May 2004

• Thief class (was: MUD-Dev Digest, Vol 11, Issue 23) Ghilardi Filippo
• Levels, classes and choice cruise
• • Levels, classes and choice Sean Howard
• R: Playing catch-up with levels Ghilardi Filippo
• R: Levels, classes and choice Ghilardi Filippo
• • R: Levels, classes and choice Byron Ellacott
• What is an RPG? [Was: Playing catch-up with levels] Sean Middleditch
• • What is an RPG? [Was: Playing catch-up with levels] Darksuit
  • • What is an RPG? [Was: Playing catch-up with levels] Sean Middleditch
• What is an RPG? Mike Rozak
• • What is an RPG? Threshold RPG
  • What is an RPG? Byron Ellacott
  • • What is an RPG? Amanda Walker
• More on levels, was What is an RPG? rick cronan
• • More on levels, was What is an RPG? Mike Rozak
  • • More on levels, was What is an RPG? rick cronan
  • More on levels, was What is an RPG? Byron Ellacott
  • • More on levels, was What is an RPG? cruise
    • • More on levels, was What is an RPG? Jeff
• Playing catch-up with levels Freeman, Jeff
• SOC ANNOUNCE: Research project into Social Interactions in MMORPG field, need help PMooney@peddie.org
• Multiplayer Game Logic System sszretter
• • Multiplayer Game Logic System Douglas Goodall
  • Multiplayer Game Logic System Mike Rozak
• [SOC] A letter: Dear MMOG Corey Crawford
• Playing catch-up with levels Sean Howard
• • Playing catch-up with levels Freeman, Jeff
• More on levels, was What is an RPG? Mike Rozak
• • More on levels, was What is an RPG? Jeff Fuller
  • • More on levels, was What is an RPG? Mike Rozak
• Reminder: Community Work Symposium - May 21 T.L. Taylor
• DESIGN: Online adventure games Mike Rozak
• • DESIGN: Online adventure games Amanda Walker
  • • DESIGN: Online adventure games Mike Rozak
    • • DESIGN: Online adventure games Alex Chacha
  • DESIGN: Online adventure games Ola Fosheim Grøstad
  • • DESIGN: Online adventure games Mike Rozak
    • • DESIGN: Online adventure games Jason Downs
      • • DESIGN: Online adventure games Mike Rozak
      • DESIGN: Online adventure games Malcolm W. Tester II
      • • DESIGN: Online adventure games J C Lawrence
        • • DESIGN: Online adventure games Malcolm W. Tester II
  • DESIGN: Online adventure games Fred Snyder
  • • DESIGN: Online adventure games Mike Rozak
    • • DESIGN: Online adventure games Fred Snyder
  • DESIGN: Online adventure games Steven King
  • • DESIGN: Online adventure games Amanda Walker
    • DESIGN: Online adventure games Mike Rozak
  • DESIGN: Online adventure games Alex Chacha
  • DESIGN: Online adventure games Mike Rozak
  • • DESIGN: Online adventure games Malcolm W. Tester II
  • DESIGN: Online adventure games Tracy Lee
  • • DESIGN: Online adventure games Mike Rozak
  • DESIGN: Online adventure games J C Lawrence
  • • DESIGN: Online adventure games Malcolm W. Tester II
• MEDIA: Puzzle Pirates wins Webby J C Lawrence
• NEWS: Online Economies Brian Thyer
• IRC Channels for Virtual Worlds Discussion Matt Wilson
• Natural Language Generation Tiago Carita
• • Natural Language Generation Eric Rhea
  • Natural Language Generation Douglas Goodall
  • • Natural Language Generation Hans-Henrik Staerfeldt
    • • Natural Language Generation mugginsm@under-the-fridge.com
      • • Natural Language Generation Michael "Flury" Chui
        • • Natural Language Generation Sean Middleditch
          • • Natural Language Generation blizzard36_2002@yahoo.com
            • • Natural Language Generation Steven King
            • Natural Language Generation Michael "Flury" Chui
• believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Michael Sellers
• • believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Robert Zubek
  • • believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Michael Sellers
  • believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Malcolm W. Tester II
  • • believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Michael Sellers
  • believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) J C Lawrence
  • • believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Michael Sellers
    • • believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) J C Lawrence
      • • believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Amanda Walker
        • believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Michael Sellers
      • believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Brian 'Psychochild' Green
      • • believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Michael Sellers
        • believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Amanda Walker
        • • believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Freeman, Jeff
        • believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Robert Zubek
        • • believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Amanda Walker
    • believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Amanda Walker
    • • believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Samantha LeCraft
      • • believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Amanda Walker
        • • believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Douglas Goodall
        • believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Hulbert, Leland
        • • believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Samantha LeCraft
          • • believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Amanda Walker
            • • believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Paolo Piselli
          • believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Matt Mihaly
          • • believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
            • • believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Amanda Walker
              • • believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
          • believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Michael Sellers
          • • believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Amanda Walker
          • believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) J C Lawrence
          • • believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Amanda Walker
        • believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Byron Ellacott
    • believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) John Buehler
    • • believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) J C Lawrence
      • • believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) John Buehler
        • believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Michael Sellers
        • believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Eli Stevens {WG.c}
        • • believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Amanda Walker
    • believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Sam Mason
    • • believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) cruise
    • believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) John Arras
• DGN: Rooms, Directions, etc. - any alternatives? Skane2004@aol.com
• • DGN: Rooms, Directions, etc. - any alternatives? Malcolm W. Tester II
  • DGN: Rooms, Directions, etc. - any alternatives? Otis Viles
  • • DGN: Rooms, Directions, etc. - any alternatives? J C Lawrence
    • • DGN: Rooms, Directions, etc. - any alternatives? Nathan Yospe
      • DGN: Rooms, Directions, etc. - any alternatives? Mark
  • DGN: Rooms, Directions, etc. - any alternatives? Sarah J. Blake
  • • DGN: Rooms, Directions, etc. - any alternatives? Kwon J. Ekstrom
  • DGN: Rooms, Directions, etc. - any alternatives? Fred Snyder
  • DGN: Rooms, Directions, etc. - any alternatives? Zach Collins {Siege}
  • DGN: Rooms, Directions, etc. - any alternatives? Sean Middleditch
  • • DGN: Rooms, Directions, etc. - any alternatives? cruise
• MEDIA: Virtual Dopers Crave High Scores J C Lawrence
• • MEDIA: Virtual Dopers Crave High Scores David Kennerly
  • • MEDIA: Virtual Dopers Crave High Scores David Heyman
• believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Matt Mihaly
• • believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Malcolm W. Tester II
• DESIGN: Crime and Punishment Matt Mihaly
• • DESIGN: Crime and Punishment J C Lawrence
  • • DESIGN: Crime and Punishment Ghilardi Filippo
• believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
• believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Freeman, Jeff
• • believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Amanda Walker
  • • believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Douglas Goodall
    • • believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Amanda Walker
  • believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) John Buehler
  • • believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Freeman, Jeff
    • • believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Amanda Walker
      • • believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Freeman, Jeff
    • believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Matt Mihaly
  • believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Michael Sellers
  • • believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Tracy Lee
    • believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Matt Mihaly
    • • believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Michael Sellers
      • believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Amanda Walker
      • • believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Matt Mihaly
        • • believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Amanda Walker
    • believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Freeman, Jeff
    • believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Mathieu Castelli
  • believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Mathieu Castelli
• China practically bans online gaming? Sulka Haro
• • China practically bans online gaming Sulka Haro
• SOCIAL MEDIA: California Law Review: The Laws of Virtual Worlds J C Lawrence
• playing the mob (was: believable NPCs) ceo
• BIZ: Ban selling of in-game items for real cash? Yumiko
• • BIZ: Ban selling of in-game items for real cash? Matt Mihaly
  • • BIZ: Ban selling of in-game items for real cash? John Buehler
    • BIZ: Ban selling of in-game items for real cash? vlad cole
      "Matt Mihaly" <matt@ironrealms.com> wrote:
      
