Jehosaphat

Yeah, I tried developing a flightsuit, gave up, and decided to go with INSANE AMOUNTS OF FIREPOWER instead. Nothing like 3 ion cannons and a pair of railguns to flatten everything in your path. And what you can't flatten, you can PLASMA 'NAAAADE or blow up with a prototype weapon. Oh, and in case you can't tell, the principle behind my suit is "Shoot First. Otherwise He Might Shoot You."

You'll only know what it truly is when you read all of the pages. Everyone here has. Except I highly recommend that you skip any page that has Wits' manga edits, as well as the pages she used to go on a Harry Potter slashfiction spree a while ago. That is, if you desire to keep your eyes unbleached and your soul unscalded.

Again, as it seems too many are doing here, Emergent doesn't have to be something that makes the goal of the game come faster (levels, money etc) which is all you listed. the way you are interoperating what has been said is that a gnomeball is just thrown between two people, cannot be emergent as it was developed like that. But that is NOT what people do and what Jagex is talking about in the article. A group of peoplg actually making a ball game with the gnomeball IS emergent gameplay. You are using no imagination and dumbing down everything to its most basic form when emergent gameplay won't happen. I can do exactly the same thing with what you say, you are just using a cannon, you are just playing the mini-games. Jagex implemented them, therefore they are not emergent. I'd also like to say that many people don't seem to even be reading the article. They just seem to rage at anything Jagex assuming they say one thing, when they are saying another. This article is basically a report about what Jmods have seen PLAYERS do. These PLAYERS have then come to events and told Jagex about them. It isn't Jagex inventing things for you to do. A majority of these things are community driven, such as the wrestling tournaments. Emergent gameplay is essentially taking the mechanics of the game, figuring out their nuances, and using them to your advantage for more profit/lols than the developers originally intended. For example, people have taken advantage of the fact that the game clocks everything in "ticks" instead of taking every bit of data exactly when it comes, and have thus managed to create long streams of people doing the same skillcape emote at the exact same time. That's emergent gameplay. People have found out how to use a cannon and get it to hit a frost dragon 3+ times in a row. That's emergent gameplay. Throwing around a gnomeball with bunch of buddies and saying you're playing a game of football/frisbee/whathaveyou isn't emergent; it's roleplaying. Can some types of amusing emergent gameplay be driven by the community? Sure, look at the bit regarding the skillcapes. Could emergent gameplay spread farther and wider? Sure! Look at the Faruq's Game tools; they are ripe for emergent gameplay in many fashions. Is what Jagex has described here emergent gameplay? LOLNO. Also, I read the article, and it annoyed me that a seemingly good half of it was just a plug for the less-visited sections of the RSOF. I mean, I could fill half an article with shameless links to games in the Falador Tavern (there's your example, by the way), but would that really matter if the article I was writing was on, say.... making your own games? TL;DR If Jagex wants this article to be met with more support, they should've named it Roleplaying - NOT emergent gameplay, and should've thrown in fewer plugs for the RSOF.

I am Stork the Cucumber, and I am GUACAMOL - wait, that's avocados. Nevermind.

Here we go again...

Yeah, the next time I see a rainbow, I'm going to be like "I hate rainbows. Too much friggin' complicated math."

And then I'll run you over with some road RAAAAAAAAEEEEGGGGGGG

Name: Theros Merit: 150 + whatever from Mars Credits: Owed 30k by Russia + whatever from Mars Inventory: Powered "DF" Armorsuit (Level V) Moderate Armor Power Source (Level III) 2 Small Railguns (Level III) Fusion Cutter (Level I) Ammo Belt (Level I) 3 Ion Cannons (Level I) A few plasma 'nades (Level III) Spec Ammo (Level II) Meson Pistol (Level I) Skills: Level I Shooting Capabilities: Make Level V powered "DF" armor with level III powersource Make Level III plasma grenades Make Level III Small Railguns Make Level I Ion Cannons Make focused plasma charges (Level I) Spec Ammo (Level II)

o_O

Emergent gameplay is when players find out interesting stuff about the game and use it for purposes not obviously intended by the developer. Such as 50/50ing in ANY minigame, playing SC skiller-only games for more tools per hour, using a cannon in non-multi via safespotting... The list goes on. But what Jagex has listed here is NOT emergent gameplay; it's just roleplay. I mean, what's so special about wrestling matches in a POH? Besides the added lols to your day, they include nothing that wasn't obviously intended by the developer. Playing a game of catch with a gnomeball? Well, that's just what it was intended for. Perhaps Jagex thinks of emergent gameplay is using stuff the developers intentionally put in for more amusement. Essentially, a definition that could be metaphorically aligned with "That's what SHE said" jokes. TL;DR: Jagex needs to learn what emergent gameplay actually means. Then they can write an article on it. Until then, it seems to be the same old Derpgex.

....And yet another one of life's many pleasures is destroyed by Calculus projects. Now every time I see a rainbow I'm going to think "To hell with you, you damned angle of refraction! TO HELL WITH YOU!"

Oh, and after the math and the crypto, you'll get... "What is your name?" "What is your quest?" And then a randomly generated solvable question from the AI.

Screw normal math locks; I'm gonna use 1 math lock that's guaranteed to take a while to solve without a graphing calculator, and then a crypto lock with no hints. (P.S. I'll make sure they're both doable.... just not easy.)

Hmmm... if we ended up building a refinery, we could build stuff like the EDGE suit as much as we wanted, provided we blew up enough asteroids to get the resources for it.

Is any of my stuff classed under Unique Items? Also, what if we have no credits to lose?

Mather, I'm not solving any stupid anagram. I'll be developing a flightsuit, and you'll be developing a different one. Whoever gets done first... wait, it doesn't matter who gets done first, does it?

It is a movie.

Yeah! Wait.... Dishes?

Hmm. Needs more spam.

I have dibs on flight. STRAFING RUN WITH PLASMA GRENADES GO

Yeesh, Ross, I just posted a small suggestion. No need to... wait, you're talking to Earth. Nevermind.

Hmm... Wonder if, by combination of messing with my suit and a bit of work on me by Jen, I could be able to fly. Theorectically, it could work, but I'd still need the AI's approval.

I'll probably just spam or something. Maybe I'll bring the festivities to Purgatory.

Carebearstare.

Not your decision. And if we have a refinery, we are most likely going to share it with everybody.