tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12536328.post8735939630967573205..comments2023-09-20T04:12:45.159-07:00Comments on CKL's HotSheet is OBSOLETE: SnoutCast #26: "Why YOU Should Run a Game"CKLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05813803474788808773noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12536328.post-61838739539939186722010-07-29T15:24:01.769-07:002010-07-29T15:24:01.769-07:00Really interesting podcast that touches on an impo...Really interesting podcast that touches on an important issue in the community. One issue which you briefly touched on that I think is an important one was the non-altruistic motivation for running games. It'd be great to think that everyone runs games just because they want to give back to the community. And I do think that's a large part of it because given the amount of work it takes, you need to have some love-driven motivation.<br /><br />But as you mentioned, there has definitely been the trend that if you've run a game in the last couple years, it's known that you're much more likely to get into another game as sort of a "thank you." However, how does this mesh with the whole "inconsistent" GC issue? I ask because let's say, hypothetically, that two small teams wanted to join forces to create a GC for a game. In the next game, who gets "credit" for it?<br /><br />I would propose that both do. But what if you have members of 3 or 4 teams? Even if there's only one or 2 people per team, do they all get "credit"? That said, I fully support joined GCs since I couldn't agree more on a minimum of 7. Paparazzi was done with a GC of 4-5. We had fun, but at the end, it gets painful. I can only imagine how fun it would be to have a huge GC of 7 :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06080030437765685359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12536328.post-5340265189281105922010-07-27T22:47:00.622-07:002010-07-27T22:47:00.622-07:00Yeah, I think we might have to add "You guys ...Yeah, I think we might have to add "You guys stole my exploding plane puzzle idea" to the list of reasons to not run a game. :)<br /><br />To answer your question about the MS Puzzlehunt, there aren't any Seattle events announced other than Puzzle Safari this weekend. There are rumors of various things going around, and another Puzzlehunt is one of the more solid rumors, but things are probably far from being set in stone.<br /><br />There is a lot of stuff run within Microsoft on a pretty regular basis, but the only Game-like MS event is the Intern Game. So the only way to participate in that sort of event internally is to playtest the Intern Game, and the demand for non-Microsoft Game-like events in Seattle is still huge. The recent SNAPs and DASHes that have done first-come-first-serve registration have sold out in minutes to hours.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09537893418941881293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12536328.post-25349950107805423012010-07-27T21:44:55.230-07:002010-07-27T21:44:55.230-07:00Exploding plane puzzle FTW!Exploding plane puzzle FTW!Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14350513556564602749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12536328.post-20118132862045821682010-07-27T11:52:20.520-07:002010-07-27T11:52:20.520-07:00Thanks for the links and enjoyable discussion!
Wh...Thanks for the links and enjoyable discussion!<br /><br />What I was (kinda badly) trying to say about the possibility of there being the first time there hasn't been a BANG, Game, or MSPH in a year wasn't so much that there haven't been year gaps before, but instead that in 2010 the gaps could all happen at the same time. Kind of like how there have been strikes in the NHL, NBA, and NFL before, but if they were all to happen in the same year, it would be something (sadly) unique.<br /><br />I realized afterwards that my statement kind of cheats in that there hasn't been a year where there hasn't been a BANG before anyway.Skotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16043681085451638244noreply@blogger.com