<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 --> <!--X-Subject: [MUD-Dev] Re: Marian's Tailor vs. Psychopaths --> <!--X-From-R13: "Ybfgre, Dncu" <exbfgreNbevtva.rn.pbz> --> <!--X-Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1998 14:10:03 -0700 --> <!--X-Message-Id: 11A17AA2B9EAD111BCEA00A0C9B41793EDBD26#forest,origin.ea.com --> <!--X-Content-Type: text/plain --> <!--X-Head-End--> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <title>MUD-Dev message, [MUD-Dev] Re: Marian's Tailor vs. Psychopaths</title> <!-- meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" --> <link rev="made" href="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.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="msg01064.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg01066.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg01067.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg01078.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#01065">Author</A> | <A HREF="#01065">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#01065">Thread</A> ] <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> <H1>[MUD-Dev] Re: Marian's Tailor vs. Psychopaths</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>'" <<A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A>></LI> <LI><em>Subject</em>: [MUD-Dev] Re: Marian's Tailor vs. Psychopaths</LI> <LI><em>From</em>: "Koster, Raph" <<A HREF="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com">rkoster#origin,ea.com</A>></LI> <LI><em>Date</em>: Fri, 18 Sep 1998 16:06:59 -0500</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> > -----Original Message----- > From: Hal Black [<A HREF="mailto:hal#moos,ml.org">mailto:hal#moos,ml.org</A>] > Sent: Friday, September 18, 1998 4:05 PM > To: mud-dev#kanga,nu > Subject: [MUD-Dev] Marian's Tailor vs. Psychopaths > > > > I'd like to offer some discussion as to how to deal with > part of the Marian's > Tailor problem: how does a tailor enjoy tailoring life > without having to deal > with a disproportionate number of psychopathic characters? [snip methods I agree with] > Some Caveats: > > 1. Not all the fish will bite at this opportunity. [playing creatures other than human] > The more > clever psychos > will play humans to cause havoc. But hopefully it will > divert some borderline > psychos to constructive violent behavior. !!!! 8') Maybe. We haven't tried this one yet. We have given different venues (free for all guild warfare, etc), but they are still humans. :) > 2. There is a great problem in totally safe cities as opposed > to mostly safe > cities. UO went with mostly safe cities; you can be attacked only if you have just committed a crime yourself, or if you are in a mutually declared war. > Of course, I haven't had a chance to implement any of this > so it's all > conjecture at this point. 8') Hopefully it can inspire some > ideas if nothing > else. Basically, these measures seem to be insufficient based on UO's experience thus far. A big factor to consider: are the safe cities enough for a tailor, or does the tailor want to see the whole of the world? -Raph </PRE> <!--X-Body-of-Message-End--> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <HR> <ul compact><li><strong>Follow-Ups</strong>: <ul> <li><strong><A NAME="01078" HREF="msg01078.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Marian's Tailor vs. Psychopaths</A></strong> <ul compact><li><em>From:</em> Marc Hernandez <marc#jb,com></li></ul> </UL></LI></UL> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg01064.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: clients anyone?...</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg01066.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Marian's Tailor vs. Psychopaths</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg01067.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Economics: Arrow's Impossibility Theorem</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg01078.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Marian's Tailor vs. Psychopaths</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="index.html#01065"><STRONG>Date</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thread.html#01065"><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: AR's idea database</STRONG>, <EM>(continued)</EM> <ul compact> <LI><strong><A NAME="01074" HREF="msg01074.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: AR's idea database</A></strong>, James Wilson <a href="mailto:jwilson#rochester,rr.com">jwilson#rochester,rr.com</a>, Sat 19 Sep 1998, 13:59 GMT </LI> </ul> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="01070" HREF="msg01070.html">[MUD-Dev] Admin</A></strong>, J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#kanga,nu">claw#kanga,nu</a>, Sat 19 Sep 1998, 02:50 GMT <LI><strong><A NAME="01068" HREF="msg01068.html">[MUD-Dev] Project: ROADS database of MUD-related papers?</A></strong>, J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Sat 19 Sep 1998, 00:23 GMT <LI><strong><A NAME="01067" HREF="msg01067.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Economics: Arrow's Impossibility Theorem</A></strong>, Koster, Raph <a href="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com">rkoster#origin,ea.com</a>, Fri 18 Sep 1998, 23:31 GMT <LI><strong><A NAME="01065" HREF="msg01065.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Marian's Tailor vs. Psychopaths</A></strong>, Koster, Raph <a href="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com">rkoster#origin,ea.com</a>, Fri 18 Sep 1998, 21:10 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="01078" HREF="msg01078.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Marian's Tailor vs. Psychopaths</A></strong>, Marc Hernandez <a href="mailto:marc#jb,com">marc#jb,com</a>, Sat 19 Sep 1998, 20:58 GMT </LI> </UL> <UL> <li><Possible follow-up(s)><br> <LI><strong><A NAME="01075" HREF="msg01075.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Marian's Tailor vs. Psychopaths</A></strong>, quzah <a href="mailto:quzah#geocities,com">quzah#geocities,com</a>, Sat 19 Sep 1998, 14:32 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="01076" HREF="msg01076.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Marian's Tailor vs. Psychopaths</A></strong>, James Wilson <a href="mailto:jwilson#rochester,rr.com">jwilson#rochester,rr.com</a>, Sat 19 Sep 1998, 16:16 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="01077" HREF="msg01077.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Marian's Tailor vs. Psychopaths</A></strong>, Richard Woolcock <a href="mailto:KaVir#dial,pipex.com">KaVir#dial,pipex.com</a>, Sat 19 Sep 1998, 16:37 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </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>