December 2001

• Stories, why? -- Because :) Marian Griffith
• [SECURITY] Bonefarming Adam Martin
• If JRRT did MUDs... Adam Martin
• • If JRRT did MUDs... Hans-Henrik Staerfeldt
  • • If JRRT did MUDs... Marcus Johansson
• Story Implementation Lee Sheldon
• • Story Implementation rayzam
  • • Story Implementation Lee Sheldon
  • Story Implementation Jeff Freeman
  • • Story Implementation Lee Sheldon
    • • Story Implementation Jeff Freeman
    • Story Implementation Marian Griffith
    • • Story Implementation Jeff Freeman
      • Story Implementation Jeff Cole
  • Story Implementation Valerio Santinelli
• From the linux-kernel list Jeff Cole
• Survey: Internet Cuts Into TV Time Michael Tresca
• Interesting DAoC Poll Lee Sheldon
• • Interesting DAoC Poll Vincent Archer
  • • Interesting DAoC Poll Robert Fleck
    • Interesting DAoC Poll Azeraab
    • • Interesting DAoC Poll Matt Mihaly
      • Interesting DAoC Poll Dave Shepherd
      • • Interesting DAoC Poll Azeraab
        • • Interesting DAoC Poll Dave Shepherd
          • • Interesting DAoC Poll Matt Mihaly
• Project announcement: Cool++ ryan daum
• DAoC: Empowering Players to Alter the World (was: New laws) Lee Sheldon
• DGN: Chemistry based magic systems Bryan "Cyngon" Helmkamp
• • DGN: Chemistry based magic systems Nathan F. Yospe
  • • DGN: Chemistry based magic systems rayzam
    • • DGN: Chemistry based magic systems Bryan "Cyngon" Helmkamp
    • DGN: Chemistry based magic systems Bryan "Cyngon" Helmkamp
    • • DGN: Chemistry based magic systems Sellers, Mike
• RuneSword Brian Hook
• Economic Growth (Was: [STORY] Story and population size) Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
• • Economic Growth (Was: [STORY] Story and population size) Elia Morling
  • Economic Growth (Was: [STORY] Story and population size) Timothy Dang
  • Economic Growth (Was: [STORY] Story and population size) Koster, Raph
  • • Economic Growth (Was: [STORY] Story and population size) John Buehler
    • • Economic Growth (Was: [STORY] Story and population size) Koster, Raph
      • • Economic Growth (Was: [STORY] Story and population size) John Buehler
          Raph Koster writes:
          >> -----Original Message-----
          >> From: John Buehler
          >> Koster, Raph writes:
          >>>> -----Original Message-----
          >>>> From: Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
          
          >>>> The next evolution in economies will require server based
          >>>> categorisation and valuation of all items. We need the npcs to
          >>>> compete in the economy on the same terms as the players, for
          >>>> this to work, they need to know supply+demand+value.
          
          >>> Wow, I thoroughly disagree. The next evolution in economies will
          >>> involve getting the NPCs out of the loop, as they just distort
          >>> it.
          
          >> They distort it in entertaining ways, however. That is, of
          >> course, the goal of the content of any entertainment experience.
          
          > Well, I'd say *some* of the ways they distort it are *sometimes*
          > entertaining. For example, much of the entertainment value in
          > Diablo II comes from going to the shops, and playing "inventory
          > Tetris," sorting out which items to keep and which to tell, which
          > to repair and which to use a gem on, etc. But Diablo never
          > pretends to be anything other than a huge Monty Haul game, and the
          > mechanic they use has been shown to not work all that well in
          > muds; if you had as open an item spigot as Diablo II does in your
          > mud, you'd find the game overrun and dead in short order.
          
          I won't dispute that it's possible for NPCs to do things that are
          not entertaining.
          
          > In a mud, NPCs *competing* in the economy hasn't been shown to be
          > very fun thus far. In most games, every NPC that buys goods from
          > players is essentially a game-supplied subsidy on that type of
          > good, inflating its value when in fact it may be completedly
          > useless. As if the game were "gather Hula Hoops from the dungeon
          > and come sell them to me, I am a ready buyer." Normally, there'd
          > be zero value to Hula Hoops except perhaps as collectibles (and if
          > they are in such ready supply, probably not even that). Since the
          > game is based on collecting Hula Hoops, there's no doubt that the
          > NPCs add the feedback loop necessary to make the be fun at all.
          
