May 2001
- Clean Code (was:TECH: reliablity) Dave Rickey
- neat game Matt Mihaly
- neat game Adam Martin
- Logical MUD Areas Lynx
- Logical MUD Areas Scion Altera
- Logical MUD Areas Ryan P.
- Logical MUD Areas Elia Morling
- Logical MUD Areas Greg Munt
- Logical MUD Areas John Buehler
- Logical MUD Areas Brad Triem
- Logical MUD Areas John Buehler
- Logical MUD Areas Brad Triem
- Logical MUD Areas John Buehler
- Logical MUD Areas Paul Schwanz - Enterprise Services
- Logical MUD Areas Brad Triem
- Logical MUD Areas Koster, Raph
- Logical MUD Areas Adam Martin
- Logical MUD Areas Marian Griffith
- Logical MUD Areas Phillip Lenhardt
- Logical MUD Areas Michael Tresca
- Logical MUD Areas Kevin Littlejohn
- Logical MUD Areas John Buehler
- Logical MUD Areas SeronisROTv3@aol.com
- Logical MUD Areas Greg Munt
- Logical MUD Areas Matt Mihaly
- Logical MUD Areas John Buehler
- Logical MUD Areas Kevin Littlejohn
- Logical MUD Areas John Buehler
- Logical MUD Areas Eli Stevens
- Logical MUD Areas John Buehler
- Logical MUD Areas S. Patrick Gallaty
- Logical MUD Areas John Buehler
- Logical MUD Areas Jon Lambert
- Logical MUD Areas Matt Mihaly
- Logical MUD Areas John Buehler
- Logical MUD Areas Scion Altera
- Logical MUD Areas Adam Martin
- Logical MUD Areas Kevin Littlejohn
- Logical MUD Areas John Buehler
- Logical MUD Areas Kevin Littlejohn
- Logical MUD Areas John Buehler
- Logical MUD Areas Travis Nixon
- Logical MUD Areas Adam Martin
- Logical MUD Areas John Buehler
- Logical MUD Areas Ryan P.
- Logical MUD Areas Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
- Logical MUD Areas Derek Licciardi
- Logical MUD Areas John Buehler
- Logical MUD Areas Travis Nixon
- Logical MUD Areas John Buehler
- Logical MUD Areas Brad Triem
- Logical MUD Areas Jon Lambert
- Logical MUD Areas Caliban Tiresias Darklock
- Logical MUD Areas Travis Nixon
- Logical MUD Areas Ola Fosheim Grøstad
- Logical MUD Areas Scion Altera
- Logical MUD Areas Michael Stoddart
- Logical MUD Areas Greg Munt
- Logical MUD Areas Mathue Moyer
- Logical MUD Areas Kwon Ekstrom
- Logical MUD Areas Chuk Radder
- Logical MUD Areas Scion Altera
- Logical MUD Areas Chuk Radder
- Logical MUD Areas Triem, Brad
- Logical MUD Areas shren
- Logical MUD Areas Kevin Littlejohn
- Logical MUD Areas Brian Hook
- Logical MUD Areas Travis Nixon
- Logical MUD Areas Brian Hook
- Logical MUD Areas Travis Nixon
- Logical MUD Areas John Buehler
- Logical MUD Areas Ryan P.
- Logical MUD Areas Eli Stevens
- Logical MUD Areas Brad Triem
- Logical MUD Areas shren
- Logical MUD Areas Travis Nixon
- Logical MUD Areas Derek Licciardi
- Logical MUD Areas Andrew McLaren
- Logical MUD Areas Hulbert, Leland
- Logical MUD Areas Malcolm Tester
- Logical MUD Areas Greg Munt
- Information sharing (was: Where are we now?) Brian 'Psychochild' Green
- Information sharing (was: Where are we now?) Koster, Raph
- Information sharing (was: Where are we now?) Matt Mihaly
- Information sharing (was: Where are we now?) Brian 'Psychochild' Green
- Information sharing (was: Where are we now?) Richard A. Bartle
- Information sharing (was: Where are we now?) Koster, Raph
- Information sharing (was: Where are we now?) Richard Aihoshi aka Jonric
- Information sharing (was: Where are we now?) Matt Mihaly
- Information sharing (was: Where are we now?) Koster, Raph
- Information sharing (was: Where are we now?) Derek Licciardi
- Information sharing (was: Where are we now?) Richard Aihoshi aka Jonric
- Information sharing (was: Where are we now?) Luke Carruthers
- Information sharing (was: Where are we now?) Dave Rickey
- Information sharing (was: Where are we now?) Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
- Information sharing (was: Where are we now?) Dave Rickey
- Information sharing (was: Where are we now?) John Buehler
- I Want to Forge Swords. [Another letter to game designers] Batir
- I Want to Forge Swords. [Another letter to game designers] Auli
- I Want to Forge Swords. [Another letter to game designers] S. Patrick Gallaty
- I Want to Forge Swords. [Another letter to game designers] John Buehler
- I Want to Forge Swords. [Another letter to game designers] Martin Burke
- I Want to Forge Swords. [Another letter to game designers] Auli
- I Want to Forge Swords. [Another letter to game designers] Batir
- I Want to Forge Swords. [Another letter to game designers] Vincent Archer
- I Want to Forge Swords. [Another letter to game designers] Auli
- I Want to Forge Swords. [Another letter to game des igners] Koster, Raph
- I Want to Forge Swords. [Another letter to game designers] Madman Across the Water
- I Want to Forge Swords. [Another letter to game designers] Travis Nixon
- I Want to Forge Swords. [Another letter to game designers] Vincent Archer
- I Want to Forge Swords. [Another letter to game designers] Paul Schwanz - Enterprise Services
- I Want to Forge Swords. [Another letter to game designers] Vincent Archer
- I Want to Forge Swords. [Another letter to game designers] Paul Schwanz - Enterprise Services
- I Want to Forge Swords. [Another letter to game designers] asnellin@san.rr.com
- I Want to Forge Swords. [Another letter to game designers] Paul Schwanz - Enterprise Services
- I Want to Forge Swords. [Another letter to game designers] Paul Schwanz - Enterprise Services
- I Want to Forge Swords. [Another letter to game designers] Dave Rickey
- I Want to Forge Swords. [Another letter to game designers] Paul Schwanz - Enterprise Services
- I Want to Forge Swords. [Another letter to game designers] Eli Stevens
- I Want to Forge Swords. [Another letter to game des igners] Koster, Raph
- [biz] Worlds targets EQ in its patent battle Frank Crowell
- [biz] Worlds targets EQ in its patent battle Baron, Jonathan
- [biz] Worlds targets EQ in its patent battle Travis Nixon
- [biz] Worlds targets EQ in its patent battle shren
- [biz] Worlds targets EQ in its patent battle Adam Martin
- TECH: Distributed Muds asnellin@san.rr.com
- TECH: Distributed Muds Jon Lambert
- TECH: Distributed Muds asnellin@san.rr.com
- TECH: Distributed Muds Bruce
