying ending to the King's Quest series.
I believe it was my dad who went looking up King's Quest on the internet one day and stumbled upon the very early site for the Silver Lining. I was stoked, my brother was kinda like "I'll be excited when I see it."
and then many years passed...
Now I'm 21 and in my last year of undergrad college work and while everyone else on campus was excited about playing Skyrim and Skyward Sword over Thanksgiving break, I was excited to complete Chapter 4 of TSL. :P
I'm an old school gamer- I dont' play modern game often (the edging on TSL is novel to me <3 I actually really like that there's imperfections in the 3D cause it makes the effort they do put in SO noticeable)
My brother played KQ3, and 4 on the old XT computer on the 3 1/4 disks. Could only fit one game on our computer in those days XD I use to watch my brother play KQ3 and 4. I remember it being a scarey game. I guess it was my first introduction to lets plays, except I had to be silent while he gamed or he'd shoo me away T.T I didn't get to play them myself till my brother got the 386, and I was given the XT. I played KQ5 first. I had no sound card so Cedric never put me off. I tell you, KQ5 without sound when you're not use to sound is a TREAT. Cedric's annoyingness was actually fun. I didn't play KQ3 or 4 till I got older though cause they were too scarey, and I hated the security thing in KQ4.
When my parents heard about TSL, they asked if it was that game I use to play all the time about the prince (KQ6) XD I LOVED that game. I never had sound though playing that one. Just text. The first time I played them all with the sound they should be was in the last year when I got the games all on the King's Quest Collection off Amazon. I had never played KQ5 or 6 with sound, and it was the first time I had played KQ7 cause it was SVGA, and my brother didn't get it cause he hated the art style. I'm.... not a fan of the cartoon either, but I enjoyed the game. KQ6 IMHO was King's quest at it's best, and I also loved KQ5's art. Both were beautiful games :)
I found out about TSL through Deviantart. I randomly search King's Quest I think and saw all the original concept stuff from back when it was King's Quest 9. I followed it via DA till there was no more updates and I looked it up and there was a cease and desist- the first one. It's what inspired me to hunt out the old King's Quest games though :) How did I get back into it though.... I think someone by mistake updated their DA page or I did my yearly hunt of all things TSL in boredom. That's when I found out that the first game was finally released and VIOLA! I'm here!
I've actually followed this game a long time despite not being active. IT's REALLY awesome to see how this game progressed :3
My story is roughly the same as most. In 1988, my dad started using a computer for work. About 2 years later, I started teaching myself how to use it, and to play a fan version of Street Fighter 2 (with Andy Bogard. LOL). Eventually, a friend of mine offered me a game that came with his computer - KQVI. I found it to be very enjoyable. Later, I bought a fold-out package of utility CDs, which happened to include KQV. Despite Cedric the Suicide-Inducer and the Stack Overflow crash at the end ::), the game was fun. In time, I saw the KQ Compilation for sale (1-6) and soon after, I found KQVII. So, I played 7 and eventually used UHS (the Universal Hint System) to walk me through the early games. I abhorred III, though, so I left it until last - after I bought and finished MoE ("Mutilation of Entertainment", IMO).
Anyway, I can't remember for the life of me how I learned of TSL, but I joined the forums shortly after Episode 3 was released and I'm glad I did! I've definitely enjoyed the story and reminiscent gameplay.
