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<LI><em>Subject</em>: [MUD-Dev] Re: Character maintinence - expenditure of resources </LI>
<LI><em>From</em>: J C Lawrence <<A HREF="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Thu, 07 May 1998 16:41:01 -0700</LI>
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On Thu, 7 May 1998 18:12:36 -0500
Koster, Raph<rkoster#origin,ea.com> wrote:
> On Thursday, May 07, 1998 5:35 PM J C Lawrence
> [SMTP:claw#under,engr.sgi.com] said:
>> 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! :)
Wahh!
My previous nome de jour was "river economy". Things flow in from
upstream, magically appearing within your ken, and then dissappear
downstream as they wander out of sight about the bend. "Faucet/drain"
or, "tap/drain" for the English among us, would seem to better suggest
the underlieing model.
>> 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.
She also has the new tyke to occupy her attentions, and umm, they can
be quite demanding of same (we have a 5 month old with 9 teeth).
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00471" HREF="msg00471.html">[MUD-Dev] Some essays I've written lately</A></strong>,
Koster, Raph <a href="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com">rkoster#origin,ea.com</a>, Fri 08 May 1998, 16:23 GMT
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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>,
Koster, Raph <a href="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com">rkoster#origin,ea.com</a>, Thu 07 May 1998, 23:14 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00466" HREF="msg00466.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Character maintinence - expenditure of resources</A></strong>,
J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Thu 07 May 1998, 23:42 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00467" HREF="msg00467.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Character maintinence - expenditure of resources</A></strong>,
John Bertoglio <a href="mailto:alexb#internetcds,com">alexb#internetcds,com</a>, Fri 08 May 1998, 04:09 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00543" HREF="msg00543.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Character maintinence - expenditure of resources</A></strong>,
J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Wed 13 May 1998, 18:42 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00418" HREF="msg00418.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: regulating player-created objects</A></strong>,
John Bertoglio <a href="mailto:alexb#internetcds,com">alexb#internetcds,com</a>, Wed 06 May 1998, 15:55 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="00392" HREF="msg00392.html">[MUD-Dev] RE: META -- membership</A></strong>,
Koster, Raph <a href="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com">rkoster#origin,ea.com</a>, Tue 05 May 1998, 11:27 GMT
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