April 2002

• Black Snow Revisited holding99@mindspring.com
• • Black Snow Revisited Tammie Gorzelsky
  • • Black Snow Revisited Caliban Tiresias Darklock
    • Black Snow Revisited holding99@mindspring.com
    • • Black Snow Revisited John Buehler
      • • Black Snow Revisited holding99@mindspring.com
        • • Black Snow Revisited John Buehler
          • • Black Snow Revisited holding99@mindspring.com
        • Black Snow Revisited Marc Bowden
    • Black Snow Revisited Blane Bramble
• Black Snow Revisited Caliban Tiresias Darklock
• • Black Snow Revisited Matt Mihaly
• Anyone got anything to say about swamps? shren
• Reality check ...(long) [was Black Snow Revisited] Jeff Cole
• • Reality check ...(long) [was Black Snow Revisi ted] Koster, Raph
  • • Reality check ...(long) [was Black Snow Revisited] John Buehler
    • • Reality check ...(long) [was Black Snow Revisited] Matt Mihaly
      • • Reality check ...(long) [was Black Snow Revisited] John Buehler
        • Reality check ...(long) [was Black Snow Revisited] Sean Kelly
        • • Reality check ...(long) [was Black Snow Revisited] Matt Mihaly
      • Reality check ...(long) [was Black Snow Revisited] shren
    • Reality check ...(long) [was Black Snow Revisited] Jeff Cole
    • • Reality check ...(long) [was Black Snow Revisited] Caliban Tiresias Darklock
      • • Reality check ...(long) [was Black Snow Revisited] Ryan S. Dancey
        • • Reality check ...(long) [was Black Snow Revisited] shren
  • Reality check ...(long) [was Black Snow Revisited] Fred Clift
  • • Reality check ...(long) [was Black Snow Revisited] Jeff Cole
    • Reality check ...(long) [was Black Snow Revisited] Jeff Cole
  • Reality check ...(long) [was Black Snow Revisited] Brian Bilek
  • • Reality check ...(long) [was Black Snow Revisited] Jeff Cole
• Black Snow: The sky is falling? Robert A. Rice Jr.
• Black Snow Revisited Caliban Tiresias Darklock
• • Black Snow Revisited amanda@alfar.com
  • Black Snow Revisited Matt Mihaly
• Black Snow Revisited Fred Clift
• Everquest blamed for suicide Talies the Wanderer
• • Everquest blamed for suicide Jason Hart
• Death of a game addict Michael Tresca
• • Death of a game addict Marc Bowden
  • • Death of a game addict Matt Mihaly
  • Death of a game addict Dave Rickey
  • Death of a game addict Patricia Pizer
  • • Death of a game addict Matt Mihaly
    • • Death of a game addict Larry Dunlap
  • Death of a game addict David Kennerly
  • • Death of a game addict Brandon J. Van Every
    • Death of a game addict quzah
    • Death of a game addict Marian Griffith
    • Death of a game addict Luke Parrish
    • • Death of a game addict Jon Lambert
  • Death of a game addict John Bertoglio
  • • Death of a game addict Brandon J. Van Every
  • Death of a game addict ghovs
  • • Death of a game addict Hans-Henrik Staerfeldt
    • Death of a game addict Richard Woolcock
• Investor Perceptions if BSI wins was( Black Snow Revisited) Derek Licciardi
• Black Snow Revisited Christopher Allen
• the design process Matt Mihaly
• • the design process John Buehler
  • the design process Koster, Raph
• Contract Law. Was: Blacksnow revisted Brian Bilek
• [DGN] [NEWBIE] Suggestions on (OO) Server Design. Pure Krome
• • [DGN] [NEWBIE] Suggestions on (OO) Server Design. Sean Middleditch
  • • [DGN] [NEWBIE] Suggestions on (OO) Server Design. Kwon Ekstrom
    • • [DGN] [NEWBIE] Suggestions on (OO) Server Design. Sean Middleditch
      • • [DGN] [NEWBIE] Suggestions on (OO) Server Design. Kwon Ekstrom
        • • [DGN] [NEWBIE] Suggestions on (OO) Server Design. Sean Middleditch
          • • [DGN] [NEWBIE] Suggestions on (OO) Server Design. Kwon Ekstrom
  • [DGN] [NEWBIE] Suggestions on (OO) Server Design. Greg Munt
  • [DGN] [NEWBIE] Suggestions on (OO) Server Design. Kwon Ekstrom
  • • [DGN] [NEWBIE] Suggestions on (OO) Server Design. Greg Munt
    • • [DGN] [NEWBIE] Suggestions on (OO) Server Design. Kwon Ekstrom
• OpenCyc, design implications of ontological systems? Bruce Mitchener
• • OpenCyc, design implications of ontological systems? Robert Zubek