- TECH: Distributed Muds Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
- TECH: Distributed Muds Jon Lambert
- TECH: Distributed Muds Vincent Archer
- TECH: Distributed Muds Adam Martin
- TECH: Distributed Muds Bruce
- TECH: Distributed Muds Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
- TECH: Distributed Muds Matt Chatterley
- TECH: Distributed Muds asnellin@san.rr.com
- TECH: Distributed Muds shren
- TECH: Distributed Muds Bruce
- TECH: Distributed Muds asnellin@san.rr.com
- TECH: Distributed Muds J C Lawrence
- TECH: Distributed Muds Bruce
- Request to mailing list MUD-Dev rejected David Loeser
- Request to mailing list MUD-Dev rejected Derek Licciardi
- The Four Hour Alchemist J C Lawrence
- The Four Hour Alchemist Brad Triem
- The Four Hour Alchemist Batir
- TECH: non-integral integral types Nathan F.Yospe
- Necessary Stability (was: Logical MUD Areas) Scion Altera
- Necessary Stability (was: Logical MUD Areas) Vincent Archer
- MUD-Dev digest, Vol 1 #335 - 25 msgs Jessica Mulligan
- I Want to Forge Swords. [Another letter to game Auli
- I Want to Forge Swords. [Another letter to game Sie Ming
- I Want to Forge Swords. [Another letter to game Batir
- I Want to Forge Swords. [Another letter to game Madrona Tree
- I Want to Forge Swords. [Another letter to game Sie Ming
- I Want to Forge Swords. [Another letter to game Madrona Tree
- I Want to Forge Swords. [Another letter to game Nathan F.Yospe
- I Want to Forge Swords. [Another letter to game Adam Martin
- I Want to Forge Swords. [Another letter to game J C Lawrence
- I Want to Forge Swords. [Another letter to game Nathan F.Yospe
- I Want to Forge Swords. [Another letter to game Nathan F.Yospe
- I Want to Forge Swords. [Another letter to game Adam Martin
- I Want to Forge Swords. [Another letter to game Brian Hook
- I Want to Forge Swords. [Another letter to game rayzam
- I Want to Forge Swords. [Another letter to game Paul Schwanz - Enterprise Services
- I Want to Forge Swords. [Another letter to game Batir
- I Want to Forge Swords. [Another letter to game Freeman, Jeff
- I Want to Forge Swords. [Another letter to game Luke Carruthers
- I Want to Forge Swords. [Another letter to game Freeman, Jeff
- I Want to Forge Swords. [Another letter to game shren
- I Want to Forge Swords. [Another letter to game Marian Griffith
- I Want to Forge Swords. [Another letter to game Madrona Tree
- Worlds targets EQ in its patent battle Jessica Mulligan
- Innovation restrictions (was: Information sharing) Greg Munt
- Innovation restrictions (was: Information sharing) Richard A. Bartle
- Innovation restrictions (was: Information sharing) John Buehler
- Innovation restrictions (was: Information sharing) Richard A. Bartle
- Innovation restrictions (was: Information sharing) John Buehler
- Innovation restrictions (was: Information sharing) Richard A. Bartle
- Innovation restrictions (was: Information sharing) Tchrin .
- Innovation restrictions (was: Information sharing) Richard A. Bartle
- Innovation restrictions (was: Information sharing) Ola Fosheim Grøstad
- Innovation restrictions (was: Information sharing) Corey Crawford
- Innovation restrictions (was: Information sharing) Ola Fosheim Grøstad
- Innovation restrictions (was: Information sharing) Richard A. Bartle
- Innovation restrictions (was: Information sharing) Ola Fosheim Grøstad
- Innovation restrictions (was: Information sharing) Richard A. Bartle
- Innovation restrictions (was: Information sharing) Travis Nixon
- Innovation restrictions (was: Information sharing) Matt Mihaly
- Innovation restrictions (was: Information sharing) Richard A. Bartle
- Innovation restrictions (was: Information sharing) Matt Mihaly
- Innovation restrictions (was: Information sharing) SeronisROTv3@aol.com
- Innovation restrictions (was: Information sharing) Koster, Raph
- Innovation restrictions (was: Information sharing) Richard A. Bartle
- Innovation restrictions (was: Information sharing) Jesse van Herk
- Innovation restrictions (was: Information sharing) Matt Mihaly
- Innovation restrictions (was: Information sharing) Vincent Archer
- Innovation restrictions (was: Information sharing) Nathan F.Yospe
- Innovation restrictions (was: Information sharing) SeronisROTv3@aol.com
- Innovation restrictions (was: Information sharing) J C Lawrence
- Innovation restrictions (was: Information sharing) Paul Schwanz - Enterprise Services
- Innovation restrictions (was: Information sharing) Lars Duening
- Innovation restrictions (was: Information sharing) Jeremy Noetzelman
- Innovation restrictions (was: Information sharing) rayzam
- Innovation restrictions (was: Information sharing) Matt Mihaly
- Innovation restrictions (was: Information sharing) Jeremy Noetzelman
- Innovation restrictions (was: Information sharing) Ben Sizer
- Innovation restrictions (was: Information sharing) Koster, Raph
- OOC functionality (was: I Want to Forge Swords. [Another letter to game designers]) Greg Munt
- Morality in Game Design (was: Logical MUD Areas) Scion Altera
- Morality in Game Design (was: Logical MUD Areas) John Buehler
- I Want to Forge Swords. [Another letter to game Freeman, Jeff
- Innovation restrictions Corey Crawford
- Innovation restrictions John Buehler
- Innovation restrictions Richard A. Bartle
- Spaces or rooms? (Information sharing (was: Where are we now?)) Ola Fosheim Grøstad
- Immersiveness - good or bad? Adam Martin
- Immersiveness - good or bad? John Buehler
- Immersiveness - good or bad? Matt Mihaly
- Immersiveness - good or bad? Kwon Ekstrom
- Community Goals (was: I Want to Forge Swords.) Paul Schwanz - Enterprise Services
- Community Goals (was: I Want to Forge Swords.) Eli Stevens
- The effects of object oriented servers on the item database Chambers
- The effects of object oriented servers on the item database Bryce Harrington
- The effects of object oriented servers on the itemdatabase brianleeprice@hotmail.com
- I Want to Forge Swords. [Another letter to game des Auli
- Locations vs Social Spaces (was: I Want to Forge Swords) Sie Ming
- Locations vs Social Spaces (was: I Want to Forge Sw ords) Hulbert, Leland
