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Crazy Idea for PAX 09: Twitter-Tag
Trisha Lynn
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Basically, it would start with some one who has a special item, something big enough to be kinda flamboyant if you held it in one hand, but small enough to be able to walk through a crowd unimpeded. That person goes about their normal PAX day, Tweeting where they are, what they're doing, etc., but if someone comes up to them, asks them their Twitter name and for the item, they have to hand it over.
That person gets to Tweet-shout that they've got the item now, and they're now "it." And so on and so forth, until the end of PAX. Last person holding the item wins it to use as a trophy for next year, or the game could even continue on into Tweet-ups and other gatherings where PAX attendees might be.
I see it as kinda like our version of "passing the watch" but with less bloodshed and/or murder.
Feel free to tweak, take, mod, etc.
Trisha Lynn
...inspired by my friend's live Tweet-blog of his NYC walkabout....
That person gets to Tweet-shout that they've got the item now, and they're now "it." And so on and so forth, until the end of PAX. Last person holding the item wins it to use as a trophy for next year, or the game could even continue on into Tweet-ups and other gatherings where PAX attendees might be.
I see it as kinda like our version of "passing the watch" but with less bloodshed and/or murder.
Feel free to tweak, take, mod, etc.
Trisha Lynn
...inspired by my friend's live Tweet-blog of his NYC walkabout....
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While I'd like to think that PAX-goers wouldn't give cause for concern, that seems like the exact sort of thing that might throw up alarm bells with certain people. Unidentified objects in a bag that's being traded around people?
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We could limit it to just PAX schwag and signed stuff, that would make it no different then any other bag at PAX.
A combo of geocache etiquette and tag? I love it!
Trisha Lynn
...was thinking a specially-made, non-commercial item, too...
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Would you really spend your entire PAX in the bathroom just to win one measly game?
Trisha Lynn
...would anyone...?
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While you have the bag you should be constantly posting pictures and comments about your location. So the worst thing you could do is stay in one place the entire time.
It would be the adventures of said mascot, and it would be up to whoever holds said mascot at the time to document his escapades via tweets, twitpic, and Qik video. The combined stories of all holders would be edited into a Ken Burnsesque retelling of his life and times at PAX09.
Twitter - @papapwnsPAX
I SHOULD be twittering... but what if somebody calls shenanigans on me for not Twittering enough? This is the point that I'm getting at.
I think the twitter shitters should definitely do this. If we used a hash tag whenever we posted a picture/qik/story it would be easy to go back after pax and collect them all into one volume (possibly an epic thread).
I'd say give it a cool down period of 24hrs. That way even if a particular group manages to procure it there's a good chance it will be found before any individual in that group would be able to regain possession.
When you pick up the VIP, you should have invuln of about 15 mins, to give you and the target a little walking around time. Tougher to moderate, though. You'd have to prove via Tweet Timestamp when you obtained the VIP.
Or just like real tag, you turn around and around and count to 100 while the person makes their getaway!
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(item changes hands) @cuzzapax just beat @theqs23 to death with a golf club to take the bag! 15 minute cool-down initiated!
(cool-down expires, game on) @cuzzapax has been spotted with an e4all representative! GET HIM!
(retweeting for hints) New intel - @BrianCalhoun Our director is up there telling jokes, I love the government. http://twitpic.com/2ez5z
Hmm I might talk to my mate David Fono who does work with Atmosphere Industries. He has done several Twitter-enabled games for conferences here in Perth, one I was going to bring to PAX last year but discovered it to be too difficult (Silicon Breach) due to the overuse of SMS. He'd probably like this idea very much.