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The language I speak
My own language
Nobody can understand
My own language
The language I speak
Should I change?
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Social Gaming: Play vs Monetization
INTRODUCTION
With the help of digital communities, the gaming communities have expanded into expansive central hubs for players worldwide to connect, collaborate and compete within games (Goncalves et al. 2023). However, it can be seen in recent years that there has been a shift within the gaming community. The gaming community's emphasis on play and camaraderie has started to become overshadowed by the growing trend of monetization of games. This change poses intriguing questions about the further development of the gaming community along with the impact of commercial interests.
In the beginning, Goncalves et al. (2023) state that the main role of gaming communities is for players to enjoy games together for entertainment purposes. From online forums to interactive game sessions, players are able to experience fictional worlds, complete missions in games and even forge friendships with each other. The rise of monetization in games, however, has created a new trend within the communities, disrupting the usual dynamics where players come together for the pure reason of enjoying games together.
THE EFFECTS OF MONETIZED GAMES
One of the prominent reasons for the shift in social gaming is the popularity of microtransactions and in-game purchases that can be made. Gaming communities are becoming increasingly interconnected with the economic structure of the games. Various virtual currencies, cosmetic skins, and premium items that are being monetized have created a world where the act of playing and gaming is now tied to the act of making financial transactions using real money. According to Markopoulos (2018), the game Clash of Clans uses four types of in-game currencies Gold, Elixir, Dark and Gems, where Gems are the most valuable but can only be purchased with real money. As some players wish to progress faster in the game and level up, they purchase Gems with their real-world money (Markopoulos 2018). As a result, these monetized features have created a dichotomy within the gaming communities, with some players embracing these microtransaction features while other believe that it disrupts the play of the game.
Competitive gaming, better known as e-sports, has also played a part in the monetization of games. Although e-sports has provided a platform for players to showcase their skills and talents in the game and even garner a huge following, the commercialization of these competitions have added a business aspect of it to gaming communities. According to Steinkuehler (2020), sponsorships, advertising deals and prize pools that can cost up to millions have turned e-sports into a profitable industry for businessmen and investors. However, this business model has now blurred the lines between passionate play and profit-driven motives for players and gaming companies alike. Sun (2017) states that the game League of Legends holds the World Championship, one of the biggest e-sports competitions, where the top 16 teams around the world will compete for the massive and enticing prize pool. In 2016, the prize pool for the Worlds Championship was a grand total of $5, 070, 000 (Sun 2017). Due to these changes, there have been debates in the gaming community on the authenticity and purity of e-sports due to commercial influences.
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Furthermore, live streaming has also reshaped the dynamics of the gaming communities. According to Johnson (2019), Twitch, a streaming platform, has given rise to content creators who monetize their gameplay through donations, subscriptions and sponsorships. This has allowed players to turn their passion into a substantial profession, it has also changed the communal nature of gaming. The reason for this is that the simple joy of playing games may no longer be the sole reason for players to game, as the aspect of needing to entertain an audience in order to generate revenue now comes into play (Johnson 2019). This then turns the act of playing and gaming into a test of good performance rather than personal enjoyment of the game.
THE POSITIVES OF MONETIZED GAMES
Although monetization has brought new changes and challenges to the gaming communities, it is also essential to recognize that it has brought some positive changes to gaming communities. The financial success of the gaming industry has allowed for higher investments in game development (Ten Pixel Studio 2022). This results in improved quality of games, allowing players to immerse themselves better in games. Moreover, the rising popularity of e-sports has elevated gaming into mainstream entertainment. According to Ponda (2019), e-sports has aided the gaming community in gaining recognition and massive revenue.
In conclusion, the monetization of games has undeniably changed the gaming community, bringing about both positive and negative ones. Thus, striking a balance must be done to ensure that gaming communities can continue to thrive while being able to develop into greater entertainment.
REFERENCES
Goncalves, D, Pais, P, Gerling, K, Guerreiro, T & Rodrigues, A 2023, ‘Social gaming: A systematic review’, Computers in Human Behaviour, vol. 147, viewed 25 November 2023, <https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0747563223002029>.
Markopoulos, P 2018, ‘The effect of monetization in the gaming industry. BA (Honours) in Games Thesis. Panagiotis Markopoulos’, University of the Art London: London College of Communication, viewed 25 November 2023, <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/340983180_The_effect_of_monetization_in_the_gaming_industry_BA_Honours_in_Games_THESIS_Panagiotis_Markopoulos>.
