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KO_Gilligan
12-01-2008, 05:33 AM
QFT from another thread:

I love getting family members to play. The more the merrier as they say. I don't know if anyone has enough information save the devs to answer your questions but I'll give you something to ponder. It has been stated that the game will be mission (quest) driven, and that missions will play out like episodes of Star Trek. So what I would do if I were you, and you may even get ma to participate is this:

Choose an episode of Star Trek to watch. Determine which character that paticular episode caters to. Then become that character. Lets say you choose an episode of TNG and the episode largely revolves around Data. Then in your mind become Data, and with every scene, imagine having to talk to everyone Data talks to and interact with objects just as Data does, etc etc etc. By the end of the mission you will have played out an episode of Star Trek and might even get a warm fuzzy feeling deep inside from the message you got out of it.

If in that episode of ST Data encountered combat of some sort, then I presume your mother would encounter the same type of combat had she been playing a mission exactly like that episode you watched.

Some missions will have combat, some will not, just as episodes of Star Trek. Now there will be other areas of the game that is more combat oriented all the time I'm sure. But all of this is speculation on my part.

One very cool aspect of Star Trek is that we can indoctrinate new fans much more readily than any other group I know.... I can't even count how many people I meet who are potential TREKKIES. They sit on the fence, millions of them, going "Star Trek, Oh yea, that's a cool show". Do you have friends or family that had no idea and then you busted out that prized DVD collection - and "BOOM" instant Trek Technogeeek?

Super cool really. We have a new movie, probably catering to ( :eek: ) and indoctrinating the youth.
and we now have a very social MMO in which our family members might just participate, and even eventually desire their own account.

How cool is that?

chaotix987
12-01-2008, 07:26 AM
Do you have friends or family that had no idea and then you busted out that prized DVD collection - and "BOOM" instant Trek Technogeeek?

Oh yes, I had friend who thought Star Trek was just a rip off of Star Wars. So I gave him the first season of TNG on DVD and he loved it. He's been a huge fan of TNG ever since, and he's going crazy over the new movie.

jayrelo
12-01-2008, 07:28 AM
yo momma is playin STO


oh snap son!

:p

Mad-Max
12-01-2008, 08:24 AM
yo momma is playin STO


oh snap son!

:p

I support Jay Relo in his productive decision.

Azurian
12-01-2008, 08:40 AM
Yeah, it's a nice thing that STO will be filled with fans of all ages.

Oh yes, I had friend who thought Star Trek was just a rip off of Star Wars. So I gave him the first season of TNG on DVD and he loved it. He's been a huge fan of TNG ever since, and he's going crazy over the new movie.

Nice that he was converted, but before that happened, did you tell him that Star Trek existed long before Star Wars. :p

sintar07
12-01-2008, 09:11 AM
I don't see how one could be ripped off from the other anyway. They're too dissimilar...

SovWell
12-01-2008, 09:39 AM
Hahahaha ... well good for her. She would make a great Klingon :)

ToadMonkey
12-01-2008, 09:57 AM
"One very cool aspect of Star Trek is that we can indoctrinate new fans much more readily than any other group I know"

Our mission is to Indoctrinate new fans.
The people shall be mobilize through the Star Trek teachings.
Our message needs to be strong with "family unity" overtones.
However, I think we should hold off serving kool-aide at the first Star Trek gathering.
Maybe at the 2cd meeting. Yes....2cd meeting feels right.

With your permission I will start making the kool-aide.

minago
12-01-2008, 03:32 PM
One very cool aspect of Star Trek is that we can indoctrinate new fans much more readily than any other group I know....

True story one time i was driving along the local boardwalk at night and a girl raised her hand at me that was at a payphone ...so i stopped got out to see whats up ...she wanted to know where she could get 7 dollars worth of quarters ..because she was calling germany...she was german and spoke alittle english...she ended up hoping in my car and i drove her up too the local gas station and back to the phone..

as i was driving we talked and mentioned star trek. she ended being a big fan i asked if she seen the last TNG episode ,she said she hadn't that she had missed it but would like too ..i had it recorded at the house

i offered next thing i know i got this german girl sitting beside me ...eating taco bell ..and watching trek :D

KO_Gilligan
12-01-2008, 03:39 PM
True story one time i was driving along the local boardwalk at night and a girl raised her hand at me that was at a payphone ...so i stopped got out to see whats up ...she wanted to know where she could get 7 dollars worth of quarters ..because she was calling germany...she was german and spoke alittle english...she ended up hoping in my car and i drove her up too the local gas station and back to the phone..

as i was driving we talked and mentioned star trek. she ended being a big fan i asked if she seen the last TNG episode ,she said she hadn't that she had missed it but would like too ..i had it recorded at the house

i offered next thing i know i got this german girl sitting beside me ...eating taco bell ..and watching trek :D


You are a worthy and dedicated fan, but your story does not indicate who initiated the Trek talk. I have to say, if it was you, that was a mighty big risk of a deal killer.

Giant Kudos for being completely open about your interests.

Or was it the NCC-1701 patch that you noticed on her backpack :D

thefreshjedi
12-01-2008, 03:39 PM
It's nice that Star Trek and STO bridge generations.

It's also nice to see that everyone out there always hopes and aspires to be more. That the human race has a great voyage yet to come, and that perhaps one day space exploration, peace and prosperity will be a reality for all of us.

One of these days...maybe not in my lifetime.... /sigh

In that, I think Gene Roddenberry succceeded greatly with his vision.



-Avery

minago
12-01-2008, 03:55 PM
You are a worthy and dedicated fan, but your story does not indicate who initiated the Trek talk. I have to say, if it was you, that was a mighty big risk of a deal killer.

Giant Kudos for being completely open about your interests.

Or was it the NCC-1701 patch that you noticed on her backpack :D

that's a good question .

kinda hard to remember how it came up .
i think the conversation went "so ya on vacation?" and then i asked whats it like there and started talking about tv shows .

we ended up hanging out for about 3days ...she owned and internet cafe ..and was traveling cross country "tourist"with a friend "girl" that had a license .

she had room at a hotel close by but mainly hung around my place heh

Korvock
12-01-2008, 04:51 PM
Does anyone have any idea when this will come out? I am looking forward and thinnk this will be better than Star Wars Galaxy. Any comment?;)

Kuhr
12-01-2008, 05:49 PM
Does anyone have any idea when this will come out? I am looking forward and thinnk this will be better than Star Wars Galaxy. Any comment?;)


Fall 2009.

Trekkie
12-01-2008, 07:05 PM
I think that this is a very exciting possibility, though I have to admit that I really cannot see any of my own family members playing the game. Still, I think that the Star Trek franchise is one of the few out there that can cater to fans of all genders and all ages, so I really hope to see that diversity reflected in the people who play the game.

Saladin_Class
12-01-2008, 07:12 PM
1/2 our guild are family members

Mad-Max
12-01-2008, 07:39 PM
1/2 our guild are family members

3/4 of my guild is related to me.