Am I doing somehting wrong?

TheTarians··1 votes·374 views

So I really really REAAAAAAALLY want to know if I am doing something wrong with my concepts.

Basically this is what I mean. I posted my concept: Nat, Death's Bounty Hunter, originally about 8 days ago. And after those 8 days, the only comments on it were mine (basically me saying what I have updated or the occasional bump). So I decided to take down the original post and repost it, to see if a repost may get people interested. To my surprise though, within the next 18 hours...... nothing, nada, not a clue, dust bowl, rolling in the wind. There is nothing on it, then there is two downvotes. I am just baffled to the fact that then there are concepts that have been up for maybe 2 minutes, and they have like 5 comments (none made by the original poster). yet my post that has been up for 18 hours has not received a single comment or even a noticedable thing besides the down votes.

So I have three questions:

1: Am I doing something wrong? Because seriously I love every concept that I do, but did I do something wrong with this one?

2: Is something not appealing about my concept?

3: Why do people that posted 2 minutes ago have more likes/comments then mine?

EDIT: I have realized through my own error and lack of foresight, that the idea of Death's Bounty Hunter is something I should at least leave my book to and not let it come to the league universe. Mostly because I have a hard time finding a way to keep him interesting without straying too far from the path intended.

Now this is not to say I will never revisit him, but to say that the concept is deleted and will be off of the boards for a long time.

sigh onto the anti mage concept.

7 Comments

ModThe Djinn1 votes

A lot of it is luck and timing: who happens to be on, and how long they have to comment, and what they're interested in. The boards are fickle, and many people will downvote sooner than they'll upvote, and MUCH sooner than they'll comment.

Secondarily it can be content, presentation, theme, etc. I know for me "Death's Bounty Hunter" seems like the outlaw/bounty Hunter concept that's common these forums, and we see a lot of death/reaper concepts as well.

That means it's not something I'm liable to more than browse (which I did...just didn't have time to comment) unless a review is specifically requested, especially since the lore on Nat didn't particularly hook me personally

Now, I'm not going to speak for everyone. I just know I personally have a backlog of reviews to do already, so a concept has to REALLY grab me quickly or I'll probably only scan it briefly unless someone has asked me to review it seriously.

TheTarians1 votes

Could you maybe describe how the lore did not hook you?

EDIT:

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I know for me "Death's Bounty Hunter" seems like the outlaw/bounty Hunter concept that's common these forums, and we see a lot of death/reaper concepts as well.

I see what you mean, but the reason it is Death's Bounty Hunter, is because he is literally a bounty hunter for death. And to be honest I rarely see anyone posting any type of reaper concepts. Also, Nat is less of a reaper in the sense that he is not dead, nor is he alive either, but he is definitely not undead. in other words, the thing that would set him and other reapers apart is that he is focused less on actually killing people for no reason and more focused on taking others souls to reclaim his own. If that makes any sense at all.

ModThe Djinn1 votes

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Could you maybe describe how the lore did not hook you?

Sure.

He reads way to much like a psudeo Mary-Sue, or a stereotypical anime protagonist. 15-year old kid with special magical property, spoken to by Death himself (in a world where it seems the Avatar of Death is Kindred, not a reaper), doing incredible feats (killing GODS, for example) in a quest for his soul, while just happening to stumble across not one, not two, but SIX powerful relics that give him power over almost everything, although he only uses one of them.

There isn't really a personality or conflict that I can care about. I relate to hunting for a soul...but we have things like Lucian and Thresh already.

You might be able to make something interesting out of a living being who had its soul stolen by Thresh or Mordekaiser, but the current story doesn't really fit into Runeterra, and is basically just a description of how awesome this guy is.

TheTarians1 votes

I don't really watch that much anime, and the anime I do watch usually is something that does not revolve around magic. Like Durarara, I loved that anime because it was a story about moving away from home and finding your identity and other shit like that.

But I guess a lot of the League community loves anime so give me a half an hour and let me see what I can come up with.

Edit: The reason I see him being different from Lucian and Thresh is, as far as I know, Lucian is killing the undead and trying to kill thresh so he can reclaim his wife's soul. Then Thresh is just killing people and taking there souls for the fun of it.

ModThe Djinn1 votes

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I don't really watch that much anime, and the anime I do watch usually is something that does not revolve around magic. Like Durarara, I loved that anime because it was a story about moving away from home and finding your identity and other shit like that.

But I guess a lot of the League community loves anime so give me a half an hour and let me see what I can come up with.

Hm? I'm a bit confused. I was just using anime as a reference point for the feeling I was getting from "awesome young man with strange power does too many great things."

ShaftyMegee1 votes

I'm sorry to see this, I know people spend a lot of time on these concepts... but the idea of them doesn't really interest me.

I'll see if I can read over some and comment

ModThe Djinn1 votes

By the way: bear in mind that the lore opinions I shared are my personal reaction based on my perceptions and personal tastes. It doesn't mean your lore is BAD, just that it's not something that specifically interests me personally.

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