April 2001

• Camelot Beta 3 Dave Rickey
• • Camelot Beta 3 Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
  • • Camelot Beta 3 Vincent Archer
    • • Camelot Beta 3 Derek Licciardi
      • Camelot Beta 3 Darrin Hyrup
      • • Camelot Beta 3 Vincent Archer
        • • Camelot Beta 3 Dave Rickey
          • • Camelot Beta 3 Darrin Hyrup
    • Camelot Beta 3 Auli
• Room Searching Jared
• • Room Searching shren
  • Room Searching Travis Casey
  • Room Searching Eli Stevens
  • Room Searching Derek Licciardi
  • • Room Searching Adam Martin
  • Room Searching Hans-Henrik Staerfeldt
  • Room Searching Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
  • Room Searching David Bennett
• Sims Online -- WAS: MUD-Dev digest, Vol 1 #301 - 15 msgs Zak Jarvis
• Mera '01 report Cassandra
• • Mera '01 report Jake Song
  • • Mera '01 report J C Lawrence
    • • Mera '01 report Jake Song
      • • Mera '01 report J C Lawrence
        • • Mera '01 report Cassandra
• Learning about MUDs (was: MUD-Dev digest, Vol 1 #301 - 15 msgs) Brian 'Psychochild' Green
• • Learning about MUDs (was: MUD-Dev digest, V ol 1 #301 - 15 msgs) McQuaid, Brad
  • • Learning about MUDs (was: MUD-Dev digest, Vol 1 #301 - 15 msgs) Derek Licciardi
    • • Learning about MUDs (was: MUD-Dev digest, Vol 1 #301 - 15 msgs) Travis Nixon
    • Learning about MUDs (was: MUD-Dev digest, Vol 1 #301 - 15 msgs) Brian 'Psychochild' Green
    • • Learning about MUDs (was: MUD-Dev digest, V ol 1 #301 - 15 msgs) Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
      • • Learning about MUDs (was: MUD-Dev digest, V ol 1 #301 - 15 msgs) Koster, Raph
      • Learning about MUDs (was: MUD-Dev digest, Vol 1 #301 - 15 msgs) Jim S
    • Learning about MUDs (was: MUD-Dev digest, V ol 1 #301 - 15 msgs) Freeman, Jeff
    • Learning about MUDs (was: MUD-Dev digest, V ol 1 #301 - 15 msgs) Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
    • Learning about MUDs (was: MUD-Dev digest, V ol 1 #301 - 15 msgs) Vincent Archer
    • • Learning about MUDs (was: MUD-Dev digest, V ol 1 #301 - 15 msgs) Timothy Dang
• www.innbetweenworlds.com Klimon, Ian
• MERA '01 followup: Success critera Zak Jarvis
• MUD-Dev digest, Vol 1 #303 - 17 msgs Dr. Cat
• • MUD-Dev digest, Vol 1 #303 - 17 msgs Baron, Jonathan
  • • MUD-Dev digest, Vol 1 #303 - 17 msgs John Buehler
    • • MUD-Dev digest, Vol 1 #303 - 17 msgs Baron, Jonathan
• ADMIN: HTML email, the reasons against J C Lawrence
• Need for a departure from reality? Matt Mihaly
• Broken Economies (was Learning about MUDs) geoffrey@yorku.ca
• • Broken Economies (was Learning about MUDs) Koster, Raph
  • • Broken Economies (was Learning about MUDs) Timothy Dang
    • • Broken Economies (was Learning about MUDs) Koster, Raph
      • • Broken Economies (was Learning about MUDs) Timothy Dang
        • • Broken Economies (was Learning about MUDs) Madman Across the Water
  • Broken Economies (was Learning about MUDs) Derek Licciardi
  • • Broken Economies (was Learning about MUDs) Vincent Archer
  • Broken Economies (was Learning about MUDs) Sellers, Michael
• Balancing Melee vs Ranged Combat in Games Which Model Space Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
• • Balancing Melee vs Ranged Combat in Games Which Model Space Zak Jarvis
  • • Balancing Melee vs Ranged Combat in Games Which Model Space John Buehler
  • Balancing Melee vs Ranged Combat in Games Which Model Space Brian Hook
  • • Balancing Melee vs Ranged Combat in Games Which Model Space Jerrith
    • • Balancing Melee vs Ranged Combat in Games Which Model Space Brian Hook
      • • Balancing Melee vs Ranged Combat in Games Which Model Space Jerrith
        • • Balancing Melee vs Ranged Combat in Games Which Model Space Brian Hook
          • • Balancing Melee vs Ranged Combat in Games Which Model Space John Buehler
            • • Balancing Melee vs Ranged Combat in Games Which Model Space Brian Hook
              • • Balancing Melee vs Ranged Combat in Games Which Model Space John Buehler
                • • Balancing Melee vs Ranged Combat in Games Which Model Space Brian Hook
                  • • Balancing Melee vs Ranged Combat in Games Which Model Space John Buehler
                    • • Balancing Melee vs Ranged Combat in Games Which Model Space Travis Casey
                      • • Balancing Melee vs Ranged Combat in Games Which Model Space John Buehler
