Site Goals
TheLifestream.net (TLS) is centred on Final Fantasy VII coverage. If you believe you can contribute to the site, join the forum and post in the Project List thread to enlist and become an official contributor. You may also post in the aforementioned thread to suggest additional projects that fit the scope of this site’s goals.
Read the formal mission statements below.
Practical Objectives
- To be a guide to the FFVII franchise and to catalogue what counts in the main FFVII Compilation canon versus what does not count.
- To be a resource for official FFVII media in the form of script rips, official art, FMV sequences, sound effects and so on, complete with documentation and complementary commentaries to these.
- To present the history of the development of each FFVII title. This is so done via posting pre-release material, developer interviews, game-hacking and providing in-depth analyses of these.
- To promote fan-made FFVII material, ranging from and to: Game mods, game editing/viewing software, music remixes, art, cosplay, fan-fiction, essays analysing the themes of FFVII, parodies or other tributes.
- To suggest a variety of ways to experience the playable FFVII titles and keep a track of the best speedruns & minigame records.
Ideal Objectives
- To diminish the gap between the Japanese and non-Japanese FFVII fanbase by:
A) Providing exclusive English translations of Japanese material
B) Share English articles and works in a Japanese format
- To establish channels of communication with representatives of Square and ultimately allow fan input to influence the direction and choice of Square Enix’s projects.
The former goal is naturally achieved via the site’s coverage, but the latter requires that we also get a hold of people in high positions and that TheLifestream.net receives greater recognition around the gaming based side of the web.