Improving social interaction in virtual worlds.
Imagine that playing Aardwolf is your job. Part of your performance review and salary is based on how well you interact with the other employees.
How would you treat people differently if that were true? Would you still act the way you do today with everyone you meet in Aardwolf? Could it still be fun if you had to give your “co-workers” a little common courtesy?
No? So how much could you change while still enjoying the game?
Give it a try, if enough people do, Aardwolf will be a better place. If everyone does, the internet will be a better place.
Don’t like this idea? Then d00d ur t3h sux!
I like it. It’s the age old philosophical question “What’s wrong with the world?” And the best answer is “I am.”
Sure, as long as underperforming employees get fired
That’s an easy thing to do. It’s easy to accomodate. But…
There’s always a but. Well, not really, just things could be made better. The number of verbs seems a little restrictive. The quantity and quality of the verbs could be enhanced… so let me start here. First of all, all the following verbs can be applied to items or other characters. The ones that seem offensive could be put into place tactfully and entertaining-like.
pinch, poke
kick, lick, duck, gaze, smirk, grimace, kiss, tickle, pull
punch - could be a form of combat - perhaps it already exists
grapple - could be a form of combat - perhaps it already exists
roll, slide, dive
dance - yes, alot of these can get emoted, but it’s easy to configure pre-decided routines that entertain and make exploring the game fun…
snort, sniff, drool, cry, sob, blabbler
wink, blink, frown, smirk, touch
tap - tap a shoulder, item or other body part or clothes?
drop, tilt, tip, turn, wiggle
waggle, gaze, stare, scream, whine, whinny, groan
smack - smack your lips, gawk, pant, bump, nudge, cluck
quack, neigh, oink, purr, howl
Then there’s the 3 stooges… slap, snap, clap, thunk, twick, twiddle
and the list goes on. If you’d like some help, send me an email.
Tawleriji cheers loudly and proudly.
Nice, thought provoking topic *grin*
I try to treat people the same in all aspects of my life, virtual or real. Yeah, muds are virtual worlds and there are times when I do RP, but I never ever use RP as an excuse to behave poorly towards others.
If you are a mature, balanced person you understand that being rude to others does not really make you feel any better. If you have personal “issues” try getting some exercise IRL to deal with it or seek a counselor or someone trained to listen.
A major problem with Aardwolf culture IMHO is that too many people confuse snarky juvenile behavior with humor. We probably all have different notions of what constitutes “snarky juvenile behavior”, but I know it when I see it!
What would happen on public channels if people used the grandma test. Would you use that social or crack that line if your grandma were watching? Well guess what, some mudders on Aard ARE grandparents *wink*
Common courtesy, like common sense, is not as common as the name would have you believe.