                    • Balancing Melee vs Ranged Combat in Games Which Model Space Ben Sizer
        • Balancing Melee vs Ranged Combat in Games Which Mod el Space Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
      • Balancing Melee vs Ranged Combat in Games Which Model Space shren
      • • Balancing Melee vs Ranged Combat in Games Which Model Space Travis Casey
  • Balancing Melee vs Ranged Combat in Games Which Model Space shren
  • Balancing Melee vs Ranged Combat in Games Which Model Space Philip
  • Balancing Melee vs Ranged Combat in Games Which Model Space Hal Bonnin
  • • Balancing Melee vs Ranged Combat in Games Which Model Space Brian Hook
  • Balancing Melee vs Ranged Combat in Games Which Model Space Kwon Ekstrom
  • • Balancing Melee vs Ranged Combat in Games Which Model Space Travis Casey
  • Balancing Melee vs Ranged Combat in Games Which Model Space rayzam
• RE:The Sims Online (was MUD-Dev digest, Vol 1 #301 - 15 msgs) Sellers, Michael
• Sv: Balancing Melee vs Ranged Combat in Games Which Model Space Nicolai Hansen
• • Sv: Balancing Melee vs Ranged Combat in Games Which Model Space Travis Casey
  • • Sv: Balancing Melee vs Ranged Combat in Games Which Model Space Kwon Ekstrom
    • • Sv: Balancing Melee vs Ranged Combat in Games Which Model Space Travis Casey
• ADMIN: Subject header maintenance (was: Broken currencies) J C Lawrence
• Broken currencies Matt Mihaly
• • Broken currencies Jim S
  • • Broken currencies Koster, Raph
    • Broken currencies Lars Duening
    • • Broken currencies Matt Mihaly
      • • Broken currencies Lars Duening
  • Broken currencies Brian 'Psychochild' Green
  • • Broken currencies Matt Mihaly
    • Broken currencies Timothy Dang
  • Broken currencies Phillip Lenhardt
  • • Broken currencies Matt Mihaly
    • • Broken currencies Phillip Lenhardt
      • • Broken currencies John Buehler
        • • Broken currencies Derek Licciardi
          • • Broken currencies Ben Sizer
            • • Broken currencies Adam Martin
              • • Broken currencies Ben Sizer
        • Broken currencies Matt Mihaly
      • Broken currencies Timothy Dang
  • Broken currencies Michael Dekker
  • • Broken currencies Miroslav Silovic
    • • Broken currencies Matt Mihaly
    • Broken currencies Timothy Dang
• [DGN] Balancing Melee vs Ranged Combat in Games Which Model Space Ananda Dawnsinger
• • [DGN] Balancing Melee vs Ranged Combat in Games Which Model Space Travis Casey
• Broken currencies Matt Mihaly
• The Sims Online (was MUD-Dev digest, Vol 1 #301 - 15 msgs) Baron, Jonathan
• • The Sims Online (was MUD-Dev digest, Vol 1 #301 - 15 msgs) Sellers, Michael
  • • The Sims Online (was MUD-Dev digest, Vol 1 #301 - 15 msgs) Baron, Jonathan
  • The Sims Online (was MUD-Dev digest, Vol 1 #301 - 15 msgs) Dave Rickey
  • • The Sims Online (was MUD-Dev digest, Vol 1 #301 - 15 msgs) F. Randall Farmer
  • The Sims Online (was MUD-Dev digest, Vol 1 #301 - 15 msgs) Lee Sheldon
• The Monad (was: Broken Economies) shren
• • The Monad (was: Broken Economies) Matt Mihaly
  • • The Monad (was: Broken Economies) John Buehler
    • • The Monad (was: Broken Economies) Matt Mihaly
• A User's Guide to TCP Windows J C Lawrence
• Balance J C Lawrence
• Economic & Derek Licciardi
• • Economic & Matt Mihaly
  • • Economic & Timothy Dang
• Money supply in game economies (formerly Broken economies) Matt Mihaly
• • Money supply in game economies (formerly Brokeneconomies) geoffrey@yorku.ca
  • • Money supply in game economies (formerly Brokeneconomies) Matt Mihaly
    • • Money supply in game economies (formerly Brokeneconomies) Timothy Dang
  • Money supply in game economies (formerly Broken eco nomies) Koster, Raph
  • • Money supply in game economies (formerly Broken eco nomies) J C Lawrence
    • • Money supply in game economies (formerly Broken eco nomies) Matt Mihaly
      • • Money supply in game economies (formerly Broken economies) Adam Martin
  • Money supply in game economies (formerly Broken economies) Timothy Dang
  • • Money supply in game economies (formerly Broken eco nomies) Freeman, Jeff
• [DGN] Balancing Melee/Ranged Combat Kwon Ekstrom
• Room Searching - how about doors? Gavin Doughtie
• Tracking Hulbert, Leland
• • Tracking Mordengaard
  • • Tracking Sanvean
  • Tracking Ryan P.
  • • Tracking Shawn L Johnston
