Mae govannen, faceless, named masses of the ff.net community. I hope you
will at least indulge me in this little experiment of mine. I undertake
this purely as a means of scientific study; but if you get something out of
it, well, that's great too.
The experiment began last night whilst I was playing the Sims. Anyone else who is obsessed with this computer game will know how good it is. Anyone who doesn't know it might be a little lost here, so I'll try to explain it as best I can. Basically you create people, give them personalities and outfits and buy them blocks of land. You can then design and build them a house, decorate it, and buy them cool stuff to put in it. You then get them a career, give them relationships with the neighbours and people they meet out and about; they can have parties, go on dates, go on vacation, all sorts of stuff.
The idea of the game is to control your people (your 'Sims') so that they don't do anything that's gonna majorly stuff up their life; like making their neighbours hate them, or burning the house down (a very disastrous scenario if your Sim is burnt down too). However, as these Sims have distinct personalities which YOU have created, if you leave them alone, eventually they'll do whatever they want to do. They'll interact with each other, and with certain objects. Sure, you can force them to do stuff, but their personalities still affect things - for example, if you make a Sim kiss a Sim they are friends with, if that Sim is not very outgoing they may not take it very well!
So, being the LOTR obsessed person I am, I decided, what would happen if our beloved Fellowship were digitalized and forced into a computer game?
So I decided to try it out. I have devoted a whole neighbourhood in my game to the Fellowship characters - each one having a block of land of their own - and I am now embarking on my little study to see how they interact with each other. Those of you familiar with the game will know that there are 10 lots in each neighbourhood. 10! Not nine, 10! So, wryly, I thought, "Hmm...who else has surfaced on ff.net, swelling a perfect group of nine, to ten?" So I will put Mary Sue in this world as well. Let's see if the perfect little priss can REALLY get Legolas, Aragorn and Frodo to drool all over her.
Oh, and to those who are fans of non-Fellowship characters, don't worry. I originally thought about putting more in (each lot can hold 8 people - 8 times 10 = 80 characters), but I decided against it. I thought, that might be an unwanted variable affecting how the individuals react to one another. If someone dies, or someone moves in with someone else and a spare block becomes available, I will be sure to move another non-Fellowship character right in.
So watch this space.
(A/N: Any tips, ideas, or comments are welcome. And remember, I'm not just making this up. This is a real bona-fide experiment, and if you come to my house, you'll find there's a real neighbourhood in my Sims game with each of these people there).
The experiment began last night whilst I was playing the Sims. Anyone else who is obsessed with this computer game will know how good it is. Anyone who doesn't know it might be a little lost here, so I'll try to explain it as best I can. Basically you create people, give them personalities and outfits and buy them blocks of land. You can then design and build them a house, decorate it, and buy them cool stuff to put in it. You then get them a career, give them relationships with the neighbours and people they meet out and about; they can have parties, go on dates, go on vacation, all sorts of stuff.
The idea of the game is to control your people (your 'Sims') so that they don't do anything that's gonna majorly stuff up their life; like making their neighbours hate them, or burning the house down (a very disastrous scenario if your Sim is burnt down too). However, as these Sims have distinct personalities which YOU have created, if you leave them alone, eventually they'll do whatever they want to do. They'll interact with each other, and with certain objects. Sure, you can force them to do stuff, but their personalities still affect things - for example, if you make a Sim kiss a Sim they are friends with, if that Sim is not very outgoing they may not take it very well!
So, being the LOTR obsessed person I am, I decided, what would happen if our beloved Fellowship were digitalized and forced into a computer game?
So I decided to try it out. I have devoted a whole neighbourhood in my game to the Fellowship characters - each one having a block of land of their own - and I am now embarking on my little study to see how they interact with each other. Those of you familiar with the game will know that there are 10 lots in each neighbourhood. 10! Not nine, 10! So, wryly, I thought, "Hmm...who else has surfaced on ff.net, swelling a perfect group of nine, to ten?" So I will put Mary Sue in this world as well. Let's see if the perfect little priss can REALLY get Legolas, Aragorn and Frodo to drool all over her.
Oh, and to those who are fans of non-Fellowship characters, don't worry. I originally thought about putting more in (each lot can hold 8 people - 8 times 10 = 80 characters), but I decided against it. I thought, that might be an unwanted variable affecting how the individuals react to one another. If someone dies, or someone moves in with someone else and a spare block becomes available, I will be sure to move another non-Fellowship character right in.
So watch this space.
(A/N: Any tips, ideas, or comments are welcome. And remember, I'm not just making this up. This is a real bona-fide experiment, and if you come to my house, you'll find there's a real neighbourhood in my Sims game with each of these people there).