so that includes
posting username and thoughts
20 missions
from games (implying achievements from, say, inviting friends don't count)
...right?
while i'm here - username is Scatterbrain. as i'm not all that interested in achievements, rank etc when playing games (the point of gaming is for fun, imo) the whole leaderboard + getting experience + ingame achievements doesn't really appeal to me. that said, i'll still use it whenever i feel the need to kill some time via flash games, because from what i've seen it's a pretty solid selection of good, fun games. and i think that gameground will be good for the people creating flash games; there's not been a whole lot of support (especially financially) for those guys, so it's cool of you to help them out like this.
pros and cons
+ setting it up was dead simple
+ good choice of games
+ interface is clean (apart from the scrolling popups in the bottom left, although they can be turned off)
- having the GG thing running in the taskbar
all the time is annoying and is a waste of resources when you're not using it
- using chrome and having the 'get flash plugin' help/error box pop up at the end of every game; plugin is for internet explorer, and it saves exp, missions etc anyway
- the 'invite friends' system isn't all that great. it was difficult to find, as it was labelled 'find friends' rather than invite, and the integration with facebook, while it works, isn't ideal for people that either rather not use it or don't have it.
that's all i can think of for the moment. all in all, gamegrounds is pretty neat
