Minecraft
04-04-2012
, 05:37 PM
04-05-2012
, 02:29 PM
04-14-2012
, 01:27 PM
04-19-2012
, 08:24 PM
So about the space game. I would really love to know what the role of players would be in that game and what resources are available for automation. Knowing this info will give a lot of insight into what kinds of players will have fun and be useful in that environment, and what kinds of social organization are required to thrive.
With unlimited automation, the players program and play (progressively less of this, though) the game and Notch just creates the environment. Changes in power eventually come down to changes in will, and the team with the best minds wins. Organization is just a matter of finding bright people, providing them resources needed to express their will, a feeling of home and a common goal. As people reach the upper end of understanding, there are as many countries as their are wills, but social cohesion still offers safety and social bonds should maintain that. I guess the main issue is that after a while you may have to restart the universe to allow everyone equal chance at it, which could be a bummer for many players. Still, I would play that game and be a benevolent dude, as much as my group's needs allowed for.
That's the ideal picture for the game. On the other hand, with only limited automation available, it becomes Eve with legitimized macros and a tiny fleet of them at that, and you would probably reach the upper end of empire building pretty quickly as a solo player, and it would be therefore much more difficult for a small group of smart guys to greatly influence their destiny. I probably wouldn't bother with that game.
Of course, the only reason to do this in a game rather than life are: risks and resource availability, and dealing with the problems of integrating your existing family, etc. into it. Oh, that and the limited/lack of automation thing. So... games are good, I think.
Anyways, the community's response to the game thus far (tons of work expended on a project that we know nothing of its worth) has been nice but I don't think it's been necessarily well-spent at this point.
With unlimited automation, the players program and play (progressively less of this, though) the game and Notch just creates the environment. Changes in power eventually come down to changes in will, and the team with the best minds wins. Organization is just a matter of finding bright people, providing them resources needed to express their will, a feeling of home and a common goal. As people reach the upper end of understanding, there are as many countries as their are wills, but social cohesion still offers safety and social bonds should maintain that. I guess the main issue is that after a while you may have to restart the universe to allow everyone equal chance at it, which could be a bummer for many players. Still, I would play that game and be a benevolent dude, as much as my group's needs allowed for.
That's the ideal picture for the game. On the other hand, with only limited automation available, it becomes Eve with legitimized macros and a tiny fleet of them at that, and you would probably reach the upper end of empire building pretty quickly as a solo player, and it would be therefore much more difficult for a small group of smart guys to greatly influence their destiny. I probably wouldn't bother with that game.
Of course, the only reason to do this in a game rather than life are: risks and resource availability, and dealing with the problems of integrating your existing family, etc. into it. Oh, that and the limited/lack of automation thing. So... games are good, I think.
Anyways, the community's response to the game thus far (tons of work expended on a project that we know nothing of its worth) has been nice but I don't think it's been necessarily well-spent at this point.
06-07-2012
, 05:30 PM
Sup, any1 who has a good vanilla server and wanna team up or something?
06-08-2012
, 12:15 PM
07-04-2012
, 07:24 PM
