MD Question: What got YOU to try Cantr II?

[Trapaças]

1-> heard about it from friends, decided to try about 6 months later, then i quit during the summer vacation, then returned

2-> 19

3-> student

4-> ADOM(still waiting for JADE ...), just like Cantr, it had little to no grafics

[mikki]

Alright.. my turn..

What got me to try Cantr?

A few friends of mine were playing and I wanted to give it a try.. I left after my account expired from lack of internet and now I am back..

My age when I first joined?

26

My occupational status when I first joined?

I was a stay at home mom..

Game background prior to playing Cantr?

to be honest, I had never played any type of RPG ever... And well this is the only one I want to play..

[Doug R.]

I had never played any type of RPG ever... And well this is the only one I want to play..

Could you expand upon that? Would you have ever even looked for a game like this if it weren't for your friends? You are the demographic that we're looking to expand into.

[mikki]

Well to be honest, I wasn't really the kind of person that would sit in front of the computer back then.. And I wasn't really into trying new things. I watched them play and asked questions.. Then one of them set up an account for me, said the first few words for me and then here I am.. I wasn't sure what to do since this is the first time playing a game like this. Not sure if I would have even looked.. I mean to be honest, I didn't know they existed or anything like that..

[Doug R.]

So, the existential question is, how can you identify someone that would like Cantr, without them displaying any typical signs of being a prospective player? I guess there really isn't any way, sort of advertising in some really counter-intuitive places.

[AngelSpice]

I joined Nov 2004. I was trying to write a novel for NANOWRIMO and got stuck on plot and went into the procrastination forum/thread and read about cantr and came and checked it out.....Needless to say, I never finished the novel.

Age: 33

Occupation status: employed.

[wichita]

I think I joined in December '04/January '05. It was holiday break and I was searching for a text-based free-form online interactive roleplaying game where I could play with real people online with relatively few rules or mechanics, focus on character development, and explore various aspects of culture and society - even create new culture and society. I stumbled across Cantr via google that way. I was looking for something to fill the D&D void. Cantr was a perfect fit for that.


Age: 29.75

Occupation: Graduate student / Scientist / Lover / Storyteller


P.S. - I miss playing alongside Angelspice's characters. We had some good times back in the day.

[Doug R.]

I joined Nov 2004. I was trying to write a novel for NANOWRIMO and got stuck on plot and went into the procrastination forum/thread and read about cantr and came and checked it out.....Needless to say, I never finished the novel.

When I unsubbed my first account, I started writing a novel to fill the void that Cantr left. Now that I'm back, I know that Cantr allows me to develop characters in a dynamic and unpredictable setting that can be a benefit to writing. Do you think that it would be a good marketing angle to try and "sell" Cantr to writers as a character development tool? It was one of the angles I was thinking of.

[AngelSpice]

I don't know.....I'm not really a writer......It was just one of those things I tried because I had time to fill. (One of my sisters wants to be a writer and kinda tore what I did write apart, so.......I didn't persue it anymore.)

P.S. I miss playing alongside your charries, too wichita.

[wichita]

I'm not sure how well it would be for writers. It would be most useful as a muse more than anything else. The format of the events page really goes a long way towards killing any quality narrative flow. It might be better for screenwriters because of that, though...


I find much more fulfillment in my writing through a play by e-mail format. There you can post several paragraphs per week and get a good novel flow going. Beyond that - your characters probably won't die off when you get busy for a week!! The game is pretty much on pause while you're away.

[Doug R.]

I didn't mean using Cantr to write a story, I meant to use it to develop character personality. Cantr is entirely responsible for training me on how to develop a fictional character's personality and make it real. It's a natural medium for it.

[wichita]

Possibly. Seko and I had an incredibly lively couple in the old days before Silas got butchered. Whoever it was that played Bruce Campbell also had a lovely knack in the 'less is more' department.

[Torkess_theCommie]

What got you to try Cantr
Green Screen. Saw my friend playing.
Your age when you first joined
14 or 15?
Your occupational status when you first joined (student, employed, unemployed, etc.)
Student
Game background prior to playing Cantr
I don't think runescape and neopets count.

[chase02]

What got you to try Cantr: Saw it described as having 'great game mechanics but poor interface' on another PBBG/RPG in development that credited this as their motivator to build a new game. So I came to see for myself.

Your age when you first joined: Easy - 25, still are.

Your occupational status when you first joined (student, employed, unemployed, etc.): full time employed, freelance photographer, graphic designer, virtual world designer and horse breeder/trainer (no, I really don't have any spare time).

Game background prior to playing Cantr: Computer - Nethack for 10 years (and Hack prior). Still playing, still not finished it. That game will always be my depth gauge. Browser - various horse breeding PBBGs. Consoles - Oblivion, and more recently Fable II.

..and I'm a female player. So I get double points. Nerr

[*Wiro]

Just a word of advice, watch out for Joo.