Comments on: Gleemax is one dead-ass brain-in-a-jar http://ogrecave.com/2008/07/28/gleemax-is-one-dead-ass-brain-in-a-jar/ Unplugged gaming news and views Sat, 20 Mar 2010 22:49:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: misuba http://ogrecave.com/2008/07/28/gleemax-is-one-dead-ass-brain-in-a-jar/comment-page-1/#comment-4602 misuba Tue, 29 Jul 2008 20:13:06 +0000 http://ogrecave.com/?p=2651#comment-4602 On reflection, I really wonder if a "cross-training" site for tabletop gamers is really something that people want. I mean, we've always been (and will remain) proud cross-trainers here, but I've always felt like we're in the minority amongst those gamers who feel like being Internet-active. That could be a chicken-and-egg problem, of course, and it really only applies to the community aspects of the Gleemax vision. Lee: we've had a couple of ideas on the table for a while along those lines. Probably you're right, and we don't need to get all network-y. On reflection, I really wonder if a “cross-training” site for tabletop gamers is really something that people want. I mean, we’ve always been (and will remain) proud cross-trainers here, but I’ve always felt like we’re in the minority amongst those gamers who feel like being Internet-active. That could be a chicken-and-egg problem, of course, and it really only applies to the community aspects of the Gleemax vision.

Lee: we’ve had a couple of ideas on the table for a while along those lines. Probably you’re right, and we don’t need to get all network-y.

]]> By: Jay Adan http://ogrecave.com/2008/07/28/gleemax-is-one-dead-ass-brain-in-a-jar/comment-page-1/#comment-4601 Jay Adan Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:57:46 +0000 http://ogrecave.com/?p=2651#comment-4601 BGG developers aren't interested in creating a more general community because they're currently working on another segregated one - RPGGeek. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but I really liked the promise of Gleemax. I think that it's something that the gamer community could really sink its teeth into if done right. Of course, I'm a big fan of Facebook. BGG developers aren’t interested in creating a more general community because they’re currently working on another segregated one – RPGGeek. Not that there’s anything wrong with that, but I really liked the promise of Gleemax. I think that it’s something that the gamer community could really sink its teeth into if done right. Of course, I’m a big fan of Facebook.

]]> By: Lee Valentine http://ogrecave.com/2008/07/28/gleemax-is-one-dead-ass-brain-in-a-jar/comment-page-1/#comment-4600 Lee Valentine Tue, 29 Jul 2008 05:24:45 +0000 http://ogrecave.com/?p=2651#comment-4600 As I commented on another thread, WotC seemed to have some network issues on Gleemax and DNDInsider for a while. I thought it was just me, but I heard it reported by a number of other people. So, I'm not surprising that between that and the lateness of some of the DNDInsider tools that WotC had to cut something. Re: your comments on expanding the social aspects of this site, some of the longer comment threads suggest that this site has people occasionally willing to comment on industry issues. A forum may make such conversation easier. The GIN does that for a select audience, but it has a poor front end. Other forums dabble here and there. But there's not a great public social site for the industry that encourages talk about industry topics on trends, major news items, and developments. I don't know that I'm suggesting that you hack together the Cave's version of Gleemax, but expanding the site tools would be interesting. As I commented on another thread, WotC seemed to have some network issues on Gleemax and DNDInsider for a while. I thought it was just me, but I heard it reported by a number of other people. So, I’m not surprising that between that and the lateness of some of the DNDInsider tools that WotC had to cut something.

Re: your comments on expanding the social aspects of this site, some of the longer comment threads suggest that this site has people occasionally willing to comment on industry issues. A forum may make such conversation easier. The GIN does that for a select audience, but it has a poor front end. Other forums dabble here and there. But there’s not a great public social site for the industry that encourages talk about industry topics on trends, major news items, and developments.

I don’t know that I’m suggesting that you hack together the Cave’s version of Gleemax, but expanding the site tools would be interesting.

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