• Online Games get an overview Koster, Raph
• [DGN] Money supply in game economies (formerly Brok en economies) Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
• [DSG] Concrete idea behind currency (was: The Monad and Broken Economies) Paul Schwanz
• Majestic (was The Sims Online) Matt Mihaly
• • Majestic (was The Sims Online) Baron, Jonathan
  • • Majestic (was The Sims Online) Matt Mihaly
    • • Majestic (was The Sims Online) Baron, Jonathan
      • Majestic (was The Sims Online) Sellers, Michael
      • • Majestic (was The Sims Online) Matt Mihaly
• Majestic (was The Sims Online) Matt Mihaly
• Identity and Economies [was Money supply in game economies (formerly Broken eco nomies) ] Joe Andrieu
• Virtual Suicide (Was: Money supply in game economies) Dave Rickey
• • Virtual Suicide (Was: Money supply in game economie s) Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
  • • Virtual Suicide (Was: Money supply in game economies) Dave Rickey
    • • Virtual Suicide (Was: Money supply in game economie s) Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
      • • Virtual Suicide (Was: Money supply in game economies) Dave Rickey
• The Sims Online (was MUD-Dev digest, Vol 1 #301 - 15 msgs) Baron, Jonathan
• Distributed Muds Jim Craig
• [DSG] Money supply in game economies (was: Broken Economies) Paul Schwanz
• TECH DGN: (was Broken currencies) Nathan F.Yospe
• [DESIGN] Economic & Marian Griffith
• • [DESIGN] Economic & Derek Licciardi
  • • [DESIGN] Economic & Marian Griffith
    • • [DESIGN] Economic & John Buehler
      • [DESIGN] Economic & Travis Nixon
      • • [DESIGN] Economic & Travis Casey
        • [DESIGN] Economic & Matt Mihaly
        • • [DESIGN] Economic & Travis Nixon
          • • [DESIGN] Economic & Matt Mihaly
• Author Unknown (was: Money supply in game economies) Emil Eifrém
• TECH: Distributed Muds Emil Eifrém
• • TECH: Distributed Muds Jim Craig
  • • TECH: Distributed Muds Frank Crowell
    • TECH: Distributed Muds Colin Coghill
    • • TECH: Distributed Muds Vincent Archer
      • • TECH: Distributed Muds Derek Snider
        • • TECH: Distributed Muds Vincent Archer
          • • TECH: Distributed Muds J C Lawrence
            • TECH: Distributed Muds Derek Snider
            • • TECH: Distributed Muds J C Lawrence
              • • TECH: Distributed Muds Bruce
                • • TECH: Distributed Muds J C Lawrence
                • TECH: Distributed Muds Vincent Archer
                • TECH: Distributed Muds Derek Snider
                • • TECH: Distributed Muds J C Lawrence
                  • • TECH: Distributed Muds Derek Snider
                    • • TECH: Distributed Muds Brian Hook
                      • • TECH: Distributed Muds Derek Snider
                        • • TECH: Distributed Muds Brian Hook
                  • TECH: Distributed Muds Adam Martin
• Shattered World's economy John W Pierce
• • Shattered World's economy Erik Jarvi
• [BIZ] Advertising sprawl (yahoo) J C Lawrence
• • [BIZ] Advertising sprawl (yahoo) Frank Crowell
  • [BIZ] Advertising sprawl (yahoo) Lars Duening
  • • [BIZ] Advertising sprawl (yahoo) Vincent Archer
    • • [BIZ] Advertising sprawl (yahoo) Dave Rickey
      • • [BIZ] Advertising sprawl (yahoo) Matt Mihaly
        • [BIZ] Advertising sprawl (yahoo) Vincent Archer
        • [BIZ] Advertising sprawl (yahoo) shren
        • • [BIZ] Advertising sprawl (yahoo) John Buehler
        • [BIZ] Advertising sprawl (yahoo) Ian Macintosh
      • [BIZ] Advertising sprawl (yahoo) Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
    • [BIZ] Advertising sprawl (yahoo) Matt Mihaly
    • • [BIZ] Advertising sprawl (yahoo) Caliban Tiresias Darklock
      • • [BIZ] Advertising sprawl (yahoo) Matt Mihaly
        • • [BIZ] Advertising sprawl (yahoo) J C Lawrence
          • • [BIZ] Advertising sprawl (yahoo) Travis Casey
      • [BIZ] Advertising sprawl (yahoo) Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
      • • [BIZ] Advertising sprawl (yahoo) Matt Mihaly
        • [BIZ] Advertising sprawl (yahoo) Vincent Archer
  • [BIZ] Advertising sprawl (yahoo) Matt Mihaly
• RG Interview Cassandra
• NEWS DGN Wired News article about EQ Zak Jarvis
• [DESIGN] Economy goals (was: Broken currencies) Vincent Archer
• • [DESIGN] Economy goals (was: Broken currencies) shren
