<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 --> <!--X-Subject: Re: [MUD-Dev] Fair/Unfair? Scenarios (fwd) --> <!--X-From-R13: [nggurj [vunyl <qvnoybNorfg.pbz> --> <!--X-Date: Wed, 08 Dec 1999 13:43:11 -0800 --> <!--X-Message-Id: Pine.BSF.4.21.9912081335550.3435-100000#shell9,ba.best.com --> <!--X-Content-Type: text/plain --> <!--X-Reference: 384EB463.D0D7F536#attglobal,net --> <!--X-Head-End--> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <title>MUD-Dev message, Re: [MUD-Dev] Fair/Unfair? Scenarios (fwd)</title> <!-- meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" --> <link rev="made" href="mailto:diablo#best,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="msg00547.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00551.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg00547.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00538.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#00550">Author</A> | <A HREF="#00550">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#00550">Thread</A> ] <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> <H1>Re: [MUD-Dev] Fair/Unfair? Scenarios (fwd)</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></LI> <LI><em>Subject</em>: Re: [MUD-Dev] Fair/Unfair? Scenarios (fwd)</LI> <LI><em>From</em>: Matthew Mihaly <<A HREF="mailto:diablo#best,com">diablo#best,com</A>></LI> <LI><em>Date</em>: Wed, 8 Dec 1999 13:39:31 -0800 (PST)</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> On Wed, 8 Dec 1999, Mik Clarke wrote: > > > Matthew Mihaly wrote: > > > > I don't feel that a play has much to do with the overall experience of an > > MMORPG. A play is a singular experience with a beginning and a definite > > end. There's no such thing as the centerpiece of a player's story in a > > MMORPG because it's not just a sequence of rigidly defined experiences, > > like a play or most videogames are. > > Think of their whole life as a play made up of lots and lots of short, > more or less interconnected scenes. Like chapters in a book or scenes > in a road movie. There is a story there - the story of A Player and > it interacts with the stories of all of the other players. Can a mud > survive without giving each player a chance to create their own fairly > rewarding story? My point was that a player's life is a whole, not a series of disparate rigidly-defined sequences. While in a play there can be a single defining central centerpierce, no such thing happens in any sufficiently rich mud. --matt _______________________________________________ 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--> <UL><LI><STRONG>References</STRONG>: <UL> <LI><STRONG><A NAME="00547" HREF="msg00547.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Fair/Unfair? Scenarios (fwd)</A></STRONG> <UL><LI><EM>From:</EM> Mik Clarke <mikclrk#attglobal,net></LI></UL></LI> </UL></LI></UL> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00547.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Fair/Unfair? Scenarios (fwd)</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00551.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Fair/Unfair? 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Scenarios (fwd)</A></strong>, Sellers, Michael <a href="mailto:MSellers#maxis,com">MSellers#maxis,com</a>, Tue 07 Dec 1999, 00:15 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00534" HREF="msg00534.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] Fair/Unfair? Scenarios (fwd)</A></strong>, Matthew Mihaly <a href="mailto:diablo#best,com">diablo#best,com</a>, Tue 07 Dec 1999, 01:29 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00547" HREF="msg00547.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Fair/Unfair? Scenarios (fwd)</A></strong>, Mik Clarke <a href="mailto:mikclrk#attglobal,net">mikclrk#attglobal,net</a>, Wed 08 Dec 1999, 21:22 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00550" HREF="msg00550.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Fair/Unfair? Scenarios (fwd)</A></strong>, Matthew Mihaly <a href="mailto:diablo#best,com">diablo#best,com</a>, Wed 08 Dec 1999, 21:43 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00538" HREF="msg00538.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] Fair/Unfair? Scenarios (fwd)</A></strong>, Dan Shiovitz <a href="mailto:dans#drizzle,com">dans#drizzle,com</a>, Tue 07 Dec 1999, 15:44 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00542" HREF="msg00542.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] Fair/Unfair? Scenarios (fwd)</A></strong>, Joe Andrieu <a href="mailto:joe#andrieu,net">joe#andrieu,net</a>, Tue 07 Dec 1999, 23:10 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00535" HREF="msg00535.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] Fair/Unfair? Scenarios (fwd)</A></strong>, Sellers, Michael <a href="mailto:MSellers#maxis,com">MSellers#maxis,com</a>, Tue 07 Dec 1999, 02:27 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00536" HREF="msg00536.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] Fair/Unfair? Scenarios (fwd)</A></strong>, Matthew Mihaly <a href="mailto:diablo#best,com">diablo#best,com</a>, Tue 07 Dec 1999, 05:01 GMT </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>