Thread: What is with the lack of interest?

Originally Posted by vinchinator

I don't mean to change the subject of the post; but are any of you players of skyrim?

I ask this because I think that I see a trend with skyrim players and being able to tell how open minded they are by how they play. For example, I, like many of you are, am very open minded. I want to explore things that are obscure and interesting in nature. Hence when I play Skyrim, I do exactly that. I don't worry about my quest book building up, or that my character is not leveling up in a specific manner that I decided way before I even started playing. Instead, I walk around and immerse in the unique landscapes and cool caves - maybe climb a mountain just to see what is on the top and look down to see how detailed the map looks. Of course I do quests too - but this is mainly why I play skyrim.

On the other hand, what I consider the not-so-open-minded people tend to be playing the game for stats and creating the best character possible at each moment in the game, constantly worrying about completely each quest as they get them, and not really taking time to enjoy the scenery or change up the look inside their home. Their entire game is nothing but numbers. My roomate hates skyrim for this reason - because he loves RPG's but only ones that are not so "open" because he really finds no enjoyment in the vast scenery and ability to go anywhere or do anything. He complains that it is not straight forward and he doesn't know what to do or care to explore and find out. Hence he is someone who I brought lucid dreaming up to and had no interest in it.

I think this is what we mean when we mention "creativity". We may be confusing the term with "imagination" or having an open mind.

You know, I play Skyrim myself, and I much appreciate the incredible landscapes and adventure. Honestly, I think it's one of the best video games that I've ever played. In terms of story line, production, graphics, and gameplay. It's incredible... And a wonderful type of game for lucid dreamers, especially. I've also played Oblivion, and was blown away by how amazing the graphics, scenery, and storyline was.

The only thing that gets me steamed about Skyrim is inventory space! >.< I find myself thoroughly examining every room for books, potions, gold, and jewewlry.
For some reason I love to collect the books, and it kills me when I need to drop some for space... >.<... I still pick up all gems, but I've broke the habit of picking up all amulets, tiaras, and rings.. :p. One of my favorite things to do in skyrim/oblivion, is to look up at the sky(so beautiful!), and cast the "Become Ethereal" shout, as I jump off of a mountain! . The Elder Scrolls is like... A dream world, in that it's so much like reality, but so different too.

I digress...

Vinchinator - thanks for your reply!
I think I sort of agree that all people MUST have some level of creativity. That the answer must lie in their lack of self esteem about their creativity. Which brings me to a new idea... MAYBE, lucid dreaming is the right thing for those people? I mean, if someone's having issues coming to grips with their creativity... Then the first place they should go is their dreams!

Originally Posted by DreiHundert

You know, I play Skyrim myself, and I much appreciate the incredible landscapes and adventure. Honestly, I think it's one of the best video games that I've ever played. In terms of story line, production, graphics, and gameplay. It's incredible... And a wonderful type of game for lucid dreamers, especially. I've also played Oblivion, and was blown away by how amazing the graphics, scenery, and storyline was.

The only thing that gets me steamed about Skyrim is inventory space! >.< I find myself thoroughly examining every room for books, potions, gold, and jewewlry.
For some reason I love to collect the books, and it kills me when I need to drop some for space... >.<... I still pick up all gems, but I've broke the habit of picking up all amulets, tiaras, and rings.. :p. One of my favorite things to do in skyrim/oblivion, is to look up at the sky(so beautiful!), and cast the "Become Ethereal" shout, as I jump off of a mountain! . The Elder Scrolls is like... A dream world, in that it's so much like reality, but so different too.

I digress...

Vinchinator - thanks for your reply!
I think I sort of agree that all people MUST have some level of creativity. That the answer must lie in their lack of self esteem about their creativity. Which brings me to a new idea... MAYBE, lucid dreaming is the right thing for those people? I mean, if someone's having issues coming to grips with their creativity... Then the first place they should go is their dreams!

Yes skyrim/oblivion essentially are dream worlds! It's like a whole another life - very much like what the goal of lucid dreaming is. You have so much control in them and you don't have to worry about waking up by overexcitement lol When I play skyrim I have very similar quirky habits haha I collect all of the books and put them on my bookshelves in my house because when I am done beating all of the quests I want to be able to actually read all/most of them and get a deeper understanding of the environment and races, etc. This will get me pumped up enough to hopefully play it through again with a different character. Oblivion was definitely a shocking game because it was the first experience I had ever had in a series like this. Both of them however are hard to play and also keep up with a social life - it's so easy to just get immersed and forget about reality...Anyone that enjoys Skyrim should be fit for lucid dreaming.

I agree on your statement about lucid dreaming being able to help those who are self conscious about their creativity...I think there is just too low of an awareness that it really exists. Anyone who watched the movie Inception, and liked it, is obviously going to have an interest in lucid dreaming - but how many people really know it exists? I had no idea that it existed after watching Inception. I was on a blog reading an article called "50 ways to improve your life" and one of the things was lucid dreaming. Then I googled it. Now here I am. Psych classes should include a section on lucid dreaming, or at least say that it exists in my opinion.