From lojban+bncCICntNPQBRCels_lBBoEVaNiuw@googlegroups.com Mon Oct 11 19:42:56 2010 Received: from mail-gx0-f189.google.com ([209.85.161.189]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1P5UpG-0000nu-IA; Mon, 11 Oct 2010 19:42:56 -0700 Received: by gxk6 with SMTP id 6sf648005gxk.16 for ; Mon, 11 Oct 2010 19:42:44 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlegroups.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:x-beenthere:received:mime-version :received:received:date:in-reply-to:x-ip:references:user-agent :x-http-useragent:message-id:subject:from:to:x-original-sender :reply-to:precedence:mailing-list:list-id:list-post:list-help :list-archive:sender:list-subscribe:list-unsubscribe:content-type; bh=MLZaAeVCO80ggvFqu6L6mdJSe0A+/JFWldezp992oiE=; b=31oe+/XJX5ZV2o5e+Pcxe1U4TBaWxcpTVgq4GGL7T0oRBI3IPvEt8Jp6zwB6bPpnEG A90b6JWXbLJ/OzpIjHP9VHXQsJqGGSDnjkWdwIj14RJGvpxGR7ZcPsJzvaHBDGxbnxeO LoKDeGAUeW8CxnTVlWDdFldB9sr8bb2J8YACM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlegroups.com; s=beta; h=x-beenthere:mime-version:date:in-reply-to:x-ip:references :user-agent:x-http-useragent:message-id:subject:from:to :x-original-sender:reply-to:precedence:mailing-list:list-id :list-post:list-help:list-archive:sender:list-subscribe :list-unsubscribe:content-type; b=NiG9Y4w9aRBqxd8zoSpnVx3IhtKnE2llQRplVvbKJw7PPaof2GruyI1G63c4EPAskx P9JVWZA0ljfI5wSqJEyU/gpUgPENUosLq1tRIgklu3myqW1OLNf+5Vh5iQpa//YQT2yb pGJdoDrFruQc8ijnp2xZB3C/ObuBf5/iB7Yaw= Received: by 10.101.162.8 with SMTP id p8mr111028ano.50.1286851358933; Mon, 11 Oct 2010 19:42:38 -0700 (PDT) X-BeenThere: lojban@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.100.12.15 with SMTP id 15ls793294anl.4.p; Mon, 11 Oct 2010 19:42:38 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.101.151.28 with SMTP id d28mr109823ano.0.1286851358275; Mon, 11 Oct 2010 19:42:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: by j18g2000yqd.googlegroups.com with HTTP; Mon, 11 Oct 2010 19:42:38 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2010 19:42:38 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: X-IP: 32.174.71.63 References: User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-HTTP-UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-GB; rv:1.9.2.10) Gecko/20100915 Ubuntu/10.04 (lucid) Firefox/3.6.10,gzip(gfe) Message-ID: <4060f561-6c0d-49af-8825-e9ddd68f1414@j18g2000yqd.googlegroups.com> Subject: [lojban] Re: Ranking system? (I'm a level X Lojbanist) From: Lindar To: lojban X-Original-Sender: lindarthebard@yahoo.com Reply-To: lojban@googlegroups.com Precedence: list Mailing-list: list lojban@googlegroups.com; contact lojban+owners@googlegroups.com List-ID: List-Post: , List-Help: , List-Archive: Sender: lojban@googlegroups.com List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 I'd just like to point out that this is an idea party. Feel free to contribute your ideas and throw around concepts just for fun. I - don't- want to make a 3D hack-n-slash or any kind of thing like that, because I've played games like that (Slime Forest, anyone?) and they SUCK. The goal is not to create the next WoW or EQ, the goal is to find a way to use the very same weapons wielded by companies like Blizzard, Phillip-Morris, NC-Soft, Gravity, Kraft, General Mills, and any other evil company that ropes people in and holds them there for life. The difference is that instead of people being mindless consumers of neglect (WoW), cancer (Phillip-Morris), identity-crises (NC-Soft), xenophilia (Gravity), cheese products (Kraft), or corn/ wheat pastes (General Mills), we have people that actually stick to learning Lojban and enjoy it. Instead of doing something destructive, people would be learning something constructive. Some ideas I've heard so far (for activities): Write a poem. Write a short story. Write a long story. Spend time on IRC. Blog. Audio blog. Video blog. Ideas for rewards: Collectible cards. Short video segments of a plot-driven animation. In-game monetary units. Titles (think of forums). Privileges (access to certain fora/channels for example). Music. Avatars. Avatar decorations. There are a lot of text-based/browser-based games out there (Kingdom of Loathing is probably the absolute best example I can think of, and in fact, I want to rip of its play style/mechanics), so maybe we can make our own/model one after an existing game? Perhaps some kind of RPG wherein players start in a non-jbo town wherein to get certain things one must learn a certain amount of Lojban, and each successive town requires more knowledge of Lojban. Combine this with the ideas in the first post, suggestions I've listed above, any other ideas... Perhaps the collectible cards are SRS flash cards, and a complete set of one gismu and all places fits together like a puzzle piece, and on the back is a portion of an art card. Each town has 10 ju'u gai gismu cards, each gismu card has been 'shattered' into each of its places + the gismu definition, each gismu + places, once memorised, reveals a portion of an image on the back, all 10 complete cards reveals the whole image. Each 10 cards together allows access to a dungeon wherein one can gain a comic strip for a game-world-relevant story (perhaps recalling the history of the world or some such), and every X number of strips unlocks another challenge which gives the player the chance to watch an animation that goes between comic strips. Just ideas. =D I'd like to see more concepts posted! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "lojban" group. To post to this group, send email to lojban@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to lojban+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/lojban?hl=en.