Ryan Palacio wrote:
>Now for those still dwelling on design "flaws" that magnify
the problem,
>let me state that they only _magnify_ the underlying issues which are a >mere matter of psychology and "human nature". Although design IN-GAME can >curb this type of negative behavior, or at least help alleviate some of the >symptoms, the problem still exists and the only way to effectively stomp it >out is to remove the facilitator/middleman. Not intending this as a flame, so please don't take it that way, but do you
honestly look at sales on Ebay as a "root problem" rather than a
symptom of certain design decisions? I mean, to a point, wherever people
percieve value, money will become involved, and I'm not sure there's anything
you can really do about that. Sorry if this seems off-topic for the list, but real-life sales of virtual "property" is something that interests me, especially thinking about ways to harness and benefit from something that's going to happen anyway. :) Travis |
- RE: [MUD-Dev] Sony to ban sale of online characters from its popular gaming sites, (continued)
- RE: [MUD-Dev] Sony to ban sale of online characters from its popular gaming sites, Sellers, Michael MSellers@maxis.com, Wed 12 Apr 2000, 01:09 GMT
- Re: [MUD-Dev] Sony to ban sale of online characters from its popu lar gaming sites, maddog maddog@best.com, Wed 12 Apr 2000, 04:03 GMT
- Re: [MUD-Dev] Sony to ban sale of online characters from its popular gaming sites, Matthew Mihaly the_logos@achaea.com, Wed 12 Apr 2000, 07:07 GMT
- Re: [MUD-Dev] Sony to ban sale of online characters from its popular gaming sites, Ryan Palacio rpalacio@verant.com, Wed 12 Apr 2000, 04:05 GMT
- Re: [MUD-Dev] Sony to ban sale of online characters from its popular gaming sites, Travis Nixon tnixon@avalanchesoftware.com, Wed 12 Apr 2000, 04:03 GMT
- Re: [MUD-Dev] Sony to ban sale of online characters from its popular gaming sites, Ryan Palacio rpalacio@verant.com, Fri 14 Apr 2000, 02:51 GMT
- [MUD-Dev] DGD Description, Christopher Allen ChristopherA@Skotos.net, Tue 11 Apr 2000, 21:26 GMT
- [MUD-Dev] Sony to ban sale of online characters from its popular gamingsites, F. Randall Farmer randy@communities.com, Tue 11 Apr 2000, 18:46 GMT
- RE: [MUD-Dev] Sony to ban sale of online characters from its popular gamingsites, Zak Jarvis zak@voidmonster.com, Tue 11 Apr 2000, 21:26 GMT