Discussion: NY Times MMO Player Slideshow

I liked how all the CoH/V players shown were cool and aloof looking. Nice work, guys and gal :-)

As a side note, could they have made it harder to read the information about the players? It was just a line of run-on text.

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Jason Rowe kind of made me feel sad at first, but then I thought, that's who these kind of games are perfect for. In-game, he can be who he wants to be, no one sees his disability and feels sorry for him (like I did when I first saw the picture.) I imagine virtual worlds can be a great outlet, they allow people who are constantly treated as different to be treated just like everyone else for awhile.

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QFT Vox - I felt the exact same way. The virtual world cares a lot less about RL physical handicaps. As long as you have some sort of interface to a computer, you're set.

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He's made news before, I remember hearing about him back when I was playing swg.

I wouldn't feel bad for the disabled who get to play with games like this. I do feel bad for that morbidly obese kid who plays EQ 80 hours a week. I'm not passing judgement, since his weight problem could be caused by other things, however if his sedentary lifestyle is what's leading to it, then he needs to get out more.

I liked the piece, I just wish the screenshots had been a bit higher quality. Also, there are a lot better looking costume options out there.

[/ QUOTE ]actually he was 55, 80 was the swg guy, and really, good on him, in the virtual world he can run, walk, jump, dance, in reality he cant do those things. Its one of those good things that virtual worlds can do. the second life software developer played for 70 hours too.

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First off, good on the photographer, Robbie Cooper. An excellent eye for subjects and for posing. I enjoyed this slideshow a lot. Every photo was interesting in some fashion and it was all very professionally setup instead of being the bunch of candid-style shots that I was expecting when I first clicked the link.

Second, I have a feeling that the reason that WoW is under-represented is simply that Mr. Cooper didnt' find anything interesting to relate to. One of the things that he's shooting for in this series, IMO, is the correlation between the player and the avatar. That's one reason Second life is well represented. The avatars tend to be direct representations of the players. The exceptions were a couple of photos intended to show a great contrast between the player and the avatar. That's what WoW was chosen for.

The subjects were well chosen. I loved the shot of the British mom and her kids alongside her Second Life avatar. Even though her avatar is physically different, you could really see her personality coming through in both of those poses. Likewise, I really liked the shot of Jason Rowe, not just for illustrating the breadth of the people who play these games but for the way that the armor of his avatar reflected the shape and contours of his real-life "gear".

I found something to like in every one of those photographs. What really impressed me was the variety of the people. All countries, all walks of life, all sorts of interests and all of it presented with a sense of humor and fun. I would gladly show that photo collection to any non-gamer as evidence that gaming is for everyone.

Nice to see CoH well represented, both in number of photos and in number of nationalities. Anyone seeing that slideshow might actually be disappointed to sign up for CoH and discover that the international guys are all segregated into their own servers.

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Wow, the whole idea is really cool. I am totally amazed.

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I like how about half of them just make digital doubles of themsleves

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Wow, the whole idea is really cool. I am totally amazed.

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I like how about half of them just make digital doubles of themsleves

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I just hope no one finds out I'm a robot offline as well.

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Wow, the whole idea is really cool. I am totally amazed.

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I like how about half of them just make digital doubles of themsleves

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And there you go, outing yourself on the forums!!!

No, but I totally liked it. I agree with the gent who mentioned that rather than some candid shots, these were well-lit, well-done shots.

I just hope no one finds out I'm a robot offline as well.

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Wow, the whole idea is really cool. I am totally amazed.

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I like how about half of them just make digital doubles of themsleves

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I like how that one guy make a digital double of himself but younger, and his girl made some blue-skinned elf thing.
"You look at lot better when you're younger" "And you look a lot better when you're a compeltely different species"

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Wow, the whole idea is really cool. I am totally amazed.

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I like how about half of them just make digital doubles of themsleves

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I like how that one guy make a digital double of himself but younger, and his girl made some blue-skinned elf thing.
"You look at lot better when you're younger" "And you look a lot better when you're a compeltely different species"

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I said about half did it, not all of them
It might not be to everyone's liking, but it's the best cure for those who feel the need to make alts - having just yourself with superpowers makes an amazing connection between you and your avatar

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