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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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
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<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>,
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<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>,
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<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>,
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<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
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<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
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<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
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<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
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