- Locations vs Social Spaces (was: I Want to Forge Swords) Marian Griffith
- Locations vs Social Spaces (was: I Want to Forge Swords) Phillip Lenhardt
- Locations vs Social Spaces (was: I Want to Forge Swords) Derek Licciardi
- Locations vs Social Spaces (was: I Want to Forge Swords) Richard Aihoshi aka Jonric
- Locations vs Social Spaces (was: I Want to Forge Sw ords) Koster, Raph
- Locations vs Social Spaces (was: I Want to Forge Sw ords) Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
- Locations vs Social Spaces (was: I Want to Forge Sw ords) Adam Martin
- Locations vs Social Spaces (was: I Want to Forge Sw ords) Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
- Locations vs Social Spaces (was: I Want to Forge Sw ords) Vincent Archer
- Locations vs Social Spaces (was: I Want to Forge Sw ords) Andrew Barratt
- Locations vs Social Spaces (was: I Want to Forge Sw ords) Koster, Raph
- Locations vs Social Spaces (was: I Want to Forge Swords) Richard Aihoshi aka Jonric
- Locations vs Social Spaces (was: I Want to Forge Swords) Matt Chatterley
- Locations vs Social Spaces (was: I Want to Forge Swords) Alex Kay
- Locations vs Social Spaces (was: I Want to Forge Swords) Brian Hook
- Locations vs Social Spaces (was: I Want to Forge Swords) Paul Schwanz - Enterprise Services
- Locations vs Social Spaces (was: I Want to Forge Swords) Vincent Archer
- Locations vs Social Spaces (was: I Want to Forge Swords) Alex Kay
- Locations vs Social Spaces (was: I Want to Forge Swords) rayzam
- Locations vs Social Spaces (was: I Want to Forge Swords) Bruce
- [TECH] monitoring RMI-type systems Bruce
- [TECH] monitoring RMI-type systems Chris Gray
- [TECH] monitoring RMI-type systems Adam Martin
- [TECH] monitoring RMI-type systems brian price
- [TECH] monitoring RMI-type systems Bruce
- [TECH] monitoring RMI-type systems brianleeprice@hotmail.com
- MUDs, cellphones and mobile players... Ola Fosheim Grøstad
- MUDs, cellphones and mobile players... Christopher Allen
- The effects of object oriented servers on the item database (Long) Derek Licciardi
- The effects of object oriented servers on the item database (Long) Chambers
- Black & White on Radio Timothy Dang
- [OT] Re-releasing old games w/ new graphics Mathue Moyer
- [OT] Re-releasing old games w/ new graphics Derek Licciardi
- [OT] Re-releasing old games w/ new graphics Madman Across the Water
- [OT] Re-releasing old games w/ new graphics Derek Snider
- [OT] Re-releasing old games w/ new graphics Lars Duening
- [OT] Re-releasing old games w/ new graphics Adam Martin
- The ethics of violence thread J C Lawrence
- UO Volunteer Programs Closed AR Schleicher
- Spaces or rooms? (Information sharing (was: Re:Where are we now?)) Ola Fosheim Grøstad
- User interface design [was: Where are we now?] Greg Munt
- User interface design [was: Where are we now?] Freeman, Jeff
- User interface design [was: Where are we now?] Phillip Lenhardt
- User interface design [was: Where are we now?] Bryce Harrington
- User interface design [was: Where are we now?] Bryce Harrington
- User interface design [was: Where are we now?] Kwon Ekstrom
- User interface design [was: Where are we now?] Adam Martin
- User interface design [was: Where are we now?] Marc Hernandez
- User interface design [was: Where are we now?] Chambers
- User interface design [was: Where are we now?] Adam Martin
- It's just a game (?) [was: Information sharing] Greg Munt
- It's just a game (?) [was: Information sharing] Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
- It's just a game (?) [was: Information sharing] F. Randall Farmer
- It's just a game (?) [was: Information sharing] Matt Mihaly
- It's just a game (?) [was: Information sharing] Ola Fosheim Grøstad
- It's just a game (?) [was: Information sharing] Greg Munt
- It's just a game (?) [was: Information sharing] F. Randall Farmer
> Greg Munt responded to
>> (Me) F. Randall Farmer's response to
>>> Greg Munt's original paragraph:
>>> I am of the opinion that cancelling your account has a number of
>>> parallels to suicide. Those that deny this are "trivializing" the
>>> online experience.
>> I am of the opinion that making generalizations about any
>> equivalence between "canceling an online account" and a real-life
>> suicide trivializes real-life suicide. This is especially sensitive
>> to people who know people who have committed/attempted suicide.
> You are trying to interpret online events in a real-life way. The
> suicide comparison is simply a metaphor to convey an idea.
Actually, I'm interpreting your post to this list as written by a real
human being. We were discussing how we might interpret "canceling an
account" (a real world event) in the in context of game play, and the
use or misuse of the real world "metaphor" of suicide in describing
this act. My post addressed my thoughts from several points of view:
That of the canceling player AND the characters in world who would not
be interacting with the reaped character. I don't see myself
restricting my view as you state above (and several more times
throughout). I'll see if I can clarify some points.
> Someone doesn't want to go on with their life. Or doesn't want to
> deal with an event that has, will or may happen. So they end their
> life. In "virtual" terms, ending your life can be equated with
> canceling your account.
Please support this statement. Why isn't canceling an account more
like emigration? Why must it be the death metaphor? Especially in
worlds where there is no perma-death; in those worlds in-world death
has an entirely different meaning.
>> Sure, there are people who cancel their accounts because they are
>> depressed. There are also people whose accounts are canceled
>> because they have committed R-L suicide. These are a tiny fraction
>> of the players.
> I don't believe I was talking about any player being depressed. The
> example that I gave was social exclusion, and a player's inability
> to deal with it. This may cause in-game depression, which could
> very feasibly cause in-game suicide.
