[arg_discuss] Giving credit where credit is due (ARGdb credits)

[Brooke Thompson]

Yes, each game has field for:
Game Title & an image
Date Started - Date Concluded
PM Team (this will likely be reworded to... something)
About
Plot Summary
Meta Websites
Game Websites
Credits

It is then automagically linked to press articles (currently, this is  
only press articles with full text in the ARGdb database), players  
that have played (and their ratings, favorite quotes, and memories  
from the game). Eventually, they'll also be linked to Events. For  
example...

Eldritch Errors: http://argdb.com/game/180/
you'll see that none of the players have linked themselves to the game  
yet (ahem!) but it's fairly well filled out otherwise. You'll also see  
about 1/3 of the credits and what propelled me to bring the credits  
issue up to the list - it's going to be a mess without some sort of  
order. Sure, not all projects will have as big a team, but some ARG  
productions are quite large and I expect that we'll see even larger  
teams in the future.

Lockjaw: http://argdb.com/game/7/
The plot & about haven't been written yet, but you can see player's  
remarks and how those show up on the page. (plus, it's fun for me to  
go back and look at my first game ;))





On Apr 9, 2009, at 4:09 PM, Steve Peters wrote:


> In my thinking, credits are for individuals. The company can always be

> listed in addition (is there a field for this? Dunno I haven't  

> actually

> entered anything from scratch, yet).

>

> The whole point of credits is to list the individuals behind  

> something. I

> want to see the team behind a project, that's the important stuff,  

> more than

> what company they were working for at the time. People may come,  

> people may

> go (from company to company), but their credits remain, and it's the

> *people* I'm interested in, what they've worked on and what roles  

> they've

> played.

>

> I'd think very carefully about just listing a single company credit  

> over

> individuals' contributions, even if it is "just lil' ol' you."  

> Transparency

> is good. So is teambuilding. :)

>

>

> Steve

>

>

> --------------------

> Steve Peters

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>

> On 4/9/09 11:40 AM, "David Flor" <dflor71 at gmail.com> wrote:

>

>> I might as well mention, however odd this may seem, but I know of at

>> least one PM that doesn't use his real name anywhere (which also

>> happens to be a one word name), and is *very* adamant and cautious

>> about revealing his/her identity.

>>

>> And, me personally, in some cases I would prefer to list my company

>> credentials than my individual name; I'm trying to run a business

>> here, and I'd rather the corporate image gets the cred rather than

>> little ol' me.

>>

>> Tnx & Rgds...

>> David Flor

>> Darklight Interactive

>>

>> "Omne ignotum pro magnifico"

>>

>> On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 2:03 PM, Brian Clark <bclark at gmdstudios.com>  

>> wrote:

>

>

>

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