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Re: TLG and "Seeding"
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lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars
Date: 
Wed, 28 Feb 2001 14:11:01 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Jake McKee writes:

As far as I see it, I don't really see ease of building instructions and
creativity as the same thing. There are many elements of creativity in
building instructions, but one is direction, one is free form. I don't
really think that the instructions being easer to read and understand takes
away, reduces, or limits creativity in the slightest.

  I agree with this completely. Clear, detailed, and simple instructions
provide only a single path for one's building to follow; in no way do they
curtail creative exploration of other possibilities.
  If anyone finds that current instructions make building too easy, I
recommend either tearing out every other page, or else working from a black
and white photocopy of the instructions, or perhaps merely building in the
dark.  These simple steps will no doubt increase the difficulty of model
construction and provide an avenue for more creative building!  8^)

     Dave!



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  Re: TLG and "Seeding"
 
(...) But the discussion was not about MOCs...it was about building instructions for a specific design. Personally, I am inclined to trust that the thousands of hours of research that the TLG has done over the many years has given them a solid (...) (23 years ago, 28-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)  

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