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Re: [MUD-Dev] Wild west (was Guilds & Politics)
- To: mud-dev#null,net
- Subject: Re: [MUD-Dev] Wild west (was Guilds & Politics)
- From: Ola Fosheim Grøstad <olag#ifi,uio.no>
- Date: Mon, 5 Jan 1998 21:48:45 +0100 (MET)
Marian Griffith <gryphon#iaehv,nl> wrote:
>On Wed 31 Dec, Ola Fosheim Grøstad wrote:
>> >> Social interaction, should not be an admin issue.
>
>> >Actually this should very much be an admin issue. Players who take
>> >their RL conflict into the game must be dealt with before they ruin
>> >the fun for other players.
>
>> Hmmm. How would this ruin the fun for other players (those not
>> involved) ?
>
>By ruining the atmosphere. In games where cooperation is important by
>splitting up the player base. Because most players don't want to get
>involved in the fight between other players, not even passively.
Ok, I admit that someone roaming about shouting that he is going to
kill himself might be a problem. But I think this is less of a
problem in an environment that does not provide global communication
features (shout, channels).
I wonder, if the majority of users are behaving as if they were
insane... Maybe that would be fun? You would simply assume that
everyone is joking, lying etc.
>> I'm all against administration/support as the main course of
>> balancing a mud. To me, that is a sign of a somewhat flawed
>> design. At least in large scale systems.
>
>Personally I think it is inevitable, but it should not be the first
>recourse. Some children can't play nicely in the sandbox and require
>somebody to watch over them.
Yeah, well, that is the part that I don't like. The children/user
analogy. I think teens and adults should be allowed to play not so
nicely and work out their own problems. (provided the system is
designed for this). IRC is an example of a very popular system with
autonomous "zones". Pointers to muds that are providing this type of
self-controlled zones are appreciated!
Ola.
- Thread context:
- Re: [MUD-Dev] Totally OT... (Or is it?) (yes it is ;), (continued)
- Re: [MUD-Dev] Wild west (was Guilds & Politics),
Bryce s006jbh#desire,wright.edu, Sat 03 Jan 1998, 04:32 GMT
- Re: [MUD-Dev] Wild west (was Guilds & Politics),
Ola Fosheim Grøstad olag#ifi,uio.no, Mon 05 Jan 1998, 20:44 GMT
- Re: [MUD-Dev] Wild west (was Guilds & Politics),
Ola Fosheim Grøstad olag#ifi,uio.no, Mon 05 Jan 1998, 20:48 GMT
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