I'm 19 and my first introduction to the series was just because my family had KQ5 and KQ7 lying around. Both the fully voiced versions, and Cedric lends himself quite well to childhood nostalgia in my opinion. :P
I'm not quite sure why I took to it so much, but I did. I joined the Sierra forums for King's Quest at around...I want to say 9, and started giving my parents back my allowance money and begging to use their credit cards to get the rest of the KQ games off eBay. I bought KQIV, KQV, KQVI, and KQVII separately, and then the KQ collection 1-6 as well (I had a bad habit of scratching discs at that age). Since I later bought the KQ Compilation, I bought most of the series at least 3 times. XD When I was in 4th grade, I learned that there was an 8th King's Quest game and convinced my mom to take me to the computer store to buy it. This was a few years after the game came out, so I'm sorta surprised I found it, but it was there. I picked up the box, looked it over, decided it had nothing to do with King's Quest and walked out empty-handed. I remember I was convinced that the game would star Valanice since she'd only had half a game to star in so far. XD
I know at some point I stumbled across the KQIX site, in all of its light blue glory. I downloaded some of the music tracks and tried to keep up with it for a while, but there were no updates, so I didn't really bother until some point when I was 11. It wasn't until one of the more prolific members of the Sierra forums said he was leaving for this KQIX thing that I felt compelled to look it up (Hi, CC!) I kept up with both forums for a while, but I found a home here. :)
All the same, that means I've been on these forums for almost 8 years. I feel compelled to apologize for all of the growing pains all of the other members have had to deal with me having. XD
But in short, the games were around; they were fantastic, and Google is your friend. :P
All that said, I honestly wouldn't be surprised if KQ, TSL and the forums kind of shaped the career path I'm on now. I know it's a bit off topic, but King's Quest is what got me into adventure gaming, which is what got me into fanmade adventure games, which is what got me into the idea that creating your own games is something that's a real possibility, and I've been pretty much trying to create a magnum opus (Or at least a really awesome portfolio piece) ever since. XD
Pretty much for most of my conscious life, King's Quest and I have been intertwined. There's a reason I go by Rosella pretty much everywhere on the internet. :P
Once upon a time, in an age when the forum was still blue...
...A big hairy pterodactyl dropped me through the chimney, and everyone's been stuck with me ever since. :P
[spoiler]The real story isn't worth telling. :P[/spoiler]
I'm 23 as well. I played Kings Quest the first time when I was 11. We used to have the old walk through we printed around 1999. My dad got the Roberta Williams anthology (I don't know what prompted it...) I remember I used to play Colonel's Bequest and KQ 1 to 4 with my Backstreet Boys and NSYNC cds in the background. I had the voiced versions of 5, 6, and 7. I probably played them in order since we got them all at the same time, lolz.
I found TSL at the end of 2008. I was super excited since KQ is one of my favorite things in the whole world. But I didn't avidly follow until I saw Episode 1 was coming out. I'd check every once and awhile but once I saw the second C&D I thought it was dead. Then I came back late June of last year after the C&D was lifted.
I'm a little older than some of you. When I was out of the military for a few years, I got my first PC, and soon after that I upgraded it to color. (Back then, color video was an expensive option!) I bought my first game, "Kings Quest, Quest for the Throne" and was surprised at how big it was--about 1 mb!! Some years later, MoE came out about the time Sierra Development (??) announced "King's Quest 9: Every Cloak has a Silver Lining". I waited for that one; unfortunately it became abandonware. A couple years ago, I learned, on this site (which I found by accident), that The Silver Lining was in development. I could hardly believe it. I have been following this game since.
In my understanding, the King's Quest was one of the pioneering games of what is in the market now. This game is, probably, a classic.
(There, I've put my 1 1/2 cents in there; anyone else??)
I'm 24 and I have been playing computer games since I was 4 years old. I don't remember when we first got Kings Quest, I just remember watching the into to Kings Quest 7 and being hooked on it. I was maybe 7 or so and watching my mother play it because I couldn't figure it out.
My sister got the full collection 1-7 for her birthday and we played them all using the hint book when needed. When I was 11 Kings Quest 8 came along and our mother got it for our birthday. It scared us to death and we didn't play it again until I was 16.
I didn't discover TSL until College, and it was my sister doing a random search while at work. I didn't log into the forums for months until I got over being so shy. Everything else is history. I thank my sister every day for finding TSL, as it has fully changed my life.
PapaSmurf--actually, (Unofficial) "King's Quest 9: Every Cloak has a Silver Lining" WAS this game's original title :) We shortened the title, took out the KQ direct reference, and took an axe to large chunks of the script, and now, voila, The Silver Lining :) It was never a Sierra product, though, now or then.
