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[Darius871]

I still don't get it... what do you do on this forumwarz dealy, cure cancer or something?

[ZEE]

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[Darius871]

Unlike many traditional role-playing games (RPGs), Forumwarz takes place on a fake, parodic version of the Internet. The primary battleground is Internet forums, as opposed to the fantasy settings found in traditional RPGs. Parody themes include furries, script kiddies, Boing Boing, Apple Computer, ricers, 4chan, Ron Paul, Fark, gamers, Bill O'Reilly, Otaku, Cory Doctorow, and the Church of Scientology.[2][6]

The player begins as a bored Internet user, searching on a parodied search engine (a thinly veiled analogue of Google). Soon their search query is interrupted by an instant message from "Shallow Esophagus", a mysterious non-player character who introduces them to the concept of "pwnage".

The player soon begins "pwning", or attacking forums through various trolling methods. Following the first mission, one of three character classes can be chosen — emo kid, troll or camwhore. As forums becomes increasingly difficult to pwn, characters earn experience in the form of "cred", thus improving their statistics.[8]

Forumwarz takes place on a parodic version of the Internet, and the interface reflects this with an Instant Messaging client, online shopping for virtual items and services, and Internet forum battlegrounds. The Instant Messaging Client is called sTalk, a pun on "stalk", and a parody of Google's IM client gTalk.[9]

The combat system is turn-based, and the player is given a set number of forum visits per day that they use to improve their character and proceed through the storyline. For each thread in a forum that is successfully "pwned," or derailed through persistent attacking, the player gains "Cred" and will be sent gifts from random Internet users as a reward the following day.[10] Attacking threads is done via an array of attacks specific to the user class including "self-mutilation" (Emo Kids), "threaten to contact authorities" (Camwhores) and "ASCII art attacks" (Trolls).[11]

Side quests include a very brief text adventure game loosely based on the urban opera "Trapped in the Closet," featuring R. Kelly.[2][6]

I just don't get it...

[Asher]

It's a pretty stupid idea, IMO. The company who made this POS is down the street from where I work.

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

Originally posted by Darius871


I just don't get it...

It's really quite simple. You take a really pointless act- trolling on the interweb. Then you sit down and create a meticulous conceptual re-creation of it in game form, without the faintest hint of satire. Then you sit around and yack about it until your ****ing jaw falls off.

It has yet to conquer the world.

[ZEE]

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[Krill]

AAHZ is right, Poly is the best forum game of all

[ZEE]

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[Krill]

not quite AAHZ, not quite yet...

[Theben]

he's still working on it.

[Krill]

Already got it.