Comments on: The Search for Friendship http://www.hsmagazine.net/2011/08/the-search-for-friendship/ The PlayStation Home Magazine Fri, 13 Feb 2015 21:20:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.2 By: Orion_NGC1976 http://www.hsmagazine.net/2011/08/the-search-for-friendship/#comment-26708 Fri, 05 Aug 2011 23:22:47 +0000 http://www.hsmagazine.net/?p=12369#comment-26708 Great advice here, Kat. I really liked the reminders that people aren’t always infront of their TV paying 100% attention to their avatar and that people have good days and bad days. Great read. Now if you could just create a time-warp so I could be online when my friends are playing so we could game together; that would be nice. ;)

]]> By: Susan http://www.hsmagazine.net/2011/08/the-search-for-friendship/#comment-26670 Fri, 05 Aug 2011 17:53:03 +0000 http://www.hsmagazine.net/?p=12369#comment-26670 aloha and welcome to the team Kat. Great article would love to make a video for this and DarthGranny and myself are working on just that..

]]> By: cthulu93 http://www.hsmagazine.net/2011/08/the-search-for-friendship/#comment-26650 Fri, 05 Aug 2011 16:23:48 +0000 http://www.hsmagazine.net/?p=12369#comment-26650 I feel that somewhere in that last message by kat in the PSA the phrase “Don’t be that guy.” should be worked in somewhere as a warning for the new ppl.It would serve as a warning to the newbies but also be funny for vets,as I’m sure we’ve all seen how things go for that guy with no keyboard.

]]> By: KatCall75 http://www.hsmagazine.net/2011/08/the-search-for-friendship/#comment-26641 Fri, 05 Aug 2011 15:35:06 +0000 http://www.hsmagazine.net/?p=12369#comment-26641 Thank you all for the kind welcome, but I only write as well as the community is awesome! Thank you all for the kindness and support! I hope to continue to keep everyone entertained, and do my part to make Home a home for us all.
*huggles*

]]> By: cthulu93 http://www.hsmagazine.net/2011/08/the-search-for-friendship/#comment-26584 Fri, 05 Aug 2011 04:54:06 +0000 http://www.hsmagazine.net/?p=12369#comment-26584 LOL maybe I’m just odd but the angry looks I imagine that these 2 would have in this PSA are comical.The head shaking as the cam fades out is another priceless shot.This should really get made,it would inform the newbies and make the vets. chuckle.

]]> By: ApriL83 http://www.hsmagazine.net/2011/08/the-search-for-friendship/#comment-26555 Thu, 04 Aug 2011 23:19:15 +0000 http://www.hsmagazine.net/?p=12369#comment-26555 “If they get rude, just walk away. While most people have issues, these people have subscriptions.”

I literally LOL’d at this! Great article and so glad you decided to make your writing official. I look forward to more!

]]> By: Joanna Dark http://www.hsmagazine.net/2011/08/the-search-for-friendship/#comment-26533 Thu, 04 Aug 2011 21:35:58 +0000 http://www.hsmagazine.net/?p=12369#comment-26533 So nice hun. Love your writing. HomeStation I’m sure is very happy to have you contributing. I know the readership will.

Congratulations!

Joanna

]]> By: keara22hi http://www.hsmagazine.net/2011/08/the-search-for-friendship/#comment-26526 Thu, 04 Aug 2011 20:57:18 +0000 http://www.hsmagazine.net/?p=12369#comment-26526 by the way, I should have mentioned, the above script was also written by KatCall.

]]> By: keara22hi http://www.hsmagazine.net/2011/08/the-search-for-friendship/#comment-26524 Thu, 04 Aug 2011 20:42:17 +0000 http://www.hsmagazine.net/?p=12369#comment-26524 We should have made this as a video! Maybe we still should.

*camera pans through Central Plaza, numerous home dwellers are passed by, camera stops before Kat

Text narration:
“Hello, I’m KatCall75.” wave hand
“You might have seen me in the forums”.

Close up shot of Kat:
“You know, it’s fun to have a joke every now and then, but I’m here today to discuss a serious matter”
shift to Heroine pose. Camera pulls back to show crowded CP

“Home…it’s a great place to be if you’re one of the lucky to enjoy it”
,” but did you know that only one out of eight Home users owns a keyboard?”
shrug gesture
“It’s true.”

*sad music plays as camera once again pans Central Plaza, pan back to Kat now standing with another Home user

“This is XxRawkisHardxX” turn towards Xx and use point gesture.

