Do you think Cantr is educational?

Lone Wolf · Postby **Lone Wolf** » Thu Mar 25, 2004 11:00 pm

I think it is. You are incouraged to build a society and live in that society. You have to explore and find resources in order to gain items like swords and shields. I think it is very educational on an economic level.

nitefyre · Postby **nitefyre** » Thu Mar 25, 2004 11:05 pm

Along with the Math and English and Speech skills involved, it is playable as "a character and so once in a while take a step back and observe what kind of societies you see forming, which can be very educational."

g1asswa1ker · Postby **g1asswa1ker** » Thu Mar 25, 2004 11:08 pm

It improves many things like:

conceptual thinking
human relations
typing
reading
math
economics
political debates
how geography effects not only enconomy but the population and the politics
html (if you learn how to really make notes)
eta eta

more things then I wish to list

new.vogue.nightmare · Postby **new.vogue.nightmare** » Thu Mar 25, 2004 11:23 pm

As much as my family and girlfriend try to convince me it's a pointless waste of time, I actually learned how to interact with people by playing Cantr. Before that, I would speak with grunts and evil-eyes. I still do most of the time but I have an alternative for when I want to manipulate people

Mavsfan911 · Postby **Mavsfan911** » Thu Mar 25, 2004 11:27 pm

it definately improves speech... it's not just the regular abbreviations, like u and nm and lol...i think people who do use abbreviations like that kind of disrupt the flow of the game, as they could role play to show their feelings and thoughts, not just abbreviate

g1asswa1ker · Postby **g1asswa1ker** » Thu Mar 25, 2004 11:34 pm

OK whos the wise guy with the no vote?

and now there are two?

mrsE · Postby **mrsE** » Thu Mar 25, 2004 11:36 pm

new.vogue.nightmare wrote:As much as my family and girlfriend try to convince me it's a pointless waste of time, I actually learned how to interact with people by playing Cantr. Before that, I would speak with grunts and evil-eyes. I still do most of the time but I have an alternative for when I want to manipulate people

How did you and your girlfriend get together in the first place then?

Spider · Postby **Spider** » Thu Mar 25, 2004 11:38 pm

DMY, i voted no.

g1asswa1ker · Postby **g1asswa1ker** » Thu Mar 25, 2004 11:39 pm

So you voted no can you please elaborate on that no?

new.vogue.nightmare · Postby **new.vogue.nightmare** » Thu Mar 25, 2004 11:43 pm

mrsE wrote:
new.vogue.nightmare wrote:As much as my family and girlfriend try to convince me it's a pointless waste of time, I actually learned how to interact with people by playing Cantr. Before that, I would speak with grunts and evil-eyes. I still do most of the time but I have an alternative for when I want to manipulate people

How did you and your girlfriend get together in the first place then?

I was fixing my friend's computer problems, and she came over to play Mario Golf or whatnot, and I greeted her with a tacklehug.

And she was frightened for about 10 minutes XD And the rest is history

Tolomus · Postby **Tolomus** » Thu Mar 25, 2004 11:50 pm

Cantr is most definately educational.

west · Postby **west** » Fri Mar 26, 2004 12:17 am

I'm minoring in sociology...so I tell my mom (when I'm at home) that I HAVE to play cantr...it's educational. :mrgreen:

and it really is.

Spider · Postby **Spider** » Fri Mar 26, 2004 12:22 am

Hmmm, it was just a gut feeling but i guess i could expain why. First of all, this is a game, not some educational program, this is for fun. My math has not improve one bit, mostly because i'm good enough at math so that i can do these simple plus and minus equations. English, hasn't improved a much, the most i have done was look up a word that doesn't exists, because some guy messed up with the word. Improving my speech....nope, i got funny things to say to some people, thats a plus....it kinda made my typing better, but thats also ture of me IMing a friend

Spider · Postby **Spider** » Fri Mar 26, 2004 12:25 am

Sociology, okay, i guess so.

The Hunter · Postby **The Hunter** » Fri Mar 26, 2004 1:12 am

Well, I learned how to manipulate people.

Anyway, any player who has a character that is a leader learned a thing or 2. Main rule: don't trust people. :evil:

Same goes for RL.