Quote from: Rosella on December 01, 2011, 01:27:55 AM
Lots of cool stuff
Very interesting. Have you done any fan games yet?
XD I like your paraphrasing. :P
And no, actually. Most of the things I've completed are either recreations of actual games (e.g., Clue), or in one case a crappy little RPG with terrible graphics and no plot. :P An interesting idea about fangames is that it at least gives you plot to work from, but I'm still hung up on graphics, as I am not a graphic designer by any means. XD
Quote from: Rosella on December 04, 2011, 12:49:39 AM
XD I like your paraphrasing. :P
And no, actually. Most of the things I've completed are either recreations of actual games (e.g., Clue), or in one case a crappy little RPG with terrible graphics and no plot. :P An interesting idea about fangames is that it at least gives you plot to work from, but I'm still hung up on graphics, as I am not a graphic designer by any means. XD
That's the one thing holding me back from finishing games as well. I have lots of story ideas and music, but the art and animation takes me forever to complete, and I'm not a very good artist to begin with.
While I was never as emotionally invested in KQ as I was, say QFG or SQ growing up, KQ 5 and 6 were games I did enjoy, with KQ6 being my very first CD talkie game ever, and admittedly, I can't watch Beauty and the Beast without explaining to people about the "Prince Alexander Connection", having said that, I was intrigued by the prospect of we, the fans, deciding the fate of these beloved characters, I even played through the first 7 games to get up to speed, MOE just didn't "do it" for me, but I brushed up on the "basics", and it seems similar to "Quest for the Crown" in basic plot.
So far, I consider TSL a worthy send off to the Daventry Family, just as I consider "Incinerations" the much needed Space Quest finale! (VSB serving as a "bridge" of course!)
Long ago, in a castle in a kingdom called Daventry...
Wait, no, that's the beginning of a different story. I'll restart.
About four years ago, on a random Google search in a suburb of Seattle....
I think I was about 20, 21 (don't remember) when I decided to Google "kings quest 9" one hot summer's day in July. Miraculously, the first result yielded me to a website called The Silver Lining, so I followed the link, saw that there was a beta version of the game, and downloaded. I swear: trumpets blared, angels sang, and the lights dimmed and spotlighted on the screen of the old Lappy. I was soooooooooooooo excited that there were other King's Quest geeks out there like me! My First Post Ever was a gushy thank-you post, and that was it until like...wow, I waited a long time to post after that, probably not until Thanksgiving-ish. All you old-timers seemed so big and scary. :P
A N Y W A Y...yeah. Most of you know my King's Quest glory story (me at three years old, sitting on Dad's lap and him allowing me to move King Graham around with the arrow buttons, etc), so I've been a die-hard KQ fan since I was itty. TSL just made it better. :)
I watched the intro on YouTube (Rosella and Edgar's wedding). As a "long time" King's Quest fan, that pushed all my buttons. To see the overhead rendering of the Green Isles, the interior of the castle, and the rows of KQ 6 and 7 characters lined up. And finally closure on the Rosella and Edgar story. That was amazing. (I've only just started playing TSL today -- I wanted to come on here to thank the developers.)
I say "long time" fan because I never actually played KQ as a child. In fact, I first played KQ last year when I bought them all on GOG. So I've really only been a fan for a year. But I did play through all the games (ugh, except MoE, I'm struggling through it) so I feel I deserve to call myself a KQ fan now :) Really looking forward to playing through TSL.
