Comments on: Female Seeking Prettiest Peacock

By: MDÂ²

MDÂ² — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 12:33:01 +0000

Something I grabbed from my days helping in a NPO. You notice it with junkies first, the way their behavior is being set up by their need/want, and the way their persona is being reworked to fit that set up - which is why a lot of them can lie convincingly without you noticing: they believe they’re telling you the truth the moment they’re speaking.
The thing is, this is not inherent to the junky condition, everyone does that. It’s just that with junkies, we can see the process happenning in matters of minutes, which is quite unnerving, as it negates the illusion that we are actually someone.

Now, with lots of games - especially those of a social nature - you’ll notice that some people start playing, but their persona get slowly reworked by the goals they set themselves within the game, till it’s no more a game to them, and they’re no more the personthat started playing. They have adapted to the change.

Hope I make sense. I’m still just taking coffee, my mind’s not fully functional.

By: Bonnie

Bonnie — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 15:32:09 +0000

Persona adapting to processes? Do explain.

By: MDÂ²

MDÂ² — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 07:51:57 +0000

Strange, I thought I had posted something here last week…
Damn, another case of written, not posted.

Anyway, ultra-short version: nice idea, dangerous in execution from my personal experience, would need a pretty strict code to prevent persona adapting to processes.

By: Bonnie

Bonnie — Sat, 30 Sep 2006 23:49:37 +0000

Of course you agree, silly. It was your idea.

By: Scott Jon Siegel

Scott Jon Siegel — Sat, 30 Sep 2006 16:45:32 +0000

I 100% agree on this. Dan, if you’re out there, consider augmenting your business model and making this an actual game, and not just one more dating site. Let players choose whether they want to play “the man” or “the woman.” I’d rather play this one than actually do it to find a mate. (’specially since I have one already) -sj