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Re:Littlecosm Twitter game alpha release by Swizec on Thursday March 03, 2011 @06:09AM (#2283578)
I feel generally dazed and confused. Have played many a MMORPG in my time but this one is ... it's a bit more confusing than even Ultima Online.

Which is to say, bravo, you've finally made a MMORPG for power players! Kudos for that.

Now, the thing that confuses me the most is that, I start a quest and by doing absolutely nothing, the percentage of its completeness goes up ...

Another thing that baffles me is that, ok I can tweet. But it doesn't seem to do anything more than act as a farming mechanism for my stats and a virality factor for you ... I dislike farming with a passion.

edit: and there are other players in the game who seem to be people I follow on twitter ... but I'm not sure they're actually in the game or just randomly on twitter. Therefore I can't tell if I should interact with them or not ... or what that would even entail from a game point of view.

Re:Littlecosm Twitter game alpha release by fookyong on Thursday March 03, 2011 @06:12AM (#2283581)
farming mechanism for your stats? please explain.

I'm just a dude who made a game - there's no evil corporation behind this...

Re:Littlecosm Twitter game alpha release by fookyong on Thursday March 03, 2011 @06:18AM (#2283590)
So does this mean that if I just start spamming like crazy my stats will go up like crazy?

Well sure, but that's up to you. It's only spam if you make it spam.

FYI the game does not append any hashtags or anything like that. Your tweet is exactly what you type. There's no viral benefit received by the game just by tweeting normally from the game.

Re:Littlecosm Twitter game alpha release by Swizec on Thursday March 03, 2011 @06:13AM (#2283583)
Well next to my stats it says "Tweet to make your stats go up"

So does this mean that if I just start spamming like crazy my stats will go up like crazy? That feels like the general farming motto behind MMORPG's.

As in, "kill 5000 wolves and gain a level! yay!"

(don't worry, I'm not calling you evil, just trying to figure it all out, I generally like the idea)

Re:Littlecosm Twitter game alpha release by mlellsworth on Thursday March 03, 2011 @12:15PM (#2284807)
I don't think this is really a power players type of game. I find myself wanting to be sometimes, because that's what I am used to. I find myself letting go of that mentality the more I play.