Topic: What is your dream?

[Caterkiller]

After reading through the "what do you do for a living" thread, I got to wondering, what is your greatest ambition? your dream?

And not just that, do you think you have what it takes to reach that goal? Have you already accepted defeat, or have you accomplished what you wanted and now are living with great piece of mind?

I watch allot of One Piece so I ask this question to allot of my friends.

[Nick DiMola]

Owning my own game company and being the director for all of the games we release.

[DAaaMan64]

I wanna do the American dream.  Make as much money as possible to do what I want.  I want to work on projects and fund other projects world wide, create influence. 

[Ceric]

I have a lot of dreams but one I truly like is to make a Gaming Park.  It would be fully enclosed while feasible.  There be a general arena area that would be good for tournaments of all the gaming persuasions.  There be different zones throughout for the different game rankings.  The inside be a large Garden with trees, butterflies, and just nature in general without dealing with natures randomness.  I have vending machines that would sell the different games and games paraphaniala(sp?).  There be tables throughout to play at; some hidden needing found.  I probably have seperated out a Large Museum of Gaming.  It be really cool.

I also would like to make a sample themepark where you could go in and sample new products and the worlds cuisine.  Plus non-nauseating rides.

If this thread gets big I'll past more.

[Darkheart]

My dream job right now is to make micro games, no not mini games, small downloadable games available for the WiiWare XBLA and PSN.  I want to have a flash game empire.  I dont want to own a game company, I just want to design games. 

[Sister Mary LeFever]

Realistic: Die after a good, long life.

Far-off: World domination, of course.

[vudu]

I wanna do the American dream.

I thought the American dream was to have someone do wrong to you and then sue them.

[DAaaMan64]

I wanna do the American dream.

I thought the American dream was to have someone do wrong to you and then sue them.

No that is American Fraud.

[ShyGuy]

To be financially independent enough to live a life free of work obligations.

[NWR_insanolord]

My dream is to have a job that I love doing with enough money and free time to enjoy my various hobbies. I'm not sure what that would be, but that's the situation I want to be in.

[bustin98]

I want to draw super hero comics.

[Maverick]

I want to draw super hero comics.

Well I've been wanting to start up a web-comic, so let me know if you could use a few extra bucks. 

[DAaaMan64]

I want to draw super hero comics.

Well I've been wanting to start up a web-comic, so let me know if you could use a few extra bucks. 

What else do you need to create that web comic?   I am web programmer and may be able to help.

[Svevan]

NWR official webcomic confirmed

[Maverick]

NWR official webcomic confirmed

Shhh, don't spoil it for everybody!  Hmm... now that you mention it, I'm sure the goings about on the forum are a gold-mine of comedy.  However I imagine most comics would end with Pro666 popping into the final panel and shouting a non-sequiter. 

DAaaMan, I'm mostly in need of an artist.  ANY artist (As I cannot draw worth a ****.), I already have the website and all that, it is just sadly lacking any content.  However, my web designer decided that he wanted to drop off the face of the interwebs, so I am currently denied from expanding on the website with new pages as I have no idea how do anything regarding web-design.  Any help is always appreciated, so shoot me an e-mail if you have some spare time on your hands.

EDIT:  I just realized I am basically the equivalent of a general manager at a failing small business who does not actually have the skills necessary to run the place.  I'm going to go cry into a web-corner now.

[Deguello]

My dream is basic.  It has nothing to do with games and stuff.

I'd love a wife who loves me and tolerates me.  And to have kids that I can tolerate.

I'd love to finally get this novel published.

That's basically it.

[Dasmos]

I want to be in band that tours the world. It doesn't need to be insanely popular, I just want fanbase big enough so that I can travel the world and live comfortably doing the thing that I love!

[ShyGuy]

What's the novel about?

[Deguello]

Hmm... I dunno.  I should try to get it published first

[EasyCure]

im on the same page(s) as Insanolord, Deguello, and Dasmos

Realistically i want a stabile job making decent income to get by without worrying about finances and have enough free time to enjoy all my hobies, one of which is creating music. I'd also like to share my time with someoen special whom I could spend all my time with. Basically, I don't want to be with someone and worry if they're "the one" ya know?

