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Life Imagined As One Big RPG
Scoop Snookems writes "Will there be a day where we earn achievement points simply by brushing our teeth or high-fiving a friend? There could be, according to Carnegie Mellon professor Jesse Schell. In this video from the annual DICE summit, Schell comments on recent evolutions in gaming before fixating on a concept where our futures evolve into one big RPG. Fascinating stuff, and I hope writing this post nets me 10 points."
So what's a relevant first post get me? 100 points?
The cesspool just got a check and balance.
-5 Karma Trolling.
Sorry dude, but those are life points. Go help a little old lady across the street, or save a stuck kitten in a tree. :)
Serious? Seriousness is well above my pay grade.
Less crying, more ball wiping.
Why on earth would I *want* to imagine my life as a rocket-propelled grenade?
I do not need to knock on my neighbor's door. In fact, going inside, opening his cabinets, and taking whatever I want is expected.
I get experience points for beating up stray dogs.
I find treasure chests, unlocked and unopened, hidden away in all sorts of bushes and alleyways around my city. Some even contain armor!
I don't work out, I level up!
I only carry up to 255 pieces of any item.
If I receive something that appears to be worthless (like a Rusty Sword) I must carry it with me wherever I go, in case I find someone who can restore it to its former glory.
When I buy a shirt at the store, I attempt to sell them the one on my back in order to cut costs.
I am the richest astronaut ever to win the superbowl.
Second Life? I'd better get my penis helmet in order.
Ultima 4? I'd better start trying to be a better person.
Ultima Online? I'd better start trying to be a much, much worse person.
WoW? I'd better start practicing being a hot elf chick.
A Squaresoft RPG? Christ, I'd better start working on my hour long monologue skills.
xkcd.com/189
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I'm pretty sure that I'm just an avatar in a simulation and the guy playing me is an adolescent, socially-maladjusted teen with A-D-D and some strange fetish tendencies... or maybe that's just me.
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I would like to reroll as a female character. I would never have to leave the house again.
I just look forward to the day when I no longer keep having these strange dreams of prospecting, stealing, crusading, and combat. My friends kept asking me why I've engraved "Elbereth" all over my house. All I could usually manage is to shakingly point at the water fountain outside and say, "The ampersand... it came from there!"
I figure that this pine wand that I'm whittling should give me about a 60% chance of getting out of this padded cell, depending on what type it turns out to be.
sed "s/SJW.*$/... never mind. I was about to say something stupid, and also, I'm a troglodyte./Ig"
So instead of having kids, it's considered rolling an alt?
Dating: The Masquerade
Religion: The Apocalypse
Corporate Ladder: The Ascension
Bank Balance: Oblivion
Sleep: The Dreaming
i dont know what rules you play by, but my last boss kill has me on probation until i'm 60
i did get a huge cheer from my coworkers when i posted the "first kill" pictures tho
... Things would be so much easier if I had a reputation meter for various people, particularly of the opposite sex, and also knew what to grind to improve that reputation...
Its called a clitoris.