  • • OpenCyc, design implications of ontological systems? Miroslav Silovic
    • • OpenCyc, design implications of ontological systems? Robert Zubek
      • • OpenCyc, design implications of ontological systems? Bruce Mitchener
    • OpenCyc, design implications of ontological systems? Bruce Mitchener
    • • OpenCyc, design implications of ontological systems? Robert Zubek
      • • OpenCyc, design implications of ontological systems? Bruce Mitchener
        • • OpenCyc, design implications of ontological systems ? Robert Zubek
    • OpenCyc, design implications of ontological systems? Sean Kelly
    • • OpenCyc, design implications of ontological systems? Bruce Mitchener
      • OpenCyc, design implications of ontological systems ? Robert Zubek
  • OpenCyc, design implications of ontological systems? Bruce Mitchener
  • OpenCyc, design implications of ontological systems? Joshua Judson Rosen
  • OpenCyc, design implications of ontological systems? dmiles@users.sourceforge.net
• Methods to Foster Relationships? Nick Yee
• • Methods to Foster Relationships? Jeff Lindsey
  • • Methods to Foster Relationships? amanda@alfar.com
  • Methods to Foster Relationships? Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
  • Methods to Foster Relationships? Richard A. Bartle
  • Methods to Foster Relationships? Sara Jensen
  • Methods to Foster Relationships? Rayzam
  • Methods to Foster Relationships? apollyon .
  • • Methods to Foster Relationships? Marian Griffith
  • Methods to Foster Relationships? Peter Tyson
• [TECH] Shortest-Path William Murdick
• • [TECH] Shortest-Path Bruce Mitchener
  • [TECH] Shortest-Path Ben Greear
  • [TECH] Shortest-Path Amos Wetherbee
  • • [TECH] Shortest-Path Richard A. Bartle
    • [TECH] Shortest-Path Robert Zubek
  • [TECH] Shortest-Path Miroslav Silovic
• Another Reality Check [was Black Snow Revisited] Dr. Cat
• • Another Reality Check [was Black Snow Revisited] amanda@alfar.com
  • • Another Reality Check [was Black Snow Revisited] Matt Mihaly
    • • Another Reality Check [was Black Snow Revisited] Matt Mihaly
  • Another Reality Check [was Black Snow Revisited] Matt Mihaly
  • • Another Reality Check [was Black Snow Revisited ] Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
    • • Another Reality Check [was Black Snow Revisited ] Matt Mihaly
      • Another Reality Check [was Black Snow Revisited ] shren
• [DGN] MUD developer's motives Brandon J. Van Every
• • [DGN] MUD developer's motives Casbaria
  • • [DGN] MUD developer's motives Brandon J. Van Every
  • [DGN] MUD developer's motives Dave Rickey
  • • [DGN] MUD developer's motives Koster, Raph
    • [DGN] MUD developer's motives Brandon J. Van Every
    • • [DGN] MUD developer's motives Dave Rickey
  • [DGN] MUD developer's motives Shane Gough
  • [DGN] MUD developer's motives John Bertoglio
  • [DGN] MUD developer's motives Patricia Pizer
  • • [DGN] MUD developer's motives shren
  • [DGN] MUD developer's motives David Yazel
• Black Snow Revisited Batir
• Black Snow Revisited - Value Of Time Dave Hochstaetter
• • Black Snow Revisited - Value Of Time Brandon J. Van Every
  • • Black Snow Revisited - Value Of Time Dave Hochstaetter
• Fun in Games Paul Schwanz
• • Fun in Games Koster, Raph
  • • Fun in Games Jeff Freeman
    • • Fun in Games Koster, Raph
    • Fun in Games Paul Schwanz
  • Fun in Games Brandon J. Van Every
  • Fun in Games Jeff Freeman
  • Fun in Games John Szeder
  • • Fun in Games Brandon J. Van Every
  • Fun in Games Trickey, Rob
  • • Fun in Games Brandon J. Van Every
    • • Fun in Games Trickey, Rob
      • • Fun in Games Brandon J. Van Every
    • Fun in Games Paul Schwanz
  • Fun in Games Travis Casey
  • • Fun in Games Brandon J. Van Every
  • Fun in Games Jason Booth
  • Fun in Games Oreo Cookie
  • Fun in Games John Buehler
  • Fun in Games David Kennerly
  • • Fun in Games Paul Schwanz
    • • Fun in Games David Kennerly
      • • Fun in Games Koster, Raph
        • • Fun in Games szii@sziisoft.com
          • • Fun in Games Koster, Raph
            • • Fun in Games szii@sziisoft.com
              • • Fun in Games Koster, Raph
