Saint robou, Patron of Time-Travelers And Reenactors
The Glorification Of robou
Hello again! The saint for this month is one who has received much praise recently, robou!
1. Congratulations! Tell us a bit about yourself:
Well I am one of the younger members of the forum, like yourself I am 15. I like baked beans and spend far too much time on the forums.
2. What does your username mean?
Well when I created it, I just thought it was a name no one else would a) have or b) ever think of. Of course it has my first name in it and the 'bo' ties into the first 2 letters of my surname. It was quite accidental that last bit
3. How did you discover Paradox games?
I was at a friends house one day when he introduced me to EU2. I bought it and got bored of it. Then i was at a different friends house and met CK and Victoria which he allowed me to borrow seeing he didn't understand how they worked. I never turned my back on Victoria since...
4. How did you discover the forums?
Accident, like most people. I was looking for an FAQ and ran into the forums and then slowly made my way over into AARland due to links in peoples signatures and then jsut started reading more and more.
5. Do you remember your first experience on the forums?
Oh very well. I wanted someone to create an event for Victoria that would annex Natal into the British Empire. I got told to make it myself...
6. Your writing two great AARs at once, how do you deal with it and find the time for each?
I stagger them. Generally, my update pattern is 3-5 days without an update depending on how many replies i get. When i have updated one, i let that get comments while i update the other. Timewise, i just have too much time at the moment due to the Summer Holidays. When those finish i think i will be back down to one.
7. One could say that your primary AAR is “I’m sorry, but you’re not the only…” It is a great AAR with a cinematic feel to it. How do you manage to write such epic narratives?
It was a unique idea having various armies from various timezones all converging on one place at one time. I just built up from that idea to have this beleguered traveller from the future, the only known man from the future, stuck in the middle of it as a wittness and often a belligerent. As for epicness, it is purely personal preference.
8. What was your favorite part to write about?
Oh most definately Chapter 14 with the shock sacrifice of Colonel Vetnyi which was fun to write. No one had quite expected Vetnyi to end that way and it was fun writing to catch people out. The first chapter was also very fun, but they always are the best planned ones.
9. Are you surprised at all the awards and honors you’ve recently received?
The first came as a little shock. I didn't realise my AARs were garnering enough publicity to gain awards. By the second one it felt slightly better, the third one I thought i was loosing my mind, and the fourth award I couldn't believe what i was seeing. It all was so sudden, in fact I think i now hold a record for winning all four AARland awards in the quickest timeframe (4 weeks). I just consider myself lucky and
I guess the awards kind of tagged along with people noticing my work and liking it. I really don't know.
10. Who has influenced your AAR-writing?
For my narrative, most definately canonized. I couldn't really thank him enough. He not only willed me on to start writing again, but the quality of his work really gave me something to aspire too. There are a few others, such as DerKaiser and Comagoosie, but canonized is the main one. As for my History-Book, most certainly your Greek AAR was a big influence and Mishgan would also have to count there with you
11. Do you have any advice for other AAR writers?
I would suggest looking at this thread started by likk9922 as a starters. As for my own advice. I enjoy all the writing I do. The moment i stopped liking it, i would not do it. Of course, sometimes you just wake up in the morning and you don't feel like writing an update. Then don't. Leave it until you feel like you can write an update. Even leave the AAR for a while so you can get your ideas together, as long as you come back you will still have readers. Just remember that AAR writing is from the heart as much as it is from the brain.
12. What are your favorite AARs?
Gosh, naming names. I would say Mishgan's Russian AAR is brilliant, a proper History-Book that rarely veers into Gameplay, a hard thing to achieve. Certainly i would have to name Timelines as one of my favourites as well as Remble's Japanese AAR where he really shows what is achieveable when you put your mind too it. I enjoy whatever i read, otherwise i wouldn't read it.
13. Do you have a favorite experience on the forums?
Oh there is certainly nothing like being an AAR writer and recieving nice, informative and sometimes critical Feedback. Nothing warms my heart on these forums more than that. It is a unique experience.
14. What do you like most about AARs and AAR-writing?
These are not people writing to sell books, not wishing to impress huge audiences. People that write AARs do it because they love it. When love is put into something like that, it is a pleasure to see, all the time. Now i will stop sounding like a hippie and say a big thanks to you!
Once again let us congratulate the newest saint of AARland, robou!
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