Comments on: Game life http://blog.flexnib.com/2006/05/02/game-life/ ... the online home of a librarian in Perth, Western Australia Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:08:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: CW http://blog.flexnib.com/2006/05/02/game-life/#comment-1016 CW Mon, 08 May 2006 22:05:13 +0000 http://blog.flexnib.com/2006/05/02/game-life/#comment-1016 Hi Morgan, now that you mention it, I know exactly where the libraries in WoW are! I havent been to Booty Bay but can a bunch of goblins really run a library? Heh! Hi Morgan, now that you mention it, I know exactly where the libraries in WoW are! I havent been to Booty Bay but can a bunch of goblins really run a library? Heh!

]]> By: morgan http://blog.flexnib.com/2006/05/02/game-life/#comment-1015 morgan Mon, 08 May 2006 01:39:03 +0000 http://blog.flexnib.com/2006/05/02/game-life/#comment-1015 There are two libraries in Stormwind, and a big one in Ironforge. Each of them has several of those virtual books - the ones with 12 or so pages. <br/><br/>A place more accessible to hordies like you would be the Scarlet Monastery. It has heaps of books, but if you want to read them it's best to choose a group who's not in too much of a hurry. Booty Bay also has a room which seems to serve as a library, or maybe it's just a room full of books.<br/><br/>I'm sure there are others, but I haven't progressed enough in the game to find them yet. There are two libraries in Stormwind, and a big one in Ironforge. Each of them has several of those virtual books - the ones with 12 or so pages.

A place more accessible to hordies like you would be the Scarlet Monastery. It has heaps of books, but if you want to read them it’s best to choose a group who’s not in too much of a hurry. Booty Bay also has a room which seems to serve as a library, or maybe it’s just a room full of books.

I’m sure there are others, but I haven’t progressed enough in the game to find them yet.

]]> By: CW http://blog.flexnib.com/2006/05/02/game-life/#comment-1014 CW Wed, 03 May 2006 22:53:16 +0000 http://blog.flexnib.com/2006/05/02/game-life/#comment-1014 Mooiness, don't you know I am 6' tall, blonde and an accomplished mountain climber online? Alternatively I am also a 4' tall Halfling (Hobbit) named Beebalm of the Shire (EQ 2 character) who is learning to be a healer - using spells! In real life M loves to tell me how short I am, I have black hair and two gammy ankles... <br/><br/>Morgan, are there many libraries in WoW? Obviously I haven't looked closely enough...<br/><br/>Hello Greg, thanks for your comment - you know, now there are librarians in SL I am actually tempted to visit! :) Mooiness, don’t you know I am 6′ tall, blonde and an accomplished mountain climber online? Alternatively I am also a 4′ tall Halfling (Hobbit) named Beebalm of the Shire (EQ 2 character) who is learning to be a healer - using spells! In real life M loves to tell me how short I am, I have black hair and two gammy ankles…

Morgan, are there many libraries in WoW? Obviously I haven’t looked closely enough…

Hello Greg, thanks for your comment - you know, now there are librarians in SL I am actually tempted to visit! :)

]]> By: Greg http://blog.flexnib.com/2006/05/02/game-life/#comment-1013 Greg Wed, 03 May 2006 13:17:56 +0000 http://blog.flexnib.com/2006/05/02/game-life/#comment-1013 mooiness, I understand and appreciate your point, but I am certainly not (and don't have to be) the same librarian in SL that I am in RL. And I am not thinking about librarianship and libraries in the same way in SL that I do in RL. Much of the beauty of the project comes from being able to look at libraries from a whole new perspective without the confines of our RL jobs. As you can see, I love thinking about libraries, even when I'm not on the clock. I think this is true of most of the participants.<br/><br/>Second Life is not an escape from reality in the sense that a MMORPG is. There is no game. It is simply a virtual space, where it is possible to do some very real things. <br/><br/>I find the possibilities endlessly fascinating and find that participating in the library project gives me a sense of purpose and identity that doesn't come from wondering around aimlessly editing my avatar. And it's fun, at least for me. mooiness, I understand and appreciate your point, but I am certainly not (and don’t have to be) the same librarian in SL that I am in RL. And I am not thinking about librarianship and libraries in the same way in SL that I do in RL. Much of the beauty of the project comes from being able to look at libraries from a whole new perspective without the confines of our RL jobs. As you can see, I love thinking about libraries, even when I’m not on the clock. I think this is true of most of the participants.

Second Life is not an escape from reality in the sense that a MMORPG is. There is no game. It is simply a virtual space, where it is possible to do some very real things.

I find the possibilities endlessly fascinating and find that participating in the library project gives me a sense of purpose and identity that doesn’t come from wondering around aimlessly editing my avatar. And it’s fun, at least for me.

]]> By: morgan http://blog.flexnib.com/2006/05/02/game-life/#comment-1012 morgan Wed, 03 May 2006 06:08:54 +0000 http://blog.flexnib.com/2006/05/02/game-life/#comment-1012 I play WoW on an RP server, Kirin Tor, and am in a medium-RP guild. We're all meant to have background stories. My character is a former librarian turned Mage, who makes a point of visiting all the libraries and virtual books in the world. I play WoW on an RP server, Kirin Tor, and am in a medium-RP guild. We’re all meant to have background stories. My character is a former librarian turned Mage, who makes a point of visiting all the libraries and virtual books in the world.

]]> By: mooiness http://blog.flexnib.com/2006/05/02/game-life/#comment-1011 mooiness Wed, 03 May 2006 01:05:11 +0000 http://blog.flexnib.com/2006/05/02/game-life/#comment-1011 I applaud the effort to try and explain it to me but I'm in agreeance more with your first point and that is: you go into a game to escape from reality and not to be what you are in real life.<br/><br/>As for the Second Life argument, the whole point is a second life! Would you go into the game to be a librarian when you are already a librarian for real? And if not, are the librarians in the game (simulation?) qualified to be librarians? Heh.<br/><br/>Can of worms!<br/><br/>Thanks for the links. I shall go through them. :) I applaud the effort to try and explain it to me but I’m in agreeance more with your first point and that is: you go into a game to escape from reality and not to be what you are in real life.

As for the Second Life argument, the whole point is a second life! Would you go into the game to be a librarian when you are already a librarian for real? And if not, are the librarians in the game (simulation?) qualified to be librarians? Heh.

Can of worms!

Thanks for the links. I shall go through them. :)

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