Comments on: Thank god for multiplayer or: Can I play with you? http://girlsdontgame.com/2008/08/14/thank-god-for-multiplayer-or-can-i-play-with-you/ Everyone knows girls don't play video games. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:26:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 By: The Wicked Crow http://girlsdontgame.com/2008/08/14/thank-god-for-multiplayer-or-can-i-play-with-you/#comment-7292 The Wicked Crow Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:16:39 +0000 http://girlsdontgame.com/2008/08/14/thank-god-for-multiplayer-or-can-i-play-with-you/#comment-7292 To me multiplayer and the evaluation of the internet gaming age are both a blessing and a curse. On the positive side you meet new people, establish relationships and and get a certain satisfaction that killing the same old AI, no matter how "smart" it is can ever give you. Human thought and the fact that we can do things that are not logical which can confuse and overwhelm our opponents, or even buy you that second you need to save your base in a assault as they are laughing at your antics is what gives us our edge. Lets face it, if you play an AI long enough you will beat it, a human opponent though will always be changing. The downside of the net, of course, is that like any growing tech it doesn't form equally in all areas. A decent example is my parents place . They are still in the age of dial up internet, which operates at about 32k.... takes half an hour to check my email, i wont even bother to try to play on the net there. Some game company have even developed programs that allow you to recover games digitally, such as Steam and EA link. In their own right both of these programs are nice, but can also cause problems. No internet connection or a slow one, no EA link games. On a dial up? you better now plan on making a call for a few days while you DL the new HL episode. Like it or not though the net and multiplayer is the future. Games are getting shorter and shorter in single player mode, but the multiplayer is getting better and better. To me multiplayer and the evaluation of the internet gaming age are both a blessing and a curse. On the positive side you meet new people, establish relationships and and get a certain satisfaction that killing the same old AI, no matter how “smart” it is can ever give you. Human thought and the fact that we can do things that are not logical which can confuse and overwhelm our opponents, or even buy you that second you need to save your base in a assault as they are laughing at your antics is what gives us our edge. Lets face it, if you play an AI long enough you will beat it, a human opponent though will always be changing.

The downside of the net, of course, is that like any growing tech it doesn’t form equally in all areas. A decent example is my parents place . They are still in the age of dial up internet, which operates at about 32k…. takes half an hour to check my email, i wont even bother to try to play on the net there. Some game company have even developed programs that allow you to recover games digitally, such as Steam and EA link. In their own right both of these programs are nice, but can also cause problems. No internet connection or a slow one, no EA link games. On a dial up? you better now plan on making a call for a few days while you DL the new HL episode.

Like it or not though the net and multiplayer is the future. Games are getting shorter and shorter in single player mode, but the multiplayer is getting better and better.

]]> By: William http://girlsdontgame.com/2008/08/14/thank-god-for-multiplayer-or-can-i-play-with-you/#comment-7302 William Sat, 16 Aug 2008 03:07:13 +0000 http://girlsdontgame.com/2008/08/14/thank-god-for-multiplayer-or-can-i-play-with-you/#comment-7302 I think my favorite multi-player game so far is the Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past race. Sure, it requires two TVs, and two SNESs, and two copies of LttP, but it's AWESOME. I think my favorite multi-player game so far is the Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past race. Sure, it requires two TVs, and two SNESs, and two copies of LttP, but it’s AWESOME.

]]> By: *vlad* http://girlsdontgame.com/2008/08/14/thank-god-for-multiplayer-or-can-i-play-with-you/#comment-7304 *vlad* Sat, 16 Aug 2008 13:32:53 +0000 http://girlsdontgame.com/2008/08/14/thank-god-for-multiplayer-or-can-i-play-with-you/#comment-7304 Ah the old days! There were some great co-operative arcade games, such as Gauntlet, Quartet, Double Dragon and Golden Axe, but most arcade games were single player. Multiplayer online games are the main interest for me now. I have made many friends on the internet, and yes, I have met some of them in real life. I still marvel at the ease of speaking to 24+ people in different countries by simply plugging a head-set into a computer. I recently deleted a WoW character, which meant saying goodbye to the guildies I had on that server, and boy, was that emotional. Scariest thing? Getting a photo of an online friend and realizing that he looked like a psychopath! Ah the old days! There were some great co-operative arcade games, such as Gauntlet, Quartet, Double Dragon and Golden Axe, but most arcade games were single player.
Multiplayer online games are the main interest for me now. I have made many friends on the internet, and yes, I have met some of them in real life.
I still marvel at the ease of speaking to 24+ people in different countries by simply plugging a head-set into a computer.
I recently deleted a WoW character, which meant saying goodbye to the guildies I had on that server, and boy, was that emotional.
Scariest thing? Getting a photo of an online friend and realizing that he looked like a psychopath!

