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<LI><em>Subject</em>: Re: [MUD-Dev] Commercial value of RP </LI>
<LI><em>From</em>: JC Lawrence <<A HREF="mailto:claw#under,Eng.Sun.COM">claw#under,Eng.Sun.COM</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Fri, 09 Jan 1998 19:19:53 -0800</LI>
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On Thu, 8 Jan 1998 06:37:38 PST8PDT
Mike Sellers<mike#online-alchemy,com> wrote:
> There's little diku influence in M59, at least not intentional
> influence. There have been two pretty distinct groups who play
> though; some come to kill things, others to socialize (many in both
> groups have never played muds or RPGs before). The interesting
> thing is that both groups tend to cross-over, having found the joys
> of the others' activities. As for real role-playing, well... that's
> a rare thing, I'm afraid. The designers' fault as much as the
> players, if not more. :-/
Which again begs the question I asked a short while back:
Why do you specifically decry the loss of RP on M59, or find it a
fault that it has little RP?
Is this because it is your own preferred playing style, as part of the
game definition or goals, or some other perhaps commercial reason?
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00125" HREF="msg00125.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Commercial value of RP</A></strong>,
Caliban Tiresias Darklock <a href="mailto:caliban#darklock,com">caliban#darklock,com</a>, Thu 08 Jan 1998, 21:38 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00219" HREF="msg00219.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Commercial value of RP</A></strong>,
The Eternal City <a href="mailto:eternal#eternal,eternal-city.com">eternal#eternal,eternal-city.com</a>, Mon 12 Jan 1998, 19:29 GMT
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JC Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,Eng.Sun.COM">claw#under,Eng.Sun.COM</a>, Sat 10 Jan 1998, 03:38 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00217" HREF="msg00217.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Commercial value of RP</A></strong>,
The Eternal City <a href="mailto:eternal#eternal,eternal-city.com">eternal#eternal,eternal-city.com</a>, Mon 12 Jan 1998, 19:06 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00165" HREF="msg00165.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Commercial value of RP</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00138" HREF="msg00138.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] Commercial value of RP</A></strong>,
Koster, Raph <a href="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com">rkoster#origin,ea.com</a>, Fri 09 Jan 1998, 15:25 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00170" HREF="msg00170.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Commercial value of RP</A></strong>,
JC Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,Eng.Sun.COM">claw#under,Eng.Sun.COM</a>, Sat 10 Jan 1998, 04:16 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00140" HREF="msg00140.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Commercial value of RP</A></strong>,
Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Fri 09 Jan 1998, 15:49 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00185" HREF="msg00185.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Commercial value of RP</A></strong>,
Raph & Kristen Koster <a href="mailto:koster#eden,com">koster#eden,com</a>, Sat 10 Jan 1998, 17:27 GMT
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