January 2007

• The Great Mud Survey Michael Hartman
• • The Great Mud Survey John Buehler
• Community Play (Was: The Great Mud Survey) Dana V. Baldwin
  John Buehler wrote:
  > I believe that 'casual raids' exist in a rather informal way in WoW. There
  > are large camps of monsters that many singles or small groups will converge
  > on. They will semi-cooperate to break into the camp and work the quests
  > there. Brief alliances will form and dissolve according to the schedule and
  > interests of the various players. I found it a very enjoyable aspect to
  > gameplay.
  >
  >
  I recall Asheron's Call doing this very well with large encounters such
  as the lugian fort. There were many fast spawning mobs of high level in
  various choke points with content between. Players had no need to group
  to enjoy the content as experience was based on the damage you did. It
  was one of the most fun "raid" type of environments because of the
  informality they had designed into the system by not needing to group
  and instead being able to contribute what you could to an encounter. I
  continue to be a huge fan of this design metaphor as it largely removes
  the idea of kill stealing and reinforces community play with groups
  being more of a friends tool and not the decisive success tool.
• • Community Play (Was: The Great Mud Survey) cruise
• [DESIGN] Interactive fiction equation Mike Rozak
• • [DESIGN] Interactive fiction equation Johnicholas Hines
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• The Great Mud Survey John Arras
• [Design] Personal virtual worlds Mike Rozak
• • [Design] Personal virtual worlds cruise
  • • [Design] Personal virtual worlds John Buehler
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    • [Design] Personal virtual worlds Tess Snider
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