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• 1 2021-05-31T10:24:31-07:00 Social Media Content for Robert DiChiara's "A Sucker in Spades" 24 Audience participation via Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube Chat plain 2021-08-22T15:49:59-07:00
  The following are postings on Twitter that promoted the live Traversal of Robert DiChiara's A Sucker in Spades prior to the event and thanked the participants after the event.
   
   

  Twitter 

  The Electronic Literature Lab used their Twitter account to post promotional content regarding the Traversal of A Sucker in Spades.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
   

  YouTube Live Chat 

  Because Traversals are all streamed live via YouTube, the lab takes advantage of the chat feature offered by the network to provide a forum for the audience to make comments and ask questions. The chat is then saved and added to this book as part of the Traversal archive. The Traversal can be watched on YouTube here.
  
  
  
  
  Andrew Thompson
  Hello~!
  
  Brandan Touhey
  Hi Dene
  
  Electronic Literature Lab
  Hi Elyse
  
  C.J. Maldonado
  Hello hello!
  
  Electronic Literature Lab
  Hi Brandon
  
  Electronic Literature Lab
  Hi CJ1
  
  Andrew Thompson
  Templin is watching on my screen, so we're both here.
  
  Electronic Literature Lab
  I think you'll find this work very . . . weird
  
  David Sabrowski
  I'm here
  
  Electronic Literature Lab
  Hi Dave
  
  Quyen Tranoh
  my youtube account has my actual name lol but i mean it's still Quinn
  
  Electronic Literature Lab
  Hi Templeton
  
  Ashokallaz
  Morning everyone! Katya here- excited to get started
  
  Mariusz Pisarski
  Hi everyone, glad to see so many of you have arrived!
  
  
  Keegan W
  checking in!
  
  Electronic Literature Lab
  I'll use Quinn then
  
  Electronic Literature Lab
  Hi Keegan
  
  Keegan W
  morning!
  
  Electronic Literature Lab
  Mariusz is our performer today. He's coming in from London
  
  Kathleen Zoller
  Welcome welcome! You can also follow along on Twitter, where we're posting fun-facts about A Sucker in Spades! @ELitLab
  
  Kathleen Zoller
  Hello, Mariusz! And welcome!
  
  Electronic Literature Lab
  Hi Kathleen!
  
  Electronic Literature Lab
  Kathleen is the lab's Undergraduate Researcher
  
  Electronic Literature Lab
  Is that a Skylander figure, Ktrhleen?
  
  Bayleigh Parsons
  Morning everyone!
  
  SODUPOP2
  Hai hai, This Is Rachael checking in!
  
  Electronic Literature Lab
  We will be using this video generated from this event for the multimedia book, Rebooting Electronic Literutre
  
  
  Electronic Literature Lab
  3 minutes --and we will go live
  
  Mariusz Pisarski
  Hello Kathleen, thank you for coming!
  
  Electronic Literature Lab
  Hi Bayeligh and Rachael!
  
  Joseph Schacher
  good morning everyone
  
  LaShay Wesley
  Hi, LaShay here!!!
  
  Electronic Literature Lab
  Dene had to videotape her intro so that she could speak without a mask on
  
  Nicholas Schiller
  Hello everyone!
  
  Electronic Literature Lab
  Hi LaShay1
  
  Electronic Literature Lab
  Hi Joseph!
  
  Kathleen Zoller
  So excited!!
  
  Electronic Literature Lab
  We have Holly Slocum with us I the lab taking photos of the set up
  
  Electronic Literature Lab
  Hi NicholzxQ
  
  Electronic Literature Lab
  Nicholas!
  
  
  Nicholas Schiller
  [Grinning Face]
  
  Jazz Jackson
  Hello, everybody!
  
  Electronic Literature Lab
  Hi Jazz
  
  Ashokallaz
  Katya checking in
  
  RustyQrow
  Hello Jazz and Katya!
  