          • Fun in Games shren
          • • Fun in Games Talies the Wanderer
          • Fun in Games Sasha Hart
          • • Fun in Games Koster, Raph
            • • Fun in Games John Buehler
              • • Fun in Games Brandon J. Van Every
                • • Fun in Games John Buehler
                  • Fun in Games Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
                  • • Fun in Games Ron Gabbard
                • Fun in Games Koster, Raph
                • • Fun in Games Ron Gabbard
                  • Fun in Games John Buehler
                  • • Fun in Games Matt Mihaly
              • Fun in Games Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
              • • Fun in Games Brandon J. Van Every
                • • Fun in Games Sasha Hart
                  • Fun in Games shren
                  • • Fun in Games Damion Schubert
                  • Fun in Games Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
                  • • Fun in Games Jasper McChesney
                    • • Fun in Games John Buehler
                      • • Fun in Games Ron Gabbard
                        • • Fun in Games John Buehler
                          • Fun in Games Adam Dray
                          • • Fun in Games Ron Gabbard
                            • • Fun in Games Damion Schubert
                              • • Fun in Games Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
                                • Fun in Games Tess Snider
                • Fun in Games Koster, Raph
                • Fun in Games Ron Gabbard
                • • Fun in Games John Buehler
        • Fun in Games Brandon J. Van Every
  • Fun in Games David Kennerly
  • • Fun in Games Koster, Raph
    • • Fun in Games David Kennerly
• What do game companies look for? Talies the Wanderer
• Black Snow Revisited Hans-Henrik Staerfeldt
• • Black Snow Revisited holding99@mindspring.com
  • • Black Snow Revisited Hans-Henrik Staerfeldt
    • • Black Snow Revisited holding99@mindspring.com
• Thank you from MudWorld ucmm@inetsolve.com
• Re:Blacksnow revisited Norman Short
• • Re:Blacksnow revisited John Buehler
  • Re:Blacksnow revisited Paul Schwanz
  • Re:Blacksnow revisited Hans-Henrik Staerfeldt
  • Re:Blacksnow revisited Kylotan
  • • Re:Blacksnow revisited Norman Short
    • • Re:Blacksnow revisited Matt Mihaly
      • • Re:Blacksnow revisited Joe Andrieu
        • • Re:Blacksnow revisited Matt Mihaly
      • Re:Blacksnow revisited Damion Schubert
• G4 cable channel Koster, Raph
• • G4 cable channel Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
  • • G4 cable channel Koster, Raph
    • • G4 cable channel Richard Aihoshi aka Jonric
      • • G4 cable channel Valerio Santinelli
        • G4 cable channel Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
  • G4 cable channel John Bertoglio
  • • G4 cable channel Amanda Walker
• [MLP] NPC Complexity shren
• • [MLP] NPC Complexity Eli Stevens
  • • [MLP] NPC Complexity Koster, Raph
  • [MLP] NPC Complexity Peter Tyson
  • • [MLP] NPC Complexity shren
    • • [MLP] NPC Complexity Sean Kelly
      • • [MLP] NPC Complexity shren
        • • [MLP] NPC Complexity Sean Kelly
        • [MLP] NPC Complexity Kwon Ekstrom
        • • [MLP] NPC Complexity shren
          • [MLP] NPC Complexity Sean Kelly
          • • [MLP] NPC Complexity Kwon Ekstrom
            • • [MLP] NPC Complexity Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
              • • [MLP] NPC Complexity Kwon Ekstrom
• META: What do game companies look for? Eli Stevens
• Reality check ...(long) [was Black Snow Revisited] Miroslav Silovic
• Virtual Societies Dave Rickey
• DGN: The Grand List Of Console Role Playing Game Clichés Michael Tresca
• MUDs and societal transformations Brandon J. Van Every
• • MUDs and societal transformations shren
  • MUDs and societal transformations Marc Bowden
  • • MUDs and societal transformations Brandon J. Van Every
    • • MUDs and societal transformations Koster, Raph
      • • MUDs and societal transformations Brandon J. Van Every
