Comments on: Rock Band Rocks http://blog.conduitlabs.com/2008/01/04/rock-band-rocks/ Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:55:50 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Robert http://blog.conduitlabs.com/2008/01/04/rock-band-rocks/comment-page-1/#comment-9388 Robert Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:01:37 +0000 http://blog.conduitlabs.com/2008/01/04/rock-band-rocks/#comment-9388 "I mean, how powerful is that? A bunch of silly rules and plastic pieces moving into our lives, evoking real, outside-of-the-game emotions and putting strains on real-world relationships." I used to play WoW and I can say that this holds true on the internet as well. There can be an amazing sense of accomplishment for achieving a goal such as killing the biggest baddest guy in town - which leads to cheering and virtual 'high-fives', and sometimes even DANCING! On the flip side look at some of the YouTube videos of people screaming and crying because they got killed by another player. WoW is an example of people who tend to enjoy just looking at their pretty avatar and using the same dance emote/graphic for hours while chatting to friends or trolling the local chat channel. Some people even try to dress up in particularly elaborate getups and enjoy the attention of knowing that to some other person - they look cool. This is why I foresee this project working out quite well. The main challenge in my opinion is going to be getting the community basis together, because without hundreds or thousands of random people to impress, there is nothing to achieve. “I mean, how powerful is that? A bunch of silly rules and plastic pieces moving into our lives, evoking real, outside-of-the-game emotions and putting strains on real-world relationships.”

I used to play WoW and I can say that this holds true on the internet as well. There can be an amazing sense of accomplishment for achieving a goal such as killing the biggest baddest guy in town – which leads to cheering and virtual ‘high-fives’, and sometimes even DANCING!

On the flip side look at some of the YouTube videos of people screaming and crying because they got killed by another player. WoW is an example of people who tend to enjoy just looking at their pretty avatar and using the same dance emote/graphic for hours while chatting to friends or trolling the local chat channel. Some people even try to dress up in particularly elaborate getups and enjoy the attention of knowing that to some other person – they look cool.

This is why I foresee this project working out quite well. The main challenge in my opinion is going to be getting the community basis together, because without hundreds or thousands of random people to impress, there is nothing to achieve.

]]> By: misty http://blog.conduitlabs.com/2008/01/04/rock-band-rocks/comment-page-1/#comment-4020 misty Fri, 04 Jan 2008 17:46:05 +0000 http://blog.conduitlabs.com/2008/01/04/rock-band-rocks/#comment-4020 hell yeh!!! i AM the bassist!!! haha and that IS what rock band is all about. it's really the ONLY game i can get completely into. in fact - i'm a nanny and one of the kids i nanny got rock band for his bday and we play it together all the time...he's 13 and he knows i'm cool now haha! and though our band doesnt carry the glorious name 'boys boning boys' - it is indeed some fine rock band being played. and for the record - i didnt entirely fail the game on my own...it was all the jack that did it hahahahah. and i did come back, as always - with a freaking vengeance because i AM the freaking bassist!!! BAM! hell yeh!!! i AM the bassist!!! haha and that IS what rock band is all about. it’s really the ONLY game i can get completely into. in fact – i’m a nanny and one of the kids i nanny got rock band for his bday and we play it together all the time…he’s 13 and he knows i’m cool now haha! and though our band doesnt carry the glorious name ‘boys boning boys’ – it is indeed some fine rock band being played.
and for the record – i didnt entirely fail the game on my own…it was all the jack that did it hahahahah. and i did come back, as always – with a freaking vengeance because i AM the freaking bassist!!! BAM!

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