One of the best and more creative rewards that we can find in the pledges list is in the "Founder Virtual Collector" level: the custom crests for the game.
The upload process has some rules that might not be easy if you are not an expert. To help us with the design, the heraldry and everything we have the College of Arms. They are a specialized group of players that emerged spontaneously, like the spongers in a house party but in a kind and sublime way. Skip the "lawyer bro" moment and contact hem!
Today we have a very special (no that mini) llama interview with one of the heraldic artists of the CoA group. He is the person that helped to this hilarious purple llama with his blazon, and the designer of my main symbol: the talented Thunderbird3k!
The upload process has some rules that might not be easy if you are not an expert. To help us with the design, the heraldry and everything we have the College of Arms. They are a specialized group of players that emerged spontaneously, like the spongers in a house party but in a kind and sublime way. Skip the "lawyer bro" moment and contact hem!
Today we have a very special (no that mini) llama interview with one of the heraldic artists of the CoA group. He is the person that helped to this hilarious purple llama with his blazon, and the designer of my main symbol: the talented Thunderbird3k!
A: My introduction to Lord British came with Ultima VII, then Ultima Online (which I loved). Some time ago I contributed to the Kickstarter for Chris Roberts’ Star Citizen and heard about SotA via one of Chris’ posts over there. I immediately pledged to SotA and began following the community over here.
Q: Tell me a little about your work in the College of Arms and why you decided to do it.
A: My work with the College of Arms began with creating my own coat of arms, for which I designed my own custom charge and did all the work myself. Once my work was approved one of the Sovereigns asked me if I would like to help other people realize their visions for their personal coat of arms. I agreed and a legend was born. ;)
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| Vortex Llama blazon evolution. |
Q: Which aspects of the game are you most interested?
A: Taming. I hope there will be an interesting taming system (read: not tame 3 trillion llamas for your 0.1 skill gain, then tame 3.5 trillion turkey buzzards for your next 0.1 gain, like UO. Not that I have a problems with llamas, I rather like them…except that spitting thing). I hated that I needed to use an Excel spreadsheet to maximize my gains and that it wasn’t efficient to just wander around the woods like a healer and tame whatever I met. I hope they give us lots of great animals to tame and adventure with, and I hope they even extend it a bit…husbandry, perhaps.
Fishing and Treasure Hunting. I hope they put in interesting systems for these as well, they were some of my faves in UO. Yes, I realize this isn’t UO, but it is hard not to draw comparisons.
And even if none of these make it into the initial release (or ever, for that matter), Shroud is going to be so expansive that I am sure I will find something to love… and I plan on at least trying everything.
A: Taming. I hope there will be an interesting taming system (read: not tame 3 trillion llamas for your 0.1 skill gain, then tame 3.5 trillion turkey buzzards for your next 0.1 gain, like UO. Not that I have a problems with llamas, I rather like them…except that spitting thing). I hated that I needed to use an Excel spreadsheet to maximize my gains and that it wasn’t efficient to just wander around the woods like a healer and tame whatever I met. I hope they give us lots of great animals to tame and adventure with, and I hope they even extend it a bit…husbandry, perhaps.
Fishing and Treasure Hunting. I hope they put in interesting systems for these as well, they were some of my faves in UO. Yes, I realize this isn’t UO, but it is hard not to draw comparisons.
And even if none of these make it into the initial release (or ever, for that matter), Shroud is going to be so expansive that I am sure I will find something to love… and I plan on at least trying everything.
Q: Can you say something positive about this purple site?
A: I certainly can. Between all of the taming I’ve done and Energy Vortex’s I’ve casted, I have dealt with a million llamas (or more), but I have never sat down and read the musings of one. Apparently llamas are hilarious, the first time I looked over this site I literally laughed out loud. Keep up the great work… we need to remember that this is a game, and games are supposed to be entertaining. The community tends to take itself too seriously, we need more sites like this to remind us why we are all here… to have fun.
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| Thunderbird3k in a Thunderbird. |
Q: What did you think when I requested you a blazon with a purple llama over a mountain of skulls?
A: Since the College of Arms is entirely volunteers, we don’t get assigned work, but rather watch the boards and pick the people we would like to help. When I saw that you wanted a purple llama, I responded right away. I prefer to do the coats of arms that require custom work, and for some reason there were no llamas in our database… a problem that demanded immediate attention. I couldn’t trust just anyone to design what is probably the most important charge in the game; as they say, “If you want something done right, summon a purple llama to do it.” That is what they say, isn’t it?
Q: If you were a crazy animal, which animal will you be?
A: I would probably be a mongoose, and I would have a friend who was also a mongoose. We would call ourselves ‘mongeese’ to annoy the grammar Nazis.
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