<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 --> <!--X-Subject: [MUD-Dev] Morality and Values Based Role Play in MMORPGs. --> <!--X-From-R13: Bnhy Epujnam - Sagrecevfr Ereivprf <Bnhy.EpujnamNrnfg.fha.pbz> --> <!--X-Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2000 12:47:41 -0700 --> <!--X-Message-Id: 200004041855.OAA04817#hutch,East.Sun.COM --> <!--X-Content-Type: text/plain --> <!--X-Head-End--> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <title>MUD-Dev message, [MUD-Dev] Morality and Values Based Role Play in MMORPGs.</title> <!-- meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" --> <link rev="made" href="mailto:Paul.Schwanz#east,sun.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="msg00037.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00038.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg00040.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00032.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#00039">Author</A> | <A HREF="#00039">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#00039">Thread</A> ] <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> <H1>[MUD-Dev] Morality and Values Based Role Play in MMORPGs.</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>: [MUD-Dev] Morality and Values Based Role Play in MMORPGs.</LI> <LI><em>From</em>: Paul Schwanz - Enterprise Services <<A HREF="mailto:Paul.Schwanz#east,sun.com">Paul.Schwanz#east,sun.com</A>></LI> <LI><em>Date</em>: Tue, 4 Apr 2000 14:54:10 -0400 (EDT)</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> Hello all. About two years ago, the Vault Network asked readers to submit their ideas for the perfect MMORPG. I responded with an editorial entitled "A World in which PvP Makes Sense." I've been hooked on the concept (to the point of obsession :-) ) ever since. I find the moral and social challenges especially fascinating. This fascination led me first to the Middle-Earth Dev board and then to Gamasutra when ME went south. Recently, another regular at Gamasutra pointed me in this direction and suggested that this might be a good place to share a few ideas. Looking through the archives has been a bit intimidating, so let me preface my remarks by freely admitting that I am a layman and wanabee (solicitations are welcome :-) ). Rather than bloating this eamil, I thought I'd give a link to a small site which was kind enough to publish a summary of what is perhaps the keystone to my thoughts on making the MMORPG more enjoyable. This is the abstract for the article. > "With the excitement about Massively Multi-Player Online Role-Playing Games, many questions arise about the representation of right and wrong in these worlds. Most people think that imposing moral values in a game is equivalent with removing the player's decision-making abilities, but perhaps there is another way." <A HREF="http://www.dreamwater.com/paxharmonica/articles/morality.html">http://www.dreamwater.com/paxharmonica/articles/morality.html</A> Thanks in advance for your comments and suggestions. ----- "Allow myself to introduce...myself" --Austin Powers ----- Paul E. Schwanz, II (a.k.a. Phinehas) Email: paul.schwanz#east,sun.com _______________________________________________ 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> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00037.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] characters per account</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00038.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] characters per account</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00040.html">[MUD-Dev] Neverwinter Nights</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00032.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] Gamasutra: Online Justice Systems</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="index.html#00039"><STRONG>Date</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thread.html#00039"><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><A NAME="00057" HREF="msg00057.html">[MUD-Dev] MUD-Dev request rejected (fwd)</A></strong>, Matthew Mihaly <a href="mailto:the_logos#achaea,mudservices.com">the_logos#achaea,mudservices.com</a>, Wed 05 Apr 2000, 06:40 GMT <LI><strong><A NAME="00041" HREF="msg00041.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: J (was: Re: 16K mud server competition !)</A></strong>, Cynbe ru Taren <a href="mailto:cynbe#muq,org">cynbe#muq,org</a>, Tue 04 Apr 2000, 19:48 GMT <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. 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