<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 --> <!--X-Subject: RE: [MUD-Dev] Game Economies --> <!--X-From-R13: Oyoreg <gurpurrmrznaNrneguyvax.arg> --> <!--X-Date: Sat, 12 Jun 1999 13:29:42 -0700 --> <!--X-Message-Id: 3.0.6.32.19990612083035.007b87c0#earthlink,net --> <!--X-Content-Type: text/plain --> <!--X-Reference: Pine.SGI.3.96.990611175448.29616B-100000#zazu,angel.com --> <!--X-Reference: Pine.LNX.4.04.9906111728510.1419-100000#marcus,pants.nu --> <!--X-Head-End--> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <title>MUD-Dev message, RE: [MUD-Dev] Game Economies</title> <!-- meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" --> <link rev="made" href="mailto:thecheezeman#earthlink,net"> </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="msg00791.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00793.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg00787.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00793.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#00792">Author</A> | <A HREF="#00792">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#00792">Thread</A> ] <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> <H1>RE: [MUD-Dev] Game Economies</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>: RE: [MUD-Dev] Game Economies</LI> <LI><em>From</em>: Albert <<A HREF="mailto:thecheezeman#earthlink,net">thecheezeman#earthlink,net</A>></LI> <LI><em>Date</em>: Sat, 12 Jun 1999 08:30:35 -0400</LI> <LI><em>Reply-To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A></LI> <LI><em>Sender</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev-admin#kanga,nu">mud-dev-admin#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> At 05:34 PM 6/11/99 -0700, you wrote: >On Fri, 11 Jun 1999, Adam Wiggins wrote: > >> Although all of us nod our heads sagely at such an idea, it unfortunately >> boils down to the following for players logging onto the game the first >> time: >> >> "Ew, this place is all rat-infested and screwed up! What the hell? <quit>" >> > >Well you can spin off of this... I used a dull example for the sake of the >post, but you could have the scores of rats attract hoards of orcs that >like them as a delicacy, keeping the rat population in check despite the >lack of cats. However, these orcs also compete for resources and space >now with players. (and once again you have a reason for things instead of >pointless killing, going back to another thread) There are many more >possibilities for fantastic creatures to have strange roles in a mythical >food chain. Which to me, seems kinda of a waste considering the players won't really notice all the behind-the-scenes work that is going on. Has there been any research into the idea of doing such complicated systems "virtually", meaning using a few simple calculations and affecting the appropriate system, instead of actually having mobs go around competing against each other? _______________________________________________ MUD-Dev maillist - MUD-Dev#kanga,nu <A HREF="http://www.kanga.nu/lists/listinfo/mud-dev">http://www.kanga.nu/lists/listinfo/mud-dev</A> </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="00793" HREF="msg00793.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Game Economies</A></strong> <ul compact><li><em>From:</em> Jp Calderone <exarkun#flashmail,com></li></ul> </UL></LI></UL> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <UL><LI><STRONG>References</STRONG>: <UL> <LI><STRONG><A NAME="00785" HREF="msg00785.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] Game Economies</A></STRONG> <UL><LI><EM>From:</EM> Adam Wiggins <adam#angel,com></LI></UL></LI> <LI><STRONG><A NAME="00787" HREF="msg00787.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] Game Economies</A></STRONG> <UL><LI><EM>From:</EM> Katrina McClelan <kitkat#marcus,pants.nu></LI></UL></LI> </UL></LI></UL> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00791.html">[MUD-Dev] Re[2]: [MUD-Dev] thoughts on game economies</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00793.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Game Economies</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00787.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] Game Economies</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00793.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Game Economies</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="index.html#00792"><STRONG>Date</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thread.html#00792"><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>RE: [MUD-Dev] Game Economies</STRONG>, <EM>(continued)</EM> <ul compact> <ul compact> <LI><strong><A NAME="00773" HREF="msg00773.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] Game Economies</A></strong>, Marian Griffith <a href="mailto:gryphon#iaehv,nl">gryphon#iaehv,nl</a>, Fri 11 Jun 1999, 21:32 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00779" HREF="msg00779.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] Game Economies</A></strong>, Katrina McClelan <a href="mailto:kitkat#marcus,pants.nu">kitkat#marcus,pants.nu</a>, Fri 11 Jun 1999, 22:53 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00785" HREF="msg00785.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] Game Economies</A></strong>, Adam Wiggins <a href="mailto:adam#angel,com">adam#angel,com</a>, Sat 12 Jun 1999, 01:06 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00787" HREF="msg00787.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] Game Economies</A></strong>, Katrina McClelan <a href="mailto:kitkat#marcus,pants.nu">kitkat#marcus,pants.nu</a>, Sat 12 Jun 1999, 01:35 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00792" HREF="msg00792.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] Game Economies</A></strong>, Albert <a href="mailto:thecheezeman#earthlink,net">thecheezeman#earthlink,net</a>, Sat 12 Jun 1999, 20:29 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00793" HREF="msg00793.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Game Economies</A></strong>, Jp Calderone <a href="mailto:exarkun#flashmail,com">exarkun#flashmail,com</a>, Sun 13 Jun 1999, 02:44 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00821" HREF="msg00821.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Game Economies</A></strong>, Laurel Fan <a href="mailto:lf25+@andrew.cmu.edu">lf25+@andrew.cmu.edu</a>, Tue 15 Jun 1999, 18:02 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00825" HREF="msg00825.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Game Economies</A></strong>, Albert <a href="mailto:thecheezeman#earthlink,net">thecheezeman#earthlink,net</a>, Wed 16 Jun 1999, 04:32 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> </ul> <LI><strong><A NAME="00702" HREF="msg00702.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] Game Economies</A></strong>, Koster, Raph <a href="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com">rkoster#origin,ea.com</a>, Thu 10 Jun 1999, 16:14 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>