Ok, add "social exclusion" to the group I mentioned above. You admit
that this is a form of depression (or at least acting-out.) I agreed
that this does happen, in a minority of cases. Thank goodness!
>> Without a doubt in my mind, most accounts are cancelled (characters
>> reaped/recycled) for reasons completely unrelated to depression or
>> any other suicide-like issues, in world or out. If it were any
>> other way, I'd leave this industry immediately: Who wants to work
>> on something that has people quit only in virtual or real
>> body-bags? Yipe!
> This is overexaggeration used in an attempt to win an argument by
> its shock value. Where did "real body-bags" have any relevance to
> this thread? We are not talking about real-life suicide.
I've never won an argument by shock value. It was not my intent.:-)
I meant what I wrote: If our players ALWAYS quit via either real
suicide (has happened) or in-world suicide (as we agree does happen),
I'd quit the business in a second.
The intensity of your reaction to my comment demonstrates perfectly my
point about the use of power-word metaphors, like "suicide." I
unintentionally triggered the same response in you that your original
post triggered in me! :-)
> We are talking about a player ending the life of a character.
Here's were we fundamentally disagree. Characters do not intrinsically
have life a life to "end" just because they have records with names in
a database.
>> Mules are recycled like used toilet paper. They a used and thrown
>> away. No attachment. No suicide here. They never developed any
>> particular relationship with others.
> You are missing the point. The existence of a mule does not
> constitute life. Mules are not life; they "never completed fleshed
> out" - in fact, I'd argue that they aren't ever fleshed out at all!
Then, please take a moment defining what it takes to have a life that
a player can willfully take in "suicide."
Can we end this debate quickly and say the following?:
"Some people take their characters in online games so seriously that
they play out ritual character suicide when they cancel their
accounts." No one denies this.
What prompted my post was the generalization in your original post. I
made the case that in most cases Reaping is NOT Suicide. I think that
your generalization is less than helpful, and I took umbrage that you
said that by holding this opinion I was "trivializing" the online
experience.
Perhaps this is just a problem of logic: Players acting out Character
Suicide will most often include Reaping/Canceling. But the reverse is
not true, by your own admission re:Mules.
If this is enough for you, stop reading now. If I've missed the boat,
read on... :-) It gets squishier!
> Account cancellation does not mean not using your account
> anymore. It means canceling your account.
How can others in the world tell the difference (unless you tell them
or the system tells them?) If they can't tell, how can it be suicide
to them?
>> A large number of accounts are cancelled in the fall because Johnny
>> isn't doing his homework. Sometimes Johnny is an adult and does
>> this for himself; sometime it's his parents. Suicide is often
>> accompanied by a sense of the loss of control of one's life. This
>> case may well be interpreted of Johnny putting his life back under
>> his control, not losing it. If it's his parents canceling the
>> account, are they committing virtual murder? Grounding <> Murder!
> I disagree. A life has been ended. Sounds like murder to me. Instead
> of looking at things from the real world, look at them from the game
> world - from the world which the character lived in.
Where Johnny's mules murdered too? I guess I'm just not getting your
definition of in-world "life." When does Johnny's character get
imbibed with life enough to commit suicide or be murdered by his
parents?
>> Then there's service cancellation by TOS and/or legal reasons. This
>> is probably where the life/death metaphors disturbs me the
>> most. The natural extension of this metaphorical space says this
>> kind of cancellation is murder, or divine judgment. Again, words
>> with very deep meanings and social baggage of their own. Canceling
>> your account for harassing the girls or hacking the system is *not*
>> the same as me coming into your house an poisoning you or your dog.
> Again, you need to look at this from the game-world side, rather
> than from the real world. If your account is cancelled by someone
> other than the player, how is this different to them being given
> permadeath-poison in-game?
It's a world of difference. Accounts can be reactivated. The player
knows the difference. In some worlds, the other players can tell the
difference. The players KNOW that the service is run by a real-world
company with real-world rules and if they break them, their accounts
will be cancelled. This is NOT in-world murder.
There is no wall separating the company, the software, the server, the
world, RL, the player, and the character. They are all merged. Each
effects the other, piercing the veil(s) dozens (hundreds?) of times
each user-session.
In-world permadeath poison is a in-world peril, presumably a part of
the experience designed for the character. If he imbibes it, he dies
of poison. A character death by definition. It doesn't matter if he
drank it on purpose (suicide), accident (ignorance/bad UI), or because
the evil wizard made him (murder.) The player is upset. The other
characters have much roleplaying to do at a funeral, and maybe an evil
wizard to repay.
TOS violation enforcement is part of the experience of the player. The
player loses access to the character. There are at least three *other*
common metaphors for this action: Banishment, Imprisonment,
Deportation (or Forced Emigration.) In my case I don't think any
specific character metaphor is required. The player got his account
cancelled/suspended. If anyone gets ticked, it's the PLAYERS who may
feel the cancellation/suspension was an injustice, etc. The players
may take their action OOC to the DevBoard or transfer their
displeasure to their characters acting out...
These are VERY different things.
>> This metaphor has a weakness at its core: In order for a character
>> to be murdered/commit suicide (via account
>> cancellation/reaping/etc.), it must first be alive. Characters are
>> ideas that are manifested as bits in a set of computers and in the
>> imaginations of the people who interact with them. Though they may
>> be alive in some people's imaginations, that does not make them
>> alive at all. Some may act out a character suicide "performance",
>> but that doesn't make it so. Heck, in AC you can clone a exact(1st
>> level) copy of the same chacter. What kind of life is that?
> It depends on your definition of life. If life requires a physical
> container, sure. Can people you've never met commune with the
> essence of what is you? Yes. A character is not a collection of
> bits. If anything, the bits are the character's body. The "life" is
> provided by the player - and can be taken away by the player, too.
>> Oh yeah: I don't think that "It's just a game." It is more than a
>> game, but it is much less than a life.
> That's a rather ill-defined definition. Would you care to elaborate?
> Remember that we are talking about in-game life - not real life.
OK. I'll do it if you will, especially since my very point is that we
should be careful how we use our metaphors. :-) A point that I am fi
nding easier to defend each post. :-)
From Webster's:
Main Entry: life [noun]
1 a : the quality that distinguishes a vital and functional
being from a dead body
1 b : a principle or force that is considered to underlie
the distinctive quality of animate beings
1 c : an organismic state characterized by capacity for
metabolism, growth, reaction to stimuli, and
reproduction
2 a : the sequence of physical and mental experiences that
make up the existence of an individual
b : one or more aspects of the process of living.
