So as i had said before, our team definately made some mistakes during our event, but we learned from them, and if we ever do something liek this again, we definately wont be making those same mistakes. The event started out a little rough, but by the end it was going well, and i think overall everyone who had come to either play laser tag or watch had a good time. I didnt really get any complaints from anyone and i dont think anyone else from the group did either. The main complaint we got if this can even be considereed a complaint is that soem people did know how to “shoot”. We did our best to explain to them that the laser tag game would be played in mousel00k, and we even explained to all of them how to get their view into mouselook mode, but some of them just didnt understand. Oh well, i think some of them were just second life illiterate.
The dynamics of having so many avatars in one area for a specific reason are very interesting. This was the first time that i was the host of an event, so ill admit that at the beginning when our event started i didnt really know waht to do withmyself. Ive usually been a spectator at en event, never the host. I found the way that avatars interact in a situation like this to be very interesting. At our event, everyone was friendly. Many people were asking me about my major, about the class that i was in. How we planned and executed the event, how many members were in the group, and other questions like that. being the event host, it was hard to answer all of these questions cuz we all kept getting ims and queestions about how to pllay and how to get the laser tag eqipment registereed and working. Hosting an event is a difficult thing to do, and the only way to get better at it is through experience i think. This post doesnt have an image to go along with it yet, cuz im not on my computer, but as soon as i get a chance i will be posting another picture from our event on friday.
December 3, 2007 at 2:41 am
It sounds like your event went pretty well. The run-through in class went smoothly given how complicated the system was, so I felt pretty optimistic for you guys. I hope it was a good experience for you – it certainly sounds as if you learned a lot.
Also, because I’m not sure if this is the last blog of yours that I’ll read (I’m not sure if you’ll need to post one for the last week, or not), I’ve really enjoyed reading your blogs. It’s been a pleasure being your TA and I wish you luck with any future classes and endeavors.
-Sarah