Facebook seminar
Talk about facebook seminar.
First impression: People are overdressed (I know, it’s me who is under dressed, but ha ha, bleh). I think me and my group mates was the most casual dressing people there.
So I’m choosing Geo Challenge to critique here. Few reasons:
1. I love to travel.
2. I like Geo Challenge
3. It’s the only presented app that I can vividly remember, haha.
So, the app is really good and addictive. I love the simplicity of the gameplay, and to me, most of the time simplicity delivers the best result. The graphic is also really good, it’s colourful, attractive, and again, simple enough (like other Playfish games).
But well, it’s not all good (else I don’t have anything to write on this blog). First, it’s my opinion (not really a critic though), I hate to pay 4.99$ to just play some extension. Why the hell do I have to pay that much money (yes I am a big cheapskate) for a click-n-click game? I never expected to see a paying-to-play game on Facebook, and the game at first discourage me to play, coz I think I can never enjoy the whole game (like those demo games, gamers).
Second, the game got bugs, and it really bug me sometimes. I once scored around 10000, but it just don’t save the score. So waste of time, and energy (ok, it’s wasted time anyway ha ha, and redundant energy also). And exactly as the presenting team told, the 2nd level was really frustrating, coz’ some countries just look the same, and it’s really difficult to distinguish (well I don’t play long enuf to recognize anyway) By the way, FYI, the cheat of pausing the game that the team present talk about was found by ME. I told Jason and he just steal it to put in the presentation (kill kill kill) (Prof if you reading this, please deduct Jason’s grade and give it to me. Hahaha)
And last, I really hope that the app can give out free info like fun facts or something like that.
Well, for our group’s presentation, I love it. I really think my team mates did a great job. Thanks Archana for a great presentation, Sharon for the great analysis and Youming for the tech.
Well, that’s everything. It’s not 2359 yet, so I survive the requirement. Yay.
This is a totally boring blog.
I totally agree with the bug you mentioned (I play Word Challenge though ) It is really really frustrating when the hard-earned score just won’t save. Something to keep in mind when we develop our own games
And Minh, a big chunk of the credit goes to you for discovering the Whopper Sacrifice app in the first place
Good job guys! I think we managed to get the class interested as I saw quite a few blogs commenting on the same 
Good artists copy, great artists steal
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Btw the deadline is 12.44am today, not 11.59pm
cool… so you were actually the guy who found out the bug.
haha..overdressed… its quite subjective.. i think my group could be suspected of doing that too..
I agree playfish games are all quite similar in style and really easy to pick and plau. It reaches out even to people not really in the technological generation.
Kevin
OHHH!!! you found the bug??? thankew thankew!! *grins* how’d you find out about the bug??
heh, and yes, for a computing mod presentation, we were overly dressed, and it’s was on purpose. haha. (i dont’ even dress that nice for some of my biz presentations) Why? Cos prof ben wanted to show what real presentations were like, so i thought it’d be a nice idea to show you guys how me and my friends used to dress in design! Basically jeans and a shirt
So if u’re not comfortable in shirts and pants, just go in jeans! After all, it’s your message that’s what’s important, and the sincerity you show when you present! Your clothing just has to show respect for the people whom you’re presenting to, that’s all! (e.g. the client bothers to wear nicely, it’s not very nice if you go in flip flops then yea? 
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Agree with Huihui, I think dressing up a bit when you’re the speaker is a form of respect to the audience. But of course, this topic is super subjective. Maybe when you’re good, people won’t care what you wear? haha..
“Your clothing just has to show respect for the people whom you’re presenting to, that’s all!”
Haha, good point. But, when Steve Jobs (ok, it’s an example I know about, not because I’m a Mac fan boy) wearing jeans and turtle neck shirt to present, and even to do business, does he not show respect?
I think that you should wear whatever you feel comfortable with, unless there is a dress code for the occasion (I’m kind of a person who doesn’t give a damn of what people think, thus…
(don’t hate me please))
“*grins* how’d you find out about the bug??”
Buy a mac, dump the windows. (hehe)
ehh ehhhh!!! i’d convert to mac, but it doesn’t support any of my 3D software!! don’t flame me!!! hahaha..
hmm.. i used to think that way too. But see, other people might not? And when they say ‘it’s the first impression that counts’, it’s really quite true lots of the time! Of course, the setting also makes a difference.
Steve Jobs gets away with it because 1) He’s the one setting the rules (and his company promotes casual dressing as a culture) 2)The presentation has only one speaker – him. So there’s nothing to compare with. 3)Everyone knows he’s worth a lot of money. But i’m sure when he first started off as a graduate, he dressed according to the situation too!
So in that sense, we should as well. After all, we’re not some dua pai (big shot) people, and especially if the other party makes an effort to dress up and they treat dressing with importance(say u’re collaborating with a fashion magazine), i personally feel that it’s just being pure polite to wear a little nicer. Of course, i don’t mean dressing to the nines if it makes you so uncomfortable, but trading your berms and tee for nice jeans and a collared shirt won’t hurt, yes? XD
woo…it’s really cool…u manage to find Whooper
that was really an eye-opener:)
btw…how did you found that?
“First impression: People are overdressed (I know, it’s me who is under dressed, but ha ha, bleh). I think me and my group mates was the most casual dressing people there.”
this two sentence caused many to discuss abt attire for the day…lol
for me what to wear really depends on the setting, we must know roughly when * where to dress how….
Neither overdress nor underdress is good
“I hate to pay 4.99$ to just play some extension.”
Especially worse when you realise people cheat on it.
“OMGWTHBBQ I PAID $4.99 TO PLAY WITH CHEATERS/BOTS?!”
Regarding Steve Jobs’ dressing:
I guess when you’re popular, you can dress whatever you like and if its different enough, you start a new trend and people wanna dress like you. Till then, its good to be presentable, in nice shirt and pants. It makes you look more important than you actually are to most people. Doesn’t it? At least that was what my prof told me.
”I never expected to see a paying-to-play game on Facebook, and the game at first discourage me to play, coz I think I can never enjoy the whole game “
Let’s just continue this magic journey.
That’s true. Most of us won’t pay for it. Thus, this only leads to stopping playing. What a pity. However, it’s all about marketing and earning money. We have to admit that playfish has the strength to do so. The games produced by it are really high quality. Maybe oneday our apps would be like that.