  Electronic Literature Lab
  Hi Katya
  
  Barış A
  Hello, Barysh here
  
  Team DTESO
  Viet here
  
  Electronic Literature Lab
  We are now starting the live event
  
  Matthew Hannah
  Good afternoon! So excited for this series...
  
  
  Holly June
  Thank you everyone for joining us today!
  
  Nicholas Schiller
  Hello Mariusz
  
  Nicholas Schiller
  Hello John!
  
  Nicholas Schiller
  Hello Greg!
  
  Ruth W
  Hello all
  
  Mariusz Pisarski
  Hi Nicholas!
  
  LaShay Wesley
  Have we started yet?
  
  Nicholas Schiller
  Yes, LaShay, we're rolling!
  
  Brandan Touhey
  yes you may have to refresh the page
  
  Defective Media
  Hey everyone, this is Grayson!
  
  Holly June
  You sound great!
  
  Nicholas Schiller
  (Sound levels for Mariusz are low.)
  
  Richard Snyder
  Hi all!
  
  Sierra O'Neal
  Hi everyone
  
  Greg Philbrook
  Hello good sir!
  
  
  Nicholas Schiller
  By 1985, Douglas Adams and Steve Meretzky’s The Hitchhickers Guide to the Galaxy had been released for the Apple II and Commodore computers; a year later Thomas Disch’s Amnesia would be released
  
  Andrew Thompson
  I like the subtle humor the game goes for.
  
  Nicholas Schiller
  What makes you call it subtle?
  
  Andrew Thompson
  The fish, for example. Just a little detail that isn't important, but has some humor to it.
  
  Nicholas Schiller
  Excellent detail, isn't it?
  
  Andrew Thompson
  It really is, I know I'll enjoy this.
  
  Nicholas Schiller
  The early detective movies were black and white, but the hard boiled detectives like Phillip Marlowe wore colorful socks (Marlowes' had little clocks on them.)
  
  Kathleen Zoller
  I love that detail so much
  
  Nicholas Schiller
  The text we can see on the screen has two fonts specifically designed for this piece. (Imagine having to design a typeface (no vector fonts) for each screen size!)
  
  Nicholas Schiller
  Like the very florid descriptions, the game gives points for the sophistication of their investigation.
  
  
  Matthew Hannah
  MOXY
  
  Kathleen Zoller
  So what do you think is your strongest point: “muscle,” “magnetism,” or “moxie?”
  
  Julie Pahukoa
  Moxie!
  
  Nicholas Schiller
  Notice how both the hyptext and the game elements use the affordances of the Mac Classic: just so much text on the screen, relying on text more than images.
  
  Ashokallaz
  Preexisting fonts, another thing I wouldn't have thought I was taking for granted in my own creative endeavors compared to the assets (or lack thereof) available to early pioneers
  
  Kathleen Zoller
  Julie Pahukoa Nice! And hello again!
  
  Barış A
  Moxie is a new word for me, interesting
  
  David Sabrowski
  I remembered playing a text based Star Trek game in elementary school on a mac like this. It feels very familiar.
  
  Matthew Hannah
  I say that to myself at least once a day, LOL
  
  Holly June
  The history of fonts and font development is fascinating!
  
  Julie Pahukoa
  Hi Kathleen!
  
  Holly June
  Think of moxie like gumption.
  
  
  Nicholas Schiller
  One of the central digital humanities novels (Mr. Penumbra's 24 hour bookstore) centers around typeface. (It's really good)
  
  Kathleen Zoller
  @Ashokallaz right?? Alderney and Palencia are two fonts made especially for this work, designed by Andrew Welch
  
  Holly June
  A very interesting point of commentary there!
  
  Nicholas Schiller
  It is curious that A Sucker in Spades preceeded Amnesia, we traversed Amnesia on a monochrome Apple II and it felt much older than this.
  
  Ashokallaz
  Thanks for sharing Kathleen!
  
