<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 --> <!--X-Subject: Re: [MUD-Dev] characters per account --> <!--X-From-R13: Enlrrq <lh219121Nlbexh.pn> --> <!--X-Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2000 22:29:38 -0700 --> <!--X-Message-Id: 3.0.3.32.20000403231932.008856e0#postoffice,yorku.ca --> <!--X-Content-Type: text/plain --> <!--X-Reference: 011201bf9d8f$2bee87c0$04f9a0cd#qualkids,com --> <!--X-Reference: Pine.LNX.4.10.10004031904040.6285-100000#achaea,mudservices.com --> <!--X-Head-End--> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <title>MUD-Dev message, Re: [MUD-Dev] characters per account</title> <!-- meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" --> <link rev="made" href="mailto:yu219121#yorku,ca"> </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="msg00028.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00029.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg00024.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00033.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#00027">Author</A> | <A HREF="#00027">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#00027">Thread</A> ] <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> <H1>Re: [MUD-Dev] characters per account</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] characters per account</LI> <LI><em>From</em>: Sayeed <<A HREF="mailto:yu219121#yorku,ca">yu219121#yorku,ca</A>></LI> <LI><em>Date</em>: Mon, 03 Apr 2000 23:19:32 -0400</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> Matthew Mihaly wrote: >How is this going to keep people from having more than one character? >Encouraging people is not enough. You're still going to have multiple >characters per person, end of story. You may have slightly less, but this >wouldn't have a prayer of stopping everyone that uses multiple characters >from doing so. > In a pay for play system, simply providing only 1 character per account would do it, as long as the account is the same price as a current multi-character account. I posted a pretty extensive rant on the topic under the subject heading, RE: [MUD-Dev] Gamasutra: Online Justice Systems - dated 3/27/00, I am fairly confident that players would understand that the increase in cost per character accompanies an increase in the quality of play, due to the many problems that a single character system corrects. 'Sayeed. _______________________________________________ MUD-Dev mailing list 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> <ul compact><li><strong>Follow-Ups</strong>: <ul> <li><strong><A NAME="00033" HREF="msg00033.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] characters per account</A></strong> <ul compact><li><em>From:</em> Matthew Mihaly <the_logos#achaea,mudservices.com></li></ul> </UL></LI></UL> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <UL><LI><STRONG>References</STRONG>: <UL> <LI><STRONG><A NAME="00017" HREF="msg00017.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] characters per account</A></STRONG> <UL><LI><EM>From:</EM> "AR Schleicher" <ars#iag,net></LI></UL></LI> <LI><STRONG><A NAME="00018" HREF="msg00018.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] characters per account</A></STRONG> <UL><LI><EM>From:</EM> Matthew Mihaly <the_logos#achaea,mudservices.com></LI></UL></LI> </UL></LI></UL> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00028.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Fw: 16K mud server competition !</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00029.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Fw: 16K mud server competition !</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00024.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] characters per account</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00033.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] characters per account</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="index.html#00027"><STRONG>Date</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thread.html#00027"><STRONG>Thread</STRONG></A></LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> <!--X-BotPNI-End--> <!--X-User-Footer--> <!--X-User-Footer-End--> <ul><li>Thread context: <BLOCKQUOTE><UL> <LI><STRONG>Re: [MUD-Dev] characters per account</STRONG>, <EM>(continued)</EM> <ul compact> <LI><strong><A NAME="00017" HREF="msg00017.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] characters per account</A></strong>, AR Schleicher <a href="mailto:ars#iag,net">ars#iag,net</a>, Mon 03 Apr 2000, 17:15 GMT <UL> <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 <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00022" HREF="msg00022.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] characters per account</A></strong>, AR Schleicher <a href="mailto:ars#iag,net">ars#iag,net</a>, Mon 03 Apr 2000, 22:31 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00024" HREF="msg00024.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] characters per account</A></strong>, John Bertoglio <a href="mailto:jb#pulsepoll,com">jb#pulsepoll,com</a>, Mon 03 Apr 2000, 23:55 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00027" HREF="msg00027.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] characters per account</A></strong>, Sayeed <a href="mailto:yu219121#yorku,ca">yu219121#yorku,ca</a>, Tue 04 Apr 2000, 05:29 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00033" HREF="msg00033.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>, Tue 04 Apr 2000, 16:11 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00038" HREF="msg00038.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] characters per account</A></strong>, Sayeed <a href="mailto:yu219121#YorkU,CA">yu219121#YorkU,CA</a>, Tue 04 Apr 2000, 19:47 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00044" HREF="msg00044.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] characters per account</A></strong>, J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#cp,net">claw#cp,net</a>, Tue 04 Apr 2000, 22:39 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00045" HREF="msg00045.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] characters per account</A></strong>, Brian Green <a href="mailto:brian#psychochild,org">brian#psychochild,org</a>, Tue 04 Apr 2000, 22:50 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </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>