  • [DESIGN] Economy goals (was: Broken currencies) Freeman, Jeff
  • • [DESIGN] Economy goals (was: Broken currencies) Derek Licciardi
    • • [DESIGN] Economy goals (was: Broken currencies) Vincent Archer
      • • [DESIGN] Economy goals (was: Broken currencies) Freeman, Jeff
        • [DESIGN] Economy goals (was: Broken currencies) Adam Martin
• Curtailing the 'Super-Rich Effect' Bob McFakename
• • Curtailing the 'Super-Rich Effect' Lynx
  • • Curtailing the 'Super-Rich Effect' Matt Mihaly
    • • Curtailing the 'Super-Rich Effect' Bob McFakename
      • • Curtailing the 'Super-Rich Effect' Matt Mihaly
        • • Curtailing the 'Super-Rich Effect' Phillip Lenhardt
          • • Curtailing the 'Super-Rich Effect' Matt Mihaly
          • Curtailing the 'Super-Rich Effect' Travis Casey
  • Curtailing the 'Super-Rich Effect' Mordengaard
  • Curtailing the 'Super-Rich Effect' Michael Tresca
  • • Curtailing the 'Super-Rich Effect' shren
  • Curtailing the 'Super-Rich Effect' Trump
  • • Curtailing the 'Super-Rich Effect' Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
    • • Curtailing the 'Super-Rich Effect' Dave Rickey
    • Curtailing the 'Super-Rich Effect' Michael Tresca
• Movie grosses Matt Mihaly
• • Movie grosses Brian 'Psychochild' Green
  • • Movie grosses Koster, Raph
    • Movie grosses Matt Mihaly
  • Movie grosses Myschyf
  • • Movie grosses Matt Mihaly
• StarPeace (was Money supply in game economies) Michael Dekker
• • StarPeace (was Money supply in game economies) Ling Lo
  • • StarPeace (was Money supply in game economies) shren
• TECH: Distributed Muds Bobby Martin
• • TECH: Distributed Muds Adam Martin
  • TECH: Distributed Muds Bruce
  • • TECH: Distributed Muds Vincent Archer
    • • TECH: Distributed Muds Chris Gray
      • • TECH: Distributed Muds Brian Hook
        • • TECH: Distributed Muds Nick Walker
          • • TECH: Distributed Muds J C Lawrence
          • TECH: Distributed Muds Derek Snider
          • • TECH: Distributed Muds Brian Hook
            • • TECH: Distributed Muds shren
            • TECH: Distributed Muds J C Lawrence
            • • TECH: Distributed Muds Brian Hook
              • • TECH: Distributed Muds J C Lawrence
              • TECH: Distributed Muds Derek Snider
              • • TECH: Distributed Muds J C Lawrence
                • • TECH: Distributed Muds Derek Snider
                  • • TECH: Distributed Muds J C Lawrence
                    • • TECH: Distributed Muds shren
                      • TECH: Distributed Muds Eli Stevens
                      • • TECH: Distributed Muds John Buehler
                        • • TECH: Distributed Muds Kevin Littlejohn
                          • • TECH: Distributed Muds John Buehler
                • TECH: Distributed Muds Ola Fosheim Grøstad
                • • TECH: Distributed Muds Chris Gray
                  • TECH: Distributed Muds Derek Snider
                  • • TECH: Distributed Muds J C Lawrence
                    • • TECH: Distributed Muds Derek Snider
                      • • TECH: Distributed Muds J C Lawrence
                        • TECH: Distributed Muds Matthew D. Fuller
                        • • TECH: Distributed Muds Derek Snider
                          • TECH: Distributed Muds Vincent Archer
              • TECH: Distributed Muds Ola Fosheim Grøstad
            • TECH: Distributed Muds Christopher Kohnert
            • • TECH: Distributed Muds Derek Snider
              • • TECH: Distributed Muds Chris Gray
                • • TECH: Distributed Muds Derek Snider
                  • • TECH: Distributed Muds Caliban Tiresias Darklock
                    • • TECH: Distributed Muds Derek Snider
                      • TECH: Distributed Muds Jon Lambert
                      • • TECH: Distributed Muds Derek Snider
                        • • TECH: Distributed Muds Caliban Tiresias Darklock
                          • • TECH: Distributed Muds Jon Lambert
                            • • TECH: Distributed Muds Matthew D. Fuller
                              • • TECH: Distributed Muds Owen
                                • TECH: Distributed Muds Jon Lambert
                              • TECH: Distributed Muds Caliban Tiresias Darklock
                              • • TECH: Distributed Muds shren
                          • TECH: Distributed Muds Jon Lambert
