[MUD-Dev] Re: Affordances and social method (Was: Re:Wired Magazine...)

["Koster, Raph" <rkoster#origin,ea.com>]

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> From:	Orion Henry [SMTP:orionZ#ix,netcom.com]
> Sent:	Friday, July 10, 1998 10:35 PM
> To:	mud-dev#kanga,nu
> Subject:	[MUD-Dev] Re: Affordances and social method (Was:
> Re:Wired Magazine...)
> 
> It is my idealistic belief that if something in a mud is blatantly out
> of line
> with the way the real world works then something in not implimented
> right 
> in the mud... No, tailors dont have to nor did they ever have to
> become
> great warriors in order to make clothes.
[snip]

> If pkillers are taking out the non-combatent players this SHOULD drop
> the
> supply of nessarry items, therein shooting up the prices, therein
> offering
> those non-combantents more resources with wich to ply their trade.
> 
> Allowing killing is not the problem: the lack of a "complete" system 
> allows for unbalance ( such as the lack of power/use of non-combatents
> )
> 
Ah, the "correct" solution, it would seem. But the problem here is that
in a world of a given size, you'll have to really be a specialist
tailor-killer to get this effect. And it DOES still encourage
tailor-warriors to develop, as they will make a killing in the market
with their probably poorer-quality goods once the true professionals are
eliminated. Getting this effect btw assumes a vastly reduced role for
NPC shops from the traditional...

-Raph


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