  Betsy H
  
  Keegan W
  at least it doesn't make you start over completely hahaha
  
  Ashokallaz
  ^^^
  
  Kathleen Zoller
  Yes, I am the tax man, let me in!
  
  Holly June
  I wish I could clean my desk by just pushing a button.
  
  
  David Sabrowski
  I picture someone pushing a button and the whole desk tipping to the side, dumping everything on the floor
  
  Kathleen Zoller
  Holly you can get pretty close by just sweeping everything off in one smooth motion
  
  Kathleen Zoller
  It's that simple!
  
  Kathleen Zoller
  Which would you prefer to lose: muscle, magnetism, or moxie?
  
  Kathleen Zoller
  I don't think I can afford to lose muscle at this point
  
  Richard Snyder
  hahaha
  
  Kathleen Zoller
  David Sabrowski I would buy that desk
  
  Holly June
  Kathleen, you have magnetism in spades :)
  
  Holly June
  I think I'd prefer to lose muscle. Charisma and gumption can get you far in life.
  
  Kathleen Zoller
  Awwe thank you Holly! You
  
  Kathleen Zoller
  You've got all three!
  
  Kathleen Zoller
  Muscles get you far, in the sense that they help you walk
  
  Richard Snyder
  I'd rather lose out on STR over CHA
  
  
  Kathleen Zoller
  Is magnetism spent when your character gets punched/bruised in the face?? Or your character gets irritable?
  
  Julie Pahukoa
  I think we "used" some on the librarian.
  
  Greg Philbrook
  Richard, my main character always aims for 100% CHA. Party members can carry the STR and DEX.
  
  Richard Snyder
  Someone is bluffing his way through life
  
  Holly June
  Or praying.
  
  Ashokallaz
  Thankfully reaching out for help in our library doesn't require this much strategy!
  
  Jennifer Matthews-SouzaHorn-rims
  
  Nicholas Schiller
  Speaking of library, I'm back! (Students can reach me on Slack w/ research issues)
  
  Holly June
  Yay! A helpful librarian appears!
  
  Nicholas Schiller
  We can be summoned w/ cardigan sweaters and dog eared book pages.
  
  Holly June
  -10??
  
  Richard Snyder
  In the Directions page you deliberately speak about the work as a hybrid between paper novel and game. Was this form encouraged by the affordances of the Hypergate environment, specifically?
  
  
  Kathleen Zoller
  Mariusz, have you ever encountered A Sucker in Spades before? If not, can you relate to us your first experience with a hypertext work, or electronic literature in general?
  
  Electronic Literature Lab
  what a wonderful translation between print and electronic--that may
  
  Electronic Literature Lab
  map\
  
  Richard Snyder
  This is amazing!
  
  Richard Snyder
  I love the map
  
  Richard Snyder
  Thank you
  
  Kathleen Zoller
  Richard Same!
  
  David Sabrowski
  I wonder, what it would take to transfer a game like this into a Twine format (or some other platform)?
  
  Holly June
  What type of dice did the paper novel have the reader/player roll?
  
  Dimitri Myers
  What if any changes do you think modern ideologies, and technology would change a literary work such as this today?
  
  Andrew Thompson
  Holly, I think I read that it was a traditional 6 sided die
  
  Holly June
  Thanks, Andrew!
  
  Electronic Literature Lab
  Andrew: It is a traditional die
  
  
  Ashokallaz
  2D6 if I read the PDF of Hard Boiled that Dene provided correctly
  
  Electronic Literature Lab
  Yes, Katya
  
  Ashokallaz
  The scoring system seems very punishing in the print version, was that changed in the electronic version?
  
  Kathleen Zoller
  Mariusz that's incredible, thank you for sharing! What a journey
  
  Electronic Literature Lab
  we will be doing a workshop in Twine in 392 this semster
  
  Electronic Literature Lab
  This will allow you to experience the platform
  
  Kathleen Zoller
  Is anyone invited to this workshop??
  
