Posted by Robdogg in January 22nd, 2008
Shoemoney just put up a post called
I am not a big guitar hero fan but I started to think about this. I used to be a big MMORPG (Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) fan. I was heavily addicted to World of Warcraft, Diablo and other such games.
Blogging is a lot like MMORPG style games. Your blog is your character. You dress it up, make it look cool. Write a few articles and create an about me page. Since nobody is reading a damn thing you’re saying yet, it’s kind of similar to chatting with some NPC (Non Playing Characters).
Now you’re ready to explore the lands of social media. You travel to StumbleUpon Land, and make a few friends. They tell you to visit some ancient gurus like Shoemoney and John Chow for advice on how to level up and make money. You take the warp browser and end up at shoemoney place.
You spend some time reading but it’s hard to grasp and understand. It’s kind of like talk to yoda from star wars where you just get little bits and pieces of information.
Master Shoemoney: “hmm… Make money you will, blog like and pro and you will beeee and pro”.
Young Newbie Blogger: “But Master Shoemoney, what does that mean?”
Master Shoemoney: “Worry not much my young newbie blogger, visit master Chow for now, learn much you will”
You set off on your journey to see Master Chow, but you must pass through the Temple of DIGG on your way. Upon your arrival, you see marvelous articles all over the place, towering to the heavens with visitors. On the small side streets you can hear the small ramblings from people about the “DIGG effect”. As you pass through a crowd you hear the shouts “MSaleem please DIGG me, please!!!” You can see him in the distance, but he is unreachable, and you know you can’t get his attention… yet
So you decide to continue your Journey for knowledge, and visit Master Chow on Money Making Advice. All of sudden, on your way to visit Master Chow, you get attacked by a Stumble Troll that has been following you since StumbleUpon land.
Your first battle!
You throw a couple flames his way, but he is unaffected by your weak attacks.
You cry out for help, but nobody hears you.
You cast the spell of Ignore
Sweet, you manage to get away… for now. You know there will be more fights to come in the future, but you know you will learn quick…
I could probably write a novel like this, but as you can see, blogging is just a really crazy, advanced version of role playing games. You get to mingle with other characters, level up as you learn how to properly blog, and visit crazy lands such as StumbleUpon and DIGG, and just like any role playing game, you set out for wealth and power.
Well, I guess it’s all left to the imagination, and how you want to perceive blogging.
How do you see it?
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Hey RobDogg, nice analogy. Makes a lot of sense and suggests even further insights into the wonderful world of blogging.