          Again, the creation of uninteresting NPCs is not evidence that NPCs
          can't be an excellent facilitator of entertainment. Apologies for
          the double negative.
          
          > Now imagine that same game where the NPCs "compete." Now they're
          > going to say, "well, I have enough Hula Hoops." Or the price of
          > Hula Hoops will fall through the floor (as it rightly should). Or
          > worse, they maintain their desire to obtain Hula Hoops, and start
          > outbidding one another for this valueless good, sending the price
          > of Hula Hoops into the stratosphere. Basically, my thesis is that
          > as soon as you make the NPCs have to have any brains whatsoever,
          > you also have to remove the subsidies. And the fun factor implied
          > by always having a market for whatever it is they had you gather
          > will go away.
          
          Indeed. Now we're getting into some entertainment.
          
          The seeming implicit assumption that all those who play the game
          should end up being virtually 'rich' is silly. In capitalist
          societies, we assume that we exert effort in order to obtain money
          so that we can gain access to the entertainment that we wanted in
          the first place. Why not make the activity of the game entertaining
          so that the cycle can be dumped? Is it any wonder that players use
          the word 'work' to describe gameplay?
          
          The 'fun factor' of always having a market can be retained because
          NPCs will consume goods at a reasonable rate. And there are lots
          and lots of them. A knee-jerk reaction to this might be that making
          things for NPCs is boring. Consider that Rollercoaster Tycoon
          consists of the creation of an adventure park for NPCs. This is
          entertaining for players because the process of construction and
          balance is inherently entertaining. Make trades inherently
          entertaining and making money won't matter. In truth, I wouldn't
          want players to be able to accumulate that much money, nor would I
          want money to be a necessary prerequisite to accessing more
          entertainment - such as a home. For those who desire the pursuit of
          achievements, make specific homes be obtainable only with cash.
          
          [Note that I do not want to see instantaneous construction of
          items. If you want to be a crafter, you should be able to
          entertain yourself in the crafting process. If you don't want to
          be a crafter, go do what you enjoy doing. It should be possible,
          whether you have accumulated money or not.]
          
          Let's say that there are some number of NPC crafters who produce
          inferior goods at a fairly high price. As a result, the region's
          economy isn't very strong and the quality of life in the area is
          also modest. Introduce players and you find the quality of life
          going up as a result of better goods at more competitive prices.
          Players have an easy time of it until so many players choose to be
          crafters that they are significantly competing with each other.
          Prices start to go down, but never below a certain point, as
          dictated by the NPC crafters. The NPCs set the upper limit on price
          and the lower limit on quality. Mythic does this with Dark Age of
          Camelot. The highest quality from an NPC is 89%, while players can
          craft from 90% to 100% quality. NPC prices are 50% above player
          cost, leaving as much as a 50% markup available to players for their
          superior quality products. But again, the idea is to disallow
          significant monetary gain and to allow entertainment from the
          crafting process.
          
          In short, NPCs establish a weak economy into which the players are
          introduced to produce a more efficient economy. The players can
          supplant the NPC crafters completely or not at all. When the
          players are absent, the NPCs take up the slack. The players consume
          from the same economy.
          
          > Now you're at the point where instead, you have to have "real"
          > value for the goods gathered. And that means, they have to be
          > useful to other players so that there is actual demand. You can't
          > make them useful to NPCs unless the NPCs engage in the same
          > activities as the players, even if only on a simulated basis. And
          > you probably don't want to do that ("let's see, we have 200
          > shopkeepers who are adventurers, so we want to keep 50% of all
          > spawns empty at all times to reflect their activities...") Very
          > quickly the task of making them reasonable equivalents to players
          > grows out of hand; there's an impressive amount of variables to
          > worry about, and writing a decent AI to juggle them *and preserve
          > the fun* isn't trivial.
          