  Kathleen Zoller
  *everyone
  
  Team DTESO
  Is this work a completely accurate portrayal of the story it is based on, or are there parts that needed to be left out?
  
  Electronic Literature Lab
  Katya, it is a very complex system which is juxtaposed against a very simple story
  
  Ashokallaz
  I had the same impression, thank you for clarifying
  
  Electronic Literature Lab
  Team DTSEO: good question
  
  
  Tanner J. Gohl
  I have my volume at the max and I can't really hear you Dene
  
  Electronic Literature Lab
  I find this kind of work--where there is a print component--fascinatingb
  
  Electronic Literature Lab
  thanks Tanner
  
  Dimitri Myers
  Wonderful, I was thinking something similar. And surprisingly these stories feel more rich in context and dialogue than that of animated or visually focused stories i'm unsure could be recreated.
  
  Jazz Jackson
  Have you ever played Dungeons and Dragons? If so, have you ever seen or wanted to see a hypertext fiction version of it?
  
  Electronic Literature Lab
  
  Electronic Literature Lab
  Good to see you, Matthew!
  
  Team DTESO
  Would you consider the player experience of this work as enjoyable (or more so) than if a person read the story?
  
  Dimitri Myers
  That's fascinating. Thank you for your contributions :)
  
  Kathleen Zoller
  Jazz, I believe there is already something like this, but I'm blanking on what it's called. Holly, what was that RPG game called that we saw in the Living Computers Museum?
  
  Kathleen Zoller
  Maybe Richard knows??
  
  
  Holly June
  Oh I don't remember! But I have photos somewhere. It was very similar to D&D though, similar stats, items, classes, races, etc.
  
  Holly June
  It wasn't quite as immersive as this story though-- the writing really helps you engage with the game elements here
  
  Electronic Literature Lab
  one of the questions I will ask my students after the event today is about the game mechanics
  
  Kathleen Zoller
  True, true!
  
  Electronic Literature Lab
  I want you all to be thinking about this in preparation of that discussion
  
  David Sabrowski
  Jazz, I currently play Idle Champions of Dungeons and Dragons, and while it isn't like the tabletop game, it does pop up Twitch links all the time of D&D groups that tabletop over Twitch.
  
  Greg Philbrook
  There are tons and tons of games that use the D&D rules, but hypertext in particular is a little more rare.
  
  Greg Philbrook
  Tons of RPGs, though, and plenty of text-based adventure games.
  
  Greg Philbrook
  Old BioWare games almost exclusively used those rules.
  
  Greg Philbrook
  Neverwinter, KOTOR, etc.
  
  Dimitri Myers
  KOTOR was a gem, that sadly was never remastered.
  
  
  Ashokallaz
  Thank you for another incredible traversal!
  
  Greg Philbrook
  One of these days, my friend. KOTOR was so awesome. Just showed it to my nieces a few months ago.
  
  Richard Snyder
  Thank you so much, Mariusz!
  
  Mariusz Pisarski
  Thank you guesy
  
  Tanner J. Gohl
  Thank you!
  
  Defective Media
  thank you!
  
  Barış A
  Thank you
  
  Dimitri Myers
  Thank you!
  
  Jazz Jackson
  Thank you!
  
  Ransom Reed
  Thanks!
  
  Brandan Touhey
  thank you for the presentation!
  
  Betsy H
  Thank you!
  
  Keegan W
  thanks!
  
  Nix Pendergast
  thank you!
  
  Julie Pahukoa
  Thank you!
  
  RustyQrow
  Thank you!
  
  
  Andrew Thompson
  Thank you!
  
  C.J. Maldonado
  Thank you!
  
  Bayleigh Parsons
  Thank you!
  
  LaShay Wesley
  Thank you so much
  
  Kathleen Zoller
  Thank you Mariusz for reading for us! What a pleasure! Richard Snyder What a treat to see this rare Hypergate work. Thanks all!