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Ask Me(gazord) Anything- A Mårvelous AMA

ModCaptainMårvelous··7 votes·1,567 views

Trying my hand at this AMA stuff. Just try to keep the questions civil on all sides and try not to be too rude or anything. Ban questions are gonna come up a lot so try to ask a bit more varied stuff if you can.

For the unfamiliar, here's some work I've done. Stuff marked with a U is unfinished. If it's marked with a B, that means some of the thread is broken and will be more difficult to read and/or understand.

Dungeons and Demacians: 1,2,3 (B)

http://forums.na.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?t=3334978

"Diana get in the car."

http://forums.na.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?t=2900447

The Grand Heist of Zaun

http://forums.na.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?t=3468522

Guide to the Freljord Conflict(B)

http://forums.na.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?t=3392882

Mega Ezreal 8 (U,B)

http://forums.na.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?t=3331491

Hidden Agendas: A Collaborative Fiction

http://forums.na.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?t=3626909

There's more but a lot of it is lost to time. So yeah, ask anything ya' want.

47 Comments

Atlanis1 votes

Why am I the first to comment on and/or upvote this?

ModCaptainMårvelous2 votes

Because I made this at like 5 AM and it's a Sunday. It's still fairly early and people are A.) Not awake yet or B.) At church.

Zielmann1 votes

Or C.) Skiing in the foothills of Nebraska.

Caítlyn1 votes

Oh cool I can post here

ModCaptainMårvelous6 votes

Yep! Forum bans don't translate to community platform bans. So basically it's a clean slate for everyone. (Though I've been told the moderation will be more professional and better enforced here.)

Atlanis1 votes

Glad to hear it. I was wondering if that was the case or if your name had a different accent on the a this time

ModCaptainMårvelous1 votes

Naw, same person. Just not banned here.

ManicPhilosopher1 votes

And here I was, hoping to see the ban lifted. Oh well, at least you can post under your own name again!

Zodai1 votes

Regardless of whether or not you continue on the forums or not - do you still plan to be a writer in-general? Are you still looking for a chance at applying for Riot?

ModCaptainMårvelous2 votes

Yes to both. I'm planning on applying for a narritive internship this summer and I also plan on still being a writer. While I'm unsure if I could ever get a full-on job at Riot, it would still serve as a good idea of working with electronic story telling. Though I'm definitely going to be a writer if possible.

Zodai1 votes

As a fellow writer; feel free to contact me if you have any ideas. I've been thinking of similar prospects myself. (Although I'm planning on getting a book out first before applying at Riot.)

ModCaptainMårvelous2 votes

If I may, don't try right for a book. Build up a resume with magazine articles and short story publications before tackling a book. I speak from experience!

Zodai1 votes

I'll see if I can keep that in mind - my adventures into stories of a shorter type haven't been very good xD. I'm thinking more Light-novel style at this point.

ModCaptainMårvelous1 votes

Just keep practicing. Long as you write, it's never wasted work!

Zodai1 votes

Thanks :3

Now for another question - what is your opinion of your first story?

ModCaptainMårvelous1 votes

Which one are you referring to? Chronologically "Diana" was the first though writing wise, GHoZ was the first "traditional" story.

ManDude1 votes

Good to see you're back, Cap.

I suppose someone should actually ask you a question, huh? Okay; are you going to continue to create good League-related stories like you used to?

ModCaptainMårvelous1 votes

http://community.na.leagueoflegends.com/c/fancreations/2uUcy5QI-ahri-a-dangerous-creature-fan-writing

Yep. Not sure how much I'll make but I will make some.

Atlanis1 votes

Question number two: have you ever entered in any writing competitions?

ModCaptainMårvelous1 votes

Planned on entering one this year but I missed the deadline. Next year though!

Zodai1 votes

Apparently there's a limit to how many times we can reply to a post ;-;

I'm referring to just your first actual story, regardless of if it was posted on League or not.

I'll let you figure out the technicalities :3

ModCaptainMårvelous1 votes

Oh wow. Well my first EVER story was a terrible naruto fan fiction back when I was twelve or so. From there I practiced with World of Warcraft roleplaying, some fan writing for other stuff and a little bit of everything.

I've basically been writing all my life.

Zodai1 votes

They say every great writer starts with fanfiction these days

xD

ModCaptainMårvelous1 votes

It's true. It does provide a good example of making a character who fits into a universe and doesn't blatantly take away from it/modify it.

Zodai1 votes

:3

I've been thinking of writing a League 'fanfiction' as my shot of landing a job at Riot; if it's good enough I might actually get hired :D Best resume xD

ModCaptainMårvelous1 votes

Good luck!

Zodai1 votes

Same to you!

Emerald Owl1 votes

How'd you come up with your name?

ModCaptainMårvelous1 votes

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaizoku_Sentai_Gokaiger

Colonel J Desu1 votes

That link takes you to your AMA.

ModCaptainMårvelous1 votes

Not for me. Hm. Odd.

Well in that case google "Captain marvelous gokaiger"

Colonel J Desu1 votes

I just realized that you must actually click it to get to the link.

Double-clicking or right-clicking to open it in a new tab doesn't.

ModCaptainMårvelous1 votes

Hm. Good to know. I'll run that by the guys making this beta site. (Or you can just go on communityplatform and tell them yourself)

Solari Eclipse1 votes

Well, if you click to open and accept, it does it in a new tab anyway. But it would be more user friendly to allow to open in a new tab to get the accept thing? Yes, I guess so.

dengeniul1 votes

Oh hai there, good to see you back. Out of curiosity, are you going to continue the Hidden Agendas on the new platform, or are you going to let Mormagedon post them in the forums? Maybe its easier to just copy paste the whole thing here to be in one place... Anyway, good luck with your writing. I sure hope im still here the day I see a RiotCaptainMarvelous red post:)

ModCaptainMårvelous1 votes

I actually discussed that with Morg. No official idea yet but I'm thinking maybe we'll move it here once the reds in charge of this platform implement the changes to make posting stories/content on this forum a little more friendly.

Solari Eclipse1 votes

SO with the new community platform, are you going to try to continue doing some of the same things you wrote before? Or are you going to use this platform to try different writing styles and stories? Little of both? At least until we get some more user friendly changes to some background site mechanics?

Solari Eclipse1 votes

And in a similar vane of questioning, is there any kind of topic or writing style you'd personally like to explore, either here, elsewhere, or on your own?

ModCaptainMårvelous1 votes

Pretty much same old same old actually. Not sure what I'd do differently here. Time will tell, I suppose.

Solari Eclipse1 votes

What aspirations did you have to be as an adult before being a writer?

ModCaptainMårvelous1 votes

Sorry for the late reply. Forgot I had this for a second!

Anyways, what I wanted to be varied so much as a kid. First it was Power Ranger (That was like age 5). Then Vet. Then marine biologist. Then performer at sea world. Then actor. Then biotechnologist. Then Power Ranger (again). But I basically settled on writing.

orghak 91 votes

Cap, did you ever watch Gurren Lagann?

ModCaptainMårvelous1 votes

Course I did.

orghak 91 votes

Well I don't mean to be an attention whore, but I thought this would interest you:

http://forums.na.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?t=3905482&highlight=

ModCaptainMårvelous1 votes

Made me chuckle!

ZapBranigan681 votes

You made a post a bit before your ban title "It's Coming!" with a header for Dungeons and Demacians 4. Is that still in the works?

ModCaptainMårvelous1 votes

Not at the moment.

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