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<LI><em>Subject</em>: Re: [MUD-Dev] characters per account</LI>
<LI><em>From</em>: "F. Randall Farmer" <<A HREF="mailto:randy#communities,com">randy#communities,com</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Mon, 03 Apr 2000 09:33:08 -0700</LI>
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>Lord British:
"Interesting!... I believe the internet and especially the [anonymity] it
provides people, has been a social negative. In fact in the new game "X"
I intend to give people 1 and only 1 character at a time, thus they will
not want their 1 real identity to get a bad [rap]. No running off and
switching to another character. I feel the internet at large has this
same social misconduct issue. Technology will ultimately catch up
however, and I feel in the long run it will be a positive force."
>
F. Randall Farmer: (going out on a limb...)
This "goal" of one account/person is not possible. This is the same
sort of hubris that went into the Original UO design decision
for "realism" at the expense of playabilty: No Instant Messaging
between players. I remember the first days of UO: "Oh! You're
new! You can't find me here unless you download ICQ at
www.miribilis.com, here's my UIN and the UINs of guild members..."
MM Games need to _embrace_ the nature of the net and incorporate
its features/warts into their game designs from the beginning. To
do anything else is to invite avoidable abuse/failure of a system.
No amount of optimistic thinking will make some perceived
"problem" of the net go away:
There is no way to know who is sitting at the keyboard. Period.
Give it up, LB... Again!
:: Sigh ::
Randy
F. Randall Farmer "Home pages are passe', everybody's
Communities.com building a palace" - Time Magazine
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00040" HREF="msg00040.html">[MUD-Dev] Neverwinter Nights</A></strong>,
Jeff Freeman <a href="mailto:SkeptAck#antisocial,com">SkeptAck#antisocial,com</a>, Tue 04 Apr 2000, 19:47 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="00039" HREF="msg00039.html">[MUD-Dev] Morality and Values Based Role Play in MMORPGs.</A></strong>,
Paul Schwanz - Enterprise Services <a href="mailto:Paul.Schwanz#east,sun.com">Paul.Schwanz#east,sun.com</a>, Tue 04 Apr 2000, 19:47 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="00032" HREF="msg00032.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] Gamasutra: Online Justice Systems</A></strong>,
Koster, Raph <a href="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com">rkoster#origin,ea.com</a>, Tue 04 Apr 2000, 16:11 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="00025" HREF="msg00025.html">[MUD-Dev] PK / anti PK / justice?</A></strong>,
J. Coleman <a href="mailto:stormknight#alltel,net">stormknight#alltel,net</a>, Tue 04 Apr 2000, 00:09 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="00015" HREF="msg00015.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] characters per account</A></strong>,
F. Randall Farmer <a href="mailto:randy#communities,com">randy#communities,com</a>, Mon 03 Apr 2000, 16:39 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00016" HREF="msg00016.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] characters per account</A></strong>,
Jeff Freeman <a href="mailto:skeptack#antisocial,com">skeptack#antisocial,com</a>, Mon 03 Apr 2000, 17:15 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00019" HREF="msg00019.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] characters per account</A></strong>,
Matthew Mihaly <a href="mailto:the_logos#achaea,mudservices.com">the_logos#achaea,mudservices.com</a>, Mon 03 Apr 2000, 20:23 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00017" HREF="msg00017.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] characters per account</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00018" HREF="msg00018.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] characters per account</A></strong>,
Matthew Mihaly <a href="mailto:the_logos#achaea,mudservices.com">the_logos#achaea,mudservices.com</a>, Mon 03 Apr 2000, 20:23 GMT
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