Sunday, March 27, 2011

Loading Screens, MP Lobbies... are they supposed to be boring?

Pure brainstorm here, but some nights at 3am I'm stuck waiting in a lobby for a game to begin for l4d.  Granted I'm an impatient type, but wouldn't it be cool if:

(Examples for Left 4 Dead)
The lobby itself could provide some level of entertainment... (I specifically like the banter between the survivors, maybe they could be in a safe room:
sleeping if they haven't been selected (bots) maybe they talk in their sleep
talking to each other if they have been selected.

maybe there is some radio broadcast or television show on that could be telling you things (i.e. giving you hints or tactics)  this could be dynamic, i.e. some DJ named Crazy nick on a HAM radio that is talking and telling you things, or a television broadcast from someone

Alternatively you could have some "televised" best of moments of teams in verses having great comebacks or funny other things that occurred from teams ingame.

Of course all of these things are just of the distraction variety, so you might run into people who are easily hypnotized...As soon as the game starts/ the door opens, it ends the broadcast

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