Greetings from Timberoth and Gamers Of Action

[Timberoth]

Hi everyone,

I'm a brand new ECA member looking to get some input about some ideas I had about creating a progressive video game non-profit Gamers Of Action.

Personally I'm a game programmer working in California who loves RPGs, FPSs, puzzle, and adventure games. My favorite games include Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy 6, Persona 3, Ninja Gaiden and Call of Duty 4. I also enjoy anime and movies with my favorites being Samurai 7, Monster, Old Boy, Battle Royale and Sympathy for Lady Vengeance to name a few.

[GamesLaw]

Hi everyone,

I'm a brand new ECA member looking to get some input about some ideas I had about creating a progressive video game non-profit Gamers Of Action.

Personally I'm a game programmer working in California who loves RPGs, FPSs, puzzle, and adventure games. My favorite games include Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy 6, Persona 3, Ninja Gaiden and Call of Duty 4. I also enjoy anime and movies with my favorites being Samurai 7, Monster, Old Boy, Battle Royale and Sympathy for Lady Vengeance to name a few.

What ideas?

[mopman411]

Hi everyone,

I'm a brand new ECA member looking to get some input about some ideas I had about creating a progressive video game non-profit Gamers Of Action.

Personally I'm a game programmer working in California who loves RPGs, FPSs, puzzle, and adventure games. My favorite games include Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy 6, Persona 3, Ninja Gaiden and Call of Duty 4. I also enjoy anime and movies with my favorites being Samurai 7, Monster, Old Boy, Battle Royale and Sympathy for Lady Vengeance to name a few.


ideas be change and we done di the fear of change :mad:

[KN]

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[Icehawk]

Change? Extra change? Can you spare some change?

Ah nevermind.

Input eh? Alot would depend on what you are attempting to do of course. What type of people to attract, games types (FPS,RPG etc) to stand behind. Or even as basic as. How active do you want to be? How much time do you have and want to invest?

Its good to be the boss, but Authority (and the perks) does not come without Responsiblity and work.

Get an idea and form a decision then determine what is needed to reach that target. Then set out small steps (Mile markers) to achieve that goal and you will get there in time. Such are my words of wisdom

Oh and welcome.

[steelcobra]

Change? Extra change? Can you spare some change?

Ah nevermind.

Input eh? Alot would depend on what you are attempting to do of course. What type of people to attract, games types (FPS,RPG etc) to stand behind. Or even as basic as. How active do you want to be? How much time do you have and want to invest?

Its good to be the boss, but Authority (and the perks) does not come without Responsiblity and work.

Get an idea and form a decision then determine what is needed to reach that target. Then set out small steps (Mile markers) to achieve that goal and you will get there in time. Such are my words of wisdom

Oh and welcome.

"Chaaaangee? Chhhaaaannnggeee?"
"My god, he's become one of them!"

[esurette]

Hi everyone,

I'm a brand new ECA member looking to get some input about some ideas I had about creating a progressive video game non-profit Gamers Of Action.

Personally I'm a game programmer working in California who loves RPGs, FPSs, puzzle, and adventure games. My favorite games include Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy 6, Persona 3, Ninja Gaiden and Call of Duty 4. I also enjoy anime and movies with my favorites being Samurai 7, Monster, Old Boy, Battle Royale and Sympathy for Lady Vengeance to name a few.

I love your taste in RPGs...

Ideas? What will your non-profit org do? Scholarships for those going into a professional field who demonstrate devotion to the game industry would be a good idea *nudgenudge*

[GamesLaw]

I love your taste in RPGs...

Ideas? What will your non-profit org do? Scholarships for those going into a professional field who demonstrate devotion to the game industry would be a good idea *nudgenudge*

I wholeheartedly support this notion.

[Timberoth]

I love your taste in RPGs...

Ideas? What will your non-profit org do? Scholarships for those going into a professional field who demonstrate devotion to the game industry would be a good idea *nudgenudge*

lol, you actually hit the nail on the head. The long term goal for Gamers Of Action(www.gamersofaction.org (http://www.gamersofaction.org)) would be too create a foundation that would fund small start up social conscious game developers that want to produce games that normally wouldn't even be considered by mainstream publishers and investors who are concerned with returns and less on the actual social value of the game. There's been many of time where I've wanted to quit my current game programming job because the game I'm working on has no real positive impact or net benefit other than to entertain a person for a few hours. I don't have anything against games that only entertain, but I think video games as a media have so much more potential to entertain and educate. My personal end goal would be to help legitimize video games as both an art form and a educational medium similar to the way movies can be used for both entertainment and education.

