April 1998
- Persistant storage.... My current idea. J C Lawrence
- Persistant storage.... My current idea. J C Lawrence
- Persistant storage.... My current idea. Chris Gray
- Persistant storage.... My current idea. J C Lawrence
- Persistant storage.... My current idea. J C Lawrence
- OT: This is a test of a system config change. coder@ibm.net
- MUD Development Digest Dr. Cat
- MUD Development Digest Justin McKinnerney
- MUD Development Digest Nathan F Yospe
- MUD Development Digest Justin McKinnerney
- MUD Development Digest J C Lawrence
- MUD Development Digest J C Lawrence
- MUD Development Digest Jon A. Lambert
- MUD Development Digest Chris Gray
- MUD Development Digest J C Lawrence
- MUD Development Digest J C Lawrence
- MUD Development Digest J C Lawrence
- MUD Development Digest Ben Greear
- MUD Development Digest Jon A. Lambert
- MUD Development Digest Chris Gray
- MUD Development Digest Ben Greear
- MUD Development Digest Dr. Cat
- MUD Development Digest Ben Greear
- MUD Development Digest Justin McKinnerney
- MUD Development Digest Dr. Cat
- MUD Development Digest Justin McKinnerney
- MUD Development Digest Dr. Cat
- MUD Development Digest J C Lawrence
- MUD Development Digest Matt Chatterley
- MUD Development Digest J C Lawrence
- GRUMPS maddog@best.com
- caved in: Algorithms for for storing free space. Ben Greear
- internet connections Chris Gray
- GRUPMS? Vadim Tkachenko
- [Fwd: MUD-Dev] Richard Woolcock
- [Fwd: MUD-Dev] Nathan F Yospe
- [Fwd: MUD-Dev] coder@ibm.net
- [Fwd: MUD-Dev] Katrina McClelan
- [Fwd: MUD-Dev] Richard Woolcock
- [Fwd: MUD-Dev] J C Lawrence
- [Fwd: MUD-Dev] Travis S. Casey
- [Fwd: MUD-Dev] maddog@best.com
- [Fwd: MUD-Dev] J C Lawrence
- [Fwd: MUD-Dev] J C Lawrence
- [Fwd: MUD-Dev] Jon A. Lambert
- [Fwd: MUD-Dev] Richard Woolcock
- Meta: who dat guy, wot dat web? coder@ibm.net
- Meta: who dat guy, wot dat web? Katrina McClelan
- Meta: who dat guy, wot dat web? s001gmu@nova.wright.edu
- Meta: who dat guy, wot dat web? J C Lawrence
- Meta: who dat guy, wot dat web? Jon A. Lambert
- Meta: who dat guy, wot dat web? J C Lawrence
- [META] Mailing lists Katrina McClelan
- [META] Mailing lists Travis S. Casey
- META: The web presence and wot it ain't gonna be J C Lawrence
- META: The web presence and wot it ain't gonna be Shawn Halpenny
- META: The web presence and wot it ain't gonna be J C Lawrence
- META: The web presence and wot it ain't gonna be J C Lawrence
- (fwd) code for teleport coder@ibm.net
- (fwd) code for teleport Ben Greear
- (fwd) code for teleport s001gmu@nova.wright.edu
- (fwd) code for teleport J C Lawrence
- META: Archive of Megami/Wout's list's traffic? Archive of the CC: list? J C Lawrence
- Resisting Charm or you're cute and nice, but not to die for. Jon A. Lambert
- Resisting Charm or you're cute and nice, but not to die for. s001gmu@nova.wright.edu
- Resisting Charm or you're cute and nice, but not to die for. Katrina McClelan
- Resisting Charm or you're cute and nice, but not to die for. J C Lawrence
- Genetic Algorithms Jon A. Lambert
- MUD Development Digest J C Lawrence
- MUD Development Digest Alex Oren
- MUD Development Digest Chris Gray
- MUD Development Digest Jon Leonard
- MUD Development Digest Jon A. Lambert
- Resisting Charm or you're cute and nice, but not Jon A. Lambert
- Unreal J C Lawrence