          I actually do see the NPCs engaging in player activities, excluding
          'adventuring'. Controlling ravaging monsters isn't 'adventuring'.
          A world's activities should be taking place for a clear reason. If
          there is any kind of purpose to a world's combat activities, then
          NPCs can engage in them in a meaningful way. Again, the players can
          step in to improve the quality of the world's activities. I like
          NPCs because they are the chess pieces (including many pawns) of
          those operating the game. For example, if the game were following
          the story line of "Babylon 5", I might run a Star Fury pilot in an
          all-player squadron, surrounded by NPC squadrons. Together we
          address the tasks of Star Fury squadrons as best we can. But the
          overarching story remains in the control of the game operators. The
          players experience it.
          
          So 'adventuring' is simply the unguided behavior of individual
          players. Traveling somewhere, getting involved in a war, making
          friends with the town mayor, raising crops, whatever. It's all an
          adventure. And it should all be entertaining to those who would
          normally enjoy each type of activity. Wherever the players go, they
          will encounter NPCs who demonstrate and enforce the structure of the
          game.
          
          > The easier solution is to remove them as participants as much as
          > possible, should your mud have the scale to do so. Remove the
          > subsidies and rely on the player-player market to set prices. Be
          > sure you have ongoing costs so that items expire and there is an
          > ongoing demand. In most mud economies, this is what I've seen
          > happen anyway, as the game matures and players stop using the
          > shopkeepers and come to prefer to trade amongst themselves for the
          > truly valuable items. Am I wrong in my impression that Hula Hoop
          > gathering turns into a newbie activity on most muds?
          
          If Hula Hoops were useful all the time, they wouldn't lose their
          value. If Hula Hoops are the tool of choice today and NOT the tool
          of choice tomorrow, of course they're going to be ignored by
          everyone tomorrow. Don't make Hula Hoops obsolete.
          
          That decision eliminates the current progression through equipment
          and accrual of loot so that I can buy new eqiupment all the time.
          The only reason that I need new equipment is when my Hula Hoop wears
          out. And I get another Hula Hoop to replace it. Without the
          'entertainment' of constantly advancing and being forced to replace
          my equipment all the time with better stuff, a world has to have new
          forms of entertainment. All that combat has to be entertaining in
          and of itself. Visually, audially, strategically, tactically - at
          many levels.
          
          So I believe that retaining the NPCs is a good thing, permitting a
          world structure to be put in place to give players all the hints and
          starting points that they need to find the entertainment that they
          desire.
          
