March 2002
- ADMIN: Sorry for the delays J C Lawrence
- progress quest matt hellige
- progress quest Frank Crowell
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- Synchronizing Client and Server... Vincent Archer
- Synchronizing Client and Server... Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
- Synchronizing Client and Server... Fred Clift
- Synchronizing Client and Server... Dan MacDonald
- Thank you from MudWorld ucmm@inetsolve.com
- [rpg-create] Female Gamers (fwd) J C Lawrence
- Time Theory David C.Z. Wacks
- Time Theory Marc Bowden
- Time Theory Travis Nixon
- Time Theory Marc Bowden
- Time Theory Koster, Raph
- Time Theory Freeman, Jeff
- Time Theory Eli Stevens
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- Time Theory Peter Tyson
- Time Theory Mats Lidstrom
- Time Theory Anderson, David
- Time Theory Mats Lidstrom
- Time Theory Vincent Archer
- Time Theory David Kennerly
- Time Theory Torgny Bjers
- [GameDesign] "How to tell if a game design is good or bad" (fwd) J C Lawrence
- [decentralization] time may have structure (fwd) J C Lawrence
- EQ RPG Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
- Rapture Matt Mihaly
- Re:Time Theory Talies the Wanderer
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- Re:Time Theory Leland Hulbert II
- MMORPG Comparison Elia Mörling
- More Prevalent and Effective Emotes Paul Schwanz
- More Prevalent and Effective Emotes John Buehler
- Meridian 59 re-launched! Brian 'Psychochild' Green
- MUD-Dev GDC dinner and Pseudo-META BBQ J C Lawrence
- [Meta] EQ RPG J C Lawrence
- Blacksnow revisted Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
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- [Meta] EQ RPG Brian 'Psychochild' Green
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- Re Moved: [Meta] EQ RPG szii@sziisoft.com
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- Blacksnow revisited Robert A. Rice Jr.
- [PR] Skotos Releases Hegemony Strategic Game Christopher Allen
- Skotos Seven StoryBuilder Obstacles & Openings Christopher Allen
- NEWS: mooix beta 1 released (successor to perlmoo) Joey Hess
- NEWS: mooix beta 1 released (successor to perlmoo) Fred Clift
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- Prediction (Was: Quake II has gone GPL) T o F
- Emminent Wisdom Mike Povoski
- Emminent Wisdom shannona@skotos.net
- Schubert's law of player expections John Szeder
- Re Moved: [Meta] EQ RPG Jason Booth
- Money matters Jean, Yannick (îlot)
- Money matters eric rhea
- Alternatives to Permadeath Jon Leonard
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- Alternatives to Permadeath Sasha Hart
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- Alternatives to Permadeath T o F
- User-created content ownership Edward Glowacki
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- User-created content ownership Christopher Allen
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- Black Snow Revisited Jessica Mulligan
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- Black Snow Revisited Norman Short
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- Black Snow Revisited amanda@alfar.com
- Black Snow Revisited Fred Clift
- Black Snow Revisited Norman Short
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- Black Snow Revisited Derek Licciardi
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- Black Snow Revisited Dan Merillat
- Black Snow Revisited amanda@alfar.com
- Black Snow Revisited Jeremy Noetzelman
On Mon, 8 Apr 2002 amanda@alfar.com wrote:
> I mean, in gamer terms I'm rich. Any game asset people want to
> sell on eBay, I can buy if I want it. One of the things I like
> about MMO games is that, at least in theory, this doesn't
> matter--enjoyment of the ganme is a result of the time and energy
> put into playing it, not into how much money a player spends.
> When the game ceases to be entertainment and becomes merely a
> venue for the buying and selling of collectibles with no inherent
> value, I lose the value I'm paying for as a customer.
(Note: When I say items below, I mean anything ingame that can be
ebay'd, whether gold, items, characters, etc)
You chose to spend time ingame to obtain these items. You derive
'fun' and pleasure from doing so. Someone else, who presumably
would not derive fun or pleasure from farming an item, or simply
wants to catch up quickly with his friends, or whatever his
motivation may be, buys the same item off ebay with his money.
I don't see why someone else spending money they earned (by spending
time at a job, presumably) to buy ingame items in any way shape or
form causes your identical ingame items to lose value. Unless, of
course, you view the value of said item to be dependant upon the
method it was acquired. And if that is the case, if I earn that
item ingame, and give it to my wife's character, does that cause
your instance of said item to lose value?
> Now, this is not to say that this is unique to gaming. People buy
> all sorts of stuff on eBay that they haven't earned, and try to
> impress others by trading on the work of the people who have. The
> popularity of a practice doesn't make it right, though.
Perhaps you could explain why you feel this is wrong? Seems to me
that this is just a very basic marketplace at work. You have
something I want, I have money to compensate you for it, and we
trade. How do you define 'earned'?
Jeremy - Black Snow Revisited amanda@alfar.com
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- Conference of possible interest for commercial games Rayzam
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- GDC articles Koster, Raph
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- TECH: Complex NPCs * * * * * *
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