Monthly Archives: March 2005

In One of those Rare “What Do YOU Think” Moments, What do YOU Think?

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I had a goofy idea. Maybe it’s just one of those “drunken thoughts”; maybe it could work — maybe it’s stupid.

File this under the category “nothing ventured, nothing gained.”

One weekend, a collaborative blog. Anyone that pre-registers can post. It’s an orgy of gaming in whatever game you choose. The objective is … a stream of conciousness on your gaming experiences for the weekend.

Not a grilled cheese blog (i.e. Dear Diary, Today I killed a raptor. I looted some raptor meat.), but rather a Dagwood Sandwich blog (i.e. why in the hell did They, meaning the Collective Developer They, think that THIS was a good idea?). Not that posts should only involve sandwiches: humorous posts, observational posts, conceptual posts, screenshot posts … all good. In fact, anything would go … except shameless referral spam like prego-women-that-love-gamers.com.

I’d be willing to host the blog, do the rudimentary setup and would maintain order during the weekend. I’d need some volunteers to spread the word and help with the setup/admin/planning, and, of course, participation would be critical: bloggers and non-bloggers alike would be welcome … hell, even Insiders could join in … although I realize that gaming and writing about gaming on the weekend might not be their (meaning the Collective Developer Their) idea of fun.

Some guidelines I considered: Copyrights reserved to the author; Commenting “off” to encourage actual posting but I’ll approve new authors during the weekend as I tab out of my game; Console and PC games alike are welcome; No drinking for Foton (should be obvious why that would be a good idea); Any and all that love the medium and sometimes have ideas (they don’t have to be “good”) are welcome; We’d open the blog on Wednesday night with guidelines for the upcoming weekend and posters could start with a short gaming bio (pen names are kosher — heh) or an LFG post, blah blah.

Quantity may be quality in this context — post it all!

Seeking input, including “Goddamn, that would be boring” type input.

Seems New and Different to me, and I’m a big fan of New and Different.

I Refocus

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Over at The Cesspit, Abalieno cited a Blizzard response to the concerns about Warcraft /randoms and the graphic Dice Rolls.

It will take you all of about 5 seconds to see where they have their wires crossed. And, if you still have the courage to read through more rhetoric, here’s a Blizzard thread “answering” other recent issues and concerns.

Really. I tire of the bullshit and the noobety. I could devote my entire content to poking fun at their circular logic and utter fucking incompetence, but I prefer not to be consumed by that. So much more fun for me, and I’ll assume for you, to write and read about murder and mayhem in the online world.

Summing up: Content is king, but delivery is its handmaiden. Your better mousetrap doesn’t mean dick to me if I can’t use it.

Blizzard has lowered the bar by which all others will be measured. Congrats on that, assbags.