Off Topic Discussion Megathread

[Illmaeran]

https://youtu.be/8Ze1LoN3_L4


Not sure if anyone brought this up, but I had no idea of what Soken was going through. I've always admired his work on this game, there are a lot of tracks that I'm so happy to hear when I'm in my fc house come on the orchestrion, and as it turns out, a few of them were ones he was working on from bed.

Just endears the dev team all the more to me.

I was bedridden for extended periods while receiving and/or due to severe chemotherapy treatment a few years ago. When I heard he had continued working on music while in the hospital my mind was blown. Half the time I was barely conscious, only slept for a couple hours at a time w/nurses coming in to change IVs etc, was extremely physically uncomfortable, and in very bad places mentally/emotionally. The only thing I had going for me was I had my appetite and could continue eating normally. Seeing him so thin, all I can think is that he was going through what I did on top of not being able to eat/keep food down.

I have no earthly idea how he was able to continue making such amazing music that wasn't completely dominated by fear, sadness, and overall depression. He will always have my utmost respect.

[Vahlnir]

I was bedridden for extended periods while receiving and/or due to severe chemotherapy treatment a few years ago. When I heard he had continued working on music while in the hospital my mind was blown. Half the time I was barely conscious, only slept for a couple hours at a time w/nurses coming in to change IVs etc, was extremely physically uncomfortable, and in very bad places mentally/emotionally. The only thing I had going for me was I had my appetite and could continue eating normally. Seeing him so thin, all I can think is that he was going through what I did on top of not being able to eat/keep food down.

I have no earthly idea how he was able to continue making such amazing music that wasn't completely dominated by fear, sadness, and overall depression. He will always have my utmost respect.

Yeah, it was really something hearing his story. I've watched people go through extensive chemo. After a certain point it was like they nearly lost the will to live entirely. It's a very painful process to say the least. How Soken was able to continue working, and working well, is beyond me too. Sure, his fans were probably great motivation, but still. Something...greater clearly drove him. I'm not sure how else to put it.