Steinkuehler, C 2020, ‘Esports research: Critical, empirical, and historical studies of competitive videogame play’, Sage Journals, vol. 15, no. 1, viewed 25 November 2023, <https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1555412019836855>.
Sun, Y 2017, ‘Motivation to play esports: Case of League of Legends’, Scholar Commons, viewed 26 November 2023, <https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5119&context=etd>.
Johnson, MR, Woodcock, J 2019, ‘“And today’s top donator is”: How live streamers on twitch.tv monetize and gamify their broadcasts’, Social Media + Society, viewed 26 November 2023, <https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/2056305119881694>.
Ten Pixel Studio 2022, ‘Why game monetization is an important aspect for developers?’, Linkedin, 14 October, viewed 26 November 2023, <https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-game-monetization-important-aspect-developers-ten-pixel-studio>.
Ponda, D 2019, ‘Rise of e-sports: How gaming is evolving into a mainstream entertainment medium like no other’, India Times, 5 October, viewed 26 November 2023, <https://www.indiatimes.com/technology/rise-of-e-sports-how-gaming-is-evolving-into-a-mainstream-entertainment-medium-like-no-other-377033.html>.
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The Stars Look Very Different Tonight
happy november fifth!
Fandom: Supernatural
Pairing: Castiel/Dean Winchester
Tags: Episode: s05e03 Free to Be You and Me (Supernatural), Post-Episode: s15e18 Despair, Post-Canon Fix-It, Happy Canon Destiel Day!!!, Bisexual Dean Winchester, (the only repression here is emotional repression b/c this is the good spn that lives in my head), Kissing, Hand Jobs, one might say the world's vaguest handjob, Happy Ending
Summary:
“Dean,” Cas says above him, and Dean can feel the rumble of his sternum against the back of his hand. He glances up and finds Cas watching him with something that looks a bit like the way Dean feels, overeager and wrongfooted—but none of the wide-eyed terror that he’d had at the brothel.
Throwing up a brow and curling his mouth into a smirk, Dean makes his best attempt at nonchalance. “What kind of friend would I be if I left you hanging, huh?”
Or: They slept together in s5 and didn't talk about it for twelve years
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#spncreatorsdaily#spn#fifthposting#me posting this after everyone has gone to bed like :D#destiel#supernatural#spn fic
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i dont understand what you're talking about? that robot doesnt look anything like ramona
sθrry maybe im wrθng.
im having a tθugh night.
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Fifth post: Media and Information sources.
My professor gave us a bunch of assignments today about human psychology and philosophy. I had planned to go to the museum today or perhaps peek at an art gallery, but instead, it looks like I'll be doing this assignment in different kinds of libraries. I mean, I don't get the fact that our universities have a library, but none of the books there are beneficial to our studies.
"Might as well go to a public library," I mumbled to myself while groaning in frustration, scratching my head as I anticipatedly wait for the discussion to end. Mr. Coryback is an excellent teacher, but giving an assignment for the answers to be located in different types of libraries is a little bit tiring and bothersome.
I guess It's a good thing we discussed the types of libraries in our MIL subject, or else I wouldn't know where to go. Now there are four types of libraries located in the capital. To name them all; Public, School, Academic, and Special library.
For this assignment, I should go to the Special library since the information that I'm going to search for revolves around Human science. I might also check the Public Library for Philosophy.
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Crowdsourcing vs Crowdfunding
Wow, “Crowdsourcing” and “Crowdfunding”? What a BIG word to me! Let’s explore more on what does these two big words mean and is there any difference between them?
What does crowdsourcing and crowdfunding mean?
Crowdsourcing is the process that involves obtaining opinions or information from a huge group of people in an online setting, such as social media, the internet and via mobile apps (Hargrave 2019). According to Goodrich (2013), crowdsourcing required a big group of people with diverse skills, ideas and participation to generate content or assist in the product or campaign’s creation. In other words, crowdsourcing is the distribution of problem solving. As an illustration, a company that needs funds for a marketing advertisement, upcoming campaign, project, or research for an innovated product, it can acquire high amount of money, content and information from the crowd (Goodrich 2013).
Crowdfunding involves crowd to donate or contribute small amounts of capital to finance and support a new business project (Smith 2019). Based on Smith (2019), crowdfunding website or social media page helps connect huge networks of people such as investors and entrepreneurs together to bring a new project to life. Crowdfunding occurs when it comprises voluntary donation-based effort (Neiss et al. 2016).
