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[rose]

[Duckster]

hoooookay, so everyone's gonna be working on ideas.... anyone else see 50 games springing to life in the course of a week when they're rejected?

This sounds great-- I'm quite excited and would, of course, be willing to join up with any ya'll.

Remember American Idol? How people who didn't win got record deals?......... whats gonna stop the two losers who were nevertheless good enoguh to make the top three from just launching their games? Just a thought.

[terminalskeptik]

I have already started formulating ideas for a story I came up with a while ago. Of course we don't know what format the submissions will be so all i have is notes right now. If anyone wants to peek behind a curtain that hasn't been drawn, PM me.

[addlepated]

I received a PGL update in my email:

[chippy]

seems like we have more information and faqs (and RSS feed) on the main page
http://www.projectgamelight.com/

and a link to some kind of "community building and interaction software by IntroNetworks" here http://gamer.intronetworks.com/portal.aspx

[jamesi]

I signed up for that community whatever it is, and was disappointed to see that 'played Lockjaw' was not on the list of ARG-related aspects (when creating my profile).

[DeformedUncleLouie]

TEAMMATE FOR SALE!!!!!!!

I really would like to be a part of this, but I don't know enough people to make my own team, so I loved to join someone else's.

Little info on me. I have created internet games before, but not an ARG. I created my own vertion of Last Comic standing (Last gamer standing) and the apprentice (The Beta-tester) and I am currently hard at work on a 50 level puzzle trail (but I'm not suppose to tell you that till later so shhhhhh)

I am currently in college and am an inspireing writer despite having a spelling problem. PM OR IM me to chit chat

[Ursos]

[blaqueice]

just got an email update:

[vector]

So ya think that we should chalk up the

[imbri]

So, have you all filled out the IntroNetworks profile? It's really quite interesting to see where you stand next to others. It takes a few minutes, but you can go back and change any/all of your answers. I went back and reranked some of my preferences to more adequately express myself and it almost completely changed my little inner circle, which was interesting.

I must admit, some of it doesn't seem incredibly well thought out (which I doubt is an indication of PGL in general, but first impressions and all that). Not only are there several notable absenses (PPC & Mindcandy - responsible for one of the most popular games of the last year or so and regularly bringing in new people to the genre & UF; Push, NV - while arguably disappointing it also brought a number of people to the genre including some of the more active member; and Lockjaw - ancient though it may be, it is listed as a number of people's favorite game but isn't an option under 'played', and what about Team UH which wasn't only Dave) but the choices that one has to make don't always seem indicitive of the community or the genre. We regularly have debates over whether people are "puzzle people" or "story people" and yet that isn't an option. Also, under interests, are there any of us here (aside from kxmom... hi mom!) that are so into bmx and racing and fourwheeling and such that we need to distinguish between them? Why only list two genres of storytelling (be it literature or game) when there are so many more and some, arguably, as integral to ARGs as Science Fiction. The way it matches people by interest and even allows you to search by interest, it would seem to be far more successful in it's goals (assuming the goals are to help match members of the community as well as help PGL teams create experiences to best target the potential audience) if the interests and questions were a bit more representative of the community as a whole.

In any event, it's all quite cool and I've wasted many minutes mousing over people both in and out of my circle to see who they are & their interests. I just think that the success of it depends as much on the community it represents as it does the people behind it. It's success also depends on getting as many of us to fill it out as possible, so what are you waiting for... head on over to IntroNetworks and fill it out! The info you share can only help, even if you just plan on playing, it will help the teams selected to participate in Project Gamelight in knowing their potential audience!

- b

[cabalagent23]

The IntroNetworks Profile

[Fi]

Imbri said:

[imbri]

[Wolf]

Takes Flash and apparently requires cookies to log in. No PGL for me