The Revver Theory

[VanillaFlava]

Not sure anybody has pointed it out (I did a quick search, but nothing popped up), but at this stage, i.e. the post-creator message era, one theory emerges at being kinda obvious.

So, the beloved creators talk about an audience participation art form, which also gets its participants paid for their involvement. Isn't this Revver's proposition in a nutshell?

Consider the following scenario. New site, needs traffic, content and critical mass in users to get off the ground. They create a phenomenon at an existing site with a large audience, then slowly convert them over.

If this were true, the whole LG15 saga would be a nicely conceived but badly executed marketing move instigated by Revver through a third party production company.

Am I totally off track here? It's not the girl, it's the game indeed.

[Tempestarii]

Vanilla,

I am pretty sure their idea of paying fans is all about the fans being able to have an interactive part.

[VanillaFlava]

Sure, which would be like now, creating even more content. Or simply put, distributing the original videos and producing your own videos, on which you would get kick-back or in second generation an affiliate fee.

Anything else sounds rather far-fetched, nobody pays you for consumption of media.

The thought of getting a scrap from the table for posting a plot suggestion that would be used in their supposedly revenue generating web opera is, in my opinion, simply too depressing and asinine.

[Alissa Brooke]

Vanilla: I'm pretty sure my TEMPtress means interactivity within the plotline/story/world of LG15.

[VanillaFlava]

Well, my point is we kind of are already. Like in an ARG, or apparently this, most of the content gets created by us. I mean we have several minutes of video handed to us, but check out the man-months of effort that went into forum posts, investigation, etc etc.

Normally the interaction is the reward itself. If it wasn't fun we wouldn't be here. Other than paying people for submitting story, or becoming actors themselves (in whatever fashion), I fail to see how else whe could be rewarded for participation.

I understood what tempestarii meant and I addressed it in the post above. Barring some genious new type of narrative form, I think what the creators have at this point is wishful thinking.