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<LI><em>From</em>: "Jon A. Lambert" <<A HREF="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</A>></LI>
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On 11 Jan 98 at 20:21, Mike Sellers wrote:
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> Another way to look at this is contained in the story of Beowulf, as it's
> changed over the centuries. As I understand it, the story progressed along
> lines something like this:
>
> 1) We went out. We killed the monster.
> 2) We went out. We killed the monster. We came home and got drunk.
> 3) We went out. We were scared. We killed the monster. We came home and
> got drunk.
> 4) We went out. We were scared. We killed the monster. We saved our
> village. We came home and got drunk.
>
> Most RPGs/MUDs/etc are at 1) or 2) above: just the external facts, perhaps
> with a little heroic celebrating. The addition of the internalization
> evident in 3) is signficant, and is the beginning of real theater,
> roleplaying, and satisfying fiction. With 4) we see the beginning of the
> addition of the theme, the human-mythic context that makes the story
> *meaningful* and adds human context to the string of events. That, I
> guess, is the kind of thing I'm going for in my games (tabletop or online).
> I continue to think that there is immense commercial and human value in
> this, but that actually doing it is no easy feat.
>
Cheers! I think this is an excellent example of the point at which
game-only playing metamorphs into role-playing.
--
Jon A. Lambert
"Everything that deceives may be said to enchant" - Plato
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00145" HREF="msg00145.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Commercial value of RP</A></strong>,
Ling <a href="mailto:K.L.Lo-94#student,lboro.ac.uk">K.L.Lo-94#student,lboro.ac.uk</a>, Fri 09 Jan 1998, 18:11 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00158" HREF="msg00158.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Commercial value of RP</A></strong>,
Mike Sellers <a href="mailto:mike#online-alchemy,com">mike#online-alchemy,com</a>, Sat 10 Jan 1998, 01:00 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00177" HREF="msg00177.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Commercial value of RP</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00188" HREF="msg00188.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Commercial value of RP</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00205" HREF="msg00205.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Commercial value of RP</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00023" HREF="msg00023.html">Who's bugging who? : was- Wild West</A></strong>,
Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Sun 04 Jan 1998, 20:44 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="00020" HREF="msg00020.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Circumstances & Situations</A></strong>,
Richard Woolcock <a href="mailto:KaVir#dial,pipex.com">KaVir#dial,pipex.com</a>, Sun 04 Jan 1998, 01:15 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="00019" HREF="msg00019.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Mail from mud Update :)</A></strong>,
Richard Woolcock <a href="mailto:KaVir#dial,pipex.com">KaVir#dial,pipex.com</a>, Sun 04 Jan 1998, 01:10 GMT
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