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<H1>[MUD-Dev] Re: Character maintinence - expenditure of resources</H1>
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<LI><em>To</em>: "'<A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A>'" <<A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A>></LI>
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<LI><em>From</em>: "Koster, Raph" <<A HREF="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com">rkoster#origin,ea.com</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Thu, 7 May 1998 18:12:36 -0500</LI>
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On Thursday, May 07, 1998 5:35 PM J C Lawrence
[SMTP:claw#under,engr.sgi.com] said:
> On Mon, 4 May 1998 14:41:39 -0700 (PDT)
> Adam Wiggins<adam#angel,com> wrote:
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>> On Mon, 4 May 1998, Koster, Raph wrote:
Whatever I might have said isn't in this post. :) Stray attribution
here...
>The classic case is the faucet->drain model where various points in
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>the game introduce resources, various other consume them, and
players
>can do arbitrage in the middle.
You stole my term. See if I ever have a phone conversation with you
again! :)
Seriously, though, I have no idea if the term exists outside of my use
of it... I came up with it because it seemed a good analogy for inflow
and outflow in a virtual context, since there really isn't any exact
analogue to the mysterious "creation from nothing" and "vanished to
nothing" system in the real world. I really meant literally, the
faucet is *creation* of resources from thin air, and the drain is the
utter deletion of said resources, with no cost and no remnants. The
real world is of course messier than that...
> Raph: I'd be extremely interested in any of your wife's takes on
this
> area given her background.
No need to ask me--she's on the list herself. :) I'll point out this
post to her and see if she'll reply.
-Raph
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MUD-Dev: Advancing an unrealised future.
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00472" HREF="msg00472.html">[MUD-Dev] Frandel 3D (fwd)</A></strong>,
Holly Sommer <a href="mailto:hsommer#micro,ti.com">hsommer#micro,ti.com</a>, Fri 08 May 1998, 16:28 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="00471" HREF="msg00471.html">[MUD-Dev] Some essays I've written lately</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00547" HREF="msg00547.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Some essays I've written lately</A></strong>,
J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Wed 13 May 1998, 19:17 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00548" HREF="msg00548.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Some essays I've written lately</A></strong>,
J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Wed 13 May 1998, 19:33 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00465" HREF="msg00465.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Character maintinence - expenditure of resources</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00466" HREF="msg00466.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Character maintinence - expenditure of resources</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00467" HREF="msg00467.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Character maintinence - expenditure of resources</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00543" HREF="msg00543.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Character maintinence - expenditure of resources</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00418" HREF="msg00418.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: regulating player-created objects</A></strong>,
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