On 24 July 2010 05:09, Evan Hanson <vnhnsn_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
> The public aspect of a game in the described format would also
> discourage the use of such prepared material. No artist wants to seem
> stale, and a reliance on a routine would become clear after two or
> three "matches" with varying central subjects. Not that the intent of
> a game such as this should be to "find people out", but it would
> certainly add a bit of pressure to stay creative.
>
>
I agree. Aside from any nominal scoring system the thing that people really
admire in these games is inventiveness anyway.
> Slightly tangential, but in my opinion the names a livecoder chooses
> to use are just another part of the performance -- just one more tool
> for expression, neither good nor bad. If he/she decides to use
> "musket" then that is their choice, and simply a matter of how
> abstract they intend their performance to be (I would agree that such
> a name would leave little up to the imagination, however, and it's a
> name I'd find less compelling as a spectator than something a bit more
> indirect, but to each his own).
>
>
I agree, but consider this scenario; Some competitor gets a card with a word
on it. He starts typing to create his sound and before he is finished
somebody on the panel sees what structure the competitor is creating,
imagines what the sound will be and guesses the word before any actual sound
is generated. That scenario sounds really quite exciting to me, from a
TOPLAP perspective, but too descriptive variable names would downplay the
importance of analysing the structure of the method of generating the
sound.
Maybe there is a space/need for a slower online version with for example a
day or week per assignment and informal judging on how well the concept is
expressed? Personally I suspect that nobody will guess "American civil war"
within a period of time that keeps a realtime audience's attention but I
also suspect that artistic takes on such descriptions could be very
interesting and stimulating.
Yours,
Kas.
Received on Sat Jul 24 2010 - 07:10:43 BST