Give us your Past Games Haiku : The Elder Scrolls Series Discussion

» Thu Sep 02, 2010 1:48 am

inspired by the genius thread in the Oblivion games section:

http://www.elderscrolls.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=468723

I feel we should have one here - we can even compare and contrast the types of Haiku that people post. remember this thread is for the Past Games, use the Oblivion thread for ones based on your feelings over that game.
Who knows maybe this will be the first time a games company has used user Haiku feedback to understand what their customers would like?

Haiku: a three-line poem, usually imagistic, derived from Japanese tradition.
First & third lines have five syllables. Second line has seven syllables.

Daggerfall feeds fear,
Demon screams loud exit lost.
dark tunnel to light

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 6:43 pm

Fourth of Morning Star
Travels long, the white surrounds
Snow songs in my ear

Quest from mages guild
Insomnia cursed, needs sleep
Should have bought that spell!

These are fun

» Thu Sep 02, 2010 2:04 am

I'd just bought the game
Max volume, Skeleton screams
Heart attack ensues.

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 8:14 pm

Foot passes through floor
No slowfall or levitate
Void envelops me.

...or...

Hacking through dungeon
Monster casts 'Memory leak'
Another DOS prompt.

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 3:16 pm

Eaten by disease
No potions, temple too far
I can only die.

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 4:55 pm

Searching through dungeons,
Too lazy to check sticky,
HOW DO I ATTACK?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!111

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 10:35 pm

Can't move a muscle
Thieves and spiders make me so
Wish I were High Elf

You dream of the moon
and of a man who is less
than a man. Now howl!

Halt halt halt halt halt!
Do you wish to surrender
to the city guards?

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 9:18 pm

Eaten by disease
No potions, temple too far
I can only die.

That's good.

Here's mine (recalling my first "wow" moment in Daggerfall)

Crisp air, falling snow
Escaped from Privateer's Hold
Where shall I go now?

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 10:29 am

I like that one, Mode. It's right on target :nod:

I will not hunt herbs
Nor find your lost atronach
Let me guard the tranced.

Bats can be rats can
be gnats can be that's can be
thises, wabbajack!

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 12:31 pm

travel here and there
wander about in despair
im stuck in a lair

morning air so fresh
last night was a horrid test
a lich ate my flesh

the ladies are hot
yet so vague and distorted
that i must be drunk

» Thu Sep 02, 2010 12:49 am

Man these are good. I can think of any, maybe my english is still too weak.

"Crisp air, falling snow
Escaped from Privateer's Hold
Where shall I go now?"

That's perfect. *wipes tears from eyes*

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 7:46 pm

Searching through dungeons,
Too lazy to check sticky,
HOW DO I ATTACK?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!111

lol

'Crunch, crunch' feet on snow
stars bright in dark blue night sky
music - sad beauty.

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 11:25 am

What madness is this?
Hunted hare. No time, no rest.
The hounds are from hell.

Lost. Alone. Fear. Foes.
Can't go back, only deeper.
The Lord is waiting.

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 10:11 pm

Searching through dungeons,
Too lazy to check sticky,
HOW DO I ATTACK?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!111

I thought i would do one of those too.. sorta describes life on the boards
Just downloaded arena
How do i swing the sword?
I cant read stickies

Now for a real one..

The cold, crisp air snaps
A monster in the distance
Wake from my slumber

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 4:07 pm

Murdered in cold blood.
"Halt! Halt!", Guards come after me.
Must leave town, or else...

Days have passed since then.
A strange letter comes to me...
Mephala calls me!

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 3:37 pm

I must say these are already better than the Oblivion poems, where half the peopl don't know the difference between a syllable and a word.

Fleeing the vampire
His laughter haunts me within
Darkness then ensues

Wandering the world
I look for someone who has
not heard of my crimes.

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 6:05 pm

Ok I'll try one with a brooding mood.

Wayrest sun you break
through the winter of my soul,
glistening love - I fear.

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 12:34 pm

luck on ebay wins
Daggerfall on XP blues
DaGrooved1 brings joy

Old pc found free
Daggerfall best platform found
Old SB for sound

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 1:09 pm

luck on ebay wins
Daggerfall on XP blues
DaGrooved1 brings joy

Ahh, dammit, you did mine! I'll post my one anyway...

Just got Daggerfall
Putting it in C.D drive now
Ahhhh damn windows XP

» Thu Sep 02, 2010 1:32 am

Ahh, dammit, you did mine! I'll post my one anyway...

Got Daggerfall in shop
Putting it in C.D drive now
Ahhhh damn windows XP

yours was better than mine .......oh you got 6 syllables in that first line!

well i still like its sound more than mine

Bethesda my plea,
Go back look at Daggerfall
Less is not more see?

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 1:48 pm

Come through the Weir gate
BattleMages fallen to
Daedra, Nirn's Last hope

That's the best I can do, I svck at poetry.

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 5:01 pm

yours was better than mine .......oh you got 6 syllables in that first line!

well i still like its sound more than mine

Bethesda my plea,
Go back look at Daggerfall
Less is not more see?

Where was the wrong syllable? was it in daggerfall (I thought that daggerfall was 2 syllables) ? if it is, I'll change it in an edit!

Edit: I thought of another one. sorta crappy, though:

Got Battlespire
I just bought it on ebay
AHHHHH, it's pirate copy!

Oh, and I edited the other haiku!

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 3:54 pm

Have only played Ob
where can i find daggerfall
when will it be free

Like I said, I svck at poetry

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 4:11 pm

Dreaded level two
"My venom will make you flop..."
Begone, foul spiders!!

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 3:16 pm

yours was better than mine .......oh you got 6 syllables in that first line!

well i still like its sound more than mine

Bethesda my plea,
Go back look at Daggerfall
Less is not more see?

Ha, you win the haiku related internet.