                        • TECH: Distributed Muds Caliban Tiresias Darklock
                        • • TECH: Distributed Muds Jon Leonard
                          • • TECH: Distributed Muds Bruce
                          • TECH: Distributed Muds Kevin Littlejohn
                          • TECH: Distributed Muds Bruce
                    • TECH: Distributed Muds J C Lawrence
                    • • TECH: Distributed Muds Chris Gray
                      • • TECH: Distributed Muds J C Lawrence
                        • • TECH: Distributed Muds Chris Gray
                          • • TECH: Distributed Muds J C Lawrence
                            • TECH: Distributed Muds Kwon Ekstrom
                            • • TECH: Distributed Muds Chris Gray
                              • TECH: Distributed Muds Bruce
                              • • TECH: Distributed Muds Chris Gray
                                • • TECH: Distributed Muds Bruce
                                • TECH: Distributed Muds Kwon Ekstrom
                                • • TECH: Distributed Muds Bruce
                                • TECH: Distributed Muds Neil Brown
              • TECH: Distributed Muds J C Lawrence
              • • TECH: Distributed Muds Caliban Tiresias Darklock
                • • TECH: Distributed Muds J C Lawrence
                  • • TECH: Distributed Muds Bruce
                    • TECH: Distributed Muds Caliban Tiresias Darklock
                  • TECH: Distributed Muds Derek Snider
                  • • TECH: Distributed Muds J C Lawrence
                    • • TECH: Distributed Muds shren
                      • • TECH: Distributed Muds John Buehler
                • TECH: Distributed Muds Steven Fleischaker
                • • TECH: Distributed Muds Jon Lambert
                  • • TECH: Distributed Muds Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
                    • • TECH: Distributed Muds Chris Gray
                      • • TECH: Distributed Muds Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
                  • TECH: Distributed Muds J C Lawrence
                  • TECH: Distributed Muds Caliban Tiresias Darklock
                • TECH: Distributed Muds Christopher Kohnert
                • • TECH: Distributed Muds J C Lawrence
                • TECH: Distributed Muds Chris Gray
                • • TECH: Distributed Muds J C Lawrence
                  • • TECH: Distributed Muds Chris Gray
                • TECH: Distributed Muds Kwon Ekstrom
      • TECH: Distributed Muds Bruce
      • • TECH: Distributed Muds Vincent Archer
        • • TECH: Distributed Muds Brad Roberts
          • • TECH: Distributed Muds Vincent Archer
• [DESIGN] Economic & Currency Solutions Phillip Lenhardt
• Curtailing the 'Super-Rich' Effect Bob McFakename
• • Curtailing the 'Super-Rich' Effect Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
  • • Curtailing the 'Super-Rich' Effect Jim S
• TECH: Flash Crowds and overflow control Gavin Doughtie
• • TECH: Flash Crowds and overflow control Marc Bowden
  • • TECH: Flash Crowds and overflow control Vincent Archer
    • • TECH: Flash Crowds and overflow control Koster, Raph
      • • TECH: Flash Crowds and overflow control J C Lawrence
        • • TECH: Flash Crowds and overflow control Marc Bowden
  • TECH: Flash Crowds and overflow control Justin Rogers
• BUSINESS: I need Online Gaming Revenue Projections. F. Randall Farmer
• [DESIGN] Economic & Currency Solutions Vincent Archer
• • [DESIGN] Economic & Currency Solutions Timothy Dang
  • [DESIGN] Economic & Currency Solutions Taylor Daynes
  • • [DESIGN] Economic & Currency Solutions Vincent Archer
• ADMIN: Moving... J C Lawrence
• UO and eBay figures Koster, Raph
• MUD for sale Chris Gray
• • MUD for sale Caliban Tiresias Darklock
  • MUD for sale Dave Rickey
  • • MUD for sale Bruce
    • • MUD for sale Chris Gray
      • MUD for sale Kevin Littlejohn
• ADMIN: The move and current status J C Lawrence
• Virtual Suicide (Was: Money supply in game economies) Martin Burke
• TECH: Java ARMI Bobby Martin
• TECH: AmigaMud DB questions Bruce
• • TECH: AmigaMud DB questions Chris Gray
  • • TECH: AmigaMud DB questions Bruce
    • • TECH: AmigaMud DB questions Chris Gray
      • TECH: AmigaMud DB questions Jon Lambert
• Kuro5hin: What can games teach us about human-computer interaction? J C Lawrence
