<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 --> <!--X-Subject: [MUD-Dev] Re: WIRED: Kilers have more fun --> <!--X-From-R13: "Rnzvba Epuhoreg" <mwvevnNgrknf.arg> --> <!--X-Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 23:36:48 -0700 --> <!--X-Message-Id: 02f401bdca73$6ed75ee0$9803cfcf@Painland --> <!--X-Content-Type: text/plain --> <!--X-Head-End--> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <title>MUD-Dev message, [MUD-Dev] Re: WIRED: Kilers have more fun</title> <!-- meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" --> <link rev="made" href="mailto:zjiria#texas,net"> </head> <body background="/backgrounds/paperback.gif" bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" alink="#FF0000" vlink="#006000"> <font size="+4" color="#804040"> <strong><em>MUD-Dev<br>mailing list archive</em></strong> </font> <br> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] <br clear=all><hr> <!--X-Body-Begin--> <!--X-User-Header--> <!--X-User-Header-End--> <!--X-TopPNI--> Date: [ <a href="msg00762.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00764.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg00760.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00905.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#00763">Author</A> | <A HREF="#00763">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#00763">Thread</A> ] <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> <H1>[MUD-Dev] Re: WIRED: Kilers have more fun</H1> <HR> <!--X-Subject-Header-End--> <!--X-Head-of-Message--> <UL> <LI><em>To</em>: <<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>: "Damion Schubert" <<A HREF="mailto:zjiria#texas,net">zjiria#texas,net</A>></LI> <LI><em>Date</em>: Tue, 18 Aug 1998 01:42:55 -0500</LI> <LI><em>Reply-To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A></LI> </UL> <!--X-Head-of-Message-End--> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-Begin--> <HR> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-End--> <!--X-Body-of-Message--> <PRE> From: Matt Chatterley <matt#mpc,dyn.ml.org> >On 30-Jun-98 Richard Woolcock wrote: >> Or make shish kebabbing newbies a very messy, predictable and unrewarding >> event? I believe I mentioned my plans to remove all exp gains for killing, >> well I've still not gotten around to doing this (still trying to find a >> replacement method for exp gain - I'll have to work some more on that plot >> system). Imagine my eventual system though... you attack someone who may >> well beat you (even if they're a newbie), won't have anything of value (just >> some clothes, maybe a spare weapon or two) and will result in you loosing >> some humanity points (which in turn has other disadvantages). The result? >> Hopefully killing will only be done out of necessity or for political gain. Interesting datapoint. On Meridian 59, we experimented with punishing players for killing newbies. The end result was that player killing blew through the roof. Seems that the player killers realized that they could start a newbie character and attack a high level character. They would suffer no noticeable loss (it was a newbie character - who cares if you lose some stats?) whereas the high level character faced a quandary. Die, and lose their stuff, standing, and face, or kill the newbie, and eat the 'newbie killing' penalty. We threw a handful of checks in the way(i.e. did the newbie strike first), but the rampaging murderous newbies managed to skillfully find loopholes or ways to instigate fights. Eventually, we were forced to go back to the way it was before, in order to have a simple and predictable system. >Ah. But will simply making something unrewarding accomplish this? It'll almost >certainly slow the rate via taking out those who are soley after materialistic >gains. Not those who are after some sort of thrill from doing so. Agreed. I don't think that very many killers actually do it for the stuff they get. It's the power you hold over another player. >Talking in context of a game which is trying to reduce PK (one I play on, and >have no administrative ties to, and which will remain nameless) - all attempts >are failing. Threats of removal from the game barely had any effect (as I would >have expected), and the Player Council (not a concept with which I personally >agree, really), is struggling to create sane laws. Hindered greatly by half of >them not understanding the concepts of IN and OUT of character actions, IMHO. The single biggest improvement we made to Meridian 59 was social stigmatism. I.e. if you're a murderer, your name (which is always visible over your head) turns red. That way, any time someone saw you, they knew exactly what was up with you. In a small community (i.e. 100-200 people at a time), rednames who were not known to the community at large tended to be exterminated frequently, to the point where the stat loss made their character useless. This is not to say that we 'solved' the problem. Meridian 59 had a huge PK problem. But before the red names, it went way beyond huge and into enormous. =) --damion </PRE> <!--X-Body-of-Message-End--> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <HR> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00762.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: UBE/high: Re: FW: UBE/high: Re: W IRED: Kilers</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00764.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: UBE/high: Re: UBE/high: Re: FW: UBE/high: Re: W IRED: Kilers</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00760.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: WIRED: Kilers have more fun</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00905.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: WIRED: Kilers have more fun</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="index.html#00763"><STRONG>Date</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thread.html#00763"><STRONG>Thread</STRONG></A></LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> <!--X-BotPNI-End--> <!--X-User-Footer--> <!--X-User-Footer-End--> <ul><li>Thread context: <BLOCKQUOTE><UL> <LI><STRONG>[MUD-Dev] Re: WIRED: Kilers have more fun</STRONG>, <EM>(continued)</EM> <ul compact> <LI><strong><A NAME="00409" HREF="msg00409.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 29 Jul 1998, 00:55 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00413" HREF="msg00413.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: WIRED: Kilers have more fun</A></strong>, quzah <a href="mailto:quzah#geocities,com">quzah#geocities,com</a>, Wed 29 Jul 1998, 04:31 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00737" HREF="msg00737.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: WIRED: Kilers have more fun</A></strong>, Matt Chatterley <a href="mailto:matt#mpc,dyn.ml.org">matt#mpc,dyn.ml.org</a>, Sat 15 Aug 1998, 17:40 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00760" HREF="msg00760.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: WIRED: Kilers have more fun</A></strong>, Damion Schubert <a href="mailto:zjiria#texas,net">zjiria#texas,net</a>, Tue 18 Aug 1998, 05:11 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00763" HREF="msg00763.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: WIRED: Kilers have more fun</A></strong>, Damion Schubert <a href="mailto:zjiria#texas,net">zjiria#texas,net</a>, Tue 18 Aug 1998, 06:36 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00905" HREF="msg00905.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>, Wed 02 Sep 1998, 14:03 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00906" HREF="msg00906.html">[MUD-Dev] Equipment Fit</A></strong>, Holly Sommer <a href="mailto:hsommer#micro,ti.com">hsommer#micro,ti.com</a>, Wed 02 Sep 1998, 14:26 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00908" HREF="msg00908.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Equipment Fit</A></strong>, Hans-Henrik Staerfeldt <a href="mailto:hhs#cbs,dtu.dk">hhs#cbs,dtu.dk</a>, Wed 02 Sep 1998, 15:09 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00909" HREF="msg00909.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Equipment Fit</A></strong>, pomales <a href="mailto:pomales#caip,rutgers.edu">pomales#caip,rutgers.edu</a>, Wed 02 Sep 1998, 15:28 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> </ul> </LI> </UL></BLOCKQUOTE> </ul> <hr> <center> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] </center> <hr> </body> </html>