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Calling all people who don't know me!
Hey- I'm moving, get 35 points and help me move my shit.
i think some sort of history page is a simply wonderful idea.
both a past history page of impossible exchange and a living history page of glasnost would be so great!
i, for one, was very involved in IE, but missed out on the beginning of the glasnost, and have had a somewhat less *ahem* fanatical obbsession with checking the goings on. much of this is because even when I log on these days, i feel sort of lost. i dont want to just read individual task proofs, although i *Love* to. I want to know whats Going On. Its REALLY DIFFICULT to figure out what the current threads are, precisely because they trancend single tasks and strings of commentary. also, one of my very favorite things about this game is how something can happen, in real time, on the site, which if you arent there to see, you miss out on the magic. now, if would be lovely to memorialize these various "happenings" with a combination of description links screen shots, whatever. maybe even in the form of a wiki, so the history is communally created, just like the game.
I dont think it would at all detract from the fun of exploring the past oneself, and discovering the mysteries. a history page would just allow you a jumping off point, to allow you to dive down any number of rabbit holes. It would allow new (and old!) players to get up to speed, as it were, and more importantly, allow them to learn, explore, and play with all those old ideas and great events that have happend in sf0, which are more than individual tasks.
it would provide a forum to discuss, debate, and remember the defining moments of each era. see how it evolved, what the game play was like, who were the movers and shakers and candlestick makers, hell, even when major game features were added or changed. (anyone else remember the time before player votes? exactly when voting limits were removed? etc)
I really do believe that this sort of thing must be a collaborative effort, because of course everyone's version of history is different, and we, of all people, should not let others write our history for us.
again, what a good idea ink!
the next step being "ricockulous."
and the one after that, "rishlongulous."
and everyone's poker night fave: "riporkswordulous"
perhaps the most important thing to get out of this discussion is:
here we are playing a game... but what we are really doing is making history...
it gives me great joy that the proper folkloristic definition of proverb is used in this task.
not playing for points anymore.
and somewhere along the way you aquired a bowtie and rubber gloves? or were they with you the entire adventure? :)
swell picture. the monkey likes!
-[why?]
cause sf0 said so? if sf0 all jumped off a bridge, would you too?!
hmmm.. i sense a task creation in my future...
i was biting.
differnt kind of love...
i have Plans for that tower... just as soon as i am no longer turtley....