• Review of Galactic Emperor: Succession in LumTheMad's Forums Christopher Allen
• • Review of Galactic Emperor: Succession in LumTheMad's Forums Ling Lo
  • • Review of Galactic Emperor: Succession in LumTheMad's Forums J C Lawrence
• [BIZ] New EQ Expansion Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
• Twisted Python J C Lawrence
• [TECH] Distributed MUD Kwon Ekstrom
• • [TECH] Distributed MUD Jeremy Noetzelman
  • • [TECH] Distributed MUD Kwon Ekstrom
  • [TECH] Distributed MUD J C Lawrence
• EQ: what makes a zone interesting? Frank Crowell
• • EQ: what makes a zone interesting? J C Lawrence
  • EQ: what makes a zone interesting? shren
  • • EQ: what makes a zone interesting? J C Lawrence
    • EQ: what makes a zone interesting? Elia Morling
• Imaginary Realities - April 2001 David Bennett
• [BIZ][TECH] worlds.com gets patent bruce@puremagic.com
• • [BIZ][TECH] worlds.com gets patent Jessica Mulligan
  • • [BIZ][TECH] worlds.com gets patent Bruce
    • • [BIZ][TECH] worlds.com gets patent Frank Crowell
    • [BIZ][TECH] worlds.com gets patent Kwon Ekstrom
    • • [BIZ][TECH] worlds.com gets patent John Robert Arras
    • [BIZ][TECH] worlds.com gets patent Jon Lambert
    • • [BIZ][TECH] worlds.com gets patent John Buehler
  • [BIZ][TECH] worlds.com gets patent Frank Crowell
  • [BIZ][TECH] worlds.com gets patent Travis Nixon
  • • [BIZ][TECH] worlds.com gets patent Marian Griffith
  • [BIZ][TECH] worlds.com gets patent John Buehler
  • • [BIZ][TECH] worlds.com gets patent Dave Rickey
  • [BIZ][TECH] worlds.com gets patent Derek Licciardi
• called shots Josh Rollyson
• • called shots Matt Mihaly
  • called shots Mordengaard
  • called shots Ling Lo
  • called shots shren
  • • called shots John Buehler
    • called shots Kwon Ekstrom
    • • called shots Travis Casey
  • called shots Travis Casey
• TECH: Distributed Muds J C Lawrence
• • TECH: Distributed Muds Brad Roberts
  • • TECH: Distributed Muds J C Lawrence
• TECH: Distributed Muds Dominic J. Eidson
• TECH: reliablity (was: Distributed Muds) Bruce
• • TECH: reliablity (was: Distributed Muds) Derek Snider
  • • TECH: reliablity (was: Distributed Muds) Bruce
    • • TECH: reliablity (was: Distributed Muds) Derek Snider
      • • TECH: reliablity (was: Distributed Muds) Alex
        • • TECH: reliablity (was: Distributed Muds) shren
          • • TECH: reliablity (was: Distributed Muds) Ola Fosheim Grøstad
          • TECH: reliablity (was: Distributed Muds) Derek Snider
  • TECH: reliablity (was: Distributed Muds) Ola Fosheim Grøstad
  • • TECH: reliablity (was: Distributed Muds) John Buehler
    • • TECH: reliablity (was: Distributed Muds) Ola Fosheim Grøstad
      • • TECH: reliablity (was: Distributed Muds) John Buehler
    • TECH: reliablity (was: Distributed Muds) Kwon Ekstrom
    • TECH: reliablity (was: Distributed Muds) Derek Licciardi
    • • TECH: reliablity (was: Distributed Muds) Ola Fosheim Grøstad
      • • TECH: reliablity (was: Distributed Muds) John Buehler
        • • TECH: reliablity (was: Distributed Muds) Ola Fosheim Grøstad
          • • TECH: reliablity (was: Distributed Muds) John Buehler
        • TECH: reliablity (was: Distributed Muds) Kwon Ekstrom
• TECH: prefetching/madvise (was: Distributed Muds) Bruce
• • TECH: prefetching/madvise (was: Distributed Muds) Matthew D. Fuller
• TECH: Distributed Muds J C Lawrence
• • TECH: Distributed Muds Scion Altera
• Re:called shots Eric Lamy
• Where are we now? Greg Munt
• • Where are we now? Ronan Farrell
  • • Where are we now? Matt Mihaly
    • Where are we now? Greg Munt
    • • Where are we now? Ronan Farrell
      • • Where are we now? Adam Martin
        • • Where are we now? Bryce Harrington
        • Where are we now? Deidril
        • • Where are we now? Bryce Harrington
        • Where are we now? Elia Morling
      • Where are we now? Matt Mihaly
      • • Where are we now? McManus, Susan
  • Where are we now? Matt Mihaly
  • Where are we now? Kwon Ekstrom
  • • Where are we now? Brian Hook
    • • Where are we now? Kwon Ekstrom
      • • Where are we now? Michael Tresca
        • • Where are we now? S. Patrick Gallaty
          • • Where are we now? Greg Munt
            • • Where are we now? S. Patrick Gallaty
      • Where are we now? Matt Mihaly
  • Where are we now? Koster, Raph
    > From: Greg Munt
    
