Why do games NEED social interaction? Games have historically been single player, and a lot of players (including myself) see a brief lack of social interaction as a good thing, a balance to a busy life outside of games. A life where we interact with a lot of people.
I "understand" where you are coming from. You are an extrovert. You crave / are addicted to social interactions. You don't understand introverts, so you generalize. If social games are what you want then by all means go for it. Doesn't mean everything should think the same way as you.
Don't come in here assuming everyone needs as much social interaction as you do. Also, don't come in here assuming that those who need it less are somewhat abnormal. And in return we won't label you as a typical extrovert who knows NOTHING about how the other side works.
I understand how things work a whole lot more than you're giving me credit for. And yes, there are a few exceptions, such as yourself. I'm talking to the people who are looking for more social interaction in a game. BTW you are being mean and I believe mean posts are dealt with here. Also, craving social interaction is a basic instinct in many animals, including humans. Some species actually depend on it for survival, including us.
Funny, but your post(s), Mr.SocialEngineer is(are) actually more mean toward elitedesolator (and introverts).
Simple: you're bashing one guy whose opinion differs from yours...
How would you call that?
Oh, you just called a lot of people "a few exceptions". Excellent, Mr.Science.
I've seen a lot of such people who impose (enforce) their own behavior.
Again, simple: not everyone needs the same as you do.
Not everyone should live as you live.
But people like you won't ever understand that.
Strange how this was not covered in "social engineering" classes (or whatever you studied) ^_^
I didn't bash him because of his opinion. I bashed him because he was obviously attempting to derail my thread. Opinions are what I need here. Please notice I haven't bashed on anyone else here.
How about guilds can make races in game. Any self contained race like decent or endless ledge or any others in the future. That way players could creat in guild compititions that do not effect the rest of the game servers.
They could post thare guild run stats and stuff and would atract non guild people to guilds to take part in stuff like that.
Also Guild vs Guild PvP chalanges would be cool. If a guild could chalange another guild to PvP that has recorded outcomes could be another really interesting ladder that could be in place . You could almost make a new guild ladder who is king of races and who is PvP king.
I love this. I am actually planning on doing these sorts of things for my guild when we're ready. We're only a little over 3 weeks old now, but in a couple months or less, we're gonna be doing some very cool stuff.
I've always used gaming as a reprieve from human interaction.
In day to day life, I interact only as much as I need to in order to get by out of necessity.
Well I totally understand that guilds and gaming social interaction aren't for everyone. However, from what I've seen there is a huge demand for it with the right players. I totally understand people work and interact all day but that's work interaction. Leisure interaction is usually better. Some people might just want to chill by themselves after a long day of work but there are plenty of peeps out there wondering where all the social fun is. I was hoping this thread would turn into a bunch of views on guilds and other social stuff from games. Thanks for your input.
Agree with grant, when I play a video game, I'm not looking for socialization, I do that outside of them.
Where the social fun is? Apparently in the trade ;)
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I spent the greater part of my life specializing in behavior management, in the mental health field. One thing I do know is humans crave social interaction. I worked with some very low functioning developmentally disabled folks, for a while, and noticed that when you hold your hand out, not to shake hands, because they don't grasp that concept, they still reach out to touch your hand. This is basic social interaction. We all need it.
However, I've seen a trend, in a lot of games, over the years, of less social interaction and more solo play/solo farming. We sit hours in front of our computers and isolate ourselves into a game that potentially can give you about all the social interaction you need, but we still alienate ourselves from other players, usually. Why is this? Shyness? Anxiety of meeting new people? Anti-social behavior?
This is where guilds come in handy. Guilds potentially provide that much needed social interaction we all so subconsciously are craving in the game(s) we play. I'm sorry, but if a game has sucky social interaction for me, I move on. POE has a decent guild system but it needs some tweaking. It's still a very nice platform from which to provide a pool of social activities for it's members and should promote as much of that social interaction that we so much need, as we deprive ourselves from receiving it in real life, because we're on our asses playing Fluffytheaxekiller.
Something to think about.
Edit in 6-11-14
I don't want to come off as bragging but rather would like to support why I posted this thread. Not only have I been doing behavior management in rl, but for the past 16 years, I've been playing around with those social interaction pools, in games, that we call clans and guilds, for 16 yrs now. I see this awesome game and see the flawed guild system and just have to do something about it. In order to do that, one thing I feel I need to do is have a thread like this. I hope this explains things for you all better.
Why? Easy, most people I meet, I hate. In real life, in public parties. Therefor I usually play alone, interact some, and rely on chance meetings of reasonably fun people.
I guess I will have to buy a one way ticket to hell with your lives
Games are a way for me to take a break from social interactions. I think if you use a game platform to achieve a desire for social interactions, you need to step back, and figure out where your life has gone wrong.
I understand how things work a whole lot more than you're giving me credit for.
Possibly one of the worst ways you can start a discussion, [Removed by Support]
Handled that social interaction like a pro there dude, he had a reply to your thread that was contradictory to your view and you proceeded to hurt his feelings("bash" him) and accused him of trying to derail the thread, like that shit matters.
What you want is a better guild system, right? Ok, post what you want and what ideas you have to make it better.Talking about yourself, telling people about your pointless job and how long youve been doing it for doesnt help anyone.
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