<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 --> <!--X-Subject: RE: [MUD-Dev] The Best Guy on the Mud Thing --> <!--X-From-R13: "Ybfgre, Dncu" <exbfgreNbevtva.rn.pbz> --> <!--X-Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 07:44:53 -0700 --> <!--X-Message-Id: 11A17AA2B9EAD111BCEA00A0C9B4179303D6DB6A#molach,origin.ea.com --> <!--X-Content-Type: text/plain --> <!--X-Head-End--> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <title>MUD-Dev message, RE: [MUD-Dev] The Best Guy on the Mud Thing</title> <!-- meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" --> <link rev="made" href="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com"> </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="msg00330.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00332.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg00355.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00337.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#00331">Author</A> | <A HREF="#00331">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#00331">Thread</A> ] <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> <H1>RE: [MUD-Dev] The Best Guy on the Mud Thing</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>'" <<A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A>></LI> <LI><em>Subject</em>: RE: [MUD-Dev] The Best Guy on the Mud Thing </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, 16 Sep 1999 09:36:13 -0500</LI> <LI><em>Reply-To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A></LI> <LI><em>Sender</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev-admin#kanga,nu">mud-dev-admin#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> > -----Original Message----- > From: J C Lawrence [<A HREF="mailto:claw#varesearch,com">mailto:claw#varesearch,com</A>] > Sent: Thursday, September 16, 1999 1:10 AM > To: mud-dev#kanga,nu > Subject: Re: [MUD-Dev] The Best Guy on the Mud Thing > > There's a base player perception principle underlieing this: > > Players expect, even demand, that the game will always reward them > for their time investments, and doesn't remove those awards once > gained. > > This is directly parallel to UOL's fishermen who where incensed when > they found out that they could fish all day and not be able to sell > their caught fish for much more than peanuts. (Raph, don't you have > a law here?) Of course: start quote---> Players have higher expectations of the virtual world The expectations are higher than of similar actions in the real world. For example: players will expect all labor to result in profit; they will expect life to be fair; they will expect to be protected from aggression before the fact, and not just to seek redress after the fact; they will expect problems to be resolved quickly; they will expect that their integrity will be assumed to be beyond reproach; in other words, they will expect too much, and you will not be able to supply it all. The trick is to manage the expectations. <--- end quote -Raph _______________________________________________ MUD-Dev maillist - MUD-Dev#kanga,nu <A HREF="http://www.kanga.nu/lists/listinfo/mud-dev">http://www.kanga.nu/lists/listinfo/mud-dev</A> </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="msg00330.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] An Introduction</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00332.html">[MUD-Dev] Attracting players</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00355.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] The Best Guy on the Mud Thing</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00337.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] The Best Guy on the Mud Thing</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="index.html#00331"><STRONG>Date</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thread.html#00331"><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>Re: [MUD-Dev] The Best Guy on the Mud Thing</STRONG>, <EM>(continued)</EM> <ul compact> <ul compact> <ul compact> <LI><strong><A NAME="00389" HREF="msg00389.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] The Best Guy on the Mud Thing</A></strong>, Adam Wiggins <a href="mailto:adam#angel,com">adam#angel,com</a>, Fri 17 Sep 1999, 23:22 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00501" HREF="msg00501.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] The Best Guy on the Mud Thing</A></strong>, Chris Turner <a href="mailto:christ#rd,bbc.co.uk">christ#rd,bbc.co.uk</a>, Mon 27 Sep 1999, 16:57 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </ul> </ul> <LI><strong><A NAME="00324" HREF="msg00324.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] The Best Guy on the Mud Thing</A></strong>, Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Thu 16 Sep 1999, 03:14 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00355" HREF="msg00355.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] The Best Guy on the Mud Thing</A></strong>, Travis S. Casey <a href="mailto:efindel#io,com">efindel#io,com</a>, Fri 17 Sep 1999, 17:46 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00331" HREF="msg00331.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] The Best Guy on the Mud Thing</A></strong>, Koster, Raph <a href="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com">rkoster#origin,ea.com</a>, Thu 16 Sep 1999, 14:44 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00337" HREF="msg00337.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] The Best Guy on the Mud Thing</A></strong>, Koster, Raph <a href="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com">rkoster#origin,ea.com</a>, Thu 16 Sep 1999, 23:22 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00348" HREF="msg00348.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] The Best Guy on the Mud Thing</A></strong>, Adam Wiggins <a href="mailto:adam#angel,com">adam#angel,com</a>, Fri 17 Sep 1999, 02:10 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00366" HREF="msg00366.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] The Best Guy on the Mud Thing</A></strong>, Wes Connell <a href="mailto:wconnell#adhesive,com">wconnell#adhesive,com</a>, Fri 17 Sep 1999, 17:48 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00370" HREF="msg00370.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] The Best Guy on the Mud Thing</A></strong>, Travis S. Casey <a href="mailto:efindel#io,com">efindel#io,com</a>, Fri 17 Sep 1999, 21:20 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>