- META: The web archives are up for review (alpha 1) J C Lawrence
- META: Archive of Megami/Wout's list's traffic? Archive of Alex Oren
- RGMA Alex Oren
- META: That bloke Yaltec. Khan one
- META: That bloke Yaltec. J C Lawrence
- a fruitful exchange on classlessness in r.g.m.admin Cimri
- MAGE 2 MAGE v. 0.88 J C Lawrence
- META: membership (was a fruitful exchange on classlessness in r.g.m.admin) coder@ibm.net
- META: Archive of Megami/Wout's list's traffic? Archive of Wout Mertens
- (fwd) Development of new code base coder@ibm.net
- Seductions of Sim: Policy as a Simulation Jon A. Lambert
- Seductions of Sim: Policy as a Simulation J C Lawrence
- META: membership (was a fruitful exchange on clas Jon A. Lambert
- Resisting Charm or you're cute and nice, but not t Jon A. Lambert
- META: Web futures and the demise of MUD civilisation as we know it. coder@ibm.net
- There can be.. only ONE! Matt Chatterley
- There can be.. only ONE! Caliban Tiresias Darklock
- There can be.. only ONE! Matt Chatterley
- There can be.. only ONE! J C Lawrence
- There can be.. only ONE! Richard Woolcock
- There can be.. only ONE! J C Lawrence
- There can be.. only ONE! Vadim Tkachenko
- There can be.. only ONE! Jon A. Lambert
- There can be.. only ONE! Vadim Tkachenko
- There can be.. only ONE! Jon A. Lambert
- There can be.. only ONE! Richard Woolcock
- There can be.. only ONE! J C Lawrence
- There can be.. only ONE! Matt Chatterley
- There can be.. only ONE! Matt Chatterley
- There can be.. only ONE! J C Lawrence
- There can be.. only ONE! Matt Chatterley
- There can be.. only ONE! J C Lawrence
- There can be.. only ONE! Ling
- There can be.. only ONE! Matt Chatterley
- There can be.. only ONE! J C Lawrence
- There can be.. only ONE! Matt Chatterley
- There can be.. only ONE! J C Lawrence
- There can be.. only ONE! J C Lawrence
- OT: Caballah [was Character development] Alex Oren
- OT: Caballah [was Character development] Caliban Tiresias Darklock
- OT: Caballah [was Character development] Vadim Tkachenko
- OT: Caballah [was Character development] Vadim Tkachenko
- OT: Caballah [was Character development] Marian Griffith
- OT: Caballah [was Character development] Jon A. Lambert
- Personality modelling Oliver Jowett
- Personality modelling J C Lawrence
- Personality modelling J C Lawrence
- META: membership Holly Sommer
- META: membership Cimri
- META: membership s001gmu@nova.wright.edu
- META: membership Katrina McClelan
- META: Other mailing lists Alex Oren
- META: Other mailing lists J C Lawrence
- META: Web site backgrounds and readability J C Lawrence
- META: Web site backgrounds and readability Cimri
- META: Web site backgrounds and readability Holly Sommer
- META: Web site backgrounds and readability plateau
- META: Web site backgrounds and readability Vadim Tkachenko
- META: Web site backgrounds and readability Caliban Tiresias Darklock
- META: Web site backgrounds and readability Vadim Tkachenko
- META: Web site backgrounds and readability Greg Munt
- META: Web site backgrounds and readability J C Lawrence
- META: Web site backgrounds and readability Caliban Tiresias Darklock
- META: Web site backgrounds and readability Matt Chatterley
- META: Web site backgrounds and readability Holly Sommer
- META: Web site backgrounds and readability Jon A. Lambert
- META: Web site backgrounds and readability Caliban Tiresias Darklock
