Physiological response to news of new MI project
Just for fun, I was wondering how other long-time MI fans physically/mentally reacted to the news.
When I first logged into my email and saw the Telltale newsletter entitled "Telltale Making New Monkey Island Games", the first thing that happened is the blood drained out of my face. I'm not kidding; my ears went numb for a sec, and the pit of my stomach did that 'excited' acidic thing.
My mouth fell open and both hands were on my face, and I did a looong blink like I was trying to clear something out of my eyes. Then as it started to sink in, under my breath I started going "oh my god oh my god oh my god", like a freaking little girl. ***Edit: BTW did I mention that I'm in my mid-30's? Yep, pretty pathetic, I know. *** Then I immediately began to think for a sec that maybe I was dreaming or delusional, or maybe I was actually dead, or something really bad was about to happen to me and this was my "concession".
Instead of taking the time to savour this, I started quickly "skimming" all of the information trying to soak up as much as possible, and missed a lot of info on the first pass. I almost peed myself from excitement. I clicked on the "pre-order" link in the email before I had even finished reading it!
I think this is how one would react at having just won the lottery. News of a new MI game and a re-make of SOMI are, for me apparently, almost as good as winning the lottery. Even days later, I'm still wondering if I dreamt the whole thing. Anyone else?
When I first logged into my email and saw the Telltale newsletter entitled "Telltale Making New Monkey Island Games", the first thing that happened is the blood drained out of my face. I'm not kidding; my ears went numb for a sec, and the pit of my stomach did that 'excited' acidic thing.
My mouth fell open and both hands were on my face, and I did a looong blink like I was trying to clear something out of my eyes. Then as it started to sink in, under my breath I started going "oh my god oh my god oh my god", like a freaking little girl. ***Edit: BTW did I mention that I'm in my mid-30's? Yep, pretty pathetic, I know. *** Then I immediately began to think for a sec that maybe I was dreaming or delusional, or maybe I was actually dead, or something really bad was about to happen to me and this was my "concession".
Instead of taking the time to savour this, I started quickly "skimming" all of the information trying to soak up as much as possible, and missed a lot of info on the first pass. I almost peed myself from excitement. I clicked on the "pre-order" link in the email before I had even finished reading it!
I think this is how one would react at having just won the lottery. News of a new MI game and a re-make of SOMI are, for me apparently, almost as good as winning the lottery. Even days later, I'm still wondering if I dreamt the whole thing. Anyone else?
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I suppose I was in shock for a few moment aswell, something I've been waiting for for what seems forever, finally arives, and it ended up beign a double whammy, what with the SE of Secret coming too!
Sorry I can't tell you more, I don't remember, I wasn't recording informations 'cause my brain was all concentrated to Monkey Island.
This. I went crazy with excitement. I tried to read information about the game, but I was just so excited that I wasn't properly taking anything in. I think I filled out the pre-order details faster than I've ever done before.
Same here. Not the literal running around part -- I was at work -- but I think my feet went a little crazy under my desk. And like you, that was the fasted I'd ever filled out pre-order details for anything.
Little hesitation till I saw Dave was in the project.... (You can never be so sure about LucasArts bad arts)
Then rushed to the trailer. I fainted while listening to the main theme and when I woke up I had already preordered...
Seems like some kind of conditioning if you ask me.
It didn't really caught me off guard because due to the rumors of "something monkey islandish" in the E3, that where there because of the remake of MK1 actually, I spent most of the last week making theories about what was coming...
The fact that every single one of the possible scenarios we were talking about was lot worse than the truth makes me smile now... (Well, a return of Ron, Tim and Dave was considered, but didn't pass the reality check).
In I strange way, I was reminded of the last nine years, of how much i had grown since the last game, of how much my life had changed... and then I thought ''Yhea, I think i'm ready for another one!''
As I were just about to close the window, I saw that you could still proceed to the blog.
I think I stared for a while, thinking it was some weird joke, or even a dream. I was quite tired at the moment.
