1. 2011-05-27, 11:04 AM #1
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    FarmVille, Grepolis etc. = Busywork/Upkeep Game? Please help me find the right term.

    Hi guys, I need your help, since the MMO-Champion-Community seems to be very sophisticated concerning video games.

    Is there a name for games like FarmVille and Grepolis etc. which encourage you to log in multiple times a day for only a short period of time to check some things and give some orders? The term "browsergame" doesn't quite fit, cause browser games also can be stuff like tetris or jump'n'runs. It's also not "strategy games" since farmville does not really require strategy and the term I'm looking for should describe the duty to log in multiple times a day and not the content of the game.

    So is there an official or semi-official term for this? Busywork Games? Upkeep Games? I can't really find one.
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  2. 2011-05-29, 08:59 PM #2
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  3. 2011-05-29, 09:13 PM #3
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    Retarded Facebook games.. thats the official term
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    A shitty Java application?


    This is for Video Games, not some gussied up tamagotchi crap.
  5. 2011-05-29, 09:54 PM #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by The Fiend View Post
    A shitty Java application?


    This is for Video Games, not some gussied up tamagotchi crap.
    You say video games like they are serious business.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ixirawr View Post
    You say video games like they are serious business.
    I just dislike it when people think a colourful Microsoft Excel spreadsheet is classed as a game, when all you do is click a few buttons to make numbers go up.
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    Please keep on topic; this forum is for all games including those.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sunshine View Post
    Please keep on topic; this forum is for all games including those.
    But they ain't "games". they are just flash programs.
  9. 2011-05-29, 10:03 PM #9
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tueland View Post
    Retarded Facebook games.. thats the official term
    I'd call it this. Actually, I DO call it this.
  10. 2011-05-29, 10:29 PM #10
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    Zynga (/ˈzɪŋɡə/) is a social network game developer located in San Francisco, California, United States.[2] The company develops browser-based games that work both stand-alone and as application widgets on social networking websites such as Facebook and MySpace.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zynga

    There, pick one. Thread closed thanks to our lovely trolls.
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