Thursday, July 21, 2005
AimFight - My Buddy List Can Beat Up Your Buddy List
There's a new viral marketing campaign in town from a well known large corporation. AimFight is the product of AOL's marketing department although the site tells you......two AIM programmers with a little bit too much free time on their hands. They're both mild-mannered, soft-spoken, and nonviolent people. Go figure.
Um yeah, ok, I believe that. Corporations these days have so much money that their developers sit around and twiddle their thumbs until they come up with a stellar idea and everyone in the 15 rungs of the corporate ladder think it's swell and agree to fund the project. Alright alright, I'll stop.
Anyway, the aimfight.com site is actually pretty cool. Just enter your AIM screen name and one of your friend's screen names. Then hit Fight! Whoever has the most buddies in their downline wins, it's really fairly simple but a cool use of data presented in a nice clean interface. Something right up my alley.
Here's AOL's explanation of how you actually win.
Your score is the sum of the current number of people online who have you listed as a buddy, out to three degrees. This means the score is constantly changing, and the winner of the battle will constantly change with it.
originally found on Smart Mobs.
Posted By Jason Dowdell at 01:32 PM
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