My BIG dream is to be a proffesional, touring, musician so i can see the world while having fun with my music.

As for the other part of the question: Although I'm usually pretty confident with my creative skills when it comes to music, lately life has just beaten me into a depression that i can't seem to get out of. It's not a severe depression or anything, but for the past few years any time i pick up my guitar and try to play something new, something to distract me from everything around me, I hit a wall and don't like what's coming out. I'll try to play all the songs I first learned back when i was 16 to try to get back into that state of mind when i was a kid, and i just can't. Now I just look at my guitar, wanting to play.

I think the other thing that gets me down about playing music is i've been in a few bands already and none of them really worked. No one's ever on the same page when it came to what to play and it pissed me off. Sometimes I think I'd be better off creating music on my own but I don't have/cant afford the proper equipment for that nor do I have the space for it in my current living situation. Besides, I don't want to be that person. I don't want to look for musicians to play MY tunes, I want to collaberate with a band. I want the music to come from each and every member, not just one person.

I still have hope that one day i'll be able to create again, even if its just for myself.

DOODY! sorry that post felt too serious

[UltimatePartyBear]

Mostly I just want the freedom to do whatever I want.  I'd like to be financially secure enough to, at any moment, walk away from my job with no worries at all.  I should really start working on that.

I'd like to write a novel or two, too, but I don't have the kind of life experiences that I'd need to write The Great American Novel.  I wouldn't mind writing a pulp science fiction or fantasy adventure, though.

And, probably like most people here, I'd like to make games.  I've been kicking around ideas for a DS RTS game for a while, but I've never attempted either homebrew development or game programming before and don't even know where to start.

I'd just generally like to do something creative, I guess, but all such dreams are reliant on that first one, and I'm nowhere near achieving it.

[THE Princess]

i I'd also like to share my time with someoen special whom I could spend all my time with. Basically, I don't want to be with someone and worry if they're "the one" ya know?

Don't you already have this? I mean you said you have a girlfriend, one who you would think of giving your video games to if you died. That has got to be someone special, correct? hehe.

As for me, my dream is to become a famous actress. I have been interested in this field since I was about five. I have taken it up in school(and still do), been in acting classes all my life, and have played a couple of small parts here and there. So yes hopefully someday you will hear my name on "the big screen". =]

[NWR_insanolord]

Yeah, I'd love to be able to make games. When I was younger I had a little notebook that I wrote down all kinds of game ideas I had. I wonder if that's still around here somewhere.

[Caterkiller]

Hmmm very interesting. So far EasyCure is the only one who has answered the other half of the question. What about the rest of you? Do you think you can achieve your goal? or are you willing to settle for less?

You know EasyCure, maybe its just a matter of becoming inspired to gain that mind set you used to have. On any given day your big break could be right around the corner. You never know who you'll meet, and befor you know it, you could have an amazing crew of musicians that take the music scene by storm. Or not, depends on you.

Partybear just get to it! Write that novel! Maybe you don't have enough life experiences, but maybe you can appeal to the people just like you! Also im sure video games have warped your mind enough that you could make a killer fantasy or adventure story. But you won't know unless you just do it right?

I was taught that "If you always do what you did, you'll always get what you got." So unless any of us are actively consistantly trying to realize these dreams, its not gonna just fall into our laps. Well there always is the possibilty but thats the boring easy way out.

[bustin98]

To answer the second part of the question: I'm sure I could do it. After all, what's it take to publish a book nowadays thanks to personal computers and the Internet? Making a living doing that is another question though. I wouldn't mind the steady pay working for DC or Marvel would bring in, but its very difficult to be yourself at those places. There are expectations of a particular look on their books and only if you work hard as an independent to develop a style that is iconic do you really get to keep your independence (Ted McKeever is a great example).

I may be over reacting to stories I've heard too. My style isn't too far off from the norm anyway. But I have been published by a small Independent Publisher. My book was called 'Alien Force' by Illusion Studios out of Fort Wayne, IN. That was almost 10 years ago now. And out of high school I was accepted to attend the Joe Kubert School of Art in New Jersey, but I couldn't afford the $12,000 a year.

I haven't accepted it as a defeat. Just a 'on the back burner' until I can dedicate some time and have a project that is worth the effort.