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allbingo2024-07-01 03:38 am
ysabetwordsmith) wrote in allbingo2024-07-01 03:38 am
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Games and Entertainment Meet and Greet
Lots of folks want to see more activity on Dreamwidth. While researching community activities, I came across the idea of thematic meet and greet events. That seemed like something which might work here, given a membership of several hundred people and a new theme each month. So I made one for this month's theme. It gives people a place to meet folks with similar interests, and to squee about the current theme.
Here is the basic outline. Fill in as much or as little of it as you wish, depending on your interests as they relate to the Games and Entertainment Bingo Fest.
Name: Whatever you wish to be known by.
Sex/Gender Identity: Share any descriptions you wish people to know about you, including pronouns.
Find Me At: Your other blogs, services, or venues.
What I Love About Games: Favorite mechanics, effects, traditions, pieces, tropes, etc.
What I Hate About Games: Things you wish would go away, in real life or entertainment. Die, trope, die!
Favorite Genre(s): Fantasy, pirates, space marines, strategy, wild west, romance, etc.
Favorite Type(s): Tabletop games, video games, sports, etc.
Favorite Quote(s) About Play: Put your cards on the table.
Great Fanworks Featuring Games: Fiction, music videos, filksongs, whatever. Kirk/Spock/Chess helped start fanfic!
Best Games I've Seen Onscreen: Scenes in movies, television shows, etc.
Headcanons: Which characters do you associate with what games?
Games I Love To Play Myself: Solo or group, share what you play most avidly.
Best Game I've Ever Played: In person or otherwise.
My Collection: How many games do you own? What kinds? How are they organized?
Favorite Game Day Foods: Pizza, fruit tray, soda, etc.
Favorite Blogs or Communities: Anything on Dreamwidth, or other venues, relating to the above topics.
I've Been a Gamer Since: How long have you been playing games?
Gamer, Designer, or Both: Do you play games, make games, or some combination of the two?
About My Blog: A general description of your blog metaphor, what your blog contains, common formats / media, activity level, typical rating level, featured fandom(s) or original work, etc.
What I Create: Anything you make that relates to the Games and Entertainment theme or above topics; fandoms, formats, recurring motifs, and so forth.
What I'm Looking For: Things you would like to get from this activity; readers, comments, recommendations of fandoms or fanworks, new friends, wider representation of something, etc.
Here is the basic outline. Fill in as much or as little of it as you wish, depending on your interests as they relate to the Games and Entertainment Bingo Fest.
Name: Whatever you wish to be known by.
Sex/Gender Identity: Share any descriptions you wish people to know about you, including pronouns.
Find Me At: Your other blogs, services, or venues.
What I Love About Games: Favorite mechanics, effects, traditions, pieces, tropes, etc.
What I Hate About Games: Things you wish would go away, in real life or entertainment. Die, trope, die!
Favorite Genre(s): Fantasy, pirates, space marines, strategy, wild west, romance, etc.
Favorite Type(s): Tabletop games, video games, sports, etc.
Favorite Quote(s) About Play: Put your cards on the table.
Great Fanworks Featuring Games: Fiction, music videos, filksongs, whatever. Kirk/Spock/Chess helped start fanfic!
Best Games I've Seen Onscreen: Scenes in movies, television shows, etc.
Headcanons: Which characters do you associate with what games?
Games I Love To Play Myself: Solo or group, share what you play most avidly.
Best Game I've Ever Played: In person or otherwise.
My Collection: How many games do you own? What kinds? How are they organized?
Favorite Game Day Foods: Pizza, fruit tray, soda, etc.
Favorite Blogs or Communities: Anything on Dreamwidth, or other venues, relating to the above topics.
I've Been a Gamer Since: How long have you been playing games?
Gamer, Designer, or Both: Do you play games, make games, or some combination of the two?
About My Blog: A general description of your blog metaphor, what your blog contains, common formats / media, activity level, typical rating level, featured fandom(s) or original work, etc.
What I Create: Anything you make that relates to the Games and Entertainment theme or above topics; fandoms, formats, recurring motifs, and so forth.
What I'm Looking For: Things you would like to get from this activity; readers, comments, recommendations of fandoms or fanworks, new friends, wider representation of something, etc.
Thoughts
I loved that. :D They had me at "black dragon spitting acid."
This is my favorite though.
>> but if we're talking about movies about games (like chess etc) then i am sadly drawing a blank :c
I don't remember the name, but there's a pretty good movie about teaching ghetto kids to play chess. "No man can call you stupid if you can beat him at a game of chess."
>> i'm fairly new to DW so i'd really like to find more blogs to follow! <<
Watch
>> i'm in a lot of fairly niche fandoms so i don't mind expanding my horizons there but it'd be real cool to meet more ppl who enjoy games in general c:
Search them on the Interests page. Search gaming and you'll find several communities for that.
>> if you yourself post about gaming or know any communities about it i'd be happy to know! (also no pressure to friend me back or anything, i'm just happy to meet new ppl/have more blogs to read c:)
I don't post a ton about gaming, but I love reading game manuals and you can find some reviews of those in my Review tag.
Re: Thoughts
and also thank you for all of the suggestions! i'm familiar with some of the communities you mentioned, but will definitely be checking out the others. going to take a peep at your review tag as well! c:
Re: Thoughts
I think it's my all-time favorite commercial.
>> and also thank you for all of the suggestions! i'm familiar with some of the communities you mentioned, but will definitely be checking out the others. going to take a peep at your review tag as well! c:
Yay! I'm happy I could help.