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<LI><em>To</em>: "'<A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A>'" <<A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Subject</em>: [MUD-Dev] Re: WIRED: Kilers have more fun </LI>
<LI><em>From</em>: "Koster, Raph" <<A HREF="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com">rkoster#origin,ea.com</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 18:40:04 -0500</LI>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Caliban Tiresias Darklock [<A HREF="mailto:caliban#darklock,com">mailto:caliban#darklock,com</A>]
> Sent: Thursday, July 23, 1998 6:10 PM
> To: mud-dev#kanga,nu
> Subject: [MUD-Dev] Re: WIRED: Kilers have more fun
> I've always wondered exactly what a reputation system does
> for the game
> other than divide your players into groups and "sides" that
> the game can
> automatically sort for the convenient reference of any and
> all sides. I
> don't see any benefit to it. What is it for? To determine NPC
> reactions? To
> determine magic item ownership? There seems to be this
> "good/evil" division
> we create in our games, and I just don't see the point.
Alignment and reputation are not necessarily equivalent at all. A
reputation system a la UO (or for that matter a la EBay auction site)
are more for the sake of players trying to identify one another's
behavior patterns quickly and easily. UO's scale has three
factors--player-reported bad deeds, which are analogous to this sort of
reputation; "karma" which is analogous to alignment, and has virtually
no effect on the game proper except a title; and "fame" which is
basically experience points. These three things go into a title players
can see.
-Raph
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00309" HREF="msg00309.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: WIRED: Kilers have more fun</A></strong>,
S. Patrick Gallaty <a href="mailto:choke#sirius,com">choke#sirius,com</a>, Wed 22 Jul 1998, 16:21 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00310" HREF="msg00310.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: WIRED: Kilers have more fun</A></strong>,
Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Wed 22 Jul 1998, 16:27 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00315" HREF="msg00315.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: WIRED: Kilers have more fun</A></strong>,
Caliban Tiresias Darklock <a href="mailto:caliban#darklock,com">caliban#darklock,com</a>, Wed 22 Jul 1998, 20:33 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00314" HREF="msg00314.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: WIRED: Kilers have more fun</A></strong>,
Spangler, Jason <a href="mailto:jspangle#origin,ea.com">jspangle#origin,ea.com</a>, Wed 22 Jul 1998, 20:16 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00324" HREF="msg00324.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: WIRED: Kilers have more fun</A></strong>,
Koster, Raph <a href="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com">rkoster#origin,ea.com</a>, Thu 23 Jul 1998, 23:44 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00331" HREF="msg00331.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: WIRED: Kilers have more fun</A></strong>,
Scatter <a href="mailto:scatter#thevortex,com">scatter#thevortex,com</a>, Fri 24 Jul 1998, 19:51 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00334" HREF="msg00334.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: WIRED: Kilers have more fun</A></strong>,
Michael.Willey <a href="mailto:Michael.Willey#abnamro,com">Michael.Willey#abnamro,com</a>, Fri 24 Jul 1998, 21:02 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00901" HREF="msg00901.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: WIRED: Kilers have more fun</A></strong>,
J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Tue 01 Sep 1998, 20:02 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00335" HREF="msg00335.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: WIRED: Kilers have more fun</A></strong>,
Koster, Raph <a href="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com">rkoster#origin,ea.com</a>, Fri 24 Jul 1998, 21:18 GMT
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