Comments on: Thought of the Day: Is it better to be unique, or to look like someone else cool http://spinksville.wordpress.com/2011/06/08/thought-of-the-day-is-it-better-to-be-unique-or-to-look-like-someone-else-cool/ MMOs and game design Wed, 22 May 2013 22:20:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Roq http://spinksville.wordpress.com/2011/06/08/thought-of-the-day-is-it-better-to-be-unique-or-to-look-like-someone-else-cool/#comment-14948 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 23:42:38 +0000 https://spinksville.wordpress.com/?p=5524#comment-14948 @Bristal

You’ve got me all confused now, I can’t work out whether you are a snowflake or not!?

]]> By: Bristal http://spinksville.wordpress.com/2011/06/08/thought-of-the-day-is-it-better-to-be-unique-or-to-look-like-someone-else-cool/#comment-14947 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 23:30:05 +0000 https://spinksville.wordpress.com/?p=5524#comment-14947 It’s all in the eye of the beholder.

Once I had an opportunity to travel/work for nearly a year. I sold a lot of my stuff, put a bunch in storage. Then loaded up my truck and went to a different town every month.

When I got back and went through the stuff in storage…it was all amazingly new to me. It was like Christmas, but it was just “my stuff”.

Others will always appear “more unique” because you see yourself all the time. And the word “unique” or “special” has no meaning without being relative to others.

It’s nonsensical to say “I’m unique, I don’t care what others do”. If you identify with being “unique”, you’re watching others to be sure you’re not like them, which is no different than watching others to be like them. “They” are still controlling you.

The mere act of replying to a blog post like this is an attempt to set yourself apart, show how you’re a snowflake. But not a snowflake like THEM, a REAL snowflake, you know?

B out

]]> By: Roq http://spinksville.wordpress.com/2011/06/08/thought-of-the-day-is-it-better-to-be-unique-or-to-look-like-someone-else-cool/#comment-14946 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 21:46:59 +0000 https://spinksville.wordpress.com/?p=5524#comment-14946 “The one thing that really bugs me, with WoW in particular, is the crowd of people that see themselves as “special snowflakes” and don’t think anyone else should be allowed to be as “special” as they perceive themselves to be. ”

But the idea behind the RPG part of MMORPG is just to make you a special snowflake and general hero. Its the fault of the developers rather than the players that they haven’t yet worked out how to do that well when you stick the MMO bit on the front.

]]> By: Karot http://spinksville.wordpress.com/2011/06/08/thought-of-the-day-is-it-better-to-be-unique-or-to-look-like-someone-else-cool/#comment-14943 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 17:10:23 +0000 https://spinksville.wordpress.com/?p=5524#comment-14943 There are a lot of things I simply can’t stand, and one of the reasons for some of them is that they’re so darn popular (Lady GaGa, American Idol, Family Guy, Pirates 2 &3). But I have (in my own personal opinion) a healthy mix of tastes that makes me unique. I don’t like to base what I like based on what I see others enjoying/displaying, but if I find something that strikes me as being attractive/inspiring/interesting/entertaining/enjoyable, there’s no good reason why I shouldn’t adopt it and make it my own or find some enjoyment in it too. Uniqueness just for the sake of being unique really isn’t unique at all. :)

The one thing that really bugs me, with WoW in particular, is the crowd of people that see themselves as “special snowflakes” and don’t think anyone else should be allowed to be as “special” as they perceive themselves to be. This comes out constantly over the debate of whether or not Blizzard should remove the ability to obtain things like the Ulduar achievement drakes and the like. It’s absurd to value your own possessions or individuality based on whether or not others can do the same.

]]> By: Roq http://spinksville.wordpress.com/2011/06/08/thought-of-the-day-is-it-better-to-be-unique-or-to-look-like-someone-else-cool/#comment-14940 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 13:08:20 +0000 https://spinksville.wordpress.com/?p=5524#comment-14940 What struck me about Rift is that they’ve come up with a couple of new features and then just uncritically copied WoW for everything else, in a manner that suggests going down a tick list. Even the place names and area art work are incredibly derivative. I think as a first prerequisite for creating any decent work of fiction, book/game/film or whatever you have to start from some original vision that depicts a convincing, immersive world and not just add some generic world stuff on top of a couple of new ideas.

]]> By: Copra http://spinksville.wordpress.com/2011/06/08/thought-of-the-day-is-it-better-to-be-unique-or-to-look-like-someone-else-cool/#comment-14928 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 05:31:06 +0000 https://spinksville.wordpress.com/?p=5524#comment-14928 I fully concur.

C out

]]> By: Killed in a Smiling Accident. » Blog Archive » There is no armour against fate, Death lays his icy hand on kings. http://spinksville.wordpress.com/2011/06/08/thought-of-the-day-is-it-better-to-be-unique-or-to-look-like-someone-else-cool/#comment-14927 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 04:04:15 +0000 https://spinksville.wordpress.com/?p=5524#comment-14927 [...] not necessarily the unique level of customisation that I love my characters to have, here are couple of screenshots of my Warden to show just a [...]

]]> By: sente http://spinksville.wordpress.com/2011/06/08/thought-of-the-day-is-it-better-to-be-unique-or-to-look-like-someone-else-cool/#comment-14925 Wed, 08 Jun 2011 18:28:23 +0000 https://spinksville.wordpress.com/?p=5524#comment-14925 I never investigate what other characters are wearing, besides what is obvious to the eye directly. Neither do I keep track of what is the good and cool stuff. I can certainly admire a nice _looking_ outfit, but that is probably the extent of it.

]]> By: Tesh http://spinksville.wordpress.com/2011/06/08/thought-of-the-day-is-it-better-to-be-unique-or-to-look-like-someone-else-cool/#comment-14924 Wed, 08 Jun 2011 17:54:27 +0000 https://spinksville.wordpress.com/?p=5524#comment-14924 For me, it’s better to just play the game. I don’t care much about looks.

For game design, though, I say it’s better to give players options, like cosmetic slots, dyes and the like. That way they can choose to be clones or snowflakes as their whims take them.

]]> By: spinks http://spinksville.wordpress.com/2011/06/08/thought-of-the-day-is-it-better-to-be-unique-or-to-look-like-someone-else-cool/#comment-14923 Wed, 08 Jun 2011 17:37:03 +0000 https://spinksville.wordpress.com/?p=5524#comment-14923 You don’t need to do that in WoW, there are addons that do it for you.

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