[Note: there are many entries there, I invite the interested parties
to read them all. This is the definition that applies from my POV.]
I'll defer to the list to define this so-called in-game life. Perhaps
a new thread is in order?
Keep in mind that I'll be a tough critic though. It'll be put to the
Chess Knight, Barbie, Monopoly Hat, Plastic Soldier, and the "how can
you tell?" tests, to name a few. :-)
Starting to hunt around for my copy of The Velveteen Rabbit in
preparation for my inevitable attitude adjustment ... Randy
- It's just a game (?) [was: Information sharing] F. Randall Farmer
- I Want to Forge Swords. [Another letter to game McManus, Susan
- I Want to Forge Swords. [Another letter to game J C Lawrence
- [DGN] Moral responsibilities (was Logical MUD Areas) Mathue Moyer
- [Tech] MUDs, MORPGs, and Object Persistence brian price
- [Tech] MUDs, MORPGs, and Object Persistence Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
- [Tech] MUDs, MORPGs, and Object Persistence Derek Licciardi
- [Tech] MUDs, MORPGs, and Object Persistence Bryce Harrington
- [Tech] MUDs, MORPGs, and Object Persistence Gavin Doughtie
- [Tech] MUDs, MORPGs, and Object Persistence Derek Licciardi
- [Tech] MUDs, MORPGs, and Object Persistence Greg Munt
- [Tech] MUDs, MORPGs, and Object Persistence Kwon Ekstrom
- [Tech] MUDs, MORPGs, and Object Persistence Derek Licciardi
- [Tech] MUDs, MORPGs, and Object Persistence Bruce
- [Tech] MUDs, MORPGs, and Object Persistence Kwon Ekstrom
- [Tech] MUDs, MORPGs, and Object Persistence Jared Nielsen
- [Tech] MUDs, MORPGs, and Object Persistence brian price
- [Tech] MUDs, MORPGs, and Object Persistence brian price
- [Tech] MUDs, MORPGs, and Object Persistence Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
- [Tech] MUDs, MORPGs, and Object Persistence brian price
- [Tech] MUDs, MORPGs, and Object Persistence Alex Kay
- [Tech] MUDs, MORPGs, and Object Persistence Derek Licciardi
- Spaces or rooms? (Information sharing (was: Where are we now?)) Koster, Raph
- Characters or Pets? (I Want to Forge Swords. [Another letter to game) Ola Fosheim Grøstad
- [Tech] Overlapped I/O Chambers
- [Tech] Overlapped I/O Caliban Tiresias Darklock
- [MUD-Dev][DGN] encouraging quick-start community for newbies Adam Martin
- [OT] Taking things too far. Scott Stuart
- [OT] Taking things too far. F. Randall Farmer
- [OT] Taking things too far. Sayeed
- [OT] Taking things too far. Frank Crowell
- [OT] Taking things too far. Matt Mihaly
- [OT] Taking things too far. Scott Stuart
- [OT] Taking things too far. John Buehler
- [OT] Taking things too far. Matt Mihaly
- [OT] Taking things too far. Matt Mihaly
- [OT] Taking things too far. Kevin Littlejohn
- [OT] Taking things too far. rayzam
- [OT] Taking things too far. Greg Munt
- [OT] Taking things too far. Scott Stuart
- [OT] Taking things too far. Adam Martin
- [OT] Taking things too far. F. Randall Farmer
- [OT] Taking things too far. Dave Rickey
- [OT] Taking things too far. John Buehler
- [OT] Taking things too far. Kwon Ekstrom
- [OT] Taking things too far. Scott Roberts
- Multithreaded servers using objects Chambers
- Multithreaded servers using objects David Loeser
- Multithreaded servers using objects Chambers
- Musashi's Unbelievably Long Rantings Koster, Raph
- Where were we then? Richard A. Bartle
- Emotional Responses to Traumatic Events (Was Logical Mud Areas) Peter Yu
- Emotional Responses to Traumatic Events (Was Logical Mud Areas) Ola Fosheim Grøstad
- [OT] Will this list survive? Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
- [OT] Will this list survive? Taylor
- [OT] Will this list survive? Batir
- Emotional Responses to Traumatic Events (Was Logical Mud Areas) John W Pierce
- [Tech] MUDs, MORPGs, and Object Persistence [OT?] Adam Martin
- Emotional Responses to Traumatic Events Matt Mihaly
- MUD-DEv lists archives are currently broken claw@kanga.nu
- [BIZ] Randy's Resume F. Randall Farmer
- [BIZ] Randy's Resume F. Randall Farmer
- [BIZ] Randy's Resume Hans-Henrik Staerfeldt
- It's just a game (?) Trump
- WebServer fixed (kinda) J C Lawrence
- Player run reputation system Jussi 'Sulka' Haro
- Player run reputation system lhulbert@hotmail.com
- Player run reputation system shren
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- Player run reputation system Matt Mihaly
- Player run reputation system Koster, Raph
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- Player run reputation system Koster, Raph
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- Player run reputation system Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
- Player run reputation system J C Lawrence
- Player run reputation system Ola Fosheim Grøstad
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- Player run reputation system J C Lawrence
- Player run reputation system shren
- Player run reputation system Ola Fosheim Grøstad
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- Player run reputation system Taylor
- Player run reputation system Valerio Santinelli
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- Player run reputation system Trump
- Player run reputation system J Todd Coleman
- Player run reputation system McManus, Susan
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- Player run reputation system Valerio Santinelli
- Player run reputation system J C Lawrence
- Player run reputation system Andrew Reisse
- Player run reputation system Koster, Raph
- Player run reputation system Matt Mihaly
- [TECH] 2 papers on python in muds Bruce
- Asheron's Call: An example of how easy it is to lose your balance. Dan Merillat
- Asheron's Call: An example of how easy it is to lose your balance. wrenner@uiuc.edu
