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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>
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<LI><em>From</em>: "Koster, Raph" <<A HREF="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com">rkoster#origin,ea.com</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 17:33:20 -0500</LI>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Willowreed#aol,com [<A HREF="mailto:Willowreed#aol,com">mailto:Willowreed#aol,com</A>]
> Sent: Monday, September 20, 1999 3:25 PM
> To: mud-dev#kanga,nu
> Subject: Re: [MUD-Dev] an essay on PK
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>
> In a message dated 9/20/1999 2:07:03 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> stormwind#wombatgames,com writes:
>
> > Looks like she moved them here:
> > <A HREF="http://www.lexley.freeserve.co.uk/witch/issue1/nup.htm">http://www.lexley.freeserve.co.uk/witch/issue1/nup.htm</A>
> > and here:
> > <A HREF="http://www.lexley.freeserve.co.uk/witch/issue3/mmorals.htm">http://www.lexley.freeserve.co.uk/witch/issue3/mmorals.htm</A>
> >
>
> these are quite interesting..i never thought much about the
> morality of muds
> till i read those articles..
I live and breathe this stuff. :) I fact, I was pleased to see an essay I
commissioned from a player on LegendMUD several years ago
(<A HREF="http://mud.sig.net/Lectures/essay.html">http://mud.sig.net/Lectures/essay.html</A>) as one of the citations, as "THE
essay on ethics in muds" or some such...! The psychologist Chuck Haeberle
references there is Bruno Bettelheim, btw.
> sheds some light to say the least..
Without some thinking on issues like this, it's hard to be an effective
admin. It's a good thing to frame player actions in a framework wherein they
are consistent and make sense. Because without that framework, both their
actions are yours are likely to seem arbitrary.
-Raph
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00457" HREF="msg00457.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] an essay on PK</A></strong>,
Adam Wiggins <a href="mailto:adam#angel,com">adam#angel,com</a>, Wed 22 Sep 1999, 18:07 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00466" HREF="msg00466.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] an essay on PK</A></strong>,
Matthew Mihaly <a href="mailto:diablo#best,com">diablo#best,com</a>, Wed 22 Sep 1999, 18:08 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00516" HREF="msg00516.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] an essay on PK</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00422" HREF="msg00422.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] an essay on PK</A></strong>,
Willowreed <a href="mailto:Willowreed#aol,com">Willowreed#aol,com</a>, Mon 20 Sep 1999, 22:34 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00425" HREF="msg00425.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] an essay on PK</A></strong>,
Koster, Raph <a href="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com">rkoster#origin,ea.com</a>, Mon 20 Sep 1999, 22:41 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00427" HREF="msg00427.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] an essay on PK</A></strong>,
Ilya, Game Commandos <a href="mailto:Ilya#gamecommandos,com">Ilya#gamecommandos,com</a>, Mon 20 Sep 1999, 22:51 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00445" HREF="msg00445.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] an essay on PK</A></strong>,
Richard Bartle <a href="mailto:76703.3042#compuserve,com">76703.3042#compuserve,com</a>, Tue 21 Sep 1999, 23:57 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00474" HREF="msg00474.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] an essay on PK</A></strong>,
Rhonda Alexander <a href="mailto:raalexander#home,com">raalexander#home,com</a>, Thu 23 Sep 1999, 21:05 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00478" HREF="msg00478.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] an essay on PK</A></strong>,
Matthew Mihaly <a href="mailto:diablo#best,com">diablo#best,com</a>, Fri 24 Sep 1999, 00:38 GMT
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