Xx: Standing in shy pose typing very slowly. Letters appear in text bubble: H…. o…..w a….r….e y…..o….u t…..o….d….a….y K…..a……t…..?.

Kat: closeup of Kat talking to camera; casual pose. “He’s just like you, me, any of us”.
Pull back for shot of Kat turning towards Xx again:
“He enjoys dancing, bowling, and watching movies in our theatre”
closeup of Xx ace looking sad.
“But there’s something you don’t know about him. Something troubling. Something you probably couldn’t tell by looking at him.”

Xx: “I ….. d…o…n…t o….w….n a k….e….y….b….o….a….r…d.”
Use gesture, showing pain, frustration

Kat: speaking to Xx “And how does that make you feel?”
…

*after a few moments of staring at the “…” bubble, Kat turns to address the camera

“It breaks my heart. Here is someone that deserves to enjoy home as much as any one of us, and due to circumstances beyond his control, he…”
Kat -- looking angry

“It really sucks.”

Turns towards Xx:

Kat: “…yeah, we know, just stand there and look sad.”

*XxRawkisHardxX is sad

Kat: direct message to camera: “Won’t you look into your heart and take a moment of your time in helping these people understand that all it takes is a simple, USB keyboard they can buy at any department store for like twelve bucks, and just plug it into the PS3? Just a moment of your time can save other countless moments of your time. Thank you.”

*”Typing” bubble appears above XxRawkisHardxX but no text. Kat stares a moment and then shakes her head, camera fades on shot of “typing” bubble over XxRawkisHardxX

end of video. Fade out

]]> By: Queen_Eli http://www.hsmagazine.net/2011/08/the-search-for-friendship/#comment-26504 Thu, 04 Aug 2011 18:20:15 +0000 http://www.hsmagazine.net/?p=12369#comment-26504 Bravo on your first article Kat! Have been waiting awhile to see you appear here and am thrilled that you took that plunge. Will be looking forward to future articles.

]]> By: cthulu93 http://www.hsmagazine.net/2011/08/the-search-for-friendship/#comment-26503 Thu, 04 Aug 2011 18:00:27 +0000 http://www.hsmagazine.net/?p=12369#comment-26503 I find that lately I’ve been buying games based on opinions of friends that have the game already so I instantly have ppl to play with,it also gives me someone else to blame if I don’t like it,lol.Once I got good at Blk-ops I constantly get friend requests so I’d advise go into a new game with already established friends,play with them alot til’ you get fairly good on your own,then attempt to make friends with anyone that seems a likely candidate from the ppl that request you.Great points,they should probably be added to the FAQ in the Forums section that darthgranny and Burbie were working on,if not already there,it should be part of the standard reading of all ppl new to home.

]]> By: Kid Fleetfoot http://www.hsmagazine.net/2011/08/the-search-for-friendship/#comment-26482 Thu, 04 Aug 2011 15:32:07 +0000 http://www.hsmagazine.net/?p=12369#comment-26482 Good article, pretty good advice and opinions. Well done & well written also.

]]> By: Burbie52 http://www.hsmagazine.net/2011/08/the-search-for-friendship/#comment-26451 Thu, 04 Aug 2011 12:30:00 +0000 http://www.hsmagazine.net/?p=12369#comment-26451 Well I must say that this is a great beginning article Kat. When I first came into Home I was lucky enough to meet some very nice people who are still my friends to this day, and that was back in December 2009. I didn’t come into Home looking for people to play a game with, as I never had played any online game in my life at that point. I have always been a lover of RPG’s and therefore mostly single player games. But since coming into Home I have met and played with a lot of friends, RDR in particular, but also games like WKC and now Dead Nation. I agree with what you said about the keyboard being the first thing to get, if for no other reason than to save your thumbs, lol. I got one after only 2 weeks of using that text box. Being able to communicate is the single most important thing to learn about Home and being tolerant of those less fortunate or new is the other. I help new people all the time because as you said (and as I have said many times) we were all noobs once. Well done Kat, and something we all need reminding of once in awhile.

]]> By: Aeternitas33 http://www.hsmagazine.net/2011/08/the-search-for-friendship/#comment-26406 Thu, 04 Aug 2011 08:23:50 +0000 http://www.hsmagazine.net/?p=12369#comment-26406 Welcome to Home, Catnip. So glad to finally see your first story here at HSM. And oh yeah, you’re a pretty decent writer too. :)

]]>