What is the difference between crowdsourcing and crowdfunding?
So, crowdsourcing is basically the process where crowd search information together, whereas, crowdfunding involves crowd to contribute money on a voluntary basis to support start-up corporations, charities or even individuals (Harvard 2019).
Let’s discover the example of crowdsourcing and crowdfunding!
McDonalds’s! Yes, who doesn’t like McDonald’s? One of the example of crowdsourcing is ‘McDonald’s Burger Builder’.
This crowdsourcing campaign gave McDonald’s customers the sovereignty to submit ideas for the desired types of burgers they would like to see in store and even purchase it (Kearns 2018). Once the perfect burger is created online, the voters from all over the world can vote for the best ones and the winners along with their photo and brief bio will be listed as McDonald’s released the burgers weekly (Kearns 2018).
(Source: https://tweakyourbiz.com/marketing/9-great-examples-crowdsourcing-age-empowered-consumers)
Everyone has their own dreams, isn’t it? And these dreams can’t be fulfilled when there’s lack of capital. No worries, we’ve got crowdfunding! Kickstarter is one of the example of crowdfunding.
Kickstarter is a crowdfunding website that allows inventors, entrepreneurs or even individuals to raise millions of dollars to fund development and production of an idea or a project (Thrope 2018). Thrope (2018) asserted that the successful projects include the ‘Pebble Watch’, ‘Coolest Cooler’ and ‘Potato Salad’. For the idea on making ‘Potato Salad’, the inventor, Zach Danger Brown had notoriously raised $55,492 where it has exceed the initial goal of $10 only.
(Source: https://www.kickstarter.com/)
Conclusion
Can crowdsourcing be beneficial to the communities?
In my opinion, yes, because crowdsourcing allows individual to source for big group of people from different field with different talent in a shorter period of time and it works more efficiently compared to traditional advertisement. Additionally, with the digital platform nowadays, users can utilize hashtags to find relevant source as well.
Can crowdfunding actually replace traditional funding mechanisms for the creative productions?
I think it can, because with the social networking website nowadays, it is easier for designers, content creators or musicians to seek help from people, provided the people like their contents and ideas, they will definitely achieve the targeted funding.
References
Goodrich, R 2013, ‘What is crowdsourcing?’, Business News Daily, 26 February, viewed 16 November 2019, <https://www.businessnewsdaily.com/4025-what-is-crowdsourcing.html>.
Hargrave, M 2019, Crowdsourcing, Investopedia, 8 July, viewed 16 November 2019, <https://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/crowdsourcing.asp>.
Kearns, K 2018, 9 great examples of crowdsourcing in the age of empowered consumers, Tweak Your Biz, viewed 17 November 2019, <https://tweakyourbiz.com/marketing/9-great-examples-crowdsourcing-age-empowered-consumers>.
Smith, T 2019, Crowdfunding, Investopedia, 26 June, viewed 17 November 2019, <https://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/crowdfunding.asp>.
Thrope, D 2018, ‘What is crowdfunding?’, Forbes, 26 June, viewed 17 November 2019, <https://www.forbes.com/sites/devinthorpe/2018/06/25/what-is-crowdfunding/#19ad30e965c5>.
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Once you become a Mom, you NEVER stop cleaning. You will spend the rest of your life cleaning.
My Mommy
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It's 5am (Where is your freedom - Part 5)
It's 5 a.m.
He woke flat broke yet home is the Colosseum
Steps home of the red the white and
The blue blood gums
The music he strums
The suits he runs from
White is the hue
pigment looking down nostral
for him ain't nothing new
That blanche truth is his scrapmetal
that he could've never shine through
Red are the signs and taillights the view he's grown accustomed to
reminders that redemption and redistribution and rediscovery and redolance were for the few
All these colors faded from years of flying within his dome
Or could it have been hisstory of no home foster homes
Reality was a sortie freedom
Burned from birth like his skintone
His sister mister misters
For leaders with lapel flags
Beautiful semisweet mix of mom and dad
He Never knew her or
pursued her he was tumbling rags
Refuse of the state separated from mother
by Maga's mantrata moaning
wed to a country malnourished and smothered
with privlage and apathetic groaning
Her Freedom was killed on the beat
People partially fed took to the street
little changed other than headlines
And Freedom's child carried on his emotional gunny
Time passed and she married into money
Her brother couldn't even be mad
His freedom died before she was had
When Freedom had him tied down on concrete
Wandering street to seek shelter but can not sleep
Hearing his mother's dreams nightmare with Freedom on top of her
Left to wonder how Hate broke hope inside her at 5am on our side of the border
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Drawing Complex Figures and Shapes with Illustrator
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This week in Fundamentals we learnt how to create a ‘penguin’ in Illustrator, this exercise of course had potential for customisation, so I took the opportunity to create a seagull instead.
