<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 --> <!--X-Subject: RE: [MUD-Dev] Problem Players [was: Guilds & Politics ] --> <!--X-From-R13: "Ybfgre, Dncu" <exbfgreNbevtva.rn.pbz> --> <!--X-Date: Tue, 09 Dec 1997 23:24:00 +0000 --> <!--X-Message-Id: c=US%a=_%p=EA%l=MOLACH-971209232735Z-110114#molach,origin.ea.com --> <!--X-Content-Type: text/plain --> <!--X-Head-End--> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <title>MUD-Dev message, RE: [MUD-Dev] Problem Players [was: Guilds & Politics ]</title> <!-- meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" --> <link rev="made" href="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com"> </head> <body background="/backgrounds/paperback.gif" bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" alink="#FF0000" vlink="#006000"> <font size="+4" color="#804040"> <strong><em>MUD-Dev<br>mailing list archive</em></strong> </font> <br> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] <br clear=all><hr> <!--X-Body-Begin--> <!--X-User-Header--> <!--X-User-Header-End--> <!--X-TopPNI--> Date: [ <a href="msg00597.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00600.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg00720.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00604.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#00598">Author</A> | <A HREF="#00598">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#00598">Thread</A> ] <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> <H1>RE: [MUD-Dev] Problem Players [was: Guilds & Politics ]</H1> <HR> <!--X-Subject-Header-End--> <!--X-Head-of-Message--> <UL> <LI><em>To</em>: "'<A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#null,net">mud-dev#null,net</A>'" <<A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#null,net">mud-dev#null,net</A>></LI> <LI><em>Subject</em>: RE: [MUD-Dev] Problem Players [was: Guilds & Politics ]</LI> <LI><em>From</em>: "Koster, Raph" <<A HREF="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com">rkoster#origin,ea.com</A>></LI> <LI><em>Date</em>: Tue, 9 Dec 1997 17:27:35 -0600</LI> </UL> <!--X-Head-of-Message-End--> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-Begin--> <HR> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-End--> <!--X-Body-of-Message--> <PRE> On Tuesday, December 09, 1997 8:32 AM, Vadim Tkachenko[SMTP:vadimt#4cs,com] wrote: > Koster, Raph wrote: > > > > The above sounds wonderful, given that you have email registration, > > characters who never log out, etc. These provide important "identity > > tracking" which permit the enforcers of justice to track the villain > > down. Without them, though, it's next to impossible... Also, as scale > > grows, anonymity will become increasingly easy as well. Eventually, it > > may break down on you.It will be interesting to see if this is the > > case. It relies a lot on players' willingness to gossip, which may not > > work out that well (is it possible for a group of 100 players to get > > together and purposely report the same person for something nasty, to > > get their character destroyed?) > > Well, doesn't it mean that the person is _really_ worth for 100 players > to get together to get rid of the character? Not necessarily. :( I never underestimate the range of human maliciousness... -Raph </PRE> <!--X-Body-of-Message-End--> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <HR> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00597.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Guilds & Politics</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00600.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Guilds & Politics [was Affecting the World]</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00720.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Problem Players [was: Guilds & Politics ]</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00604.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Problem Players [was: Guilds & Politics ]</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="index.html#00598"><STRONG>Date</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thread.html#00598"><STRONG>Thread</STRONG></A></LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> <!--X-BotPNI-End--> <!--X-User-Footer--> <!--X-User-Footer-End--> <ul><li>Thread context: <BLOCKQUOTE><UL> <LI><STRONG>Re: [MUD-Dev] Problem Players [was: Guilds & Politics ]</STRONG>, <EM>(continued)</EM> <ul compact> <ul compact> <LI><strong><A NAME="00595" HREF="msg00595.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Problem Players [was: Guilds & Politics ]</A></strong>, Vadim Tkachenko <a href="mailto:vadimt#4cs,com">vadimt#4cs,com</a>, Tue 09 Dec 1997, 22:16 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00647" HREF="msg00647.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Problem Players [was: Guilds & Politics ]</A></strong>, Matt Chatterley <a href="mailto:root#mpc,dyn.ml.org">root#mpc,dyn.ml.org</a>, Wed 10 Dec 1997, 21:44 GMT </LI> </ul> <LI><strong><A NAME="00593" HREF="msg00593.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Problem Players [was: Guilds & Politics ]</A></strong>, Stephen Zepp <a href="mailto:zoran#enid,com">zoran#enid,com</a>, Tue 09 Dec 1997, 21:39 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00720" HREF="msg00720.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Problem Players [was: Guilds & Politics ]</A></strong>, coder <a href="mailto:coder#ibm,net">coder#ibm,net</a>, Fri 12 Dec 1997, 04:20 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00598" HREF="msg00598.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] Problem Players [was: Guilds & Politics ]</A></strong>, Koster, Raph <a href="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com">rkoster#origin,ea.com</a>, Tue 09 Dec 1997, 23:24 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00604" HREF="msg00604.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Problem Players [was: Guilds & Politics ]</A></strong>, Mike Sellers <a href="mailto:mike#online-alchemy,com">mike#online-alchemy,com</a>, Wed 10 Dec 1997, 00:35 GMT </LI> </ul> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00588" HREF="msg00588.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] META: FAQ and Thread Summaries</A></strong>, Stephen Zepp <a href="mailto:zoran#enid,com">zoran#enid,com</a>, Tue 09 Dec 1997, 20:35 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00719" HREF="msg00719.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] META: FAQ and Thread Summaries</A></strong>, coder <a href="mailto:coder#ibm,net">coder#ibm,net</a>, Fri 12 Dec 1997, 02:08 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00574" HREF="msg00574.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] Guilds & Politics [was Affecting</A></strong>, Koster, Raph <a href="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com">rkoster#origin,ea.com</a>, Tue 09 Dec 1997, 17:14 GMT </LI> </UL></BLOCKQUOTE> </ul> <hr> <center> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] </center> <hr> </body> </html>