[arg_discuss] Topic of the Week Oct. 26: Choices (Hugh Davies)

[Geneviève Cardin]

I couldn't agree more with you.

I think that you still find a thrill in the game to receive something  
from a lawyer in-game, with a logo of the game, or something graphic  
related to it, or some small characters @ the bottom saying : take  
this seriously, this is not a game.

When you go to the movie, you can be thrilled, affraid and even  
scared, even if you know it's just a movie.

Suspension of disbelief ... Should work for ARG's too.

G.

Le 09-11-08 à 14:04, Vlad Alex a écrit :


> Very interesting discussion. I want - this time in my function of  

> player -

> admit the immersive effect of this "pseudo"-real scenario   

> "policemen/lawyer

> on your door".

>

> In one cool ARG I've playing we had to hack one bank website. Even  

> if we

> pretty knew, this website is set up specially for us, e.g. is "in- 

> game",

> hacking such sources was involving thrill (which is pretty good sign  

> for an

> ARG). But - and here comes the factor "player beeing just player":  

> many of

> us got next days a nice letter from a lawyer, whose client was owner  

> of this

> bank (or was owner of the bank account). Anyway, this letter was  

> ingame, but

> too authentic, and we've found soon the profile of this lawyer in  

> various

> social networks like "Xing" (which is actually used for serious  

> business

> connections, not just for free time conversations).

>

> And many of us were troubled (since here in Germany are such lawyer  

> letters

> very frequent phenomen, as many lawyer are doing nothing but hunting  

> their

> cases and wanting to gouge people). Some of us wanted to quit the  

> game,

> because it was too real. They said: if it were real, they just had  

> to quit

> the game. If it were a fake, they will quite the game, because the  

> PMs were

> going too far.

>

> So imho PM's should be very cautious making such story lines - it  

> can offend

> and frighten people, even if it is not intended in a game. Surely,  

> such

> twist makes the game to more immersive experience, but even because  

> of this

> it can cause players leave the game.

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