[arg_discuss] Puppetmaster Mentoring

[Brooke Thompson]

Well, it's been stagnating as work has gotten the better of me, but
something like this could go along with or replace the ARGitect.com
redesign. It's working on a drupal back end which might be perfect for this.

Essentially, I was going to have a group blog system where various people
looking at ARG development issues could each have a blog. By design, each
blog is attached to a specific user and their page, but the blog entries can
be promoted to the front page and/or hidden from other users/user
groups/etc. However, I have not gotten very far with that as a little
project or two came along at the same time and took my attention away from
it. However, it shouldn't be difficult to implement rather quickly, esp if
someone's actually doing some work on it. There is also a group attached to
the site that was working on a "beginner's guide" of sorts (a static
"training game", glossary, brief history, links to resources, etc). The hope
was to provide a resource for those interested in ARGs but not familiar with
the terminology used by the unfiction player base and/or some of the
possibilities of the genre. That, of course, was similar enough to the needs
of new players that have found the unfiction/argn community but are
completely lost and overwhelmed, that it just seemed right to make it a bit
more all-encompassing. However, that's also stalled as work has gotten in
the way (*curses big-boss-men who may or may not be reading this*)

I can add forums, either the drupal module or a phpbb with no difficulty
whatsoever. The module is already on the site, it's just not enabled and the
phpbb is a one-click install on dreamhost. The benefit to the drupal module
is that it would be searchable and well integrated into the primary site,
the downside is that the forums aren't the best and a phpbb might allow for
greater privacy.

The point is, the resources are already all up on a rather appropriate
domain name (argitect.com) and if someone has the time now to help put it
all in one pretty little piece and a couple others have the desire to help
administer, it could be ready to go whenever. I'm completely flexible with
what I have in my head as the ideal site for ARGitect and would willingly
work with other people's thoughts and inspirations. The only thing that is
rather important to me is the "beginner's guide" as I feel it could be a
handy resource. Though, if that runs counter to the ideas of a grassroots
support site, I'd gladly host the guide on mirlandano or some other site. If
it can wait a bit, my projects are going to be winding down shortly and, as
nothing else has fallen into my lap, I'll probably have a couple weeks off
sometime this spring.







-----Original Message-----
From: arg_discuss-bounces at igda.org [mailto:arg_discuss-bounces at igda.org] On
Behalf Of D. Cook
Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2006 5:44 PM
To: arg_discuss at igda.org
Subject: [arg_discuss] Puppetmaster Mentoring

Adam suggested I post this to the mailing list as well, so here goes...

 From my post at http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=14270 -

"In light of the recent difficulties that grassroots games have seen, 
I'm proposing a mentor program. Many veteran PMs are busy with their 
own projects at the moment but might have a bit of spare time to look 
something over and say, "This will/will not work because..."

So I'll throw my name in the ring. If you're a new puppetmaster and 
about to launch the next big thing, I'll be happy to take a quick 
glance and tell you, in my opinion, whether I think you might be 
running into problems down the road or the forecast calls for smooth 
sailing.

Either PM me on here or send an email to me at addlepated.net.

Anyone else willing to be a mentor?"

I've also been thinking that it would be really nice to have a 
dedicated area for puppetmasters with a little more organization than 
the Deaddrop or Unfiction forums have in regards to hints, tips, etc. 
Maybe something like a Mambo site with an attached forum, links to 
resources like past games, this mailing list, and so on.

The problem is finding someone with the time to administrate it.  I'd 
be happy to offer hosting and a bit of time on admin, but don't have 
enough time to take on the project individually.  Anyone else willing 
to collaborate on this?

-D.
-- 
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