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I have decided that being popular is a fool’s errand. I really want to win stuff on the Great Games Experiment, but I just can’t be a friend/kudo’s whore. It’s not something I am comfortable doing. I noticed a whole bunch of rabble signing in and cross-promoting each other, not that gaming the popularity system is against any rules, but it doesn’t feel right to me.

I want the connections I make with people there to be real, or, at least as real as I can make them. Is it silly of me to give gravity to an abstract social connection? I don’t think so. Is it silly for others to seek popularity with the zeal of a WoW gold farmer? Nah, after all, there are “valuable prizes to be won!”. I guess I wish I had time to do what it takes to win prizes and still make ‘friends’, but the truth is, I don’t wanna network on Great Games just for it’s own sake.

No sarcasm/judgment is intended – I think the crew at the GGE are doing everything they can to foster a community atmosphere, and I applaud that. I think I’ll just keep going at my own pace, and meeting people when I have something to say about their work or what they have said.

Now, time for a ROMROD update! I went to a few psychologists, and the cheapest price I could find was about 300 bucks, but I have not finished looking around yet. A friend of mine (who may be also interested in infiltration) says she would be willing to go on a road trip, so it may actually be much cheaper to go to Edmonton for a weekend than to pay a psychologist to do it here. Plus, I get a weekend of fun! I am going to check out the cost to rent a vehicle and see what it would work out to… more to come.

Later,

Jordo