      • MUDs and societal transformations Marc Bowden
• Reality check ... Dave Rickey
• • Reality check ... Marc Bowden
  • • Reality check ... Vincent Archer
    • • Reality check ... Jon Leonard
  • Reality check ... John Buehler
  • Reality check ... Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
  • • Reality check ... Dave Rickey
• Dilemmas in a (game) designer's life ? Marc Demesel
• • Dilemmas in a (game) designer's life ? Tamzen Cannoy
  • Dilemmas in a (game) designer's life ? Brandon J. Van Every
  • Dilemmas in a (game) designer's life ? Marc Bowden
  • Dilemmas in a (game) designer's life ? Shane Gough
  • • Dilemmas in a (game) designer's life ? Brandon J. Van Every
    • • Dilemmas in a (game) designer's life ? John Buehler
      • • Dilemmas in a (game) designer's life ? Brandon J. Van Every
        • • Dilemmas in a (game) designer's life ? John Buehler
  • Dilemmas in a (game) designer's life ? Sasha Hart
  • • Dilemmas in a (game) designer's life ? Brandon J. Van Every
    • • Dilemmas in a (game) designer's life ? Sasha Hart
    • Dilemmas in a (game) designer's life ? shren
• [Biz] Games investment Peter Tyson
• Legal enforcement mechanisms (was Re:Blacksnow revisited) Jon Leonard
• • Legal enforcement mechanisms (was Re:Blacksnow revisited) Matt Mihaly
• OT: 1 free introductory post Dan Scott
• Client platforms for rapid development of experimental worlds Ola Fosheim Grøstad
• • Client platforms for rapid development of experimental worlds John Bertoglio
  • Client platforms for rapid development of experimental worlds Zach Collins {Siege}
  • Client platforms for rapid development of experimental worlds Bruce Mitchener
  • Client platforms for rapid development of experimental worlds Bruce Mitchener
• ADMIN: Thread deaths J C Lawrence
• Player matching in MMOGs (was Blacksnow revisited) Brandon J. Van Every
• Happy healthy players (was Blacksnow revisited) Brandon J. Van Every
• • Happy healthy players (was Blacksnow revisited) Kylotan
  • • Happy healthy players (was Blacksnow revisited) Brandon J. Van Every
    • • Happy healthy players (was Blacksnow revisited) Matt Mihaly
      • Happy healthy players (was Blacksnow revisited) Kylotan
• [MLP] The use of ecology models (was: NPC Complexity) Sasha Hart
• • [MLP] The use of ecology models (was: NPC Complexity) Sean Kelly
  • • [MLP] The use of ecology models (was: NPC Complexity) shren
    • • [MLP] The use of ecology models (was: NPC Complexity) Talies the Wanderer
      • • [MLP] The use of ecology models (was: NPC Complexity) Matt Mihaly
      • [MLP] The use of ecology models (was: NPC Complexity) Sean Kelly
      • • [MLP] The use of ecology models (was: NPC Complexity) Paul Schwanz
        • • [MLP] The use of ecology models (was: NPC Complexity) Sean Kelly
        • [MLP] The use of ecology models (was: NPC Complexity) Damion Schubert
        • • [MLP] The use of ecology models (was: NPC Complexit y) Koster, Raph
          • • [MLP] The use of ecology models (was: NPC Complexity) Sean Kelly
            • [MLP] The use of ecology models (was: NPC Complexity) David Kennerly
            • [MLP] The use of ecology models (was: NPC Complexit y) Mark Eaton
            • • [MLP] The use of ecology models (was: NPC Complexit y) Freeman, Jeff
              • [MLP] The use of ecology models (was: NPC Complexit y) Damion Schubert
            • [MLP] The use of ecology models (was: NPC Complexit y) Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
    • [MLP] The use of ecology models (was: NPC Complexity) Matt Mihaly
    • • [MLP] The use of ecology models (was: NPC Complexity) Sean Kelly
      • • [MLP] The use of ecology models (was: NPC Complexity) Damion Schubert
        • [MLP] The use of ecology models (was: NPC Complexity) Matt Mihaly
• Avatars/character stables (was: Black Snow Revisited) Jon Leonard
• [TECH] [DGN] Hyper-realistic MUD David B. Held
• Progress of MUD32 Matt Owen
• Japanese wireless MUD Peter Tyson
• How much is enough? Justin Coleman
• • How much is enough? Brian Hook
  • • How much is enough? Justin Coleman
