This rather infectious Ross Mayfield, Joi Ito, meme has even been sniffed out by CNET. When I first heard it I started thinking country clubs and elitism straight away, and the guy writing at CNET picks up on the same connotations.
There is a good, long and sometimes heated discussion about the concept over on Terranova. A lot of people try to focus on the differences, the social side is highlighted but the golf and sport aspect keeps coming back in for a lot of people. Guys, it’s not really about the golf. It’s just the same as a bridge club, mah jong or sipping G&Ts watching the cricket. The country club concept is the one that comes up again and again when thinking about this.
I wonder if this phenomena is more prevalent in Korea or Japan (golf the world over fulfills the same business/social function). With a greater penetration of MMOGs, especially in Korea, I would be surprised if Country Club Guilds werent more prevalent there.
August 18th, 2008 at 8:19 pm
the world of warcraft is nothing like golf except it is long and tedious with mistakes to be made. but i dont enjoy both so maybe thats why WOW is the new golf.