- META: Web site backgrounds and readability Jon A. Lambert
- META: Web site backgrounds and readability J C Lawrence
- META: Archive message format J C Lawrence
- (fwd) equipment J C Lawrence
- 3D evaluation? J C Lawrence
- META: Archive searching now works... J C Lawrence
- META: Archive searching now works... Bruce Mitchener
- META: Archive searching now works... J C Lawrence
- Fw: [DESIGN] Combat system Richard Woolcock
- [Fwd: Grids and curvature of a sphere] Richard Woolcock
- [Fwd: Grids and curvature of a sphere] Caliban Tiresias Darklock
- [Fwd: Grids and curvature of a sphere] J C Lawrence
- [Fwd: Grids and curvature of a sphere] J C Lawrence
- SfD: AI and muds; several approaches Nathan F Yospe
- META: We have moved. J C Lawrence
- (fwd) Mudlib Design J C Lawrence
- (fwd) SERVER: New Code Base in VB Started J C Lawrence
- (fwd) SERVER: New Code Base in VB Started Jon A. Lambert
- Graphical MUD project (Sea Of Blood) J C Lawrence
- (fwd) Sea of Blood Graphical MUD J C Lawrence
- MAPPING: Creating a bitmaped graphic from map coordinates John Bertoglio
- MAPPING: Creating a bitmaped graphic from map coordinates Nathan F Yospe
- MAPPING: Creating a bitmaped graphic from map coordinates John Bertoglio
- MAPPING: Creating a bitmaped graphic from map coordinates s001gmu@nova.wright.edu
- MAPPING: Creating a bitmaped graphic from map coordinates Jon Leonard
- MAPPING: Creating a bitmaped graphic from map coordinates Caliban Tiresias Darklock
- MAPPING: Creating a bitmaped graphic from map coordinates J C Lawrence
- MAPPING: Creating a bitmaped graphic from map coordinates Vadim Tkachenko
- Gentle Reminder J C Lawrence
- Systems you use Ling
- Systems you use Caliban Tiresias Darklock
- Systems you use J C Lawrence
- Systems you use Adam Wiggins
- Systems you use Jon A. Lambert
- Systems you use Katrina McClelan
- Systems you use J C Lawrence
- Systems you use Katrina McClelan
- (fwd) CODE RELEASE: [client] Jcrossclient - java client to "crossfire" J C Lawrence
- Teamwork Ling
- Teamwork J C Lawrence
- MAPPING: Creating a bitmaped graphic from map Jon A. Lambert
- MAPPING: Creating a bitmaped graphic from map J C Lawrence
- MAPPING: Creating a bitmaped graphic from map Jon A. Lambert
- MAPPING: Creating a bitmaped graphic from map John Bertoglio
- MAPPING: Creating a bitmaped graphic from map Jon A. Lambert
- MAPPING: Creating a bitmaped graphic from map Caliban Tiresias Darklock
- MAPPING: Creating a bitmaped graphic from map Jon A. Lambert
- (fwd) AD: [custom graphical] whitestar Crossfire MUD J C Lawrence
- (fwd) AD: [custom graphical] whitestar Crossfire MUD Dr. Cat
- (fwd) AD: [custom graphical] whitestar Crossfire MUD Ben Greear
- (fwd) AD: [custom graphical] whitestar Crossfire MUD Matt Chatterley
- (fwd) AD: [custom graphical] whitestar Crossfire MUD Chris Gray
- (fwd) AD: [custom graphical] whitestar Crossfire MUD Dr. Cat
- (fwd) AD: [custom graphical] whitestar Crossfire MUD J C Lawrence
- (fwd) AD: [custom graphical] whitestar Crossfire MUD Jay Sax
- (fwd) AD: [custom graphical] whitestar Crossfire MUD Dr. Cat
- (fwd) AD: [custom graphical] whitestar Crossfire MUD Caliban Tiresias Darklock
- (fwd) AD: [custom graphical] whitestar Crossfire MUD J C Lawrence
- (fwd) AD: [custom graphical] whitestar Crossfire MUD Matt Chatterley