]]> By: GeorgeR http://girlsdontgame.com/2008/08/14/thank-god-for-multiplayer-or-can-i-play-with-you/#comment-7307 GeorgeR Sat, 16 Aug 2008 17:25:09 +0000 http://girlsdontgame.com/2008/08/14/thank-god-for-multiplayer-or-can-i-play-with-you/#comment-7307 When I was a kid I had some bad /drama experiences, but since WoW I've done fine. I guess that's because I've played a Holy priest and a Prot warrior. Even when the guilds I was in were imploding due to guild drama I was out of it, I told people I'd be around to raid and help the guild, but that WoW was a game. So no one ended up disliking me and I still talk to all the folks. In recent years I've tried to walk the neutral line as much as possible and it reaallly helps for MMOs, because it just makes my life easier for if/when i want to raid. When I was a kid I had some bad /drama experiences, but since WoW I’ve done fine.

I guess that’s because I’ve played a Holy priest and a Prot warrior. Even when the guilds I was in were imploding due to guild drama I was out of it, I told people I’d be around to raid and help the guild, but that WoW was a game.

So no one ended up disliking me and I still talk to all the folks. In recent years I’ve tried to walk the neutral line as much as possible and it reaallly helps for MMOs, because it just makes my life easier for if/when i want to raid.

]]> By: RiotMonster http://girlsdontgame.com/2008/08/14/thank-god-for-multiplayer-or-can-i-play-with-you/#comment-7308 RiotMonster Sat, 16 Aug 2008 19:10:29 +0000 http://girlsdontgame.com/2008/08/14/thank-god-for-multiplayer-or-can-i-play-with-you/#comment-7308 How many of you have made a friend via online gaming? Ofcourse How many of you met up with that friend in real life? Neverrrr yet =P How many of you have had an online relationship? When I was like.. 14!! XD How many of you are now living with that person? No wayyyy.. How many of you have made a friend via online gaming? Ofcourse
How many of you met up with that friend in real life? Neverrrr yet =P
How many of you have had an online relationship? When I was like.. 14!! XD
How many of you are now living with that person? No wayyyy..

]]> By: Duri http://girlsdontgame.com/2008/08/14/thank-god-for-multiplayer-or-can-i-play-with-you/#comment-7314 Duri Sun, 17 Aug 2008 22:17:10 +0000 http://girlsdontgame.com/2008/08/14/thank-god-for-multiplayer-or-can-i-play-with-you/#comment-7314 The most fun period in my life, as pathetic as it sounds, was in 8th grade playing a text-only MUD with my friends. Even with plenty of graphical games around, it was the social immersion in MUDs that brought about momentously HILARIOUS things that I don't think will ever be matched. ...Kind of depressing to think of it that way, lol. Also, uhm, I JUST wrote about this very topic and the similarities I'm seeing are pretty uncanny: http://wetheplayers.net/pens-part-4-relatedness/ The most fun period in my life, as pathetic as it sounds, was in 8th grade playing a text-only MUD with my friends. Even with plenty of graphical games around, it was the social immersion in MUDs that brought about momentously HILARIOUS things that I don’t think will ever be matched.

…Kind of depressing to think of it that way, lol.

Also, uhm, I JUST wrote about this very topic and the similarities I’m seeing are pretty uncanny: http://wetheplayers.net/pens-part-4-relatedness/

]]> By: Suzie http://girlsdontgame.com/2008/08/14/thank-god-for-multiplayer-or-can-i-play-with-you/#comment-7377 Suzie Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:50:18 +0000 http://girlsdontgame.com/2008/08/14/thank-god-for-multiplayer-or-can-i-play-with-you/#comment-7377 @*vlad* - one of the first pictures I ever saw of my now partner, he looked a bit like a psychopath. But then he turned out to be the sweetest, cutest guy ever created :3 @ Duri - Although I never played MUD's, I did do a lot of forum role-playing, which I think played on much the same principles. It was great fun :) @*vlad* - one of the first pictures I ever saw of my now partner, he looked a bit like a psychopath. But then he turned out to be the sweetest, cutest guy ever created :3

@ Duri - Although I never played MUD’s, I did do a lot of forum role-playing, which I think played on much the same principles. It was great fun :)

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