What got me interested? One word: Paw. Yes, the guy who did the King's Quest retrospective a while back. He also did an LP of KQ 5, AND some live streams of the AGD Remakes of KQ 2 and 3 (although sadly, not 1 as of yet), and he mentioned something called The Silver Lining. I'd also read something about it on TV Tropes, and as I started to learn more and more about it, plus Paw said he was enjoying it (even Roberta Williams likes it!), and learned of the development history behind it and how hard Pheonix Online Studios was working on it for several years. My interest finally peaked, when I saw the TV tropes article on it, and saw "Hey! Someone did a Lets Play of it!" and I was introduced to Toegoff (and a short time later, Rosella500)... and the game has really peaked my interest. And, this is coming from someone has NEVER picked up a KQ game AT. ALL. Only knowing it from Paws Retrospective, his Lets Plays, Toegoff, Rosella500, and Hercrabbiness doing a VERY good Lets Play of KQ 6 (seriously, it's hilarious, and seeing as they have the voices turned off, she and Latebit have to voice everyone and they do a GREAT job, especially with characters like Captain Saladin, Abdul Alhazred, Cassima and Shamir!). I just hope that The Silver Lining has a good ending... I would be so saddened if it ends with someone dying or if the quest is all for naught...
Similar to many of you, I've been playing Classic Sierra titles since I've been old enough to sit up at the computer. I'm 31 now and I actually started off with the Police Quest 1. I found the Kings Quest series to be much more to my liking, playing 1 and 3. The third entry was and still is my absolute favorite. (I completely adore AGDI's KQ3 Redux, play it if you haven't) I made my way thru the series and didn't play the 2nd until nearly the end.
It wasn't until well after the bad aftertaste that was MoE left me that I read about Silver Lining in a Game Informer. Then I heard about the legal battles from the same source and I resigned myself to believing the game would never see the light of day. Just recently I got my newest issue and there was a wonderful article about "The genre that refuses to die" and I learned Silver Lining was alive and well.
I've just now made my way thru Episodes 1 and 2. Episode 2's ending moved me to tears. You all have opened a window into the hearts of my favorite adventure characters and showing them in a new light that is welcomed. I only hope it won't be long before 5 is released because if 4 ends on a cliffhanger, which I'm sure it will, I'll go bonkers.
Thank you so much, rknight! That's great to hear you loved it so much :) The fans are who this game is for, after all! Enjoy eps 3 and 4...they get even better, in my opinion. :)
And welcome to the boards!
One day, about 2-3 years ago, i happened to stumble across the absolutely wonderfull King's Quest remakes by the brilliant people at AGD Interactive. I played them, loved them, and bought some more from GOG.com.
But, just as GrahamRocks!, I also had followed Paw's King's Quest Retrospective for a long time. Might have spoiled just a few story elements for me, but I had mostly(tried my best to) forgotten the crucial parts by the time I played the games.
Then, just today actually, I came across The Silver Lining. I have gotten to the middle of ep 2, and am loving it so far. Must get Cognition when it comes out. :D
Edit: Just discovered the Spell Check feature on the forum. AMAZING! Why haven't more people implemented this kind of thing in more forums?
Welcome, Mr_Nabby! I'm glad to hear that you're enjoying TSL! :D
Oh, absolutely! It is an amazing piece of art. You can really see all the effort and love the developers have poured into this fantastic tribute to not only the King's Quest series, but to the entirety of Sierra as well!
The attention to detail is excellent. A fine blend of remastered and re imagined backgrounds. The music adds so much to the atmosphere. GREAT character development, and every expansion of the original story I've come across so far is logical and makes perfect sense. And, of course, a narrator with a attitude. Love it!
Quote from: Mr_Nabby on August 02, 2012, 01:51:47 PM
The attention to detail is excellent. A fine blend of remastered and re imagined backgrounds...every expansion of the original story I've come across so far is logical and makes perfect sense.
This, totally! I agree that it all flows so nicely and sequentially. I mean, I never thought that there might be more off of the main street in the Isle of the Crown's village! Well said, my new friend, well said! :)
One of my favorite parts of the game so far is when I returned to the castle garden, and had a peaceful conversation with Edgar. If I'm not misstaken, this is the first time we have seen Graham and Edgar spend some time together, and the game uses this opportunity to it's fullest.
