Comments on: Preparing for a week of Travian sitting http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2009/06/06/preparing-for-a-week-of-travian-sitting/ Weblog of Wesley Fryer Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Travian sitting report http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2009/06/06/preparing-for-a-week-of-travian-sitting/comment-page-1/#comment-85027 Travian sitting report Sat, 13 Jun 2009 20:50:05 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/?p=3573#comment-85027 [...] week of “sitting” for Alexander’s Travian account is officially over. These were the [...] [...] week of “sitting” for Alexander’s Travian account is officially over. These were the [...]

]]> By: Wesley Fryer http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2009/06/06/preparing-for-a-week-of-travian-sitting/comment-page-1/#comment-84363 Wesley Fryer Sun, 07 Jun 2009 21:13:58 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/?p=3573#comment-84363 The <a href="http://travian.ws/" rel="nofollow">Travian World Analyzer</a> site is used by players to identify other players who are inactive and therefore good targets to attack as "farms." It is an interesting example of how to use realtime data to accomplish goals and objectives. The Travian World Analyzer site is used by players to identify other players who are inactive and therefore good targets to attack as “farms.” It is an interesting example of how to use realtime data to accomplish goals and objectives.

]]> By: Wesley Fryer http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2009/06/06/preparing-for-a-week-of-travian-sitting/comment-page-1/#comment-84362 Wesley Fryer Sun, 07 Jun 2009 21:10:43 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/?p=3573#comment-84362 Good topic suggestion, Mark. I'll be glad to take that up in an upcoming post. I've written about that theme in the context of "digital discipline" in the past, and <a href="http://www.speedofcreativity.org/category/digitaldiscipline/" rel="nofollow">have that as one of my blog categories</a> in fact. My April 2007 post, <a href="http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/04/22/need-for-digital-discipline-in-sl-and-rl/" rel="nofollow">"Need for digital discipline in SL and RL,"</a> addresses some aspects of Internet addiction but this clearly can and should be revisited further and more often. I'm planning to co-teach a weekly class at our church this fall which will be titled something like, "Digital Dialog: Understanding and Leveraging the Constructive Value of Technology in our Lives and Homes" and that will be a topic we'll discuss. Having ready access to laptops for our kids, this is something we face constantly. We should NOT be "on screens" all the time, yet without directions and boundaries sometimes I think my kids would be. The game Travian actually requires that if you are playing and go inactive for a period of time, you get a "sitter" to play your account. Your account status shows if you've been inactive for more than 24 hours. You are blue if you're online now, green if you've been online recently, yellow if it has been a long time, and red if it has been a REAL long time. I'm not exactly sure what those times are, but basically the game encourages you to be online at some point each day, the more the better. People who go red "get farmed" which means other people attack their village and raid/take their resources. So the game itself definitely encourages Internet addiction. That is a big reason I am NOT playing anymore myself. Good topic suggestion, Mark. I’ll be glad to take that up in an upcoming post. I’ve written about that theme in the context of “digital discipline” in the past, and have that as one of my blog categories in fact. My April 2007 post, “Need for digital discipline in SL and RL,” addresses some aspects of Internet addiction but this clearly can and should be revisited further and more often.

I’m planning to co-teach a weekly class at our church this fall which will be titled something like, “Digital Dialog: Understanding and Leveraging the Constructive Value of Technology in our Lives and Homes” and that will be a topic we’ll discuss. Having ready access to laptops for our kids, this is something we face constantly. We should NOT be “on screens” all the time, yet without directions and boundaries sometimes I think my kids would be.

The game Travian actually requires that if you are playing and go inactive for a period of time, you get a “sitter” to play your account. Your account status shows if you’ve been inactive for more than 24 hours. You are blue if you’re online now, green if you’ve been online recently, yellow if it has been a long time, and red if it has been a REAL long time. I’m not exactly sure what those times are, but basically the game encourages you to be online at some point each day, the more the better. People who go red “get farmed” which means other people attack their village and raid/take their resources. So the game itself definitely encourages Internet addiction. That is a big reason I am NOT playing anymore myself.

]]> By: Mark Powell http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2009/06/06/preparing-for-a-week-of-travian-sitting/comment-page-1/#comment-84349 Mark Powell Sun, 07 Jun 2009 17:51:45 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/?p=3573#comment-84349 I love your blog generally, Wes, but how about a piece on Internet addiction? You always focus on the positive aspects of technology in education, but to be balanced there are negatives that need to be addressed also. Anytime that someone can't leave something alone for a week while they go have fun in a natural setting, for whatever reason, suggests addiction may be present, no? I love your blog generally, Wes, but how about a piece on Internet addiction? You always focus on the positive aspects of technology in education, but to be balanced there are negatives that need to be addressed also. Anytime that someone can’t leave something alone for a week while they go have fun in a natural setting, for whatever reason, suggests addiction may be present, no?

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