TOTES A GAMER!
social gaming- week 10
So league of legends (lol) is this massive online gaming community, that I'd never heard of before, but it sounds pretty cool and also pretty messy. Cool in the way that you can just go online and pick a character and play with a bunch of random people to win. but also, that is my nightmare! I'm 100% not a team player! I don't want people effecting the way I'm gonna win. So i completely understand where the fights and stuff come from online. I mean if you're an extremely good player, you would not want me on your team. Because I literally would have no idea what is going on! I barely have a grip on league of legends, so rules would be no concern to me! Just kill me, and make it easier for the both of us.
Melissa de Zwart and Sal Humphreys talk about the rules of social gaming on eve online. And basically there's rules for the game, but you can blow up people anyway, so forget about rules. Legal rules I get, you have to manage public interest. But players often form there own rules, so there's a set of rules for gaming culture? as well as a set for your own culture? Very confusing, because boundaries are always crossed.
Now we have people writing fan-fiction (which is always mildly pornographic for some weird reason), drawing art, going to conventions, cosplay (which is awesome!) and endless amounts of forums. There are no clear boundaries for online gaming. Because people always need to extend to more than what they have.
And it's important for people to have boundaries between real life and gaming life, because we all know that one person who can't stop talking about there games. And i really don't care what your team scored or whatever. I mean sometimes I do have trouble with the above, because in the sims you can be qualified doctor just by playing lots of chess! And real life isn't like that. Otherwise I might have actually taken up chess. And in real life there are no cheats to get endless amounts of money (ctrl, shift- motherlode), otherwise my house would be a lot fancier and constantly clean. So set up some boundaries! I definitely stay away from fan-fiction, that is a dark hole my friends! never go there.
never.
ever.
Gaming and online gaming is a massive community! And better to tap into it sooner than later, because it is only growing as time goes on and technology gets smarter. I mean I'll stick to the sims for now, new one's coming out soon! (This is not a plug for the sims by the way.) Just try and be nice online, and keep your team battles to a minimum. Avoid casualties. And pretty much just get rid of anyone who slows you down. I've just solved all your problems.
YOU ARE WELCOME ;)