I can just hope that Graham gets to have some private time with Alexander and Rosella as well. (Pleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleaseplease)
Quote from: Mr_Nabby on August 02, 2012, 02:36:26 PM
One of my favorite parts of the game so far is when I returned to the castle garden, and had a peaceful conversation with Edgar.
Ohhhhhhhhhh honey, we're gonna be friends. That was my absolute favorite scene too! :highfive:
Ahhh, that's the one that plays The Day You Were Gone (instrumentally) in the background. I was fangirl squeeing all over that scene. XD My favorite part of most games is usually the characterization and the dialogue and I fully agree. Just getting to know two characters by them talking was a really, really great scene. :D
It's called "Remembering Yesterday". I'm so jealous of the awesome writers on here, you make me feel amateurish. I mean, you have likable characters and everything!
Hello and welome Nabby! And thank you so much, it's always great hearing that people are enjoying the game. :)
Aw, and thanks GrahamRocks. :) We worked hard on it, though I do think we could've done for some more editing and cutting lengthy lines, especially. But regardless it was all done with plenty of passion for the series and characters.
Well I love the Kings Quest series with my favorite protagonists being: Alexander and then Valinece
It represents sort of the best of the point and click genre with a strong setting everytime.
When I heard the Silver Lining was giving the game a much deserved ending I was estatic.
It was the summer of 2003 and I was 12 years old and I was at a summer camp. We'd been allowed to use computers and the internet and I out of the blue decided to look and see if there was anything anywhere about a KQ9. I'd been a fan of the KQ series since 1995 but after 3 years had passed since KQ8's release with no news, I had sort of lost interest in the series and only recently before had found all my old KQ games in a box and replayed them. I did a search and I came to this site and forum and became a fan very quickly after.
I am 12. I first got into KQ and Sierra when I was searching for games. Then I didn't really know what real Adventure games were, but I was always somehow into them. For instance, I was buying some Computer magazines called Enter monthly. And they came with a CD with some free games and Demos. And I always would get those Sam & Max games, but I didn't know how to play them(I didn't know English). But I would always get them and just clicked around. That happend with EVERY adventure game I found. Then I learned English and I was really into them, and THAT was a miracle, because my WHOLE town was only into games like Tomb Raider, CS, Call of Duty... Then I found the VGA remake of KQ1. I loved it! And that's how I got into Sierra, and played all the titles. KQ was my favorite one. I would always search for fan games! And then I found TSL and now I'm here.
Welcome Rikacmikac! It always great seeing new & younger fans discovering the "classics" and loving them as much as us older folks. :) Hope you enjoy TSL!
I think that it all started when I was 7 years old and my dad played King's Quest 6 with me. It was the Windows version with the detailed portraits. From then on, I always looked back at King's Quest 6 as the epitome of merging creative ideas with fairytales and magic and beautiful design in the perfect mix. Later on, I'd go on to find and play the other games and as a series it was really something that I don't think has been topped regarding creativity and fun, even though some people say the games lose replayability value, I've never thought so since I've replayed the games countless times just to explore the environments.
The King's Quest universe was probably what contributed most to me want to pursue a career of art. I found out about TSL when I was about 14 or 15. The games hadn't come out back then and it was when it still had the KQIX title. It made me so excited to see what fans could do with the series I loved as a kid. And I followed a lot of the things going on and was really blown away by the concept art for the characters. So when I finally got to play the first chapter it was really happy to get to relive a big part my childhood.
Since playing TSL and the AGDI and IA remakes, I've gotten my 11 year old and 8 year old cousins into King's Quest too by playing the games with them. I like that they enjoy them and it makes me hope that they'll have the same fond feelings towards the series that I do.
Welcome, Rikacmikac! What Katie said. (Pretty much the same thing I was going to post until I saw hers.) :D
I'm another one of the daddy's girls that watched her father playing KQV back in the 90s and had to try it out. I also tried an Indiana Jones game and a Sherlock Holmes game around that time, all adventure like KQ, just because I watched him play and it looked so fun. ;D King's Quest VI is my favorite out of the official series (sorry, Mask of Eternity never happened in my world :P) and I love that we get to visit the Green Isles again!
