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Goal: Have Zack Date Someone Popular
The Social Landscape Note that Monica is already popular and Zack has a crush on her. Zack has no romance for his friend, Simon, or the bully, Buzz.
2 Possible Strategies Make Popular Get New Girlfriend Either (1) make your current girlfriend cool/popular or (2) get a new girlfriend who is already popular.
Make Cassie Popular You can make Cassie popular by making her have a lot of friends
Obstacles Apparently, Buzz doesn’t want to be friends with her. Perhaps because she isn’t cool enough.
Overcoming Obstacles Cassie attempts to become the “enemy of Buzz’s enemy” and thus his “friend” by being mean to Simon (her boyfriend Zack’s friend! What a jerk!)
Overcoming Obstacles That was really mean!!! Cassie attempts to become the enemy of Buzz’s enemy and thus his “friend” by being mean to Simon (her boyfriend Zack’s friend! What a jerk!)
Overcoming Obstacles Now that Cassie has done something mean to Buzz’s enemy he is more interested to talk to her.
Date Monica
Obstacles Doug
Overcoming Obstacles Show some state or a social game that shows what happens when Zack dates Monica. (Break up with Cassie or have Zack cheat on her)
Overcoming Obstacles Zack flirts with monica.
Overcoming Obstacles Zack goes over to butter up his girlfriend
Overcoming Obstacles But she’s not happy about how Zack just flirted with Monica
Overcoming Obstacles Talk And they break up, which now opens up the possibility the Monica and Zack might want to start dating
Now Monica Want to Ask Zack Out!
Social Physics Enables Emergent Solutions The enemy of your enemy is your friend. Exploit statuses and traits. Loneliness, anger, jealousy, etc. Share common interests. Shape social history to your advantage. Create grudges Get allies All your friends count! Who knows what else!!!