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<LI><em>From</em>: "Damion Schubert" <<A HREF="mailto:zjiria#austin,rr.com">zjiria#austin,rr.com</A>></LI>
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From: Matthew Mihaly <diablo#best,com>
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>I have instituted all sorts of methods for punishing annoying players,
>from temporarily dampening the power of their abilities, to the most
>drastic aside from deletion: shrubbing. I turn them into a lovely little
>shrub that really spruces up the landscape. I mean, if you've got a sort
>of 'blah' Imperial Garden or whatnot, and you have an annoying player, why
>not take care of two birds with one stone, and turn the player into a
>hedgerow or a shrub, or maybe even a selection of water lillies (I suggest
>mostly green, with a couple white ones floating about). While a shrub,
>everything the player does results in him or her simply rustling his or
>her branches a bit. I find that after a day or so as foliage, most players
>are happy to reform. You should try it!
Hear, hear. Morphing a troublemaker, whether it's turning them into a
bush, a rabbit, or a toad, is highly effective. Why? Because it feels
like punishment, and it's kind of fun (for everyone except the toaded),
and the censorship angle of it is quite subtle. They think the morph is
the real punishment and the silence is just an aside, when the truth is
the opposite.
By contrast, if you just silence someone, then they and every libertarian
on the mud starts arguments about inherent first amendment rights
yadda yadda yadda.
--damion
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<LI><STRONG>Re: [MUD-Dev] Interesting dilemma</STRONG>, <EM>(continued)</EM>
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00151" HREF="msg00151.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Interesting dilemma</A></strong>,
Ronan Farrell <a href="mailto:rfarrell#ssldesign,com">rfarrell#ssldesign,com</a>, Wed 05 May 1999, 06:07 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00134" HREF="msg00134.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] Interesting dilemma</A></strong>,
Koster, Raph <a href="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com">rkoster#origin,ea.com</a>, Tue 04 May 1999, 05:50 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00111" HREF="msg00111.html">[MUD-Dev] AW: [MUD-Dev] Censorship</A></strong>,
Hofbauer Heinz <a href="mailto:Heinz.Hofbauer#Funworld,at">Heinz.Hofbauer#Funworld,at</a>, Fri 30 Apr 1999, 07:11 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00114" HREF="msg00114.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] AW: [MUD-Dev] Censorship</A></strong>,
Matthew Mihaly <a href="mailto:diablo#best,com">diablo#best,com</a>, Sat 01 May 1999, 19:57 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00123" HREF="msg00123.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] AW: [MUD-Dev] Censorship</A></strong>,
Damion Schubert <a href="mailto:zjiria#austin,rr.com">zjiria#austin,rr.com</a>, Mon 03 May 1999, 16:01 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00104" HREF="msg00104.html">[MUD-Dev] Interview I did that may interest you</A></strong>,
Koster, Raph <a href="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com">rkoster#origin,ea.com</a>, Wed 28 Apr 1999, 21:28 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="00103" HREF="msg00103.html">[MUD-Dev] Censorship</A></strong>,
Greg Munt <a href="mailto:greg#uni-corn,demon.co.uk">greg#uni-corn,demon.co.uk</a>, Wed 28 Apr 1999, 21:28 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00105" HREF="msg00105.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Censorship</A></strong>,
Ben Greear <a href="mailto:greear#cyberhighway,net">greear#cyberhighway,net</a>, Thu 29 Apr 1999, 06:40 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00106" HREF="msg00106.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Censorship</A></strong>,
Matthew Mihaly <a href="mailto:diablo#best,com">diablo#best,com</a>, Thu 29 Apr 1999, 22:05 GMT
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