March 2003
- MMORPG/MMOG P2P design Steven J. Owens
- Dinner, Conference and BBQ J C Lawrence
- Dinner, Conference and BBQ J C Lawrence
- Wow, Jessica's working on Ac2? Chris
- Small Worlds, GDC talk Koster, Raph
- Small Worlds, GDC talk Peter Tyson
- Better Game Design through Data Mining, MDC talk David Kennerly
- MUD-Dev conference and dinner report J C Lawrence
- MUD-Dev conference and dinner report J C Lawrence
- MUD-Dev conference and dinner report Smith, David {Lynchburg}
- Fighting Lag Elia Morling
- Fighting Lag Nicolai Hansen
- Fighting Lag Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
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- Fighting Lag Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
- Fighting Lag Travis Nixon
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- Fighting Lag Vladimir Vukicevic
- Fighting Lag Jo Dillon
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- Fighting Lag Paul Schwanz
- Fighting Lag Elia Morling
- Fighting Lag Ian Macintosh
- Fighting Lag ceo
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- Fighting Lag Steven J. Owens
- Fighting Lag Amanda Walker
- A Founding Father Forgotten Scott Miller
- A Founding Father Forgotten Travis Casey
- A Founding Father Forgotten Richard Aihoshi aka Jonric
- A Founding Father Forgotten Travis Casey
- A Founding Father Forgotten Adam Dray
- A Founding Father Forgotten Travis Casey
- A Founding Father Forgotten Adam Dray
- A Founding Father Forgotten Michael Tresca
- A Founding Father Forgotten Caliban Tiresias Darklock
- A Founding Father Forgotten John Robert Arras
- A Founding Father Forgotten Michael Tresca
- A Founding Father Forgotten Matt Mihaly
- A Founding Father Forgotten Michael Chui
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- A Founding Father Forgotten Sean Kelly
- A Founding Father Forgotten Michael Tresca
- A Founding Father Forgotten Caliban Tiresias Darklock
From: "Matt Mihaly" <the_logos@achaea.com>
> I would tend to argue, in fact, that they are so different that
> it's harmful to try and apply P&P fundamentals to virtual worlds.
I'll second that. P&P games are designed for a maximum of six to
eight people, with one person constantly altering the game
parameters to keep the game fun; a key element of any serious P&P
game is to locate players that work well together and don't have
contradictory goals. (In its most basic form, Bob can't play an
ostentatiously evil wizard if Joe is going to play a classic
paladin.) In a virtual world setting, you simply can't do this.
Whether this makes P&P games "better" is rather a matter of
taste. On the one hand, the quality of most virtual worlds is
crap. On the other, the quality of most P&P groups is crap. The
major benefit of a virtual world comes in when you examine the
social aspect: when you get desperate enough to settle for a bad
game, you have to spend actual time with actual people who are
largely freaks and losers. In the P&P world, these people often know
where you live and have your phone number. Then they call you at all
hours and come over to your house and disrupt your life; not in a
vicious stalking against-the-law way, just in a clueless loser
don't-you-like-me way, so telling them to get the %#@! out of your
face is sort of like drop-kicking puppies through a window... nobody
likes you for doing it, not even you.
On a virtual world like EQ or AC, you simply don't have this
problem. When a loser follows you around on one of those systems,
you just drop carrier (oops, showing my age there) and go somewhere
else. You also don't run into the various other social difficulties
that go along with regular meetings in other people's houses, like
whether the GM's wife likes to game in the nude. (Yes, that's a real
example.) - A Founding Father Forgotten Michael Tresca
- A Founding Father Forgotten Paul Schwanz
- A Founding Father Forgotten John Robert Arras
- A Founding Father Forgotten Thomas Tomiczek
- A Founding Father Forgotten Paul Schwanz
- A Founding Father Forgotten Ryan Arthur
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- A Founding Father Forgotten David Kennerly
- A Founding Father Forgotten eck@wizards.com
- A Founding Father Forgotten Ben Hoyt
- A Founding Father Forgotten Paul Schwanz
- A Founding Father Forgotten Bad Mojo
- A Founding Father Forgotten Matt Mihaly
- MDC and talk John Robert Arras
- More on Small Worlds Koster, Raph
- More on Small Worlds Ted L. Chen
- More on Small Worlds Lee Sheldon
- More on Small Worlds Jeff Cole
- More on Small Worlds Boyle, Paul
- More on Small Worlds - Simulation of behviours in populations ceo
- BIZ: MMP subscriber numbers Daniel James
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- BIZ: MMP subscriber numbers Rudy Fink
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- Massively Multiplayer Game Development (Game Developmen t Series) Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
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