Or two: one rabbit hole is the straight forward poll followed by a ''job offer'' and the other is the ''mistaken identity'' one?
On Sat, Dec 25, 2010 at 11:40 AM, Alex Vachon <[email protected]>wrote: > Re. Multiplayer That is a good issue to tackle :-) . Could it be part > of the bug, everyone who enters by accident is being mistaken for a certain > Mr. Williams? And the Mr. Williams video would be a recorded video of him > saying that there has been a mistake... > > Or there could be many ways to enter the game, not just one. > > > > > > On Sat, Dec 25, 2010 at 5:27 AM, david blanchard <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> >> On 24/12/2010 17:43, Alex Vachon wrote: >> >>> Do you remember North >>> by Northwest? >>> >> Nice reference, yes this kind of situation works really well I agree >> >> >> Also, it would be very exciting to see Williams, or someone who calls >>> himself Williams appear on video for the 1st time . >>> >> I'd like that ! Mental note for when we start adding videos :) >> >> >> >>> As for the accidental entrance into the organization secret zone, we >>> need to think this process through a little bit. If I am a visitor, and >>> all of a sudden, I'm granted passage, then what I would do eventually >>> is try a second time just to see what happens. If the passage is >>> granted every time with the same script, perhaps that would take away >>> the magic. Perhaps, whatever device is used, it should not grant >>> automatically entry every time someone fills out the poll. Perhaps, a >>> technical glitch caused by hackers on the home page allows the visitor >>> access to the secret zone, a worm, an cyber attack? >>> >> >> yes, I think it should be exceptional, a 'catastrophe' in the scientific >> sense :) >> So if I sum up, the player is there on the web site and is asked to answer >> an innocent poll and suddenly something happens such as a cyber attack which >> will create a glitch and grant him an unauthorized access, and where maybe >> his first tack can be to help defend against the attack ? >> I think it could work - I'm not 100% sure yet but there is something I >> like, for sure. >> >> The one issue that I currently have in mind is the fact that one of the >> next step for the game is going to be the multiplayer features. The players >> are going to play together in this game, so the game entrance is at the same >> time exceptional (cyber attack) and the same for every player, which is not >> very realistic. Actually I have the same problem with the Kaplan/Williams >> story, it's good but seems a bit strange to apply to all players. Imagine >> millions (let's be optimistic !) of Williams all double agents, all playing >> together :-) It's a recurrent problem that multi player games face, this >> one. I'm not sure how to tackle this yet. >> >> Alex I'll try to grab you on the chat or skype at the beginning of next >> week so we can sum up what has been said and discuss the next steps. >> >> >> D >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Farsides mailing list - [email protected] >> >> Wiki: http://farsides.com/ >> List: http://farsides.com/ml/ >> Forum: http://farsides.com/forum/ >> Ideas: http://farsides.com/ideas/ >> Chat: http://farsides.com/chat/ >> > > > > -- > Best, > > Alex Vachon > > cartouchecreations.com > Follow me on Twitter <http://twitter.com/cartouchefilms> > Follow me on Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=602172865> > Montreal Loves New York Loves > Montreal<http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_135269469856078&ap=1> > > New York - Montreal - Vancouver > > > -- Best, Alex Vachon cartouchecreations.com Follow me on Twitter <http://twitter.com/cartouchefilms> Follow me on Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=602172865> Montreal Loves New York Loves Montreal<http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_135269469856078&ap=1> New York - Montreal - Vancouver
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