    • • How much is enough? Damion Schubert
    • How much is enough? Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
    • • How much is enough? Brandon J. Van Every
      • How much is enough? Damion Schubert
      • • How much is enough? Ron Gabbard
  • How much is enough? Sean Middleditch
  • • How much is enough? Talies the Wanderer
    • • How much is enough? Sean Middleditch
      • How much is enough? Kwon Ekstrom
      • How much is enough? David B. Held
      • • How much is enough? Ron Gabbard
        • • How much is enough? Justin Coleman
      • How much is enough? Matt Mihaly
  • How much is enough? Vincent Archer
  • • How much is enough? Matt Mihaly
  • How much is enough? Hans-Henrik Staerfeldt
  • How much is enough? Leverett, William
  • • How much is enough? Matt Mihaly
  • How much is enough? szii@sziisoft.com
  • How much is enough? Kwon Ekstrom
  • How much is enough? Matt Mihaly
  • How much is enough? Damion Schubert
  • How much is enough? Sasha Hart
• TECH: Concurrent Process Based Mud (Somewhat Long) Eric Merritt
• • TECH: Concurrent Process Based Mud (Somewhat Long) szii@sziisoft.com
  • • TECH: Concurrent Process Based Mud (Somewhat Long) Bruce Mitchener
  • TECH: Concurrent Process Based Mud (Somewhat Long) szii@sziisoft.com
  • TECH: Concurrent Process Based Mud (Somewhat Long) Bruce Mitchener
  • • TECH: Concurrent Process Based Mud (Somewhat Long) Eric Merritt
• Player Accounts on a Non-Commercial MUD Tand'a-ur
• • Player Accounts on a Non-Commercial MUD Matt Owen
  • Player Accounts on a Non-Commercial MUD Sean Middleditch
  • Player Accounts on a Non-Commercial MUD szii@sziisoft.com
  • Player Accounts on a Non-Commercial MUD Crosbie Fitch
  • Player Accounts on a Non-Commercial MUD Tand'a-ur
  • • Player Accounts on a Non-Commercial MUD John Bertoglio
    • • Player Accounts on a Non-Commercial MUD John Buehler
      • • Player Accounts on a Non-Commercial MUD Tand'a-ur
        • • Player Accounts on a Non-Commercial MUD John Buehler
        • Player Accounts on a Non-Commercial MUD John A. Bertoglio
    • Player Accounts on a Non-Commercial MUD Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
  • Player Accounts on a Non-Commercial MUD Sanvean
  • Player Accounts on a Non-Commercial MUD Crosbie Fitch
  • Player Accounts on a Non-Commercial MUD Damion Schubert
  • • Player Accounts on a Non-Commercial MUD lynx@lynx.purrsia.com
    • • Player Accounts on a Non-Commercial MUD Damion Schubert
    • Player Accounts on a Non-Commercial MUD Brian 'Psychochild' Green
    • • Player Accounts on a Non-Commercial MUD Damion Schubert
• Re:Re:Blacksnow revisited maddog@maddog.com
• Realistic Ecological Models, Differentiating Areas by Difficulty, and Socialization Ron Gabbard
• • Realistic Ecological Models, Differentiating Areas by Difficulty, and Socialization Sean Kelly
  • • Realistic Ecological Models, Differentiating Areas by Difficulty, and Socialization Damion Schubert
    • • Realistic Ecological Models, Differentiating Areas by Difficulty, and Socialization John Buehler
      • Realistic Ecological Models, Differentiating Areas by Difficulty, and Socialization David B. Held
      • Realistic Ecological Models, Differentiating Areas by Difficulty, and Socialization shren
      • • Realistic Ecological Models, Differentiating Areas by Difficulty, and Socialization Sean Kelly
  • Realistic Ecological Models, Differentiating Areas by Difficulty, and Socialization shren
  • • Realistic Ecological Models, Differentiating Areas by Difficulty, and Socialization Ron Gabbard
    • • Realistic Ecological Models, Differentiating Areas by Difficulty, and Socialization Marian Griffith
• Angry Gamer (was: Blacksnow revisited) Daniel Fischer
• Codename Blue & Facets - Nick Yee's new studies Koster, Raph
• • Codename Blue & Facets - Nick Yee's new studies Sasha Hart
  • Codename Blue & Facets - Nick Yee's new studies Koster, Raph
  • • Codename Blue & Facets - Nick Yee's new studies Madrona Tree
  • Codename Blue & Facets - Nick Yee's new studies Scott Jennings
  • Codename Blue & Facets - Nick Yee's new studies John Buehler
