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<LI><em>From</em>: "Lovecraft" &lt;<A HREF="mailto:dave#darkages,com">dave#darkages,com</A>&gt;</LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Wed, 2 Feb 2000 23:37:33 -0800</LI>
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Jon A. Lambert wrote:
&gt; In particular...
&gt; Quoted from    <A  HREF="http://www1.darkages.com/support/index.html">http://www1.darkages.com/support/index.html</A>
&gt; "Harass, threaten or embarrass another Player in the Dark Ages or to cause
&gt; distress, unwanted attention or discomfort of such Player, or any other
person &gt; or entity. Nexon does not condone harassment in any form and may
suspend
&gt; or terminate the account of any Player who harasses others."

&gt; Is this handled by you or player guards and demagogues?  Or is this
&gt; considered out-of-game conduct?

I do.  However, I'm never directly present _as an admin character_.  I have
no time.  I am about 2/3rds of Dark Ages development/operations staff.  A
player present will inform me.  Usually guards or legislators do this.  I
immediately investigate and decide.

Often times players solve it themselves.  A guard may punish or may educate.

The division of labor:
    1. Terms of Service Agreement: Nexon handles.  That is, I do.
    2. In-game laws.  Players handle it.  For example, there are
role-playing laws by the players.  I actually don't agree with some of the
laws.  As long as the laws or law-enforcers are not hurting the community,
the players control politics.  My previous messages show details.

Players decide to what degree to carry the law.  Role-playing laws are
generally considered a special form of harassment, because it annoys some
members of the community.  If nobody present is annoyed, then there's no
need to enforce it.  A law enforcer could be more demanding, but I wouldn't
want it.  Entertainment is more important than lawyering.  Authoritarianism
kills fun for the common man.

Dave Kennerly
Game Director
www.darkages.com




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<LI><strong><A NAME="00262" HREF="msg00262.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] Community Relations</A></strong>, 
Koster, Raph <a href="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com">rkoster#origin,ea.com</a>, Thu 03 Feb 2000, 04:03 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00260" HREF="msg00260.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Community Relations</A></strong>, 
Lovecraft <a href="mailto:dave#darkages,com">dave#darkages,com</a>, Thu 03 Feb 2000, 04:03 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00263" HREF="msg00263.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Community Relations</A></strong>, 
Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Thu 03 Feb 2000, 05:07 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00264" HREF="msg00264.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Community Relations</A></strong>, 
Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Thu 03 Feb 2000, 05:30 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00265" HREF="msg00265.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Community Relations</A></strong>, 
Lovecraft <a href="mailto:dave#darkages,com">dave#darkages,com</a>, Thu 03 Feb 2000, 07:43 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00266" HREF="msg00266.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] Community Relations</A></strong>, 
Geoffrey A. MacDougall <a href="mailto:geoffrey#poptronik,com">geoffrey#poptronik,com</a>, Thu 03 Feb 2000, 17:18 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00267" HREF="msg00267.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] Community Relations</A></strong>, 
Matthew Mihaly <a href="mailto:diablo#best,com">diablo#best,com</a>, Thu 03 Feb 2000, 20:58 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00280" HREF="msg00280.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Community Relations</A></strong>, 
Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Tue 08 Feb 2000, 19:07 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00085" HREF="msg00085.html">[MUD-Dev] Question about multithreaded servers</A></strong>, 
Fabian Lemke <a href="mailto:lemkef#execpc,com">lemkef#execpc,com</a>, Fri 14 Jan 2000, 18:38 GMT
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