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<LI><em>From</em>: Matthew Mihaly <<A HREF="mailto:diablo#best,com">diablo#best,com</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 14:50:26 -0700 (PDT)</LI>
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On Fri, 10 Sep 1999, Solmyr of the Azure Star wrote:
> "Sellers, Michael" wrote:
> >
> > So the question becomes, how can you acknowledge pkilling and include it as
> > *one* component of the game without having it choke out everything else? My
> > answer thus far has been to make sure that pkilling is not the fastest, most
> > attractive method for a player to achieve their goal; make sure it carries
> > relevant, meaningful risks and costs; and make sure that players can compete
> > with each other in other (often less lethal) ways. I'm interested in what
> > answers others come up with too -- beyond just "hey, it's a violent game."
> >
> Personally, I like the way pkilling is handled on Threshold. In it,
> pkilling is technically allowed (except killing of newbies/lowbies which
> is forbidden), but doing so is in most cases considered murder and if
> caught, the killer will be prosecuted by the game's in-character justice
> system, with various possible penalties.
My problem with that is that generally there is no way to one-up the
justice system. Fantasy muds generally take as their model some sort very
fictionalized medieval or classical setting. In these time periods, there
was never any sort of over-arching justice system that was particularly
effective. It was easy to get away with murder, etc. I guess I don't see
why a justice system would be at all effective in the wilderness where
there are no witnesses, for instance.
--matt
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00289" HREF="msg00289.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] The Relationship between pkers and monster AI?</A></strong>,
Dundee <a href="mailto:SkeptAck#antisocial,com">SkeptAck#antisocial,com</a>, Mon 13 Sep 1999, 22:21 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00453" HREF="msg00453.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] The Relationship between pkers and monster AI?</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00236" HREF="msg00236.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] The Relationship between pkers and monster AI?</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00247" HREF="msg00247.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] The Relationship between pkers and monster AI?</A></strong>,
Solmyr of the Azure Star <a href="mailto:solmyr#kolumbus,fi">solmyr#kolumbus,fi</a>, Fri 10 Sep 1999, 17:21 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00255" HREF="msg00255.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, 22:09 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00264" HREF="msg00264.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>, Sat 11 Sep 1999, 00:34 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00272" HREF="msg00272.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] The Relationship between pkers and monster AI?</A></strong>,
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