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[Nightmare Tony]

You know, I do recall there is some buggy whip industries back east....

but seriously,

OK sure, let me rephrase a little. Targeting the community could be ok, as long as it's still accessible to a larger audience, in terms of gameplay, content and quality.

So that means that every garage band should book the Staples Center, hoping that the world will come storming in the door?


AIM is merely a new rabbithole tool right now, a fad which will pass or become simply a new tool. Just because a game sends you something in snail mail does NOT mean its a huge game in the making.

The interaction that AIM offers in chat rooms and IRC is opening up a nice local dimension which can ALSO go global. There is no number limit to those chats as of yet.

And as one who pmed before and will pm again (neither of them being aim games, as you derisievley call them), being behind the curtain is HARD WORK. Keeping track of game progress, trends, all sorts of factors which lead the game or may affect it beyond anyone's control.

We always get new players in waves if a huge campaign brings in perople who never played before, are not regulars. You can become seriously jaded which is what is being shown in this thread.

One thing nice on the many levels and styles, everyone expressed themselves. an ARG is an expression of art.

Not every artist will be shown at the Louvre.

[yanka]

[Dorkmaster]

Random entries here:

[jamesi]

[krystyn]

jamesi, I think that's one of my fondest memories of those Euchre games:

I would play as Bruce, and Brooke would be Barbie, and you guys would be yourselves, and with the exception of oh, say, MOS SERV or someone, you would all try your damndest not to let on that you were simply eavesdropping for puzzle clues. It was an amazing and dare I say, heart-warming example of how players can work together for a common cause, and yet still remain immersed in the world they've put themselves into, in order to help preserve that world.

Brooke, I think you sell yourself short: your Beth/AIM convos with people worked out pretty well, when it all came down to it. The chaos we engendered with that whole real-time sequence WAS intense, but I think we needed it to be, no? It was endgame. Lotsa whomps.

I DO think you need to show that screenshot of your AIM windows, though. THAT was pretty fricking amazing.

[xnbomb]

[krystyn]

xnbomb, just throw some devil horns and say, "ARGS RULE!!!"


then, crack open a beer, chug it, and crush the can on your forehead.


bonus points for flexing muscles and emitting a manly, "GRRRR!"

[Ozy_y2k]

OMG Krystyn.

OMG OMG OMG.

[vpisteve]

[Phaedra]

[Phaedra]

In COMPLETELY UNRELATED news...


Le sigh.

[Nightmare Tony]

Jamesi:
"I'm not against the IM delivery model for ARG interaction, but I am definitely not a fan of games that simply don't make sense. Many of the recent IM-based games do not make sense. "

the idea of an AI from the future landing and calling people on payphones doesnt make much sense either. Neither did a parallel universe Cube.




I think I now have THe perfect solution for maintaining thepurity of the gaming sport.

Ban ALL game forums and games that do not fit the narrow mold. Only allow the classic purist concept to be part of the UF forums.

Wildfire: gone
Synagoga: gone
Jibril: gone
Sarakiddo: gone
Strange Dreams: gone.


that should solve the problem right there, shouldnt it? Pretend they dont exist, and they will go away. Of course, a new term will spring up called DEATH BY ATTRITION, but that is what is being sought, isnt it?

[Phaedra]

[NashCarey]

As heated as this topic has become, I had to read through it twice to make sure I hadn't posted to it. Sounds like "back in the day." lol!

I am glad to see this though! Good Job Imbri in getting the ball rolling. I don't think any of the original topics have been discussed for a while though, or even if they were discussed in the first place, making this more like an evolving chat than a "topic of dicussion."

BTW: Ozy, I agree with you bud!

Tony: I empathize.

[krystyn]