          JB
        • Economic Growth (Was: [STORY] Story and population size) Travis Nixon
        • • Economic Growth (Was: [STORY] Story and population size) Marian Griffith
        • Economic Growth (Was: [STORY] Story and population size) Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
    • Economic Growth (Was: [STORY] Story and population size) Steve {Bloo} Daniels
    • • Economic Growth (Was: [STORY] Story and population size) Koster, Raph
      • • Economic Growth (Was: [STORY] Story and population size) Steve {Bloo} Daniels
    • Economic Growth (Was: [STORY] Story and population size) Sellers, Mike
    • Economic Growth (Was: [STORY] Story and population size) Matt Mihaly
    • • Economic Growth (Was: [STORY] Story and population size) Travis Nixon
      • • Economic Growth (Was: [STORY] Story and population size) Matt Mihaly
      • Economic Growth (Was: [STORY] Story and population size) Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
    • Economic Growth (Was: [STORY] Story and population size) Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
    • • Economic Growth (Was: [STORY] Story and population size) Koster, Raph
      • • Economic Growth (Was: [STORY] Story and population size) Travis Nixon
        • Economic Growth (Was: [STORY] Story and population size) Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
        • • Economic Growth (Was: [STORY] Story and population size) Bobby Martin
          • • Economic Growth (Was: [STORY] Story and population size) Paul Schwanz
            • • Economic Growth (Was: [STORY] Story and population size) Peter Harkins
              • • Economic Growth (Was: [STORY] Story and population size) Paul Schwanz
            • Economic Growth (Was: [STORY] Story and population size) Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
            • • Economic Growth (Was: [STORY] Story and population size) Bobby Martin
              • • Economic Growth (Was: [STORY] Story and population size) Timothy Dang
    • Economic Growth (Was: [STORY] Story and population size) Travis Nixon
    • • Economic Growth (Was: [STORY] Story and population size) Koster, Raph
• RE : Story Implementation Veynom
• • RE : Story Implementation Matt Mihaly
  • • RE : Story Implementation Matt Mihaly
• Economy (was [STORY] Story and population size) Jeff Cole
• • Economy (was [STORY] Story and population size) Dave Rickey
  • • Economy (was [STORY] Story and population size) Jeff Cole
    • • Economy (was [STORY] Story and populationsize) Dave Rickey
• RE : Story Implementation Veynom
• • RE : Story Implementation Matt Mihaly
• economy and population size Adam Martin
• • economy and population size J C Lawrence
• Art vs. Fun Michael Tresca
• • Art vs. Fun Koster, Raph
  • • Art vs. Fun Matt Mihaly
  • Art vs. Fun Matt Mihaly
  • Art vs. Fun Robert Zubek
• First use of "avatar"? Koster, Raph
• • First use of "avatar"? Lars Duening
  • • First use of "avatar"? Matt Mihaly
  • First use of "avatar"? Ola Fosheim Grøstad
  • • First use of "avatar"? Koster, Raph
  • First use of "avatar"? Steve {Bloo} Daniels
  • First use of "avatar"? Travis Casey
  • • First use of "avatar"? Koster, Raph
    • First use of "avatar"? Christopher Kohnert
    • • First use of "avatar"? Travis Casey
      • • First use of "avatar"? Koster, Raph
        • • First use of "avatar"? Travis Nixon
          • • First use of "avatar"? Madman Across the Water
    • First use of "avatar"? Takis Kalogiratos
  • First use of "avatar"? Tamzen Cannoy
  • First use of "avatar"? Dr. Cat
  • • First use of "avatar"? F. Randall Farmer
  • First use of "avatar"? Mats Lidstrom
  • • First use of "avatar"? Koster, Raph
    • • First use of "avatar"? Nathan F. Yospe
      • First use of "avatar"? Ola Fosheim Grøstad
  • First use of "avatar"? Richard A. Bartle
• Managing MUD economy Vladimir Prelovac
• • Managing MUD economy opteek
  • Managing MUD economy Koster, Raph
  • • Managing MUD economy Derek Licciardi
  • Managing MUD economy Bryan "Cyngon" Helmkamp
  • • Managing MUD economy Sasha Hart
  • Managing MUD economy Vladimir Prelovac
  • • Managing MUD economy Freeman, Jeff
    • • Managing MUD economy John Buehler
      • • Managing MUD economy Marian Griffith
      • Managing MUD economy Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
