Comments on: A New Kind of Guild https://afkgamer.github.io/afkgamer-com/archives/2005/02/28/a-new-kind-of-guild/ Hello. I see you. Tue, 28 Feb 2017 12:33:23 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.1.1 By: These aren’t the blogs you’re looking for… at buttonmashing.com https://afkgamer.github.io/afkgamer-com/archives/2005/02/28/a-new-kind-of-guild/comment-page-1/#comment-10454 Sat, 12 Aug 2006 05:13:46 +0000 https://afkgamer.github.io/afkgamer-com/archives/2005/02/28/a-new-kind-of-guild/#comment-10454 […] But the “there are no gaming bloggers” gaffe is only one of many the writer makes. The article in question also hints at blogging in MMOG’s. Hmmm, that seems like something Foton mentioned, ohh, I don’t know, two months ago! Of course, the all-mighty dollar looms large in all of this and we can’t forget marketing! “The reason we don’t have more community elements like blogs in games is because the publishers haven’t figured out how to harness it and make money off of it,” says Li. […]

]]> By: buttonmashing.com » Blog Archive » These aren’t the blogs you’re looking for… https://afkgamer.github.io/afkgamer-com/archives/2005/02/28/a-new-kind-of-guild/comment-page-1/#comment-836 Sat, 07 May 2005 07:18:29 +0000 https://afkgamer.github.io/afkgamer-com/archives/2005/02/28/a-new-kind-of-guild/#comment-836 […] in MMOG’s. Hmmm, that seems like something Foton mentioned, ohh, I don’t know, two months ago! Of course, the all-mighty dollar looms large in all of this and we c […]

]]> By: Karnatos https://afkgamer.github.io/afkgamer-com/archives/2005/02/28/a-new-kind-of-guild/comment-page-1/#comment-337 Tue, 01 Mar 2005 15:53:10 +0000 https://afkgamer.github.io/afkgamer-com/archives/2005/02/28/a-new-kind-of-guild/#comment-337 I have already contemplated this sort of feature. I’ve checked out the Combat Stats app for EQ2 (not that useful, but these types of apps are interesting nonetheless) and it monitors what is dumped to file via the /log cmd. This dumps text to a file, and Combat Stats intelligently parses the text to regurgitate back some stats by doing some simple math and such.

It would not be hard to parse the same file triggering off of key words in a guild chat or group chat that trigger it to blog something. Heck, you could even have it monitor for new screenshot files to embed them in the blogged text.

This would be like having an embeded news reporter on the frontlines… but we’d become innondated by countless gammer’s blogs with useless “I saw the named Gnoll of Uberville today, I pooped myself because he was a Heroic encounter and sadly today… I am flying solo.” accompanied by a screenshot or 30 of this great day in history. While cool, I dunno if this would have much appeal for anyone other than yourself, your guildmates, and perhaps a handful of friends… but it might still be something that’d be quite popular.

]]> By: buttonmashing.com https://afkgamer.github.io/afkgamer-com/archives/2005/02/28/a-new-kind-of-guild/comment-page-1/#comment-334 Tue, 01 Mar 2005 03:45:31 +0000 https://afkgamer.github.io/afkgamer-com/archives/2005/02/28/a-new-kind-of-guild/#comment-334 /blog coming soon?

I think Foton is on to something. We had the /pizza recently added to the EQ II repertoire. Can /blog be far behind? …

]]> By: jafd https://afkgamer.github.io/afkgamer-com/archives/2005/02/28/a-new-kind-of-guild/comment-page-1/#comment-333 Mon, 28 Feb 2005 23:10:29 +0000 https://afkgamer.github.io/afkgamer-com/archives/2005/02/28/a-new-kind-of-guild/#comment-333 “Eventually, blogging could become so ingrained in that guild’s culture, they may never accomplish anything in game. Everyone would be alt-tabbed out of game to blog everything.”

Consider the results if they all have two monitors. And/or, a microphone hooked into a speech-to-text program. Live! From the front!

Chilling, really.

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