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<LI><em>Subject</em>: [MUD-Dev] Re: WIRED: Kilers have more fun </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>: Fri, 24 Jul 1998 15:13:53 -0700</LI>
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On Fri, 24 Jul 1998 14:37:11 -0700
Mike Sellers<mike#bignetwork,com> wrote:
> At 09:40 AM 7/24/98 -0700, J C Lawrence wrote:
>> As some of the currently petitioning-for-posting-authority can
>> attest I vet who gets let in fairly closely. An obstacle course.
>> I confidently predict that this pre-selection of the membership has
>> far more effect on the character and culture of this list than any
>> of us, encluding myself, are aware of.
> I reluctantly have to agree. This goes to what Raph has been saying
> about strong-RP environments being heavily controlled in terms of
> who gets access and/or what they are allowed to do once they have
> access. Of the two I'd prefer strong controls on the first of
> these, though it's neither commercially viable nor philosophically
> satisfying.
Quite. I dislike herding -- you are not sheep and I refuse to
consider you as such. The way I do moderate this list is *NOT*
scalable. I also worry that my own preferences, preconceptions and
concepts of "the right way" are inevitably colouring and eventually
stifling the list and its products due to my pre-selection.
We have a total membership of ~200 now. I'm not even going to attempt
to imagine what the workload would be if membership grew by a mere
order of magnitude.
Its a sad testament that this list would not nood to exist if Usenet
still functioned.
> Hmm. In these terms maybe Disney has it right again: the "game" is
> that the heavy RPers walk amongst the OOCers, having to keep the
> world running and staying in character -- the online version of
> playing Mickey in a theme park surrounded by zillions of sweating
> tourists. You'd bet you'd want to select those RPers carefully!
> But it could be fun if you framed it correctly...
Renaissance Festivals and the SCA...
--
J C Lawrence Internet: claw#null,net
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00332" HREF="msg00332.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Affordances and social method</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00504" HREF="msg00504.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Affordances and social method</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00330" HREF="msg00330.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: WIRED: Kilers have more fun</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00340" HREF="msg00340.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: WIRED: Kilers have more fun</A></strong>,
J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Fri 24 Jul 1998, 22:16 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00287" HREF="msg00287.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: WIRED: Kilers have more fun</A></strong>,
J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Tue 21 Jul 1998, 21:59 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00303" HREF="msg00303.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: WIRED: Kilers have more fun</A></strong>,
Dr. Cat <a href="mailto:cat#bga,com">cat#bga,com</a>, Wed 22 Jul 1998, 10:33 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00304" HREF="msg00304.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: WIRED: Kilers have more fun</A></strong>,
Caliban Tiresias Darklock <a href="mailto:caliban#darklock,com">caliban#darklock,com</a>, Wed 22 Jul 1998, 11:18 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00071" HREF="msg00071.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: WIRED: Kilers have more fun</A></strong>,
Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Wed 08 Jul 1998, 04:34 GMT
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