User blog:Waacstats/Criticism of Ready Player One

Ready Player One is a 2018 American science fiction adventure film about video games and 80s culture, and Roblox enjoys movie tie-in events and video games, making Ready Player One a perfect fit for a full Roblox event. However, Roblox didn’t learn in school that the “survival of the fittest” philosophy on human behavior causes dramatic effects.

Roblox missed the cultural appreciation of Ready Player One. Instead of embracing the core of the movie, 80s culture, they ignored it. The whole website could have been themed like Ready Player One, with retro effects, and there could have been an OASIS-themed game that was only available for VR users. The game could have provided the same plot as the movie, possibly even better, and could have been done with the best developers months before the event. Ready Player One offered easy clues, which could have been made harder.

r0cu, a Roblox user, received death threats when he won, and people trying to find out where he lives, possibly to shoot him or bomb his house. This could have been stopped by offering a different approach to the event.

I give the event a 53 out of 100 for approach, a 32 for creativity, and a 23 for loyalty to Ready Player One’s focus and main point, making the score an F- overall.