      • • Managing MUD economy Adam Martin
    • Managing MUD economy Sasha Hart
    • Managing MUD economy Marc Hernandez
    • • Managing MUD economy Travis Casey
      • • Managing MUD economy Vladimir Prelovac
        • • Managing MUD economy Travis Casey
          • • Managing MUD economy William Murdick
    • Managing MUD economy Timothy Dang
• MUD implementation issues. Marcus Johansson
• • MUD implementation issues. J C Lawrence
  • • MUD implementation issues. Nicholas E. Walker
  • MUD implementation issues. Phillip Lenhardt
  • MUD implementation issues. Bruce Mitchener
  • • MUD implementation issues. Jonathan Berling
    • • MUD implementation issues. Bruce Mitchener
    • MUD implementation issues. Marcus Johansson
    • • MUD implementation issues. Bruce Mitchener
• Economy Vincent Archer
• • Economy Travis Casey
  • • Economy Koster, Raph
    • • Economy Travis Casey
      • • Economy Koster, Raph
    • Economy Amanda Walker
    • • Economy Matt Mihaly
• Ten Rules of PvP was Interesting DAoC Poll Azeraab
• • Ten Rules of PvP was Interesting DAoC Poll Dave Shepherd
  • • Ten Rules of PvP was Interesting DAoC Poll Azeraab
    • • Ten Rules of PvP was Interesting DAoC Poll John Buehler
      • • Ten Rules of PvP was Interesting DAoC Poll Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
      • Ten Rules of PvP was Interesting DAoC Poll Vincent Archer
• MMORPGs & MUDs Michael Tresca
• • MMORPGs & MUDs Derek Licciardi
  • • MMORPGs & MUDs Sellers, Mike
    • • MMORPGs & MUDs Brian Hook
    • MMORPGs & MUDs Matt Mihaly
    • • MMORPGs & MUDs Sellers, Mike
      • • MMORPGs & MUDs Matt Mihaly
      • MMORPGs & MUDs Derek Licciardi
      • • MMORPGs & MUDs Matt Mihaly
    • MMORPGs & MUDs Michael Tresca
    • • MMORPGs & MUDs Matt Mihaly
      • • MMORPGs & MUDs Lee Sheldon
        • • MMORPGs & MUDs Matt Mihaly
          • • MMORPGs & MUDs Mike Caruso
            • • MMORPGs & MUDs Adam Martin
  • MMORPGs & MUDs Matt Mihaly
  • • MMORPGs & MUDs Michael Tresca
    • • MMORPGs & MUDs Jeff Freeman
      • • MMORPGs & MUDs Michael Tresca
        • • MMORPGs & MUDs Koster, Raph
          • • MMORPGs & MUDs Michael Tresca
            • • MMORPGs & MUDs Jeff Freeman
              • • MMORPGs & MUDs Michael Tresca
                • • MMORPGs & MUDs Koster, Raph
                  • • MMORPGs & MUDs Michael Tresca
                  • MMORPGs & MUDs Jeff Freeman
                  • • MMORPGs & MUDs Michael Tresca
                    • • MMORPGs & MUDs Koster, Raph
                      • • MMORPGs & MUDs Madrona Tree
                        • • MMORPGs & MUDs John Buehler
                        • MMORPGs & MUDs Michael Tresca
                        • • MMORPGs & MUDs Matt Mihaly
                          • MMORPGs & MUDs Koster, Raph
                          • • MMORPGs & MUDs Michael Tresca
                            • • MMORPGs & MUDs Dave Rickey
                              • MMORPGs & MUDs Matt Mihaly
                        • MMORPGs & MUDs Michael Tresca
                        • • MMORPGs & MUDs Koster, Raph
                          • • MMORPGs & MUDs Dave Rickey
                            • • MMORPGs & MUDs Koster, Raph
                              • MMORPGs & MUDs Matt Mihaly
                          • MMORPGs & MUDs David H. Loeser Jr.
                          • • MMORPGs & MUDs Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
                      • MMORPGs & MUDs Freeman, Jeff
                      • • MMORPGs & MUDs Michael Tresca
                        • • MMORPGs & MUDs Dave Rickey
                          • • MMORPGs & MUDs Michael Tresca
                            • • MMORPGs & MUDs Vincent Archer
                              • MMORPGs & MUDs Dave Rickey
                              • • MMORPGs & MUDs Vincent Archer
                              • MMORPGs & MUDs Sellers, Mike
                              • • MMORPGs & MUDs rayzam
                                • • MMORPGs & MUDs Sellers, Mike
                      • MMORPGs & MUDs Dave Rickey
                      • • MMORPGs & MUDs William B. Taylor
                        • MMORPGs & MUDs Skaei@aol.com
                        • MMORPGs & MUDs Michael Tresca
                        • • MMORPGs & MUDs Dave Rickey