- Asheron's Call: An example of how easy it is to lose your balance. Dan Merillat
- Asheron's Call: An example of how easy it is to lose your balance. Dave Rickey
- Asheron's Call: An example of how easy it is to lo se your balance. Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
- Asheron's Call: An example of how easy it is to lose your balance. Vincent Archer
- DGN: shard growth patterns? mud-dev-admin@kanga.nu
- DGN: shard growth patterns? J C Lawrence
- DGN: shard growth patterns? Ray Cuadro
- DGN: shard growth patterns? rayzam
- Spaces or rooms? (Information sharing (was: Re:Wher are we now?)) Ola Fosheim Grøstad
- [News] NCSoft + Richard Garriott Dave Kennerly
- [News] NCSoft + Richard Garriott Dragoness
- [News] NCSoft + Richard Garriott Freeman, Jeff
- [News] NCSoft + Richard Garriott Richard Aihoshi aka Jonric
- [News] NCSoft + Richard Garriott Freeman, Jeff
- [News] NCSoft + Richard Garriott Richard Aihoshi aka Jonric
- [News] NCSoft + Richard Garriott Matt Mihaly
- [News] NCSoft + Richard Garriott Vincent Archer
- [News] NCSoft + Richard Garriott Jake Song
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- [News] NCSoft + Richard Garriott Richard Aihoshi aka Jonric
- [News] NCSoft + Richard Garriott Corey Crawford
- [News] NCSoft + Richard Garriott Jake Song
- [News] NCSoft + Richard Garriott Dave Rickey
- [News] NCSoft + Richard Garriott Jessica Mulligan
- [News] NCSoft + Richard Garriott John Buehler
- [News] NCSoft + Richard Garriott Travis Casey
- [News] NCSoft + Richard Garriott Matt Mihaly
- [News] NCSoft + Richard Garriott Ola Fosheim Grøstad
- [News] NCSoft + Richard Garriott Dave Kennerly
- [News] NCSoft + Richard Garriott Koster, Raph
- [News] NCSoft + Richard Garriott Jake Song
- [News] NCSoft + Richard Garriott Trump
- [News] NCSoft + Richard Garriott Jake Song
- [News] NCSoft + Richard Garriott Phillip Lenhardt
- [News] NCSoft + Richard Garriott Koster, Raph
- [News] NCSoft + Richard Garriott shren
- [News] NCSoft + Richard Garriott Batir
- [News] NCSoft + Richard Garriott Matt Mihaly
- [News] NCSoft + Richard Garriott Marc Bowden
- [News] NCSoft + Richard Garriott Matt Mihaly
- [News] NCSoft + Richard Garriott Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
- [News] NCSoft + Richard Garriott Matt Mihaly
- [News] NCSoft + Richard Garriott Richard Aihoshi aka Jonric
- [News] NCSoft + Richard Garriott Frank Alexander
- [News] NCSoft + Richard Garriott Koster, Raph
- [News] NCSoft + Richard Garriott Freeman, Jeff
- [News] NCSoft + Richard Garriott Jessica Mulligan
- Lineage and Garriott Matt Mihaly
- Lineage and Garriott Dragoness
- The sad death of Nowheremom Zak Jarvis
- Jeff's Rant: A World Full of Wheel-Makers Bruce
- Jeff's Rant: A World Full of Wheel-Makers Brian Hook
- Jeff's Rant: A World Full of Wheel-Makers Adam Martin
- Jeff's Rant: A World Full of Wheel-Makers John Buehler
- Jeff's Rant: A World Full of Wheel-Makers J C Lawrence
- Jeff's Rant: A World Full of Wheel-Makers Dave Rickey
- Jeff's Rant: A World Full of Wheel-Makers Brian Hook
- Jeff's Rant: A World Full of Wheel-Makers Dave Rickey
- Jeff's Rant: A World Full of Wheel-Makers Brian Hook
- Jeff's Rant: A World Full of Wheel-Makers Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
- Jeff's Rant: A World Full of Wheel-Makers Marc Fielding
- Jeff's Rant: A World Full of Wheel-Makers Dave Rickey
- Jeff's Rant: A World Full of Wheel-Makers Brian Hook
- business models Matt Mihaly
- business models Jon Morrow
- business models Matt Mihaly
- business models Christopher Allen
- business models Matt Mihaly
- business models Christopher Allen
- business models william ralph renner
- business models Matt Mihaly
- business models Bruce
- business models Stephen Benz
- business models Matt Mihaly
- business models Christopher Allen
- business models Matt Mihaly
- business models Stephen Benz
- business models Martin Burke
- business models Matt Mihaly
- business models william ralph renner
- business models Matt Mihaly
- business models rayzam
- business models Stephen Benz
- business models shren
- business models Auli
- business models Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
- business models Jason Salem
- business models Marc Bowden
- business models Jason Salem
- business models John Buehler
- business models shren
- business models Koster, Raph
- business models Vincent Archer
- business models Koster, Raph
- business models Hulbert, Leland
- business models Vincent Archer
- business models Koster, Raph
- business models Auli
- business models Steven Veltema
- business models Batir
- business models Vincent Archer
- business models Matt Mihaly
- business models Jon Morrow
- business models Dave Rickey
- business models Matt Mihaly
- business models Koster, Raph
- Paying Volunteers Update? Jon Morrow
- Request to mailing list MUD-Dev rejected Caliban Tiresias Darklock
- It's just a game (?) Ananda Dawnsinger
- It's just a game (?) Matt Mihaly
- [DGN?] It's just a game (?) Sharon Mock
- [DGN?] It's just a game (?) Dragoness
- [DGN?] It's just a game (?) Richard A. Bartle
- [DGN?] It's just a game (?) Marian Griffith
- It's just a game (?) Ananda Dawnsinger
- [Adm] BBSs, Access restrictions...was Logical MUD Areas Jon Lambert
- [Adm] BBSs, Access restrictions...was Logical MUD Areas SeronisROTv3@aol.com
- Coordinate mapping with text-based MUDs Jared Nielsen
- Coordinate mapping with text-based MUDs Kwon Ekstrom
- Metrics, Data, and Statistics Jon Morrow
- New Yorker Article Dave Rickey
- New Yorker Article Marc Fielding
- Graphics engines was Jeff's Rant: A World Full of Wheel-Makers Brian Hook
