How one Christmas can change everything. An amazing story of one of The Darkest Day creators

JuliusBorisov

While surfing the web today, I've found a story I couln't believe in at first. This is a part of an autobiography of Max Schnur, one of the creators of the Darkest Day mod for Baldur's Gate 2. http://www.teambg.org/thedarkestday/

This unbelievable story started on December, 25, 1998.

"If the Darkest Day (TDD) didn't exist, a lot of stuff after that wouldn't exist. Probably not even BGEE."

- @Avenger_teambg‌

This is how Baldur's Gate can shape your life.

http://wistia.com/blog/non-sequitur-fridays-how-baldurs-gate-shaped-my-life-part-1
http://wistia.com/blog/non-sequitur-fridays-baldurs-gate-part-2/
http://wistia.com/blog/non-sequitur-fridays-baldurs-gate-part-3

Ravenslight

Thank you for posting this @bengoshi I am always curious about the real people behind mods. What drives them to put so much time and effort, so much of themselves into creating the mods we enjoy. And how doing so helps shape them in return. This is a heart warming personal account of the trials and evolution of the modder in his own words. I really enjoyed it.

JuliusBorisov

This can also serve as an inspiration for all those people who are not modders or developers. Max Schnur clearly says he was a noob back in the days (and who are not noobs in the start?) and yet with all the effort the Darkest Day mod got recognized among the best gaming sites. That mod has nearly everything that in one manner or another will come to the mind of everyone playing BG: the return of Xzar and Montaron to BG2, their locations, IWD spells and kits in BG, new item, new quests...

You can start from scratch, in every moment, and still reach everything, if you are sturdy and composed.

Well, it can even serve as an inspiration for any human being just thinking about something.

CoM_Solaufein

He was good at scripting, he was the resident TeamBG scripting guru whom I asked many questions in regards to scripting way back when.

JuliusBorisov

And in 2016 the Darkest day mod has become EE-compatible!

https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/comment/711430/#Comment_711430