tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9178844664525181555.post3161314739042962093..comments2023-06-01T07:19:25.791-07:00Comments on Cave Mouth: While I've Been Away . . . VirtuallyCave Mouthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11462830510842947802noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9178844664525181555.post-85006914595516325212010-11-17T22:01:14.302-08:002010-11-17T22:01:14.302-08:00Oh, Anon, sweetie, my point isn't about WoW so...Oh, Anon, sweetie, my point isn't about WoW so much as about the virtual and role playing and how people tend to feel that they are only accountable for embodied actions. That somehow intellectual action isn't beholden to the same principles as physical action. Among other things. Actually, I think this post serves as a warm up for one about embodied vs. virtual action. All of your advice is helpful. I know you mean well, but it's just a game. Albeit, one with homework.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9178844664525181555.post-51682485753481202412010-11-15T23:47:43.363-08:002010-11-15T23:47:43.363-08:00Hrmmm....you know I already knew a lot of how you ...Hrmmm....you know I already knew a lot of how you felt and the different rationale that goes through your brain when "plugging into" the game, yet from your blog post here I can see a direct effect of social reinforcement as a main reasoning behind your play style. I'd be interested in a blog that strictly focused your concept of the game from a noob's perspective, yet one thing that hinders you is the reinforcement behavior you have missed out on by being propelled so far into the game without a working knowledge of skill acquisition and understanding the learning behaviors that were meant to teach you how to play effectively. Blizzard has dumbed down WOW to the point where you don't have to do all the missions, you don't have to excel at playing the game unless you specifically want to experience end game content. The game is 5+ years old, and in order to reconstruct old content the methods of reinforcing behavior would definitely be to minimize the necessity of learning, to only focus on increased experience gain in order to reach endgame at a much faster rate. I know you were initially playing games on your iphone, or way back in the day playing pong on Atari, yet to really understand how to play each class it becomes a homework assignment as you have stated before....we all were like you in the beginning....we just played because it was fun, and we hoped we didn't die...the behaviors weren't learned, we just wanted gold and skills...yet the method of learning behaviors within WOW seem to enhance the acquisition of rewards, thus the stimuli would be the skills and the experience....but you started too late. The direct learning experience within MMORPG's is entirely up to you, yet the NPC's and class trainers would help you with some aspects, but maximizing dps, healing rotation, and understanding tanking strategies would be gained through direct and intrinsic first hand experience....yet, what do you do now that you are lost in the virtual world? Could it be that all operant learning methods have surpassed you to the point of just excelling at mindless grinding and hoping the next group you get into becomes the group that gives you the epic drop? I'm not sure how to instruct you to excel other than what I've already stated..<br /><br />yet, I do insist more outsider looking in perspectives from within the virtual world of WOW, as your psychological breakdown of the game pretty much became a model of interpretation...you did mention aspects of the game that most gamers have become numb to simply because of extreme immersion and engagement...but you turned your view into something completely social...<br /><br />maybe chatrooms would help you satiate your lust for attention rather than the immersive properties of an online computer game....I'm not that sure, but it definitely was an interesting outlook from a mom's perspective. <br /><br />DC universe is coming out in January....a game that most likely will be unique in game mechanics and play style, so the AI could help you fully understand how to play a game, rather than to just be forced through it....as you have been....its like a ride now, but when there is something new altogether then operant conditioning becomes a powerful ally within MMORPG'S.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com