                          • • MMORPGs & MUDs Madrona Tree
                            • MMORPGs & MUDs Michael Tresca
                            • • MMORPGs & MUDs Christopher Allen
                              • MMORPGs & MUDs Dave Rickey
                              • MMORPGs & MUDs J C Lawrence
                        • MMORPGs & MUDs J C Lawrence
                        • • MMORPGs & MUDs Vincent Archer
                          • • MMORPGs & MUDs Dave Rickey
              • MMORPGs & MUDs Koster, Raph
              • • MMORPGs & MUDs Richard Aihoshi aka Jonric
                • MMORPGs & MUDs Michael Tresca
                • • MMORPGs & MUDs Koster, Raph
              • MMORPGs & MUDs Sellers, Mike
          • MMORPGs & MUDs Marc Bowden
          • • MMORPGs & MUDs Matt Mihaly
            • • MMORPGs & MUDs Marc Bowden
              • • MMORPGs & MUDs Matt Mihaly
            • MMORPGs & MUDs David Bennett
            • • MMORPGs & MUDs Marc Bowden
          • MMORPGs & MUDs Freeman, Jeff
          • • MMORPGs & MUDs Michael Tresca
            • • MMORPGs & MUDs Jeff Freeman
              • • MMORPGs & MUDs Michael Tresca
              • MMORPGs & MUDs Koster, Raph
              • • MMORPGs & MUDs Matt Mihaly
                • MMORPGs & MUDs Michael Tresca
      • MMORPGs & MUDs Matt Mihaly
  • MMORPGs & MUDs Wes Connell
  • MMORPGs & MUDs Koster, Raph
  • MMORPGs & MUDs Michael Tresca
  • • MMORPGs & MUDs J C Lawrence
    • • MMORPGs & MUDs Michael Tresca
  • MMORPGs & MUDs Joel Palmtag
  • MMORPGs & MUDs J C Lawrence
  • • MMORPGs & MUDs Michael Tresca
    • • MMORPGs & MUDs J C Lawrence
      • • MMORPGs & MUDs Michelle Elbert
        • • MMORPGs & MUDs Sami Kosonen
  • MMORPGs & MUDs Azeraab
  • MMORPGs & MUDs Sellers, Mike
  • MMORPGs & MUDs J C Lawrence
• Re[4]: Economy Travis Casey
• Eiffel Brian Hook
• • Eiffel Bruce Mitchener
  • • Eiffel Jonathan Berling
    • • Eiffel Brian Hook
  • Eiffel Richard A. Bartle
  • Eiffel James C. Nugen
  • • Eiffel Nathan F. Yospe
    • Eiffel Ben Tolputt
• ADMIN: Origin of "Avatar" thread J C Lawrence
• Call for Papers - NetGames2002 Tristan Henderson
• Continuous versus Discrete Functions John Buehler
• • Continuous versus Discrete Functions Brian Hook
  • • Continuous versus Discrete Functions John Buehler
    • • Continuous versus Discrete Functions Koster, Raph
      • • Continuous versus Discrete Functions John Buehler
        • • Continuous versus Discrete Functions Koster, Raph
          • • Continuous versus Discrete Functions rayzam
            • Continuous versus Discrete Functions John Buehler
            • Continuous versus Discrete Functions Travis Casey
      • Continuous versus Discrete Functions Caliban Tiresias Darklock
      • • Continuous versus Discrete Functions John Buehler
        • • Continuous versus Discrete Functions Caliban Tiresias Darklock
          • • Continuous versus Discrete Functions John Buehler
          • Continuous versus Discrete Functions Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
          • • Continuous versus Discrete Functions John Buehler
      • Continuous versus Discrete Functions Andrew Hefford
      • • Continuous versus Discrete Functions John Buehler
        • • Continuous versus Discrete Functions Koster, Raph
          • Continuous versus Discrete Functions Jon Lambert
          • • Continuous versus Discrete Functions John Buehler
  • Continuous versus Discrete Functions Koster, Raph
  • Continuous versus Discrete Functions Dave Rickey
  • • Continuous versus Discrete Functions Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
    • • Continuous versus Discrete Functions Dave Rickey
    • Continuous versus Discrete Functions John Buehler
    • • Continuous versus Discrete Functions Dave Rickey
      • • Continuous versus Discrete Functions John Buehler
        • • Continuous versus Discrete Functions rayzam
          • Continuous versus Discrete Functions Caliban Tiresias Darklock
          • • Continuous versus Discrete Functions kyndig@kyndig.com
            • • Continuous versus Discrete Functions Caliban Tiresias Darklock
      • Continuous versus Discrete Functions Jon Lambert
      • Continuous versus Discrete Functions Peter Harkins
  • Continuous versus Discrete Functions Travis Casey
