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<LI><em>From</em>: Jeff Kesselman <<A HREF="mailto:jeffk#tenetwork,com">jeffk#tenetwork,com</A>></LI>
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At 08:21 AM 6/3/97 PST8PDT, you wrote:
>>No. I want characters to die, both at other player's hands, and by
>>the game. There are no better predators that other players. I
>>certainly can't write a mobile script as good as even a mediocre
>>PK'er.
>
>I'd question whether your total lack of control over that PKer is worth
>the trade-off, myself.
At risk of continuing a thread we are trying to kill... I think this is a
good example of the dichotomy between RP goals and Game Oriented goals. If
you are building a game with a 'win" condition were that win is defined as
beatign the other players, its not a big deal that you have limited control
over this aspect. You do not want control over those areas that are most
related to the game goals or it becomes a "rigged game".
If, however, you are building an RP envrionment, as I've noted both you
(caliban) and I seem to be slanted towards, then player combat is NOT the
primary goal or purpose and death is ntoi the focus of the game. In tehse
cases I would personally be more emphatic and say it MUST be controlled to
keep it from being dtrimental to the goals of your environment. I just
wrote a bit on where death fits into the RP game, and in a good game its a
carefully controlled commodity.
JK
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01103" HREF="msg01103.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Life</A></strong>,
Caliban Tiresias Darklock <a href="mailto:caliban#darklock,com">caliban#darklock,com</a>, Wed 04 Jun 1997, 01:17 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01101" HREF="msg01101.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Life</A></strong>,
Jeff Kesselman <a href="mailto:jeffk#tenetwork,com">jeffk#tenetwork,com</a>, Wed 04 Jun 1997, 01:01 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01154" HREF="msg01154.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Life</A></strong>,
clawrenc <a href="mailto:clawrenc#cup,hp.com">clawrenc#cup,hp.com</a>, Thu 05 Jun 1997, 01:00 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01161" HREF="msg01161.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Life</A></strong>,
Caliban Tiresias Darklock <a href="mailto:caliban#darklock,com">caliban#darklock,com</a>, Thu 05 Jun 1997, 06:51 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01105" HREF="msg01105.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Life</A></strong>,
Jeff Kesselman <a href="mailto:jeffk#tenetwork,com">jeffk#tenetwork,com</a>, Wed 04 Jun 1997, 01:23 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01111" HREF="msg01111.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Life</A></strong>,
Jeff Kesselman <a href="mailto:jeffk#tenetwork,com">jeffk#tenetwork,com</a>, Wed 04 Jun 1997, 02:09 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01136" HREF="msg01136.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Life</A></strong>,
Adam Wiggins <a href="mailto:nightfall#inficad,com">nightfall#inficad,com</a>, Wed 04 Jun 1997, 11:29 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01155" HREF="msg01155.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Life</A></strong>,
clawrenc <a href="mailto:clawrenc#cup,hp.com">clawrenc#cup,hp.com</a>, Thu 05 Jun 1997, 04:18 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01112" HREF="msg01112.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Life</A></strong>,
Jeff Kesselman <a href="mailto:jeffk#tenetwork,com">jeffk#tenetwork,com</a>, Wed 04 Jun 1997, 02:46 GMT
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