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<LI><em>From</em>: Caliban Tiresias Darklock <<A HREF="mailto:caliban#darklock,com">caliban#darklock,com</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Wed, 08 Sep 1999 14:30:48 -0700</LI>
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On 11:43 AM 9/8/1999 -0700, I personally witnessed Sellers, Michael jumping
up to say:
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>It might be interesting to see what proportion of PKing remained in a game
>where the players had a clear knowledge that they needed other PCs (and not
>just those in their party or guild right now), and where harming the other
>PCs did not represent the easiest path to achieving their goals.
I've been working from the standpoint of PKing present minimal potential
benefit, but an extremely high degree of risk. In other words, any given PK
is basically a way to flush a lot of your resources down the toilet with a
significant risk of being sucked in after it. Whether this will "work"
(make PK undesirable without adding blatantly artificial game constructs or
just outright policies to prevent it) remains to be seen. I intend to make
it far more lucrative to *steal* from players than to kill them...
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00283" HREF="msg00283.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] The Relationship between pkers and monster AI?</A></strong>,
Greg Miller <a href="mailto:gmiller#classic-games,com">gmiller#classic-games,com</a>, Mon 13 Sep 1999, 17:53 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00222" HREF="msg00222.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] The Relationship between pkers and monster AI?</A></strong>,
Mik Clarke <a href="mailto:mikclrk#ibm,net">mikclrk#ibm,net</a>, Wed 08 Sep 1999, 21:13 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00228" HREF="msg00228.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] The Relationship between pkers and monster AI?</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00223" HREF="msg00223.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] The Relationship between pkers and monster AI?</A></strong>,
Sellers, Michael <a href="mailto:MSellers#maxis,com">MSellers#maxis,com</a>, Wed 08 Sep 1999, 21:13 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00225" HREF="msg00225.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] The Relationship between pkers and monster AI?</A></strong>,
Caliban Tiresias Darklock <a href="mailto:caliban#darklock,com">caliban#darklock,com</a>, Wed 08 Sep 1999, 21:33 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00227" HREF="msg00227.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] The Relationship between pkers and monster AI?</A></strong>,
Tony Wilkinson <a href="mailto:tony.wilkinson#dial,pipex.com">tony.wilkinson#dial,pipex.com</a>, Wed 08 Sep 1999, 22:47 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00229" HREF="msg00229.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] The Relationship between pkers and monster AI?</A></strong>,
Matthew Mihaly <a href="mailto:diablo#best,com">diablo#best,com</a>, Thu 09 Sep 1999, 01:21 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00243" HREF="msg00243.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] The Relationship between pkers and monster AI?</A></strong>,
JT Herring <a href="mailto:sypes#vrgames,net">sypes#vrgames,net</a>, Fri 10 Sep 1999, 02:57 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00254" HREF="msg00254.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] The Relationship between pkers and monster AI?</A></strong>,
Matthew Mihaly <a href="mailto:diablo#best,com">diablo#best,com</a>, Fri 10 Sep 1999, 21:47 GMT
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