<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 --> <!--X-Subject: Re: [MUD-Dev] Sony to ban sale of online characters from its popular gaming sites --> <!--X-From-R13: "Fenivf @vkba" <gavkbaNninynapurfbsgjner.pbz> --> <!--X-Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 21:03:52 -0700 --> <!--X-Message-Id: 01ae01bfa41f$79965520$0700000a@travis.avalancheint.com --> <!--X-Content-Type: multipart/alternative --> <!--X-Head-End--> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <title>MUD-Dev message, Re: [MUD-Dev] Sony to ban sale of online characters from its p</title> <!-- meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" --> <link rev="made" href="mailto:tnixon@avalanchesoftware.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="msg00193.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00197.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg00199.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00242.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#00194">Author</A> | <A HREF="#00194">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#00194">Thread</A> ] <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> <H1>Re: [MUD-Dev] Sony to ban sale of online characters from its popular gaming sites</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] Sony to ban sale of online characters from its popular gaming sites</LI> <LI><em>From</em>: "Travis Nixon" <<A HREF="mailto:tnixon#avalanchesoftware,com">tnixon#avalanchesoftware,com</A>></LI> <LI><em>Date</em>: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 19:36:07 -0600</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--> <TABLE><TR><TD BGCOLOR="#ffffff" STYLE="background-color: #ffffff; "> <DIV> <DIV>Ryan Palacio wrote:</DIV> <DIV>>Now for those still dwelling on design "flaws" that magnify the problem,<BR>>let me state that they only _magnify_ the underlying issues which are a<BR>>mere matter of psychology and "human nature". Although design IN-GAME can<BR>>curb this type of negative behavior, or at least help alleviate some of the<BR>>symptoms, the problem still exists and the only way to effectively stomp it<BR>>out is to remove the facilitator/middleman.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Not intending this as a flame, so please don't take it that way, but do you honestly look at sales on Ebay as a "root problem" rather than a symptom of certain design decisions? I mean, to a point, wherever people percieve value, money will become involved, and I'm not sure there's anything you can really do about that.<BR><BR>Sorry if this seems off-topic for the list, but real-life sales of virtual "property" is something that interests me, especially thinking about ways to harness and benefit from something that's going to happen anyway. :)<BR><BR>Travis</DIV></DIV> </TD></TR></TABLE> <!--X-Body-of-Message-End--> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <HR> <ul compact><li><strong>Follow-Ups</strong>: <ul> <li><strong><A NAME="00242" HREF="msg00242.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Sony to ban sale of online characters from its popular gaming sites</A></strong> <ul compact><li><em>From:</em> "Ryan Palacio" <rpalacio@verant.com></li></ul> </UL></LI></UL> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00193.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Sony to ban sale of online characters from its popular gaming sites</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00197.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Sony to ban sale of online characters from its popu lar gaming sites</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00199.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Sony to ban sale of online characters from its popular gaming sites</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00242.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Sony to ban sale of online characters from its popular gaming sites</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="index.html#00194"><STRONG>Date</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thread.html#00194"><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] Sony to ban sale of online characters from its popular gaming sites</STRONG>, <EM>(continued)</EM> <ul compact> <LI><strong><A NAME="00191" HREF="msg00191.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] Sony to ban sale of online characters from its popular gaming sites</A></strong>, Sellers, Michael <a href="mailto:MSellers@maxis.com">MSellers@maxis.com</a>, Wed 12 Apr 2000, 01:09 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00197" HREF="msg00197.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Sony to ban sale of online characters from its popu lar gaming sites</A></strong>, maddog <a href="mailto:maddog@best.com">maddog@best.com</a>, Wed 12 Apr 2000, 04:03 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00217" HREF="msg00217.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Sony to ban sale of online characters from its popular gaming sites</A></strong>, Matthew Mihaly <a href="mailto:the_logos@achaea.com">the_logos@achaea.com</a>, Wed 12 Apr 2000, 07:07 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00199" HREF="msg00199.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Sony to ban sale of online characters from its popular gaming sites</A></strong>, Ryan Palacio <a href="mailto:rpalacio@verant.com">rpalacio@verant.com</a>, Wed 12 Apr 2000, 04:05 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00194" HREF="msg00194.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Sony to ban sale of online characters from its popular gaming sites</A></strong>, Travis Nixon <a href="mailto:tnixon@avalanchesoftware.com">tnixon@avalanchesoftware.com</a>, Wed 12 Apr 2000, 04:03 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00242" HREF="msg00242.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Sony to ban sale of online characters from its popular gaming sites</A></strong>, Ryan Palacio <a href="mailto:rpalacio@verant.com">rpalacio@verant.com</a>, Fri 14 Apr 2000, 02:51 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </ul> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00176" HREF="msg00176.html">[MUD-Dev] DGD Description</A></strong>, Christopher Allen <a href="mailto:ChristopherA@Skotos.net">ChristopherA@Skotos.net</a>, Tue 11 Apr 2000, 21:26 GMT <LI><strong><A NAME="00169" HREF="msg00169.html">[MUD-Dev] Sony to ban sale of online characters from its popular gamingsites</A></strong>, F. Randall Farmer <a href="mailto:randy@communities.com">randy@communities.com</a>, Tue 11 Apr 2000, 18:46 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00181" HREF="msg00181.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] Sony to ban sale of online characters from its popular gamingsites</A></strong>, Zak Jarvis <a href="mailto:zak@voidmonster.com">zak@voidmonster.com</a>, Tue 11 Apr 2000, 21:26 GMT </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>