Then, as I realized what was happening, a giant smirk appeared on my face. I checked the mirror, knowing that I would surely look like some staring and smiling homicidal maniac.
It took a few minutes before my face began to relax.
And then I stayed inside, proceded to read everything there was to know about the game, and other peoples reactions.
All this caused my to miss this weeks laundry. So thanks to you Telltale, I smell!
This coming not long after I heard there will be a Beyond Good & Evil 2. It's just... so... *snff*... beautiful.
But I didn't expect to see it when randomly going to worldofmi.com to check my email. I was very confused, and then I started to smile and chuckle uncontrollably. And then I went into a euphoric/must learn everything that everyone else knows/forum searching mode for the next 5 hours.
And then I called up the one friend I know who played Monkey Island and told him.
I then read about the announcement of Left 4 Dead 2. "Great. That makes the £40 spent on L4D recently a waste of money." But then I was restored to a state of euphoria when I found out that Tales of Monkey Island is next month and costs half what Valve want for their trumped up mod. Unfortunately, I soon discovered to my dismay that my current card isn't accepted on the Telltale site.
It was a day of highs and lows.
...I've been hammerin' LucasArts for sequels in their own forum, so I'm pretty pleased that someone is making it. Disappointed in LucasArts tho... Still churning out that same old Star Wars and Indiana Jones crap.... Wish they would make a good ol' point'n'click game, like the old days=)
Monkey Island, Sam&Max, Maniac Mansion, Day of the Tentacle, Full Throttle, and all those beauties<3 Yeah, I've played 'em all=P
Ps. If anyone from Telltale read this, ask Aardman if you can put a piratey W&G in to ToMI somewhere and I'll sell my house and give you all the proceeds. And my kidneys too.
I can't wait....and I'm 38!!....I feel like a kid all over again
Then when I found they are FINALLY releasing more MI games, I shouted YEEESSS!! Thankfully I was working in the server room by myself at the time. Now I feel an afterglow, like the first time you have sex. LOL
NEW MONKEY ISLAND!
My classmates said I was in some sort of catatonic state and then I started to whisper oh my God. This was at the very beginning of the day thus resulting in me not caring what happened rest of the day. I was, without any kind of understatement, happy for the very first time in my life. Just happy.
I am still in this state. I read all of your posts, and I just wanted to say;
Friends, finally!:D
http://www.telltalegames.com/store/talesofmonkeyisland
Now, as you can see this page is a bit confusing; the next thing that I remember is my eyes looking frantically for the order button. I remember clicking randomly on a few buttons before some neuron transmitter aligned itself properly and for the first time I had clear vision. That's when I saw the Add to Cart button.
I think my jaw dropped when I saw the price of $34.95, I thought it's a crazy price - can't be that low - I would pay $500 for a new installment - but by then the screen has already changed to the checkout page.
From there it was quite easy. I filled the credit card field in 2.4 seconds, went to my email account and refreshed it 20 times in the next minute or so until I saw the confirmation. Then my body let itself relax.
Uri
I got the news of a friend i'd been out of touch with for a few months, on the 3rd June, and irritatingly he's one of those LucasArts-StarWars fanboys and he got the news before I did :P
I clicked the links and immediately began surfing what images I could find, because since i'm doing history at uni my instincts kicked in telling me to cut through secondary-source guff and just see what it was about. I saw Guybrush looking infinitely improved on MI4, LeChuck looking much more funky than in previous games, and thought "this is it" and for the rest of the day I was spouting MI trivia that I remembered that somehow linked in with just about everything!
I didn't get much of a reaction physically, but I was so excited mentally that I couldn't think straight for a good ten minutes.
http://www.milegend.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3443
Serious fury, for about a day.
This one is my favorite.
But by fate, I saw this website on my faves and said, "Hmm..let's check it out for fun."
AHHHHHH! I am so freaking excited!!!! I am supposed to be paying off my credit card before I get married in december, but it's under $40...
"Wot? ...wot? What. That's impossible."
np: Tarwater - Captain (Not Given Lightly (Disc 2))