    > I've been quietly ignoring muds for about two years.
    
    > I'm not sure why.
    
    > I think I just got plain bored re-re-rewriting a core. Or maybe I
    > got disillusioned by the "quality" of players that any mud ends up
    > attracting. Hatred and lust seem to win out every time. I hate to
    > sound arrogant (no, really!), but the intelligence of the average
    > player seems to verge on zero.
    
    By this you are saying that the intelligence of the average human
    verges lower than that; after all, mud players are people who have
    gotten past a significant number of technical and educational
    hurdles. Is this really what you mean?
    
    To me, one of the major signs of burnout in a mud admin is when they
    start this sort of us vs them thing going. Yes, we often see the worst
    side of players; we see the nails that stick up out of the wood, we
    hear the squeaky wheels and the grindingly loud ones. And it gets
    tiresome. But despite the many protestations of those on this list who
    say they are doing this purely for their own sakes, I still believe
    that we do it for the players. And you can't do it if you don't take
    them as a whole and respect them and appreciate them. You take the
    screeches and the scratches as part of the territory just as you do in
    the real world.
    
    Now, if you have come to just dislike people, well, that's a whole
    bigger issue. And it's certainly true that in the real world it's
    usually easier to ignore or walk away from those people that represent
    sgements of humanity we just don't like. In a mud admin role, you
    don't get to ignore those people, just as politicians and cops and
    doctors don't get to.
    
    > I returned to DevMUD yesterday. It was pointed out that this is a
    > relic of the ever-increasing sizes of the groups that players
    > form. It was even suggested/implied that humans weren't *meant* to
    > be in groups of much over 100 - cf human tribes, etc. Look what the
    > 'large groups' who visited north america did to the native
    > population a couple of hundred years ago.
    
    What gets lost when you go up in that scale is a certain type of
    community; I'd say the thrust of history very much argues against the
    notion that humanity shouldn't be in large groups. The atrocities of
    one large group versus another large group are largely failures of
    empathy, and part of the human condition is that we find it easy to
    lose empathy for other groups--it often takes just a few
    propagandistic posters and a few lightbulb jokes. Fortunately, a few
    Picassos painting Guernicas or a few Spielbergs making Schindler's
    Lists can restore it.
    
    How many player-admin relationship problems are because of the lack of
    someone providing that empathic bridge?
    
    > Do large groups vanquish our humanity? Are commercial muds catering
    > for the selfish, mindless, destructive throng that is caused by
    > simply having so many users? Are the perpetually small free muds
    > actually a Better Thing?
    
    Let's reverse the question, since I don't think it has any easy
    answers.
    
