Is Flickr killing photography????

flippedgazelle · 11-10-2009, 02:26 PM

Originally posted by jct us101

Of course Flickr is a social networking website. It was originally designed as a game. Why do you think the URLs all end in .gne?

Almost, but not quite accurate. The engine for Flickr was for an mmorpg, but that doesn't make it a game. Just like the Unreal engine can be used for 3D VR's w/o being a game.

jct us101 · 11-12-2009, 03:44 AM

No, it was a game. It was called GAME Neverending. Pretty sure it was intended to be a game.

flippedgazelle · 11-12-2009, 07:51 AM

Originally posted by jct us101

No, it was a game. It was called GAME Neverending. Pretty sure it was intended to be a game.

From Wikipedia (bold by me for emphasis):

Quote:

History

Flickr was developed by Ludicorp, a Vancouver-based company that launched Flickr in February 2004. The service emerged out of tools originally created for Ludicorp's Game Neverending, a web-based massively multiplayer online game. Flickr proved a more feasible project and ultimately Game Neverending was shelved.[3]

Early versions of Flickr focused on a multiuser chat room called FlickrLive with real-time photo exchange capabilities. There was also an emphasis on collecting images found on the web rather than photographs taken by users. The successive evolutions focused more on the uploading and filing backend for individual users and the chat room was buried in the site map. It was eventually dropped as Flickr's backend systems evolved away from the Game Neverending's codebase.

So, you can see that "Flickr" was never a game - the developers just recycled some code.

jct us101 · 11-12-2009, 01:25 PM

Flickr was created from the code yes but for the first year Flickr was around, Flickr Live (Game Neverending's code transformed into this in 2003ish) was a part of the website. It was intended to be an extension of the game but they decided to take that path instead.

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11-10-2009, 02:26 PM	#46
flippedgazelle Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: NJ, USA Photos: Albums Posts: 1,270	Originally posted by jct us101 Of course Flickr is a social networking website. It was originally designed as a game. Why do you think the URLs all end in .gne? Almost, but not quite accurate. The engine for Flickr was for an mmorpg, but that doesn't make it a game. Just like the Unreal engine can be used for 3D VR's w/o being a game.

11-12-2009, 03:44 AM	#47
jct us101 Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Rohnert Park, CA Posts: 3,793	No, it was a game. It was called GAME Neverending. Pretty sure it was intended to be a game.

11-12-2009, 07:51 AM	#48
flippedgazelle Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: NJ, USA Photos: Albums Posts: 1,270	Originally posted by jct us101 No, it was a game. It was called GAME Neverending. Pretty sure it was intended to be a game. From Wikipedia (bold by me for emphasis): Quote: History Flickr was developed by Ludicorp, a Vancouver-based company that launched Flickr in February 2004. The service emerged out of tools originally created for Ludicorp's Game Neverending, a web-based massively multiplayer online game. Flickr proved a more feasible project and ultimately Game Neverending was shelved.[3] Early versions of Flickr focused on a multiuser chat room called FlickrLive with real-time photo exchange capabilities. There was also an emphasis on collecting images found on the web rather than photographs taken by users. The successive evolutions focused more on the uploading and filing backend for individual users and the chat room was buried in the site map. It was eventually dropped as Flickr's backend systems evolved away from the Game Neverending's codebase. So, you can see that "Flickr" was never a game - the developers just recycled some code.

11-12-2009, 01:25 PM	#49
jct us101 Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Rohnert Park, CA Posts: 3,793	Flickr was created from the code yes but for the first year Flickr was around, Flickr Live (Game Neverending's code transformed into this in 2003ish) was a part of the website. It was intended to be an extension of the game but they decided to take that path instead.