I'm not really sure what the answer is. Everyone has good points. It would be nice not to lose all of your stuff just because you had to attend to a real-life thing, big or small, but on the other hand, it would take down some of the risk of the game, and risk is probably the most attractive thing about the game.
What about a compromise? What about a way to set up a temporary door to a room or structure, like a barricade. Zombies could break it down to come to you, and other people could do the same, but you could set it up, given you had one in your inventory, and you would at least be a little safer. I'll put an example up. Say you go into a train car in Map 2. The majority of the middle of that car is filled with impassable stuff, boxes I guess. So your back is safe. You go in, set up this one-time-use thing, like a plastic half wall or something. An axe or gunfire at close range would take the barricade down, and zombies could knock it down if they tried, but if you are still and quiet, they won't know you're there, unless they followed you. That way, it wouldn't be a get out of jail free card, and you couldn't make a little room of them to stay safe and shoot zombies, but you could use one, if you had one, to make a temporarily safe alcove. Safe, in this case, would mean that you're just that little bit less likely to get attacked, because the zombie won't just randomly stagger through. Maybe that's a good middle ground. Signed: Dakotah Rickard On 5/5/12, enes <enes.sari...@gmail.com> wrote: > hi, > I had the same thing > when I hit escape and went to answer the phone I thought the game had > paused > when I returned I was dead > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "john" <jpcarnemo...@comcast.net> > Sent: Friday, May 04, 2012 11:44 PM > To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> > Subject: Re: [Audyssey] swamp 2.2 thoughts > >> Instant attention like somebody knocking on the door or the phone >> ringing? >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Ken" <kenwdow...@neo.rr.com >> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org >> Date sent: Fri, 4 May 2012 15:49:01 -0400 >> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] swamp 2.2 thoughts >> >> If something needs my attention, I simply park my character in a safe >> place. >> There are several besides the safe zone, none totaly safe--but safe >> enough. >> I personally like the system the way it is now. No pausing means that >> menu >> mode can be entered during missions again too, which is nice. >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Jeremy Kaldobsky" <jer...@kaldobsky.com >> To: "Johnny Tai" <johnnyti...@shaw.ca>; "Gamers Discussion list" >> <gamers@audyssey.org >> Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2012 1:16 PM >> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] swamp 2.2 thoughts >> >> >> I'll give this some thought and see what I come up with. >> >> On a side note you are definitely correct that games are primarily for >> fun. The other thing to consider is that any time a game is multiplayer >> you are accepting responsibilities that wouldn't exist in a single player >> game. This even translates into real life. If playing a game of chess >> against yourself for practice, you might just walk away and come back an >> hour later. When playing with another person you have a responsibility >> to >> them which keeps you from doing that same thing. While the >> responsibilities are different depending on the game, I do believe every >> game becomes driven by more than simply "fun" once other people are >> involved. This wasn't meant to dismiss your ideas Johnny, I still plan >> to >> give this some thought to see if I can come up with a solution that fits >> with my design but also makes people happy. >> >> Speaking purely from a gamer point of >> view, I think that the point of a game is, well, for fun, >> and thus, when real life suddenly demands your attention, it >> should be reasonable to be able to pause that "fun" while >> you run like mad to the washroom...just for >> example...without, as someone pointed out, losing a week, or >> even month, worth of careful playing and saving up items. >> Otherwise, without such option, many of us probably wouldn't >> play swamp at all unless we know we are sure to have a few >> hours of uninterupted play-time at least, which in my >> case/life style, is pretty much impossible. >> Granted you can go to the safe zone and idle there, but if >> I'm on the other side of town, I don't have the time to run >> to safe zone without missing say, that important phone call >> from a client. >> If pause is too abuseable, then at least give an instant >> recall to safe zone option, say make it cost 200 rep or >> something, so when something urgent comes up, we at least >> have that way out fast. >> >> >> --- >> Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org >> If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >> gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. >> You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >> http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >> All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >> http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. >> If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the >> list, >> please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. >> >> >> >> --- >> Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org >> If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >> gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. >> You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >> http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >> All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >> http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. >> If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the >> list, >> please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. >> >> --- >> Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org >> If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >> gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. >> You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >> http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >> All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >> http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. >> If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the >> list, >> please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. >> > "If you think you are beaten, you are; > If you think you dare not, you don't; > If you'd like to win, but you think you can't, > It's almost a cinch you won't; > If you think you'll lose, you've lost, > For out in the world you'll find > Success begins with a fellow's will > It's all in the state of mind. > "Full many a race is lost > Ere even a race is run, > And many a coward fails > Ere even his work's begun. > Think big, and your deeds will grow, > Think small and you fall behind, > Think that you can, and you will; > It's all in the state of mind. > "If you think you are outclassed, you are; > You've got to think high to rise; > You've got to be sure of yourself > before You can ever win a prize. > Life's battle doesn't always go > To the stronger or faster man; > But sooner or later, the man who wins > Is the fellow who thinks he can." > > > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. > --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. 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