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        (Farewell)

In the twilight of a broken world,
Where silence reigns and flags are furled,
I stand with those who fight, not flee,
The Resistance—our hearts bound, free.

Generation Zero, land of rust,
Where hope survives despite the dust.
Machines that stalk, relentless, cold,
Yet in our hands, a fire bold.

Through fields and forests, ruins vast,
The past’s shadow looms, overcast.
But we, the brave, we march in stride,
Defying fate, with nowhere to hide.

The Resistance—our strength, our guide,
Against the metal, side by side.
In every battle, every stand,
We fight for freedom, reclaim this land.

But now the winds have shifted, still,
The developers’ hand, no more to fill
The world we love with new design,
As Generation Zero’s light declines.

The updates cease, the future’s dim,
A fading echo on the wind.
Yet in my heart, the flames remain,
For what we built shall still sustain.

Though the end is here, it’s not defeat,
For every victory, every beat,
The Resistance lives in those who play,
And in our love, it finds its way.

So farewell to the code, the dream,
But in our hearts, it will still gleam.
Generation Zero, we’ll never part,
Your world will live within my heart.

Farewell, Generation Zero.
November 11th 2024.

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@iprocrastinatinq - our poet warrior!

Good stuff :+1:

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Good one!

Now make a song out of it.
It’s already a ballad.
If it could even fit to the melody of the theme song?
Maybe with adjusted playback speed?

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Dang. Almost brought me to tears. Good job👏

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Tried to create an generated song out of your poem.
Accidently I copied more than just the poem, but also the head of your post.

I tried more versions without this header, but they all weren’t as cool as this one:

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Wow! Yeah, minus the header, this is really good!:+1:

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Dear GZ-Developers with dreams so pure,
you gifted us mysteries and nice fancy lore.
With your beautiful vision, so haunting and clear,
You brought us a tale of resilience and fear.

  • Dear GZ-Developers with dreams so pure,
    you gifted us mysteries and nice fancy lore.
    With your beautiful vision, so haunting and clear,
    You brought us a tale of resilience and fear.

On Swedish soil, a promising theme,
that not often - or ever - the light has seen.
In the Games"R"Us it was one of a kind,
an abstract painting, but fabulously designed.

Generation Zero, we will miss you,
We will miss you, yeah!

The team created a progressive masterpiece,
While also loving to obscure and to tease!
The final Showdown seems both thrilling and sad,
but all journeys must end, even for Gysbert - Granddad!

A journey crafted with such care
A universe beyond compare
With every world you brought to life
You turned pixels into vibrant strife or joy

Generation Zero, we will miss you,
We will miss you, yeah!
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Generation Zero, we will miss you,
We will miss you, yeah!

Edit: I changed the song melody a bit

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:clap::clap:Bravo! Love the end.

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I thought that too at first… But in the end it’s quite ok, like an intro which many songs today have… As credits for the creator or something else… Who knows. :sweat_smile:

I especially like the end of the song… Listen to it 'til the end of the 4mins. It becomes more calm and repeats the intro partly and the 4th and 5th verse. The end really fits.

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This song is so catchy! I caught myself humming it while I’m here at work🤣

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It reading out the forum information is hilarious :joy:

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Traversing the mountains on a forested hike
Or sensibly riding my sensible bike
Penning multiple targets with my Exp. PVG90
These are a few of the things that I like

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Tatiana is obviously struggling with the implications of her have a mechanical leg.
I thought that this “I am not a machine!” seems a good song title.

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Nice! I love the chorus.
I am not a machine, no gears in my soul.
I am not a machine; I won’t lose control.
I am not a machine; hear me, understand.
I am Tatiana, a human, I stand.

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Glad you like it. It’s is in my head all day, I keep singing I am not a machine… :laughing:

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I have an idea, maybe you want to try it out.
Pick all the lore of GZ, let chatgpt make a summary for it, then let it transform it into a songtext and generate a song out of it.

Maybe start with the matroshka doll lore.

You are truly too kind.

Not a poem, but a song…

I asked chatgpt to create a song text about Generation Zero, added an intro and threw it into suno. Here’s the result:

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That was wonderful! The guitar was amazing.

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I’m really surprised about the result.
And each time I hear it again, it becomes better and better :sweat_smile:

Edit:
I especially like how the song evolves.
You can feel, how the character becomes more and more self confident and how he changes from a helpless victim to a resistant fighter with power and will.
Although it’s mostly AI generated, it’s awesome.

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