- (fwd) AD: [custom graphical] whitestar Crossfire MUD Chris Gray
- There can be.. only ONE! (fwd) Matt Chatterley
- There can be.. only ONE! (fwd) J C Lawrence
- There can be.. only ONE! (fwd) Matt Chatterley
- There can be.. only ONE! (fwd) Adam Wiggins
- There can be.. only ONE! (fwd) Matt Chatterley
- There can be.. only ONE! (fwd) J C Lawrence
- There can be.. only ONE! (fwd) J C Lawrence
- There can be.. only ONE! (fwd) Matt Chatterley
- There can be.. only ONE! (fwd) Matt Chatterley
- There can be.. only ONE! (fwd) J C Lawrence
- There can be.. only ONE! (fwd) Matt Chatterley
- There can be.. only ONE! (fwd) J C Lawrence
- There can be.. only ONE! (fwd) Matt Chatterley
- There can be.. only ONE! (fwd) Jon A. Lambert
- There can be.. only ONE! (fwd) J C Lawrence
- There can be.. only ONE! (fwd) Matt Chatterley
- How to represent a 3d object... Ben Greear
- How to represent a 3d object... Oliver Jowett
- How to represent a 3d object... Ben Greear
- How to represent a 3d object... Justin McKinnerney
- How to represent a 3d object... J C Lawrence
- fwd Room descriptions, was Roleplaying John Bertoglio
- fwd Room descriptions, was Roleplaying Chris Gray
- fwd Room descriptions, was Roleplaying Ling
- fwd Room descriptions, was Roleplaying J C Lawrence
- Room descriptions, was Roleplaying Richard Woolcock
- Room descriptions, was Roleplaying John Bertoglio
- Java for Mud Client (Crossfire MUD topic) Justin McKinnerney
- Java for Mud Client (Crossfire MUD topic) Joel Dillon
- Java for Mud Client (Crossfire MUD topic) Justin McKinnerney
- Java for Mud Client (Crossfire MUD topic) Joel Dillon
- Java for Mud Client (Crossfire MUD topic) s001gmu@nova.wright.edu
- Java for Mud Client (Crossfire MUD topic) J C Lawrence
- Java for Mud Client (Crossfire MUD topic) J C Lawrence
- Java for Mud Client (Crossfire MUD topic) Ben Greear
- Java for Mud Client (Crossfire MUD topic) J C Lawrence
- META: mud-dev@null.net is now decommissioned. J C Lawrence
- META: mud-dev@null.net is now decommissioned. John Bertoglio
- META: mud-dev@null.net is now decommissioned. J C Lawrence
- Group mechanics/Leadership [was: Room descriptions] Shawn Halpenny
- Group mechanics/Leadership [was: Room descriptions] John Bertoglio
- (fwd) [DESIGN] Macro semi-language J C Lawrence
- (fwd) [DESIGN] Macro semi-language J C Lawrence
- (fwd) POLL: Games ruined by bad players (Player killers, tank rushers etc) J C Lawrence
- (fwd) POLL: Games ruined by bad players (Player killers, tank rushers etc) Dr. Cat
- (fwd) POLL: Games ruined by bad players (Player killers, tank rushers etc) Marian Griffith
- (fwd) POLL: Games ruined by bad players (Player killers, tank rushers etc) J C Lawrence
- (fwd) POLL: Games ruined by bad players (Player killers, tank rushers etc) Chris Gray
- (fwd) POLL: Games ruined by bad players (Player killers, tank rushers etc) Koster, Raph
- (fwd) POLL: Games ruined by bad players (Player killers, tank rushers etc) Adam Wiggins
- (fwd) POLL: Games ruined by bad players (Player killers, tank rushers etc) J C Lawrence
- OT: Birth announcement Koster, Raph
- OT: Birth announcement Nathan F Yospe
- OT: Birth announcement J C Lawrence
- OT: Birth announcement J C Lawrence
- OT: Birth announcement John Bertoglio
- OT: Birth announcement J C Lawrence
- OT: Birth announcement Jon A. Lambert
- OT: Birth announcement Koster, Raph