This was a very fun exercise as I got to create something unique and funny, as well as see my friends do the same thing with their ‘penguins’.
We also learnt about layering and using fill to create coloured shapes, e.g. the beak and the feet. This was very helpful to learn because before then we’d only learnt about drawing shapes and lines without any colour.
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New Illustrator Shortcuts Learnt :
⌘ + j = connect two points
⌘ + g = group
[shift] + ⌘ + g = ungroup
⌘ + y = wireframe
o = reflect tool
hold alt/option when dragging shape = copy shape
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Current Software Skill Rating:
Windows : 10
MacOS : 8 (increase from 6 last week)
Photoshop : 7 (increase from 5 last week, this was due to what we learnt in animation)
Illustrator : 8 (increase from 6 last week)
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I was confident in completing this exercise today because of the skills I’d accumulated over the past few weeks with the pen tool, among other tools and shortcuts that Toby showed us.
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I like this photo thought it was pretty dope! It actually kind of reminds me of my brother. Well with out all the glow on his arm...Don’t tell him I said that unless you want to be put 8ft under!
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No Excuses #Elephant #elephantlivesmatter #ElephantDeath #ELEPHANTNATION #CycloneNisarga #wednesdaymorning #Kerala #keralaelephant #saveanimals #saveelephants #Elephants #TeluguQuotes #fifthpost #AVITHALU #TeluguQuotes #telugumemes #telugukavithalu #telugufunny #teluguneethulu #telugu #telugumemepage #తెలుగుకవితలు #తెలుగు #తెలుగుమాటలు #తీయనితెలుగు #అవితలు @the.telugu.punology @telugukatha @chaibisket @capdt https://www.instagram.com/p/CA-IVWan0Q1/?igshid=tueeo5bsdyfe
#elephant#elephantlivesmatter#elephantdeath#elephantnation#cyclonenisarga#wednesdaymorning#kerala#keralaelephant#saveanimals#saveelephants#elephants#teluguquotes#fifthpost#avithalu#telugumemes#telugukavithalu#telugufunny#teluguneethulu#telugu#telugumemepage#త#అవ
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happy destiel day to those who celebrate!! to those who don’t you’ll want to block #fifthposting from me (assuming you aren’t already blocking #spn) 💞
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If anyone in particular had anything to say on a post we reblog, we might tag it as #[name]posting. Also you will see words in their text colour and quirk (if they have one).
We may come back and edit in links to posts with more details. Or not.
We are almost all trans, but it will be only mentioned below if that has caused a name change from our canon counterpart.
Just call us AirPrime if you want to talk to us/the account in general.
Let's do this in groups, in no particular order.
Homestuck Humans+:
Roxy: Roxy Lalonde fictive. she/they. #roxyposting
Rose: Rose Lalonde fictive. she/her. #roseposting
Jazz: Jazz Lalonde (Jasprosesprite^2) fictive. Cat :3. she/her, or any cat neopronouns. #jazzposting
Dave: Dave Strider fictive. he/him. #daveposting
Dove: Dove Strider (transfem Davesprite) fictive (also a bit of 「TIME PARADOX」 from Jojo's MSPaint Adventure). bird. she/her. #doveposting
DS: Technically a Dirk Strider fictive (mixture of Dirk, Hal, and Brain Ghost Dirk's Katana. Also is glasses.) The DS stands for duelStands. they/them. #dsposting
Kate: Dirk Strider fictive (transfem). Technically short for "Katana" but don't call me that. Middle name "Dirl". she/her. #kateposting
June: June Egbert fictive. she/her. #juneposting
Jade: Jade Harley fictive. dog. woof woof! she/her/it. #jadeposting
Homestuck Trolls:
Aradia: Aradia Megido fictive. Ghost and frog and robot and fairy god all at the same time. 0u~. she/her. #aradiaposting
Sol: Sollux Captor fictive (also bits of 89P13 and 「YELLOW TEMPERANCE」 and 「NEVER SAY DIE」). he/she. #solposting
Mituna: Mituna Captor fictive. he/any/she. #mitunaposting
Karkat: Karkat Vantas fictive. he/him and she/her (undecided). #karkatposting
Nepeta: Nepeta Leijon fictive. she/fur/it and other cat neopronouns. #nepetaposting
Kanaya: Kanaya Maryam fictive. she/her. #kanayaposting
Terezi: Terezi Pyrope fictive. she/it. #tereziposting
Vriska: Vriska Serket fictive. she/her. #vriskaposting
Eridan: Eridan Ampora fictive (goes by Eridan Eleven instead). she/her. #eridanposting
Other Homestucks:
