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There's plenty of other image generators about. My picture on the blog was made using an uploaded photo of me to a Simpsonizer generator.
Monday, March 9, 2009
4. Flickr
Image hosting is a good social tool that I’ve used some already. I didn’t have a Flickr account. However I’ve been using Photobucket for about three years for two of my MMORPGs and Image shack for another MMORPG. I’ve viewed other people’s slideshows on Flickr and I’ve always been annoyed at the slow speed of Flickr. I timed the SJSB’s pictures of edible books. Humpty Dumpty took 37 seconds to appear after I clicked on its thumbnail. Lembas Bread was a little faster at 23 seconds. I waited a minute before giving up on Catchup in the Rye.
A group of players in one of the MMORPGs uses Image Shack to host screenshots of player killers (PKers).. There is a very strict format for posting—what has to be visible in the screenshot, when it can be posted, etc. If the post is accepted by the screening committee then a bounty is put on the offending character. Other players may collect the bounty by submitting a screenshot showing the death of the offending character because of action by a bounty hunter. Collecting a bounty is not considered an offense if the correct steps are followed. However, a vigilante (ie, a character not following the steps—although it is interesting that a hot pursuit and immediate death is allowed since there is real-time action) may result in a posting and subsequent bounty on the vigilante. It is an interesting use for an image hosting site to support social action within an MMORPH where the social action is not part of the game rules, but part of the social rules of the gamers.
Many MMORPGs have discussion boards to support play. Most of these allow Flickr or Photobucket image hosting for embedded images in postings. Here are some examples from YooHooHoo Puzzle Pirates.
http://i322.photobucket.com/albums/nn408/Tarapotamus/YPPHalloween304.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v105/CreativeDestruction/PuzzlePiratesChristianne2-1.png
Image hosting is a good social tool that I’ve used some already. I didn’t have a Flickr account. However I’ve been using Photobucket for about three years for two of my MMORPGs and Image shack for another MMORPG. I’ve viewed other people’s slideshows on Flickr and I’ve always been annoyed at the slow speed of Flickr. I timed the SJSB’s pictures of edible books. Humpty Dumpty took 37 seconds to appear after I clicked on its thumbnail. Lembas Bread was a little faster at 23 seconds. I waited a minute before giving up on Catchup in the Rye.
A group of players in one of the MMORPGs uses Image Shack to host screenshots of player killers (PKers).. There is a very strict format for posting—what has to be visible in the screenshot, when it can be posted, etc. If the post is accepted by the screening committee then a bounty is put on the offending character. Other players may collect the bounty by submitting a screenshot showing the death of the offending character because of action by a bounty hunter. Collecting a bounty is not considered an offense if the correct steps are followed. However, a vigilante (ie, a character not following the steps—although it is interesting that a hot pursuit and immediate death is allowed since there is real-time action) may result in a posting and subsequent bounty on the vigilante. It is an interesting use for an image hosting site to support social action within an MMORPH where the social action is not part of the game rules, but part of the social rules of the gamers.
Many MMORPGs have discussion boards to support play. Most of these allow Flickr or Photobucket image hosting for embedded images in postings. Here are some examples from YooHooHoo Puzzle Pirates.
http://i322.photobucket.com/albums/nn408/Tarapotamus/YPPHalloween304.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v105/CreativeDestruction/PuzzlePiratesChristianne2-1.png
However YPP does not require the use of Photobucket—here’s one from Image Shack.
http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/2552/trikesak2.png
http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/2552/trikesak2.png
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