- Graphics engines was Jeff's Rant: A World Full of Wheel-Makers Travis Nixon
- Graphics engines was Jeff's Rant: A World Full of Wheel-Makers Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
- Jessica Mulligan's Column "Biting the Hand" Now at Skotos Christopher Allen
- Outdoor and indoor 3d engines Adam Martin
- Neil Young Invents UO Dragoness
- JOB: How to get into Game Design / Game content Taylor
- JOB: How to get into Game Design / Game content Trump
- JOB: How to get into Game Design / Game content David Bennett
- JOB: How to get into Game Design / Game content Trump
- JOB: How to get into Game Design / Game content Geoffrey MacDougall
- JOB: How to get into Game Design / Game content Jon Morrow
- JOB: How to get into Game Design / Game content Greg Underwood
- JOB: How to get into Game Design / Game content Brian 'Psychochild' Green
- JOB: How to get into Game Design / Game content Willowreed@aol.com
- JOB: How to get into Game Design / Game content Christopher Allen
- JOB: How to get into Game Design / Game content Matt Mihaly
- JOB: How to get into Game Design / Game content Neil Brown
- JOB: How to get into Game Design / Game content Matt Mihaly
- JOB: How to get into Game Design / Game content Kroh, Clayton
- JOB: How to get into Game Design / Game content Jon Morrow
- JOB: How to get into Game Design / Game content rayzam
- JOB: How to get into Game Design / Game content Jon Morrow
- JOB: How to get into Game Design / Game content Greg Underwood
- JOB: How to get into Game Design / Game content Geoffrey MacDougall
- JOB: How to get into Game Design / Game content SavantKnowsAll@cs.com
- JOB: How to get into Game Design / Game content Brian 'Psychochild' Green
- JOB: How to get into Game Design / Game content Koster, Raph
- JOB: How to get into Game Design / Game content Richard Aihoshi aka Jonric
- JOB: How to get into Game Design / Game content Richard Aihoshi aka Jonric
- JOB: How to get into Game Design / Game content Dave Rickey
- JOB: How to get into Game Design / Game content Richard Aihoshi aka Jonric
- JOB: How to get into Game Design / Game content SavantKnowsAll@cs.com
- JOB: How to get into Game Design / Game content Trump
- JOB: How to get into Game Design / Game content SavantKnowsAll@cs.com
- Article: The Ascendancy of Mass Market Gaming Bruce
- Thread Pools (was: TECH: Distributed Muds) Scion Altera
- Thread Pools (was: TECH: Distributed Muds) Greg Underwood
- Thread Pools (was: TECH: Distributed Muds) Matt Chatterley
- UO Volunteer Programs Marc Bowden
- Intellectual Property Lawyer Jon Morrow
- Intellectual Property Lawyer Steve {Bloo} Daniels
- Korea, was [News] NCSoft + Richard Garriott SavantKnowsAll@cs.com
- (no subject) J C Lawrence
- Korea, was [News] NCSoft + Richard Garriott Dave Kennerly
- Korea, was [News] NCSoft + Richard Garriott SavantKnowsAll@cs.com
- Korea, was [News] NCSoft + Richard Garriott Dave Kennerly
- Korea, was [News] NCSoft + Richard Garriott SavantKnowsAll@cs.com
- Korea, was [News] NCSoft + Richard Garriott Dave Kennerly
- Korea, was [News] NCSoft + Richard Garriott SavantKnowsAll@cs.com
- Korea, was [News] NCSoft + Richard Garriott Dave Kennerly
- Imaginary Realities - May 2001 David Bennett
- Virtual Good Value Assertion Eric Rhea
- Virtual Good Value Assertion wrenner@uiuc.edu
- Virtual Good Value Assertion F. Randall Farmer
- Virtual Good Value Assertion Vincent Archer
- Virtual Good Value Assertion Matt Mihaly
- Virtual Good Value Assertion Eric Rhea
- Virtual Good Value Assertion Matt Mihaly
- Neverwinter Nights John W Pierce
- Neverwinter Nights John W Pierce
- Neverwinter Nights Martin Burke
- Neverwinter Nights Freeman, Jeff
- Neverwinter Nights Gavin Doughtie
- Neverwinter Nights Dave Rickey
- Neverwinter Nights Taylor
- Neverwinter Nights Rob Bartel
- Neverwinter Nights Lars Duening
- Neverwinter Nights Christopher Kohnert
- Neverwinter Nights Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
- Neverwinter Nights Eli Stevens
- Neverwinter Nights Christopher Kohnert
- Neverwinter Nights David Loeser
- Neverwinter Nights Lee Sheldon
- Neverwinter Nights Valerio Santinelli
- Neverwinter Nights Lee Sheldon
- Neverwinter Nights Valerio Santinelli
- Neverwinter Nights Koster, Raph
- Neverwinter Nights Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
- Neverwinter Nights Adam Martin
- Neverwinter Nights John Buehler
- Neverwinter Nights rayzam
- Neverwinter Nights Lars Duening
- Neverwinter Nights rayzam
- Neverwinter Nights John Buehler
- Neverwinter Nights rayzam
- Neverwinter Nights John Buehler
- Neverwinter Nights rayzam
- Neverwinter Nights Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
- Maintaining fiction. Trump
- Maintaining fiction. Brian Hook
- Maintaining fiction. Trump
- Maintaining fiction. Matt Mihaly
- Maintaining fiction. Marc Fielding
- Maintaining fiction. Trump
- Maintaining fiction. Marc Fielding
- Maintaining fiction. Trump
- Maintaining fiction. Brian Hook
- Maintaining fiction. Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
- Maintaining fiction. Travis Casey
- Maintaining fiction. Marian Griffith
- Maintaining fiction. Jon Lambert
- Maintaining fiction. SavantKnowsAll@cs.com
- Maintaining fiction. Freeman, Jeff
- Maintaining fiction. SavantKnowsAll@cs.com
- Maintaining fiction. Freeman, Jeff
- Maintaining fiction. shren
- Maintaining fiction. Travis Casey
- Maintaining fiction. Neil Brown
- Maintaining fiction. Matt Chatterley
- Maintaining fiction. Vincent Archer
- Maintaining fiction. Travis Casey
- Maintaining fiction. Vincent Archer
- Maintaining fiction. Caliban Tiresias Darklock
- Maintaining fiction. Caliban Tiresias Darklock
- Maintaining fiction. Travis Casey