    Do small groups vanquish our humanity by permitting us to believe
    ourselves superior and better than everyone else? Are small muds
    catering to the selfish, cliquish, destructive mindset that is caused
    by simply associating only with those we deem acceptable? Are the
    large playerbase muds where we meet a better crosssection of actual
    humanity actually a Better Thing precisely because we DO see more of
    the range of human personalities, behaviors, expressions, and
    attitudes?
    
    Does MUD-Dev?
    
    To tie it back up a little bit--do we, as admins, by consistently
    saying, "players like this" and "players always..." and "what players
    want," simplify and label and stereotype and objectify to the point
    that we come to see them as Other, that we come to see them as not
    worth having? Is that how we burn out? Because we want the comfort of
    only associating with those who don't have "an intelligence verging on
    zero"?
    
    Now, of course, those who know me know that I am only half-arguing
    this. I'm always labelling and classifying; I'm very into taxonomy and
    analysis, and that relies very strongly on labels. It's just that I
    have grown very very suspicious of any attitude that says, "Players
    are by and large stupid" or "Players don't know what they want" or
    "God, players are whiny these days." To me they are the sign of a
    loss of respect and empathy for players, and a loss of understanding
    of what drives people, and frankly, the loss of the knack that makes a
    good mud administrator or designer.
    
    Even if you make your mud for yourself, the basic premise of it is
    that a player logs in and a player logs out, and there is some
    intervening experience. You are in charge of crafting that
    experience. Even if you make your mud for pyschological investigation
    or for the purpose of virtual torture, you need to understand what
    makes people tick--what makes your players, your subjects, whatever
    you wanna call them, tick.
    
    At Origin, there was a practice for a while of making every member of
    an online game development team sit for several hours with an admin
    and watch them do their job. I've often wished we could get every
    player to spend an hour doing that job too.
    
    > Okay. That wasn't actually my reason for posting. I wanted to ask
    > what has changed in mudding in the past two years. It was mentioned
    > on DevMUD yesterday that free muds just haven't really changed at
    > all - but commercial muds have. Indeed, they have sucked out the
    > skills that free muds need to grow and thrive, and left nothing but
    > a stagnancy.
    
    Nonsense. What free muds need to grow and thrive is talent. There's a
    decided lack of talent in the commercial online games industry, so
    strongly doubt we stole all of it. If we did, then maybe this is all
    harder than we thought. :)
    
    Free muds haven't changed hugely over the years period. Consider these
    facts:
    
    - muds were commercial very very early in their history
    
    - it took slightly over half a decade for them to start messing with
    graphics and non-hack n slash gameplay
    
    - it took over decade for them to embrace user-generated content
    
    - it took until the early nineties for them to start generating a
    critique and a sense of best practices; also until then to
    intentionally design a full PvP experience
    
    - it took until the mid-nineties for serious exploration of
    simulation; and for muds to finally achieve some measure of
    awareness in the larger world, along with a "larger" audience made
    up almost exclusively of computer geeks and sci-fi geeks
    
    We've always bemoaned that on this list. Hell, I seem to recall
    writing such a moan myself during my first year on this list (was that
    '96? I don't remember). Muds stagnate, muds don't advance the state of
    the art, and worse, when we do, nobody notices. Boo hoo hoo.
    
    Well, guess what. By and large commercial muds are in the same
    boat. Yeah, UO tried some new things. EQ recreated an old experience
    and did better in the market anyway. AC tried a few more innovative
    things and failed to do as well as either of the previous two. The
    next batch is bringing such radical, brand-new, innovative ideas to
    the table as safe zones (!), territory-based team warfare (!!),
    character aging (!!!)... Forgive my sarcasm, but the commercial world
    has plenty of mining of old ideas (and old mistakes) to go before they
    revolutionize muds.
    
    Now, that's not to say there aren't gems of ideas in the commercial
    mud world. Small innovations or big ones. Some of them are solutions
    to problems that only exist on larger scales. We've talked about some
    of them on this list. But the problem of slow progress is across the
    board.
    
    That's why this list is here. It's certainly why I do things like the
    timeline and the laws and writing essays or whatever. For all I know,
    the makers of many of these "redux" games and inventors of many of
    these "redux" features don't know that they are reinventing the wheel.
    
    Now, if we get a better understood common definition of "wheel" along
    with known parameters for operation and the like, we're more likely to
    have someone invent shock absorbers. But too many people just say,
    "uh,that round thing over there." And we advance only when someone
    thinks, "Hey, I could use that round thing as a fan or a
    merry-go-round."
    
    The recipe for advancing the field is a) share knowledge of what's
    been done b) innovate on it c) go back to step a).
    
    -Raph
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