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INFO: 2016 in Review
9 years ago
Hearken, my subjects!
Some reflections on 2016 from your adorable imperious prince. Its been an interesting year.
ETHERAS CHARACTER ACHIEVEMENTS
.. lots of new artwork.
.. an Etheras comic thanks to
TheBlackRook
.. really started shifting Etheras towards his original concept. Probably the most canon artwork ever coming out from
Atryl. I'll be posting that sometime this year.
.. found some new artists, replaced a few old ones.
.. conquered some people.
.. subjugated some stuff.
.. crossed the 150K pageviews milestone.
.. crossed the 75K faves milestone.
.. work ongoing for an Etheras video game perhaps in the coming years? We'll see. Its lower priority than some more-mainstream stuff that I want to focus-on first.
ETHERAS PLAYER ACHIEVEMENTS
.. working hard on video games. Nothing to announce yet, but I'm really hoping to launch or at least announce before the spring.
.. formed a new media company. Details to come soon.
.. continued to take measures to cut down on character theft. Steps are being taken to hopefully make character theft a thing of the past.
.. posted a bunch of new journals. I need to get better at posting regularly.
IN THE WORLD
.. Donald Trump. Love it or hate it, its a thing.
.. Brexit.
.. Politics this year has really dominated the news media, from the aforementioned issues to others that sort-of got overshadowed, like the death of Gawker Media, a rise in global terrorism, the migrant crisis seeming to spiral out of control, meme warfare, the alt-right and the new-left. Classical liberals going to war with Progressives. Traditionalists versus Trumpians. I hope that all the post-election buzz dies down soon. I've really had enough of it.
.. Tesla Motors unveils Model-3
.. Tesla / Solar City project unveils photovoltaic shingles that actually look good.
.. Microsoft continues to dominate technology. The launch of Surface Studio shows that real innovation is still possible in technology. 3D scanning from 2D images shows that Microsoft is now the world leader in image processing (this is a very difficult problem).
.. On the flip side, HTC Vive has really annihilated Holo Lens. You might have noticed how uninspiring (and pre-recorded) the Holo Lens presentation was this year. And how graphically poor the HoloLens is compared to Vive (which needs a whole computer attached, so can push a lot more polys). Vive sort-of came out of nowhere and with room-scale, and now everyone is scrambling to catch-up.
.. Major setback for SpaceX as one of their rockets explodes on the launchpad, destroying its payload.
.. SpaceX continues to test reusable boosters - still has not re-flown one.
.. HBO tries to remain relevant in the upcoming post-Game Of Thrones world, introduces Westworld, and succeeds.
.. Zootopia and Deadpool set the bar early for movies in 2016, and nothing else was able to catch up. It really was a weak year for film. Hoping 2017 is better.
.. Sort-of a lackluster year for video games as well. Aside from DOOM, I mean.
UNREACHED ACHIEVEMENTS
.. Lets face it: I was horrible about my commitments last year.
.. Didn't release the video game that I had promised.
.. Only one of the new comics actually came out.
.. Etheras.com is still a mostly-blank page.
.. no new music - despite being on the cusp of having several done.
.. did not complete the novel that I spoke of last year. Hardly even started it, in-fact.
.. re-launch of Jaspian sort-of fizzled. I posted some thoughts on his main page, particularly around video games and stuff, but I think I only uploaded 1 or 2 pictures. I need to get better at this.
.. I think I also failed to give an adequate presence to Etheras here on FA. I think I kept a good upload cadence, but I hardly posted any journals toward the end of the year. Mostly this is because I have been in sort-of "stealth mode" due to video game company commitments, but that's no reason to be completely silent.
WHAT TO EXPECT IN 2017
.. Okay, I really really need to release at least 1 major video game title (non-furry). Possibly as many as 4.
.. development of several new comics. Some will be Etheras-based, some will support the upcoming video games.
.. launch of www.etheras.com (I know, I know. Its taking forever) - I promise to have SOMETHING by next time this year.
.. maybe some new music
.. MAYBE publishing of an Etheras novel. though I might just hire someone to do this. My time is unfortunately stretched so thin!
.. and of course, lots of new artwork featuring Etheras with horses and zebras!!!
