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<LI><em>From</em>: <A HREF="mailto:Michael.Willey#abnamro,com">Michael.Willey#abnamro,com</A></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 13:08:02 -0500</LI>
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Subject: [MUD-Dev] Re: A little help
Author: mud-dev#kanga,nu (Ling <K.L.Lo-94@
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Date: 9/29/98 1:42 PM
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[SNIP description of typical hierarchy]
>One mud I visited admitted they used an internal numeric
>representation for 'wiz levels', not because it is actually
>useful but so they can award them to wizzes for actually
>doing something.
We do the same. Having originally developed from LP 3.1.4
those levels meant something once, but now they're just
numbers. Our game mechanics dropped "classes" and "levels"
a long time ago, and soon after we rid ourselves of a
clunky level-based security system. Yet the staff levels
persist, and have even expanded their range: Now that
all players are "level 1", everything from 2 to 10,000
has been assigned with a rank and a meaning.
It's purely dress, but it seems to work. A "promotion",
even without a change in job, title, access or
responsibility, seems to be an adequate reward for work
accomplished. It's sick, but it works.
>I personally find this distasteful, I hope never to use
>anything like this but deep down, I know this horrendous
>Victorian approach works.
Think of it as a virtual lollipop. It's a nearly meaningless
reward in any practical sense, but it's also a way to
convey attention (our only form of currency in this medium,
some would suggest). Turning this pointless reward into a
ceremony with celebration following results in a far greater
reward than any other we could give.
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01354" HREF="msg01354.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: A little help</A></strong>,
Ling <a href="mailto:K.L.Lo-94#student,lboro.ac.uk">K.L.Lo-94#student,lboro.ac.uk</a>, Tue 29 Sep 1998, 13:43 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01355" HREF="msg01355.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: A little help</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01356" HREF="msg01356.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: A little help</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01359" HREF="msg01359.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: A little help</A></strong>,
Richard Woolcock <a href="mailto:KaVir#dial,pipex.com">KaVir#dial,pipex.com</a>, Tue 29 Sep 1998, 18:05 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01357" HREF="msg01357.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: A little help</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01360" HREF="msg01360.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: A little help</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01364" HREF="msg01364.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: A little help</A></strong>,
chris <a href="mailto:chris#realm,zfn.uni-bremen.de">chris#realm,zfn.uni-bremen.de</a>, Tue 29 Sep 1998, 19:11 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01368" HREF="msg01368.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: A little help</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01374" HREF="msg01374.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: A little help</A></strong>,
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