- Maintaining fiction. Caliban Tiresias Darklock
- Maintaining fiction. Travis Casey
- Maintaining fiction. Hulbert, Leland
- Maintaining fiction. Caliban Tiresias Darklock
- Maintaining fiction. Hulbert, Leland
- Maintaining fiction. Caliban Tiresias Darklock
- Maintaining fiction. Hulbert, Leland
- Maintaining fiction. Edward Glowacki
- Maintaining fiction. SavantKnowsAll@cs.com
- Maintaining fiction. Freeman, Jeff
- Maintaining fiction. SavantKnowsAll@cs.com
- Maintaining fiction. Freeman, Jeff
- Maintaining fiction. Travis Casey
- Maintaining fiction. shren
- Maintaining fiction. shren
- Maintaining fiction. SavantKnowsAll@cs.com
- Maintaining fiction. Matt Mihaly
- Maintaining fiction. Vincent Archer
- Maintaining fiction. Neil Brown
- Maintaining fiction. Phillip Lenhardt
- Maintaining fiction. Neil Brown
- Maintaining fiction. Christopher Kohnert
- Maintaining fiction. Corey Crawford
- Maintaining fiction. Neil Brown
- Maintaining fiction. Travis Casey
- Maintaining fiction. Neil Brown
- Maintaining fiction. Paul Schwanz - Enterprise Services
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- Maintaining fiction. Marc Fielding
- Maintaining fiction. John Buehler
- Maintaining fiction. Matt Chatterley
- Maintaining fiction. Alex Kay
- Maintaining fiction. Michael Tresca
- Maintaining fiction. Travis Casey
- Maintaining fiction. shren
- Maintaining fiction. Travis Casey
- Maintaining fiction. Brian Hook
- Maintaining fiction. Adam Martin
- Maintaining fiction. Brian Hook
- Maintaining fiction. Caliban Tiresias Darklock
- Maintaining fiction. Travis Casey
- Maintaining fiction. Travis Casey
- Maintaining fiction. Dave Rickey
- Maintaining fiction. rayzam
- Maintaining fiction. Michael Tresca
- Maintaining fiction. Ananda Dawnsinger
- Maintaining fiction. Peter Tyson
- Maintaining fiction. Travis Nixon
- Maintaining fiction. z032383@students.niu.edu
- Maintaining fiction. shren
- Maintaining fiction. Andrew Reisse
- Maintaining fiction. Christopher Kohnert
- Maintaining fiction. Madman Across the Water
- Maintaining fiction. Matt Mihaly
- Maintaining fiction. Madman Across the Water
- Maintaining fiction. Matt Mihaly
- Maintaining fiction. Freeman, Jeff
- Maintaining fiction. SavantKnowsAll@cs.com
- Maintaining fiction. Caliban Tiresias Darklock
- Maintaining fiction. Trump
- Maintaining fiction. Vincent Archer
- Maintaining fiction. Matt Mihaly
- Maintaining fiction. Freeman, Jeff
- Maintaining fiction. Matt Chatterley
- Maintaining fiction. Matt Mihaly
- Maintaining fiction. Matt Chatterley
- Maintaining fiction. Caliban Tiresias Darklock
- Maintaining fiction. Madman Across the Water
- Maintaining fiction. Matt Mihaly
- Maintaining fiction. Madman Across the Water
- Maintaining fiction. Matt Mihaly
- Maintaining fiction. Madman Across the Water
- Maintaining fiction. Eli Stevens
- Maintaining fiction. Matt Mihaly
- Maintaining fiction. Madman Across the Water
- Maintaining fiction. Matt Mihaly
- Maintaining fiction. John Buehler
- Maintaining fiction. Ian Collyer
- Maintaining fiction. Madman Across the Water
- Maintaining fiction. Matt Mihaly
- Maintaining fiction. Madman Across the Water
- Maintaining fiction. Ian Collyer
- Maintaining fiction. Matt Mihaly
- Maintaining fiction. shren
- Maintaining fiction. Matt Mihaly
- Maintaining fiction. shren
- Maintaining fiction. Matt Mihaly
- Maintaining fiction. Caliban Tiresias Darklock
- Maintaining fiction. Matt Mihaly
- Maintaining fiction. Caliban Tiresias Darklock
- Maintaining fiction. Ian Collyer
- Maintaining fiction. shren
- Maintaining fiction. Travis Casey
- Maintaining fiction. Vincent Archer
- Maintaining fiction. Matt Mihaly
- Maintaining fiction. Jon Lambert
- Maintaining fiction. John Buehler
- Maintaining fiction. Jon Lambert
- Maintaining fiction. John Buehler
- Maintaining fiction. Freeman, Jeff
- Maintaining fiction. Matt Mihaly
- Maintaining fiction. Caliban Tiresias Darklock
- Maintaining fiction. Travis Nixon
- Maintaining fiction. J C Lawrence
- Maintaining fiction. Ian Collyer
- Maintaining fiction. Matt Mihaly
- Maintaining fiction. caduvall@wam.umd.edu
- Maintaining fiction. Ola Fosheim Grøstad
- Maintaining fiction. Matt Mihaly
- Maintaining fiction. Jon Lambert
- Maintaining fiction. Daniel A. Koepke
- Maintaining fiction. Phillip Lenhardt
- Maintaining fiction. Matt Mihaly
- Maintaining fiction. Freeman, Jeff
- Maintaining fiction. Matt Mihaly
- Maintaining fiction. Vincent Archer
- Maintaining fiction. Matt Mihaly
- Maintaining fiction. Freeman, Jeff
- Maintaining fiction. John Buehler
- Maintaining fiction. shren
- Maintaining fiction. Matt Mihaly
- Maintaining fiction. shren
- Maintaining fiction. Matt Mihaly
- Maintaining fiction. Trump
- Maintaining fiction. Brian Hook
- Maintaining fiction. shren
- Maintaining fiction. Derek Licciardi
- Maintaining fiction. shren
- Maintaining fiction. Phillip Lenhardt
- Maintaining fiction. Caliban Tiresias Darklock
- Maintaining fiction. Freeman, Jeff
- Maintaining fiction. Phillip Lenhardt
- Maintaining fiction. Travis Casey
- Maintaining fiction. J C Lawrence
- Maintaining fiction. Koster, Raph
- Maintaining fiction. Peter Tyson
- Maintaining fiction. Freeman, Jeff
- Maintaining fiction. Ola Fosheim Grøstad
- Maintaining fiction. Caliban Tiresias Darklock
- Maintaining fiction. Caliban Tiresias Darklock
- Upcoming Commercial, Text-Based Games Jon Morrow
- Upcoming Commercial, Text-Based Games Bob Cochran
- [TECH] Programming languages (was: Neverwinter Nights) Bruce
- [TECH] Programming languages (was: Neverwinter Nights) John W Pierce
- Spoof implementation Eli Stevens
- BIZ: Online consoles and MUDs Peter Tyson
- BIZ: Online consoles and MUDs Neil Brown