Should be an exciting year! Hope you'll stay with me ^.^
Thanks,
~ Lord Etheras
Some reflections on 2016 from your adorable imperious prince. Its been an interesting year.
ETHERAS CHARACTER ACHIEVEMENTS
.. lots of new artwork.
.. an Etheras comic thanks to
TheBlackRook.. really started shifting Etheras towards his original concept. Probably the most canon artwork ever coming out from
Atryl. I'll be posting that sometime this year... found some new artists, replaced a few old ones.
.. conquered some people.
.. subjugated some stuff.
.. crossed the 150K pageviews milestone.
.. crossed the 75K faves milestone.
.. work ongoing for an Etheras video game perhaps in the coming years? We'll see. Its lower priority than some more-mainstream stuff that I want to focus-on first.
ETHERAS PLAYER ACHIEVEMENTS
.. working hard on video games. Nothing to announce yet, but I'm really hoping to launch or at least announce before the spring.
.. formed a new media company. Details to come soon.
.. continued to take measures to cut down on character theft. Steps are being taken to hopefully make character theft a thing of the past.
.. posted a bunch of new journals. I need to get better at posting regularly.
IN THE WORLD
.. Donald Trump. Love it or hate it, its a thing.
.. Brexit.
.. Politics this year has really dominated the news media, from the aforementioned issues to others that sort-of got overshadowed, like the death of Gawker Media, a rise in global terrorism, the migrant crisis seeming to spiral out of control, meme warfare, the alt-right and the new-left. Classical liberals going to war with Progressives. Traditionalists versus Trumpians. I hope that all the post-election buzz dies down soon. I've really had enough of it.
.. Tesla Motors unveils Model-3
.. Tesla / Solar City project unveils photovoltaic shingles that actually look good.
.. Microsoft continues to dominate technology. The launch of Surface Studio shows that real innovation is still possible in technology. 3D scanning from 2D images shows that Microsoft is now the world leader in image processing (this is a very difficult problem).
.. On the flip side, HTC Vive has really annihilated Holo Lens. You might have noticed how uninspiring (and pre-recorded) the Holo Lens presentation was this year. And how graphically poor the HoloLens is compared to Vive (which needs a whole computer attached, so can push a lot more polys). Vive sort-of came out of nowhere and with room-scale, and now everyone is scrambling to catch-up.
.. Major setback for SpaceX as one of their rockets explodes on the launchpad, destroying its payload.
.. SpaceX continues to test reusable boosters - still has not re-flown one.
.. HBO tries to remain relevant in the upcoming post-Game Of Thrones world, introduces Westworld, and succeeds.
.. Zootopia and Deadpool set the bar early for movies in 2016, and nothing else was able to catch up. It really was a weak year for film. Hoping 2017 is better.
.. Sort-of a lackluster year for video games as well. Aside from DOOM, I mean.
UNREACHED ACHIEVEMENTS
.. Lets face it: I was horrible about my commitments last year.
.. Didn't release the video game that I had promised.
.. Only one of the new comics actually came out.
.. Etheras.com is still a mostly-blank page.
.. no new music - despite being on the cusp of having several done.
.. did not complete the novel that I spoke of last year. Hardly even started it, in-fact.
.. re-launch of Jaspian sort-of fizzled. I posted some thoughts on his main page, particularly around video games and stuff, but I think I only uploaded 1 or 2 pictures. I need to get better at this.
.. I think I also failed to give an adequate presence to Etheras here on FA. I think I kept a good upload cadence, but I hardly posted any journals toward the end of the year. Mostly this is because I have been in sort-of "stealth mode" due to video game company commitments, but that's no reason to be completely silent.
WHAT TO EXPECT IN 2017
.. Okay, I really really need to release at least 1 major video game title (non-furry). Possibly as many as 4.
.. development of several new comics. Some will be Etheras-based, some will support the upcoming video games.
.. launch of www.etheras.com (I know, I know. Its taking forever) - I promise to have SOMETHING by next time this year.
.. maybe some new music
.. MAYBE publishing of an Etheras novel. though I might just hire someone to do this. My time is unfortunately stretched so thin!
.. and of course, lots of new artwork featuring Etheras with horses and zebras!!!
Should be an exciting year! Hope you'll stay with me ^.^
Thanks,
~ Lord Etheras
hope you are dealt a good one