The long term dream is still far off though, so in the short term I'm trying to figure out what gamers are actually willing to do in terms of volunteering. Some volunteer ideas for Gamers Of Action include
1) Fundraising money through focus group testing - I need to look into how viable this is because I know publishers aren't focus testing year around and I'm not sure how much they pay.
2) Fundraising money through hosting tournaments or co-sponsoring tournaments with established tournaments orgs like Cyberathlete Professional League, World Gaming Series, etc. Another non-profit called Gamers In Action already has a focus on tournament fundraising so I might be able to collaborate with them for this.
3) Playing existing serious/socially conscious games that have a positive impact already like FreeRice (www.freerice.com (http://www.freerice.com)) which donates rice to the UN World Food Program and Games With A Purpose(GWAP www.gwap.com (http://www.gwap.com)) which helps train computers to solve human problems.
4) Write constructive critiques/reviews for existing socially conscious games to provide feedback on how to move the socially conscious game genre forward in terms of both entertainment and education.
5) Creating your own socially conscious games.
6) More ideas that I hope you help come up with.

Wow that was a long post, thanks for listening to my ideas and I hope I can get more feedback.

Thanks

[ConstantNeophyte]

"Chaaaangee? Chhhaaaannnggeee?"
"My god, he's become one of them!"

"I just need a little... change?" :D

[GamesLaw]

lol, you actually hit the nail on the head. The long term goal for Gamers Of Action(www.gamersofaction.org (http://www.gamersofaction.org)) would be too create a foundation that would fund small start up social conscious game developers that want to produce games that normally wouldn't even be considered by mainstream publishers and investors who are concerned with returns and less on the actual social value of the game. There's been many of time where I've wanted to quit my current game programming job because the game I'm working on has no real positive impact or net benefit other than to entertain a person for a few hours. I don't have anything against games that only entertain, but I think video games as a media have so much more potential to entertain and educate. My personal end goal would be to help legitimize video games as both an art form and a educational medium similar to the way movies can be used for both entertainment and education.

The long term dream is still far off though, so in the short term I'm trying to figure out what gamers are actually willing to do in terms of volunteering. Some volunteer ideas for Gamers Of Action include
1) Fundraising money through focus group testing - I need to look into how viable this is because I know publishers aren't focus testing year around and I'm not sure how much they pay.
2) Fundraising money through hosting tournaments or co-sponsoring tournaments with established tournaments orgs like Cyberathlete Professional League, World Gaming Series, etc. Another non-profit called Gamers In Action already has a focus on tournament fundraising so I might be able to collaborate with them for this.
3) Playing existing serious/socially conscious games that have a positive impact already like FreeRice (www.freerice.com (http://www.freerice.com)) which donates rice to the UN World Food Program and Games With A Purpose(GWAP www.gwap.com (http://www.gwap.com)) which helps train computers to solve human problems.
4) Write constructive critiques/reviews for existing socially conscious games to provide feedback on how to move the socially conscious game genre forward in terms of both entertainment and education.
5) Creating your own socially conscious games.
6) More ideas that I hope you help come up with.

Wow that was a long post, thanks for listening to my ideas and I hope I can get more feedback.

Thanks

By "professional field" she meant lawyers, psychologists, business executives, and other graduate degrees in the gaming industry. (i.e. the job fields that typically get ignored in favor of code monkeys.)

[Timberoth]

By "professional field" she meant lawyers, psychologists, business executives, and other graduate degrees in the gaming industry. (i.e. the job fields that typically get ignored in favor of code monkeys.)

Hi Dan,

I wasn't quite sure what you meant here and I was hoping for some clarification.

Thanks,
Tim

[GamesLaw]

I Scholarships for those going into aprofessional field who demonstrate devotion to the game industry would be a good idea *nudgenudge*
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By "professional field" she meant lawyers, psychologists, business executives, and other graduate degrees in the gaming industry. (i.e. the job fields that typically get ignored in favor of code monkeys.)
= scholarships for lawyers, psychologists, business executives, and other jobs with graduate/post-grad degrees that work in the gaming industry.