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<H1>RE: [MUD-Dev] Reputation, was butthead features</H1>
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<LI><em>From</em>: "Koster, Kristen" <<A HREF="mailto:kkoster#origin,ea.com">kkoster#origin,ea.com</A>></LI>
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On Tuesday, August 05, 1997 3:11 PM, Jeff
Kesselman[SMTP:jeffk#tenetwork,com] wrote:
> Raph Koster wrote:
> >I am curious as to how exactly you are handling this. I assume that
> >mere words can only lower reputation, not enhance it? Otherwise it
> >seems easy to seesaw the value... Also, do you have both fame and
>
> Or to correct for your bad deeds with empty words.
>
> Indeed, words can only lower it. In fact, infamy can only go
"up"...
> We are considereing a very gradual infamy decay but havent decided
yet.
> This IMO pertty accurately models real people as well as having the
> practical effects we want. People are quick to collect the bad info
on
> others and tend to forget the good (aren't we an awful species??)
>
> Our goal here is primarily to control overt nasty behavior. You can
still
> be nasty, but you need to hide it if you want to remain accepted by
> society and to have access to all that brings. Again, we feel a
reasonable
> if over simplified model of a society.
Ok enough lurking for me. =)
I'm curious as to how you plan to implement the actual parsing more
than the actual character attribute ramifications (I took those as a
given).
Won't players just come up with new code words to say the same things
as fast as they're deemed "nasty"?
Instead of saying "I killed 3 newbies last night" once they figure out
the game penalizes (or rewards them as some people will surely see it
as a badge of honor to have that low an imfamy) won't they just say
something like "Hehheh, I squished 3 ants last night".
How does the game tell the difference? Does it? Does it need to?
How do you plan to handle all the possible variations easily and
efficiently?
-Kristen Koster
(And yep, I'm related to Raph, I'm his wife. I'm also co-implementor
of LegendMUD, and also a designer on Ultima Online.)
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00408" HREF="msg00408.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] PirateMUD and CSL</A></strong>,
Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Wed 06 Aug 1997, 13:05 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00504" HREF="msg00504.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] PirateMUD and CSL</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00402" HREF="msg00402.html">[MUD-Dev] Reputation, was butthead features</A></strong>,
Koster, Raph <a href="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com">rkoster#origin,ea.com</a>, Wed 06 Aug 1997, 02:16 GMT
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Jeff Kesselman <a href="mailto:jeffk#tenetwork,com">jeffk#tenetwork,com</a>, Wed 06 Aug 1997, 09:41 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00411" HREF="msg00411.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] Reputation, was butthead features</A></strong>,
Koster, Kristen <a href="mailto:kkoster#origin,ea.com">kkoster#origin,ea.com</a>, Wed 06 Aug 1997, 21:30 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00419" HREF="msg00419.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Reputation, was butthead features</A></strong>,
Jeff Kesselman <a href="mailto:jeffk#tenetwork,com">jeffk#tenetwork,com</a>, Thu 07 Aug 1997, 00:43 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00431" HREF="msg00431.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Reputation, was butthead features</A></strong>,
Adam Wiggins <a href="mailto:nightfall#user2,inficad.com">nightfall#user2,inficad.com</a>, Fri 08 Aug 1997, 17:15 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00401" HREF="msg00401.html">[MUD-Dev] Ultima Online/Generalized AI</A></strong>,
Koster, Raph <a href="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com">rkoster#origin,ea.com</a>, Wed 06 Aug 1997, 02:13 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="00400" HREF="msg00400.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] Graphic MUDS/perspectives</A></strong>,
Koster, Raph <a href="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com">rkoster#origin,ea.com</a>, Wed 06 Aug 1997, 01:58 GMT
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