  • • Codename Blue & Facets - Nick Yee's new studies Dave Rickey
    • • Codename Blue & Facets - Nick Yee's new studies John Buehler
      • • Codename Blue & Facets - Nick Yee's new studies Dave Rickey
        • • Codename Blue & Facets - Nick Yee's new studies John Buehler
          • • Codename Blue & Facets - Nick Yee's new studies Dave Rickey
            • • Codename Blue & Facets - Nick Yee's new studies Rayzam
              • Codename Blue & Facets - Nick Yee's new studies John Buehler
              • Codename Blue & Facets - Nick Yee's new studies Clay
              • Codename Blue & Facets - Nick Yee's new studies Damion Schubert
              • • Codename Blue & Facets - Nick Yee's new studies Freeman, Jeff
                • • Codename Blue & Facets - Nick Yee's new studies Nick Yee
      • Codename Blue & Facets - Nick Yee's new studies Nick Yee
      • • Codename Blue & Facets - Nick Yee's new studies John Buehler
        • • Codename Blue & Facets - Nick Yee's new studies Nicholas Yee
          • • Codename Blue & Facets - Nick Yee's new studies John Buehler
            • • Codename Blue & Facets - Nick Yee's new studies Richard A. Bartle
              • • Codename Blue & Facets - Nick Yee's new studies John Buehler
                • • Codename Blue & Facets - Nick Yee's new studies Richard A. Bartle
                  • • Codename Blue & Facets - Nick Yee's new studies John Buehler
                    • Codename Blue & Facets - Nick Yee's new studies Steve {Bloo} Daniels
                    • • Codename Blue & Facets - Nick Yee's new studies Richard A. Bartle
                      • • Codename Blue & Facets - Nick Yee's new studies Steve {Bloo} Daniels
                        • • Codename Blue & Facets - Nick Yee's new studies Richard A. Bartle
                          • • Codename Blue & Facets - Nick Yee's new studies Marian Griffith
                            • • Codename Blue & Facets - Nick Yee's new studies Richard A. Bartle
                      • Codename Blue & Facets - Nick Yee's new studies Marian Griffith
  • Codename Blue & Facets - Nick Yee's new studies shren
  • Codename Blue & Facets - Nick Yee's new studies Dave Rickey
  • • Codename Blue & Facets - Nick Yee's new studies Brad McQuaid
    • Codename Blue & Facets - Nick Yee's new studies John Buehler
    • • Codename Blue & Facets - Nick Yee's new studies Dave Rickey
      • • Codename Blue & Facets - Nick Yee's new studies Matt Mihaly
        • • Codename Blue & Facets - Nick Yee's new studies Richard Woolcock
    • Codename Blue & Facets - Nick Yee's new studies Madrona Tree
    • • Codename Blue & Facets - Nick Yee's new studies Richard A. Bartle
      • • Codename Blue & Facets - Nick Yee's new studies Madrona Tree
        • • Codename Blue & Facets - Nick Yee's new studies Freeman, Jeff
  • Codename Blue & Facets - Nick Yee's new studies Richard A. Bartle
  • • Codename Blue & Facets - Nick Yee's new studies Matt Mihaly
    • • Codename Blue & Facets - Nick Yee's new studies Richard A. Bartle
• [TECH] Preloading path information William Murdick
• • [TECH] Preloading path information Kevin Mack
• [TECH] Follow-up to Shortest Path William Murdick
• Fun in Games (Long) Ron Gabbard
• • Fun in Games (Long) Brandon J. Van Every
• Games are not speech? Koster, Raph
• • Games are not speech? Jeff Cole
  • Games are not speech? Sean Kelly
  • • Games are not speech? Dave Rickey
  • Games are not speech? Ron Gabbard
  • Games are not speech? Crosbie Fitch
• How much is enough? Communication design Ron Gabbard
• • How much is enough? Communication design Miroslav Silovic
  • • How much is enough? Communication design David B. Held
    • • How much is enough? Communication design Travis Casey
      • • How much is enough? Communication design Ben Chambers
    • How much is enough? Communication design Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
    • How much is enough? Communication design Damion Schubert
    • • How much is enough? Communication design Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
