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<LI><em>To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A></LI>
<LI><em>Subject</em>: [MUD-Dev] Re: Laws of Online World Design</LI>
<LI><em>From</em>: "Jon A. Lambert" <<A HREF="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Sun, 11 Oct 1998 00:29:11 -5</LI>
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On 10 Oct 98, Koster, Raph wrote:
> A first pass on this project. Please feel free to question, debate, add,
> etc. Only try to do it in pithy little statements. ;) Many thanks to all
> those who helped with some of these laws, too.
Here's a few:
As a virtual world's "realism" increases, the pool of possible
character actions increase.
The opportunities for exploitation and subversion are directly
proportional to the pool size of possible character actions.
A bored player is a potential and willing subversive.
Players will eventually find the shortest path to the cheese.
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Adam Wiggins <a href="mailto:adam#angel,com">adam#angel,com</a>, Tue 13 Oct 1998, 18:45 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00160" HREF="msg00160.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Laws of Online World Design</A></strong>,
Darrin Hyrup <a href="mailto:shades#mythicgames,com">shades#mythicgames,com</a>, Tue 13 Oct 1998, 02:12 GMT
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J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Tue 13 Oct 1998, 22:14 GMT
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