- (fwd) POLL: Games ruined by bad players (Playe Jon A. Lambert
- (fwd) POLL: Games ruined by bad players (Playe Dr. Cat
- (fwd) POLL: Games ruined by bad players (Playe J C Lawrence
- (fwd) POLL: Games ruined by bad players (Playe Dr. Cat
- (fwd) POLL: Games ruined by bad players (Playe J C Lawrence
- (fwd) POLL: Games ruined by bad players (Playe Richard Woolcock
- Some thoughts on languages and users - was: Macro semi Jon A. Lambert
- PK's: A solution? John Bertoglio
- PK's: A solution? Shawn Halpenny
- PK's: A solution? Michael Hohensee
- PK's: A solution? s001gmu@nova.wright.edu
- PK's: A solution? J C Lawrence
- PK's: A solution? Katrina McClelan
- PK's: A solution? John Bertoglio
- PK's: A solution? Holly Sommer
- PK's: A solution? J C Lawrence
- PK's: A solution? John Bertoglio
- META: Membership authentication J C Lawrence
- (fwd) MOB or player? Global Communications on Muds J C Lawrence
- (fwd) MOB or player? Global Communications on Muds John Bertoglio
- (fwd) Confusing? J C Lawrence
- (fwd) Confusing? Chris Gray
- (fwd) POLL: Games ruined by bad players (Player killers, tank rushers etc) J C Lawrence
- PK and my "Mobless MUD" idea Jay Sax
- PK and my "Mobless MUD" idea Caliban Tiresias Darklock
- PK and my "Mobless MUD" idea John Bertoglio
- PK and my "Mobless MUD" idea Chris Gray
- PK and my "Mobless MUD" idea Ling
- PK and my "Mobless MUD" idea J C Lawrence
- PK and my "Mobless MUD" idea Adam Wiggins
- PK and my "Mobless MUD" idea J C Lawrence
- PK and my "Mobless MUD" idea Adam Wiggins
- PK and my "Mobless MUD" idea Marian Griffith
- PK and my "Mobless MUD" idea Dr. Cat
- PK and my "Mobless MUD" idea Koster, Raph
- PK and my "Mobless MUD" idea Dr. Cat
- PK and my "Mobless MUD" idea Jon A. Lambert
- PK and my "Mobless MUD" idea Dr. Cat
- PK and my "Mobless MUD" idea J C Lawrence
- PK and my "Mobless MUD" idea Koster, Raph
- PK and my "Mobless MUD" idea Marian Griffith
- PK and my "Mobless MUD" idea Dr. Cat
- PK and my "Mobless MUD" idea John Bertoglio
- PK and my "Mobless MUD" idea Dr. Cat
- PK and my "Mobless MUD" idea Marian Griffith
- PK and my "Mobless MUD" idea Dr. Cat
- PK and my "Mobless MUD" idea Adam Wiggins
- PK and my "Mobless MUD" idea J C Lawrence
- PK and my "Mobless MUD" idea J C Lawrence
- PK and my "Mobless MUD" idea John Bertoglio
- PK and my "Mobless MUD" idea J C Lawrence
- PK and my "Mobless MUD" idea Marian Griffith
- PK and my "Mobless MUD" idea J C Lawrence
- PK and my "Mobless MUD" idea Alex Oren
- PK and my "Mobless MUD" idea Jon A. Lambert
- PK and my "Mobless MUD" idea J C Lawrence
- PK and my "Mobless MUD" idea J C Lawrence
- PK and my "Mobless MUD" idea John Bertoglio
From: J C Lawrence <claw@under.engr.sgi.com>
Date: Wednesday, May 06, 1998 11:28 AM
>On Fri, 1 May 1998 17:12:36 -0500
>Koster, Raph<rkoster@origin.ea.com> wrote:
>
>> On Friday, May 01, 1998 2:30 PM Dr. Cat [SMTP:cat@bga.com] said:
>
>> Yep, that's a pretty correct assessment of it. We changed game
>> mechanics because the old ones were not working out. I'd be very
>> curious to hear how other list members handle this problem, which I
>> am sure has arisen for them as well. Any mud that's constantly
>> adding things ends up with rebalancing necessary, and inevitably the
>> advancement curves, average wealth, etc etc of players changes
>> depending on when they began playing...