      > It's about setting expectations. We rarely get complaints from
      > people about not being able to transfer their real-money items
      > because that was the expectation when they bought them. If players
      > ask why, I'm happy to be honest and tell them it's because I
      > believe if we allowed that practice to proliferate there'd
      > eventually be a floating supply of real-money items in the game
      > (due to player turnover, and players selling their items before
      > leaving the game permanently) and the way we pay for the operation
      > of the business would be too damaged to continue.
      
      So the assumption here is that the growth of a strong secondary
      market for items will reduce demand for primary-market offerings.
      
      Is that a valid assumption?
      
      I don't know the game at all, but might a thriving secondary market
      be an asset or feature of the game? Might a liquid secondary market
      increase demand for primary-market offerings? If the financial
      markets are any model, then liquid markets increase investor demand
      for both primary and secondary offerings.
      
      I don't buy the argument that secondary trading between players (for
      in-game or out-of-game cash) will harm your item purchase
      revenues. A liquid secondary market may actually increase your
      player base's willingness to invest in one of your items in the
      first place in much the same way that my donation to charity isn't
      completely altruistic: I expect a partial refund of my taxes in
      exchange for my gifts to charitable organizations. To put it another
      way, player demand for your items may increase if they know that
      they can sell these items when they tire of using them (or of
      playing the game).
      
      By restricting trade on your items you decrease the total utility of
      those items and therefore the demand for them.
    • • BIZ: Ban selling of in-game items for real cash? Brandon J. Van Every
      • • BIZ: Ban selling of in-game items for real cash? Matt Mihaly
      • BIZ: Ban selling of in-game items for real cash? Matt Mihaly
  • BIZ: Ban selling of in-game items for real cash? Brandon J. Van Every
  • BIZ: Ban selling of in-game items for real cash? Tess Lowe
  • BIZ: Ban selling of in-game items for real cash? Kwon J. Ekstrom
  • BIZ: Ban selling of in-game items for real cash? Tess Snider
  • • BIZ: Ban selling of in-game items for real cash? Kwon J. Ekstrom
    • • BIZ: Ban selling of in-game items for real cash? Matt Mihaly
      • • BIZ: Ban selling of in-game items for real cash? Peter Keeler
        • • BIZ: Ban selling of in-game items for real cash? Matt Mihaly
          • BIZ: Ban selling of in-game items for real cash? John Arras
        • BIZ: Ban selling of in-game items for real cash? Kwon J. Ekstrom
        • • BIZ: Ban selling of in-game items for real cash? Matt Mihaly
          • • BIZ: Ban selling of in-game items for real cash? Tess Lowe
            • • BIZ: Ban selling of in-game items for real cash? Matthew Mihaly
              • • BIZ: Ban selling of in-game items for real cash? Tess Lowe
              • BIZ: Ban selling of in-game items for real cash? Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
            • BIZ: Ban selling of in-game items for real cash? Kwon J. Ekstrom
            • BIZ: Ban selling of in-game items for real cash? Malcolm W. Tester II
            • • BIZ: Ban selling of in-game items for real cash? Matthew Mihaly
              • • BIZ: Ban selling of in-game items for real cash? Malcolm W. Tester II
                • • BIZ: Ban selling of in-game items for real cash? Eric Lamy
                  • BIZ: Ban selling of in-game items for real cash? Matt Mihaly
  • BIZ: Ban selling of in-game items for real cash? ghovs
  • • BIZ: Ban selling of in-game items for real cash? ren@aldermangroup.com