June 2007

• [META] Develop conference Adam Martin
• [DESIGN] Non level appropriate content (Was: Food in MMOs) Michael Hartman
• • [DESIGN] Non level appropriate content (Was: Food in MMOs) Morris Cox
  • • [DESIGN] Non level appropriate content (Was: Food in MMOs) Dana V. Baldwin
• [ANNOUNCE/DESIGN] "NPCs are the game" gameplay Mike Rozak
• [DESIGN] "The Next Big Thing" (Was: Who to design for?) Abalieno
• • [DESIGN] "The Next Big Thing" (Was: Who to design for?) Mike Sellers
  • • [DESIGN] "The Next Big Thing" (Was: Who to design for?) Abalieno
• [DESIGN] "The Next Big Thing" (Was: Who to design for?) Sean Howard
• [REPOST] Griefing Nicholas Koranda
• • [REPOST] Griefing Adam Martin
  • [REPOST] Griefing John Buehler
  • • [REPOST] Griefing Jeffrey Kesselman
    • • [REPOST] Griefing John Buehler
    • [REPOST] Griefing llocr@btinternet.com
    • • [REPOST] Griefing John Buehler
      • • [REPOST] Griefing Dana V. Baldwin
        • • [REPOST] Griefing John Buehler
  • [REPOST] Griefing Jeffrey Kesselman
    On 6/25/07, Nicholas Koranda <nkk@eml.cc> wrote:
    >. (i.e. A player says a griefer has camped him. The game could
    > check to see if there was ever a PVP encounter with them at all and who
    > won to decide if that is valid.) Naturally, such a system would not be
    > perfect but it could weed out some of the wrongful griefing claims.
    
    Okay, a few problems from soneone who's been there on the admin side
    of this sort of thing.
    
    (1) Character repercussions are of limited value. Griefers just
    create new characters.
    (2) Account repercussions are of limited value. Griefers just create
    new accounts.
    (3) Credit card blocking is of no value. Griefers get (or steal) new numbers.
    (4) IP blocking is of no value. Most ISPs use DHCP and its easy to switch ISPs.
    
    The fundamental problem is that there is no *player* accountability.
    And until someone comes up with a (cost effective) way to positively
    identify players such that you can actually block a player, that will
    continue to be the case.
    
    There is a reason this oldest problem continues to be a problem and
    thats because none of the easy or obvious solutions work... they've
    all been tried, trust me.
    
    And unless you solve the above and have a "no-tolerance" rule, hidden
    checks don't work either. Griefers figure them out through
    experimentation amazingly quickly.
    
    .
  • • [REPOST] Griefing Ian Hess
    • • [REPOST] Griefing Jeffrey Kesselman
      • • [REPOST] Griefing Dana V. Baldwin
        • • [REPOST] Griefing Jeffrey Kesselman
          • • [REPOST] Griefing Michael Hartman
            • • [REPOST] Griefing jeffpk@gmail.com
  • [REPOST] Griefing cruise
• [DESIGN] [REPOST] MMO a temporary phenomenon? John Buehler
• • [DESIGN] [REPOST] MMO a temporary phenomenon? Tess Snider
  • • [DESIGN] [REPOST] MMO a temporary phenomenon? John Buehler
    • [DESIGN] [REPOST] MMO a temporary phenomenon? Dana V. Baldwin
• [DESIGN] [REPOST] Personal NPCs Mike Rozak
• • [DESIGN] [REPOST] Personal NPCs cruise
• [DESIGN] Psychology of skill in MMORPG's cruise
• • [DESIGN] Psychology of skill in MMORPG's Aurel Mihai
  • • [DESIGN] Psychology of skill in MMORPG's Michael Chui