April 2009

• Text based MUD's - State of the art (if any) Tiago
• • Text based MUD's - State of the art (if any) Siege)
  • Text based MUD's - State of the art (if any) Jacob Cord
  • • Text based MUD's - State of the art (if any) Jeffrey Kesselman
  • Text based MUD's - State of the art (if any) John A. Bertoglio
  • Text based MUD's - State of the art (if any) Galleus, the Sky Sovereign
  • Text based MUD's - State of the art (if any) Nabil Maynard
  • Text based MUD's - State of the art (if any) Fred Bauder
  • Text based MUD's - State of the art (if any) Aurel
  • • Text based MUD's - State of the art (if any) Tiago
  • Text based MUD's - State of the art (if any) matthew.owen@barclays.com
  • • Text based MUD's - State of the art (if any) Siege)
    • Text based MUD's - State of the art (if any) Tiago
    • • Text based MUD's - State of the art (if any) Davion Kalhen
• [DESIGN] OnLive might make MMOs much easier Matt Cruikshank
• • [DESIGN] OnLive might make MMOs much easier Jeffrey Kesselman
  • [DESIGN] OnLive might make MMOs much easier Jeffrey Kesselman
  • [DESIGN] OnLive might make MMOs much easier Richard Boehme
  • • [DESIGN] OnLive might make MMOs much easier Matt Cruikshank
      Dear Richard Boehme, we're kind of mixing terms here.
      
      > I think in this case it's a typical server-client model, with the
      > client not being trusted at all.
      
      In an MMO, picture the Server as being a computer controlled by the
      MMO company, and the Client is software installed on the end-user's
      computer.
      
      In the OnLive scenario, the Server is where the software is installed,
      and the Client is simply a video display and input device - no game
      logic, no game data, nothing.
      
      So, what I'm saying is that if the MMO Client - the game data, the
      game logic - can be installed on the OnLive Server, then it becomes
      trusted. It's physically inaccessible to the end-user, the end-user
      can't inject any snooping between the MMO Client and the MMO Server,
      so the MMO Server can send whatever information to the MMO Client that
      it wants to, and the MMO Server can trust all of the information
      coming out of the MMO Client. (Other than making sure the user isn't
      somehow typing a thousand keys a minute, or something.)
      
      I believe that OnLive has *no incentive* to cheat the MMO developer.
      They could lose the rights to EVERY game they want to run. As long as
      you're doing basic input validation on what the OnLive service tells
      you the user is typing, I really don't see any way for the end-user to
      cheat the system.
      
      -Matt Cruikshank
    • • [DESIGN] OnLive might make MMOs much easier Richard Boehme
      • • [DESIGN] OnLive might make MMOs much easier Jeffrey Kesselman
        • • [DESIGN] OnLive might make MMOs much easier Jeffrey Kesselman
          • • [DESIGN] OnLive might make MMOs much easier Jeffrey Kesselman
          • [DESIGN] OnLive might make MMOs much easier Matt Cruikshank
          • • [DESIGN] OnLive might make MMOs much easier Jeffrey Kesselman
            • • [DESIGN] OnLive might make MMOs much easier Jeffrey Kesselman
              • [DESIGN] OnLive might make MMOs much easier Matt Cruikshank
              • • [DESIGN] OnLive might make MMOs much easier John Buehler
                • [DESIGN] OnLive might make MMOs much easier Richard Boehme
                • • [DESIGN] OnLive might make MMOs much easier Jeffrey Kesselman
              • [DESIGN] OnLive might make MMOs much easier Matt Cruikshank
              • • [DESIGN] OnLive might make MMOs much easier Siege)
  • [DESIGN] OnLive might make MMOs much easier R. Scott Kennan
  • • [DESIGN] OnLive might make MMOs much easier R. Scott Kennan
    • [DESIGN] OnLive might make MMOs much easier Jeffrey Kesselman
  • [DESIGN] OnLive might make MMOs much easier John Buehler
  • • [DESIGN] OnLive might make MMOs much easier Jeffrey Kesselman
    • [DESIGN] OnLive might make MMOs much easier Matt Cruikshank