>
>The classical text MUD solution of course is a pfile wipe.
>
This is less possible when the "p's" threaten class action lawsuits. The
situation requires more subtlety. For example: There is a wave of bank
robberies. The BDIC (Brittannia Deposit Insurance Corporation) declares
that all funds up to 10,000 gold will be replaced but the treasury can only
replace 10% of balances above that. The world destroys most of the
additional gold. This raise the value of gold and (much more important)
raises the value of everthing denominated in gold (virtually everything).
This leads to an increase in commerce and trade because huge stockpiles of
gold already exist in a few hands.
>> FWIW, we don't use any such justification. We just make the change
>> and say something along the lines of, "we're making houses more
>> expensive because there are too many of them in the world and it's
>> hampering play for server load reasons and for aesthetic/place space
>> reasons."
Agreed. However, some of the problems that led to urban sprawl were bug
exploiters who amassed huge fortunes and had nothing to do with them. These
fortunes made buying house far to easy (in terms of the original game
planning). Perhaps the key is to take a fresh look at what house mean in
the UO world. At first, it looked to me (an outsider) like the homes and
castles were status symbols...symbolic of success in the world and a reward
for consistant game play. The reality is now that homes and castles have
become focal points of power, allowing guilds and other player groups to
have access to safe storage, capture and control resources and other perks.
Raising the prices will help, but a system of RP's like JC suggested would
be much more powerful. Unlike money (which will tend to accumulate unless
UO returns to a "realistic" money supply model, which has its own faults
like no money supply), RP's have a predictable quanity. If you want to have
8 player castles per server, price the cost of ownership in RP's so that
only 8 major lords could be expected to rise from the player pool. If
status (as defined by controlling other player's RP's) and high prices are
combined, structures will be properly rare, valued and status creating.
>> I don't see "realism" as much of a crutch for design
>> decisions either, I'm quite in agreement with you on that.
I think the word realism is used as a club by people with an axe to grind.
It is simply the wrong word to use (and concept to express) when trying to
create a virtual world. Much of reality is tedious and mundane. So,
realism, in general, is a worthless goal. Where realism make sense is when
a realistic model enables the player to maintain the ability to suspend
disbelief and maintain the illusion created by the virtual world. Nothing
pulls a person out of IC RP faster than something that doesn't feel right.
I don't have an opinion what halflings or a giant cyclops' look like but I
will notice it the hobbit equips the cyclops armor after a battle
royal...he is going to look like Dark Helmet in SpaceBalls (the movie) and
thinking that is going to destroy whatever suspesion of disbelief I had
going at the time.
Entertainment (admittidly, only one potential goal for a virtual world)
seeks to replace the everyday stuff with visions and experiences which are
outside of the norm. The dark ages bow hunter would have no understanding
why a person would leave an climate controlled, clean enviroment to go bow
hunting in the rain and feel priviliged to be able do so. A civil war
veteran would laugh at the notion that bikers and mail carriers would use
their weekend of to go marching about in wool uniforms in Atlanta in July
for FUN. So we have to be careful about how we value other people's
entertainment.
>
>I always liked the approach:
>
> "Hey guys I went and changed the rules like so-and-so. Why? Umm,
>'cause I did. Have fun now ya'hear!"
You bet. Democracy stops at the TCP I/P socket. If you play for free, you
play by my rules. Being an intelligent person, I will listen to your
concerns and suggestions. But, ultimatily, I make the rules. If you pay to
play, the only difference is your voice is somewhat louder than those who
do not. Payment complicates the dynamic, but does not fundementally change
it.
>That given a quick archive search reveals how rarely I've applied that
>to this list. Sorta. Its presentation is a lot more socially
>acceptable,, but the mechanics are the same.
