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Live at PAX East 2014!

MrPeriodMrPeriod
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GeekNights will be presenting their 25th PAX lecture at PAX East 2014!

Why No One Will Game with You
Friday 1:00pm
Badger Theatre

In gaming forums around the world, variations of the same thread forever grace the front page: “Looking for a Gaming Group.” Games are ubiquitous, barriers to entry are ever-lower, and the Internet (never mind conventions like PAX) provide what should be a sea of gamers ready and willing to play games with us. So why all the trouble? Why, in 2013, is it still so hard to form a gaming group? Why won’t anyone play Air Hockey with me?

In exploring the “LFG” space, there are a myriad of issues which come to light. Skill gaps leave players stranded. Matchmaking systems hurt as much as they help. The longer tail of games available spreads niche audiences further into increasingly specific sub-sub-sub-genres. Play styles differ. (Indeed, in some groups it is impolite to spend more than ten seconds on one’s turn, while in others spending less than ten MINUTES is the height of rudeness)!

Let’s explore why it’s so hard (or why it SEEMS to hard) to find people to play games!

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  • RymRym
    Penny Arcade Expo (West) 2008:
    Beyond Dungeons & Dragons

    Penny Arcade Expo (West) 2009 :
    Beyond Candyland, Beyond Dungeons & Dragons, Losing Should Be Fun

    Penny Arcade Expo (East) 2010:
    Beyond Candyland, Beyond Dungeons & Dragons, Losing Should Be Fun

    Penny Arcade Expo (West) 2010:
    Egregiously Unrealized Potential, Game Mechanics and Mechanism Design, PAX Late Night

    Penny Arcade Expo (East) 2011:
    How to Win at Games, Game Mechanics and Mechanism Design, The Triple Threat: Short Subjects in Gaming

    Penny Arcade Expo (West) 2011:
    Discover the Forgotten Masters, Learn to Play Boardgames Workshop,

    Penny Arcade Expo (East) 2012:
    GeekNights Boardgame Workshop, Let's Play Money Making Game

    Penny Arcade Expo (West) 2012:
    Short Subjects in Gaming, GeekNights Boardgame Workshop

    PAX Dev 2012:
    Academia Vs. Reality: Psychology, Game Theory, and Games

    Penny Arcade Expo (East) 2013:
    Mastering Game Mechanics, Practical Game Theory

    Penny Arcade Expo (Australia) 2013:
    Beyond Dungeons & Dragons

    Penny Arcade Expo (West) 2013:
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    Penny Arcade Expo (East) 2014:
    Why no one will Game with you
  • RymRym
  • CremlianCremlian
    edited April 2014
    Looks like 2010 to 2011 was the height of your panel power :-p
    Post edited by Cremlian on
  • RymRym
    Cremlian said:

    Looks like 2010 to 2011 was the height of your panel power :-p

    The competition for space is much, much greater now. We also purposefully don't over-schedule ourselves to raise the individual quality.

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