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25297: Re: [MUD-Dev] Morphable worlds, Reset based systems revisited
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From: Matt Mihaly <the_logos@achaea.com>
Newsgroups: nu.kanga.list.mud-dev
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2002 22:33:46 +0000 (GMT)
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Organization: Kanga.Nu
On Tue, 29 Oct 2002, shren wrote:
> Say your rate of return from each grid square is (total return *
> (100-grid squares owned)/100). The most efficient possible use of
> land would be a map full of one-grid kingdoms. Somewhere around
> 50 grids you hit some pretty nasty diminishing returns, and as you
> approach a hundred you have a kingdom whose cost of upkeep is
> higher than it's revenue.
Only if you assume the only revenue it's getting is from these grid
squares. Many of our governments get significant inflows of cash
from player-citizens who donate to the organizations.
--matt
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