  • Continuous versus Discrete Functions Caliban Tiresias Darklock
• LPC-Natural Language Parser z032383@students.niu.edu
• [TECH] Event Queues in MUDs Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
• • [TECH] Event Queues in MUDs Jon Lambert
  • [TECH] Event Queues in MUDs Christian Loth
• [TECH] algorithm request Malcolm Tester II
• • [TECH] algorithm request William Murdick
  • [TECH] algorithm request Lars Duening
  • [TECH] algorithm request David Bennett
  • [TECH] algorithm request Travis Casey
  • • [TECH] algorithm request Malcolm Tester II
  • [TECH] algorithm request Adam Martin
  • [TECH] algorithm request Eli Stevens
  • [TECH] algorithm request Bobby Martin
  • [TECH] algorithm request Bryan "Cyngon" Helmkamp
• non-'realistic' spatial models Nicholas E. Walker
• • non-'realistic' spatial models rayzam
  • non-'realistic' spatial models Hans-Henrik Staerfeldt
  • • non-'realistic' spatial models Cybrarian Rök
  • non-'realistic' spatial models Nathan F. Yospe
• The Problem With "Massive" Michael Tresca
• The Ideal Player Michael Tresca
• • The Ideal Player Lars Duening
  • The Ideal Player Dave Rickey
  • • The Ideal Player Caliban Tiresias Darklock
• [Theory?] Parsing of knowledge to allow for more interactive NPCs holding99@mindspring.com
• • [Theory?] Parsing of knowledge to allow for more interactive NPCs Robert Zubek
  • • [Theory?] Parsing of knowledge to allow for more interactive NPCs holding99@mindspring.com
    • • [Theory?] Parsing of knowledge to allow for more interactive NPCs Robert Zubek
• CHI 2002: Funology: Designing Enjoyment Bruce Mitchener
• • CHI 2002: Funology: Designing Enjoyment Bruce Mitchener
  • CHI 2002: Funology: Designing Enjoyment Ola Fosheim Grøstad
• [OFF TOPIC] Happy Holidays Derek Licciardi
• Are crafts fun? Adam Dray
• • Are crafts fun? Michelle
  • • Are crafts fun? Bobby Martin
  • Are crafts fun? Bobby Martin
• Boys and Girls - was (MUD-Dev digest, Vol 1 #163 - 25 msgs) Jon A. Lambert
• • Boys and Girls - was (MUD-Dev digest, Vol 1 #163 - 25 msgs) amanda@alfar.com
  • Boys and Girls - was (MUD-Dev digest, Vol 1 #163 - 25 msgs) Marian Griffith
  • • Boys and Girls - was (MUD-Dev digest, Vol 1 #163 - 25 msgs) Caliban Tiresias Darklock
    • • Boys and Girls - was (MUD-Dev digest, Vol 1 #163 - 25 msgs) Marian Griffith
      • • Boys and Girls - was (MUD-Dev digest, Vol 1 #163 - 25 msgs) Caliban Tiresias Darklock
        • • Boys and Girls - was (MUD-Dev digest, Vol 1 #163 - 25 msgs) Marian Griffith
          • • Boys and Girls - was (MUD-Dev digest, Vol 1 #163 - 25 msgs) Caliban Tiresias Darklock
          • Boys and Girls - was (MUD-Dev digest, Vol 1 #163 - 25 msgs) Paul Schwanz - Enterprise Services
          • • Boys and Girls - was (MUD-Dev digest, Vol 1 #163 - 25 msgs) Caliban Tiresias Darklock
• Gender differences -> spatial navigation rayzam
• • Gender differences -> spatial navigation amanda@alfar.com
  • • Gender differences -> spatial navigation Nathan F. Yospe
    • • Gender differences -> spatial navigation shren
• Sex and MUDs... the_sage2000@juno.com
• • Sex and MUDs... Jon Lambert
  • Sex and MUDs... David Bennett
  • Sex and MUDs... Travis Casey
  • • Sex and MUDs... Malcolm Tester II
  • Sex and MUDs... Matt Mihaly
  • Sex and MUDs... Adam Dray
• Some vworlds (maddog) related changes Frank Crowell
• • Some vworlds (maddog) related changes Frank Crowell
• (no subject) claw@kanga.nu
• Boys and Girls - was (MUD-Dev digest, Vol 1 #163 - 25 msgs) Caliban Tiresias Darklock
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  • • Boys and Girls - was (MUD-Dev digest, Vol 1 #163 - 25 msgs) Caliban Tiresias Darklock
    • • Boys and Girls - was (MUD-Dev digest, Vol 1 #163 - 25 msgs) amanda@alfar.com
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• Combat system in persistent world Veynom
• • Combat system in persistent world J C Lawrence
• Taligent docs Bruce Mitchener
• • Taligent docs Chris Corry
• TECH: Servers in Java Brian Hook
• • TECH: Servers in Java Bruce Mitchener
  • • TECH: Servers in Java Brian Hook
  • TECH: Servers in Java Bobby Martin
  • TECH: Servers in Java Emil Eifrem
  • TECH: Servers in Java Aaron Mulder
  • TECH: Servers in Java justice@softhome.net
  • TECH: Servers in Java Brian Hook
  • TECH: Servers in Java Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com