New MMOG Uses Entire Internet As Gaming Arena
Posted by DjmUK on 21 March 2008 - 12:17 · 24 comments & 12043 views
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#1 Posted by +.Vamp on 21 Mar 2008 - 12:35
- Sounds interesting. I've signed up for the beta (just enter your email address on their home page) so I can see what it's like. Why not, I like trying knew things
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#2 Posted by .hasan on 21 Mar 2008 - 13:03
- sounds like another way to track your surfing habits and feed you ads
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#2.2 Posted by cardg on 21 Mar 2008 - 16:01
- (.hasan said @ #2)sounds like another way to track your surfing habits and feed you ads
The big problem on those things is that tracking your surfing gives technical possibilities not only to fill you with ads.
We now have a real big brother, and its funny that they make people "want" it. -
#2.3 Posted by EduardValencia on 21 Mar 2008 - 16:05
- Yes i think you need a big brother
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#3 Posted by Andre on 21 Mar 2008 - 16:34
- Quest:
Kill 5 trolls on forum X.
Reward: Wand of Troll Killing +1
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#6 Posted by TheDreamX on 21 Mar 2008 - 18:12
- I'd really like to try this! Unfortunately, it involves a Firefox plugin and I will NOT be installing Firefox anytime soon. Someone wanna port this to Safari somehow?
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#7 Posted by +gigapixels on 21 Mar 2008 - 18:33
- No thanks.
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#8 Posted by Green_Eye on 21 Mar 2008 - 21:37
- So they're basically saying "hey world how about you let us become your biggest pain in the ass, feed you ads and track every move you make oh and the added bonus is you never have to leave your house and get fresh air or socialize, heck screw the kids you have to raise you wont get any meaning less points for that!" Well gee butter my butt and call me a biscuit I'm in!
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#10 Posted by Kushan on 22 Mar 2008 - 02:35
- It's an interesting concept, albeit a rather pointless one. Probably really easy to make bots and such for it as well, built into a firefox extension or whatever (All it takes is some basic web crawling code and you're there - you could start at a google search of your choice and let the bot run from there).
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#11 Posted by X'tyfe on 22 Mar 2008 - 02:44
- in theory, this is a good idea
to bad it wont really be used that way
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#12 Posted by +BeLGaRaTh on 22 Mar 2008 - 11:30
- This will probably give Virgin Media an idea when they release Phorm on their network, they will just tell everyone its a game, and everyone will accept thinking its cool ...
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#13 Posted by RPDL on 22 Mar 2008 - 13:44
- That is going to be the BIGGEST ANNOYANCE IN THE ENTIRE WORLD. I think this is going to be worse than Bonzi Buddy.
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#14 Posted by PureLegend on 22 Mar 2008 - 22:07
- I've heard about this game, apparently it's made by Al Gore and has proven to be much more popular than the "Outside" MMOG
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#16 Posted by milesfromordinary on 23 Mar 2008 - 17:58
- "Players can opt in or out of the game whenever they want"
oh my god im so scared that big brother is watching me
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#17 Posted by yottabytewizard on 23 Mar 2008 - 18:29
- I'll leave a lot of mines on myspace
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#18 Posted by MightyJordan on 23 Mar 2008 - 19:35
- I was willing to give this a go, but I can't, as it's Firefox only, so I'm ignoring it completely until they bring out an IE version.
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#19 Posted by morphen on 25 Mar 2008 - 02:24
- From gamelayers.comProjected Surveillance Entertainment<- somewhere on the page, which i also find to be TOO simple.
Nice... and no they will sell of all email addresses that people has used to "join the beta" to some Spam company :p
More ads, more tracking...bah..
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#20 Posted by turtledude23 on 25 Mar 2008 - 20:35
- ROFL turning monitoring into a game
The game, called PMOG (passive multiplayer online game) takes place across the whole Web, around the clock. The concept is that players get points for their online surfing habits as opposed to fictional characters they create. Players collect points as they visit different sites and can take part in or set missions which will lead themselves and others through a variety of different websites. Along their way, players can send each other instant messages; leave link “gifts”, points, and various game equipment.
They can even detonate small virtual explosives which make the other players' browser windows temporarily and harmlessly shrink. Players can opt in or out of the game whenever they want and can leave notes for each other on the sites they visit, but these will be invisible to all non players. As in MMOGs, gamers pick up tools and skills along their way, in a game that is never-ending.