[MUD-Dev] Re: Trusting the Client (Re: Laws of Online World D esign)

[Vadim Tkachenko <vt#freehold,crocodile.org>]

Koster, Raph wrote:
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Vadim Tkachenko [mailto:vt#freehold,crocodile.org]
> > Sent: Monday, October 19, 1998 10:29 PM

> > Now, back to school. What is a definition of a normal play?
> 
> Strict: play that obeys the intent of the rules created by the games'
> designers.

Somehow, makes me think about the quotation from one of Soviet SF books:

Glossary
--------
...
Basilisk, n.: Creature which allegedly turns into stone everything it
looks at. Doesn't exist.
...

I remember you said it yourself earlier, didn't you?

> Crack programs break both of these. I have NEVER seen a game where
> prevalence of hack programs was regarded as a good thing by either the
> designers or the playerbase as a whole.

Totally agree.

-- 
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Vadim Tkachenko <vt#freehold,crocodile.org>
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