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30639: RE: [MUD-Dev] Casual Crowd vs.Time Rich Crowd [was: Time Debt]

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From: "Stephen McDonald" <smcdon03@ase.tufts.edu>
Newsgroups: nu.kanga.list.mud-dev
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 10:25:01 -0400
Organization: Kanga.Nu
William Leader said (regarding time debt):

> Anyway the conversation as I have watched it this far is seems to
> center around the question: "How do we level the playing field
> between casual and non-casual players?" This is based on the
> assumption that this disparity should be leveled.

While there has been some discussion of leveling the playing field,
I would point out that I considered this to be merely a side effect
of the time debt concept, not a primary motivation.  I had two main
motivations when working on the idea: the amount of time players
have to spend doing repetitive and often boring things, just to get
at the content or activity they enjoy, and at the same time, a lack
of percieved value in activities which usually take little or no
time in most game.
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