<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 --> <!--X-Subject: [MUD-Dev] Re:(fwd) Re: Multiple currencies --> <!--X-From-R13: X Q Znjerapr <pynjNhaqre.rate.ftv.pbz> --> <!--X-Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 18:44:42 -0700 --> <!--X-Message-Id: 199806160141.SAA00538#under,engr.sgi.com --> <!--X-Content-Type: text/plain --> <!--X-Reference: 199806060328.WAA22249#rgate,ricochet.net --> <!--X-Head-End--> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <title>MUD-Dev message, [MUD-Dev] Re:(fwd) Re: Multiple currencies</title> <!-- meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" --> <link rev="made" href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.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="msg01059.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg01061.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg00894.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00921.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#01060">Author</A> | <A HREF="#01060">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#01060">Thread</A> ] <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> <H1>[MUD-Dev] Re:(fwd) Re: Multiple currencies</H1> <HR> <!--X-Subject-Header-End--> <!--X-Head-of-Message--> <UL> <LI><em>To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A></LI> <LI><em>Subject</em>: [MUD-Dev] Re:(fwd) Re: Multiple currencies </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>: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 18:41:04 -0700</LI> <LI><em>Reply-To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A></LI> </UL> <!--X-Head-of-Message-End--> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-Begin--> <HR> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-End--> <!--X-Body-of-Message--> <PRE> On Fri, 05 Jun 1998 20:10:18 -0700 Mike Sellers<mike#bignetwork,com> wrote: > At 04:39 PM 6/5/98 -0500, Michael.Willey#abnamro,com wrote: >> Here's a question: What collective feature of these examples >> engages the player imagination and inspires this status game? I >> could just as easily see an attempt at creating a player currency >> flop spectacularly. What does it take for a simple perpetual prop >> to become a player currency, and how can we incorporate these ideas >> into our own MUDs? > Excellent question. I can think of a few examples of "true" if > offbeat player-currency -- the great "gold pants" fever in The Realm > a couple of years ago comes to mind. I'm not familiar with that one. Care to expound? Similar to UOL's black clothes deal? > Guild halls and guild rank in M59 had some of the feel of currency > too, except that they were about as mobile as the coins on the > island of Yap. :-/ Hey! At least Yap coins could be rolled, well sorta. > Three requirements that come to mind are scarcity, visibility, and > mobility. Bingo, but might add, "desirability". VD may also be scarce, visible (in some forms), and mobile (communicable). > FWIW, in worlds where the PCs are assumed to be a small part of a > larger civilization, I don't see anything wrong with the > "faucet-drain" simulation of an economy, so long as the drain and > the faucet are affectable and/or tied together in some way. That > is, the faucet should not have infinite original capacity, and the > amount of money drained out of the PC economy (presumably soaked up > by the thousands of NPCs we don't bother showing) should affect how > much money comes back into circulation. Hoarding or loss of > materials should reduce currency, as should hoarding or loss of the > currency itself (consider the havoc a tribe of orcs could wreak by > capturing the only mine that supplies gold for coinage). Inflation economics. -- J C Lawrence Internet: claw#null,net (Contractor) Internet: coder#ibm,net ---------(*) Internet: claw#under,engr.sgi.com ...Honourary Member of Clan McFud -- Teamer's Avenging Monolith... </PRE> <!--X-Body-of-Message-End--> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <HR> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <UL><LI><STRONG>References</STRONG>: <UL> <LI><STRONG><A NAME="00894" HREF="msg00894.html">[MUD-Dev] Re:(fwd) Re: Multiple currencies</A></STRONG> <UL><LI><EM>From:</EM> Mike Sellers <mike#bignetwork,com></LI></UL></LI> </UL></LI></UL> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg01059.html">[MUD-Dev] The great crusade....</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg01061.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Nested coorindate space model</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00894.html">[MUD-Dev] Re:(fwd) Re: Multiple currencies</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00921.html">[MUD-Dev] Re:(fwd) Re: Multiple currencies</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="index.html#01060"><STRONG>Date</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thread.html#01060"><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>[MUD-Dev] Re:(fwd) Re: Multiple currencies</STRONG>, <EM>(continued)</EM> <ul compact> <LI><strong><A NAME="00886" HREF="msg00886.html">[MUD-Dev] Re:(fwd) Re: Multiple currencies</A></strong>, J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Fri 05 Jun 1998, 18:00 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00887" HREF="msg00887.html">[MUD-Dev] Re:(fwd) Re: Multiple currencies</A></strong>, Michael.Willey <a href="mailto:Michael.Willey#abnamro,com">Michael.Willey#abnamro,com</a>, Fri 05 Jun 1998, 21:19 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00888" HREF="msg00888.html">[MUD-Dev] Re:(fwd) Re: Multiple currencies</A></strong>, Richard Woolcock <a href="mailto:KaVir#dial,pipex.com">KaVir#dial,pipex.com</a>, Fri 05 Jun 1998, 22:18 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00894" HREF="msg00894.html">[MUD-Dev] Re:(fwd) Re: Multiple currencies</A></strong>, Mike Sellers <a href="mailto:mike#bignetwork,com">mike#bignetwork,com</a>, Sat 06 Jun 1998, 03:29 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="01060" HREF="msg01060.html">[MUD-Dev] Re:(fwd) Re: Multiple currencies</A></strong>, J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Tue 16 Jun 1998, 01:44 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00921" HREF="msg00921.html">[MUD-Dev] Re:(fwd) Re: Multiple currencies</A></strong>, J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Tue 09 Jun 1998, 21:12 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00927" HREF="msg00927.html">[MUD-Dev] Re:(fwd) Re: Multiple currencies</A></strong>, T. Alexander Popiel <a href="mailto:popiel#beldin,snugharbor.com">popiel#beldin,snugharbor.com</a>, Wed 10 Jun 1998, 02:13 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="01135" HREF="msg01135.html">[MUD-Dev] Re:(fwd) Re: Multiple currencies</A></strong>, J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Fri 19 Jun 1998, 02:03 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="01069" HREF="msg01069.html">[MUD-Dev] Re:(fwd) Re: Multiple currencies</A></strong>, Michael.Willey <a href="mailto:Michael.Willey#abnamro,com">Michael.Willey#abnamro,com</a>, Tue 16 Jun 1998, 14:43 GMT </LI> </ul> </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>