      • • How much is enough? Communication design shren
        • How much is enough? Communication design John Buehler
          Daniel Harman writes:
          > From: Damion Schubert
          >> From Miroslav Silovic
          
          >>> What you just described could be easily prevented if battles are
          >>> non-reproducible. For instance:
          
          >>> - Make daytime, weather and season affect the player's combat
          >>> capability (ever tried to run in a full chainmail during
          >>> summer?)
          
          >>> - Make each monster unique and variable. Make their power vary
          >>> with tribe and group, and globally vary them between spawns
          >>> (if you have spawns).
          
          >>> - Add attributes to the player that go up and down, in
          >>> semi-long term. Ideas could be morale, mood, wakefulness,
          >>> fatigue, hunger, thirst, etc. If you make these affect the
          >>> to-hit chance and damage, well, any result of the experiment
          >>> would be pretty much useless.
          
          >> But at the same time, you've made combat so unpredictable that
          >> you risk driving people away, since they never know when
          >> everything is going to align against them, and they are going to
          >> lose whatever they lose when they die or fail combat. The lack
          >> of 'Quicksave/ Reload' really limits how far they can go.
          >> Unless, of course, they reverse engineer it anyway, which as the
          >> Dragonrealms incredibly complicated combat system has shown,
          >> players are more than capable of doing.
          
          > I completely agree. If you want to add sophistication to combat,
          > the key is adding factors that a player can factor in and
          > mitigate/take advantage of if they are smart enough to spot
          > them. Its essential that these factors aren't trivially reducible
          > (i.e. why on earth would I ever want to do x, y always works
          > better). There's actually a fair amount of discussion on all this
          > in the archive from about a year ago.
          
          I disagree with this to an extent, depending on how much you let the
          players mitigate the factors. The more they can gain control of a
          situation, the less likely they are to permit some randomo [sic]
          event to sneak into an activity. Players know exactly what order to
          'pull' monsters, how to park them all and one by one kill them all.
          This is complete control, and it's like working on an assembly line.
          Control needs to be taken away from players so that they are forced
          to deal with new situations. To me, new situations equates to
          entertainment.
          
          I do agree that the players should be able to juggle the various
          factors that go into a situation that their character is in. I'm
          not a big believer in player skill contributing to getting ahead in
          some rat race, but I am a believer in having the player decisions
          control what style of entertainment they encounter. Choosing the
          mountain pass versus the forest poses distinct challenges. High
          quality items and fewer of them versus lower quality items and more
          of them offers access to different markets. And so on.
          
          On the topic of adding factors that restrict character
          effectiveness, I want nothing to do with factors that restrict my
          ability to encounter the fun that I'm after. I don't want my
          character to be fatigued, hungry or thirsty unless those things add
          to the entertainment value of the game. To me, opposition in the
          pursuit of an achievement isn't entertaining to me. I know that
          many gamers consider the challenge entertaining, and I'm simply
          offering a counterpoint.
          
          My three dollars' worth.
          
          JB
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