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<H1>RE: [MUD-Dev] Admins as Mortals</H1>
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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>: "Sellers, Michael" <<A HREF="mailto:MSellers#maxis,com">MSellers#maxis,com</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 15:39:01 -0800</LI>
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Philip Loguinov wrote:
> From: Travis S. Casey <efindel#io,com>
>
> >On Tue, 15 Sep 1998, Philip Loguinov -- Draymoor wrote:
> >> Ok, lets suppose that a mud world doesn't have any gods or other divine
beings.
> >> The admins would then have to find some kind of role in the world,
which,with
> >> the lack of any immortal beings, would have to be mortal, would it not?
> >
> >Why do the admins have to have a role in the world? They can exist as
> >game-level admins without existing at the world-level, just as a paper
RPG
> >GM does.
> >
> >(It may be *useful* at times for them to be able to interact through a
> >character, but that's something else -- it certainly isn't required.)
>
> Thats part just part of my definition of what imms are. I think of imms
> (at least those that have any contact with the mortal population) as being
> gods or other divine beings. Even without total roleplaying on the part of
> the staff, anyone who wanted to interact IC with the players would have
to
> have some kind of mortal role.
>
> However, what i want to do is make it so that the staff are
> true mortals with some powerful "magical" powers.
Then make them the representatives of the unseen gods/political powers.
This gives them a link with the player characters, access to power, and much
needed "plausible deniability." If you go to the local head priest with a
request, he says, "I'll take it up with our local patron diety and get back
to you." Even if the player/admin behind the priest is the one who'll
actually be doing the work, the other player doesn't need to know this --
maybe the admin has to get agreement with a few others before making a
policy or code change, for example. That way, the players recognize the
admin-priests as having in-game power but without the foreboding sense of
them being gods, and without the responsibility-to-act-in-my-favor-right-now
that too many players assume goes along with that.
Mike Sellers
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<LI><STRONG>Re: [MUD-Dev] Admins as Mortals</STRONG>, <EM>(continued)</EM>
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00296" HREF="msg00296.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Admins as Mortals</A></strong>,
Travis S. Casey <a href="mailto:efindel#io,com">efindel#io,com</a>, Wed 17 Nov 1999, 17:20 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00302" HREF="msg00302.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Admins as Mortals</A></strong>,
Mik Clarke <a href="mailto:mikclrk#attglobal,net">mikclrk#attglobal,net</a>, Wed 17 Nov 1999, 21:24 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00300" HREF="msg00300.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Admins as Mortals</A></strong>,
Philip Loguinov -- Draymoor <a href="mailto:fibhufky#erols,com">fibhufky#erols,com</a>, Wed 17 Nov 1999, 21:24 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00315" HREF="msg00315.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Admins as Mortals</A></strong>,
Philip Loguinov -- Draymoor <a href="mailto:fibhufky#erols,com">fibhufky#erols,com</a>, Wed 17 Nov 1999, 23:17 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00322" HREF="msg00322.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] Admins as Mortals</A></strong>,
Sellers, Michael <a href="mailto:MSellers#maxis,com">MSellers#maxis,com</a>, Wed 17 Nov 1999, 23:48 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00338" HREF="msg00338.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Admins as Mortals</A></strong>,
PartyG2816 <a href="mailto:PartyG2816#aol,com">PartyG2816#aol,com</a>, Thu 18 Nov 1999, 01:33 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00270" HREF="msg00270.html">[MUD-Dev] Matrix</A></strong>,
Laurent Bossavit <a href="mailto:laurent#netdive,com">laurent#netdive,com</a>, Tue 16 Nov 1999, 21:19 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="00266" HREF="msg00266.html">[MUD-Dev] Library news</A></strong>,
J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#cp,net">claw#cp,net</a>, Tue 16 Nov 1999, 05:12 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="00259" HREF="msg00259.html">[MUD-Dev] Languages for MUD drivers</A></strong>,
Laurent Bossavit <a href="mailto:laurent#netdive,com">laurent#netdive,com</a>, Tue 16 Nov 1999, 02:37 GMT
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