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[FLmutant]

 PM Advice: Don't "Gamejack" Other PM's Games

[Will 2.0]

OHHH yes I have. I completely agree with you. It's just horrible. If someone is that interested in the game they should spend their time playing it, not playing mimic.

[Jas0n]

I'm with you there FL...

only thing for me though, not being on a corporate team running a game for profit... is that while sometimes gamejacking is flattering (because it only happens if your game is doing good) the biggest problem with it isn't necessarily taking attention away from the game you're developing - it's the confusion for the gamers that is the biggest issue.

I don't feel offended by someone targetting players who are focused on my game. I get offended when someone tries to create a character in my game to divert attention to their game. For me the whole experience as a developer is to give the best to the players and when someone detracts from that, then it's really aggrivating.

I'm not quite as experienced as FLMutant in these matters though, and I will say that when it was attempted during Ny Takma. I was really aggitated with the individual trying to pass it off as something connected to the game. [/url]

[D14BL0]

I experienced gamejacking with my last game, and to be quite honest, it actually worked out pretty well. I had some problems with the game (premature launch, wasn't even finished writing everything yet), so I let the other player and his characters fill in some blanks, and it added a whole lot more to the game.

Then again, it was my first game, grassroots, unfinished, and written on-the-fly, so it worked out. I'm sure if I had everything set up the way I initially wanted it to be, it wouldn't have worked out, though.

[konamouse]

D14BL0, What was your game?

[Will 2.0]

Yeah really, I haven't had it done in my games, luckily but Diablo that is rare that they really HELP the PM and if done so did you speak with him/her regularly?

[D14BL0]

[Will 2.0]

Strange...but good for your either way.

[Mar_Vell]

Re: PM Advice: Don't "Gamejack" Other PM's Games

[mac_monkey]

Interesting opinions in this thread. I'm not entirely convinced that gamejacking is necessarily bad for a game. As a puppetmaster you have to let people explore the boundaries of the game without actually physically point them out. As a result of this gamejacking can occur - often because people don't know the boundaries and try to make their mark on the world (such as RP-ing) which I found in my game, but also people try to undermine the game because they see elements in the story that they can play around with.

It's up to the puppetmaster to control what players can and can't do from in game and under no circumstances should they jump into a thread and go - "Hey, thats my game not yours". If the freedom's there for releplay, people will exploit that. Know that you're giving them the oppurtunity to do it and try to turn this into a positive experience.

Mac