Trust me, the implied threat is quite powerful. Spoken as a former
accidental HTML poster. Fact is, I see the list a privilge, one for which
pay nothing except my time and a certain amount of my limited intellectual
powers. Peer pressure works when you respect those peers. Sadly, it is not
as effective in either the real world or big online ones.
>>> I think making a game that accentuates the difference between
>>> old-timers and newcomers strongly is a bad idea commercially. It
>>> makes it so that your customers from your first few months are the
>>> most likely to be satistisfied, and so it's a lot harder to grow
>>> your customer base with new players after that. Artistically I
>>> think it's a bad idea too.
>
>> I agree with that too. We went to great lengths in UO to minimize
>> this, but we faced the competing pull of "advancement" which is of
>> course a very valuable part of any game framework. We pushed
>> "alternative forms of advancement" such as ownership and access to
>> greater range of activities, but nonetheless retained enough
>> traditional advancement and acquisition of power that it still is
>> somewhat of a problem. A gang of newbies can however take out an
>> advanced player, with losses. Which is better than many level-based
>> systems, anyway. Not perfect by any means.
>
>Translation:
>
> X starts early and establishes a significant lead.
>
> It is important to allow Y, who started later, ability to remove
>that lead thru __other__ means (socio-political, forming gangs,
>whatever), or to allow Y (who started later) to establish a
>significant lead in a different field.
The problem occurs when you must deal with X in order to have a place in
the world. If X's influence cannot be escaped, you may become frustrated
and quit in disgust.
Another problem is when X (and his minions) can kill ten Y's in a few
seconds but Y's are in mortal danger when they attack a rabbit. One notion
in UO which I think is unsupportable is the concept you can go 0 to 100 in
a basic attribute like strength. Starting off as Don Knotts (wearing cement
shoes) and ending up as the Incredible Hulk (with magic) does not provide
much of a foundation for role playing. There should always be an element of
danger when a strong foe attacks a weak one.
>
>RL tends to do this by constantly changing the ground rules such that
>"power" in one contingent doesn't map well into power in another area.
>Really good boxers don't tend to also be well paid programmers, or oil
>tycoons the founders of fast food chain empires.
While it can be argued that the Rockefellers, Mortons and Kennedys of the
world were RL bug exploiters, their success did not preclude others from
success because of the size of the Real World. You can seek your fortune in
the Yukon, go to Austraila or the Congo or just have a nice life where you
are. The problem is virtual worlds are generally too small. The micro
nature of the world requires micro solutions where macro interventions are
easier and less intrusive. Take an urban apartment building and a suburban
development with 5 acre lots. Each has one large barking dog. Which
enviroment feels the need to "solve" the dog problem? Which enviroment is
more likely to form a mob which storms the managers office demanding
action? Taken to another level...forming a mob at a world cup soccer game
is easier that in our apartment building.
An an advantage I have in my business and life model is others do not have
to fail for me to succeed. (I am probably wrong here, but the tone of Dr.
Cat's posts seem to suggest that for him to right, all others have to be
wrong. I think he has some good ideas which will build a consistant,
interesting world. It may be the "winner" in the market, but who knows. )
The smaller the world, the closer it models a zero-sum game (for one to
win, another must lose...using the popular not the technical definition,
which is a game with a solution).
>
>--
>J C Lawrence Internet: claw@null.net
>(Contractor) Internet: coder@ibm.net
>---------(*) Internet: claw@under.engr.sgi.com
>...Honourary Member of Clan McFud -- Teamer's Avenging Monolith...
>
>--
>MUD-Dev: Advancing an unrealised future.