Later on we got the boxed set that had all 7 King's Quest games, the Laura Bow duo, and a bunch of early Sierra games like Mystery House. I got some good use out of that, until I upgraded operating systems and couldn't play anymore. Years later, probably 2011, I think I saw a "Let's Play ___" series on YouTube and then I found the King's Quest wiki, where I found out there was a KQ9 made by fans. The rest is history. I just finished Episode 4 today and I'm blown away!
I honestly don't know if the makers of Silver Lining kept Mask of Eternity out or respect or if they did honestly believe it to be canon inspite of contradicting large swaths of the storyline.
Huzzah and welcome Ozaira! :)
Well, though most of us don't really *love* MoE, it is technically a King's Quest game. So we incorporated it, albeit minimally.
I was looking online for news of a new KQ game, hoping the series would return to form after KQ8, and I stumbled upon what was then KQ9.org, and was pleasantly surprised with what I found, and went around telling all my friends about it.
Thanks for that completely necessary bump, Rock Knight aka "Sir Perceval of Daventry who deleted his old account and registered under a new name and has already told us how he came to know about TSL."
I've been a KQ fan since the mid 80's and followed the series, along with the rest of the other Sierra ones, for the past 30+ years. I even remember my initial introduction to the series. As a toddler, I was just playing around with the demo computer at the store, which happened to be running either the original KQ1 or KQ2 at the time.
Anyhow it's inevitable that any opportunity I get to enjoy the series longer, I will take advantage of. When I heard that the Silver Lining would serve as a high quality continuation of the series, I instantly added it onto my must-play list.
Now if only we can see the concluding chapter. Right now it feels a lot like watching an excellent TV mini-series, only to find out the series finale episode is on hiatus...
Numberse, how the hell do you know Rock Knight and Sir Percival are the same people? And why does it matter if they are? He's not hurting anyone by getting a new account, and for the record, at least he's actually keeping on topic.
As for me... TV Tropes mostly. My love for Sierra in general started there, after reading the Unwinnable articles. Then I saw Pawdugan's Retrospective on the series, and just fell in love. Then I saw Toegoff's LP of TSL, and it just has snowballed over the years since then.
Quote from: GrahamRocks! on May 07, 2015, 11:08:05 PM
Numberse, how the hell do you know Rock Knight and Sir Percival are the same people? And why does it matter if they are? He's not hurting anyone by getting a new account, and for the record, at least he's actually keeping on topic.
He messaged me and told me. And come on, you can tell from the writing that both accounts are from the same person. For the record, this is the fourth account he's made on this site, after DMD, TheReturnofDMD, and Sir Perceval of Daventry. There, I just laid it all out on the table for you. And bumping a two-year-old thread is never acceptable. If you want to talk about something in an old thread, just make a new thread for it. This is Standard Forum Protocol 101, for Christ's sake. Also, you seem to have forgotten that you too have already said how you came by TSL, on this thread's very first page. I'll just let that speak for itself.
Okay, okay, fair enough. Excuse me. And hey, I didn't remember that I'd posted on this specific thread already. *shrugs*
I skim old threads before posting in them, just to jog my memory.
I was just bumping it to try to stir some discussion on the game to keep interest given that the release of the final chapter is at least months away, if not a few years more, to remind us of what brought us here to begin with.
Again, if you want to start a discussion, make a new thread for it.
To leave this thread on a more positive note...
My hairdresser got me interested in The Silver Lining. ;D
We were talking about some wonderfully awesome older generation games, and when I mentioned I was a huge fan of King's Quest he asked if I had played the fan created continuation. Needless to say, I was in awe of the work done by the fans, and have been a huge supporter of The Silver Lining since.
That and my hairdresser has a customer for life... as long as we continue to talk video games... :rofl: