Re: [MUD-Dev] You, the game of philosophy.

[JC Lawrence <claw#under,Eng.Sun.COM>]

On Fri, 19 Dec 1997 00:14:44 PST8PDT 
Jon A Lambert<jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com> wrote:

> On 10 Dec 97 at 21:33, coder#ibm,net wrote:

>> The scale I use:
>> 
>> A Bad Player is one who has ceased to strive to extract, determine,
>> and achieve his own goals from the game in front of him.  A subset
>> of these are those who then attempt to achieve their goals through
>> persuasion rather than direct action: typically whining.

> I would mention that "whining" is a significant tool in
> diplomacy-type games.  ;)

Good point.  I should modify that last to:

  A Bad Player is one who has ceased to strive to extract, determine,
  and achieve his own goals from the game in front of him.  A subset
  of these are those who then attempt to achieve their goals through
  persuasion of the administration rather than direct action:
  typically this is whining to the admins about how they were hard
  done by.

> Of course I realize you likely refer to that OutofGame "whining"
> that might occur between a player and administrator.  Player to
> player "whining" is OK in my book.
 
Agreed.

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