Blog A Post 11.4

1. The overall identity we are performing for the Big Bad Wolf is a personal/funny identity. We are making him sound a bit cocky and we have a few random funny comments as well.
2. We are performing this for our class. We are performing to the audience who might find this a bit interesting. The myspace idea being used for a fictional character might interest some people.
3. The goals our group has for this performance are to create a profile for a fictional character, using the social network myspace to show who the big bad wolf really is.
4. Our client would definately approve. We gave him a hot girlfriend, he's getting credit for his films, and he has a rockin' background and profile song.

Working Thesis

So I'm thinking my working thesis can be this: Many different gamers use alternate identities from that of their normal lives while playing online.

I still would like to write about the lingo used in online games. I don't know if I will be able to narrow it down to a specific game so much because the lingo is used over several games. Many online gamers play several of the same popular games and the lingo is used universally over several games. One interesting subject is that when you don't know the online lingo, people even use another word to describe you. They call you a "newb, noob, nub" all of which mean you are a "newby", meaning you don't have a lot of experience on the game. Most of the people who play the games act like elitests and I think it would be fun to write about the "heirarchy" in games. The lingo has a lot to do with it. People that are just starting and don't play very often are considered bad and are made fun of a lot whereas the people who play more and have less of a social life are considered great on the game. Perhaps that is why they play the games because they feel like someone of great importance whereas in real life they are just average in terms of social standing.

Medium Analysis idea

Whenever I read this I immediately thought of my online communication used in videogames. Since I already went down the videogame route, I figured this might be an interesting followup paper to the previous assignment. Although I didn't mention it in the last assignment, I have played online games on several console systems as well as online PC games. The language used in videogames is completely in a world of its own. There are so many acronyms for different things, and there are also many words that if I said them to someone in real life, they would look at me and think I had problems. I'm not sure if many people understand the lingo so I think using this paper to show that would be fun and interesting.

Continued digital native or digital immigrant

We still have time in class to keep writing and everyone else is so I'm going to add on to my previous post...I know my teachers in elementary were digital immigrants for the most part, but they wanted the students to grow up learning the new material so all the students would be native. In junior high, the teachers seemed more like they thought we were wasting our time using the internet, playing videogames, and watching tv. In high school it was a little more of the same thing. The teachers always made us think the internet information was useless and incorrect. In college, however, we use the internet a lot more and the teachers encourage it a lot more.

Digital immigrant or digital native

I am definately a digital native. I've always had the new technology around me. One example from school where I differed from a teacher was in 6th grade. My dad knew the teacher for years so he treated me differently from other students (I know its wrong but it's true). Anyways, one time he offered me an opportunity to skip a math test and get an A if I would get on the internet and look for a pickup truck for the price he wanted so he could find one to buy online. He didn't know how to use the internet and knew I did. Pretty funny story in my opinion.

Technology

There are many technologies that are important to me but the most important (in terms of media) would have to be:
1) the computer- I use the computer for the internet constantly for school, work, staying updated with news and information, and keeping in touch with everyone.

Other technologies (in terms of media)

2) television
3) playstation/xbox consoles
4) alarm clock
5) cell phone
6) car radio

Overall theme for autobiographies:

I'm thinking that gaming may be a good subject for my autobiography. I have played games my entire life and have loved playing them. I play all kinds of games (and probably wasted more hours of my life than I should have...) Lately I have not had much time to play them so I don't have the latest consoles or games, but I still play them every now and then with friends and know which ones are out.

Discourse Community

I am part of the Fantasy Football community. I only recently started playing it with my brother. Only people who know what fantasy football is would really understand what I am talking about. This discourse community is probably marked as a masculine type because football is considered a manly thing. I know women play it also but it is generally labeled as masculine.

Thursday's English Class (9/18)

Hey people that might be reading this. So I learned today that women think chickens are part of being a good mother and lolcats is amazing.

Good Morning Friends and not Friends

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