Posts Tagged ‘GM-T’

Vote Now for Group Writing Project Winners!

September 26th, 2007 48 Comments

At last, the voting poll is finally out for the 10 FINALISTS for my Group Writing Project. This poll will run for one week and will end on October 4, 2007. Best of luck to all!

Go and check the cool voting applet on my sidebar courtesy of polldaddy. And VOTE NOW!

For all the finalists, go ahead and spread this link in your blog, friendster bulletin or forums. You can ask all your friends to vote. Note that multiple voting is disabled. Only one vote per PC, per cookie, per IP.

You can also direct them here to my index page

http://www.gmtristan.com so that they can vote.

The list of all contestants after the jump…

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GM T Group Writing Project – Week 6 (Final Week)

September 22nd, 2007 6 Comments

And now for the last week of my Group Writing Project. For those of you who want to catch up, you can see the entries for the past weeks here. I’ll take this opportunity to list ALL the entries so far. Go ahead and use your free weekend time to read the great and cool entries. Thanks to all those who joined and submitted.

But all good things have to come to an end. It’s been 6 weeks now and it’s time reward the prize(s). Unfortunately, I’d love for everyone to win but there can only be one winner. As per the rules and mechanics, I will put several finalists in a poll. I’ll be posting that in a separate post.

The theme for the last week of the group writing project is

The most challenging thing(s) in an MMORPG: How I bested the game and myself

The entries and links after the jump…

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Gaming is Evil?

September 1st, 2007 32 Comments

When I was in Bacolod last weekend, I made talks to around a couple of thousands college kids.

One of my slides had the picture below. This image is often what parents and teachers see about gaming. My job was to prove to them that  this was all a MISCONCEPTION.

Misconceptions occur when people are fed wrong or inadequate information. For example, we often judge food which is presented to us by our eyes first. But only when our other senses confirm – like our taste and smell, that it is indeed delicous, can we make final judgement on it.

More when you make the jump…

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GM T Group Writing Project – Week 3

August 31st, 2007 9 Comments

Here’s WEEK 3 of the GM Tristan Group Writing Project/Contest.

The theme for this week was

“Your funny, MMORPG bloopers”

Share your most unforgettable boopers, stupid moments or wacky experiences in the world of online gaming.I will also inlcude the links to week 1 and 2 in this post. This is a 6-week contest and entries are growing by the week.

If you’re a blogger, get a chance to win a 1GB USB flash drive just by blogging!

Join now!

The links after the jump…

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GM T Group Writing Project – Week 2

August 24th, 2007 1 Comment

Here’s WEEK 2 of the GM Tristan Group Writing Project/Contest.

The theme for the second week was “TOP 5″ where I asked participants to write about any 5 “lists” pertaining to MMORPGs or their specific experiences. I got quite a lot of interesting reads. I do suggest that you visit these blogs and drop a comment or two.

I will also inlcude the links to week 1 in this post. This is a 6-week contest and entries are growing by the week.

If you’re a blogger, get a chance to win a 1GB USB flash drive just by blogging!

Join now!

Update: Week 3 Theme already posted

The links after the jump…

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GM T Group Writing Project – Week 1

August 17th, 2007 10 Comments

Time now for our first weekly update for the gmtristan.com group writing project. Our theme for the first week was Online Games and MMORPGs: Are they a mirror of real life?

Got some cool and iteresting pieces which are worthy of your time. Do visit them, leave a comment or two and just say hi. If you have a blog, don’t forget TO JOIN my group writing project, ok? A 1GB flash drive and other game-related prizes are up for grabs.

Thanks to all those who joined. For other bloggers, it’s not late yet. Join now!!!

The links after the jump

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Contest: gmtristan.com Group Writing Project

August 13th, 2007 54 Comments

At long last, I finally finished the mechanics of the Gaming Group Writing Project/Contest and I’m really excited to get the first few entries and to read up on them. I’ve already explained the goal of this project in a previous post.

We’re starting the contest officially today, Aug 13.  As an overview, this will run for 6 weeks. Do check out the complete mechanics after the jump.

Meanwhile the theme for our first week is:

Online Games & MMORPGs: Is it a mirror of the real world?

Complete mechanics after the jump…

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