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"Darkness_2K: "Games Shop Sim""

What is this? The link refers to the WLT, so it is duff. PLEASE EXPLAIN WHAT BEAT MY STORY!

Oh, and anyone who feels (er-no) that I am getting stressed about GAD is I want, ney, NEED Crazy Taxi! And I've only got until 1st June until it comes out.

Yeah, thanks, I'd already found it.

I'm satisfied now. Thanks all!

Thats the post, found many pages down the longest thread.

By Darkness:

Now this is a killer idea. You start off as an unemployed gaming enthusiast that
wants to start his own gaming company like Special Reserve. It would be on
the PC, allowing for better graphics and more ideas.

You begin by choosing who you want to play as from a selection of gaming
enthusiasts. The game would play in a Sims style, and would be based on the
fun parts, leaving out things like getting planning permission!

First you must choose the name of your store. This will help to shape your
future, if it is a crap name, people will not visit so much!

Now you must choose a site for your shop. You will need to pay for it though!
You start of with a small amount of 'pocket money'. With this you can advertise
to raise money, or employ people to do it for you. Once you have secured your
site, and have enough money, you begin to build your shop.

This part is VERY like the Sims. You must place computers, offices, desks,
lamps and even posters on the walls. At this point you are a one off shop, not a
chain, and must appeal to a small public. You even get to choose what you will
stock. To keep this up to date, downloaded patches will add all the new games
that are coming out onto the game. As new games arrive on the real market,
you can start to sell them in your virtual shop. You can sell games,
accessories, computer hardware, and a few hidden extras like gadgets and
DVD's!

But in order for you to grow you need staff. You will need people to serve
customers, an advertising crew and senior management staff. If someone is not
performing, fire them!

As you begin to advertise, you can expand, selling more products, and even
opening new branches! You can expand to be bigger than Special Reserve!

So, you have conquered the high street market. It's time to go online! Begin to
build your own online branches. Don't forget your High street stores though, if
they are not looked after, you can soon become bankrupt.

You now have to employ webmasters and the like. If they are good, you will
have a great website. If you don't read their CV's properly though, it can lead to
disaster!

Now you must repeat the process, deciding what you want on your site. Will
you have forums? What products will be available on line? Will people be able
to buy online, or will it just be a product catalogue. You must even get your
banners onto other sites! Will you run competitions like gameaday? It's all up to
you.

That's all very well and good, but what about multiplayer. There's a whole world
of gaming retailers out there! Will your be on to?

You will be able to upload your shop onto a huge world of gaming retail. Make
improvements to your shop, and do market research on the entire ‘virtual
public’. What shops are doing well? What have they got that yours haven't?
You can go bankrupt, be awarded prizes and lots more in this crazy world of
gaming!

But there's more! There are plenty of 'sub games' to play. Some include hiring
assassins to kill off your opposition, deciding what your shops staff will eat, and
you can even hire a hacker to take down an opponents web servers!

This game will be as realistic as possible, missing out the boring bits! The
graphical possibilities are amazing, and the sounds would be cool! It even has
an extensive multiplayer!

Would you like to own a huge gaming company? Well here's your chance with
game retail tycoon! Coming to a store near you, possibly!

I registered once to write a review.

turbonutter wrote:
> I do post for fun, and I do write stories for fun. Have you seen my
> post count, it's about 1000 and I've only been really around for 3
> weeks.


3 weeks huh? How come on your stats it says you've been around for 419 days?

Look back several pages in the Longest thread. Its down there somewhere.

I do post for fun, and I do write stories for fun. Have you seen my post count, it's about 1000 and I've only been really around for 3 weeks.

OK, I'll stop complaining, bt I still would like to know what "Games Shop Sim" is. Maybe Ali can shine a light?

turbonutter wrote:
> Hey, get over to the WLT for chat.

One thing that will make sure you dont get a GAD is complaining about it.
We've said it before and we'll say it again, just post because you want to.
And if you win, hurrah! If not, just post to start discussions, share your viewpoints etc and just relaaaaax.

One thing makes me laugh though, since Tony mentioned the DVD and music section had less posters in, it's exploded.

I'm guessing because people think it's easier to win something there.
It ain't. Posts are still random as to what wins.
I've won a couple of times in 2 weeks, all without any thought.
But, the more of you that post in there to win, the harder it gets.

Simple math really.

GAD and FAD are enticements to post, not the reason.
The winner is chosen by a couple of people each day, and it's what appeals to them, not how long a post is or the subject.
It's whatever makes them laugh/think etc.

Sorry, but all this bleating about not winning something like it's a privilege or something really is starting to grate now.
And yes, I can say this because I have won recently.
However, I will continue to post long after they stop these little comps each day because I enjoy the exchange of information.

I hang in DVDs and Music because I love those far more than games, and I know all about movies.
This isn't an idle boast, this is fact.

So come on over to that forum and play with us.

Hey, get over to the WLT for chat.

That $uck$! I suppose you'll just have to keep on trying.

PS.The story was cool, though. Better luck next time!