>
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- META: Mail archives and MIME attachments J C Lawrence
- META: Mail archives and MIME attachments Jon A. Lambert
- Bio of John Bertoglio J C Lawrence
- Reuters: Cheaters Never Prosper J C Lawrence
- Correction s001gmu@nova.wright.edu
- Supporting articles found for UOL play style J C Lawrence
- Supporting articles found for UOL play style John Bertoglio
- Supporting articles found for UOL play style J C Lawrence
- Supporting articles found for UOL play style John Bertoglio
- Supporting articles found for UOL play style Koster, Raph
- Supporting articles found for UOL play style J C Lawrence
- Supporting articles found for UOL play style Koster, Raph
- Mud-Client, and specifically, COOLMud and SFWhite Jay Sax
- regulating player-created objects Dan Shiovitz
- regulating player-created objects Adam Wiggins
- regulating player-created objects Dan Shiovitz
- regulating player-created objects Adam Wiggins
- regulating player-created objects s001gmu@nova.wright.edu
- regulating player-created objects Brandon J. Rickman
- regulating player-created objects Marian Griffith
- regulating player-created objects Brandon J. Rickman
- regulating player-created objects Adam Wiggins
- regulating player-created objects Brandon J. Rickman
- regulating player-created objects Adam Wiggins
- regulating player-created objects Brandon J. Rickman
- regulating player-created objects Adam Wiggins
- regulating player-created objects Nathan F Yospe
- regulating player-created objects Nathan F Yospe
- regulating player-created objects Nathan F Yospe
- regulating player-created objects Dan Shiovitz
- regulating player-created objects Shawn Halpenny
- regulating player-created objects J C Lawrence
- regulating player-created objects J C Lawrence
- regulating player-created objects John Bertoglio
- atomic functions Felix A. Croes
- atomic functions Shawn Halpenny
- atomic functions Felix A. Croes
- atomic functions Shawn Halpenny
- atomic functions Jon A. Lambert
- atomic functions Felix A. Croes
- atomic functions Jon A. Lambert
- atomic functions Felix A. Croes
- atomic functions Jon A. Lambert
- atomic functions Felix A. Croes
- atomic functions Jon A. Lambert
- atomic functions Felix A. Croes
- atomic functions J C Lawrence
- atomic functions Felix A. Croes
- atomic functions J C Lawrence
- atomic functions J C Lawrence
- atomic functions Felix A. Croes
- atomic functions J C Lawrence
- atomic functions Felix A. Croes
- atomic functions J C Lawrence
- atomic functions Felix A. Croes
- atomic functions J C Lawrence
- atomic functions Chris Gray
- atomic functions J C Lawrence
- atomic functions Chris Gray
- atomic functions J C Lawrence
- atomic functions Jon A. Lambert
- atomic functions Chris Gray
- atomic functions J C Lawrence
- atomic functions Jon A. Lambert
- atomic functions Felix A. Croes
- atomic functions Joel Dillon
- atomic functions Jon A. Lambert
- atomic functions J C Lawrence
- atomic functions Jon A. Lambert
- atomic functions J C Lawrence
- atomic functions Chris Gray
- atomic functions Jon A. Lambert
- atomic functions Shawn Halpenny
- atomic functions Adam Wiggins
- atomic functions Adam Wiggins
- atomic functions Shawn Halpenny
- atomic functions J C Lawrence
- atomic functions Jon A. Lambert
- atomic functions Chris Gray
- atomic functions J C Lawrence
- atomic functions Felix A. Croes
- atomic functions Shawn Halpenny
- atomic functions Felix A. Croes
- atomic functions Jon A. Lambert
- atomic functions Shawn Halpenny
- atomic functions Jon A. Lambert
- atomic functions J C Lawrence
- Atomic functions Par Winzell
- Atomic Functions Ben
- Atomic functions Felix A. Croes
- (fwd) AD: [custom graphical] whitestar Dr. Cat
- (fwd) AD: [custom graphical] whitestar Caliban Tiresias Darklock
- (fwd) AD: [custom graphical] whitestar Dr. Cat
- (fwd) AD: [custom graphical] whitestar J C Lawrence
- DOOM Gets a Storyline? Holly Sommer
- DOOM Gets a Storyline? Koster, Raph
- META: Filtering suggestions J C Lawrence
- (fwd) AD: [custom graphical] whitestar s001gmu@nova.wright.edu
- (fwd) AD: [custom graphical] whitestar Dr. Cat
- (fwd) AD: [custom graphical] whitestar J C Lawrence
- UO in Wired, was OT: Birth announcement Koster, Raph