Erisol: Erisolsprite fictive. Not actually at all like Erisolsprite. Different person from Eridan and Sol. he/they. #erisolposting
Neproxy: Neproxy Leijonde (Nepeta and Roxy fusion) fictive. Probably the same Nepeta and Roxy from above. she/they/fur/any other cat neopronouns. #neproxyposting
Altair: Altair Tascii (fantroll from my fan adventure Roguebent) fictive. he/him. #altairposting
Erfworld:
Jack: Jack Snipe fictive. NOT from Homestuck. he/him. #jackposting
Wanda: Wanda Firebaugh fictive. Spooky. NOT from Marvel. she/her. #wandaposting
Others:
V: non-fictive; named for the Order of the Stick character. The "host" if we have one. they/them. #vposting
Five: non-fictive; "V without the limit8ions." Draws elements from Vriska Serket, PL from Roguebent, and happens to share a name with Number Five from Umbrella Academy. any pronouns. #fiveposting
Link: Link fictive (from The Legend of Zelda, specifically the Hero of the Wild). Nonverbal I've been told not to use that word; does not speak IRL, would use sign language if we knew any, uses emojis only online. he/any. #linkposting
Fifth: ... Complicated. Technically a robot/ai version of June, and also her stand(?), but a separate person also..... Full name 「FIFTH OF BEETHOVEN」. she/her. #fifthposting
Possible (people we've felt present but haven't definitely recurred, might have just been our imagination):
Sherlock Holmes (RDJ version)
Equius Zahhak
Arquius Strihak
Jotaro Kujo
Will update whenever. Maybe.
#im not putting all those character tags#just have the [name]posting ones#roxyposting#roseposting#jazzposting#daveposting#doveposting#dsposting#kateposting#juneposting#jadeposting#aradiaposting#solposting#mitunaposting#karkatposting#nepetaposting#kanayaposting#tereziposting#vriskaposting#eridanposting#erisolposting#neproxyposting#altairposting#jackposting#wandaposting#vposting#fiveposting#linkposting#fifthposting#plurality
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When overlooking previous polls, the Jewish-American community has shown their true support by contributing an overwhelming number of votes to the Democratic party for decades. Due to recent conflicts over Representative Ilhan Omar and accusations of anti-Semitism in the Democratic party, Republicans have jumped at the chance to win converters.
According to Eli Rosenberg, in a March 2019 Washington Post article titled “Trump and the GOP are trying to make ‘Jexodus’ happen, but most Jews still vote Democratic” a former Trump campaign staff member, named Elizabeth Pipko spoke with Fox News reporters about the “Jexodus” program. The title of the organization is a play on the words “Jewish” and “exodus” and was created for pro-Trump Jewish people. According to Pipko, Jewish Americans are beginning to leave the Democratic party for their alleged support for anti-Semitism and anti-Islamic policies and the group was created to support these people. However, there is no evidence to support these claims. Jewish Americans have showed their loyalty to the Democratic party for decades, dating back to 1992 with only 11 percent of Jewish voters supporting the George H.W. Bush’s campaign. More recently, only 24 percent of Jewish Americans voters showed support for Trump during his 2016 election. Despite these odds, the Republican party is hopeful to see improvement in these numbers in the upcoming 2020 election because of the recent conflict in the Democratic party and the creation of the new “Jexodus” program.
As discussed in previous lectures and within the textbook, the Jewish American community is considered one of a few religious groups that the majority of their population favors a single political party. This is also witnessed with the African American Protestants and Hispanic Catholics with the Democratic party and white evangelicals with the Republican party. The Jewish support could largely be due to their religious affiliation or traditions that are supported by the liberal view the Democratic party contends. In my opinion, I think the Jewish community will not be hesitant to show their support for the Democratic party in the upcoming election, despite the issues they are facing because of Omar and the recent anti-Semitism allegations. I believe this because their religious views shape their voting choice and they will favor the party that reflects what they stand for. Therefore, unless Republics change their outlook on policies, Jews will stand with the Democrats.
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