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Re: [MUD-Dev] banning the sale of items
On Sun, 16 Apr 2000, Par Winzell wrote:
> Matthew Mihaly writes:
> > On Sun, 16 Apr 2000, Par Winzell wrote:
> >
> > > But "ethical schmethical" is too dismissive. :-)
> >
> > I disagree. My statement was intended to convey the idea that ethics
> > should be _utterly_ irrelevant as far as an end goal in how you design a
> > game, when doing it for a publically traded company. Publically traded
> > companies have a mandate to create shareholder value, and any other goal
> > (such as creating an 'ethical' game) is negligent management.
>
> And my post was intended to convey the idea that "ethical" does _not_
> necessarily mean running your company less efficiently just so you can
> satisfy some vague bumper-sticker notion -- "ethical" can be a nugget
> of common sense that you can use to create a better game, thus better
> shareholder value!
At the risk of a low-signal post, I'll just say that I agree.
--matt
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- Thread context:
- RE: [MUD-Dev] banning the sale of items, (continued)
- Re: [MUD-Dev] banning the sale of items,
Par Winzell zell#alyx,com, Sun 16 Apr 2000, 22:29 GMT
- Re: [MUD-Dev] banning the sale of items,
Matthew Mihaly the_logos#achaea,com, Mon 17 Apr 2000, 03:21 GMT
- Re: [MUD-Dev] banning the sale of items,
Par Winzell zell#alyx,com, Mon 17 Apr 2000, 04:51 GMT
- Re: [MUD-Dev] banning the sale of items,
J C Lawrence claw#kanga,nu, Mon 17 Apr 2000, 05:11 GMT
- RE: [MUD-Dev] banning the sale of items,
Raph Koster rkoster#austin,rr.com, Mon 17 Apr 2000, 06:42 GMT
- RE: [MUD-Dev] banning the sale of items,
Geoffrey A. MacDougall geoffrey#poptronik,com, Wed 12 Apr 2000, 04:36 GMT
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