Hogscape
11th level Troll
Stalwart of the Trollbridge
It's not the years, it's the mileage.
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Post by Hogscape on Nov 18, 2009 3:29:43 GMT -5
I've just watched the 'Google Wave' video on YouTube and yes it would be the best way to do a non-face-to-face game. Check it out at once... So, does anyone have a spare invite going begging? ;D
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Post by ProfGremlin on Nov 18, 2009 7:36:21 GMT -5
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Hogscape
11th level Troll
Stalwart of the Trollbridge
It's not the years, it's the mileage.
Posts: 2,126
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Post by Hogscape on Nov 18, 2009 9:13:06 GMT -5
I tried it already. I hear a distant but nevertheless maniacle cackle when I hit 'send'...
Thanks Prof.
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Post by ragnorakk on Nov 18, 2009 14:57:31 GMT -5
Yay! - thanks for that link Prof! Pretty painless application process...
Did you guys put "gonzo roleplaying geekery" in the essay portion?
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Hogscape
11th level Troll
Stalwart of the Trollbridge
It's not the years, it's the mileage.
Posts: 2,126
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Post by Hogscape on Nov 18, 2009 21:58:57 GMT -5
If only I'd thought of that before Rag...
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Post by ragnorakk on Nov 19, 2009 13:21:16 GMT -5
Well - assuming you get it, it's what you do with it - not what you say you'll do with it... I'm hoping that it can be used to run things like that overlord experiment - and the fact that it has an open API for coding tools and features for it (among other things) makes it very exciting
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quoghmyre
7th Level Troll
The Summer Troll
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Post by quoghmyre on Nov 19, 2009 21:05:37 GMT -5
This looks very exciting, but current reports are that it's very very slow. But it beta so I'm sure they will resolve these issues.
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Post by jongjungbu on Nov 19, 2009 21:10:15 GMT -5
Sounds like it would be cool to try. I haven't really seen it in action or even a demo. Just that one article about people potentially using it for D&D.
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Hogscape
11th level Troll
Stalwart of the Trollbridge
It's not the years, it's the mileage.
Posts: 2,126
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Post by Hogscape on Nov 23, 2009 10:31:58 GMT -5
I've seen a live demo (well, a video of a 'live' demo). Multiple participants can see the 'whiteboard' where the action takes place, everyone can comment on any post. If players aren't at the virtual table at the same time you can play a video of all the posts as they occured.
You can throw up text, pictures, videos, anything.
I want in! grrrr
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Post by ragnorakk on Nov 23, 2009 10:33:41 GMT -5
*stands in line behind Hoscape... looks at watch...*
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Hogscape
11th level Troll
Stalwart of the Trollbridge
It's not the years, it's the mileage.
Posts: 2,126
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Post by Hogscape on Nov 24, 2009 7:09:21 GMT -5
If I get any invites I'll be handing them out here.
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Post by ragnorakk on Nov 25, 2009 21:02:28 GMT -5
Well - I've successfully begged my way in! Initially it looks like a very neat thing - found a good 4-page kinda broad examination here: arstechnica.com/open-source/guides/2009/09/surfing-the-google-wave.ars/1It's as close to ideal a collaborative tool as I can imagine! merges real-time and persistent messaging, revision control, document organization, all kinds of stuff! (I didn't think I could get my mind more blown out, but you probably just heard my brain *POP* on your side of the world!) As soon as I can invite others up into this monstrosity, they will be flowing freely. It's very much in its infancy and looks like something that can be HUGELY EXTENDIBLE (uh oh - gotta finally break down and learn javascript...), so I see why they are limiting membership - Google is growing it in stages, so that the service does not become overwhelmed - as it is magnitudes more involved than individual email/document/chat/etc are... Man! I think I'm gonna have to sleep through the holiday here to recover some SAN points...
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Post by ragnorakk on Nov 25, 2009 21:21:05 GMT -5
It might be the case that if you send me an email from a gmail account to spaceagecouple@googlewave.com, I can figure out if there's a way for me to extend invitations or not - otherwise, I don't think I start off with any...
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Hogscape
11th level Troll
Stalwart of the Trollbridge
It's not the years, it's the mileage.
Posts: 2,126
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Post by Hogscape on Nov 26, 2009 8:21:35 GMT -5
I vote '1' Ragnorakk for President.
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koraq
4th Level Troll
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Post by koraq on Nov 29, 2009 6:16:18 GMT -5
PM me if you want an invite.
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